Race for the Cure

Yesterday was my very first Race for the Cure 5K. Sueanne's done it for 4 years now and since one of the cousins just went through breast cancer this past fall I thought it would be great to support the cause. There was a record breaking 25,000 people who felt the same way. I loved all the costumes and the group names and slogans. Next year I'll take my whole family.

Subway promoting their 6' sandwiches

Saw this similar scene a lot

These boys dressed up in all pink.

Their shirts said things like:

Real or Fake - Boobs are Great

and

Big or Small - We like Them all

There were tons of kids walking with their families, like this little girl.

Another of my favorite shirts was from an ultrasound group:

We check your lady lumps for bumps

Sweetness slept all the way through it and woke up at the finish line

Easter Break

During Easter Break my sister Becky came up with her family, who we haven't seen for at least a year, and we had such a great visit. We really enjoyed our sleeping in (which also means no early morning lunch making for me) and our relaxed schedule. But don't be fooled into thinking we didn't do much. Our 2 weeks flew by and we were busy for most of it. Becky and Michele and I took our families to the Folsom zoo which I had never been to before. Peacocks EVERYWHERE.

I LOVE peacocks. I would consider getting a bunch when we buy property if there was some way to make them quiet. So pretty to look at.

The kids enjoyed all the other animals and especially the train ride afterward.

AJ is Bryson's biggest fan now I think because B takes such great care of his younger cousins. And he also enjoys wrestling with them too which, fortunately AJ can handle. Doc Hudson is also AJ's fave and Huddy just ate. it. up! He loves having a little fan and would get a big ole grin every time AJ would call out "Doc Hudson!".

Hudson thought the deer were sitting close to the fence so that you could touch them so he gave her a little ear massage. Brynn loves to hold hands with all her little friends and cousins everywhere she goes. Jess and Jacqui do a pretty good job of sharing Sketty anytime they're around.

Awww!

The train conductor saw my camera and said he used to be a photographer so he wanted to check my settings. He messed around with it and then took the picture on the right and said "See? Doesn't that look so much better? Don't the colors just look so much richer and warmer?" After uploading the picture I had to go back and change all my settings to my preference. I will not be signing up for private lessons from him.



Saturday morning we went to an Easter egg hunt put on by the local FD. Not many people know about it so the kids made out like bandits. Had eggs falling out of their baskets cuz they were so full. Then went to Mom and Dads and had another egg hunt in the front yard.

Hudson's new favorite person is Aunt Becky. I don't think he really remembers her from last time but he is totally smitten. After the first day they left and he goes "Awww, she's so nice." Then the next day he told her how pretty she looked. When I mentioned we were going to the zoo he said "Wait! Is aunt Becky going?" He asked her a few times if she knew him when he was younger and other things about their relationship in the past;-) He was sad to see her go and wishes they lived closer. He gets confused with who's who in the family so he combined AJ and Isaiah into "IJ". That way they're both covered.

Sketty is showing Grandpa his new chompers.

Daddy didn't get to dye eggs with us earlier in the week so we did another 2 dozen on Saturday night. We will be having "doubled eggs" and egg salad sandwiches for quite some time.

Then Easter morning we went to Grandma Connie's for another easter egg hunt. It started raining so we had to do the hunt inside. That was a grand total of 3 hunts within 24 hours. They got it pretty good this year.





Funny story: While we were dying eggs as a family we had our Easter lesson and talked about the Savior and his sacrifice. We were trying to stress the importance of the Atonement in our lives. Bryson is starting to get it, now that he is baptized. He feels more responsibility for his actions. So after our little chat we watched a movie called To This End Was I Born. It portrays the events leading up to the Savior's crucifixion, including a few scenes where Jesus is being mocked and people are yelling at him.

A few days later we had some cousins over and all the boys were running around the backyard playing "warriors". All of a sudden I hear Hudson yell "Lets kill Jesus!" I called him in and said that he should never ever talk like that. "But Mom! I'm the bad guys!" He was trying to be the Roman soldiers in the movie about the Savior so I suggested he pick different bad guys. "Like who? Bounty Hunters?" Sure. "Okay!" So if anyone ever hears him yell out "Lets kill Jesus!" you'll know why.

Hudson's super cool helmet

I finally learned how to upload home videos onto this blog.

Look out people.

Here's a video of Hudson just after he learned to ride a bike.