Ragnar 2010

So we have been beyond all busy this last week. I meant to blog about Ragnar sooner, but that didn't happen. Lance and I spent 4 days last week at Moroni's Quest with our stake. That was an amazing experience all in itself that deserves its own post when I get the movie about it. Yes, I didn't take any pictures, they kind of encouraged us not to because they had a few people there taking pictures and documenting the experience for us. Anyway, moving on. Lance and I were able to run in the wasatch back ragnar relay this year. It was on June 18 and 19. It was great fun as always but especially fun because this was the first one Lance and I were able to run together. We had some pretty challenging legs, i.e. my last leg which was 8 miles 4 of which were a long, never ending hill! It is always nice when you set out to accomplish it and then you actually do. Such a great feeling. That is why I love running. It is great to push yourself to accomplish things you never thought you could do. Here are some pictures of the weekend. We can't wait for next year.
Lance and I wearing the ragnar gear!

Kim, Me, Brian, and Dad right before the race started!

Team Shaka Laka, thanks to our great artist Maria for the van art. It was steller!!

Team Shaka Laka at the end of the race!

Thanks to my mom for watching Ryland for us. He was well taken care of. Thanks for all the support we got at the end of the race as well. Ragnar 2011 here we come! Great job team shaka laka!

Dear Baylee (the dog)

Dear Baylee
We wanted to apologize. Remember when you were the baby of this family? You got a new toy or a treat all the time. All the attention was on you, remember? Well, those days have come and gone and over the last year you went from being number one to just being a dog. How sad. We still love you and wanted to thank you for your endless entertainment for Ryland, much to your dismay I am sure. Thanks for letting him pull your tail, and your face, and your ears. Thanks for never biting him or even coming close to that. Thanks for letting him follow you all over the house.

Thanks for letting him throw things at you while we learn what "be soft" means. Thanks for letting him pile drive you, sit on you, and his new favorite, lay on you.

Your the best Baylee! Please try and understand he won't always do this to you. Just look at the bright side of things. You have had more human food than ever over the last year. You get out on a lot more walks and you have someone who is always willing to throw your ball to you. Thanks Baylee!
Love, Your owners, and yours truly, Ryland
Here is a small example of what he does to Baylee ALL day long. Pure entertainment for him!

15 Months (well almost)

Ryland will be 15 months on the 13th. We took him into the doctor today for his check up and the dreaded 5 shots he had to get. He loved playing with all the toys in the waiting room but as soon as they wanted him to stand on this scale and take his temperature in his ear, well it all went down hill from there. However, he now weighs 27.6 pounds (75%) and is 32.5 inches tall (90%). The doctor said he is well on his way to being at least 6 feet tall. He looks pretty old for his age. Most people guess he is around 18-20 months and are shocked when we tell him how old he really is. He is doing great though, and the doctor was very pleased with how well he has grown. I am sure everyone was scared to see the doctor after hearing his screams during the shots. Poor little guy was not happy about that one. He only cried for a few minutes and then as soon as I told him lets go, he was happy to be running out of the office. :) I suppose I probably would have been too! He can say several words some of which are Mommy (finally), Daddy, Doggie, Baylee, Ball, Wow, Ya, and Ah oh. Those along with a ton of alien talk that we may not ever understand! :) He talks all the time and loves to try and tell us what he thinks about everything. He loves to be outside and play basketball. He would stand in front of a hoop and not get close to making a basket all day and love every second of it. As soon as we go outside he takes off running 3 houses down to see the neighbors basketball hoop. Ryland is beyond terrified of the garbage man. Whenever he hears him coming he runs to wherever I am in the house. He wants me to hold him while we sit there and wait for him to drive away. He still loves watching Baby Einsteins and would watch it all day if I let him. He did learn this from the show so maybe it isn't all that bad for him to watch them! :)

Yes, that would be his way of doing head shoulders knees and toes. Not bad for a 1 year old! He loves chocolate milk and asks for it everyone morning by pulling the chocolate out for me. We seriously love this little guy so much! He is the joy of our lives and it has been so fun to watch him learn and grow. He definitely has his own opinions now and usually choses to scream at the highest note possible when we don't do what he wanted. Is it possible to have a terrible 2 year old when they are only 1? If so does that mean by the time is 2 he will be over it?? :) Wishful thinking, I know. He is a great little guy though and we sure are glad to have him around. Here are just some fun pictures from last week.
He loves to climb in the fridge and just look at everything in there. Good thing he can't open it himself yet or I would be in trouble!

When I give him his chocolate milk he usually will run right over to the carpet, sit down and drink the whole thing in probably less than 2 minutes!

And last but not least my little brother bubby graduated from 6th grade last week. We were able to go and cheer him on. Congrats to Derik for graduating high school (ya sorry didn't want to sit through your 3 hour graduation) and bubby for graduating from 6th grade. Good job guys!

Planting Flowers

That's right! We finally took another small step into landscaping our huge yard. We planted 2 trees last fall and decided it was time for some flowers. So over memorial day weekend Lance and I spent our Saturday doing this.
We pulled up the grass from around our window wells. This was A LOT more difficult than it sounded. Thank goodness there wasn't a whole ton to do and we finally figured out a good system about half way through.

Then we tilled up all the dirt.

Lance put in this lovely boarder around the dirt.

And planted away.

Aren't they pretty?!? :)

Thanks Lance for working so hard, I love my flowers!