July 2013 - Birhtday Month!

What an awesome month!  We kicked it off with an early 4^th of July celebration at some friends that we knew from Rexburg. They now live in Modesto, so we headed up there to swim and BBQ.  Lynn worked on the 4^th so we didn’t even stay up to see any fireworks.  The 5^th was my birthday!!!  Lynn totally spoiled me.  I found a used Kitchen Aid on craigslist for half the price of a new one!  I have always really wanted and I LOVE it already.  I use all the time, it is so much easier than a hand mixer!  We also went out to dinner at Olive Garden! 

A couple weeks later was our 5^th Anniversary! Holy Cow! Time flys when you are having a good time. We are so amazed looking back on the last five years how good life has been.  There have been trials, but we have met all of the goals we set for ourselves when we got married and look forward reaching some new ones now.   Lynn was working on our actual anniversary so the weekend before we went over to Monterey to stay for the night.  We were planning on spending the day at the beach but it was pretty chilly and overcast so we ended up going to the aquarium.  I am so glad we did because Cooper loved it.  They had these huge cylinders of Minos swimming in circles and Cooper was so amazed watching them.  He also got a big kick out of the penguins.  We knew we wouldn’t be able to take a big vacation this year, so we are taking as many small short trips as we can to visit all of the cool stuff around us!

Since Lynn has work training over Cooper’s actual birthday we celebrated a little early.  It was a baseball theme with just a few friends at the park.  We grilled some hot dogs and let Cooper eat his cake.  He had a blast and got a lot of neat presents.  The day after we had some 1 year photos taken, I can’t wait to see how they turn out!

What an awesome month!  We kicked it off with an early 4^th of July celebration at some friends that we knew from Rexburg. They now live in Modesto, so we headed up there to swim and BBQ.  Lynn worked on the 4^th so we didn’t even stay up to see any fireworks.  The 5^th was my birthday!!!  Lynn totally spoiled me.  I found a used Kitchen Aid on craigslist for half the price of a new one!  I have always really wanted and I LOVE it already.  I use all the time, it is so much easier than a hand mixer!  We also went out to dinner at Olive Garden! 

A couple weeks later was our 5^th Anniversary! Holy Cow! Time flys when you are having a good time. We are so amazed looking back on the last five years how good life has been.  There have been trials, but we have met all of the goals we set for ourselves when we got married and look forward reaching some new ones now.   Lynn was working on our actual anniversary so the weekend before we went over to Monterey to stay for the night.  We were planning on spending the day at the beach but it was pretty chilly and overcast so we ended up going to the aquarium.  I am so glad we did because Cooper loved it.  They had these huge cylinders of Minos swimming in circles and Cooper was so amazed watching them.  He also got a big kick out of the penguins.  We knew we wouldn’t be able to take a big vacation this year, so we are taking as many small short trips as we can to visit all of the cool stuff around us!

Since Lynn has work training over Cooper’s actual birthday we celebrated a little early.  It was a baseball theme with just a few friends at the park.  We grilled some hot dogs and let Cooper eat his cake.  He had a blast and got a lot of neat presents.  The day after we had some 1 year photos taken, I can’t wait to see how they turn out!

June 2013 It's Hot Here!

I can’t believe June is already over!  I’m trying to remember everything we did! We got to take a trip into Oakland to visit the LDS temple.  It was perfect weather and nice to go visit somewhere new.  We got to take turns with Cooper in the visitor’s center there and the Sister Missionaries all fawned over Cooper who flirted with all of them. I also had a race! I did an Olympic Triathlon with a friend.  I started by swimming a mile in lake at Rancho Seco Park just outside of Sacramento.  The relay teams started last with the older athletes, these people were in some serious shape! I really had to step it up and work hard to keep up with them. I finished in 30 minutes, and then my friend biked 24 miles in about an hour and 15 minutes.  Then I ran 6.6 miles in about an hour and 3 minutes!  I was tired but it was a good challenge.  I love doing triathlons; it’s nice to mix it up with something else besides just running.

 My parents stopped through a couple times on their way to and from my sisters in Oregon.  It is nice to live near them again; it’s been about 7 years since I lived this close.  I made my dad run a 9 mile run with me when he was here. J He definitely helped me keep my pace up.  We will be running a half marathon together in about a month! They had one of my nephews with them when they came through and we had some free tickets to the Modesto Nuts game so we took them!  We had a blast watching them play; they farm out for the Colorado Rookies.  We also got to meet my niece for the 1^st time!  She and Cooper are only about 3 months apart; they are going to be besties!

Lynn is working a lot but he seems to be getting a more regular schedule now, which is nice.  He was working about 10 days straight at a time but now he is doing 5 on and 2 off.  Right now his days off are Monday’s and Tuesday’s so our weeks are a little off sometimes.  Oh, and it has been in the 100's! We stay inside in the AC most of the day.

Cooper is growing up too fast.  He is a speed crawler.  Trying to sweep or clean without him getting into my stuff is like a speed test every time.  He has 8 teeth now, is sleep through the night for the most part, and walks along anything he can reach.  He also loves to pull things off shelves or out of drawers.  He especially enjoys pulling all the clothes out the laundry baskets! He talks almost non-stop and always uses his hands to explain.  We have no clue with he is telling us but he sure has a lot to say! We bought him a little swimming pool of his own that he can cool off in and splash around in.  We took him to the city pool and he loved it!