My First Post-Pregnancy Race

BYU put on a 5K race for the Cure for Cancer and I ran it with my running buddy, Donna Ridge.  She has a chill personality until you get her in the race.  You'd think she was a football coach or something :).  I ran faster than I thought I could and it made me want to work on speed in my workout schedule from now on.  It's so fun to have somone to run with every morning...and great motivation to get out of bed.  I really enjoy her optimism and faith.  We have some good cnversations on the gospel, our challenges as new moms and how to deal with them better.  She is always very encouraging and hopeful.  I'll miss her when we move in a few months for Grad school.  We started running at 10 am, then after a few months moved it to 6.  I'm learning to really love the early morning breeze wisping through my hair. Another perk is Taylor gets a little Nelli time while I'm out.

Spokane in the Spring

Siri, I wish you were in this one!

I love Jana's face in this one.....so happy!  Nelli's on the other hand.....so silly!

Yukio kept barking at Taylor :)

We made the drive to Spokane Valley to visit Jana and Scott while Siri, Chris, and Yukio were there.  We loved it! The car ride there and back went surprisingly well.  Nelli stayed entertained and fairly comfortable (I loosened her car seat straps so she could sit up and play).  Siri got some pretty great shots of Nelli, so I thought I'd stick them on here.

We've been spending time with my family when we get a chance.  These are pictures of Anna, Nana, and Sam with Nelli.  There is just something so great about Sam; all of our nieces and nephews are drawn to him.  In this picture she has just calmed down from being fussy when Taylor and I were gathering our things to head back to Provo from Cedar City.  The picture with Nana is when Nelli was just learning to coo(Febish).  The pictures are a little fuzzy, but I just love them.

Photo Reel

Easter

Taylor's Graduation

Goodbye BYU. Taylor has enjoyed his time here working with Professors Warnick, Prince, and Crandall. He's learned a lot from working in their labs and doing various research from them. They've been great mentors to him.

It was great to have Jana, Scott, Tyler, and Ali (as well as baby bump Thayne) there with us to celebrate this great achievement of Bacholors of Science with University Honors in Bioinformatics. Yay! Go BYU!



We love Dr. Suess

Bye, sweet cradle.  I'm too active for you

Nelli and Kayla