What she's been getting into...

I'm sure that anyone who has children can relate to the fact that if you have makeup, they will get into it. Marley is no exception. I have a little case that has several different kinds of lipstick/lipgloss which she got into & proceeded to put on. Although she got lipstick on her chest & cheeks, she did manage to get some on her lips!


She's also really been into her little baby dolls. We caught her sitting all by herself caring for her doll. She likes to hug them & kiss them & feed them their bottles. Watching her grow & learn new things is just so much fun!!!!

Love Your Body 10k

I've been training for a half-marathon & since I've never actually run any sort of race, I thought I'd get my feet wet by running a 10k. I managed to convince a friend, Jodi, to do it with me (and hopefully it means that she will want to do another again sometime!) Kevin & Marley were going to go to cheer me on but Marley didn't wake up early enough & I didn't want to be that mean & wake her up...maybe next time!! The run started in Sugar House Park and through the cute neighborhoods in Sugar House. It was a really nice run & was glad to say I finished it!!! Hopefully this means that I'm getting close to becoming ready for a half-marathon!

Horses & Water Balloon Volleyball

Some of my mom's family came to visit from Ohio during the month of July. Two of my cousins, Carly & Jacob spent the night at my house. Carly & I made bracelets and Jacob did the classic boy thing and played the wii. I managed to tear them away to go ride horses. Noelle was nice enough to meet us at the barn & get the horse all ready for them to ride. I loved the helmet look and, since we arrived totally unprepared wearing flip-flops, they had to wear old cowboy boots Noelle dug out of some storage box in the barn without socks! Hopefully it was worth it!! I tried to put Marley on the horse, but she wasn't having any of that.

Since it was the last night my mom's family would be visiting us, we turned to the classic picnic in the park & played some water balloon volleyball. My Aunt Susan got some great action shots.

Tina & Jono, and Carly & her cousin, were actually really good. Don't Kevin and my cousin Jacob look like they are well matched?

There's always a weakest link...in this case it was my own mother! Sorry, mom! My Aunt Linda practically had to drag my mom all over in an attempt to catch the balloon which proved to be unsuccessful!