HJ

Here are a bunch of random shots of Henry for your viewing pleasure.

Henry loves to help with laundry. He will load, unload, and push every button you tell him to. If only this stage would last forever! A mom can dream.

Henry can also make a mess faster than you can turn around. He has a big bucket of toys that he'll bring to the living room and dump.

Love my little boy.

Thanksgiving 2011

What a day we had this year for Thanksgiving. It all started bad when I had to work the night before, and Alan had to work on Friday. So we were going to drive up to my dad's house for the day and then come home that night. We woke up bright and early, and noticed that Henry wasn't feeling too hot. He kept grabbing onto his ear and saying, "owie". So we got ready, and drove to instacare. It was closed, so we ended up going to the emergency room. We paid 150 dollars for (literally) a 30 minute visit. So then we went to Walgreens to fill his prescription and come to find out we went to the wrong Walgreens. At this point I was ready to call it quits, but I was determined to make it to my dad's. We went and picked up Rachel and Matt (we were dropping him off so he could go to Richfield) and went to the Walgreens that was open. Well it was going to take 45 minutes to get the prescription and we were already running short on time so we decided to just leave and start the medicine the next day. We got on the road and I'm squished in the backseat between Rachel and Henry, maybe I should mention that I'm a little claustrophobic.. As the elevation rose, Henry's ear really started bothering him and he wouldn't stop crying. I felt so bad for my little dude, but was about ready to have an anxiety attack myself. We came to the decision to drop Matt off just past Beaver and to turn around and go home. When we got back in town we picked up Henry's ear drops and went home and put his pajamas on.

Aunt Rachie reading to Henry and getting some snuggles in.

Our Thanksgiving feast consisted of this frozen pizza. Yum yum!

I had made cupcakes the night before, so we did get something pumpkin that day.

Cheers!

Alan enjoying his meal on the couch! So formal!

I hate it when HJ is sick, but boy do I love the snuggle time I get.

I figured the one way that I could get myself in a better mood is to do a little Black Friday shopping. I knew exactly what I wanted to get Henry, and I could already see the look on his face on Christmas morning.

I stood in line outside of Kohls for about 45 minutes and when the doors opened there was a mad dash to the toys section. What's the cherry on the top of my day, you ask? This particular Kohls was not carrying the toy that I was going to get. Needless to say I walked out empty handed and ready to climb into bed and get this day over with.

Not a lot of things went right for us this Thanksgiving, but when I think back to the day I realize that I was still with people that I love and it doesn't matter that we didn't have a nice meal. We were together and that's all I really need.

Besides.. Alan and I made a mean breakfast the next day and I think that totally redeemed our frozen pizza dinner.

I'm thankful for my family and for the opportunity I have right now to be living with my mom and little sister. Henry is a lucky boy to be so close to his family and I wouldn't have it any other way. Happy Holidays everyone!

Moser's come to town!

Living in St. George has lots of perks! One of them being great weather so your golfing friends come down to play. The other perk? Having the most amazing background for pictures. I can't get enough of the red rock.

It's always a good time with the Mosers! Looking forward to many, many more visits!

Butch Cassidy 10k

A couple months ago I started running again, and a good motivating force for me is to sign up for a race. I signed up to run the Butch Cassidy 10k in Zions because I had ran it before and loved it. The morning of the race made me nervous because it was SO cold and rainy. I did everything I could to warm myself up before the run.

Alan missed the shuttle to the end of the race, and they wouldn't let him drive to it so he ended up having to hang out by himself the entire time. Luckily he had the camera and was able to take some great shots.

When the race started I could barely feel my toes and it's super awkward to run with chunks of ice for toes. Luckily by mile 2.5 I was gaining feeling back in them, but then another mile down the road it started snowing. I had to keep my eyes down on the road because otherwise I wouldn't be able to see where I was going. Not to mention the last .5 miles of the run it was on a dirt road, but had turned into mud because of all the rain and snow. I was super bugged that my BRAND NEW shoes got all muddy.

A shuttle took me from the end of the race to the beginning and my sweet husband was waiting for me and as soon as he saw me, he got out of the car and started taking pictures. He's been so great in supporting me with my running. He's always willing to watch Henry, or go drop me off somewhere so I can run home.

I was happy with my time, and felt accomplished that I had set and met a goal! Here's the beginning to many more runs!

Halloween

I knew this year was going to be fun for Henry. He is more aware of what's going on and understanding concepts. I knew I couldn't have a costume with a hat or mask, so we settled on superman with spray painted black hair. Even though he's getting to be a bigger boy every day, we still have the occasional melt down.

Giving him candy early in the night? Sure. Why not.
(If you look close you can see a tear. Dude really knows how to throw on the dramatics.)

Henry is going to the IHC daycare, and they threw a little carnival for all the kids. It was so much fun, and I think Henry really enjoyed it.

I think he missed the memo that when you bowl you are supposed to roll the ball.. not throw it.

We also met up with Rickell and her kids to go trunk or treating. I've always thought trunk or treating was such a lame idea, but having a toddler I see why they started it. MUCH easier to walk around a parking lot than an entire neighborhood.

Alan and I got invited to a costume party and while Alan's not really one to want to be festive, I am. Despite that, he always thinks of the best costumes, and this year did not disappoint. We went to the DI looking for ugly Christmas sweaters when Alan laid his eyes on that shirt. I managed to find one just as awesome, then some amazing shorts to boot. 12 dollars later and we were tourists. I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure Alan's 'stache and fanny pack sealed the deal. 2 legit 2 quit.