Family

After a visit to Utah this past week for BYU graduation, I have been pondering the importance of family. Then, in my travels through blogtopia, I read about the Nielson family from Mesa. You can check out their story at cjanerun.com. I included a link directly to paypal for anyone interested in donating...although prayers are entirely appropriate. Kind of made my "family issues" appear somewhat small and insignificant. I will say this, I am so glad I got to visit with my brother, George. I truly appreciate him. For the family I got to choose...I had so much fun hanging out at the State Capitol with you all. YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME AND MINE! One final thought...
b. it was so great to see you! Your daughter is beautiful and awesome and so much like you. The time with you was way too short, but well invested. Thanks for having us over. And just so you know, you are as beautiful as you were in junior high from the inside out. I'm looking forward to our renewed friendship!

Part 3 - The 1/2 mile run

SUPERBOYS!!

David and Andrew before the race
David coming toward me and Andrew in the background
Andrew from behind

And wouldn't you know that as they crossed the finish line my camera died??? AAAHHHH!! But, at least I got these shots. David had a fun run at his school one of the nights we were visiting and Judy asked if Andrew could participate as well. Boy, did she earn brownie points with Andrew! Andrew had such a great time with David. David was such a good sport and so sweet with Andrew. He kept running back to keep Andrew going and said he tried to stay with him because he didn't know anyone there. So, now Andrew has moments of being excited about running. That is an interest I would love to cultivate in him.

It was fun to introduce Makenna to her (one of her names!) namesake, Aunt Judy. Samuel flirts shamelessly with Judy and totally got into trying to play with the big boys. Alas, we didn't get to visit for very long, but hopefully on our next trip we'll get to remedy that.

Just a sidenote, Makenna rolled over for the first time this morning and up onto her elbows! She knew she had done something!