Off to the heat!

We are headed to St. George today for the next couple days and I hope that I am prepared for the heat! We are ready to have some fun with my family and then I will have some pics to post afterwards since I just found my camera which I am so happy about!

She can pedal!

So Sammy can officially pedal! I know it is super exciting news and you are probably all very impressed. Just after Sammy turned three, she figured out how to use the pedals and LOVES it. Anyhow, I took some pictures of her riding around yesterday with her cousin Tay. The funny thing is that they kept switching bikes and so some pics he is riding a pink bike! Also, you will notice Tay has a helmet and Sammy does not. After I put Tay's helmet on, Sammy said "Tay I like your helmet, it is very cute." what a girl!

Go us!

So yesterday morning, my friends (Diana & Karon) and I ran the Orem Firefighters 5k at 8:00 a.m. It was a good run and we all finished with good times. We were hoping to run it under 30 min but we were just a little over! Next we are running the Freedom Run 10k on July 4th, if anyone wants to join us! (Is the pic ok? I wanted our numbers in the picture!)

Don't you just have to smile

when you see a face like this? Sammy was helping me make brownies today and found the batter to be quite delicious! If you look closely, you will find that she even got it in her eyebrows!

the vinyl

Life in general

I was trying to post sooner, but a nasty cold hit the Jenne family earlier this week. Poor girls and myself included so we are starting to finally recover from that. We went down to visit my awesome little sis in Cedar City, but the colds hit that same day and so we weren't too much fun to be around, although we had fun seeing her anyways! Then I had to speak in church today so I spent a lot of the weekend writing a talk, so exciting. So now things are finally settling down and I am looking forward to a new week!

Here are some pics I took of Maddie at her 6 mo. mark which was almost 2 weeks ago. Her stats at her 6 mo. appt were, 16.5 lb and height 27 inches. She is currently in the 60% for her weight, and 85% for her height and so it seems she is getting taller. She just might not be the short, chubby one like I thought. She also got another tooth on the bottom this month as well, better for eating right?

Loves: to put everything in her mouth, any toy she can find, wrappers or anything that makes noise, food, food, and more food, cups, bathtime, cuddling on her dad's shoulder, watching and playing with Sammy, taking toys away from Sammy, smiling, sticking out her tongue like a puppy, Ritz crackers, grabbing and eating her toes

Dislikes: getting her nose wiped (just found that out this week!), getting her nose cleaned with quitip, getting her nails clipped, sitting in the back of the bike trailer, being put in her carseat, dirty diapers

Not the most flattering picture, but you can see her bottom teeth!

Two parties

The birthday party continuing, sorry to be so slow but last week flew by! Anyhow, Sammy was lucky because she had two family parties which she loved! From her awesome mommy and daddy, she received a really cool dollhouse. She then got some accessories from family members. She also received some really cute clothes and games/ puzzles. At each party, we played a few games, opened presents, and ate cake and icecream which was enjoyed by all. Now I have a 3 year old!

Doesn't she look 3? So grown up!

Maddie enjoying the party!

Isn't this castle cake awesome made by chef Jenn? I did have some catastrophe's with it and luckily Jake's mom came to the rescue and helped me fix it!

A picture walk game!

Pin the tail on the donkey!

Somehow Sammy got the tail right on! I can't imagine she was peeking!

Taylor enjoying himself!

Party No. 2 with the Jenne's. Jake made a treasure hunt for Sammy and in the end she found her presents as her treasure!

Cute and adorable dress Shireece made! I love it!

Sammy loving her cake and eating it from the bowl. Nice cake goatie!