Emily's Half Marathon

Well I did it!!! I ran my first half marathon. It was on April 19th and I got to have Dave, his parents and our kids come and cheer me on.

As I was finishing, the first three Marathon runners were coming in. Can you believe they averaged a little over a 5 minute mile? We came in at the gateway shopping center down town.
This picture is a little dark but it was fun to have my family there supporting me.
Tyler was sad that he could not run the last little bit of the race with me. We will have to do that next time.
This was at the 9 mile mark where my family came to give me high fives. Jake was shocked when he looked up to see me. I guess a two year old doesn't really understand what is going on. Now it is all that he talks about.
I am glad that I did it and that most of the race was down hill!!

Easter

I figured that showing easter pictures now was alright because it is better late than never. We had a fun easter. We went camping and the campground had an easter egg hunt there for the kids. They also had them die easter eggs. Then we went to Dave's sister Bekah's house to spend some time with them and his parents. These are some of the pictures we took of the kids when we got home in their easter clothes.

Jake and Tyler give hugs.
Allie and Amber had to have a picture with Chloe because they love her so much.
Dave and the kids while they were still happy.
Tyler had to pull a funny face. The kids favorite pictures are when they get to make crazy faces.
This is at the campground. The guy gave the kids rides on his tractor. It was a really fun place to go. The kids had a blast even though it was a little cold.

OUR FAMILY

This is Dave and I. Dave is a firefighter and painter. I am a part time hairdresser. We love camping as a family, going to sporting events and are very busy with our four young kids.Here is our youngest boy Jake. He turned two on November 14th. He is a funny kid. He is starting to have an opinion, but is a great kid. He is our little buddy. He is starting to talk a lot and that is fun for all of us.
Amber is our blue eyed fireball. You will always hear and notice Amber. If not she will make sure that you do. She is very intertaining and funny. She takes dance and loves to show everyone what she had learned.
Tyler is our athlete. He is not afraid of anything. He is also the peacemaker in the family. He loves watching sports, but usually in the middle of the game he will go outside and play himself for a little bit. Tyler is taking karate lessons and is playing rec. basketball.
Allie was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in July. She is a leader and loves to draw and create things. She is taking guitar lessons and dance and loves them. Her favorite show is Hannah Montana and so her and I recently went to her concert and had a great time.

Halloween

The kids and I went to Gardener Village to see the witches. They have lots of witches outside to look at. The kids loved them all. They had a witch on the toylet that the kids liked, one hoola hooping and three baseball witches. That was a fun day.
This is the kids on their way out to trick or treat. Jake didn't understand trick or treating until the second house when he realized how fun it was to eat candy in the stroller on the way to each house. Allie and Tyler had so much fun that they went for an extra hour.
This is how I painted Ty's face for the parade at school. He loved the blood!!
This is our BYU cheerleader.
When we got back from trick or treating Jake tried on a had and wig the his grandma and grandpa Biddison had brought over. It was really funny!!

Grandpa's funeral

I went to Oregon to my Grandpa's funeral. He was a great man and I love him very much. It was a sad time, but I enjoyed seeing family. These are the cousins that came. It was nice to see all of them.
Here is a picture of my family with Grandma Jean. She is so special to me. It was fun to see Tami's cute kids.
We missed Ang, but we got four out of the five sisters.
Aunt Dine came from Seattle. Here is a picture of us girls.

I love my Dad. It was so good to see him. He is a lot like his Dad. He is such a good man. He is the kind of man that is sensitive, kind, generous, admirable, wise and loving.

1st try

Well everyone, here it goes! I'm sure with time things will improve and be much more detailed. But for now, I'll keep it simple until I've got things figured out. I will add a few pics now, more to come.

Remember this is only a test.

Tyler on the boat, San Juan Islands

"Can I jump Dad"?

"This wasn't supposed to happen!" Jake at Seattle Center

Roach Harbor