Erik, Jenn, Tyler & Mason

Ok so we just started the P90X last week, and every single muscle in my body aches like there's no tomorrow. But I can feel myself getting stronger, and I love a good challenge which this certainly is. If you are looking for a tough workout "guaranteed to make you ripped in 90 days" you should try the P90X. Also if you want to feel way out of shape and weak, this workout is for you. :)

So I know I haven't posted in a long time. Things have been really busy with work, my calling, working out (yes, I've been running 4 - 5 nights per week), and keeping up with Tyler. So I have quite a backup of Tyler pictures. I also recently purchased a pressure canner/pressure cooker. The thing is so big (27 quarts) it barely fits on our stove under our microwave! This week Erik pressure cooked the best chili colorado on earth and we canned the leftovers. Then Amy Felt dropped off some great pears and I canned those all by myself! Then since I was in the food storage mood, I made a ton of wheat bread to freeze (though so far I've done a good job thawing it out and eating it). Our basement is getting way organized with pasta, beans, flour, rice, soup mixes and now jars of various canned items. I'm excited that were are doing what the prophet asks and preparing ourselves. I even purchased a 55 gallon drum for water storage! Good times.

Tyler really loves peas, squash, and carrots. The other day he decided to grab the spoon out of my hand. The results were messy, but quite cute.

One year ago right now, Sarah was getting off work and heading out with her friends. She had no idea it would be for the last time. They went to IHOP and took silly pictures making fun of her top lip (she thought she had no top lip). She laughed so hard she cried, tears even fell onto her jeans. She had just dyed her hair black, she had it curly that night. She was wearing one of her favorite shirts and her favorite diamond earrings our mom got her. Clark and Kyle thought it would be a good idea to race each other and since my sister didn't bring her car that night (it was parked at Starbucks to save on gas) she waited patiently in Geoffrey's truck while Kyle and Clark raced. Kyle in his mommy's BMW and Clark in his daddy's Corvette. Dumb boys with their parents' cars--way too much horsepower for children to handle. Obviously. Kyle won the race and my sister declared she would get to ride back to Starbucks with the winner now that the races were over. But then ...

For the first time in over a year, we set off at 5:30 this morning for a really fun Jeep trip with Ashley and Scott. We went to Elbe Hills, a trail we had never run before. Erik spent the last week lifting our jeep and putting new off-road tires on and so we were pretty excited to try it out. We met up with Russ, a backwoods dude with a very interesting take on beavers. Don't ask. From the backseat I got a few good pictures of Russ' Jeep. Things started out pretty normal, rock here, tree trunk there. Nothing to write home about. We didn't expect to see mud out there since it's been so hot lately. You can't tell from the picture but Ashley and I ended up getting completely covered head to toe in stinky mud. It was pretty fun. Then we got stuck and couldn't get out. So we had Russ tow us out. After several attempts which included Erik taking off his shoes and socks and getting the mud, we got out of the mud pit.