Thursday in Canada

Thursday we woke up early, picked cherries, ate lunch, then headed to Golden Ears Falls for a nice hike. It was a gorgeous day to be hiking. So glad the weather cooperated for us to have a nice week there. On our way back from the hike, we took a short-cut and drove onto the ferry to go across the river.

We were so lucky to be there when the cherries were ripe and ready to eat. This was only a few of them.

What a guy!

It was so pretty on this hike. Fos did great in the back pack, he even fell asleep!

Molly tuckered out a bit at times. It was Brian who was lucky enough to have her on his shoulders.

Beautiful falls and awesome company!

Molly and mom

The Fam

David's trick rock throwing skills.

Look close and see the HUGE rock Molly was throwing.

Not a real trip without "Sasha"

He got like 3 feet of air!

Wednesday Canada and Canoe Day

Wednesday we went to a ward Canada Day breakfast, then loaded the canoe and headed to David and Mary's favorite canoeing river. It was a nice quiet place to be. After canoeing, we had a picnic then played some bocci ball. On our way home, we stopped at a Nursery that had train sets displayed all over, hot sauce section, Thomas the Train sets, animals, and a $2 train ride. It was quite the nursery. Our battery died so we didn't get any pictures of after the canoe part. Check out David and Mary's blog for those pictures.

Here's the crew. I liked all the boats in the background

Molly's first canoe trip. She loved it!

Docking

Monday

Just a warning, there are going to be a few pictures here. Monday was fun, we drove to the Meritime Museum in Vancouver. It's all about ships and they even had a real live one inside the building. It was interesting to walk through. Unfortunately, Molly wasn't well that day and we were running to the bathroom every 20 mins or so.

They had a kid area to dress up and do hands on things. Molly makes a pretty cute pirate!

Ey Matee.....look yonder!

Not a bad looking pirate himself

Scuba Mary

Molly and Grandpa navigating a submarine

Family picture on the boat and one sick little girl

Beautiful background. It really is a gorgeous place!

No sunset to walk off into, but again, beautiful scenery.

Beach

We had great weather while in Vancouver. It is such a beautiful place and we are so glad to have that connection.

Just a family shot

I like this picture

Cute shot of Fos and Dad

Let's Go Fly a Kite....

After the museum, we walked outside to find perfect kite flying weather. After eating our picnic in the car, Scott's dad got out all the kites and string. We think Molly enjoyed it inspite of not feeling very well. This was Foster's first time flying kites. We didn't get any great shots of it, but Scott's dad tied the string to Fos's shoe and when the kite flew up, so did his foot. Good thing the wind wasn't too strong, otherwise he might have gone up too!

Scott and Molly flying "Canada"

Fos was a real pro

Just look at those skills!

And....what's a trip without a "Sasha" pose?

Sunday

Sunday, Scott's brother Brian gave a talk in church, and yay for us, we got to be there. He did a great job. We came home and had a wonderful Sunday dinner of ham, potatoes, veggies, and salad. It was a nice relaxing day!

Four generations. Great Grandpa Walton, Grandpa Walton, Dad, and son.

3:25:08

O.K., so after my first marathon, I swore I'd never run again. Well, I think it took about a day to realize I wanted to do another to learn how to run better. Good friend Cassidy, said she wanted to do the Seattle marathon. When she mentioned it was on a Saturday, I was in. We figured it'd be a good way to make a trip to Vancouver as well. The training was tough. I battled a bad back and achilles tendon problems a few different times throughout. But, with much prayer and dedication, I made it through all those trials and ran my second marathon. I bettered my time by 7 mins and felt really good about the whole experience. The course was beautiful and hilly. No steep inclines, but long slow gradual uphills and when the last hill was set at mile 24.2 lasting to the flat top at around 25.4, it was like climbing Mt. Everest. Cassidy and my sister Becky ran it too. I am so proud of both of them for their accomplishments. It was so nice being at the finish area together. Congrats to both of them! I qualified for Boston, so that is my next goal......hopefully! It was hard deciding which pictures to post, so here are a few

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Saturday

Just a few single shots of the marathon. We had great weather for the day.

My #1 fan. Scott was more than supportive of me doing this marathon. He did everything he could to help my back, watched the kids on my long runs, and was just what every marathon with two kids needs. You're the best Scott!

It was fun running a race with people you know. There were a few turn arounds so I could see Becky and Cassidy two different times. It was fun to wave and give high fives.

Here is my #2 fan. My friend Staci, and I would swap kids for exercising. Molly was always encouraging me to go back out and run some more. She knew the routine of getting my shoes on and heading out the door. Some mornings (if I went before Scott left for work) she'd be sitting by our glass weather door waiting for my return. Hopefully she'll be a runner like her mamma!

Seattle Trip -- Friday

So here are a few posts from our trip last week. They won't be in order because I started blogging with our first day. This was Friday. We went downtown to the marathon Expo at Qwest Center. After getting our numbers, we headed to Pikes Market Place. It was a beautiful day.

Fos man learning to stand

He's our gangsta'

Beautiful park

Friday still

Pictures are a little washed out, but wanted to post where we were at.

Met up with Cassidy at the Expo then got to hang out part of the day.

Amazing flowers in the market place. They were so pretty and CHEAP!

Gross "thing" they would pull back every once in a while and scare people. Molly was not about to go near this "Thing"

Thursday

Got into Seattle with enough time to eat a yummy pasta dinner prepared so kindly by Scott's aunt and then head to the beach. It was a little chilly, but still nice to be out.

Father's Day!

Here is my tribute to this wonderful guy Molly and Foster call Daddy. They are truly blessed to have him as their dad. He's a great example to me as well as them (they just aren't aware yet)! Scott, we love you and hope you HAD a great Father's Day!

This was our yummy Father's Day dessert. Love any reason to have dessert and try something new. This cake is my new favorite. Maybe I should call it bread. It's a Lemon Yogurt Cake with a drizzle of lemon flavored powdered sugar and water and berries galore!

Kendal's Birthday

Molly was invited to a "Tea Part" Birthday party. It was so cute. The girls had cut out sandwiches, cut out cheese, and watermelon and berries on a kid size skewer (toothpick). After lunch they got their toe and fingernails painted with the color of their choice.

Brianne, Molly and Kendal

You get the idea!

Molly just ate the candy flowers off the top.

Happy Fathers Day Grandpa!

Happy Birthday Mom

Happy Birthday Mom/Grandma/Mary...hope you have a great day!

Just Like Mamma

So, we made a Texas Sheet Cake to take to Scott at work the other day. In celebration of Father Day week. She must have seen her mom taste testing and knew exactly what to do.

And he's out

I had scouts here the other morning at our house. We did part of requirement 8 with making a meal and cleaning up. We made pancakes and sausage. It was a lot of fun. Fos was put in his high chair with some bananas. It was so funny to watch him get delirious and then eventually close his eyes and rest his head.

Baptism

My sister-in-law got Baptized last Saturday. We drove out to Beautiful Lander, WY to support her in this. It was a wonderful baptism (as they all are). We are so excited for her and my brother to start on this journey together. Christina, congratulations. We love you and are so happy for you!

Lagoon

Last Thursday, Lagoon had Family Night and our Stake was a part of it. So, we got in the park for free and had we bought passes for all of us, would have gotten $14 off a ticket. However, we just took advantage of getting into the park for free then bought $10 worth of tickets for Molly to ride some kiddie rides. We wanted to see if going to Disney World would be worth it. Yep, it was. She absolutely LOVED Lagoon. I think if she would have been tall enough, she would have tried some scarier rides. She had to hold on to something at all times......even if it was just a seat belt strap. It's so fun as parents to see kids excitement. Disney World, here we come!