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Well, what can I say, there are times when Marshall just cracks me up. I could take multiple videos every day and share them all! But, here are some of his best moments.

A great phone conversation, I don't think he picked this up from Richard...

Reading his scriptures-what a good boy.

And more dancing!

A Craft!

My Relief Society had their Super Saturday back in November. I signed up for two crafts, but of course, only got one done. This wooden nativity set has been sitting in a closet since November. Last week I finally set some time aside to do it and here is the finished product! I sanded down the edges, did two coats of black paint, roughed up the edges, put a sealant on it, and completed it with some raffia ribbon on the animals. I am very happy with the finished product. It was obviously very, very simple-but simplicity equals less frustration!

How Do You Eat Mashed Potatoes?

Marshall eats them straight from the serving bowl and very much enjoys it! :)

Overall Marshall is a pretty good eater, but he definitely has picky days. This night happened to be a picky one. He didn't want the pork chops, he didn't want the bread, he didn't want the green beans, but he LOVED the mashed potatoes. Once he finished all the potatoes on his plate he kept pointing to the serving bowl so I gave it to him. He ate all the potatoes and was very entertained with the big bowl. During this potato party Richard cleaned up the kitchen, and I snapped some pictures-a great way to end dinner!

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These videos were a little weird uploading and I've tested them a few times on our blog and sometimes they play, sometimes they don't. Love technology!

Dancing in silence...

This kid definitely has energy and rhythm. He always dances to music, but yesterday morning he just started dancing around the living room without music. how modern. :)

A little fall, but don't worry, he was just fine. :)

Feeling Old...

Let me just begin with a disclaimer here...I am 26 years old and while I know 26 is still on the young side I've had a few experiences lately that have made me realize that time really is ticking away!

In my mind I feel like I am 18 or 19 years old. I feel like I can go and do anything just like when I was a teenager. Two weeks ago I ran four miles with a friend. I had not been running since the middle of November and here I was in February running four miles. While I was running I had two thoughts: 1) this is so great that I am running four miles at my half-marathon pace without having run for the last 2 1/2 months and 2) I wonder how old I will be when I can no longer suddenly go out and run four miles one day.

Well, the morning after my run I could barely move. :) The soreness got worse as the day went on and I had lingering soreness for the next five days! But, the good news is, I did the same run just this last Saturday and I haven't been sore at all! I guess I still have it in me. :)

Next point...we have been watching the Olympics every night. I am shocked when the athletes take off their hoods, goggles, etc. to reveal such young looking faces and then I find out that they are 19 years old! What?! I have vivid memories of watching the Olympics as a young girl and wanting to be Kristi Yamaguchi when I grew up or wanting to be the gymnasts from the 1996 Olympics. I always admired these athletes and while I still admire them today it is weird to think that many of them are younger than me!

Last point...Richard and I had our first kiss on February 15, 2004. The other day I reminded him of this anniversary and then did the math to realize that our first kiss was six years ago-ahhh!!! Where is the time going?

Its inevitable-I really am getting older, as is everybody. One day I really will be too old to do everything I want to do. But, until then, I will enjoy everything I can and love everything I experience, even all the aches and pains that come with age. :)

Picture Time

Today I took Marshall to The Picture People to get some new pictures taken. I LOVE this place. They don't charge a sitting fee and I only go when I get a coupon for free pictures. I only spend a little bit of money, but I get darling pictures.

Unfortunately, Marshall wasn't too into smiling as soon as the photographer pulled out her camera so we spent the majority of our time doing crazy things to get him to even look at the camera. But, she did get some cute shots and now we have a new picture of Marshall to put in the living room. Click on the link below to see the pictures. He looks so old in some of them; he's growing up too fast!


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The Domes

Yesterday I took Marshall to the Milwaukee Botanical Domes. They have three domes and we spent all of our time in this one; their show dome, it was full of model trains.

The Domes are free to Milwaukee County residents on Mondays from 9:00-12:00, a major perk! We went once last year and it was packed and not really any fun. We were supposed to go last week for playgroup, but with Marshall being sick we had do pass. So, with an open Monday morning yesterday we decided to get out and check out the trains. Fortunately, it was not crowded at all and Marshall had great views of the trains and plenty of room to run around.

He loved the trains and has now mastered saying "choo-choo".

Besides all the train watching, Marshall did a lot of running around. There was a path around the entire garden and Marshall took to running laps and loved it.

It was a fun little outing, but too short. I think we will definitely be making another FREE visit very soon!