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We may not be in Kansas but here in Hawaii at the fairways at Mauna Lani resort it's pretty nice. Join us for style and luxury at an affordable vacation rental...and that's no fooling!

Garden Boxes

The Garden disaster of last summer. Yeah I thought it would be a good idea to plant a garden last summer...so did the weeds. I'd like to think I was busy with a new baby, but probably I was just being lazy and not wanting to pick the weeds! Pretty much I picked a few tomatoes and that's about it.

This year I wanted to try and minimize the weed picking and we decided to make some garden boxes. We are SO NOT expert gardeners but hopefully we can get enough good produce to make these worth it! (AND NO WEEDS!)

Tucker is loving his new play area! Too bad we have to fill them up with dirt. Oh wait! He liked playing in the dirt too!

Playing peek-a-boo!

A nap works wonders!

 

Tucker was a super cranky pants a couple mornings ago. I put him down for a nap....too upset to sleep. Got him up to eat....too upset to eat. Put him back in bed....still too upset. Got him back up to read a book....calmed him down enough to eat....then sleep so back to bed he went. When I heard him in his room making noise, walah! This is what I got....one happy boy!

He's been pulling himself up on everything lately btw!

Christmas 2k9

We spent Christmas and New Year's (and the week between) in Evanston. It was such fun just being with family. Well minus the part about sharing a highly contagious dose of stomach flu. Christmas is all about sharing right? Matt and Tucker didn't get it but everyone else did! 11 of 13! Good thing is was a short one. It's fun watching kids at Christmas. Tucker and Parker probably don't get it yet, but it's still fun to see. We were eating breakfast when I honestly realized that we hadn't even opened our own presents! We all got some pretty good loot, and had some great food and company. Thanks Mom and Dad for everything. Oh, and Evanston can really put on a good fireworks show. I would say better than Boise on the fourth of July...and my mom said it was tame compared to their 4th!

Christmas 2K9

Merry Christmas everyone! We have truly been blessed this year and hope you all have been as well. If it doesn't seem like it, dig deeper! God's hand is in our lives every day whether we choose to realize it or not. Christmas always seems to come and go so rapidly and we hope you ave been enjoying it.

I thought this would be the last "safe year" for our Christmas tree. Tucker hasn't quite mastered the art of crawling, but that boy can get around! He is never in the same place that you put him down (well...he will sit and be quite mesmerized by Baby Einsteins!) He rolls a lot and rolled right on over the the tree and started playing in it the other day!

Tucker is growing up so fast. He started at just under nine pounds and took off! He was about 21 and a half pounds a couple weeks ago! I should be getting stronger packing him around right! He is such a happy baby and it has been so fun to watch him grow, explore, and experience his new world. We are so blessed to have him in our lives and it's hard to imagine life without him now!

Matt and I are great. Still running, biking (Matt), and trying to keep up with life! Tucker enjoys our runs so much that he sleeps right through most of them!

Speaking of sleeping, Tucker just couldn't wait to see Santa!



We wish you the best this Christmas, New Year, and always.

Love,
Matt ~ Leslie ~ Tucker

Zeitgeist

I ran the Zeitgeist 1/2 marathon last Saturday. It's been on my to do list for over a year. Being preggo this time last year I didn't do it but thought it would be a good way to get back into it after Tucker's arrival. Call me crazy! I've been a runner basically forever....started track in middle school and have been running ever since. So you would think it would be no big deal to do a 1/2 but it is. I don't know why i've never done them before. I like to run but have never really cared to go much over 8ish miles....those were long days for me. So this summer i started making my 8 milers into 9s then 10s then 11s.... (well I guess I had to start less than 8 after having a baby!) So at the beginning of September I ran a 1/2 at my family reunion...a trial go of sorts. Then last Saturday I did the big daddy. We'll call it that because there are some pretty good hills! I don't know why I wanted to do this one instead of a flat half. Maybe the challenge of it all. I don't love running hills and I didn't especially love it on Saturday, but I loved being able to finish and say "I did that"! When you're out there running it's like "what am I doing" then when you finish it's like "What can I do next?" So the verdict?? I think I'll do it again! Who wants to come? And no...I don't have any marathon plans any time soon! Can't really imagine getting done with a half and thinking "great! 1/2 way done!"


Passing off my Shirt to Matt and Tucker



This guy was a stud! I never even saw him....cuz he was ahead of me!

The big hill!

Ahhh the finish! Those last two miles were tough!

5 Months Old!

Tucker turned 5 months last week! Time goes by so fast and the days somewhat blur together. He is such a great baby...not that I have anything to compare to. Even still...We really are blessed with this one. In the last month he started rolling over...always from his back to his belly. That's his preferred position! He found his feet and is constantly holding on to them. I'm sure they will soon be in his mouth! He more so squeals with delight than laughs although we can coax some giggles from him (which make me giggle in return). He is sitting up on his own. Still unstable at times but getting very good at it. He was screaming when he wanted attention but that has kind of subsided for the most part. He has been waking up again in the middle of the night but will sometimes go back to sleep if I give him his binki. All in all we love him and are so glad he's part of our family!