We heart baseball

There's something so American about baseball, I just love it and can't wait till Cole can get big enough to play. Tyler and I used to go to some SL Bees games pre-Cole, but haven't been with him since. So, after scoring a sweet deal on some first base line tickets, we took Cole to his first baseball game on Monday night. It was a perfect night, the weather was ideal, and of course, if you ever go to Franklin Covey I mean Spring Mobile (what?)Ballpark, the first base line seats are in the shade the whole game, which means you don't have to squint and get fried by the sun for the first 7 innings.

With Cole being an avid walker these days, it always takes us much longer to get places on foot than it used to. He doesn't like being carried unless he's tired, so here we are walking to the park. Aren't his little glasses CUTE!! They were a little big so they would kind of slide down his nose a little, but he didn't care. I'm suprised he kept them on, he just loved wearing them.


We took a break on our walk from parking to the park to pick up a rock and show daddy. It was a big discovery!
Well we finally got there before the game was over and made our way to our seats. What do you know, they are 2 seats right in the middle of the row with every seat around us occupied. If it were just you and your date, it would be fine, maybe a little uncomfortable being contained so much, but once you sat down it would work. Well, with a very active 11 month old, it's a different story. I feel like having the whole side row at church isn't enough space some Sundays, and now we have to confine him to our lap? There wasn't even any room for him to stand because of the gentleman that sat in front of us. Anyway, we slid past everyone, bumping them with the diaper bag and kicking a couple with Cole's feet, and sat down. It lasted for about 2 innings. Then we decided we needed more space. So we moved.

Cole flirting with the ladies behind us. Kind of a bummer to leave these great seats!

So this is the new section we found, clear in the right field corner. Cole was really happy he could walk around and put his hand in the yucky cup holders and flick the chairs up and down.

Cole playing peek a boo with a grandpa behind us.

It was a great evening together, but we learned our lesson to just get the cheap seats out where there aren't many fans so Cole can be happy, at least until he can appreciate the game more and stay in one little area for a prolonged amount of time. He'll be a baseball fan whether he likes it or not! :)

Grow little garden, grow!

I've been really excited lately about square foot gardening and growing things in raised beds, so I talked Tyler into building me some beds for our veggie garden this year. Last summer (our first here) we didn't do much to the backyard except for take care of the grass and plant a tree, so this year, weighing 40 lbs less and not having a huge beach ball belly getting in my way, I have been excited to make it more of what we wanted. Here is a before pic of a section of our backyard:

I never really got the concrete stones. They were just taking away from valuable garden/yard space, I felt. They were the first to go.

Here is the after, before compost. Tyler had to transplant some grass to fill in the edge. Didn't he do a great job putting those together?

A close up of how he did the corners. Genius.

Here's after putting compost in the beds.

And here's after putting our little plants in! 4 roma tomatoes, 2 bell pepper, 2 zucchini, 2 cucumber, and 1 jalapeno, melon, pumpkin, squash, and some carrots. Sidenote: we got them all at Costco for a great price, already started and everything. Cool right?

I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I can't explain it, but I don't always do well with plants. Tyler is a big help, so at least our garden has a 50/50 chance.

After a fun morning of gardening and yardwork, Tyler mapped out a route, we put on our leathers, and hit the road for a bike ride. We had such a great time, mom had Cole for a couple days so we were tried to squeeze as much as we could in. The ride was great though, the weather was beautiful but got progressively chilly so good thing we brought extra layers. We were both freezing by the time we got home!

We went past Devil's Slide, but not before stopping to take a picture.

Well, I've been slacking on the posts so that means a lot of non-connected pics. Enjoy!!

Cole playing with flour.

Straight to the tub after!
This is what can happen when you're learning to walk, even when mom and dad are standing 3 inches away from you. Poor guy was walking in the kitchen, stumbled, and banged his upper lip on the fridge corner which gave him a little bit of a bloody nose and a fat lip :( Sucking on ice seemed to do the trick, and it only took a minute for him to get back to mobile. He is one tough cookie!
Riding daddy's bike.

My handsome older brother graduated from BYU law school last month, we had a great time celebrating with the whole family. Way to go Parker, we're so proud of how much you've accomplished so far! This is waiting for the graduation to begin, Cole loves his cousins.
At dinner afterwards, Cole got a big kick out of Tyler pushing him around in the wheely highchair. It doesn't take much to entertain my boys :)

Cole also has become quite proficient at climbing up on things, he's such a little monkey. He likes climbing in the bathroom cupboards and finding fun things...
And of course helping with the dishes.
I just wanted to mention how proud I am of Tyler with his marathon training. Don't let the goofy smile fool you, he's actually NOT so excited about getting up at dawn to run miles and miles. But he does it! Keep it up honey.

Just cute. I can't WAIT to spend the whole summer with my boys!

Running Buddy

Cole and I ran our first official race together last weekend, and it was so much fun! My elementary school puts on a 5K every year to raise money for our arts program, so I excitedly filled out my registration form and entered. I really love to run, it's something I discovered while living in the avenues and becoming friends with a Boston-marathon-running-supergirl who opened up this whole new wonderful world. My dad also runs marathons, so he also played a part in getting me hooked. I'm not diehard, I only own one pair of good running shoes that actually should be replaced, and I've never even tasted gel or gu. But I love it because, a)it's the first time since college that I've REALLY felt challenged physically (don't be deceived, labor and delivery is in a class by itself) and I love the feel of accomplishment that comes with finishing a long, hard run where you wanted to quit a hundred times but didn't, b) I feel more healthy when I run, and c) being outside with nature early in the morning has an almost spiritual feel to it and really centers me. Tyler runs too, and I'm excited that he starts his marathon training tomorrow (he's doing Park City with my dad, I'm doing the half. We're also doing the 4th of July half-marathon if anyone wants to join us!)

Anyway, so I ran the 5K on Saturday and I really wanted Cole to be a part of it. We have this awesome jogger that Tyler got me a couple weeks after Cole was born, it really rocks. I prefer it to the stroller any day. But, it didn't come with a rain cover and that was a drawback on Saturday. Because a huge storm rolled in about an hour before the race started and didn't let up until later that afternoon. At first I was bummed, I wasn't sure if I wanted to have to worry about Cole getting soaked the whole race, but then Tyler convinced me he would be fine and let's just bundle him up in a garbage sack and see how he does. So we did, and he did great! We just stuck him in there with a blanket, put his raincoat on, cinched up the drawstring and hit the road. He loved it! His little face was getting a little spray at first, but he was just sticking out his tongue trying to feel the rain. And then he fell asleep half-way through, and didn't wake up until about a half-hour after we finished the race. What a guy!! Here we are leaving the shelter of our warm home to walk over to the race, you can't tell but it's raining behind me. Cole is excited for an unexpected morning jog.


Here he his, ready to race! One of my first graders that saw us was really concerned that I was going to throw Cole away in the big trash can out back. I had to reassure him that we were not, and then took the teaching moment to introduce a new vocabulary word: improvise :)
This is my great friend/co-teacher Shanna and her daughter Ellie. We share a class together (she teaches mornings, I teach afternooons) and we also watch each other's kids while the other is teaching. We also ran and finished together! She's amazing. This is right before the race, I can tell because we're still mostly dry.

Not very clear, but Tyler snapped this right as we went by the house before he had to go to work. We finished with a great time and were soaked to the bone. It was such a fun day.