Grandma's Glasses

I walked in and saw Coop watching a show like this

I have no idea how he saw anything but blur with her reading glasses on.  

He makes me laugh!

G^3 Visit

Grandma and Grandpa Gundersen visited this past weekend.  They visit wherever we go each summer and even though this year they only live 2.5 hours away, they still came up for a little weekend visit.

Horse Races @ Emerald Downs

I've always wanted to go to a horse race and so has my mom so we decided to hit up Emerald Downs that's only 15 minutes away.  It was a really fun and exciting experience, even more so than I thought it would be.  

I bet it'd be really exciting if we bet some money ;-)

Comin down the track

1st place

And the rest.

I took this picture just to show how little these jockeys are.

Waiting for the next race.

Cheesecake Factory

I always forget to take pictures of the actual food and cheesecake...guess I'm too busy devouring it!

Seattle Zoo

Feeding the giraffe.

Checking out the Jaguar

Elephant

Just chillin

Wedding

Early Saturday morning we headed back to Wenatchee with my parents because I was doing a friends hair for her wedding.  I'm kicking myself for not taking a picture of the finished product but here are some pics from the wedding.

Bridesmaids and Groomsmen danced down the aisle wearing aviator sunglasses which was very entertaining.

Cute flower girls and ring bearer.

I always like to look at the Groom when the bride is coming down the aisle because its always such a genuinely happy face.

A lot of times the back of the dress is just as pretty.

We threw leis at the the new couple after the ceremony and Cooper collected them ALL.

Some happy moments between Carter and Papa.  

Unfortunately they were few and far between with this teething, grumpy little guy.

We always have fun with Grandma & Papa and we love that we can see them all the time here.

Blackberries!

I think its about the coolest thing ever that there are millions of blackberry bushes everywhere here and we can go pick to our hearts desire.

Carter's bucket was rarely full.

Now I need to figure out what to do with them all!

Just a few things about Cooper

He loves the Home Depot kids club and is always so proud of his handiwork!

Like any other 3 year old, he gets into things that he's not supposed to.

It is near impossible to wake him up after he's fallen asleep.
*he had fallen asleep on the way to the grocery store.

A bit of Light Reading

Coop has an amazing memory (he gets it from his Daddy).  He has us read him books over and over again until he can read them himself by memory.  Here he is reading his book Fidgety Fish.

And of course Carter has to be just like his big brother!   My favorite one is the frog ;-)

Together

I love catching them TOGETHER!

(I made these capes for them since Coop was always asking me to tie his blanket around his neck)

A Race to end all Races

This last weekend I was able to participate in a 190 mile relay race called Spokane to Sandpoint.  I have done 2 others similar to this in Oregon (Hood to Coast) and Utah (Wasatch Back Relay).  Its about the only running race I enjoy doing since it involves a team.  For those who are unfamiliar, you have a team of 12, each runner runs 3 legs at different times of the day ranging from 3-8 miles.  You're team is constantly running through the day and night until you finish.  It took our team 29 hours to arrive at the finish line(Friday morning to Saturday morning).  It's definitely draining and hard and sleep-depriving but overall very fun.  I think the best part is spending 29 hours in a car with 6 other ladies and becoming best of friends while cheering each other and other teams on as you pass them. Here are some pics from the event.
But before I show you any, I will preface that our team's name was "We got the Feet" based on the 80's song "We got the Beat" making our theme 80's...this is why we are dressed the way we are.  And yes, I did run in a tutu.  It actually was quite airy and light weight!

The 12 women that made up our team.

Oh, and let me also say that we were not the only ones wearing crazy costumes.  We were one of many!

What are big sisters for if not to feather your bangs and plaster them with hairspray so they stay while you run?

My big, little sis!

The start of the race had a Best Wig contest.

You can always spot our team because of the tutus...they were quite helpful.

The 2nd leg had a costume contest.  Here is our runner running as Octo-Mom.  

She ran her whole leg pushing the stroller and keeping those fake lips in.  Now that's talent!

These were the women in just our van, chillin out and waiting for the first van to finish their run.

I sent this pic to Caleb before my first leg...who would of thought I was actually going to go run?

I was runner #12 and my leg was a tatoo contest.  Like my running feet!?

Proof that I did actually run in a tutu.  

Sorry its so blurry, I must have been too fast for the camera to catch!

No judging me for getting Cold Stone in the middle of my race!  I had a good 8 hours before I had to run again and boy did it taste delicious!

Part of our race was to run into Silverwood Theme Park and ride the roller coaster Tremors.  This was at 1 in the morning so it was freezing and pitch black.  I don't know that I have ever screamed that much on a roller coaster...and I'm usually not a screamer.  I just couldn't help it!

And here we are with our "Finisher" medals (because we weren't even close to placing, nor did we care) standing with pride that we finished this very long race...alive. Only those who participated in this specific race will truly know what that means.

You'd think my feet didn't train 5 miles of running everyday for 3 months before this.

I had 3 of these babies.

And just for my own purposes

Running times

-1st leg 4.4 miles: averaged 8:30 minute miles

-2nd leg 5.5 miles: averaged 8:00 minute miles

-3rd leg 4.6 miles: averaged 8:45 minute miles* 

*Can you tell this was the last leg :-)