Sophie and her iPod

Sophie inherited Megan's old iPod last year. She listened to it a couple of times and then promptly lost it. Last week, she found it in our "cord drawer" (which is full of old chargers for phones and stuff) and was super excited. Next thing I knew, Sophie had those earphones stuck in her ears almost all the time! At breakfast, on the way to school, on the way to church, all afternoon every day, and until she falls asleep at night. Her playlist is everything we've ever downloaded, including Christmas music, which she LOVES listening to and singing. Sophie hasn't learned iPod etiquette yet, and hums or sings loudly and tunelessly, which really bugs her siblings. As for me, I just love to watch Sophie enjoying music so much! She is so cute!
Right now, the iPod is sitting on the back seat of my car, waiting patiently for Sophie to get out of school. Then she can sing "It's a Girl Thing" at the top of her lungs again.

I'm a Runner: 10K Edition

This was a weird race. Due to the fact that people kept passing me by, I figured that I would be the last one in. I was running as fast and hard as I could, and I was still being passed. I got really discouraged - I kept thinking that racing just wasn't for me and that I should stick to running around my neighborhood. Then when I hit the finish line and saw what my time was, I about passed out (well, I was about to pass out anyway!). All those times that I ran 6+ miles in my neighborhood, I never finished it in less than 1hr. 15 min. But this time I finished the 10K in 1 hr 48 seconds!!! A personal record! So that means that my average pace was about 10 min. per mile. Maybe I should try running a 10K again sometime...
It's always nice to find out that you are better than you thought you were.

Easter 2010

Easter was pretty mellow this year. We watched General Conference (Elder Holland hit another home run! Love him!) and had our traditional Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday. After the Priesthood session, we had all the guys from our ward over for a BBQ and quiz competition on the contents of the talks. I watched a movie in my bedroom... ;o)






On Easter Sunday, we watched Conference again and had a fantabulous (if I do say so myself) dinner. Still enjoying the leftovers!

Proof that I do fun things with my kids: 2

Magic Mountain












We all went to Magic Mountain on the first day of Spring Break. We opted to pay a little extra for the Flash Pass, which allowed us to bypass the 2-hr. lines and also to ride the rides two times in a row. Worth every dime!!! Chad and the older kids rode every roller coaster in the park, twice. I rode one roller coaster (Revolution) and decided that I would enjoy myself more if I stuck with Sophie (who wasn't tall enough to ride the big rides). Sam switched off between the older group and mine - some of the coasters were beyond his height too. So most of my pictures are only of the younger two (Sam was feeling pretty smug on the kiddie rides). But the older ones had the time of their lives and are still raving about it 4 days later!