the color run san diego. [the happiest 5k on the planet]

katie:

you were missed last weekend.

wish you had been there to see me stumble through my first 5k.

it was epic.

colored powder, tutus, and neon knee socks were everywhere.

my kind of party.

totally sucks that you had to move back to freeeeezing cache valley before we could all run this race together.

next year i say you fly out for it and then we can all go shopping afterwards.

because going out in public looking like the hulk is so super fun.

[you should've seen the looks we got. people didn't even pretend not to stare]

this is us pre-race,

all clean and white and lungs not full of powder.

and post-race,

covered in powder but feeling oh so good.

i still can't believe i ran the entire way.

i'm sure it wasn't pretty to watch but i did it.

[this is the pic where i'm thinking, now where's a donut?? so hungry!]

dance party which katers rocked:

i tried a little experiment the night before the race.

i made my own colored powder because i knew kate would want to enjoy the festivities too.

i poured a ton of cornstarch into my food processor, added food coloring and mixed until combined.

worked like a charm and katers had a blast.

[thanks tyrel for allowing my kid to blast you in the face with powder. you rock]

and we couldn't resist,
we just had to rub it in a little bit more.
mwahahaha

and some more pics because i like to think i'm all sorts of awesome with the camera.
and because it really was just such a fantastically fun day.

ps. tyrel, thanks for sticking with me and my slow butt :)

pps. evie- you're a trooper. sorry about all the blue dust in your nose. at least your boogies are a cool color.

photobombed

miss kate:

i was attempting to take a picture of little evie rue the other day when BAM out of nowhere,
you appeared and photobombed every stinking picture.
it's a good thing i think you're so adorable because i could see how a mother who is tired and hungry would think to herself 'grrrrrrr. you're ridiculously annoying sometimes'.

thankfully your mother would never think these types of thoughts.
your mother is always well rested and never cranky so you just carry on with your photobombing.



ps. i always swore i wouldn't dress my kids in princess crap..... this is me eating my words. happens to the best of us.

o' hallows eve

[pumpkins were carved monday night and were collapsed and starting to 

mold by wednesday. gotta love yuma's heat]

halloween in yuma does not disappoint.

we had 600+ trick-or-treaters last night.

some spoke english, some just held open their bags with a heavily accented  'trick-or-treat'.

but almost everyone was in costumes- kids and adults.

i was impressed.

i thought we would have enough candy.

i thought wrong.

at one point jank's only option was to hand out lifesaver mints. 

i'm sure the kiddos really appreciated that.

despite the chaos,

we managed to have a really good night.

trying to get myself and the girls ready while handing out candy to the never-ending masses was quite comical.

we were even able to snap some pictures of the lowest quality [gotta love poor lighting]

in order to get these pics taken,

we had to turn off all the lights and shut the door and ignore the ringing doorbell.

those trick-or-treaters are persistent!

our friends' kids- spiderman [who ADORES evie], mr. bones, and medusa.

 happy halloween from the bug family.

lunch time

what?

you guys don't eat lunch on the kitchen floor while playing candyland?

you're seriously missing out. 

this is what waking up from a 3 hour nap looks like

well,
doesn't she look so very sad?

not to worry- 2 seconds later she was up and dancing around like the crazy kidlet that she is.
ahhh, preschoolers.
temperamental but oh so much fun.


kate,
your favorite thing to do right now is to tell us 'secrets'.
you twist our heads, lean in really close and loudly whisper whatever silliness you can think of, usually something like:
'ummmm..... evie is right over there.'
and then you giggle like you're the funniest person in the world.

it's rad.

easily amused

evie rue:

the other day i didn't budget my time very well.

[well, duh. i never budget my time well]

i was attempting to get ready for work at the same time that you girls was begging to be fed. 

[jank typically gets home about 10 minutes before i have to leave so he wasn't there to help]

let me tell you what i am not good at;

being patient with a whiny 3 year old and fussy baby.

nothing makes my blood pressure rise faster than a crying baby.

thankfully you don't cry often and on those occasions that you do,

you're easily distracted as long as i have a new item for you to discover.

the other day it was my camera lens cap.

bada bing.

occupied for a good 15 minutes.

which allowed me to get some makeup on, get dressed and i still had a spare moment to snap these pics.

goodness you're cute.

ps. ignore the weird picture in the background. i bought that gigantic frame at a garage sale for $7 [!!!] i am currently waiting for a new mat and art to be completed. unless i decide to keep the victorian little girl and the pink fabric mat..... sooooo tempting. decisions, decisions.