Walking!

Trevor took his official first steps two weeks ago! Since then he's gotten better little by little with lots of encouragement from his anxious parents. Can you tell he's our first?

By the way, Trevor didn't run smack into the camera at the end of the video. Just mom's arm--ha ha!

Sabino Canyon Sunset Run

Usually when I run a race the course goes through a regular park or neighborhood, but this weekend the course was beautiful! It was a 10K right up the road through Sabino Canyon. A few runners even pulled out cameras to take pictures while they ran.

About a mile and a half into the race I came across water flowing over several bridges. I had not expected wet feet but mine got soaked!

Since the race took me almost an hour, my family had time to look around the canyon. Trevor loved the rocks, of course, and Birch got to play with his camera. Tom and Nicole, my in-laws, were also visiting for the weekend and it was fun to take them to one of the prettier places in Tucson.

Wow! Mom never lets me do this!

This afternoon I left Trevor outside with Birch for two minutes while I grabbed something in the kitchen. When I came back, I found the hose on and two very happy boys: a muddy one and a guilty one!

Family & Missionaries

In the last month Birch and I have both had a brother leave on a mission. My brother McKay is in the MTC and will be serving in the Argentina Buenos Aires West mission (middle picture, pretty obvious). He's number five out of seven kids in our family and the second missionary. He is definitely ready to go!

Brooks is Birch's youngest brother (far right in the family photo, green shirt) and is now serving in New Hampshire. His fun fact is that he was born in his mission (Maine) but hasn't lived there since he was a baby. What a coincidence!

Another of Birch's brothers, Gabe, just got home from his mission in Oakland, California (far left, white shirt). Gabe and Brooks missed seeing each other by less than a month, but Brooks was given permission to spend a few days with Gabe in his mission before he came home and Brooks left. Both of these guys are amazing!