The month of September

So I didn't put up any pictures from September we had a good time last month. We got a new nephew Jace! It was pretty exciting, oddly enough I don't have any pictures of him yet, I just couldn't be bothered getting my camera out. Anyway Valerie stayed with us while Jace and Lori recovered it was so much fun to have her with us. My Dad turned 50! My parents darling beagle Murphy died which was really sad, I don't have any pictures of her to put up on here or I would have. Mark ran a marathon and we went and saw Farm Animals. It was a good month for the most part! Enjoy the pictures and hope this finds everyone well

Valerie and Marin liked play time in the bath, they were usually like 45 minutes long at least it wasn't a 45 minute shower.

Valerie wanted to wear one of Marin's bows to church as you can tell church is during Marin's nap time and she is more ready for bed than for church.

Getting ready for the day.

Marin taught Valerie where all the cool kids play at our house.... the dog pen. They had fun locking the dog out of her pen. They just laughed and laughed. Funny little girls they are.

We went to the Mayan while Valerie was with us and here we are eating our okay tasting dinner that we paid too much for to watch the divers and entertainment, but I will say this the comment I got out of my niece was worth the price of dinner and then some.
Watching the divers. Now the comment I was talking about earlier. I knew my niece liked MacGyver however on this night I found out that she LOVES MacGyver. I pointed up in the air and said look Valerie there is a diver. She turned to me all excited and her eyes as big as plates and said "MACGYVER IS HERE!?!?!?!?!" She about fell out of her booster seat trying to find him. I didn't have the heart to tell her that he was a diver not MacGyver. So this little girl had one of her dreams come true, she saw MacGyver. She was so happy.

MacGyver the diver.

Mark ran a marathon the whole 26.2 miles, he did awesome! Here is Mark and Marin at the 5 am wake up drive to drop Mark off, she is so happy can you tell? She was a champ for sure!

Here comes Mark about to cross the finish line, I about missed his big finish but I made it just in time. It isn't the best picture but if you blow it up it is just..... beautiful. Distance is good.

Mark with his finishers medal. He was even able to muster up a smile. Once we met up I said how are you doing? What do you want, need to lie down? Want me to get you some water? His response? I could really use a Dr. Pepper right now. HA! Apparently going off caffeine was okay, but he sure missed his Dr. Pepper. I love the Fat Boy ice cream trailer located at the finish line.

Getting Mark some much needed lunch. Marin is behind Mark, that is her back pack and box of diapers in the back she is there though.

My Dad turned 50 this year and we snuck into his office and decorated the door and the inside of the office. Thanks to my Mom who was tricky enough to get his office keys away from him and get us the code so that we didn't set off the alarm. Here is his office door.
After we blew up balloons Marin wanted to help so she would put her mouth around the tied part and blow. It was pretty cute.

What is a 50th birthday cake without 50 candles he was able to blow all of them out but I like the picture of them all lite. What is Michael helping..... No wonder he blew them all out. (Michael didn't help he was trying to get into Dad's head)

When went to Thanksgiving point farm animals or whatever they call it. We had a lot of fun cause this girl was leaving and had a free pass for a family to get in and gave it to us! It made it more enjoyable for sure.


Okay so I am dry heaving while taking this picture telling Mark to not let her get her mouth any where near the railings, apparently Mark doesn't think it is as gross as I do but we did manage to keep her mouth off of the railings, just not her chin, chest, stomach, arms, hands or head.

It cracked us up to watch Marin look at animals she liked to squat.



Or get on her tip toes and look over the railing at the animals which in this case are massive compared to her.
This picture makes me laugh. This horse was huge!





Okay so a hidden talent of Mark he can make realistic turkey calls. I told him I wouldn't put the video up but here is the story. The ugly turkey closest to Mark is a female and every time he would do this call thing she was perk up and walk closer to him. The black and white turkey is a male and oh how he disagreed with one of his ladies checking out another turkey caller. The male turkey would ruffle his feathers, stick out his chest and stand up really tall and stare down Mark. So Mark not a man to take anything lying down would stand up straight and spread his arms and stick out his chest and make a louder turkey sound, I about peed my pants it was pretty funny.




My little prisoners. I stopped recording just as she started to laugh, of course!