We haven't done anything super exciting but we have had fun doing....well everyday things. Marin loves to play out on my parents deck even when no one will go outside with her, she loves to be outside.
As soon as the weather turned nice for those of you who know Mark know that he was itching to go hiking. Not so fun with my darling expanding pregnant frame, but not one to be left out of the "fun" I treked the trails with my darling family. Exhausted at the top I certainly didn't take a picture up there so you get a picture from where we started...the neighborhood.
My baby turned 2!! I was prepared to make her waffles or pancakes in the shape of the number 2, nope she wanted cereal and chocolate milk in her fun cup. So was the start of her birthday!
Then we went out and ran errands....fun for her.
After running our errands we went and picked up Mark from work and headed over to California Pizza Kitchen to go see Robbie and eat! It was a nice dinner but I must say their chocolate banana cake or whatever it is called is DIVINE! I still dream about it. Wouldn't guess I was pregnant would you? So ended Marin's actual birthday but the party was yet to come!
Marin has many little quirks, doing hair is one of them. She loves to do girls hair (as D.Jay's friend Ashley is modeling) We were hanging out with Bev and co and Bev started to play with Ashley's hair that was all the cue Marin needed. She was even pretending to pin things in her hair.
So the day of Marin's birthday party came around. With us being the supportive children we are we ran a 5K for the local assisted living center my parents are involved in. First we will brag about how everyone did. Steven took first place overall and in his age group. Mark took first place in his age group, and 3rd overall. My Mom took first for her age group. Now what is really impressive is that I actually finished this sucker. Such a good husband I have finished the race and then came back and walked the rest with me and Marin and Charlie. Who is Charlie? Charlie is a resident at the assisted living who is mostly blind and drives a motorized scooter. I was glad for the company however when he could see the finish line I told him to go ahead and beat the pregnant lady. He responded with "Well there isn't much dignity in that...." As he drove off leaving dead last for me :) It was fun overall and I was glad we went and help raise some money for Parkinson's. Not sure I'll do that again...actually I will next year have to redeem myself!
Then we had Marin's party in the park. It was fun we had family and friends come out. Here is Marin opening her presents with her best little friend Adie.
It was a nice day and we had a lot of fun. I didn't get a lot of pictures from her party because it is mostly on video tape, but she LOVED everything she got (imagine that!)
What is a party without a bit of cake? She had chocolate chocolate cake. She loves cake, she asks for it daily, no joke. Good thing I don't have it in my house or Marin and I would both be needing to go on a diet for sure!
Then we went fishing with her new fishing pole from her Daddy. (It was a LONG day, 5K, party, bridal shower, fishing....LONG DAY!)
Oh I just realised how cute my little girl is in pink and my man is in blue. CUTE. ANYWAY they are getting ready to cast out, I like this picture and I think the reflection on the lake is pretty awesome too.
15 minutes later...it was Mark fishing.....
And the girls in the car eating left over rolls :)
With nice weather comes the awesome task of yard work. I just love this picture mostly because of Marin's beautiful uni brow!
Marin enjoys getting in our bed and watching Sesame Street and then she is ready to take on the world!
Poor Darla. Yes she is still alive, but Marin loves her just a little too much if you know what I mean. Marin tries to ride her like a horse, lays on her when she is on the ground and 9 times out of 10 if she is watching a movie she is sitting on Darla or has her head on her. Glad we have a patient dog.
Our bedroom flooded. The only damage was my body pillow. I found the water quick enough that we were able to get everything of value off the floor and out the door in a matter of minutes, amazing how quickly you can move when you fear for your high heels, jackets, and pictures that you haven't hung on the wall. Mark's priority was more for the Wii (which survived) glad he was there cause I was NOT thinking electronics. Anyway everything is done and over with there and I was glad to have neighbors that were willing to jump in and donate the use of their wet/dry vacs and fans. Saved us for sure.
Ask anyone I am not a wonder when it comes to cookies...I struggle who knows why I can cook but baking is not my thing. However who am I to deprive my daughter of good ol cookie dough and the smell of burning cookies? (Okay not really they actually survived for the most part)
So expressive! I asked her where are the cookies? To which she said I don't know?
We planted our garden! I'm pretty excited of course the snow a few days ago might have just killed my plants...here is hoping not. Mark built planter boxes for us and the family upstairs so we should have PLENTY of veggies this summer, which is good since we love garden veggies.
Marin helping get the dirt nice and "unclumpy" for lack of a better word, she had so much fun playing in the dirt.
Helping Mark water the newly planted tomato plants. Thanks Grandma Bev for the watering can she uses it each time we water.
Baseball. We went to BYU's last home game. What is a little baseball without.....
Good food. (Marin ate all but a bite of this hot dog) .......
Family (not my favorite picture but how can I not put this picture up with Marin making that face?!?!).........
And unpredictable weather? All in all we got everything you expect from a baseball game except a win. It was fun and we plan to go to more games next year when Daniel is back playing again (who by the way comes home in less than 50 days!!!!) Okay that is enough pictures and words to last a while I think. Hope everyone is having an awesome spring and ready for the summer!
So the day of Marin's birthday party came around. With us being the supportive children we are we ran a 5K for the local assisted living center my parents are involved in. First we will brag about how everyone did. Steven took first place overall and in his age group. Mark took first place in his age group, and 3rd overall. My Mom took first for her age group. Now what is really impressive is that I actually finished this sucker. Such a good husband I have finished the race and then came back and walked the rest with me and Marin and Charlie. Who is Charlie? Charlie is a resident at the assisted living who is mostly blind and drives a motorized scooter. I was glad for the company however when he could see the finish line I told him to go ahead and beat the pregnant lady. He responded with "Well there isn't much dignity in that...." As he drove off leaving dead last for me :) It was fun overall and I was glad we went and help raise some money for Parkinson's. Not sure I'll do that again...actually I will next year have to redeem myself!
Then we had Marin's party in the park. It was fun we had family and friends come out. Here is Marin opening her presents with her best little friend Adie.It was a nice day and we had a lot of fun. I didn't get a lot of pictures from her party because it is mostly on video tape, but she LOVED everything she got (imagine that!)
What is a party without a bit of cake? She had chocolate chocolate cake. She loves cake, she asks for it daily, no joke. Good thing I don't have it in my house or Marin and I would both be needing to go on a diet for sure!Then we went fishing with her new fishing pole from her Daddy. (It was a LONG day, 5K, party, bridal shower, fishing....LONG DAY!)
Oh I just realised how cute my little girl is in pink and my man is in blue. CUTE. ANYWAY they are getting ready to cast out, I like this picture and I think the reflection on the lake is pretty awesome too.15 minutes later...it was Mark fishing.....And the girls in the car eating left over rolls :)
With nice weather comes the awesome task of yard work. I just love this picture mostly because of Marin's beautiful uni brow!
Marin enjoys getting in our bed and watching Sesame Street and then she is ready to take on the world! Poor Darla. Yes she is still alive, but Marin loves her just a little too much if you know what I mean. Marin tries to ride her like a horse, lays on her when she is on the ground and 9 times out of 10 if she is watching a movie she is sitting on Darla or has her head on her. Glad we have a patient dog.Our bedroom flooded. The only damage was my body pillow. I found the water quick enough that we were able to get everything of value off the floor and out the door in a matter of minutes, amazing how quickly you can move when you fear for your high heels, jackets, and pictures that you haven't hung on the wall. Mark's priority was more for the Wii (which survived) glad he was there cause I was NOT thinking electronics. Anyway everything is done and over with there and I was glad to have neighbors that were willing to jump in and donate the use of their wet/dry vacs and fans. Saved us for sure.Ask anyone I am not a wonder when it comes to cookies...I struggle who knows why I can cook but baking is not my thing. However who am I to deprive my daughter of good ol cookie dough and the smell of burning cookies? (Okay not really they actually survived for the most part)So expressive! I asked her where are the cookies? To which she said I don't know?We planted our garden! I'm pretty excited of course the snow a few days ago might have just killed my plants...here is hoping not. Mark built planter boxes for us and the family upstairs so we should have PLENTY of veggies this summer, which is good since we love garden veggies.
Marin helping get the dirt nice and "unclumpy" for lack of a better word, she had so much fun playing in the dirt.
Helping Mark water the newly planted tomato plants. Thanks Grandma Bev for the watering can she uses it each time we water.Baseball. We went to BYU's last home game. What is a little baseball without.....
Good food. (Marin ate all but a bite of this hot dog) .......
Family (not my favorite picture but how can I not put this picture up with Marin making that face?!?!).........And unpredictable weather? All in all we got everything you expect from a baseball game except a win. It was fun and we plan to go to more games next year when Daniel is back playing again (who by the way comes home in less than 50 days!!!!) Okay that is enough pictures and words to last a while I think. Hope everyone is having an awesome spring and ready for the summer!
Now since we haven't had a child to take to other Easter egg hunts we didn't know what we were in for. I assumed that people were nice and respectful and what not. NOPE! This Easter egg hunt was at the assisted living my Mom helps out at and they had 1500 eggs and we were 10 minutes late than the start time and the 20 something kids that went had taken ALL the eggs. They were gone, kids were walking by with bags, baskets, shirt pockets full of Easter eggs and my little girl sat there with nothing. I kept having these urges to just smack those selfish parents for not saying here have a few of our kids eggs since you don't have any. ONE mother finally did and we just 
Wait! There is candy in these things?!?! That was the end of just picking them up and putting them in her basket.
Showing off her Easter egg!
And the candy.....
Painting Easter eggs, last year we attempted to do this and it was just lost on her, however she got it this year. Probably a little faster than I was planning. I decided patience is having an almost 2 year old dying Easter eggs. Sticking her hands in every color trying to and succeeding in DRINKING the colors (which if you are wondering they are made from fruit and besides being nasty they are just fine to drink...although not recommended)
Coloring with the "magic" crayon. 
This picture is very deceptive. It looks as though she is going to gently place the egg in the cup and use her spoon. NOT what happens but she is a good egg coloring faker!
FINALLY got to 
I made Mark a 
The Easter bunny also dropped off a special visitor, UNCLE D. JAY! D. Jay and Mark went to priesthood conference Saturday night and then they stayed up playing video games and what not. Marin loved having someone else to show off her goodies to.
Marin found her basket and then quickly went about finding her Easter eggs, man she is getting to be such a fun age!
Just like looking for Easter eggs outside, she has to hold someones hand like she is saying "come with me I want you to see all the fun things I'm finding" 
Oh the Easter dress. I love Easter dresses mostly because it gives me an excuse to buy a frilly, pretty, fun, dress for Marin. However this year it was ALL Mark, Mark found this dress and it didn't take much to tell him that we NEEDED this dress (after all he picked it out.) We got her 2 year pictures done in this dress so I have cuter ones coming....I hope. She wasn't a "sport" at pictures.
Last but certainly not least. Baby #2 is a BOY! Mark and I are so excited to be having a little boy. He is healthy and right on track. Which is what every parent wants to hear. However this baby boy of ours was folded I swear in half during the ultrasound which caused the doctor to practically dig his elbow in my hip to try and get the baby to stretch out. I'm 
Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! We certainly did listening to conference and the talks about the Savior certainly helped keep the focus in the right place, even if we did get "detoured" with the candy and things. We will keep you posted, because there is a lot more coming up in April. My baby turns 2!!! Our Anniversary, My Mom's BIG birthday, and all the other things we enjoy that come with spring! 
Here is a picture near the top!
Marin about 30-45 minutes into the ride and she stayed this way for more than an hour....goes to show you don't mess with nap time in this household (that applies to all ages :) )
After the boots came off it was onto the coat. She wanted it zipped up and everything. Cute girl. 
Happy St. Patrick's day....Enough said about this darling pose she is showing off here!
I'm not entirely sure what they are looking for here but it was sure cute to come into the family room and see this. Cute bums in our family. 
Marin likes to stand in her toy box and play with the phone her Aunt Marie gave her. For some reason playing with the phone on the ground isn't as much fun. 
Steven and Kim played in the school talent show! They did an awesome job. Marin loved watching all the other acts that were there. She was especially excited when Steven and Kim came out! Way to go you guys!
