Happy Father's Day

It's about love. That's my dad in a nutshell. He was my best friend as a teenager up till I met my husband. He was always very understanding in world that isn't so much. He taught me to think for myself and to question. He's always stood up for me when things got tough. He was the parent I went to when I needed comfort or someone to talk to. And now no matter where my siblings and I are he's always there just loving us for who we are and always there to lend a hand even when it's probably better if doesn't!

Thanks Dad for your love for that's truly what it's all about! Love you!

My First 5K!

I ran my first 5K this morning! I've been training the last eight weeks for this...but about three days ago I caught a bit of a bug...coughing, stuffy nose, sore throat, the works. So I wasn't in top form this morning, but nevertheless I persevered and came in at 31:05.7 minutes!!! It was mostly downhill which really helped with my time since I haven't been able to do that well on my treadmill at no incline. I ran 3.1 miles without stopping once and while sick to boot! Very exciting and I have no shame in patting myself on the back! I'm hoping to run another one maybe this summer, but definitely next year without being sick. I may even try a 10K! I don't think I'll go beyond that, though. I don't really enjoy running and I think anything longer than 6.2 miles would just be beyond my sensibilities! So yeah me!

15 mos, Thanksgiving Point, and DVD Shelves

Gabe turned a whopping 15 months last Sunday and had his respective check-up this week. He's still a nail, but his height is averaging out. He's almost 32 in. long and he's only about 22 pounds. But he's my big boy! He even took some major steps, literally, on Mother's Day! He'll be running around in no time much to our detriment.

Friday Gabe and I were invited to go up to Thanksgiving Point with our friends Julie and her daughter Kambree and her friend Heather and his son Hunter to go see the cute farm animals. I hadn't taken Gabe there yet so I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to do so. Gabe had a lot of fun playing with the other kids his age, but he wasn't so sure of the animals. They were pretty big and he still doesn't quite have the walking down and I didn't want him crawling around that! But they have a couple playhouses over there so they all had fun playing in the dance hall and the jail! Overall, it was a fun afternoon!

Archie has been working on our DVD shelves since last Fall and he finally finished them yesterday morning! He designed and made them and I am so proud of him. He's super handy and crafty. What more could I ask for? Well....I won't say! Anyway, they are beautiful now we have tons more room around our living room with even more space to expand our collection! Hugs to you, Honey!

 The shelves w/o DVDs

With DVDs and the shelves' maker!

Happy Mother's Day!!!!!!

 Me and my mommy at the hospital! Love ya, Mom!

I thought it would be fun to post about the etymology of the word mother. It's a classic word like brother and father in the sense that its etymology can be traced back to Indo-European *mater- (asterisk means no historical documentation has been found for this word, but historical linguists have been able to determine what its likely form was).

Different forms of mother in various related and unrelated languages:

1.Old English: modor
2. Old Saxon: modar
3. Middle Dutch and Dutch: moeder
4. Old High German: mouter
5. Old Icelandic: modhir
6. Gaulish: Matrebo
7. Old Irish: mathir
8. Latin: mater
9. Oscan: Maatreis
10. Umbrian: matrer
11. Greek: meter
12. Lithuanian: motyna
13. Latvian: mate
14. Old Slavic: mati

 Love language; it's fascinating! Hope you enjoyed some Mother's Day trivia!

All information was taken from Chambers Dictionary of Etymology. The mother words do not contain their proper accents/dashes, etc due to not having them on my computer or my inability to figure out how to do it!

The Many Adventures of Cars, Keys, and Books....

It's been awhile. Life's always crazy! So here come some updates.

Gabe is still the fastest crawler! He loves standing for a few seconds on his own. He's getting excellent balance! He loves peanut butter and bread, fruit of all kinds, red foods like tomatoes, yogurt, and graham crackers are his staple. He doesn't eat a lot but what he does eat he loves! His hair is also out of control so I have to try and keep it trimmed up while he's taking a bath. It's still crazy, but it's the only way. His hair is really bad and he has only me to blame. One day he'll stiller and won't need my non-expertise haircutting!

We're loving the weather right now. Nice and sunny. We've enjoyed walks and picnics outdoors. We hope it stays like this for awhile.

Other fun adventures? Well, this month alone I've locked my keys in the car twice and once with Gabe in the car! Which resulted in the calling of cops and me completely freaked out and embarrassed. Thank goodness for Jeanene, my level-headed friend! And today while on the way to the library my tire blew up and went flat. Not too good with the tools and fixing flats so called Archie and he came to the rescue....except we thought we needed a certain tool and so off he went to get that only to find out that we didn't need it...so more time spent...we needed two jacks to raise the car...oh, I could go on. I tried to help out where I could but VW tire changes are not run of the mill. And right after I left the key bolt on the ground!!! So we had to go back and get it and all the while with Gabe screaming in the background for his nap. But at least I got a free book at the library! So it was a pizza day today....yummy.

This weekend I also headed out to Park City for a night in a lovely mansion with my book club gals for our night of all things Austen. We watched Pride and Prejudice with Kiera Knightley and Emma with Gwyneth on the huge projection screen with the comfiest bean bags in the world! And I ate my weight in junk food.

I've also decided to run my first 5K ever here in Eagle Mountain for the Pony Express Days. I'm training three days a week and hope to run the whole way! Woot! I've been a bit of a slacker when it comes to my eating, but exercise is doing well! So not dropping what I want, but still plugging along!

Also throwing in a couple of pics of Wolfy cuz he's a sweetie and my basketball team won our tournament; we were undefeated and got free Gatorade! The sweat of victory is great!!!!

So life is pretty crazy, but we're having fun!

Here's a couple of videos with Gabe trying to clip a lanyard back together. I think it's pretty cute!

Things i LOVED.....This Week!

Watching Sherlock Holmes on Blu-ray

My devoted husband making yummy hamburgers

Receiving quite a few Goodreads swap books in the mail.

Getting a bonus

Sunnier days

Gabe standing on his own for a few seconds!

Kitty snuggles at the end of the day

Sunday Samplings--Worst dates ever!

I'm sure everyone has had one of those dates that you just never happened! My worst date would have to be Junior Prom back in the day.

I didn't have a date with just a couple of weeks left and there I am in Physics class blabbing about that to some of my friends. Well, the guy I sat next to heard...not a guy I particularly like at all. We fought all the time on everything. I guess that was something he happened to like...so the next thing I know he was asking me to go. He was kind of a "skater" dude. So a lot of his friends weren't planning on going to prom so he suggested we go in my friends' group...

It was just a really strange night. He really liked me, didn't know how to tell me other than hold my hand, say strange things, not talk to me at the dance then not dance, then dance, then declare his love to me at the end of the night. Plus, it didn't help that our wonderful prom committee chose an army base for our magical night of the dance, it was way too small for all of us, not the best atmosphere for sure...I really cried my eyes out when I got home door. It was quite the learning experience in the fun teen years! Well, he got over me pretty fast...and we never ended up friends. Kind of sad, but weird!

Any scary dates that aren't too scary you'd like to share?