Suicide Run!

The other night Greg took Hunter and Austin, along with our friends Randy and his son Hunter (our Hunter's are only 1.5 months apart) on a suicide fishing run. They left at 3pm and got home at 3:44am, according to Hunter. Greg caught nothing, only Tim who I swear is a professional fisherman caught anything. Not only did he not catch anything he broke both of his poles and sprained his ankle. I woke them all up at 10am for church and they didn't complain the whole day! I thought this picture was cute of them in their bibs.
It looks like Austin has had a rough night, soaking his feet. He's probably seeing if his waders really are waterproof or maybe he's checking out the black bear across the river!
See the black blob, that's the bear. Good thing he didn't come swimming across the river.

Peyton & Ryder turn 1!!

Peyton & Ryder getting ready for some cake.

Our friends all came to help celebrate the babies big day. Thanks guys!

I made a baseball cupcake cake. I only had the babies dive into one cupcake each.

This Summer...

Austin started soccor. So far he loves it.
Hunter is playing flag football with some friends.
Jessica (my sister) and her husband Kelly came up for a visit. It was a lot of fun having them.
Jessi and Kelly. We went on a glacier cruise. It was fun.
The Newells (Kent & Robyn) moved up here last week. Robyn ran the 1/2 marathon with me. She is a trooper, she had only been here for a day and then her knees were killing her, but she kept running anyway.

I'll miss my childhood house!

I think all the girls in our family are very sentimental, this proves it. My dad retired this past January and they are ready to move on to missions and smaller sqft. The house I grew up in was the funnest house for a kid to live in. My parents got it as a bank repo. When they first bought it nobody had lived in it for years. People had climbed the back balcony and graffitied the inside. We did a lot of painting and cutting down trees. My mom has been renovating the house since we moved in. The house is 7300 sqft, it started with 9 bedrooms, 5 baths, secret passageways from closets, dumbwaiter, entercom system and all that great stuff. All of which were removed from the house, except the entercom system. That way we never missed any conference no matter where we were hiding in the house, oh, and we could ask our friends who we knew were coming over if it was really them at the front door. Since we've lived there my parents have changed every part of the house except the living room walls. They have added an apartment upstairs. They have added a big family room where a patio used to be. My brother landscaped and it is now so beautiful. As you can see they are stuccoing the outside and getting ready to sell. It's all very sad. So many safe childhood memories are there and it was the center gathering for when all my siblings were in town. It's the best thing for my parents, they don't need that much space anymore. I guess I always thought my parents would live there forever, like my grandparents did in their houses. Just like the way I thought we'd raise our kids in Utah, but here we are 3000 miles away. Life changes, even when you don't want it to! Thanks for the pictures, Jess.

It's official, my parent are moving!

Bragging moment...

This is why I have a blog...to BRAG! Greg bought me a treadmill for Mother's Day and it has been an awesome tool of motivation for the boys. If any of you know my boys, you know they love to play x-box. We never could figure out a way to let them play without feeling like it was a waste of time. We have now come up with a way! The boys walk on the treadmill and earn x-box minutes. Minute-for-minute. They have to walk a minimum of 30 minutes, but after that they can walk as long as they want. One day Austin called me when I was away from home to tell me how proud of himself he was because he had walked for 50 minutes! He told me the other day that he feels so much faster when he gets off the treadmill. They also value their x-box time now. They don't just ask to play every second of the day. We will sometimes catch them outside walking on the treadmill without reminders from us. They are benefiting from the exercise and we are benefiting from them understanding the value of earning something. I must say this is one parenting technique that Greg and I are very proud of ourselves for doing. Oh, and I am proud of the boys for picking up on it so quickly!!

The last few weeks...

Our future "Rock-band" participants.


The boys taking a spin on thier new 4-wheelers.


Big Aust graduating from kindergarten. They look so happy, but little do they know that they still have TWELVE more years of school until real graduation!


Hunter at scout camp with Greg.


Aust and Hunter on last day of school.

So the last few weeks have been a lot of fun. Greg took the boys to the Father's and Son's outing, Aust graduated from kindergarten. It's a big deal at his school. They get gowns/caps and have a big ceremony. Greg is the Scout leader and took the YM on a campout. Hunter got to go with him. Greg bought the boys little 4-wheelers and they have been having a ball. Hunter has started flag football, Austin starts soccor next week and we are making a trip to Utah in July. It should be a fun summer!

So I have this cute friend, Julie, who was in our primary presidency (until our ward split) and she has just introduced me to a new website that is so great. It has all sorts of great helps and visuals for all church auxilaries. The website address is www.theideadoor.com. It has been a great help for me, as I am the secretary of the primary. I am adding this website to my favorites and adding it onto my blog. Enjoy!

This Tag is for Greg....

What is his name? Gregory William Harr

How long have you been married? Almost 11 years

How long did you date? We were together I think 5 years before we were married

How old is he? 31

Who eats more? Depends on what we are eating

Who said I love you first? I think I waited until he said it

Who is taller? Greg

Who can sing better? Greg, he has a great voice, but he'd never let anyone know this.

Who is smarter? Definitely Greg

Who does the laundry? I do

Who pays the bills? I do, but he provides the cash.

Who sleeps on the right side? Greg

Who mows the lawn? It's a family effort

Who cooks dinner? I do

Who drives? Greg, he told me the other day that I am too cautious so he always has to drive.

Who is more stubborn? Greg :), he might argue that one.

Who kissed who first? Greg kissed me, we were 14, when he hit a homerun at his baseball game

Who asked who out first? He asked me out for our first date when I turned 16.

Who proposed? Greg did. He was very creative and did the six days of Easter. Each day he'd give me a gift that started with whatever letter was that day. Then on Easter (which happened to be my birthday that year) he put rabbits in my car for the letter "r". I thought for sure it was going to be a ring. Then when I went up to his house he had video taped himself doing a skit of how he should ask me to marry him. He showed the ring on the video and all. Then he came out of his parents room where he had been hiding and he asked me to marry him. What a cute husband!

Who has more friends? Depends on the day

Who is more sensitive? Again, depends on the day

Who has more siblings? There are 10 kids in my family and 6 in Greg's

Who puts the kids to bed? We both do.

Who wears the pants? I do in the day and he does at night.

I am curious to know about some of your husbands so I now TAG: Jill B, Marquita R, Susan K, Lindsay J, and Bobbi M

Happy Mother's Day!

I must say that I love Mother's Day. I love that my boys have such a great dad who teaches them to love and respect their mom. My day started off great. Greg got up with the babies so I could sleep in until 8:30! Then he had them back down for naps and was making breakfast by the time I got up. He had dishes done and had cleaned up from the night before. You would think that being together since the 8th grade would make us tired of each other, but I think that I find a new reason to love him everyday. He is such a great provider for our family. He loves the boys more than anything and can't wait to spend time with them everyday. He has a compliment for me everytime he sees me and he's very supportive in whatever I decisions I am trying to make. I think the best gifts I got for mother's day were the letters that Greg and the boys wrote to me. They each took time and let me know how much I am appreciated. That is invaluable. Greg teaches the boys that what I do at home, taking care of the house, is just as important as him going to work everyday. I am thankful I am a Mother and that I have such a great support team here at home! I hope you all had just as wonderful a day!!