MONZx2+C+SUM=US: August 2010

Summer Fun in the Sun...

...and Rain and Hail...;) Thanks to Rob and Lacy!!! Thanks guys for taking us out! We had a blast!

Dream

I used to just dream of this...

Dreams do come true!:)

The fourth of July is always fun in Utah!:) I was so happy my sister and her family came to celebrate with us this year again! Here are some of the highlights from that week.

We started of with "Grassy Hill of Fire!!!" My dad didn't come up this year and spoil us with the prime "Stadium" tickets... so we were on the hill just outside... It was still amazing! The fireworks were right above our heads and were spectacular!:) We didn't even need our safety goggles this year!:D

This is a really ugly picture... but I had to document that I actually ran a 10K!!! I used to look at the people who got up early to run in something like that and just think... 'I would never do that! You'd have to be crazy to!' haha I've arrived!:) I did ok for my first run ever! My time was 54:53. I placed 42/132 in my division...176/607 in gender.. So my pace was like 8:51/M. I wish I had ran it before, because at the end I thought I had much longer to go than I did and so I would have pushed myself more. I loved it though and want to do one again soon! My claim to fame...I was running behind Steve Young and totally passed him and beat him!:) HAHA

And of course we can't forget the Provo Parade!!! As always started out at the condo and walk down to Lund Optical to enjoy Monroe's Family and the Lund party & goods!!! You can't beat that!:)

Proud to be an American!:)

Happy 3rd Birthday Monroe!!!:)

Monroe is 3! Yeah! He was so excited for his birthday! We did tons of fun stuff to celebrate! Monroe was set on having a pirate party, so we did! It was so much fun! Thanks to everyone that came and celebrated with us!:) It's been so nice having Monroe's birthday around the 4th of July because we have always had family in town and it just makes everything better! Monroe LOVES his cousins!

We started the day off right with some Mickey Mouse pancakes! Monroe requested them!:) I love now that he is three and can express what he wants more! So now I just give him EVERYTHING he asks for! haha JK!:)

He loved them!:)

After breakfast we took him to that new toy store Blinkenstaffs (?sp?) and let him pick out what he wanted for his birthday.

Dawson & Mamo had a blast!

Thank you soooooo much to Lance & Natalie & his sweet cousins Monroe got just what he wanted!!!! His own plasma car!!! It is so cute to watch him ride it! He was a pro from the very beginning!:) Thanks again guys!!! It's his favorite!!!

NOW FOR THE PIRATE PARRRRRRRRRRRTY!:)

Monroe has been close to obsessed about pirates for a while now! He did almost switch it to a Spiderman party the week before, but I think he's glad he stuck to his original plan!:)

The Loot...

The Pirate!

Pirate 'pup'cakes... as Monroe calls them.

His pirate ship balloon that he & I:) just LOVED.

Sneaking a pupcake before the party started...

The Arizona Pirates that sailed in for the treasure hunt- Dawson, Peyton, & Tatum

Sword fight!!!

He ran around with his balloons the whole day!

The birthday boy, I-I, & Captian Collin!

This is as many of the little party pirates I could almost get in a picture together!:)

First round of singing "Happy Birthday"!

And then of course we had to sing it again!:) This was the most creatively uglyish birthday cake ever!:) Who knew you spell aaaarrrrrrrr? aargh? aarrrrgh? Awrr - or at least that's how they spelt it on the cake!!:)(obviously I am no great speller, but Awrr? hmmmm who knew?;))