Finally a Harman cousin!!

The three cousins!!!
Jake pretending to watch the TV while really thinking "this little dude sitting by me is not getting any cookies!!"

"I am not about to let someone go without!"

This weekend was the first time the kids got to see their first cousin on the Harman side! Alex of course being the little mother she is loved holding little Cole. Jake on the other hand was up to his mischief has soon as he got the chance.

In memory of......

This last weekend we took a trip to Fillmore, Utah for my Grandma Millies funeral. I haven't been to a funeral for a very long time and wasn't really prepared for the emotional roller coaster is was. We were all so happy and so sad at the same time. My grandma had suffered from cancer for about four months and by the end it was too much to bear for the people around her. It was a blessing to see her go yet thinking there will be no more visits or big breakfasts we used to have, or just laughing till my side hurt because of how funny she was is very sad. I will miss her terribly and my world just isn't the same without her, thank goodness for the knowledge of the ressurection.

Alex and Grandma Millie had a very special bond. Alex would call her "Grape" Grandma, she loved her so much and would hate to leave her house when we would visit.

"LOVE" Weekend....

Valentines Day really isn't mine and Cams thing, we go through the motions of giving eachother cards and Cam always pulls through with the roses, but we just aren't the lovey dovey couple that plans romantic things. BUT this year we had a leftover gift card from Christmas to Flemings Steakhouse and decided to use it. Let me just say HOLY COW!! This place was amazing! We actually felt a little uncomfortable with how nice and fancy it was. We are In-N-Out people, and the fanciest we ever get is the Cheesecake Factory. Needless to say we had an awesome meal, and even more awesome dessert. I'm not sure we will be going back anytime soon with how expensive it was, but it was one for the books!!

Entertainment...

This afternoon me and Jake were running some errands and the cashier at Trader Joes gave Jake some voting stickers. I didn't pay much attention to what he was doing for awhile while we were driving back home, and then I looked back and he was staring at the tv like this, like nothing was out of the ordinary. Cute stuff!

Silly times.....

Me and Jake get to hangout alone a couple of times a week when Alex is in pre-school. These are some of the funniest and silliest times with Jake. He is a character! The funniest thing about it is that he really thinks that he is the coolest dude ever. He LOVES to sing and dance. I will crank up the music in the house and he will go crazy. A song will end and he will yell "Moy mom moy!!" (moy meaning more). Another of his favorite things to do lately is to try to attempt summersaults. He is getting better at them, but sometimes he goes so fast and hard I think he is going to break his neck. We have such a great time with one another and I look forward to these moments. This video is Jake singing his new favorite song.

Fun filled weekend!

We had a fun time over the weekend. Alex got a new bike for Christmas and won't stop asking to ride it every night so we took a trip around the block a few times. She's a crazy girl on that thing! We thought it would take some time to get used to her "big girl" bike but she is already asking to take her training wheels off after seeing her friend Nate ride without them. We had to come back in the house after going around because believe it or not it was too cold to be out there when the sun went down.



The stadium where the Super Bowl was is about 15 min away from our house so we went over to where they were having a bunch of activites going on and watched the cool fountain shows and walked around the shops. There was a NFL Experience thing with a ferriswheel and autograph signings but the line was ridiculous and we didn't think the kids could last a 2 hour wait :) so we bypassed that one. We did see John Elway for about 5 seconds speaking at some gathering, Cam thought that was pretty cool. On Sunday we got the announcement that our ward would be splitting and that we would be moved to 8am church. Holy cow! That's pretty early but i'm way more excited about it then staying at 1:30. After church we headed over to our friends the Smiths for Mat's Super Bowl/30th Birthday party (sorry Mat, I had to throw in the age :)) and had a great time as always when we get together. I hope all of you had as good as a weekend as we did!!!

Grateful for the silly things.....

I love my kids!!! They are so special in every way. Since i'm trying to be better at journaling about my life I thought I would start with my kids. These two crazies can be nightmares, but in the end I always go away thinking they are the sweetest, cutest little kiddies ever. They really are my life, I look forward to spending each day with them. Being a mom can be tough at times, but it is the ultimate gift to be able to watch over and take care of my kids. Alex is my teddy bear, she will always snuggle or "hold me" as she would put it. Jake is our silly man, if he's not on top of the couch pretending to be Superman then he is throwing stuff out of the cupboards to hide in them. We are constantly rolling on the ground laughing at the things he does. They are the best thing that has happened in my life (besides their dad) and I wouldn't trade the messy diapers, messy house, tantrums, or piles of dirty laundry for anything in this world!

Happy Birthday Cris!

I am a little late! My sisters birthday was yesterday and shes about the coolest girl I know so shout out to Cris!!!! She's the youngest of the five of us and spoiled rotten but we love her so much! Hope your 18th was a good one!!!

Cole Grant Hyer is finally here!!

My sister Niki had her baby yesterday, he is 7 lbs 8 oz and 20 1/2 in long!! I am so glad everything went well and can't wait to see this cute baby boy!

Mind vs Body

Don't we look well rested and ready to take on 13.1 miles? :)

This last Saturday was mine and Cam's half marathon. We started off the week with pasta dinners galore. We really wanted to do everything we could to make this race go as smooth as possible. We hydrated like crazy! From having two kids my bladder isn't like it used to be and I was constantly using the bathroom! Whenever we went anywhere instead of asking Alex if she needed to go potty, it was like "Mommy NEEDS to go potty lets go!" We left for St. George Friday morning and enjoyed spending time with my Grandma and some extended family. For dinner we made one last attempt to carb-up and had a light Olive Garden dinner. We set out our clothes and crashed early. Jake woke us up at the crack of dawn and it was really cold! It was around 28 degrees! Being the Arizonians that we are we packed on the clothing. We got to where everyone was gathering at the starting line and began to get a little nervous and antsy. With everyone making one last stop to the nasty porto pottys we hit the starting line. I ran with my good friend Emily and our husbands took off in front of us. We would occasionally see them turn a corner or at a switchback. The first six miles were crowded but went pretty fast. I wasn't quite prepared for all the inclines and hills, but they went pretty smoothly. At about mile 10 I started to really feel it, I had a bad side ache for about a half mile then it miraculously went away and I got a boost of energy and finished the race off with all I had left. Cam came in at 1:49:05 and I came in at 1:50:58. My goal was to finish before two hours and I was pretty excited with myself to keep a good pace at eight and half minute miles We also thought we did pretty well considering that we trained through the Holidays and procrastinated a little bit on vacations. All in all it was sooo much fun and I'm so glad that Cam decided to do it with me and that we walked away with our bodies still functioning. We definitely will be doing it again!