the nasty

this is a sweet 1980 VW vanagon. maybe you are wondering what a vanagon is? well wonder no more, it does exist and the days (thank you chad) now own one. it's nasty. i think i just named it. sorry chad, i hate it. it is a blue trapezoid on wheels. he bought it to sell it. my response, "who would want to buy that thing." his response "corri it is practically sold already." or "it's a car and it runs great so of course it will sell." did i mention it is FOR SALE? we took it for a drive the other night to my sisters which is a 30min drive. was i worried you say? would't you feel so silly you say? well yes and yes, thats what made it a little adventurous. for proof that it can move just look at the picture of me, do you see that wind in my hair? we were movin!, and we made it there and back safe and sound no break downs just the occasional pop sound when chad would shift. now if someone could just buy this awesome piece of nastyness. so did the sparkles in the slide help class it up or entice you to buy? i was hoping.

10 months! what the?

i know, right? he is a pure boy, no baby here. i say it all the time but i still can not believe how big he is getting. i might shed a tear when he turns one. i know this is my first and i don't know any better but 9/10 months maybe is the best age. he does fun cute little things every day. the other night at chads softball game i was humming and he started singing in a beautiful high pitched airy little song. it's pretty. he is crawling all over the place pulling himself up to the couch and is getting around pretty well. he loves shuffling around his blocks, putting his toys in and out of his bucket. and his two little front teeth have popped up. he is just pretty much the best little man ever!

avery enjoying his ride.

avery not enjoying his ride.

dirty newsies

the last time i saw a sunday paper was... oh i don't know, in high school when we (me and my cohorts) were piling an entire streets worth up on our friends doorstep for a joke. us little pranksters thought we were so funny! whoops! that really was the first thing that popped into my head when i saw the 3 papers in our driveway as we opened the garage to go to church on sunday. kinda funny! i get 3 of these dirty little things delivered so i can use them for couponsense. i have turned into one frugal nerdy little mother. and they really are gross to touch, worse than how my hands feel after rifling around at goodwill. these newsies better save me some mad dough.

training in session!

the turkey trot is coming! and i am siked to start training. i usually annoy the heck out of everyone trying to recruit people to run but not this year, my lips are zipped. this will be my only attempt for getting running buddies. the buds is already in. chad is a never again, unless i come up with a good bribe. so how about you? don't you want to chase a grown man dressed as a turkey on thanksgiving day?
i got my training schedule from google and it looks pretty good. and if you click from this page there is also a training schedule for walking a 10k. so if you are interested there is another site that i like called mapmyrun where you can put in your exact route you run/walk whatever and it will tell you exactly how far, how many calories you burn, and you can keep track of everything on a calendar.

VW's and hats with stickers

it's in his blood! chad couldn't be more proud. i can't wait for him to peel that stupid sticker off. chad told avery the bug is his when he turns 16, thats why he is so excited in the last picture. maybe it will be all the way done by then. we can't believe how grown up he is getting. he does something new everyday. avery day=amazing!

thank you, thank you, everyone!

thanks amanda! you gave me this wonderful unfinished frame forever ago. i loved it and knew just what i was going to do but never managed to do it, until now. i finally finished it and i love it. our home is blessed to have a picture of the temple now so thanks madem!

thank you devin and kristin. we had so much fun in show low this weekend hanging out and playing around. you were so nice to set us up in a cabin. we will have to find a way to make it work so we come up on your day off so we can all hang out and nobody has work. you are amazing and we love you!