5k

On Saturday I ran a 5k. VERY unexpectedly I got second place for women over all and First for my age group. My time was 23min 2sec if you are going by the race results, but funny story- I was warming up when it was announced it was time to head over to the start line. It was then that I realized everyone over by the start except for me (I must have been in some sort of pre-race zone not to notice before.) So immediately Joe, Rock and I head over there, I take my sweats off, and just as I am kissing Rocky for goodluck the race starts!! I wasn't even over there- I was behind everyone at the start. Kind of frustrating- but Joe timed me from when I started and my time was 22min 45sec. I know, 'excuses excuses' but I'd rather go by that time...

I remember what I was thinking right about now, "Should I puke now, or later?"

Halloween

I LOVE PUMPKIN PATCHES! Andy and I drove past this one over a month ago and have been looking forward to going all month long. Andy checked with them and they said it was free which made it so much better, but when we got there it was $6 per person to get in! I had to laugh because there were six of us outside the pumpkin patch, Joe and I, Andy and Jon, Kade and Kaylee, and once we found out there was an entrance fee we had to deliberate for almost 10 min. on if we could afford getting in. It was a true poor student moment. Kade and Kaylee opted out since they don't have kids, and Joe would have had to leave for work soon after getting in, but I was glad Rock and I stayed with the Nuckles. We really had a good time.



















We also talked the Nuckles into coming to the ward Trunk or Treat- it didn't take that much convincing since there was a chili dinner included, am I right?


Also, it was one of the coldest nights EVER in AZ.


Check out that Rock Star family!





Our block party on Halloween night. Do my boys look happy to be there or what?

The big Halloween bash at our place.



Mr. Rodgers found a new lady friend.

Rock thinks he can steal that golf club from Dan, and looks pretty happy about it.

Bobbing for apples the Martha Stewart way. Suspended from a ceiling fan.

What a lovely bunch of ladies.

The Lake

Another fun weekend had by all in the great state of AZ. We all went camping, and then in the morning Jared took us all out on his boat, again! Last time we went out Rockwell was only 2 months old. It felt amazing to soak up the heat and play in the water before it gets too chilly. And by too chilly, for AZ this means a balmy 70 degrees.


Rock's face says it all. He thought it was pretty great that he never had to go indoors all day or night. Mom on the other hand remembers camping with Rocky being alittle bit easier this summer when he wasn't in the 'I-want-to-put-every-single-little-rock-in-my-mouth-stage.' Oh well, it was totally worth it. That night we were serenaded to many guitar ballads which were so great, who knew we had so much talent in our group? and one harmonica song, over and over.




Breakfast was delicious, Joe knows how to eat when camping! He made us all blueberry pancakes and turkey bacon. I want to point out that the pay station told us two tents fit per campsite. Little did we know how close to our neighbors the Nuckles we were going to be. When I heard little Cameron wake up I whispered in her ear something about being her fairy godmother without even opening our tent doors... Good thing the Spoons and Nuckles do not snore.



I want to point out that Rock was still interested in eating everything off the ground in the morning so he got confined to his pac-n-play for breakfast.



Rock is looking forward with anticipation to boating later that morning.

Jared dove off this 40ft cliff! Incredible! If you blow up this picture you can see me in the background doing a much more modest jump. Joe also jumped off from as high as Jared.

The little guy got so tuckered out he slept for 2 hours in my arms while everyone took turns wakeboarding.



This is the only shot we got of Joe wakeboarding.




Jon dedicated his first ride to George W. How patriotic!




Rock looked like a little muscle man in his life vest suit. So cute!

A Trip Home

Rockwell and I had to leave Joe for the first time, and went home for a quick trip. More than just my friend, my Zac Grow passed away. It's hard to put into words what that really means to me. Although it was a very difficult thing to go home for his funeral I got to spend time with Lizzy, my little big sister, and all of the Grow family. My parent's were out of town on a trip they had been planning to Virginia and to Jennifer's house, so the kids ran wild in Grandma Jeanne and Poppa Eric's house.

Collin, Brandon, and Madeleine; my brother's kids. Rock loves his cousins! Brandon especially made Rockwell laugh everytime he looked at him. Rock put a dirt clod the size of his fist in his mouth shortly after this picture.

My favorite pumpkin patch! I have never lived anywhere other than in the bay area where I have found a better pumpkin patch. I was so glad Rocky got to go! He had such a good time too.

Captain of the ship!

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Ramona slept through the whole thing!

Rock loved playing in grandma Jeanne's backyard. He walked that tricycle around in circles and circles!

Ramona is 2 months younger than Rocky and put up with a lot this weekend. He just wanted to touch her face and roll over and around her the whole time. She barely made a fuss even when he was poking her in the eyes. Thanks Ramona! And sorry about Rock. He just really likes you.

My mom keeps such a spic and span clean house Lizzy and I revelled in the messes our kids made. She wasn't around to see it, and we found it humorous how many things they pulled out of drawers, off shelves and threw on the kitchen floor. If you find anything out of place you know who to blame...

I also got to see my grandpa. We went on his morning walk with him.

Up to the same old tricks at Grandpa's house.

Happy Guy

Rock is our smiley guy. I just wanted to blog his cuteness.

Getting ready for Halloween!

His new favorite trick- running away as fast as he can after his bath.

Rock got invited to his first birthday party- Kaylee's sister's little girl turned one! He didn't even want to eat cake, instead he munched on a carrot. Good little guy...

Cameron on the other hand dug in! Fun night, thanks Jocelyn for turning one!

Bonfire Pit

Project by project out backyard is coming together. This bonfire pit is the biggest project by far and it feels great to have almost done. And what feels even greater is that all the materials we used were here already- I don't even want to think about how expensive it would have been to have to buy all that rock, but the previous owners had a lot of supplies in the backyard. It started out looking like a rock quarry, and hopefully by the time we're through it will look great!

The rock quarry...

A few weeks ago before the river rock was laid.

Finished product!

Now Joe can roast S'mores every night- a dream come true.

Wet N Wild and Frank Lloyd Wright

One weekend we made big plans with the Nuckles to go to Wet N Wild. Joe's been wanting to go since we moved down here over a year ago, and Jon, well let's just say Jon's enthusiasm about water parks is enough to get the Wizard of Oz Witch to put on a bathing suit. Of course, it was also the same weekend Monsoon Season decided to show up. That didn't stop us from having a good time though, I had free museum passes, thanks to the library, to check out Frank Lloyd Wright's domain in Scottsdale. Joe and I both thought it was really interesting and were so glad we went, even though Wet N Wild was a total bummer.

The upside to the whole day was the temperature dropped enough we were able to wear jeans!

This was Frankie's favorite view. You can see mountains all the way to Tucson on a clear day.

This sculpture garden was my favorite part.

The ladies!

Kade always makes friends with the little babies, which works out great cause they love him. Rock looks pretty happy, and fairly drooly. He had a dum dum or two to get him through the tour.

And we still made it to Wet N Wild a couple weekends later!

It was not Jeans weather.

Rockwell LOVED it, and slept sooo well that night!

Cameron's first and only kiss for Rockwell, so far.