Recap

Where have we been? I was temporarily out of a camera and a computer, but now that I have both I feel like I can rejoin the blogging ranks and recap our family happenings.

April:

-We celebrated our 4th Anniversary. Nate planned a fun Italian themed evening with a fancy cheese sampling plate at dinner and a boat ride with a gondolier singing Italian love ballads. We ended up at a magical place called the Sugar Bowl where you guessed it - the biggest most amazing brownie sundae's one could ask for. Caramel marshmallow syrup anyone?

-Our house was burglarized. That explains the loss of camera and computer. Fortunately our family was not home and everyone was safe. We feel really grateful that we were protected and they just got away with "stuff." My friend was a lifesaver and let me borrow her computer until we were able to get some replacement things. THANKS!!!!!

May:

-I competed in my 2nd Triathlon - SheRox Sprint Triathlon in Tempe, AZ. It was such a blast and I improved my times from my last tri and was really happy. Nate and the girls were my road crew cheering me on all the way. A couple of my girlfriends down here did it too and it was a blast.

-Nate finished his first year of dental school!!!!!!!!!! It was a grueling year but a great one. He hasn't truly celebrated the end of the year yet though because he's 2 weeks away from taking his national board exam. He's still in the library all day 6 days a week preparing. Come June 14th though he'll be ready to breathe again!

-I turned 27 this month. Nate got me a 'gourmet cooking class' and I went to Scottsdale and learned fancy and delicious ways to cook salmon. It was an awesome class....he's so thoughtful.

-Ivy started crawling! She's much happier now that she can move around and believe it or not she's thinning out a bit. She and Lucy love to wrestle and play together.

-Lucy took swimming lessons. I was the teacher. She's okay as long as she doesn't have to put her head under water. Hmmm, isn't that the point of swimming?

-Memorial Day: We visited my great grandma's grave. We are having a family reunion this summer and I'm in charge of "Family History Jeopardy" and it's been really neat to read my ancestor's histories and connect with their stories. We also had a fun BBQ with friends that night.

June:

-Ali came to visit! We are having a lot of fun with her already. She's a huge lifesaver and is going to watch the girls for 3 afternoons while I got to Day Camp for Cub Scouts. Thanks Ali! The girls love having her around and so do we! So far we've been swimming, running, walking, cooking and having tea parties.

-Lucy turned 3! She gets her own post about that though.