Pioneer Classic 10K

We decided Wednesday night that we wanted to do the Pioneer Day Classic 10K. It started at Timpview High School, went up the ginormous hill right by Ry's parents house, then down through Indian Hills, around the temple and back to Timpview. It was the perfect run. The hill was awful, but since we have to go up that hill on most of our morning runs we were a slightly more prepared. 

Ryan finished in 38th place, 7th in his age division at a time of 50:22. I finished in 53rd overall, 5th in my age division, with a time of 52:46. We were both really happy with our times, and had a lot of fun. Until October 1st (our marathon), we'll now be running at least 12 miles each Saturday! Hopefully we'll survive!

 Then we enjoyed some nice swimming time with little Livy. 

It was a great Saturday. Livy loves being able to spend all day with her dada. We can't get enough of summer.

The Infamous Duck Pond

Grammy and Grandpa Farnsworth decided to plan a little play-date with their Provo grandkids. So we went to the BYU duck pond, walked the new beautiful path they're put on the south and west hill of campus. It seriously is so beautiful and peaceful. We went to the Bookstore, grabbed some lunch, and had a perfect afternoon together. 

 My sister-in-law Crissi, with her new baby girl Savannah. 

 There were 13 little ducklings. They were so cute, little, and fuzzy. 

Good lil' buddies. Addie & Livy

Livy & Grandpa enjoying the beautiful new trail with a little creek and waterfalls. 

Curly Girl

The last few weeks Livy's hair has really started to grow. Not only is it growing, but these cute little curls are coming too! She's her mama's girl!

More Myrtle Beach Pics

So this vacation was like 6 weeks ago. But I just got these pics, and I want them to be in my blog book. 

The Whole Jackson Family 

 Cute little Livy

 Our little family. This was the only picture where the water drop on the camera lens wasn't on my face.  

I love family.

9 Months

9 months. 9 whole months. That's a school year. That's a pregnancy. That's living in American Fork, Minnesota, and Provo. My baby girl is getting so big. In fact, here are the stats:

Weight: 19 lbs. 2 oz. - 55th Percentile

Height: 29 inches - 89th Percentile

Head Circumference: 17.9 inches - 87th Percentile

The doctor said she's tall and slender. Everything looks great, and no big problems or concerns!
This last month Livy boxed up her things, and drove 21 hours from Minnesota to Utah. She cried, maybe, twice, she is the best little traveler ever. Especially since she can hold her own toys, she was able to entertain herself for a good portion of the time - playing with small pieces of string for the most part. I don't know what it is, but she loves string! She loves running it through her little thumb and pointer finger.
Everything goes straight to her mouth. Especially since this month Livy got her first two teeth! Her first tooth broke through on Father's day, June 19th. Her two teeth are in the middle on the bottom, and I have a feeling the top ones aren't too far from breaking through.
This month she has started to try more solid foods besides her pureed baby food. She'll gnaw on little pieces of whole wheat bread, bananas, and rice puffs. Every time we're eating, she immediately will just open her mouth and lean forward - she knows when it's time to eat, and she always has a great appetite.
She still loves her bath time, splashing and playing with her little seal and hippo bath toys her Grammy J gave her. She also loves pool time - now that we're at Grammy J's, she gets to go swimming a whole lot.
She says, "baba", "bob", "ob-la", "dada", and sure can scream when she feels like it. She also likes to growl, it makes us laugh every time.
Livy loves her ride in the stroller on our daily run. She likes to squeal, and giggle and play with her toys as she relaxes in her ride of luxury. She even got to participate in her first 5K!
She is still sleeping about 11-12 hours a night, and three 1-2 hour naps a day. She's a happy little girl, and we love her more and more each day. Happy 9 monthers Livy!

Date Night

The entire 4 months we were in Minnesota I had someone watch Livy once. So, you can imagine how nice it is to be with family who adore Miss Olivia, and graciously gave us a night out! We went to the Driving Range, then got some good ole' frozen yogurt at Yo-Zone. Perfect date night. I love my baby, but I also love date night with just my hubby, where I can have him all to myself. 

The 4th in Provo

We absolutely love the 4th of July in Provo. For the past couple of months we've been looking at plane tickets to try and make it out here for the 4th, who knew that we'd move here just in time! We started the tradition of running the Freedom Festival Run, so this year Livy got to join us! We did the 5k (a little concerned about our exhaustion level, the altitude change, and the fact we've both been sick this last week...) and it was perfect! I pushed Livy in her "ride of luxury" and she loved it. She loved looking at all the people, she squealed almost the entire race - silly Livy.

As long as she had her blankie, her binky, and her Love Bug she was as happy as can be.

We had a great reception at the finish line - Grammy and Grandpa! Livy got her medal for finishing her first race with Mama.

Dave ran the race too and did really well! He had his little new baby Savvy to cheer him on.

After the race we headed to the Farnsworth home for some traditional cinnamon rolls (the parade wasn't in the cards this year...maybe next year!). During Livy's nap I decided she needed a red flower to complete her white and blue outfit. So thanks to youtube, I made this cute little crocheted flower!

Livy and Grammy in their Patriotic attire.

We had a lunchtime BBQ (hamburgers and hot dogs) with the Jacksons, Grandma Mimi and John came as well. Then we had a dinnertime BBQ (steak and potatoes) with the Farnsworths, Nanny, my Uncle Rob and cousin Emily. My Nanny has a dog, and my Uncle Rob has two - Livy loved the doggies! She was giggling, laughing, and playing - especially with little Babs.

Then....this was probably my most proud moment of the day...Ryan made ice cream - all by himself! If you know Ryan, then you know that this is absolutely amazing. I didn't help him one bit. He bought the ingredients, made the custard (to a perfect boil), let it chill, and anxiously awaited for his custard to thicken into a yummy creamy vanilla bean ice cream (in the ice cream maker). I thought it was so cute - he said to me "I've spent all day making this, I just want so badly for it to turn out." Now I hope he has a little bit more of an understanding for why I cry over burnt cookies :)

It was a fantastic and wonderful whirlwind of a weekend. We're excited to be here. We still can't believe we are here. But we're excited to see what's ahead of us. We are grateful for the chance we have to spend time with family. But one thing I have come to realize more than anything else is that I don't care where we live, as long as I'm with my little family I'll always be home.

Hope you all had a Happy 4th! I am so proud to be an American!