Abby's 1st Boat Ride

After camping on Friday night, we went Wakeboarding on Saturday morning. This was Abby's first time on a boat. Unfortunately the experience wasn't as fun as we had hoped. There was no dock so we had to swim to the boat. Below is a video of John and Kit trying to get Abby to the boat. The second video is when Abby is on the boat screaming right after. John's face is priceless. Also, listen to John at the end of the clip and see if you can hear what he says. His ideas aren't the best. Here is a picture after Abby calmed down but she still looks quite traumatized! She didn't mind being on the boat once she was dry and snuggling with me. Oh and I jumped the wake!!

Camping

This weekend we went camping for the first time in our marriage! We went with some of our friends from church and celebrated Emma's 9th birthday. Abby thought it was so wonderful to be outside with friends for so long! I brought my camera but unfortunately the battery was dead so here are some pictures from my phone. Here we are in the morning with Abby hanging out in her stroller next to our tent.

We fit our air mattress and Abby's Pack 'n Play in the same tent. Abby went to bed at 9pm but when we came in at midnight she woke up and wanted to sleep with us for the rest of the night. She woke up at 5am with her diaper soaked through. We had to change her whole outfit as she screamed from the cold. We stripped the blanket off the air mattress and John took Abby for a walk to calm her down. Sorry to all the families who had to hear Abby. Thankfully, she went back to sleep until 7:20am when we got up and had a community breakfast of breakfast tacos, pancakes and fruit. Yum yum! Abby loved to crawl in and out of the tent.

Abby ran around in her pajamas and acted like she owned the place.

Thank you to Kellie who watched Abby for us while I went wakeboarding on Friday and then left to play softball in our co-ed league. Abby loves Kellie so much that she prefers Kellie and calls her Mommy even when I'm around. On Saturday morning, we took Abby for a boat ride on the Gonzales' boat. I'll blog about that later with a video and some pictures. It was quite the ordeal. More to come!

Isa's Birthday Party

Abby's friend, Isabelle, has her 2nd birthday party about a month ago. It was a Princess Tea Party. There were about 6 little girls and they had so much fun! First, there was a princess story. Then they all got to jump on an indoor blow up jumpy. After that was a tea party with butterfly shaped sandwiches. Abigail asked for 6 refills on her tea cup. She just loved it so much!

Abby and Isa love each other!

Thank you for letting us come over and have such a fun time!!

The Story of a Little Lady

Once upon a time, there was a little lady named Abigail. She thought she was so big and grown up that she sneakily took her mom's makeup and put it on.

What an amazing eyeliner job!

She even tries on friends boots and walks around to see if they suit her. They usually look better on her too (maybe a little big but one can't be too choosy).

One day, Abigail decided that she was tired of staying home with her mom. She wanted to go to school with the rest of the kids. Abigail got quickly dressed, put her trusty hat on and posed for a picture (there is always time to document your divalishous styles).

Out the door Abigail went.


When Abigail saw some chalk on the porch, she had to stop and play of course! Unfortunately, the hat was in the way so that was taken off and put in safe keeping with mom.


Abigail quickly remembered her original course, grabbed her favorite purse to accessorize and posed for another quick snapshot.

Abigail ran down the driveway, crossed the street (without looking both ways naughty girl) and waved goodbye with a few kisses for luck.

Abigail hurried along swinging her arm as she goes.

Finally she arrived at the bus stop! Abigail waited, blew a few kisses and laughed at her silly mom taking pictures.

Once it became clear that the bus must have forgotten her, Abigail decided to go home, play with her mom and stay home for a few months more.

THE END

John's Triathlon

Since John watched Abby while I put on my big triathlon on Labor Day, he did one 2 Saturdays ago with our friend Glenn. Here they are together after the race!

Unfortunately, John's quad cramped up so he had to stop and stretch for 10 minutes in the middle of the run. Here he is finishing the race! What a hottie!

We have had so much fun with the triathlons that we did one again 2 days ago! This time both John and I participated while our good friend Kellie watched Abby for us. Thank you Kellie!

The Daily Doings of Abigail

Here are a few pictures showing the fun things that Abby has been doing lately.

Of course Abby has to try my helmet on. She absolutely loved it!

She loves to rock on her horse and sing.

She has to ride in her car everyday. Sometimes she just wants to push it around or off the porch and say "Uh oh".



Abby LOVES the rain. I couldn't pull her away from it. She walks back and forth next to the garage while all the water from the roof drips down on her. She thinks it's hilarious.



Abby loves shoes too. By the end of the day, my shoes (or Johns) are strewn about the house.

Abby loves to take pictures! Here is a picture she took of herself.

We are busy, busy all day long! Coloring is still a favorite activity. Today she entertained herself with the crayons for over 30 minutes. We sing and dance to my iPod or the radio while making dinner. And dancing consists of prancing around or jumping around the house. We have too much fun!

Christy and Kellie's Labor Day Triathlon

My friend Kellie and I wanted to do a triathlon on Labor Day but didn't want to pay the $150 to participate. So we decided to make our own!! We swam 800 meters in the Avery Ranch Pool, biked 14 miles along Avery Ranch Road and ran a 5k ending at my house! Here we are before the race! Madi, Kellie, me, Karigan, Kit, Branson, Glenn, Zach and Jeremy our timer.

Here we are at the end exhausted! Some friends joined us: Mary Ann swam, her husband biked and they ran together (34 weeks pregnant)!

Here is a great picture of me leaping right before I finished!


Unfortunately it rained the night before so the ground was slick. I turned too sharp and scratched my leg up!

Abby wanted to join the fun so her and Brianne had their own race down the sidewalk!

After everyone finished we had cinnamon rolls, watermelon and farmers stratta. It was all soooooo good that we decided to have another race! John will be doing one tomorrow morning! Look for pictures of him later! Thank you to everyone who participated! It will become an annual event!