Easter Egg Hunts!

The Easter Egg Hunts were really fun this year...Davis really got the idea of picking up the eggs and putting them in his basket. It was so cute to watch him! We had a fun Easter party/egg hunt for play group on Friday, and a neighborhood hunt on Saturday. Grandma and Grandpa Larsen took him to the Easter party/hunt with the Black Family on Saturday also. I think he was all hunted out by the end! The sad part for him was I didn't let him have very much candy, but he had a great time playing with all of the plastic eggs!

Moab Half Marathon

Last weekend Steve and I ran the Moab Half Marathon...we had such a fun weekend and had a great time running! Our friends, the Gardners came down with us. We stayed at our favorite little cabins and left Davis with Grandma Wright which was a nice break and made for a relaxing weekend!

I played my first round of golf ever (yes, I have evaded it this long!) and it was, well, alright I guess. Steve loved that I went with him but I just don't think golf is that fun when you stink at it. I would tee off on the holes I wanted to, then Steve would go find my ball in the bushes, hit it up to the green for me and I would putt it in. Not a bad way to play I guess! It was beautiful and of course the red rock surrounding us made it great as well as the pretty warm weather.

It was not so warm when we started the race-we were freezing up at the top of the canyon where it started. Once we got going, however, it was okay. I finished the race in 2 hours 1 minute (my goal was 2 hours and I just missed it-I should have ditched Steve earlier!) and Steve finished in 2 hours 5 minutes. We ran together for the first 8 miles, then found some friends to keep Steve busy so I took off and finished a little quicker. It was an inspiring race-I realized half marathons are a lot easier than I remembered (or maybe I am just in better shape, I am guessing the latter!) and I decided to run a full marathon this summer or fall. Steve loved getting ready for it and decided he is going to do a 'sprint' triathalon this summer. It was really fun to train together and see so many friends also running the race. We love Moab!!

Finally Walking!

Davis finally decided to walk! I was wondering if he was ever going to get around to it-He is a super crawler, he is so fast I seriously can't catch him sometimes. He has been taking steps for a couple of weeks, but he is really getting the hang of it now and can walk across the entire room. Here is a video of his cute cute walking!

Mischief

Well, it seems that Davis is constantly into something these days, and yes, I do mean constantly. You know the child that you ask 'what does a cow say?' 'Moo' they respond; 'what does a cat say 'meeow' they respond; 'what does a mommy say? 'no no no' they respond...I'm pretty sure that will be what Davis says because I feel like I am always telling him 'no no no' because he is always getting into something or other! We have put locks on every cupboard and drawer possible, but I tell you, there is not stopping him! Here are some of his recent 'mischief' pictures.

The drawer under the stove is probably his favorite spot in the house. He likes to put his toys and treasures in there as well as himself.

This happens at least once a day at our house-and I took the picture on a good day-usually Davis tears the toilet paper into as many pieces as he can before I catch him. Bless his heart. I love cleaning up toilet paper bits. He also really likes to play in the toilet water. And sometimes drink it. Fabulous.

The Funeral Circus

Today we went to Steve's Great-Grandma Black's funeral. She died at the age of 93 and although I didn't know her well, it was great to hear about what a neat lady she was-at least what I got to hear of the service, since Davis was putting on the usual 'church circus'. I have been hating church the last few weeks because he is out of control-but seriously who can expect a one year old to to sit still and be quiet for 3 hours? The funeral was no exception, with the very best part being when I hear him hacking and look back and see the entire peanut butter sandwich I had just fed him thrown up all over the chapel floor. Mmmm. Fun to clean up and nice to have Davis pants-less for the rest of the funeral. I think he sees the church and thinks 'what can I do today to make my mom dad crazy?

Good Books?

Does anyone have any good book recommendations? I need something new and fun to read!

Samantha gets married!

Steve's littlest sister, Samantha was married to Jon Hastings this last Saturday. It was beautiful and we had such a fun weekend with them and everyone coming into town for the wedding.

This was a great day for the Larsen's-their last child to be married and all 5 kids married in the temple. What great parents (and in-laws!)

Steve's brother Keith, and his wife Jenny stayed with us which was so much fun. They brought their youngest, Josh, who is 9 days younger than Davis. They were so cute together-following each other around the house and playing really well together. We loved having them visit as well as Stacy and Michelle. So much fun to get to spend time together. We love you all and feel the void now that everyone has gone back to their respective far away homes!