Ode to the Moby

This past weekend I had the immense pleasure of spending some time with the newest of the Provan clan, Baby R...

..and it was four days of snuggily snoozy awesome.

So hard not to get lost on memory lane though. It seems like just yesterday my mom flew in on c's due date and since c had no interest in making her appearance we had plenty of time to go through mom's suitcase and stare  bewildered at the three yards of fabric that she pulled out that apparently was supposed to be a baby carrier. We were both very confused.

A couple of weeks later Rachel showed up, and got me straightened out and the moby soon became c's favorite place to nap.

11/2011

Fast forward a couple years and m followed right along in the pattern.

6/2014

So this weekend we didn't waste much time before pulling out our old friend again. Baby r loved it.

8/2016

But more importantly, so did Caroline

It was so fun being on the "big sister" side of the story this time. Three mamas and five babies later, the moby is still awesome.

July Art

Last video of the week  - showing off the girl's July work.

Hide and go seek

After school time = game time at our house this week :o)

It's a process

What's a process you ask? M falling asleep. Definitely a process. One that often includes singing.

(Crank up your volume for this one - not much to see since it's a recording of a closed door, but you should be able to hear her).


Other nights includes pulling everything out of her closets including the new sparkle shoes she just got from our neighbor and are way to big for her. We didn't let her wear the shoes around the house (way too big for her), but apparently they're just right for sleeping.

Also she sleeps on the floor now. She never starts there, but we find her there in the morning about 80% of the time.




I can't wait to read this post with her when she's 18 :o)

C draws

and tells us all about it :o)

Kids climbing

As promised, back to pictures of kids :o) The girls has fun climbing on our retaining wall this weekend.

Do you run?

Don't worry - we'll return to your regularly scheduled pictures of kids tomorrow...

So living in park city one of the very common opening questions when you're getting to know someone for the first time is "do you run?". I imagine it's kinda like asking if someone from Minnesota plays hockey - a local's way of trying to find something in common with a new acquaintance which feels like a pretty safe bet since the answer is so often yes.

The interesting thing is how I find that it's a very hard question for me to answer. If someone asked me "do you play volleyball" I'd answer yes without any hesitation even though I haven't touched a ball in months, yet even after running several times a week now since the snow melted, I still feel like have to qualify my yes to the "do you run" question. "I'm starting to", or "yes, but slowly".

I think I hit a tipping point today though. Earlier this week I got an email at work begging for women to run the 5K for my company's team at the Salt Lake Corporate Games. Having just come off training for a longer distance I felt fine volunteering. It wasn't until after volunteering that I read the details and figured out that times would count. I had just stumbled my way into the world of having others care how fast you were - yikes.

Luckily, my teammates were awesome.

And even though the course was bonkers

(just when you thought you were done they sent you to take a lap around a soccer field, with an ultimate Frisbee game happening)

we still managed to have a good time

and finish

in good enough time to bring home the gold :o)

I had a PR by several minutes, and while I don't know yet my actual time or place I'm still really proud of the way it went. I think I'm ready to start just flat out saying yes :o)