Happy Birthday to Mark- a little late

Mark was in Utah for his Birthday, so we have been celebrating here and there. He did get a bread maker and has been having a lot of fun with it.
He even made Ghost pretzels.

Bald is beautiful

Three Turkey Triathlon

We (Me, Mark, Sam) did the St. George Turkey Triathlon yesterday. AND we all finished successfully. This is us before. Notice how we are wearing long sleeves? It was c o l d.

This is Sam intimidating the others.

Mark and I passed each other- I was trying to give my camera to my Mom and Grandma (in the background) but couldn't get over to them, but Mark came though at that exact time.
This is our fan club
This is me after finishing. I chose not to run because baby boy put too much pressure on my gutz. My goal was to finish in an hour, not have EMT come get me, and to not let Mark or Sam finish before me (they did 2x what I did). I finished in just over an hour (official results are not yet in) but I met the other 2 goals.
Mark finishes
The girls were excited to see him.
Sam finishes

Look- we are all standing and smiling in the end :). But I think if we do it again we would make a great team division.

Happy Bday to MARK!

I had the best day on Marks Bday. Besides a hot new hair cut, he got some fun stuff from us:


MJ wrapped the special-a (spatula) and was very proud of it.
MJ also made sure to help open everything

We ditched the kids with my Mom and spent the entire afternoon and evening hanging out. We ate out, went shopping, saw a movie. It was awesome. Maybe Mark had fun too :). (Thanks A'mooh for making it possible)

Mark VS Alopecia

Mark has put up a hard fight against Alopecia- but yesterday he decided to beat it to the chase.

Before:


During:


After!

it can happen!!!

Mark planted tomatoes this year- and guess what, small miracle- they GREW!! check this out!

Cookies?

If you didnt know, Mark is very particular in his cooking. That is probably why everything he cooks is pretty much the best thing you will ever eat. BUT, love him to pieces, he is hard to cook with. Which is why this is such an accomplishment for all involved. Mark and the girls made cookies!!
ok, well MJ helped make them, Jens just watched and then just ate them.
PS-MJ was severly irritaed there were chocolate chips in the cookies.

Mark and Nick's big adventure

Mark and Nick didn't have enough fun on the 4th, so they set out for their own adventure the next day. They headed up to Zion and did the narrows:You should have seen the mark this stick left!



The narrows wasnt enough, so they set out up the Mountain (or up the cliff)

After it was dark, and they had hiked about 15 miles they set up camp. And then a few hours later the sun came up
What goes up, must come down, so they headed back down the mountain.
Not too bad for a banker huh? I was so happy to have him back home, even if he couldn't move so well, and had lots of band aids for blisters. I am also super happy that Nick went with him :)

the Silver Lining

My Grandpa passed away in December. He was amazing at "tinkering" which led to lots of tools. My Grandma was gracious enough to let Mark take the tools- I would tell you what they all are, but I really don't know. There was only one tricky part, where to put them. But Mark worked his magic and has managed to put them in a space literally 1/8 from where they came from. So, now hopefully this will be followed by some posts of what Mark has made.

Happy Birthday to MARK!

What talent huh?

It was Mark's Bday. A'mooh and Grandpa took us out to dinner- super nice! But Mark suggested next year we get a sitter.

Funny

Last night Mark asked MJ to say the prayer. Of course she declined. But the middle of the prayer went like this:

MJ whispering "bless the dogs" "bless the dogs"

Mark "bless the dogs"

MJ whispering "bless Mommy"

Mark "bless Mommy"

MJ whispering "bless Jens"

Mark "Bless Jens"

MJ whispering "bless Daddy"

Mark "Bless Daddy"

MJ whispering "bless me BLESS ME"

Mark "bless MJ"

After Mark said "MJ if you want to say the prayer you can"

MJ said ok, and then said a prayer.