A Wacky Weekend

Yeah.  It was weird.

Saturday was nice outside, but way windy.  And our babysitter had to cancel because she got sick, so we went out with the boys but it wasn't that fun.  And nobody seemed to have a lot of energy.

Saturday highlights:
I ran 9.6 miles, with up and down hills at a 10 minute per mile pace--pretty proud actually.  Matt studied. Eli's eye became a wonder overnight.  Titus fell a lot.  And Isaac wanted to be naked all day.

On Sunday morning Matt left at 6:30 for the George C. Marshall award/seminar in Virginia, I made some cupcakes before the boys woke up, planned out my lesson, then got everyone ready. But I was still late for church. And the sacrament meeting went WAY long, so the Bishop decided to cancel the last hour, so there was no primary and my lesson wasn't used. Weird.

Sunday afternoon was nice.  Me and the boys watched a movie together, ate popcorn, then had some lovely outside time.  The boys ran around our little neighbor friend who is Titus' age and an only child.  The father of this child is a Korean that grew up in Florida, had some college days at Auburn, and is now a sushi chef in Boise. Later that night he dropped off some asian influenced short-ribs--which me and the boys devoured.
That night we talked to Matt on the phone,  I put the boys down, then I went to be around 10pm and had a great sleep.

Also I dressed us up for church with color! I went color crazy with the boys. It was fun, and I like how it turned out.  I took little snippets of me... well as much as the 50mm would allow.

Sweaty Matt

Matt sweats.  A lot.  Like a ton.  When he was a missionary for the LDS church, serving in Alabama, he would have to constantly wipe his face off, usually with the back of his hand.  Then he'd flick the sweat down which would sometimes land on people.  Ew.  And can you even imagine what he looked like when he was in Iraq?!  Yeah, I can't either.

So he's been into Insanity, which is a high cardio workout program.  Not really able to follow the schedule, but he likes to do a some of the workout throughout the week.  Cousin Jessica let us borrow her copy--what's up Jessica?!

On Friday night he did a session, and was dripping sweat!  I tried to get some pictures of the all the wetness.  It didn't really work out, but I like the pictures of him so I'm sharing them.  I also think it's interesting how different angles, lighting, etc. tell different stories.

Behold, the shirtlessness!:

These last two pictures I'm scratching and picking his back.  My primal instincts are to groom! 

His 3rd Birthday

Eli's 3rd birthday was full of fun.

He chose the place to eat, and of course it was Cafe Rio!  He LOVES Cafe Rio.  This cannot be understated.  Cafe Rio was a part of his birthday present, and it was perfect. 

That evening we had chocolate cupcakes, with extra chocolate chips in the batter (Isaac's idea), and presents opening with my parents on Skype (Matt's parents were out of town.)  The previous day I took Isaac and Titus to Goodwill to find some presents for Eli.  5 bucks worth of merchandise made one 3 year old so happy.  Favorite gifts included puzzles (that boy loves puzzles), a marshmallow gun, and a great Buzz Lightyear costume (from Grammie and Gramps).  All wrapped in Christmas paper.  Fun!

Titus' Gift to Eli

A black eye.

On the morning of Eli's third birthday--a Friday the 13th--he and Titus bonk heads.
Titus' forehead gave Eli a black eye.  How thoughtful.