Sometimes time goes sooo slow...

... and sometimes it goes by way speedy! This little boy of mine is my sunshine, and I love him so much! He is growing up faster than I want! Even being trapped inside, we have had some wonderful times. I have many friends that put their pictures together in some sort of montage, but I am not that smart, so here they are one by one!

Carter had just started crawling a little in the above picture, and he loved chasing those balls everywhere!! And with that came getting into some tight places!

Also with the beginnings of crawing came the zebra. I am not going to lie, I was DYING to buy him this toy, and videos that will hopefully make their way to the blog soon will show you why. This picture captures some of it... and those are fun daddy's legs behind him. They love playing together!

And then there was Utah! What an amazing trip. Lack of sleep aside, we had a blast. Darin being home was a HUGE highlight, and slacker that I am I didn't get a picture of him, but we were so so excited to see him and hang out.

These are just a few of the wonderful moments we had... hanging with grandmas, playin around the houses, and swinging HIGH HIGH HIGH above the ground!

Let's not forget our morning runs! Let's just say for us desert people, it felt a little chilly! Lame, I know! Poor kid...

And one of my favorite moments, the most beautiful sight I have seen in a while right before we left. It was amazing! Some might say it was a screen-saver moment! :)

Then we came home. And lets repeat one more time.. is he daddy's little boy or what??

And our favorite time of day is....

Look careful at the upper right lip and yes, that is our first fat lip! Great story there... mom was trying for the second time to finish a ten mile run (yes Britt, this is my first, and sadly longest run yet!) when at mile seven daddy pulled up and hollered to mom to get in the car to go get stitches. Long story short, no doctor, no stitches, but a good fat lip and no ten mile run! Thankfully, just this last saturday I finally hit that landmark. Fifteen miles, here I come!

Daddy's big helper. Sort of... if only those shorts would stay on!

Vain? I don't think so. Just curious!

My two boys, just dreaming of better days to come... grass, really anything green and living, and temperatures where outside is no longer nuclear!

And lastly our day at the pool... or one of many I should say. Our awesome friends Scott and Stephanie had their new camera and wanted to practice. I wanted to say no, but... oh wait... YEAH for awesome pictures! Don't you just want to eat him? First was lunch..

Then swimming...

And then the drying off! He is amazing!

And this was the drive home. I am so happy!

All in all, an awesome summer. Training for the marathon has been really hard, not so much the getting out the door, although that is tough, but the part where we went at 5:30 am yesterday and it was 95 degrees! It makes it really tough to stay motivated, and when baby sleeps in, we tend to call it a "cross training" day which really means rest day. So hopefully my body continues to hold up for the long run days. Jared has been a trooper and is actually, although he won't admit it, been bit by the running bug. He secretly really likes it I think, and has built up to 6 miles with no pain! Other than that, it is sewing projects, building and knocking down towers, and figuring out what foods my little man will eat! He is way over baby food!! He also walks around like he owns the joint with his little zebra. It won't be long now!

Today I am grateful for shade!! Miss you guys!