pretty muddy 5k

Saturday was the Pretty Muddy 5k.  My friend and neighbor won free registrations to the event and was kind enough to give one to me.  The race is a run/walk 5k with obstacles along the way (a few of them include large amounts of mud!).  There was a costume contest, so we were trying our best the few days before to figure out costumes that would be fun and cheap (after all, we were going to drag them through the mud).  Miriam (on the far right) is in my ward and got our team together.  She named us the Bodacious Babes.  So we were trying to fit our costume around that theme.  I told them that whenever I hear the word Babe, I think of the movie Babe (you know the one about a pig!).  So I thought it would be cute to be little piggies (after all we would be dragging ourselves through the mud).  They had some ideas too including the tutus.  We basically put all our ideas together and here we are before the race in tutus and matching shirts.
Our wave of the race started at 9:30am and it was already super hot.  I think the high of the day was 105 degrees.  I ran the first little bit, but it got too hot real fast and I think I walked most of the way.  We had a lot of fun. Below is the after picture with my friend, Katrinka. I had to lose my tutu along the way.  Once it got muddy it was so heavy that I could hardly walk.

bath time

Dieter loves to be in the bath...with or without water.  He likes me line up his bath toys and then he chooses which ones look the most edible!  He is such a character!  He would stay in the bath all day if I would let him.

Father's Day

 Wes's first Father's Day as a father was great!  We had Stake Conference which meant no early morning meetings or after church meetings.  We had a lovely dinner with chocolate peanut butter mousse pie to finish it off.  Wes got a nap and spent the rest of the day with our little guy.
Wes is the best dad!  I can't imagine someone adoring their son more than he does.  I love him so much!

around the house

 There is no need for us to buy toys for this kid.  He is easily entertained for hours by a jar lid and an unripe nectarine from our tree. 

 showing off his crawling skills

 His newest favorite toy is the doorstop in the bathroom!

 ...and in this corner, weighing in at 20 something pounds, the prince of short naps  Dieter Vincent Opp 

 a reflective moment

Oh how we love this kid!

9 months

 We have one determined little boy!  At nine months he has determined not to crawl.  I'm pretty sure he knows how, but he would just rather walk.  He can pull himself up and walk around holding on to items.  He loves spending time in his crib just walking around.  He is determined to be in constant motion.  This kid does not like to sit still!  He is determined to drink from a regular cup like a big kid.  He refuses his sippy cup.  He is determined to have two teeth come in at a time.   Tooth #3 has just broken through and tooth #4 is close behind.  He is determined to set his own bedtime (which fortunately for us, it is now 9pm instead of 10pm).  He has determined to do something incredibly cute everyday to make his mommy and daddy gush over him...which we do...probably a little too much. 

one project down....

One project down...at least 50 more to go!  Each time we get done with a project we feel accomplished for about 30 seconds and then realize there is always so much more to do.  I suppose that is the life of a home owner.  We have wanted closet doors or coverings for some time (well, let's see...we've been in the house 4 1/2 years, so it's been 4 1/2 years we've needed/wanted closet doors).  We found these at Ikea and they were on sale.  I'm guessing the faint print of tree limbs wasn't a favorite among the buyers.  I wasn't sure about them myself, but when they are about 1/2 the price of the plain panel doors, I happened to jump on the like wagon quickly.   The best part is we now have closet doors (all thanks to Wes...he had to do some figuring out how to do it since we didn't purchase an Ikea closet cabinet to go with the doors.  He did everything on the project.  I just sat back and watched)!

This is the project at 1/2 completion.  I forgot to get a picture before Wes started.  The reason there were no closet doors to begin with is because the previous owners took the closet from the adjacent room and put it in the master bedroom.  So the left side of the closet used to be in what is now my office.  At what is now my office has no closet.  I think they did this project close to their moving so they didn't quite get doors on.  Plus the two sides are exactly the same size so it was a little tricky finding coverings.  Once again, thanks to Wes, he figured that all out and now it looks great!