Carson and Ethans first race

Milan joined a running group shortly after we moved to Texas and each month they have a 5k run. This month they also did a kids 1k run. Our boys were so excited to try it. They both ran so hard and did so well, I was impressed. Carson took 3 place overall, and Ethan, well I'm not sure what place he took. I just know it wasn't last. I'm not sure if we'll ever get them to do it again because they both said it was really hard, but I'm hoping they liked enough to do it again.

Our Utah Vacation

We are finally home from our month long vacation to Utah and it is bittersweet. We have missed the day to day things in Texas and our friends and having somewhat of a normal schedule for Payton, but we really miss being in Utah. There really is no place like home.

We were able to do a lot of fun things while we were there and see our family and friends and that probably made it harder for us to want to come back to Texas. I want to say thank you to all of you who made time from your busy schedules to see us. I know there were some of you that we didn't get to see and wanted to and I am sorry. I wish there had been more hours in our days.

Here are a few highlights from our trip...

My dad loves bagpipes so we had to take a picture of him with the men in kilts. We stopped to visit an airplane museum while driving to Bear Lake.

Me and my sisters.

We had a lot of fun playing in the beach. Payton even enjoyed eating the sand.

Payton really likes my brother in law and if he was around that's who she wanted. I think he loved it too.









These are all of the Arrington cousins. The only people missing are Milan and my sister in law. Not bad.

Payton and her great grandma's on my side.

We can't come to Utah without seeing the kids' friends Colton and Kassi. It's so fun to see them together. Carson couldn't get out of the car fast enough when I pulled up to their house. It was really cute.

We stayed at my mom's house part of the time and the kids had so much fun doing crazy games and activities. My mom is always full of fun things for them to do. She had a jungle day where they dressed up and did jungle dancing in her garage. They also got to spray my little sister and my nephew with whip cream. I even wanted to join in on that one.

Ethan loves to dress up and found one of grandma's wigs.

We didn't all wear green on purpose. I got dressed first, really.








We went on a fieldtrip to a musem by BYU, the bean museum with stuffed animals on display.

We even had time for family pictures. My friend Mandie from Texas was visiting in Utah and was kind enough to take our family pictures. These are some of my candid shots and I'm sure hers are much better than mine. Thanks Mandie.

Of coarse we had to ride the rides in Park City. These are a few shots of the roller coaster and alpine slide. Milan and I actually tried the zipline this year. The anticipation was a little scary, but once you start going it wasn't scary at all.

Milan's brother was kind enough to take us boating. We had so much fun riding the tube and playing on the beach. Grandpa even took a turn which was sooo funny. He couldn't stop laughing the whole ride.

I am grateful to have so many wonderful people in my life, who make my life so much better. Thanks to all of you who a part of it in someway.