Always a few steps behind

We loved having Grandma and Grandpa Cornell with us this Easter Weekend.  The kids loved sharing our traditions and we had so much fun being all together.  It was a wet and snowy weekend!  I can’t ever remember having our hunt in the snow before.  After the hunt we came home in dyed Easter eggs. …

Jack Michael Bird. Isn’t he so cute? My little sister Natalie had her 1st baby on Jan 22nd. ( Which is also Alan’s bday!) He was a day late, and we were all anxious for him to get here! Nat says he is a great baby, he doesn’t really cry, he just sort of yelps….

For Rusty’s 30th birthday I gave him gift certificates for Skydiving. Read his skydiving post here.  Due to a fun and crazy summer, this weekend was the first chance we had to go. And through a weird stroke of luck, Carlie was here to watch the kids for us.  So, Rusty and I drove to…

Rusty and I woke up early Wednesday and snuck out for a sunrise run.  Running along the coast is so relaxing!  We ran along some trails, over some cliffs and up along the golf course.  It was fun to be with Rust, but my legs still felt like jello from the half marathon.  We all…

As always, our trip to Utah was packed with fun things to do.  We loved our dinner, talent show and Nativity at Grandma and Grandpa Banks house. The masks were hilarious and we said this was the easiest year ever to get a cute pic.  It didn’t matter if they were smiling or looking 🙂…

I had a really funny dream a few nights ago that I thought some of you would get a kick out of. It was one of those “in between” dreams, so we were high school age, but Sara and I still lived in CO, and Chelsi still lived in AZ, and Kasey in UT. A…