My dear Friend Rochelle sent me this cookbook, Mexican Everyday by Rick Bayless The first week I had it, I cooked every day out of it - and a couple times a week at least since. It is full of healthy - whole food - delicious recipes! I still have not found one that I don't absolutely LOVE! I just had to pass on a good thing when I found it!

Trey had to go to DC for training for 2 weeks so I took the two kids down to meet their cousin Emmy! Dana, Glen and Ashawn hadn't met Jude either. We were having so much fun, that Brooke just Had to join us - so she spent the last 3 days with us! She made the trip PERFECT! We have decided we are the perfect team. Dana would prefer to take care of the kids while I cook and Brooke is super organizer/motivator woman, so between the three of us, the kids were well taken care of, we ate well and we got some major projects done! The very first time Jude and Emmy were put together, they reached out and held each other's hands! it was so cute seeing them together! They are going to be best friends! We tried for about 10 minutes to get the perfect shot of Jude's Drool (: Gotta love having baby slobber all over you all day! Dana took some photos of Brooklyn and I while we were there. Thanks Dana and Glen for having us - and thanks AShawn for being such a good friend to Brookly...

Wight: 17.10 Lb. 87th Percentile Height: 27 Inches 94th Percentile Head Circumference: 44cm 93rd Percentile Fat Roll Count: 17 (Still way less than his sister at this age!) Drool Level: Constant Amazed at the World: Always Smile Frequency: On Demand Laugh Frequency: If worked for Sleep Frequency: A lot but not enough for Mommy (; Babble Frequency: Often Cuddle Frequency: Preciously with anyone Adorableness Level: The highest

Trey had never run more than 3 miles consecutively in his life, but when his co-worker couldn't run the Marathon this weekend, he agreed to take his ticket and run it! Not only did he agree to - he actually did it! Yes, he is thinking of renting crutches for the next week or so, but he finished! This is what Trey looked like at the end: Pretty good until you see him walk! Ha! I don't know if I will ever run a marathon after 2 knee reconstructions, but I needed almost as much physical and emotional endurance... Brooklyn was so excited to go "Catch Daddy" and this morning when we were saying prayer over breakfast, she asked to bless Daddy to 'keep running'. So cute! It was a beautiful day, so I just walked down to the end of the race with the kids in the stroller. When we got there, I tied Jude Bug on me and Brooklyn excitedly watched the runners come in. After about an hour Brooklyn started to get bored said "I need to go potty". I didn...

My Dad and 2 sister came to visit us last week! It was SOOOO fun - unfortunately I didn't document the trip very well, but here are the few pictures that I did get: I tried my best to give my Dad a good Utah experience -so we went hiking, went Rock Climbing, Drove over to the lake and ski resort, played Tennis Several times, and ate great food! The First night they were all here, we had a Cinco de Mayo Party with some friends. Brooklyn and I had made a Pinata - it was my first time in about 20 years, so I put a few too many layers on. It took all of us hitting it with the racquetball racket - and actually breaking the racket before the guys started pitching it like a baseball for it to break! Good times ): The Phipps went ALL OUT dressing up and everything! Next month - June 16 - Dragon Boat Festival! We are going to make Chinese dumplings and make boats out of watermelon and race them down the river! It is just so nice to have family around! They all raced off to go to V...

It's so sad when you have to put away the adorable little clothes! Jude is officially in 6 month clothes. He fits 9 months because I have started using CLOTH DIAPERS and they fill out the clothes a lot more too. I'm so sad!

It was so sad to leave Valpo - but leaving wasn't quite so sad when they just came out to visit within a month of us moving! (And that I planned on going back to Indi for Women's Conference a few weeks later). The Bingham family came out here for a wedding and to visit family - so we got to hang out with them for almost 3 weeks straight! It was SOO fun and Brooklyn as in heaven. "My friends coming over today Mom?" she would ask, then list all 5 of the Bingham family's names off. Jack would hold her hand and take her everywhere, Savanah would make up all the games and make sure everyone was included and Brooklyn - as well as the others would make sure Charlie was always happy. It was a sad day when they left! To make things sweeter, days after the Binghams left us, the Richardsons came into town and Brooklyn and her best friend Piper were reunited (: We also got to meet the newest addition to the Richardson Clan! 3 kids under 3 - GO NIKI! Fun Times with the ...