some recent photos and (much needed) happy thoughts

skyler LOVES to hike and be outside, so the minute that it got kinda warm he took us. i was excited, a little skeptical given my current state of being (ie: extra poundage). but we went and it was SOO fun. poor, fabulous skyler had to carry zoia all the way up, but he didn't complain and she LOVED it!!! this is us at the top. little did we know that it was the way down, through the snow and water, that would be the toughest!! zoia literally laughed so hard at me as i gracefully slide (or fell whatever) down the mountain that she couldn't breath!! for a city girl i actually had a great time!


just a photo of z. i can't get her to smile into the camera for the life of me. so don't be fooled my the blank stares that she shows in the pics. she is really very happy and smiley and not retarded!


on May 10th me, my mom, carianne (brit's bff), sky's mom erin, sky's aunt jodi, and erin's friend ran (or walked) the race for the cure. it was SOO much fun. seriously. i loved it. there were 17000 people running the race that day. can you image? and think of all the other races going on around the country as well. there are a lot of supporters of breast cancer research!!! and a lot of loving families as well!


so for my mother's day, skyler taught my YW's lesson (thank you sky) and we had hannah and my mother over for lunch, and then we went to erin's for dinner. we ate in the yard out back and during dinner zoia decided to take a fall from two steps up onto concrete. so her gift to me was this wonderful scabby face of hers!! she cried for about 5 minutes, i cried for about 20. poor little thing. she doesn't seem to mind now though!


z has decided that her baby stroller is actually for her. she points to herself and says "baby" then climbs in. it seems to me that i would probably look the same if i tried to climb into her stroller. gotta love the roles!