this ones for the fam

Before we left I made a promise to both the Cook and Colledge families that I would post a lot of pictures of Millie. I guess they are missing their granddaughter and niece.







This picture was taken on our back patio which is a reserve. We often have deer hanging out in the shade and we've noticed the same deer comes around the same time almost every night with her baby. Millie loves watching her.

Sea World/ Utah

A few weeks ago we took a day trip to San Antonio and visited Sea World. It was amazing and really really hot.

Millie got really excited to see the dolphins. she would wave her arms really fast and kick really fast when they swam by us.


There was a rad aquarium with a massive reef which had millions of colorful fish and then right next to that aquarium was another one with ginormous sharks. That was Luke's favorite part.


This is at the Shamu show which of course was spectacular! I also really liked the cirque show and the seal show.


A few weeks ago Sasha convinced me to run the Wasatch Back with her and I last minute bought a plane ticket out for the weekend to run the race with her. I flew in on Thursday night, ran the race Friday and Saturday, then flew out Monday morning. It was a really short trip. I've forgotten how Utah has the best summers and how crisp the air feels. It was a nice quick trip.

Here is 3/4 of our car, Jared- "Bubba", Jazzy, Sassy, and "Captain" Craig. Sasha is gearing up for her 3rd and final leg of the race.


Shane, who put the whole team together and is so funny, invented the tunnel transition area. He would get all of the bystanders to create a tunnel of hands for the runner to run through. I was special enough to have a tunnel to run through on the ragnar. It put a smile on my face.


Camber at the peak of Ragnar. What a view!!!


Our team "Real Runners?". Such a fun group!

holiday in Tex

We spent the holiday weekend swimming, which is apparently the only way to cool off in the summer, bat watching, and enjoying a Texas style BBQ.

Luke's childhood dream came true when we noticed a stick hanging onto the side of the doorway here at our complex. Upon closer examination we noticed that it was alive!


We went to Barton Springs which is a river that runs around 65-degrees year round. There is a diving board and steep grassy banks for laying out and picnic-ing. Luke and I got in and had to force Millie to dip her little toes in. She didn't like it, she is more into people watching and eating grass.




On the "Things You Must Do In Austin" list one of the recommendations is to watch the bats fly out from underneath the bridge. So we parked our car at sunset and frantically pushed to stroller 1/2 a mile to the spot to watch. The crowds gathered. We waited. The sun went down. We waited. And waited. And waited. Two and a half hours later around 9:30 in the complete dark we packed up our crying, sleepy, hungry baby and trudged back to the car. We did not see any bats. However that night I did have a dream that we went to watch again and the sky was filled with them and the bats would dart down and attack all of the spectators like a scene from a horror movie. Maybe its a good thing we missed them!


Conner is a mastiff and ginormous! He loved Millie and would try to lick her and sit next to her. It was adorable. This is at the BBQ on Monday.