Spooky Stuff

Yep. Thats him... my handsome hunk! ARGGG... pirate. (Porter had to dress as a pirate for work. Don't laugh... I tried to make him a FREE pirate costume. haha.)

Mallory, with her Daddy and Greatgrandpa. Happy 85th Birthday Grandpa Miller! We love you.

 Cheese!!! Mallory making pumpking pancakes for Halloween breakfast.

 Yummy!

 Uncle Taylor came to visit for Halloween too!

 Mallory with cousins, Brewer & Cooper just before the trick-or-treating began! She loved her bee costume and was one cute little stinger even if I say so myself!

Cute kids!

The apple of my eye

I love you baby Mal!!!!!

Loved these pictures...

Uncle Taylor and Dayton riding the train with Malli.

On the carousel with Daddy, Dayton, Grandma, and Bryn.

October fest!

Mallory and I at the Willis Farm.

See loved it!

Then, this weekend us and my parents went down to Mesa to visit the Bonds. We helped them put in their backyard (a little bit) and played (a lot). Britt had all sorts of halloween activities planned for the kids. Here are a few pictures of just a few things we did. Thanks for the good time you guys.

Mallory comforting Brynlie when she was crying. These kiddos love each other so much.

Dayton Family Reunion and other stuff

This past weekend we went met my Dad's extended family in Green River Utah for a family reunion. I remember going there as a kid for family reunions to see the Geyser and Goblin Valley. I am so happy our grandparents are so involved in our lives and continue to keep the family close. I have so many fun memories with all of my cousins and it was so nice to see them all again. Mallory really liked the Geyser and loved playing in the water. But Goblin Valley was a rough day since Mallory had a fever and started throwing up later that day on the way home. We made it home though and she seems to be improving slowly. I hate watching my sweet little girl be sick. Overall the trip was lots of fun. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa! We love you!
Picture of Mallory yesterday. She was so weak she just laid down most of the day which she has NEVER done before. Poor baby girl.
Goblin Valley. All of these rock formations look like crazy Goblins.
The group (with Taylor this time :)
Our little fam.
This is where the water runs off from the geyser. It is beautiful how the rocks have formed.
Mallory fell asleep on the 4-wheeler then Mom enjoyed holding her since moments of her being still are soooo rare.
Mallory and I when the Geyser just started. Excitement! :)
The Dayton clan. (I am so sad I didn't get a picture of all 44 relatives there!)
Mallory loved the water.
My dad with his siblings and parents.

Gunner sporting his winning ribbons at the fair! Way to go Gunner!
Showing his pig.
I took Mallory to the fair watch Gunner show his pig. She loved all of the animals.
Porter painted my toes for my B-day and Mallory's too for her first time. This is a few days later though when most of the excess paint had washed off our skin. :) Thanks though babe. You are the best :) love you.
"Smile" This is Mallory's smile pose without fail. ha. Love that girl.

1/2 marathon - 9.11.10

On Saturday I ran my first 1/2 marathon up in Eager AZ. I just decided to train for it after running the 10K here in Snowflake about 6 weeks ago. So, it was last minute but I figured it should be a breeze compared to the full marathon Porter and I did 2 years ago (yeah right!) :) I trained hard along with my little sweet Mallory. She was with me on most of my training runs, being such a little trooper in the jogger.
It was fun to have a running buddy (Mallory) since Porter was too busy to run this one with me since he has been working so hard for our family and taking more classes.
After registering for the race I realized the race was run at an elevation ranging from 7000-8000 feet. I was worried the elevation was going to kill me.
Anyway, the race was lots of fun and to top it all of I came in first place out of all women! I never imagined winning this crazy race but it sure did feel good. I finished in 1:40 which is better than I had hoped for. I did feel the elevation on the hills but it was not as bad as I expected.
I got some cool little prizes and plaques for winning, but no cash. We were hoping for a cash prize:) Porter is calling me his little race horse and wants to take me around to races to make a little extra dough ;)
Anyway, I feel like I am bragging and I feel silly posting all of this but I just don't want to forget how happy I was when all of the hard work paid off. I really loved waking up each morning to see what was on my training schedule for the day and feel a bit lost now that the race is over but oh well. I think I owe this one to Mallory, for keeping me company and making all of my runs more challenging pushing her in the jogger.
Oh, and thank you so much for my family coming to watch me on Saturday. I love you all so much! You are the best!!!

WAY behind.

Well my life has been consumed with Physical Therapy School applications. Every spare second I have when Mallory is asleep is consumed with paperwork for these darn applications! Do they seriously need all of this "stuff" (and money).. urg... I am trying to help Porter out with them since all he does is go to work and then come home to work on his Anatomy/Physiology class. Needless to say, life has been busy and we are behind on everything including blogging.
Here is what we have been up too lately:
MANY cookouts in the canyon with the Caldwell Family (much over due)
More school (Porter)
Work
Domini training for 1/2 Marathon (Malli being the best little trooper ever on those long runs chillin in the jogger)
Family campouts
And... last but not least.. THOSE DARN APPLICATIONS THAT ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!!!!! :)
Here are a few pics from the past few weeks

Here is a picture from the Caldwell Grandkids photo shoot we tried to do last weekend. I will have to post all of them later.

Family campout in the canyon

Her new "smile" haha

Camping with cousins. This girl lives for 4-wheeler rides!

My little camper.