SG's Baptism

SG was baptized on Oct. 29th. It was a wonderful baptism and the spirit was strong. Her G&G Jones and Aunt Shelley all flew into Seattle for the occasion. We had a lot of fun and ate lots of good food. Many friends were able to attend. Notice the necklace G&G LeMon?

Camping in Mt. Baker

Camping Scenery

K, 3rd and 5th

Running

I used to run track and field back in the day, but that was a long time ago. I joined a gym back in January and signed up to run the Seattle Rock n Roll Half Marathon to help motivate me to get into shape. I decided to run an 8k in May to see what it was like to run a race. I ran 9:20 min. miles, but I was not sure how in the world I was going to run a half marathon.I met this lady while waiting to run the half marathon in June. We had to wait in corrals for over an hour before our corral was released. This race was so much fun, but I don't think I'll ever run one again. I was sore for many days afterward. That lovely bruise on my forehead is from opening the van door into my face. Oops!
Lastly, I ran a 10k in August in Snoqualmie. This was a fun race, and the area is really beautiful. I do enjoy running, but my shins do not. After a race I usually cannot run for a week or two, so we'll see if my running days are over.

RR Turns 5!

We celebrated RR's birthday a bit late, because on her actual birthday we drove all the way back from UT. We decided to keep it pretty low key since many of her friends were out of town or couldn't make it. We tried to make the day special, since she was sooooooo excited about turning 5. This girl has a funny nick name that Brian gave to her, but I won't give it away on here. AE made this cute mobile type thing for her.She received a remote Hex Bug.
Some stackable robots.
Of course, Brian made his triple layered mousse cake extravaganza for her, and it was AMAZING!!!!!!!

LeMon Family Reunion

The last few days in Utah were a whirlwind. All of my siblings and their families had traveled to UT to help my parents celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. My siblings had decided to re-create my parents first date. My parents hiked to Timp Cave and had a picnic at Aspen Grove just over 50 years ago. From their first date to the day they were married was exactly 1 month!! Yep, that's right 1 month. We did sealings in the Salt Lake temple Thursday evening, hiked Timp Cave and had a picnic Friday morning. Saturday morning at 7:30AM we had family photos, and the rest of the day was spent prepping for a huge party for my parents and packing a month's worth of stuff into our van, because we were leaving at 5AM the next day to drive the entire day back to Seattle. It was exhausting, but so worth it!!SM posing at the party.
AE playing one of the games at the party.
BBQ at my bro's house on Sat.
Cute couple.
The hike up to Timp Cave with SM on my back. When she fell asleep I swear she gained about 20 pounds.