Did you know...

that Jake is Arizona's cross country STATE CHAMP?

Because he is.

And J-dawg-diggity-dawg... I'll be there next year to see you win it AGAIN (pinky thumb nuckle kiss).

Hallmark: Take Note!

Jake wrote the following little diddy in Byron's birthday card:

Byron,

BYOB...No need to explain that one. Haha. But seriously HAPPY BIRTHDAY champ. Go do something crazy or play with a doll or shoot a sign. Anything that you do on this oh so special day, REMEMBER do it while you're still young brother. I love you with the passion of 1,000 jumping kangaroos. ****

With Love,

Jake

*Names were not changed to protect the innocent.
 **Punctuation added throughout for clarity.
***Jake is a champ for using "you're" correctly (even though he apparently doesn't know how to use commas or periods).
****Emphasis added.

Rhymes with late

There is only one explanation as to how I was able to secure the EXACT 

same kitchen set for my posterity that I grew up playing with...

FATE people. FATE.

Awesomest Ghettoest Kitchen Set Ever: $5

Wesson's Outfit: Priceless

We don't have any play food for it yet, and I don't anticipate buying some anytime soon. However, he has plenty of fun "baking" his toy cars and using the entire thing as a jungle gym.

That's my boy!

Totally unrelated, but after a year of staring at the tools and wood pile in my garage trying to work up the courage to tackle my first project... I FINALLY did it! I built something!

Here's the little toddler bed I built for Wes. In true Scott Wynn fashion, Byron made me build it myself. He stood there and acted as my clamps, but I read the plans, drilled ever hole, pounded every nail, and cut every piece of wood. And it true Steffanie fashion, I was so mad at him the entire time for not helping me, BUT now I'm glad because I learned a lot (as usual).

I can't wait to give it a coat of paint this week and get it into Wes' room!

Besties P2

Wes was really concerned about her cast.  Sophie is telling him it's ok.

Tug-o-war!

Um....yeah.  They love each other.  

Besties

So Tender I want to DIE

 

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 A few inaccuracies I must report:

• Zach's best time in 800 is 2:00 not 2:06.
• They don't have a sister who runs marathons. They have a sister who ran a marathon.
• Both parents ran competitively? Um... no. Dad may have swam across the English Channel after Nam, but he didn't run competitively as far as I know.
  
• Zach claims he didn't say "I don't like working hard"...  he says that he said "Running is hard work!" For the record, Jake says he heard what the reporter heard. :-)
• Ummm.... Unless BYU knows something we do not, Zach does not have a scholarship to run there. It would be SWEET if he did, but he doesn't and nobody seems to know where the reporter got that little tid bit of info. According to Jake, "He must have mad-libbed it." Yes Jake, I will make fun of you forever for saying that. It's a real "knee jogger" if you know what I mean!! :-)

BYU-- In case you're reading, Zach will gladly take the scholarship if you want to offer him one. 

Go Get 'em Boys!! Errr... should I say... "Go bash each others brains!"

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