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I did the Hummingbird Triathlon 2 weekends ago with a lot of my family....

Allison (my sis) did a relay triathlon with her swimming (she's pregnant) Mom swimming, and my Mom's friend ran. They placed 2nd overall.
Justin (my bro) He placed 3rd in his age group.(30-39)

Landon (bro-in-law) placed 3rd in his age group (20-29)
We also had lots of friends participate. It was a lot of fun having everyone there!! The weekend after this triathlon my sis Amanda, her husband Garet, my Mom, Allison, Landon, and brother Jordan all did another one. They are all planning on doing another one together but its the same weekend as Spencer and I's marathon. BUMMER! Next year I hope to have all of us plus.. Spencer, My bro Jared, my sis Meg, SIL Jessica, BIL Russ, and anyone else!!

Already...

I didn't start this young! I was accident prone but I waited to brake my arm when I was older!! That's right, our poor little Madi broke her arm! It was horrible! She was so good I can't believe it.
Here is what happened:
So she LOVES to climb on things!! Let's be honest she can climb just about everything! People are always amazed how good of a monkey she is. So last Wednesday afternoon she was climbing on a storage box that is at the end of our bed. (I've been filling it with clothes that are to small for her) Anyways, she climbs on that container whenever she is in our room and tries to pull herself onto my bed. I left and went to the bathroom and the next thing I heard was her crying. I went back in there and she was on the floor. I picked her up, tried calming her... no luck. We went outside, which always does the trick. Sure enough she calmed down. I noticed that she would push the little car around the yard like she usually does so i wasn't sure if it was her legs or arm. We came back inside and she was playing. She fell down and started screaming. I did notice that she did/ wouldn't put pressure on her left arm. I wasn't sure if it was sore, bruised, broken, or whatever so I played with her arm a bit. It didn't seem to bother her unless she put pressure one it. I tried getting a hold of Spencer like a million times but he was in a meeting. I finally decided I was going to take her in to get it looked at. On the way in Amanda (my sis) called me, she is a RN, anyways I asked a ton of questions and she recommended for me to get it x-rayed. (It was 4:45, the Dr offices were closing soon) She told me if Madi wasn't in to much pain to wait and take her to the Dr in the morning instead of the Er right then. Its cheaper and the ER takes forever! She said that if its broken Madi probably wont sleep very good then to take her to urgent care. I appreciated the advice but still wasn't sure what to do until I got a hold of Spence. I think I felt worst then Madi. I finally got a hold of Spencer and he said to wait and see how it feels in the morning, since she is not in to much pain. Well, she slept the entire night and the nect morning was happy until she put pressure on the arm. Then she would scream, we took her to the Dr, and he said she doesn't act like anything is wrong. he played with her arms, squeezed it a little and nothing. her turned it, to palm facing up and she lost it!! I had to take her outside while Spencer got the information. His guess was it was dislocated or fractured so we went to the x-ray place. After we got the x-rays done the tech asked if we were suppose to wait for a call from the Dr or what. Then she said, "If I were you I would just go to the office. I can't say much but I have seen worst but it doesn't look normal." Anyways, after being at 3 different Dr offices from 12:30-5pm we came home with a happy little girl in a blue cast. She was such a trooper, no nap, little snacks, and tuff!!

1 more month...

WOW, one more month until our little rascal is ONE!! That's NUTS!!
* I climb onto everything! (table, stairs, beds, boxes, ect)
* She has learned to pull herself in and out of a pool and now tries the bath tub and flips in.
* She is a great eater but still wont eat bananas. She wants whatever we are eating
* She started taking a few steps a couple weeks ago but now she is basically walking.
* She is always on the go in a hurry. She doesn't sit still.... they say she's like me
* She LOVES visitors! When poeple come play she cries when they leave.
* She could live outside
* She folds her arms
* She loves to clap
* She is starting to point at what she wants

LOVE YOU MADI!! What was like without you?

Lake Powell

We had our Forsberg Reunion at Lake Powell at the end of July. ( I am late, I know... our computer has not been working) We had so much fun! This is what we did...
Went swimming A LOT!! Madison really loved it! She had so much fun with these 3 girls! They played with her so much it was great! (Caitlyn, Madi, Me, Reese, Mallory)

Spencer studied A LOT!! Poor guy!

We did sparklers. (Thanks Aunt Katie and Uncle Russ)

We played in the rocks... and tried eating them.

Went fishing....

Went to Rainbow Bridge

Roasted HUGE Marshmallows and Madison ate her share.
We relaxed... AND we went Tubing, Wake Boarding, Hiking, Played games, and ate lots of YUMMY food!! We love the lake!!

Last Summer Vacations....

At the end of July we took our last big summer vacation. We went to Pinewood and stayed at the Forsberg Cabin for 4 days. Here are some highlights....
We went on a picnic. (We took our two nephews with us to the cabin, Tyler and Hunter)
Hunter caught a horny toad, he was so SO excited!
We went took the Rhino and Ranger out for a day ride. Madison loves the Rhino! The faster we went the more excited she got.
She took a few good naps through out the day but was still tired after a long day on the Rhino. (just thought the picture was cute)

We were a little dirty.... We followed Nana and Grand dad on the Ranger, and got dusty. We didn't mind a bit. Spence hadn't shaved for a while so he hid it well.
(can you tell I just stuck chap stick on)

We had so much fun at the cabin! We are bummed that its 5+ hrs away! We are hopefully going back in Sept for our anniversary.

HAPPY Birthday!!

Spencer turned 29 this year!!! He is getting up there in the numbers but still acts young. We always tease each other with the "When you grow up" phrase.
We celebrated with one of his favorite breakfasts: Pull apart.


I made his favorite dinner and cake: Grilled Ribs and German Chocolate Cake and homemade ice cream.


He opened presents: I think his favorite was a windshield for the Rhino.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPENCER!!! I LOVE YOU!!!

Madi 10 months old....

This is what I like to do:

I Like to play with the toilet. -I played with the water a few times but mostly I like the flush handle and the plastic screw covers on the bottom. I stick them in my mouth and Mom tells me its yucky and takes it.

I climb in the dishwasher and find cool stuff.
I Hate folded laundry so I unfold everything my Mom just folded.

I reach up and pull anything down off the couch, counter, dresser, ect. (I get to almost everything my Mom and Dad think I can't)

I go up Grandma's stairs very fast! I don't really go down very well, I get distracted.
I close any door if its left open. I lock myself in rooms sometimes.

I stand up- I have taken like 1 step.

Whenever someone leaves the outside door opened, even cracked opened I sneak out!!

I found a cool chew toy... MY CRIB!!! My parents weren't to happy!

I drink out of my sippy cup very good.

I LOVE to sing. I sing in bed, in the car, and at church during the hymns and don't always cut off the same time as everyone else.

I learned how to open up cupboards and drawers. I LOVE to pull out my clothes!

I have 6 teeth! 4 on top and 2 on bottom.
I LOVE my Daddy! I am starting to choose him over Mom sometimes!
(I just like this picture)
My Mom and Dad say I am growing up to fast. I can't wait to walk..... They don't even know whats coming!!