Kennardia

Hi All! Decided I would post this morning because what better to do when you're up at 5 with a newborn and its still too dark to go running? Thats seems to be the schedule Breanne likes to keep me on lately. She is totally pooped by 7:30 p.m. so I have to put her to bed, but then she wakes up at 5-5:30 a.m. bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready to start our day! Kids...gotta love 'em. Congrats to you expecting moms out there! Its always good news to hear of more red-meat-night offspring.
Okay so what have we been up to lately? We drove to Utah last week for a 206 mile bike race Aaron did from Logan to Jackson (LOTOJA). The kids and I were the "support crew" handing him bags of food along the way so he wouldn't bonk. He finished the race in just over 10 hours and still had a smile on his face! Crazy Man. Of course he's hooked now, so I'm sure we'll be doing LOTOJA for many years to come. Anyone else's husbands interested? I'd love to have a support crew buddy for next year! Anyway, a couple of weeks before that I took the kids on a trip to Texas with my sister-in-law to visit my other sister-in-law who lives in Dallas. We spent the week sight-seeing around Dallas in the 100 degree heat (whew, that was hot). We had to laugh at ourselves sometimes; 3 moms and 9 kids can make A LOT of noise and A LOT of mess! :) We've also been on a few camping trips, Ouray was our most exciting; here's a picture of Abe pondering the difficulty of his climb (he is already a little rock climber in training).

Breanne just keeps getting bigger every day too. She is 6 months old now (oh man, that means I haven't posted on this blog for 6 months! Sorry) and she is rolling over, sitting up, and finally starting to actually swallow rice cereal (as opposed to just drooling it all over her bib) so I'm hoping she'll start sleeping through the night one of these days when she can swallow enough food to tide her over for 8-10 hours. If any of you are ever planning on being in Denver or just passing through and need a place to crash, we'd love to have visitors! Call or email at 720-221-3836 or nankennard@gmail.com

Yeah Kansas!

After three amazing years in Boston, Hyrum and I decided to move to Seattle for some more grad school. Hyrum is going to be a freshman PhD student at the University of Washington in the electrical engineering program. So as part of the moving fun, Hyrum and I are on a cross-country journey from Boston to Seattle. We have been from Boston to Harmony, Lancaster to Gettysburg, and Nauvoo, but one of the most exciting legs of our journey was to visit JoLee and Nathan in Kansas City, Kansas.

JoLee and Nathan are amazing tour guides. Above you can see JoLee and I walking in Adam-ondi-Ahman.
Here we are in a corn field at the same place. Hyrum must be standing on a hill because I swear he isn't that much taller than me. :)
Cows, yup, hopefully they will also be there on that special general conference to come.
JoLee and I. This is a good one because it hides my 7 1/2 month pregnant belly. I don't think I have mentioned that before, but Hyrum and I are expecting a little bambino in October.
Hyrum and I in front of the Liberty Jail. It was a really sobering place, but Nathan must have said something funny.
This may be one of my favorite pictures. Only in Kansas do you see a school bus/pick-up truck combo that can pull a tractor too. Amazing.

Tomorrow we are back on the road heading to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A few more hundred miles and a few more adventures. I hope to see you all sometime soon, maybe in Seattle?

New Blogs!

Very exciting news - Anika and Emily are bloggers. Check out the links on the right. There used to be a link to Emily and extended fam, but now she has one for just her family and it is great. Especially because she is running and winning tons lately!

This is Kristen and I'm expecting baby number 3 this February. Crazy, I know. I went to the doctor today and the first question she asked me was, "So, do you want you tubes tied while we are in there?" I was tempted, but declined. After my first ultrasound it looks like it is a girl which is great because Rachel has so many clothes that will be recycled.

We just got back from a sweet trip to Kauai - the first vacation with just Cory and me after six years of marriage and the island was simply amazing. The best part was a 17 mile ocean kayak trip that I know you all would enjoy. I actually thought about my running posse while on it because I knew you were the only people I know that would actually go with me without much convincing.

Hope you all had fun summer adventures.

All you having babies, I want to see some pictures. All you not having babies, I still want to see pictures.

Jill promised me like four weeks ago that she would post on this blog, so watch for something from her. Yes, I am trying to put on the pressure.