Paul's new ride

Paul traded in the accord for an element.

Paul's great idea

Paul's brother shared some (over a thousand) pictures of Paul's family growing up. Among those pictures was this beauty. This is Paul, Kent and Keith around 6-9 years old.

Paul got a fun idea to "photoshop" adult versions of him and his two younger brothers making fun of their younger selves. We made a day out of it when Kent came into town. We went down to Orem, took pictures and met up with everyone at the Brick Oven. It was tons of fun. The final picture turned out pretty good too!

This was the picture they took.

And the finished product. It looks pretty good right?

Team Mad Dog- Tough Mudder

Paul has a friend he worked with at Target years ago who has been struggling with liver failure. A group from Target decided to raise money by running a tough mudder. The Tough Mudder events are hardcore 10-12 mile obstacle courses designed by British Special Forces to test your all around strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie. You go over 12 foot walls and through underground mud tunnels, through water, over hills and through 10,000 volts of electricity.  Their team, Team Mad Dog raised over $5000 for Jared and his family. In the end, Paul had a blast but unfortunately ended up breaking a toe and bursting his eardrum. It was a tough race but he's planning on doing it again so it must have been fun!

Building a Windmill with Dad

Kade is way into building stuff. He got a book on making windmills (yes really) and was dying to make one with wood. Paul and Kade spent the afternoon building this. Kade was beyond thrilled and they had a fun time building together.

Utah Half Marathon

Paul had the opportunity to run his first half marathon race with his brothers, Scott and Kent (Kent ran a full), and sister Kim. Jenny and I took care of the kids while they did their thing. Unfortunately and fortunately, we missed all of them coming through the finish line since they all knocked out their best times. It was a fun a day and so much fun to watch!

Before the race at 6 am.

 The kids eating popsicles after the race.

 The four "Chalmers" siblings after the race.

 Dance party in my car while waiting for everyone... the girls were jammin' in the back.

New Haircut

Last weekend, Paul surprised me with a trip to California for my birthday. We dropped the kids off at my mom and dad's and headed to San Diego for a couple of nights. This is where Paul got the grand idea to shave his head. As many of you know, Paul has had Alopecia since he was a kid. When he was in Junior high he had this exact same haircut.

Daddy's Birthday

Happy 32nd  Birthday!

For Paul's birthday, we went out to dinner to the Mayan. I've only ever been once before and the atmosphere was fun but the food was awful. I had heard an ad on the radio saying how great their food was so we thought we'd give it a try. The girls had a birthday party in Sandy so we dropped htem off and went to dinner with Great Grandma and grandpa, Aunt Carol, Nana, Kade, Jax, Paul and Marcia. The food was great! I recommend it for sure! 

Mommy and Kade, he was giving me kisses. He can be the sweetest boy.

Kade was very afraif of being in the snakes mouth. He kept saying, it was going to hurt. It was quite amusing.
Kade and Auntie Carol.
Kade watching in amusement the divers during the show. He thought it was the coolest thing ever!
Kade and the birthday boy

We're Just Full of Changes Lately

I've been waiting to post this until it was set in stone but finally Paul got a new job! As a lot of people know, Paul has not been thrilled with his job. Retail is hard (the hours are awful) and he wanted to try something new. Luckily, he found an awesome job in sales of a data computer program. It will be a normal 8-5 job, Monday-Friday and it's right around the corner! We could not be more thrilled. Our family needed this change plus its a change that keeps us close by! We are so excited and can't wait to have him home so much more. He starts on the 20th.