The Moore Family

7-11 Velodrome

Friday, August 12, 2011

When we found out we were moving to Colorado Springs last December Scott was really excited because he knew that there was a Velodrome there. There are not a whole lot of velodromes in the US. He got a track bike and fell in love with track racing, another cycling specialty to add to his resume! Track bikes are different then any other bikes because they have no gears, single speed and they have NO brakes! The girls and I really like going to the track to watch. The only hard part with track racing is that the races go off in groups so there are big gaps between his races which makes it kind of long and a little boring. Kadence has to take her bike everytime and ride it around the top of the track while everyone is racing.

Midway

When the girls and I came to Utah for the 4th of July we got to stay in Midway for an entire week with MA! We had a blast, we pretty much just swam our little hearts out. We loved being nestled in the mountains and realized how much we miss living so close to the mountains and our family.

6 months and counting

Friday, July 29, 2011

I can't believe this sweet baby has been with us so long! She has been so busy the past few weeks rolling around, sitting up, waving and trying to say Hi!, and trying to eat EVERYTHING! I thought it would be fun now that she is 6 months to take her in to get some pictures. Enjoy!

Swimming Lessons

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

I decided to put K in swimming lessons this year. I wanted her to be more comfortable in the water and to have something to do this summer. Well...10 minutes into her first lesson her teacher dunked her under water. Sooooo I spent the next 6 lessons having a screaming child who hated lessons. After a lot of encouragement, with 2 lessons to go, she decided she loved to swim and going under water was fun! Yay! She is doing really good now, goes under great on her own and knows how to hold her breath. Hoping that next year will be a little less painless!

Horses

Friday, July 15, 2011

I love this picture of Kadence. You only have to be with Kadence about 2 minutes to realize that she loves horses. I was thinking about finding all my pictures of Kadence on a pony, but I think I would feel overwhelmed knowing how much money I have spent on pony rides. Kadence loves horses, we currently have 5-10 horses that "live" at our house. She rides them around the house all day, they come to the store with us, which it takes forever to tie them up. They pull the jogger when I take the girls on my runs and they fill up our car really fast when we go anywhere. My favorite is that her bike is a horse and she always hops on and says giddy up girl and rides away! She loves this horse shirt she is wearing in the picture that her Ma got her. When we drove to Utah a few weeks ago we even stopped in Vail where Kristen's friend was working at the Beaver Creek Stables to let her ride a pony to break up the drive. My Dad called right when we got there and when I told him what we were doing he thought I was absolutely crazy, but hey we do crazy things to make our kids happy right?

Kiki Comes to Town!!

We have been blessed with lots of visitors lately! This makes us VERY happy! Kristen made plans awhile back with some friends to come to CO. Well, little did she know that even after she got here, her plans would be changing. Some of the friends decided not to come and she ended up staying with us for a week and then driving with me and girls back to UT! We loved having her here and hope she had fun!

We went to Garden of the Gods for dinner and then drove around to the different rock formations.

Of course we had to take Kiki to our Zoo, it is awesome and regardless if you like zoos or not you will have fun (we think so)

On Saturday Scott said he would watch the girls if Kristen and I wanted to go out and do something. Kristen wanted to do the Incline in Manitou Springs. I hadn't had a chance to do it yet, so I was up for the challenge.

Here is a pic of what it looks like....

Here is Kristen right before she started to make her way up. She said the goal was to not stop and just keep going. She beat me, of course...

Here we are at the top!

Thanks for coming Kiki, we love you and are so happy you came and visited us!

Swimming!

Monday, June 20, 2011

I have been so excited to take Noelle swimming that we just couldn't wait for the weather to warm up any longer. So, we decided to head up to Midway and use the warm, indoor, heated pool. She wasn't so sure about it when we first put her in, but once she realized that it involved Mom and Dad giving her 100% of their attention, she thought it was pretty cool.

She was particularly fond of her pretty pink tube we brought her. Whenever I would take her out, she would just keep reaching for the tube.

Putting the Issue to Rest

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

I know it's been a while since I've posted on here, but this is a very important topic and something that I feel strongly about.

I returned home from work tonight to find a wonderful looking BBQ Chicken Salad waiting for me on the counter (or Mom had just forgot to put it away, not sure which one). After working all night I was hungry and eagerly put a forkful of salad into my mouth. As the textures and tastes started to fill my mouth, I found myself gagging as I contemplated the embarrassment (for Mom at realizing her daughter's poor manners) of spitting the food back into the bowl OR enduring the overpowering taste of CILANTRO and forcing myself to swallow it. That's right. Mom had put CILANTRO in the salad. Barf.

I caused a big scene, Mom asked Brianne if I could move in with her instead, and Mom shouted at me, "IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD!"

Comments like this, while hurtful and accusatory, have been thrown at me for years. I have ignored them, but no more. I had to get to the bottom of this problem. And I am happy to say that I now have a diagnosis. It is called cilantrophobia. It is a real issue, that real people have to deal with every day. At least every day they are confronted with Mexican or Indian food.

Here she is in all her disgusting glory.

After doing a little research, I found some very interesting information. The New York Times (yes, THE New York Times) wrote an article called "Why Cilantro Tastes like Soap, for Some" with a subtitle of "Cilantro Haters, It's not Your Fault". You can find the article here. The great Julia Child is a cilantro hater.

NPR also wrote an article about the Cilantro problem called, "Getting To The Root Of The Great Cilantro Divide", article found here.

There is a whole community of people just like me who have joined together at www.ihatecilantro.com

I know that this information may come as a shock to many of you. It is not, as a matter of fact, "in my head". It is in my genes. I am predisposed to not like cilantro. It is now that I ask all of you treat this disease as you would any other disease. I am sure that if I was diagnosed with any other disease you would not be telling me that it is "all in my head". If you would, well you are rude.

I will accept apologies in the form of check, cash, or Neccos.

Colorado here we come!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Mom and I were so lucky to be able to go to Colorado to help Avery celebrate her first birthday. The Preston's were such great hosts!! They took us anywhere we wanted, cooked up yummy meals, and it seemed that they were always picking up after us. The were even so nice to take us to the zoo on Avery's birthday. I don't really like the zoo, but that one sure was a lot of fun. The giraffe that tried to eat Kadence started things off right!
Here are some fun zoo pictures....

Thanks for all the fun times! Please let us come back some time soon.