Fall 2010

It has been a very exciting and interesting fall for the Canova's. Tyler is still at the University of Utah and is enjoying his classes- as much as he can. :) Mindy keeps working and enjoys every moment at home with her 2 boys.

Derek is learning more every day and we are amazed at how much he understands and responds to. He loves to cook with Mommy or Daddy, play in the pantry, do laps around the kitchen table, and climb up on the couch and yell at people out the window (well, even if there's no one outside).

Just the other day, Tyler and Derek found a gardner snake in the kitchen. Tyler thinks it was under the kitchen table and Derek whined wanting to play with it. When he grabbed Derek to put his shoes on, they walked back through the kitchen to the garage, and there was the snake making a break for it. Tyler caught it and let it go. He kindly thought about saving it so Mindy could see it when she got home from work. What a gentleman! Needless to say, Mindy is grateful he didn't act on that thought.

Tyler continues to enjoy being scout master and is working on a physical fitness merit badge with the boys. This means he himself is going to be exercising more. His motivation?- the leaders are competing against the young men. Tyler HATES losing. And Mindy thought she was competitive. She learned quickly in their courting that Tyler wins in that arena, hands down.

Mindy ran a half marathon Labor Day weekend and then the St George Marathon on October 2. She qualified for the Boston Marathon with a 3:38:33 finishing time. Needless to say, she was ecstatic! Hours of hard core training had finally paid off. However, when she went to register for Boston, due to a computer gliche, since thousands were all trying to register at the same time, it filled up before she could get in. Major bummer, but now she's on the rebound- looking for another race, or perhaps a new hobby. Believe it or not, a race with a cap of about 25,000 filled up in 8 hours. Running is taking over the world! It's great that so many are getting off the couch, but they're in Mindy's way of fulfilling her agenda! :)

That's our latest. Enjoy the pictures!