spring break

I am back to blogging. I took a nice long break! I decided to take the kids to Moab over spring break. Blake had to work, and was going to come for part of the time. He got a dreadful cold, so he never made it. Turns out we had a great time, but missed him tons. I realized how much I really love my kids! They are really lots of fun to be around. We hiked til' we dropped! It was so much fun to be with just them. No cell phones, soccer, football, ballet, hip hop, piano, violin, track, and internet. Just me and my kids. I wondered why we do all that other stuff in the first place. I hope to find the answer someday.

Bucket List

Who would've thought you could ride your bike around Bear Lake on NOVEMBER 10th? Wow, thanks to global warming, we checked off another item on my "bucket list". My friend Marla and I made the trip. My booty is a bit sore while sitting to write the post, but other than that, all things are a go. We had a great time, and it was such a beautiful day! I highly recommend doing this with a buddy. I would've choked on the east side for sure. Thanks Marla, and thanks to Blake for having an over-night with the kiddos!

Nutcracker!

A friend told us the night before about the auditions for The Nutcracker. Rachael really wanted to try it, so I took her down. There were TONS of little ballerinas auditioning. I prepared Rachael for the worst because she doesn't even take ballet! We were so excited to find out she made the show. She will be a clown, which fits her perfectly! Of course being the dummy that I am, I forgot that I go to Africa every Thanksgiving. That will all have to change now for our little clown. We are thinking spring break in Africa. Who needs Ft. Lauderdale?

Back to life?!

I can't believe the kids are all back in school! Depression has set in for mom. Hopefully I'll pull myself together before summer starts again! The boys are now leaving at the crack of dawn on the same bus, and little one goes a bit later. Football is in full-force, and soccer games start next week. Rachael informed me she only wants to dance this year, but tennis lessons are on the horizon for sure. I am MOST HAPPY to have my camera back! I've been taking pictures of everything, except for our recent basement flooding. I didn't capture that moment on film. Good luck to everyone getting back into the swing of things!

Loser Blogger award

Okay, so I deserve the "loser blogger award". I haven't updated in sometime. Mainly because we have been having too much fun, and I haven't had time to sit down and update. But also because my dearest husband left my camera battery plugged into the charger in his hotel in Peru. So, I don't even have pictures of all our summer adventures to share. Just trust us, we have been a very "happenin' " family! I did retrieve a photo from Blake's cell phone to try to spice up the blog a bit. I took his picture on top of a mountain on one of our Park City mountain bike rides. We spent the week at the Marriott there and had an awesome time. Blake spent June in Lake Powell with the boys, then too Peru for ten days, and to youth conference. I think I saw him maybe three days. July has been much better. We are ready to have Ethan stop his gallivanting for awhile and join us as a family also! Happiness is always having all of us together and enjoying nice summer nights. That's maybe happened twice. But hey, we have August right?

The Hunger Games

We are off to a crazy summer!  I must tell all my thousands and thousands readers about a great book I read.  It's called "The Hunger Games", by Suzanne Collins.  I recommend it for EVERYONE!  I loved it, and I am sure my fourteen and eleven year old will love it also.  You must hurry and read it because the second book is coming out this fall!  Let me know what you think!

A Few of My Favorite Things

I have some great things I need to write about.  The most exciting is the new mountain bike my greatest hubby got me for Mothers Day.  He surprised me big time.  It was a great day, and I LOVE the mountain bike.  Especially since my knee has been giving me fits.  Do any of you want to take a ride sometime?  I definitely need some partners.  Blake and I have gone once and we had a great time together.  I think he thinks I a bit whimpy because coming down the hills scares me to death.  I had to get off and walk my bike.  It was fun just to spend some time together doing something we both like to do.  Another really great thing that I have loved this month is the website audible.com.  A friend told me about this site and has been urging me to give it a try.  I downloaded the most awesome book called The Hunger Games.  I highly recommend this book.  I am so glad I downloaded it because my son can also listen to it while he mows lawns this summer.  So go download a book.  It will get you through yard work, housework, taxi driving, soccer games, and lacrosse.  It's great!  Ethan tells me I look really hip with earphones in all day.  I told him that just maybe I was really listening to the newest songs just as they hit I-tunes.  He rolls his eyes....  Lastly, a great buy.  Who can give this up?  I love these new capris that I bought at Walmart.  They were 8.00.  They are so comfy.  I love them.  So there you have it.  Some great things you may enjoy!  Let me know about the mountain biking!!