Where Did Our Easter Go

At our house, we ask the Easter Bunny to come on Saturday instead of Sunday so that the kids aren't quite so wound up for church (Especially because stake conference is usually on Easter, and it is hard enough to sit reverently for 2 hours without a sugar high.) That way we can focus on Christ on Sunday, and not on the Easter Bunny and candy.

So Friday night after we got home from hunting, we colored the Easter eggs. The kids had so much fun being creative and making their own special eggs.

Here are some of their creations a little closer up!

The kids went to bed, and I got out their Easter baskets, grass, plastic eggs, etc. in preparation for the Easter Bunny to come in the night. When the kids woke up on Saturday morning, they waited for each other to all be awake and then asked permission to look for their baskets and eggs as usual. Much to their dismay and almost horror, there was nothing. No eggs, no baskets, nothing. Even the real eggs that were in the fridge were gone. The kids were in complete shock. And SO disappointed. Not only had the Easter Bunny not hidden all of the fun for them to find, he had completely taken it away....it was just plain gone.

We had several places that we needed to be on this morning, one of which was the city Easter Egg hunt, so off we went, hoping there had been some terrible mistake, and that it would all be back when we got home.

The city egg hunt here is usually AWESOME. There is always plenty of toys and eggs for each kid to be totally thrilled with the stash that they are returning home with. This year was a disaster, much to the dismay of the poor girl in charge. She got on the loud speaker to let everyone know that there would be 3 minutes until the egg hunt began. Well, some of the kids thought she had said you have 3 minutes to find the eggs, and they all took off running. The poor girl then started to yell NO, NO, NO, and the kids who weren't already running thought she said Go, Go, Go. So off went most of the rest of the kids. Those of you who know my kids know that they are usually very good at obeying when it comes to these kind of things. All my kids held back and didn't run. When they each finally decided that they better go or they wouldn't get anything, it was nearly too late.

Zak was among the older kids in his group, so he did pretty well, but Les and Amber got almost nothing. I felt awful. Not because they needed any of that stuff, but because Easter had now been a complete bomb, twice, for them.

After the egg hunt, we went over to the University. Greg's wife, Marsha is starting to train and compete with the possibility of competing in the 2012 Olympics in London. Since she competed in Sydney, Australia, and Athens, Greece, she has had 2 kids. In those Olympics, she did the Heptathlon. Right now, she is just working for the long jump and javelin. She wants to see how well she can come back in her best and favorite sports before she decides to go for all 7 events again (we tease her that she is like a grandma to those other girls that she is competing against!)
It was fun to watch her, she is an amazing athlete. She didn't have a very good day, but she is just starting out again after 4 years. Thanks for inviting us Auntie Marsha.

Me and Ty! He kept trying to get on the long jump track when Mama was going!

Mark doing his funny dance...2 year olds can be so cute!

Finally, we arrived back home, and guess what we found....
The Easter Bunny had come, and he had a hole in his pocket. He left a trail of jelly beans everywhere!! and not only did he bring everything back.....

but he filled all our eggs with spending money for our trip!

Thank You Easter Bunny!

Harassing the Easter Bunny

On Friday, Brian thought it would be fun to take the whole family coyote and rabbit hunting. He usually just takes Amber, because he says that the kids have to be 8 years old to go, so the boys were really excited. I have never been able to go, because I always have kids to stay at home with.

Brian doesn't really have enough camouflage clothes for everyone, so here's Brian and the kids in the mish-mash of camo that we have. None of it fits very well, always better to buy big and have it last longer in my opinion!
After a couple of stands of coyote hunting, Brian realized that the "Bad News Bears" were never going to be able to be quiet and still enough to bring in any coyotes. (Not to mention, he has never brought any in on his own either!) So we decided to wander out through the sagebrush and scare up some rabbits. Since I don't do well when I get up early, I was ready for a nap while they went out after the Easter Bunny the first time. After a good half hour nap, I was ready to go. So, we headed out for a second loop all together, and I saw the only bunny of the day. The only problem...I forgot I had the rifle in my hands and that I could take a shot at it. Brian got ready, but never could spot it before it was gone. I guess that is because I've never hunted before and my mind is on the kids staying safe.

We finally gave up on the bunny, and figured that we better let him live for Easter, so we stopped for lunch. I think that was my favorite part of the day.

The boys ran up and down the big hill that we were stopped by, which wore them out very well for the drive home!

Posing for silly pictures....this never happens on a serious hunting trip...right Grammy!

There was at least one arrowhead right outside the door of the truck where we stopped, I don't think that the second piece is an arrowhead though. Amber was thrilled!

We just happened to have Chocolate milk bottles left over from breakfast to shoot at while we were stopped for lunch, so Brian pulled out the BB gun to let the kids do a little target practice. While Amber has had a lot of experience shooting, Les and Zak haven't. Les has gone out to shoot the BB gun a few times with Brian, but I think that this might have been Zak's first time.

Les hit the bottles a couple of times!

Amber has it all figured out by now.

When Brian goes hunting with his buddies, they have a road that they have named "Trailer Trash Road" because it literally looks like someone has taken a few trailers out and blown them up. This is some of what remains of that trash...Brian couldn't resist stopping for a picture.
After we finished hunting, we took the old rail bed road back in to Golden Spike National Monument. On the drive, there is at least one ghost town, Kelton. All there is left is the cemetery, some rail siding bridges, and some foundations of old buildings left. The kids were amazed that an old city didn't exist any more. It was kind of sad to see the old cemetery so run down. But it is fenced in, and so a little protected at least from vehicles. Some of the headstones were out of wood, and obviously very old, some were stone, but falling apart and very weathered and unreadable, and some had been replaced by more recent generations who recognize the significance that their ancestors played in the states history.

We had to stop for one last place to play before we were done. Zak was pretty proud of himself that he could climb through this "huge" arch.

Daddy's kids after playing all day. Thanks for taking us Dad!

A Frustrating Week

A warning to all who think they might be tempted to read this post. It is not very exciting and it is definitely full of complaining. If you choose to continue reading, don't say I didn't warn you.

I am SO ready for this week to end, and can only pray that next week is better.

The week, of course, started out with Monday. As I started pulling things together for Passports, I realized that Les's birth certificate was incorrect. Brian's birthday was listed incorrectly. This was only made more frustrating by the fact that Amber's birth certificate doesn't even have our birthdays listed. If I had realized this within 90 days of when I first got it, they would have just corrected it for free. Not now...of course, it cost me $ 20. But I had to do it so it didn't hold up our passports.

Getting a change on a birth certificate is NOT an easy process. On the back of the bad birth certificate, was an affidavit that had to be changed and signed in front of a notary. So Brian took a few minutes from his prep hour at school, and we ran down to the bank. We were then told by the notary that she can't even touch birth certificates. That has to be done with the state. We then called back to the Davis County Vital Records department to be told that the notary was wrong, and they would have someone call her to explain. We then ran back to the bank and got that taken care of. It used Brian's entire prep hour on Tuesday.

I then made the trip to Salt Lake to the Utah State Department of Health so that I could get the change made, and a new copy immediately. Note to self: the state health department is not easy to find by the address. I got right to the address from the north side, and I could see the building, (it looks like every other state agency building, so I knew it was the right place) but all of the roads took me away from it, not into it. It turns out you have to enter the property from North Temple, and as far as I could tell, that is the only way in. As I got inside, and explained what I needed, the girl told me that the affidavit on the back of the birth certificate was too old, but she would check to see if they could accept it. Needless to say, I was so frustrated at this point, I was sure that they weren't going to take it. But to my relief, they did. Five minutes later, I had a correct birth certificate for Les, and we could proceed with the process to get our passports.

I missed my chance to get to the gym on that day because I spent about 2 hours longer than I had planned to do all of this, so I felt like a slug the rest of the day, and I think that the stress of it all exhausted me too. So I was thrilled when things were going to work out to go to the Step class that night. I now realize that I missed Relief Society Board meeting that I was supposed to present at, and I am sure the RS presidency is not happy with me right now.

OK, now for Wednesday. Things actually went pretty well on Wednesday, just BUSY. I had everything together to go get our passports if Brian could leave school early and miss Track practice. Fortunately, he was able to work that out. When I picked up the kids from school, Les was covered with something gross. He had spilled his applesauce at lunch. When he tried to clean it up, it smeared everywhere (we all know how kids clean things like that up), and his teacher didn't call me to bring him a new pair of pants, so by this point, it was all dry and crusty and looked awful. So I dropped him at home to change while I went to get the kids from pre-school. I dropped off the other kid we carpool with, and then picked Les up, ran to Costco to get pictures done for passports, waited for the pics to be ready, and then met Brian at the County building. All of this in 45 minutes.

We had 1 hour to get passport applications done, and get home to drop Amber off at home for a friend to take her to soccer practice and make it to Layton to close on the refinance for our house. We made it just in time....One more crazy day down.

On Thursday, I had a pretty calm day, or so I thought. I was only supposed to have one busy hour after I picked up the kids from school. So I went to the x-biking class at the gym, where I burned about 800 calories in an hour and a half (I love my heart rate monitor!). After I picked up the kids, I took Amber home to stay with Zak while Les and I ran to Layton to pick up something I had to pick up between 3:00-4:00. But I had to be back and have Amber to Piano by 4:00 and I also had a meeting with the 4th grade teachers at the school at 4:00. Well, now for the chaos of Thursday...I wasn't supposed to be in Layton to pick up that item today, not until Monday. But I got caught in some pretty good traffic getting back that made Amber late for piano lessons, and me late for my meeting. As I walked into the school, I realized that I had now missed Zak's kindergarten round-up...Aaagghhhh. Last children really do get forgotten, don't they? Fortunately, our school does small group appointments, so we were able to jump in somewhere else. I was only 5 minutes late to get back to pick Amber up from piano...not too bad I guess.

Later Thursday night, Amber and I went back to the gym to do a Step class. I was pretty tired from the x-biking, but got another good workout in, and burned another 560 calories. (That was about 1350 calories burnt for the day!! It felt so good.)

Now for today...It's not over yet. At the school, I am in charge of school pride day. The kids are supposed to wear their school colors or school t-shirts on Fridays, and the classes with the highest percentage get rewarded, one in each grade. I gathered up all the awards from last week to re-disperse this week, and left them sitting in the faculty room while I counted each class. When I returned 4 of the 7 awards were missing. Long story short, they all turned up after I had improvised a much less exciting award.

I just want this week to end. I don't want to be responsible for remembering anything else. I want everything to go back to being simple and my schedule to not be so chaotic.
I apologize now for the venting , but it feels so good to get the frustration out.

Brian & "I Believe in Music"

I realized that I never said exactly why we went to Tucson last week , so I decided that I would include that as part of this post since it all kind of goes together. (Aubry, I hope it is OK if I take some info from your blog since you know more about the history than I do.)

When Brian was in Jr. High at Magee middle school in Tucson, he was in a singing group called Pioneers of Music. Robert Gabriel, or Mr. G was the teacher. "The Pioneers of Music was the advanced performing group... the theme song was "I Believe in Music"."

In a newspaper article, Mr. G. and Ms. Bell said the following about the group:

"This was a very experimental group originally," Gabriel said. "We wanted to find out how advanced a junior high group could get in just one school year.

We were doing very heavy classical works."

"At first, we were totally extracurricular.

We met after school, during study conference, at lunch," Bell said.

"It was kind of bad; the kids would gulp down a bite,

look up and have to hit a note.

We told the students they were pioneering in this.

We were doing things that everybody said junior high kids couldn't do

because they didn't have the discipline,

they didn't have the self-control."

Mr. G is the reason that Brain teaches Jr. High. He made a huge impact in Brian's life, as I now understand he did in many of his students lives. On February 21st he passed away from the same heart problems he had over 20 years ago.

In our 12 years of marriage, the only viewing or funeral that I have been able to get Brian to go to, was his own dad's. It was so important to Brian that he go to Mr. Gabriel's memorial service, that we went. Fortunately for planning purposes, the family did a memorial service a month after his death in anticipation of all who would attend.

While making plans for the trip, Brian got on Facebook to find a few old friends. One of his friends, Aubry, had a lot of information, and in the whole process, invited us to spend the night at her house for the one night that we were going to be in Tucson. She married a guy from Brian's ward in Tucson, so he knew them both. Because Aubry's grandma helped Mr G. with the choir group, she was given several pictures by the Gabriel family, and shared many with us.

It is through these pictures that I realized that my husband was a ladies man in junior high and high school. In the several trips that we have made to Tucson over the years, I have only met one of Brian's friends that is male. All of the rest are girls. In fact, this is the only trip that we haven't gotten together with his old girlfriend! (Don't get me wrong, I love them all. They are all cute, and I don't mind letting him get together with them. It is all that he has left of his nearly 20 years in Tucson.)

Monica, Aubrey, Leah, and Brian (they even got matching hats!)

Just to humor myself, I thought that I would share some of his pics, mostly from trips that the Pioneers took, but also some with the girls that he was such good friends with at the time!

Brian & Aubry during one of their shows.

This is one of Brian's favorite pics. Every time he sees it he says, "We had SO much fun that day!"
Monica, Leah, Brian & Aubry

I am so glad that we were able to go to Tucson for the service, and that I was able to go with Brian. We had a great weekend together, and I truly did enjoy learning about a part of Brian's life that I knew very little about. We had a great time with his sister Angie and her family (Jordan too!), and I know that Brian enjoyed catching up, reminiscing, and just seeing old friends again with Aubry & Chris. And most importantly, he had the opportunity to sing I Believe in Music with members of the Pioneers of Music for what may be the last time and in honor of Mr. G. at the service.

Kartchner Caverns, AZ

On Saturday, Brian and I went to Kartchner Caverns State Park in Arizona. We have been two other times to the caves, but have never been able to go on the "Big Room" Tour. The "Big Room" is closed for 6 months of the year because a colony of pregnant bats moves in to have babies. In order to keep the caves as natural as possible, they close it down.

The most breathtaking features in the cave is in the "Throne Room" that we didn't see this time. It is an enormous column of flowstone. They have named it Kubla Kahn. If you look at the picture below, You can see a man standing at the bottom of the 58 foot high column. Definitely a sight to see.

This flowstone is surrounded by stalactites, stalagmites, & soda straws. This is more like the formations that we saw this time.

The "cave bacon" draperies are also amazing in the caves. Some of them are 50+ feet long. They have beautiful colors, and you quickly realize why the call it "bacon". It was amazing to think how it is formed, and how many million years and droplets of water created it.

Mineral-rich water dripping from a high ceiling splatters in a wide pattern, forming a flattened, "fried egg" stalagmite.

As stated by one of the discoverers of the cave, "The quality and diversity of the formations in the cave are unusual. There's a little bit of everything in there, including a 50-foot-high column, a 30-foot-high stalagmite, and some rare formations called shields." There's also a 21-foot-long, 2-inch-diameter soda straw hanging from the ceiling of the Throne Room, which, until a slightly longer one was found in Australia, was the longest formation of this type in the world."

Kartchner Caverns, is for me, one of the most beautiful places on earth (or in the earth). It reminds me that God's hand created all that is on this earth, and that he put amazing things here for us to remember his hand in all things.

To see the history of the cave, click here.

Arizona part 2

Well, the Honda dealership in Tucson was able to get the truck in immediately on Monday morning. They were driving it in to start on it less than 5 minutes after we pulled in. The problem was with the ignition switch, and sometimes it would just cut out while we were driving down the road. We had no warning signs at all, just dead instantly. The first 2 times it happened, it started right back up, but the more times that it happened, the harder it was to get started. We found the problem by googling the symptoms online, so the dealership had a good idea of where to start looking without having to make it do it themselves. Fortunately, the part was a recall part that we never got fixed, so after about 2 1/2 hours wait, we left with a fixed truck and no charge to do it. What a relief and a blessing.

We got on the road about 6 hours later than we should have to make it all the way home at any reasonable time of day or night. But the truck worked perfectly, and we made good time. Because of the car repairs, we didn't have any time at all to stop to see anything on the way. This is what we saw of the Grand Canyon. The picture doesn't do it justice, but the bottoms of the clouds were pink from the reflection of the red rocks.. Amazing.
As we continued on the trip, we got just through Kanab as the sun was setting. It was a beautiful site. Again the picture in no way compares to what it actually looked like.
We arrived at Greg's house to pick up the kids at about 1:00 in the morning. Brian had to be back to school today, and the kids really needed to be also since they missed Friday, so we loaded them in the car and drove the rest of the way home. We got here at 2:00, so I told the kids that when they were ready for school, I would take them even if they were late. They only missed the first 20 minutes.

Thank you Angie & Dave & family for the place to stay. It was so fun to spend some time, and see you again. Also thank you Aubrey & Cris & boys. It was fun to get to know your family and learn a little more about Brian's life in Tucson.

Arizona

On our way to Arizona, we passed this place called Cliff Dwellers. It is a place that they built houses around some big rocks. Interesting...different.

Today, we went to Karchner Caverns state park to see the Big Room that we haven't been able to see before. It is closed for six months of the year for the bats that roost in it. We have been to the other parts twice before. I wish that I had some pics to post of the cave, but there are no cameras allowed. When I get home, I'll have to pull some pictures off their website. It is an amazing place.

I love the desert. I only wish that the cactus were more in bloom. They are just starting down where we are, but as we drove through Phoenix, it was an amazing site. We wandered through the park, and I took a few pics. Enjoy!
A Yucca Spike
A barrel cactus
This is where you enter the cave, and the hill that the cave is in.

Us! in front of a mesquite tree

Prickly Pear, & Ocotillo The butterfly & hummingbird garden, we didn't see any hummingbirds today, but while I was taking this picture, another group of people were watching one 15 feet away.More Prickly Pear
And I think this is an Agave.Tomorrow we head back up to Tucson for a memorial service for a good friend of Brian's that died. We are having car trouble, so pray for us and Brian's CRV. UGH.

Brian...Hard at Work

This is what Brian does when he is "working."

Friday night, while he was working security at the rodeo, Brian went "Bull Riding!"
(sorry the picture is bad, he took it with his cell phone)

Swim Lessons

We just finished up a month of swim lessons. Amber and Les both passed the levels that they were in, and Zak was so close, but he can't move on to the next level until he is 6 anyway, so I'm not too worried about him. Zak doesn't like to put his face in the water if he can get away with it.

But he likes to play Humpty Dumpty and jump off the wall.

Zak has two of his friends from preschool in his swim class, so he always has something to say, even if it is the teachers turn to talk.

Les's class practices fish fins for the back float. He gets a little over-excited sometimes, but he does a good job. Les also has a family friend in his class.

He had to back float for 10 seconds, and does a good job. He also has to be able to turn from a back float to his tummy.

Amber had to be able to turn over from her front to her back and back again while swimming in the deep end. It was a piece of cake for her.

Wake-Up Phone Call

First of all, I apologize to anyone who doesn't know my parents and family. I, like a lot of people, use this blog also as a journal, and that is the reason for this entry.

Tuesday Morning I was awakened at 6:30 by my phone ringing. It was my mom saying that Dad was in the hospital for an angiogram. Apparently, Monday night, he was having some heart pain, and so he went to the Doctor. The doctor did some tests, and then told Dad that he needed to see a specialist, and that the appointment was at 5:00 Tuesday morning. Mom and Dad thought that was an odd time for an appointment, but went anyway. When they arrived at the hospital, the Dr. started explaining some things to them and so my parents asked what kind of tests Dad was there for. Apparently, Dad's doctor didn't tell him he was having an angiogram, so they didn't go prepared for Dad to stay overnight at the hospital, and they didn't really make arrangements to be off work for the day (or for the entire week for that matter).

When they got into his heart, they found a very major blockage, and ended up putting a stint in his artery. It was really a good thing the doctor acted when he did and how he did, because dad could have had a severe heart attack any minute. But it would have been nice if he had given them all of the information.

Anyway, Dad is doing really well, and not in a lot of pain as of the last time I talked to them. What a blessing to know that our Heavenly Father watches out for us.

Mom and Dad are still not completely moved to their new house, and all of the fix-up work on the old house isn't completed, but all of that will be done in time, and hopefully, no scares from heart attacks now.

4th Grade Field Trip

I just remembered that I haven't blogged the 4th grade field trip from last Friday, so I decided to sit down and do it since I feel too miserable to do the housework that needs done so badly after the crazy last few days. Somewhere, I have misplaced my memory card with all of the pictures on. Amber loved just taking my camera and taking all the pictures that she wanted. We went to the State capitol building to observe the 2009 session, and to get a tour of the building, and we went to the pioneer museum next door. It was a fun time, especially since they have studied Utah history and Government so much this year. Hopefully I will find the memory card soon so that I can blog about it for journal purposes.

Snow!

President's Day at our house always means a trip to the school district's Environmental Center. The guy who runs the place does an open house for all district employees to bring their families and play.

This year, Zak decided that he was going to try cross-country skiing. I got him all ready, and out onto the groomed trail, and off he went. With almost no instruction at all, he took off. He did a loop that was about 1/2 mile long, and did a good job. The few times that he did fall, he was able to get himself back up without getting his ski's tangled. On the faster down-hill slopes, he just crouched down to help him balance, and went right down.
Amber probably skiied a couple of miles, and did some much longer loops. She is really pretty good at the cross-country skiing.
I, on the other hand, am no good on skis. I do okay as long as it is flat and I don't have any speed, but once there is a down-hill, and I start going a little faster, I freak out. I could never be a down-hill skier.

The boys love to sled and snowboard on the road.

And bury themselves in the snow!

Amber, Les and Brian also snow shoed up to the top of a small mountain to look over the valley (Brian forgot to take a picture of that!) Zak was having a hard time, so he and I turned back for a sweet roll.
Les also did an awesome job on the skis. He went around the loop 3 or 4 times, but then he wanted to snowboard while Brian and Amber did a big loop. I didn't get to watch him much, but he took off so fast that I couldn't keep up with him.
To finish off the day, we jump on our sleds and ride them the 1/2 mile or so back down to the parking lot. It is insane, and tons of fun.

We always look forward to this day trip. It is so much fun. The kids love to have something different to do in the snow, and the sweet rolls are always worth the hike up the hill! Thanks Dave!

Moving Mom & Dad

After the Temple open house Friday night, we continued on down the road to Lehi. We were going down to help my parents move. After 29 years in the same house, they have decided that a new house will be better for them in their "old age". They moved into their house when I was 3 years old, so it is a little hard to see them move. But I know it is better for them to do it now. If they ever need a wheelchair, it would be impossible to get them in and out of their current house.

Well, they didn't get to close on their house when they had planned, so they won't actually be moving until next weekend. I won't be able to go help them next weekend, but that might be better. I won't be there for the emotional part of leaving their home.

Draper Temple

Friday night we had the opportunity to take our kids to the new Draper Temple open house. The temple was beautiful inside. The kids loved the baptismal font, and the Celestial Room. At the end of the walk through the temple, they took small groups into the sealing rooms and explained a little bit about what goes on in the temple and Eternal families. It was such a neat experience to take the kids at this young age. They can't wait to go to the Oquirrh Hills Temple open house this summer.

Happy Birthday Les

Happy 7th Birthday Les!!!

We love you so much. We love the way you take care of others, and try so hard to do what is right. We hope you have a perfect birhtday!

Love Dad, Mom, Amber & Zak

Good Times Tag

Fill this out about your SENIOR year of high school! The longer ago it was, the more fun the answers will be!! At the end, choose 10 people (or more) to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

IN YOUR SENIOR YEAR DID YOU...

1. Did you date someone from your school?
No

2. Did you marry someone from your high school?
No

3. Did you car pool to school?
Yup, with my mom, She worked at the school, and I always had to go in early and stay late for help with calculus

4. What kind of car did you have?
I drove my parents white Ford Tempo

5. What kind of car do you have now?
a silver Chevy Venture

6 Its Friday night...where are you now?
at work

7. It is Friday night...where were you then?
probably at Wendy's hanging out and watching movies

8. What kind of job did you have in high school?
I didn't work in high school

9. What kind of job do you do now?
I work at the local craft store a few hours a week

10. Were you a party animal?
no

11. Were you considered a flirt?
not ususally

12. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?
I was in the band for a year...only because I wanted to go to Disneyland at the end of the year

13. Were you a nerd?
probably

14. Did you get suspended or expelled?
no

15. Can you sing the fight song?
No, I never could...Lehi was never known for their fight song, or the students knowing it

16. Who was/were your favorite teacher(s)?
Mrs. Fugal...She's the only one I can remember...oh yeah, I have to say Miss Lambert, I spent way too much time in her class (refer to #3)

17. Where did you sit during lunch?
In the hall by Leslie's locker usually

18. What was your school's full name?
Lehi High School

19. When did you graduate?
1994

20. What was your school mascot?
A Pioneer

21. If you could go back and do it again, would you?
some parts yes, some parts no

22. Did you have fun at Prom?
yes

23. Do you still talk to the person you went to prom with?
no, sometimes I wonder where he is at, he was a good kid

24. Are you planning on going to your next reunion?
maybe - probably

25. Do you still talk to people from school?
Yes

26. School Colors?
Purple and White

27. What celebrities came from your high school?
umm....some Hamby guy that played pro football I think

I tag: I don't know who reads my blog...I just tagged them all with my last tag...If you want to play, I tag you!

Happy Birthday Amber

Happy 10th Birthday Amber
We Love you very much.
We are so proud of you and all that you do for others, for your hard work in school, and for the way you play so well with your brothers. We are proud of the choices that you make every day.
We hope you have a wonderful Day!

Love Dad, Mom, Les, & Zak

I've been tagged!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

I've been tagged.

Here are the rules:
1. Post rules on blog.
2. Answer the six 8 items.
3. Tag 8 people.

8 Favorite TV Shows
1. Survivor
2. Amazing Race
3. Numbers
4. Good Things Utah
5. 2 News (I know, not a favorite show, but I sure watch it a lot)
6. Travel Channel
7. Discovery Channel
8. Scrubs

8 Things I did yesterday
1. Grocery shopping
2. Pick up kids from school
3. Help kids with homework
4. Swim lessons
5. Made dinner
6. X-biking at Lady Fitness
7. Dishes
8. Started cutting out a quilt

8 Things I look forward to
1. Our cruise to the Bahamas
2. Taking the kids to Disneyworld
3. Taking the kids to the Beach
4. All the kids being in school all day
5. A clean house
6. Taking the kids to the Draper Temple openhouse
7. All the kids doing their first Triathlon (Amber and Les are working on it)
8. Being able to run a whole 5k


8 Favorite restaurants
1. Fazoli's
2. Costa Vida
3. Rodizio Grill
4. Lucky China
5. Olive Garden
6. Brick Oven
7. An Italian place in downtown SLC, I forget what it is called.
8. Warrens (I love their fries)

8 Things I wish for
1. No housework
2. More money
3. Happy, healthy kids
4. To be thin
5. More time to do things for me
6. More time with Brian
7. A bigger house
8. A classic Mustang

8 People I tagged
1. Natalie
2. Melissa H
3. Deena
4. Leslie
5. Barbie
6. Tanya S
7. Amy B
8.Anyone else who reads my blog