My daughter wanted to take her friends to Classic Skating for her Birthday. We had so much fun. She is so great I just love her!

My little 10 year old. So beautiful :)

Birthday

My little brother Timmy has joined the United States Military. I am so proud of him! I think he will be great, a little worried and hope he stays safe, but so proud.

Football 2009. My son had a blast playing football this year. They even made it to the championships.

Fall Pictures

The fire truck, ambulance and police just came to my house. Apparently it is illegal to have a small fire in your back yard. My neighbors called the police because they were getting smoke in there house. Instead of coming over and asking us to put it out - I get to pay a large fine.

Can't wait for the SNOW.... really wanting to put my skies on. Anyone want to go to Argentina? I really should start saving my money and plan a trip next year.

"I hear what you say about enjoying the ride, but there’s also an inexplicable joy that comes from pushing the limits and seeing what you can accomplish. There’s a time and a place for both." One of my brothers friends whose name I wish I could remember

I know...I posted a ton of pictures, but I have a ton of family :)

More family from Green River. These are my brothers, sisters, Aunts, Uncles, cousins and kids. We took a few trips down the Green River up by Vernal Ut. We had so much fun! It was good to see some of my Aunts and Uncles. My Uncle Kent planned everything - the condos we stayed in, the food and the river run. He is so great.

She really liked being in the boat for about the first ten minutes but then she wanted to do something else, good thing she finally fell asleep - standing up :)

Some pictures from our green river trip. We had so much fun.

Whenever I'm in a downer mood I will usually pull out some mixing bowls and create something yummy. I love baking with nutmeg and cinnamon. I love the smell it brings to my kitchen - instant mood enhancer. Today's creation is Enlightened Zucchini Bread with fresh Zucchini I picked out of my garden this morning. There is something very satisfying in growing your own food. I think next week my tomatoes, onions and jalapenos will be ripe to bottle some salsa. I made enough salsa last year from vegetables grown in my garden to last until June, almost 1 year. This year I planted twice the amount of tomato plants so I hope I will have enough to give away a few bottles. Whenever I make salsa I instantly become wife of the year to my husband :)

Ran 4 miles this morning with no shin pain. I have had shin splints for 3 months. The trick....lavander oil from doTerra. Who knew it would be such a simple fix.

I went into the Bank today and on the front of the outside door it read "Please remove all dark glasses, hats, hoodies and ski masks before entering the bank." So I thought to myself, does anyone really accidentally wear their ski masks into the bank?

I think my greatest fear in life is forgetting the small and simple joys. I hope in the next life my memories will be clear and perfect. I hope I will remember how my children were in each of there life stages and how I felt when I was there age. What a joy it is to be a spectator in there lives. I am so blessed.

I am so sad tonight - I just found out Shane McConkey died last month. He was my Hero and I hope he is skiing the powder in heaven. Rest in peace friend! Thanks for inspiring me to push my limits. http://www.youtube.com/v/NtXt_UsZ4YQ&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cparam

I found some pictures of my son playing football and wanted to post a few. I think these boys look so cute in there uniforms. Darrian is an x man because he is to big to run the ball (saftey reasons) so he has an x on his helmet.

Best Day Ever :)

Well, I had a Best Day Ever experience. On Saturday me and the hubby packed up the car and took our kids skiing (and snow boarding) up to Brighton. In the last 10 days it has snowed 10 FEET, I had butterflies the entire drive. When we got off the lift and skied over to our first run I just new it was going to be SWEET! The snow was perfect. The kids wanted to take a run on their own so we left them on Snake and headed over to Great Western. We dropped in on Clarks Roost and it was incredible! I can't even explain how awsome it feels going down a 40 degree vertical with the powder brushing over your thighs, its total freedom. When you crash in that good of snow its just like Poof, buried in fluffy white powder. Every time I would get to the bottom of a lift I was covered in snow, I had some crazy crashes. I even took my 2 girls (7 and 9) down double black diamonds. The snow was so forgiving you could be twice as daring. We had so much fun and the mountains were soooo beautiful with all the pines covered in fresh snow. I think I found my Soul Purpose, skiing :)

"In our friendly neighbor city of St. Augustine great flocks of sea gulls are starving amid plenty. Fishing is still good, but the gulls don't know how to fish. For generations they have depended on the shrimp fleet to toss them scraps from the nets. Now the fleet has moved....The shrimpers had created a Welfare State for the ... sea gulls. The big birds never bothered to learn how to fish for themselves and they never taught their children to fish. Instead they led their little ones to the shrimp nets. Now the sea gulls, the fine free birds that almost symbolize liberty itself, are starving to death because they gave in to the 'something for nothing' lure! They sacrificed their independence for a handout...Let's not be gullible gulls. We... must preserve our talents of self-sufficiency, our genius for creating things for ourselves, our sense of thrift and our true love of independence." Reader's Digest