Painters half marathon, St.George,UT

We have put together a team for the Wasatch Back Relay for June, so to prepare for it, we are trying to run some races. First one was the Painters Half and it was great. The scenery was amazing, great weather and both of us were able to accomplish our goals we set: finish, run the whole thing and finish under 2 hrs. Guy's time 1:45, mine 1:54!!! So proud of him an how much he has accomplished since August, he is definitely the motivator right now :)

Our cute supporters....

Brinlee turns 7

I saw this cake on someones blog and showed it to Brinlee and she asked me if we could make it for her birthday, so, I set out the day of to find the things I would need for this cake :) After about 5 stores, cake mixes, frosting and a big sucker I still did not have the bottom piece for it. Could have done without it, but it really made the cake, so, at about noon, I lucked out and someone directed me to Roberts where I found it!!! Headed home to make the cakes. Got the bottom layer baked and pretty cool and attempted to add it to the bottom piece and turned it upside down, which did not work, so I tried to turn it over and it fell apart. Just then, Guy walked in and asked what I was going to do and I with no time to make another 1st layer, I had to try and salvage this one. So, with the 2 cans of frosting I had for the whole cake, got it pieced back together. Had to make another trip to the store at 3:00 to get some more frosting...so, 3 cake mixes, 4 cans of frosting and lots of bubble gum....the finished product.



It was worth all the hassle, Brinlee loved it and it was a hit of the party.


Hollywood Connection...bumper cars, rides and laser tag.

Highlights of 2009

Since I have been "so good" at this blogging thing, ha ha, going to post highlights from 2009...

Some highlights that I did not have pictures to post were:

Youth Conference on the river. Got to go to Moab with the Youth and went river rafting for 2 days.

Neighborhood Sprint Triathalon: Guy and I trained with Robin and Aaron Carver and completed the triathalon. Lots of fun and now have the bug to do more!!!!

The rest follow with pictures.....

Hannah turns 9

The cupcake butterfly Cake...um um good




The party skaters... wasn't sure what Guy and I were getting ourselves into taking all these girls iceskating, but they surprised us, they all were pretty good at it and had a blast.

Even Josh and Chad!!!!

Sledding

We had lots of fun this year going sledding. Found a fun big, crazy hill by our house, they actual have a snowboarding rail at the bottom of it!!! Went up to the cabin and hung out and of course, had to go sledding :)

Christmas

What would Christmas be without new jammies...

Can you say EXCITED????

Visit from "Santa"

So we had a suprise visit from Santa and invited some of the kids in the neighborhood to see him. They couldn't wait to have their turn to sit on santa's lap and tell them that they had been good and what they wanted for Christmas.

Yes...even me!!!

Family night and a Gingerbread house

Christmas Tree

I love Christmas, but I hated decorating the tree because I had tons of little ornaments, but this year, I bought all new ones and have to say, actually liked decorating the tree!! The girls also loved it this year because they didn't get to help with the tree much because it would be a lot of ornaments in one spot, but this year, they got to put all of the old ornaments on the 3 little trees downstairs all by themselves.

Thanksgiving

We got to go up to Montana again for Thanksgiving, I think this was year 4 and had a blast. Unfortunately, this is the only picture taken.

Halloween

After years of asking by the girls, we finally decorated the outside for Halloween.

The neighborhood gang

Carving of the Pumpkins

Pumpkin Patch

What would Halloween be without a trip to the pumpkin patch.

New addition....Cooper

So yes, I am eating my words of "We will never get a dog"!!! I finally gave in to Guy and the girls wanting a dog and we got the cutest Yorkie...Cooper. Born June 27 and I have to say, is a good fit to our family. About 2 months into it, I was thinking what did I get myself into with the whole potty training thing and just the new puppy thing, but, now that is all done and we have a doggy door, it is good. When we got him neutered, he had to spend the night at the vets and I have to say, I missed him because he keeps me company during the day. Loves to be around people and torment the cat!!!

This is him helping me work :)