Look What I Did Today

There's More Where That Came From

So, for a long time I have given Trent a really hard time about ALL the trees in our yard. (He is boarder-line obsessive about trees.) There are many who refer to him as a "conservative tree-hugger." Anyway, my point is that I try not to complain anymore. Especially since I have been able to make my favorite Apricot Jam.
This is a picture of the largest of Trent's many Apricot trees in our backyard(maybe 3 years old). He is very proud of his orchard and if you're ever over to our house I dare you to try and get out of a "Tree Tour" from Trent. It is very sweet to see him and the kids out picking fruit together. I'm sure many life lessons will be taught while picking fruit through the years.

Sorry honey for giving you such a hard time about your trees. Thanks to you we are going to have our year supply of Apricot Jam this year.

Just For Laughs

A friend of mine told me about this video clip so I looked it up...SO FUNNY! Usually I'm not the type of person to sit at my computer and just watch funny videos but this is totally worth looking up. There is some really good stuff here. I'm thinking if we could get Andy to be our film crew there are enough of us out there we could totally pull one of these off. Take a peek & tell me what you think. Jenny I know you could come up with a good one.

Pioneer Day/ 5K Run

In Utah the 24th is a State holiday and therefore we make a big deal out of Pioneer Day! Our Ward sponsored a 5K walk/run this morning as part of our day long celebration. I had asked Hayden if he wanted to run it and he said "Yes" but he was afraid I would beat him and then he would really be "embarrassed." I took that as a complement! Anyway...HE TOTALLY KICKED MY BUTT!!!! I was so proud of him. He ran the entire way and came in 3rd overall, only losing to two older guys who are total runners. Anna D. & I ran a respectable race and came in 1st in the "Mom" category (Whatever that means.) We did get these really cool SOLID SILVER plated plastic medals. You'll have to check out Hayden's post on his Blog about his 1st 5K. I think that kid has a future in long distance running.
So I officially have 2 5K races under my belt which leads me to my next goal I would really like to accomplish. I am hoping by putting this out into the World Wide Blog World I can make this an official declaration. I AM GOING TO TRY AND GET OFF THE LIQUID CRACK I HAVE BEEN ON FOR YEARS AKA: DIET COKE. Can I make that any more bold? This does mean however I would like to replace it with something else. Any suggestions people, and don't give me that whole "Water is so good for you" CRAP. I'm not a big water drinker. So HELP, give me some suggestions, preferably nothing with artificial sweeteners.

Back to our Pioneer Day Celebration:

We had a nice bike parade, potluck at the Bishops house, followed by a miniature golf course throughout the neighborhood where our house was one of the lucky stops...NOT! We got asked the night before at 9:30 pm so our Hole was pretty much GHETTO! It started out looking like a garage sale in our front yard. Oh well, we got a nice plate of goodies from the Activities Committee as a "Thank You"! No, Thank You! Then I believe there was a nice Fireworks display down the street which I chose to pass on...duh! SYTYCD was on T.V. tonight. Anyway, all in all it was a nice day.

Movie Review

If you grew up on ABBA like me, love musicals, can handle some not so good singing, and are okay with being in a movie theater with ALL women and a few gay men you should TOTALLY go see this movie. I give it 2 thumbs up and would even go see it again, which I NEVER do. Thanks to Anna D. for coming along with me and making it a very memorable evening.

Flash Back Friday 1982 Style

First of all I want to thank ALL of my Friends who commented on my last post. It really did me make feel sooooo much better to read all your comments and words of encouragement.







I love my brothers and sisters. They are some of my best friends ever!!! We grew up so close together and were always playing with each other. Being the oldest of 8 kids was such a blessing for me. I have so many fond memories growing up in a large family. I found this picture that was probably taken our first day of school 1982. My Mom always had a tradition of taking our picture on the 1st day of school. I started the same tradition with my kids. Hopefully they will be able to pull up those old pictures someday and have fond memories of there childhood too. These are some of the most amazing people I know. I love you guys!!





Pictured:


Me(5th grd.), Tim(4th grd.), Sherod(2nd grd.), Emily (1st grd.), Amanda (Kindergarten)





Amanda, I can't believe how much you look like Beccca in this picture.





Good times!