Happy 11 yrs. to us!!

Holy cow! 11yrs really? September 26, 1997 That's unbelievable. What a journey we've been on. Allen took the day off to be at home with me and the girls. We went on a bike ride (no bike, I ran) and played with the girls at the park. It was a nice change. My wonderful brother Jared and his wife Lindsey were willing to take the kids for us overnight. (the best birthcontrol they'll ever get!!) So we jetted away to beautiful park city, utah for the day. Oh, how we've needed a break. Stress, money, kids, stress, money, kids....is that how it goes...yep! So we've been so worn. We loved staying in our room and doing NOTHING!! It was great. Today we took it easy and drove up to the top of a mountain. There really is nothing better than the mountains of utah in the fall. Incredible. We noticed the road at the top kept going, so we went for an adventure and found ourselves on the backside of the mountain into heber city and midway. It was so breathtaking and beautiful. It was better just to be with Al and be us for a time. What's provo canyon without a stop at bridal veil falls....still beautiful. It was a great day. We do have pictures but because we have an AWESOME computer that WILL NOT let us download ANYTHING, they will be added later! Once again , i love techology. Thanks man for a wonderful getaway, jared and lindsey for putting up with the chitlins'.....photos coming soon....

My old stomping grounds

I guess you could say my saturday was not my typical saturday.
First I was awake early enough that it was still dark.
Second my day consisted of sitting for a total of 14 hrs!

And third, it is possible to travel from woods cross to boise and back in one day.

Allen's mom Mary (this was the only picture I had of her)

and I had regional training in boise for

Training was absolutely amazing. And we had a great time. It's not a trip to nampa without going to the karcher ranch market. Yummy stuff. Oh, as well as Hobby Center where I could spend hours just staring at all the craft projects. It is a crafters heaven!! We swung by quickly to say hello to a few of my friends and then we were...On the road again.....

Thanks to the man

who is amazing. He didn't flinch or complain about being with the kids all day!! Kids were fed, dressed, dishes were done, and drum roll please......HE EVEN CLEANED THE FRIDGE!!! I think he's found his element ;)

What a catch I've gotten! Love ya man.

PS...after I got home, I realized it was the exact same saturday 1 year ago that we moved down to bountiful...pretty crazy...eh?

I LOVE FM 100!!!

For a first post THIS ONE IS AMAZING!
I've been cleaning up the house, for most of the morning, fed the girls and put katherine down for a nap. I was in need of quiet time. So I plopped on the bed with the computer and looked at the clock...it was 1:20! Fm 100 here in salt lake has an "at work song of the day contest"(....um yes I was at my work, at home with my girls working all morning!!! And I have a home based business, i qualified!) You can register online and they'll show you the song of the day and the hour that it will be played. Today was U2 "With or without you" between 1-2. I had amy quickly turn the radio on while I was quickly looking for the song and a phone number. In case there still was a chance, I'd be ready. Sure enough before I can find the number the song starts playing. I quickly grabbed the house phone and the cell phone and started the mass dialing. Now yesterday. I waited around for 45 min for the song of the day, and called 25 times on my cell alone! No luck! Today, by the 3rd try on the cell it was ringing....oh my gosh I didn't know how to react to a non busy signal. So I kept the house phone calling just incase i was caller 9! (the winner was caller 10) Then my new best friend Bob Nelson said hello and immediately WHAT CALLER AM I? came shooting out of my mouth. I was number 10!!!! In my head iIwas thinking it was all a vision of what would happen if i did win...but for reals it was real. And guess what? Monday-Friday the winner gets 500 bucks...but on Thursdays which is today....I WON $1000!!! WAH WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I looked pretty ridiculous jumping on the floor from room to room. So what does one do when there's great news and no one to tell? You call the sister. Thanks James for sticking around...it was fun! She heard me on the internet. I love technoloogy...(work with me napoleon) So to all the moms.....listening to the radio alarm while in your bed cuz you dont want to start your day does pay off! Man do I love U2!!