Castles and Coasters

Max on the Merry Go Round - taking it easy!

The Three Muskateers

Max just chillin!

Bryant and Maya on the Rollar Coaster

Madi looking so lovely!

On Saturday April 10th, We went to Castles and Coaster a local amusement park. Each year Bryant's work rents out the place and we get to go. We rode the bumper boats a ton, went on the bumper cars and had lots of fun together as a family! Lots of Family fun in April! We also went on the log ride - Bryant and Maya went on the rollar coaster and all played mini golf!

Easter Egg Hunt

Our happy little family!

Everyone checking out their haul!!! Lots of candy and fun.

The Whole gang before the hunt!

Tug of War - boys vs girls

The girls getting ready to pull!

On Saturday April 3rd, We went over to the Wolfley's house to have an Easter Egg hunt. The Rostenberg's and Tammy and Emily joined us. We had lots of fun. There were egg races, tug of wars and of course the hunting for the eggs. Everyone got a lot of candy and had a great time! Thanks Wolfley's for making it so much fun!!

LA Ragnar

All of the girls - Nancy , Karen, Me, Kindy, Kris, Kim and Tara

Sisters - Karen, Me, Kindy, Kris and Kim - all but Koni - she lives in VA - too far to come.

A year ago - my sister Kris decided that it would be great if our family ran the LA Ragnar in April of 2010. I had just finished running Pat's Run and thought it would be a great idea.

I started training for it in November running between 4 and 5 days a week until April.

It was soo much fun and so tiring.

I was in the Man Van. It was all guys and me. Chris Scott - brother in law, Rob and Jon Jamieson - practically family, 2 Zobell boys and Owen our driver. We were the first legs running through Ventura, Oxnard and other parts of So Cal.

We then got a rest for a few hours and ran into the night. My second leg started off in a dark and scary park and Chris ran with me for about 2 1/2 miles so that I would be safe - he ended up running over 22 miles in a 24 hours period. After Rob ended running through Beverly Hills and Chris down to the Santa Monica Pier - we got a quick bite to eat and took a nap before we had to get ready to run our last legs.

My last leg was through Long Beach industrial area with lots of barking dogs behind fences and 3 HUGE overpasses but I did it. I ran all 3 legs quicker than I would and had a great time.

We went and got cleaned up and then waited for the rest of the team at Dana Point at the beach. Beautiful beach and loved the ocean right there! It was so much fun to do something so crazy.

I loved running and getting ready for it. Thanks to the team for making it so much fun for me!!

The Man Van - at the end!!!!

I can't wait to do something like this again! In fact, I have now signed up to run a 1/2 marathon in November. I loved the feeling that I got when I finished running and hope to keep running for a long time.

Our Dinner Conversation

Sorry there are no pictures for this one.

Have you ever eaten dinner and when it is over- you think that there is no possible way that anyone else could have had the same conversation that you just had?

Well -- That was our dinner tonight. Max has noticed that he has muscles in him arms and likes showing them. Tonight he showed us that he now has a muscle line on his arms. So he proceeded to lift up his shirt sleeves and flexed is muscles. That got Madi and Maya to do it. I showed them mine and we ended ooing and aawing Bryants.

That turned to showing our calf muscles and a variety of other muscles.

I wish that I would have taken pictures of it. It was really funny and everyone left the table feeling like they had the biggest muscles ever.

Hopefully this will not become a nightly ritual.

Spring Breakn = Tons of Fun!!

Bryant and the Kids
Madi posing at the entrance sign

Maya had to pose too!

Me and Bryant - Max took the picture

Not quite too sure about Max's pose but oh well!

Whole family at the sign!

Kids at the sign

In a cool tree! It was so tons of fun!

For Spring break this year, we went up to the Grand Canyon. I have lived in AZ for 17 years and have never been there. It was a lot of fun and the kids loved it. Madi took over 100 pictures on her camera and decided that she wanted to be a photographer. We hiked 2 miles along the rim and saw people down at the bottom and the kids could not believe that people could go down inside it. We spent 2 nights in Flagstaff and enjoyed the cold weather and the snow on the ground!

Lehi Rodeo Days

The last Saturday - Kari, Madi and Maya (Max was at a birthday party and Bryant was at work) went to the Lehi Rodeo Days. The girls and I watched boys ride calves, ate cotton candy (yummy) and Madi and Maya rode horses. We had a great time. It was the first time for Madi and Maya on a horse. They did a great job! We can't wait for it next year!

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Me and bread

I have always enjoyed eating fresh from the oven homemade bread. I was spoiled growing up with my mom making cinnamon raisin bread, white and wheat bread. I loved it and to me it is one of the simple pleasures in life to truly enjoy.

Having said that, I have had a challenge making bread by myself. I have been told, well maybe you are not a baker and other assorted things. But I kept trying different recipes with the hope that one would turn out fluffy and delicious and light. I had friends give me a recipe and tell me that it always works for them. Well, not for me.

Well, that all changed last week. I borrowed a fantastic wheat grinder from my friend and I tried the latest bread recipe from my other friend. I waited to see if the bread would rise - and it started to and then kept going until I cooked it and it came out perfect!!!

I wish that I would have taken a picture to document this momentous occasion - but I was too excited to eat fresh bread. Maybe next time!

This may not seem like an exciting piece of news to some but to me - this is huge! Thanks to Traci for the recipe that finally worked for me!