Birthday Bash

Last Sunday Nathan turned 14. After careful consideration we broke down and gave him a cell phone. I don't think we would of caved in if he wasn't such a good kid. With the girls it was such a pain to monitor the texting of who, where, what and how many...yikes! It has been a week and so far so good. :) So, the birthday celebration was going good until....wa bam-crash! The sound of breaking glass! We ran to the backyard to see the first layer of glass in the dining room window shattered. Nathan had a big rubber snake he was flinging around and it just happened to fly into the window. Oops! It's a good thing it was his birthday.

The Graduate

Our cute little Kaitlyn graduated from Northridge High School on Friday June 5, 2009. It's hard to understand where time goes. Really. She was barely in the first grade it seems. Five years ago when Mick was called as Bishop, I remember saying..."you will be done serving as Bishop when Katie graduates from high school." It seemed so far away since she was just 12 years old at the time. Well, she graduated on Friday and Mick was released as Bishop on Sunday. It was also Nathan's 14th birthday on Sunday, and five years from now he will leave on a mission.

And so it goes...













Katie plans on attending Utah State University in the fall and pursuing a degree in Elementary Education. Way to go Katie, we sure love you!

My Heroes!

On Saturday Nathan and Emily ran the Salt Lake City 1/2 Marathon. This was Nate's first race and Emily's third. Nathan finished the race in 1hour and 35 min. which put him second in his age division. The sad thing was that for some unknown reason his timing chip didn't register when he crossed the finish line, so he got jipped out of his additional medal. :( We know what a champion you are Nathan and that's all that matters! Emily also did great, she finished 20th out of 350 women runners in her age category. We are very proud of you both!
Watching runners come across the finish line at these races is so inspirational. It is amazing to me the range of ages and body types. You watch them go by and can't help but know that there is a story behind every single one of them and their desire to run. It's awesome!
In June our stake is hosting a 5K run, maybe I'll start with that. Hmmmm

An Apostle's Easter Thoughts on Christ

I add my testimony to that of Elder Holland, that He lives! That He suffered and died for me so I can be forgiven of my sins. He knows me and loves me! What a blessing and comfort this is in my life.

Just for fun

Watching video clips on Youtube is something I usually never do. But the other day I came across this clip on another blog, and since my family likes the band Coldplay AND since I thought it was cute and funny, I thought I would post it. Enjoy!

One Simple Request

As far back as January, Emily started telling me what she wanted for her 21st birthday. It wasn't clothes, shoes, perfume or even cash. She wanted the the entire family to go to the temple and do baptisms for the dead. I was thrilled because this is something we have been attempting for over a year now, but because of everyone's busy schedules it just hasn't happened. So, on the morning of March 14, thanks to cute Emily, we did baptisms at the Ogden temple. Everyone was there except for Jason who had to work. :(
Now that is an awesome day!

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

I don't know what it is about where we live in East Layton, but every time a snowstorm comes along, we get clobbered! This last storm on Tuesday left us a lovely 15". I hope you're having fun in Hawaii Sherry. :)

Chilly Fun!

Two years ago I decided to go skiing with some friends. I was terrified! I hadn't been skiing since Lacey was a baby, 22 years to be exact. Everyone said, "it's like riding a bike". I went and had a blast! I have only been one other time since then, until Tuesday. My friend Sharon and I decided that since school was out on that day, we would go. We loaded up the car with Nathan, Katie, Haylie, Makelle, and Emily, and away we went. It was a beautiful sunny day, high above the smog. It is amazing to me that your mind and your body can remember how to do something after that long, I mean normally I can't even remember what day it is.

This is how the day began...oh no!

A beautiful day


Patrice and Sharon

What a view!

A couple of weeks ago we scrounged us up a tubing hill near our house and had a little fun. I will admit though, that I was a chicken and only watched. In January of 1993, I went tubing with the youth in our ward, and broke my foot! I was in a cast for 8 weeks and on crutches for 2 more. My sense of adventure died that cold, icy day on the hill at Flat Iron Mesa Park.

I have been a wussy ever since.

I love these mountains!