Thanksgiving Point 5K - April 30th, 2011

Warming up before we left!
Debbie, Melissa, & Cynthia
Alex coming in to finish line.
Cynthia
Stephanie
After we all came in!
Alex with his 1st place trophy!
Stephanie, and I have been training for this run for a while. I am having problems with my shins, so I  was hoping I could run it. Stephanie actually ran the half marathon with her brother. My friend from high school (Debbie Newman Phelps) and her grandson, came to run it with us too. My grandson Alex, and his mom Luann, and Tonya's friend Melissa came too. It was fun to start out with all these friends and family. It didn't take long before we were all in different  places. It snowed hard during the night, so it was a little chilly, but the sun came out and it  turned out to be a beautiful run. There are usually flowers all along the route, but the cold weather changed all that. I finished in 6th place for my age group. My time was: 35 minutes. My legs were hurting pretty bad, but I knew I could finish.( Debbie came in 2nd) Alex took 1st for his age! Stephanie finished her first ever half Marathon and came across the finish line with a stress fracture. She was in tons of pain. Once you get the running high, and you love it you don't want to quit!

My Birthday/Easter in Zion National Park April 22- 24th, 2011

My Birthday Cake!

Waterfall!


Doug

Jessica and Justin

Kids playing in a "hut" they found near the trail!

The girls hiking!

Coloring Eggs!

Easter Egg Hunt!

All finished hunting for eggs!

Sam playing at the edge of the river!

Once again, we spent the weekend in Zion. It was my 57th birthday. Jessica's family came on Sat. and went hiking with us. Because of all the rain this year, there were waterfalls everywhere. It was beautiful! We had dinner and ice cream at the lodge. After, the kids brought out a cake they had made for me. Then they colored Easter eggs in the trailer. On Easter morning, after finding all of their colored eggs that were hidden in the trailer, we rode the tram to the last stop in the canyon. They were surprised to find out that there were more eggs hidden all around the walkway next to the Virgin river. It was a very beautiful day, and a great way to spend my birthday.

Sweet 16th Birthday - April 14th-15th, 2011

MaKayla

1st time driving alone!!

Sitting around firepit!

Decorations!

Dancing!

Chocolate Fountain...yummy!

The Patio

Lanterns

Food Table

I can't believe our oldest grandchild is 16 already. She is growing up into such a beautiful young lady! We love her dearly. She is a great kid. She does well in school, and loves to play soccer. She had her "friend" party in our backyard. Her and her mom spent a lot of time decorating for a Hawaiian Luau. It looked so awesome. The kids all seemed to have a great time dancing, eating, having a fire in the firepit, and just hanging out. She also got her drivers license that day!!!

Playing "House & Dress Up" - April 3rd, 2011

Playhouse


Flowerbeds

The Kitchen

The Walls

Ali

Mandi

Emily

Mandi, Emily, Izzy

Doug built the granddaughters (8 of them) a playhouse out in the backyard. They love to play out there. It has an air conditioner, play kitchen, hair salon, dishes, and the best part is the walls. They are wipe off walls. They like writing all over them. ( But when they go home they don't understand why they can't write all over those walls....) They have their own flower beds out front and they plant bulbs and flowers. They get so excited when the plants come up. On the side of their house they have a picnic table and call it their backyard. We also have a closet full of "dress up" clothes. They put on a fashion show for us. I love their creativity! Doug says we need to get a tool box and workbench in there for the grandsons now!!