The relay

Yeah!!! We finished our relay! We had a blast! We stayed in a hotel the night before and woke up at 4:00am to get to the start. McKay started the relay for us. It was very cold in the morning and then ended up being very hot the rest of the day! We partied the whole time and cheered eachother on. We finished in 10 hours! GO TEAM WILDE WARDS!!!!!! Thanks for the awesome weekend!!!!

The Sawtooth Relay

Sawtooth Relay here we come!! My family and I are running the Sawtooth Relay this weekend. There are 6 of us: me, my mom, Jordan, McKay, Hailey and her husband Brandon. We will each run 2 legs of about 6 miles each. For a total of about 65 miles!! It should be fun!!!

Birthday Slide Show

Happy 2nd Birthday Madie Rae!

Our Beautiful Birthday Girl!

We can't believe she is two! She is such a blessing to us. She makes us smile every day.

We love you Madison!!

She absolutely loved the pinata at her party. It was a pink butterfly. When it broke she kept yelling: "Yea, Yea, Yea" and was giggling as she picked up the candy. It was sooo cute.

Eating her candy at the end of the party.

She had such a good day. I don't know if she knew the party was for her. When every one was singing Happy Birthday, she stood there staring at them wondering why they were all looking at her while they sang! The video camera was out of battery so we didn't catch any of her birthday on tape, but luckily we have plenty of pictures of her special day.

The Birthday Girl!

The Cute birthday girl on the monkey bars

Eating a cupcake before we cut the cake open. This was the first thing she did when we got to the party. She was a mess before it even started!

She is two!

Blowing out her candles with Grandma Susan!

We celebrated Madie's 2nd Birthday at the park with lots of friends! We had sandwiches, fruit, salad and a very yummy cake!!!

my home made banner

These aren't very good pictures...but I am very proud of this Birthday Banner I made! It turned out so cute. My sister and I made them while I was visiting her. She made one in boy colors. We are looking forward to both our baby's 2nd birthdays this summer!

Rexburg

Last weekend Madie and I went to visit my sister in Rexburg. We had a lot of fun together. The weather was really nice. It was fun to see them play together.

One afternoon my sister and I rented a tandem bike and this trailer to haul the kids. When we first got on it I was scared and didn't want to leave the parking lot. Then I got used to it. My sister was in front and I was in the back. We took the kids to a park and fed the ducks then we got one of my favorite treats that I can only find in Rexburg: Coconut and Cream Shaved Ice with ice cream on the bottom. Love it!!
They loved Connor's power wheels 4 wheeler. Madie was giving Connor a ride!

Bonfire and Banana boats

While we were in Rexburg we had a bonfire (campfire) one night. I keep calling it a bonfire and I keep being corrected. I loved it. It was nice to do something different and to be outside. Madison liked it too. We roasted hot dogs and my new favorite...Banana boats! My brother in law Brandon introduced me to this new treat. A banana stuffed with Rolos and Peanut Butter cups topped with marshmallows!

Madie looking cute.

Isn't Connor getting so cute?

Hailey was playing with them and they were laughing so hard!

Madie and I infront of the fire!

Happy Mother's Day

OuR MOtHeR's DaY!

Every year I do a mother's day luncheon for my mom and my mother-in-law. They come over and we enjoy a nice home made lunch. I always try new recipes and decorate the table. Here are some pictures from our luncheon this year.

The girls!

My table. The theme was black and white.


I served everything in flower pots. I found this cute idea in my new cookbook. I baked the bread in these flower pots.

Fresh fruit and coconut orange dip...served in a flower pot saucer and mini flower pot.

They got citrus lotion and shower gel as party favors.

Oh... and you can barely see the "low-voltage" pina coladas on the right side in the picture. They were good!

The main dish: Salmon and Pasta ceasar salad served in a flower pot.

Oh... and dessert was Molten Lava Cakes and Ice Cream!

Sorry this blog contains a little bragging. Its just that I don't cook very often so it is definately worth blogging about when I do!

hope everyone had a happy mother's day!

SPRING

She is almost two..

I can't belive that she is almost two! I took her to the park yesterday and took her picture. She wouln't look at the camera much, she was too busy exploring. She has such a fun loving personality. It has been a fun couple of years!

Robie Creek

I did it!

I finished my first half-marathon: Robie Creek

I finished in 2 hours and 12 minutes.

Here I am celebrating just past the finish line.

Kiley and I with our Robie Creek T-shirts! We trained together and it payed off. We did a lot better we thought we would and the 8.5 miles uphill and 5 miles downhill weren't so bad afterall. Thanks Kiley for talking me into running it and training with me!

The finishers!

My brother Jordan finished in 2 hours and 2 minutes! Kiley finished in 2 hours and 34 minutes! Here we are enjoying the party afterwards.

Brett did awesome! He decided 4 days before Robie Creek that he was going to run it with me. I thought he was crazy. He hadn't trained at all and he isn't a runner. He is in awesome shape though! I have to admit that I am happy that beat him, but he had an awesome time of 2 hrs and 17 minutes.!

Just after Brett passed the finish line!

Follow me!

Madie has become quite the boss lately. She motions you to come here and then grabs your hand and leads you wherever she wants. We were at the park the other day and she got a hold of Connor's hand and dragged him to go play!

Aren't they so cute with their back packs? They have their picnic lunch inside.

cUpCAkeS!

SO SWEET!

My sister and I took Connor and Madie to a cute little cupcake shop last week. We got them each their own "babycakes" (mini cupcakes) and we treated ourselves to the big ones! They loved the cupcakes!

Swimming at the YMCA

Connor and Hailey have been in town all week and we have had a lot of fun. On Friday, we went swimming at the YMCA.