Hustle Monkeys = Champions!

Whew! What a night! This is a picture of the very tired, ready to collapse and pass out Hustle Monkeys. We lost our first and only match of the season in the second round of the tournament and were sent to the loosers bracket. So last night we had to play 5, yes Five, straight matches starting at 6:30 and ending in victory at 11:00 PM! Our game plan was to beat everyone in three games so we wouldn't die of fatigue. We did pretty well with that- we won 14 of the 15 games we played, so I can't imagine how I would feel if we had to play more than that.

I had such a great time with these girls! We spent every game just laughing and having a great time. Back row is Joy and Kim, Front row is me, Kelly, Angie, and Amy. Way to go guys! See you in the fall for a repeat! (thanks for the picture kim!)

Easter with the Painter's

The only girls-aren't they beautiful?


Where's Brayden?

Still on the hunt

My handsome husband

Quit stalking me Lacey!

More hunting

Grandpa has some serious hops!

Ready, Set, GO!

Easter with the Taylor's

Jeff and I relaxing in the sun! I think I got a little sun that day! yea!

The Easter Bunny was smart and brought kites instead of too much candy. It was a big hit and the kids ran around with their sugar high spurring them on.

Maleah being the princess that she is.

Max found a good seat to eat his loot.

Barbie even came to our party-so nice of her!

Joel and Blakester. Little did Blake know then that his dad would take over his kite and not let him run around with all the other kids. So sad.

Let the hunt begin.

Our EGGcellent Evening!

For family night before Easter I thought we would try our hand at coloring eggs. I have to admit I was a little nervous about all the mess that it could potentially make, but we did it anyway.

We had soooo much fun! We got some great designs and even some crazy ones, like the egg in the back on the right. That one exploded during the boiling, but Jeff pulled it out and made it look great. We even ended up decorating the boys like easter eggs! Since our hands were already stained, why not stain some designs on them?

Spring Time!

Every year when spring time rolls around, I look around at all the beautiful spring blooms and wish that I had thought ahead to plant some in the fall. Well I finally did, and my first flowers are peeking out. This is a picture of my first Crocus. Its not very big, but it is so beautiful! I even have little daffodils blooming! Now, if I can just keep the snow away!

Arches National Park Adventure

Hiking up to The Windows in Arches National Park. I think we all wish we could have just flown up there. Especially me. My knees and hips didn't want to go on this hike.

Another one of the Windows, and burrrr, it was cold cold up there! Yes, Max is in shorts. Whats a mother to do with a boy who insists its warm?

Max wasn't very happy about our second hike up to the view point of Delicate Arch.

Delicate Arch-its a three mile hike up there. We would never have made it, so thank goodness for my zoom lens.

Arches and Ouches

Delicate Arch is up and to the left, thats as close as we were going to get I'm afraid.

I took the family up the race course to see how beautiful it was. We stopped to throw rocks in the Colorado river. Unfortunately, one stray rock hit Jeff right in the temple. After that, he was just an observer.

The culprits

Maybe throwing rocks backwards had something to do with it?

And.....we're done.

This is Balanced Rock. I was just amazed at this place! How do these rocks just sit there and not fall off? It truely was amazing-its like someone put it there on purpose.

We lost both the boys on our drive through the park. It has been a long long time since they have fallen asleep in the car. It sure was nice.

Oopps, Jeff fell asleep too!

Canyonlands Half Marathon

At the bus drop spot. We then had to walk half a mile up to the start. You can kind of see it in the background-way up the hill.

Me and my long lost friend Tasha

Tasha and Holly-these girls are fast!

Check out the guy in the back!

canyonlands cont...

Tasha, Me, Holly, and Jayme before the race

Check out my form...seriously, text book!

This is the last time I saw these girls-and off they went!

More Canyonlands..

Runners are very messy...Thank goodness for all the volunteers who clean up after us!

In all the races I've been in there are always signs along the course cheering people on. These were the only two signs on the entire course! I felt so special, even if I wasn't the April they were talking about.

Canyonlands Cont...Again

These are some cool drummers who kept us going

This is me and Jayme crossing the finish line (I called her Jill in this, so sorry). Thank goodness for her meeting up with me, because I was about to roll across the finish line. She took me from an 11 min mile to a 9 min mile, thus the heavy breathing. I sound like I'm going to pass out, so sorry about that. After 13.1 miles, my knees and hips were done. (Note to self: Next time train on the road and not a treadmill). My finish time was like 2:16 ish. Not my best showing by far, but a good effort considering. And no, it did not "suck", it was great fun and I'm glad I did it!

This is me putting on a brave face for my family.

Finished!