We've been having fun!

We really have been having fun the last few weeks.  Just haven't gotten that many pictures.  Last weekend I went shopping w/ my sister-in-law and her kids.  I was entertaining Tytan while she was getting some shopping done for herself and we made it to the toy section in Kohls where Tytan found some train books.  He loves trains!  Next week we're going to the Zoo, so I'll have pictures from that.

This weekend we were over at my parent's and Rob was saying he needed to get a haircut and my mom offered to do it.  Rob is extremely particular about his hair, and I was laughing so hard because he couldn't say no to his mother-in-law.  My mom of course did a good job and Rob was happy with it, but he was a little bit nervous. 
We also put a little garden in.  Our little place had a sandbox at one time, but we laid some topsoil over it and got some tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, and jalepenos planted.  I got some basil too (I totally love fresh basil!), but we ran out of room, so it's on a pot on our patio.   Rob did great planting our garden.  He's such a good little farmer.
I got a fun little wand to water my plants with.  I'm really excited to get our garden going.  We just LOVE tomato sandwiches in the summer!  My mouth is watering just thinking of it.
We also decided we were big enough to handle a car payment (and the jeep was becoming more temperamental) so after months of doing research on which car would be best for us, we decided on the Hyundai Tucson.  A shout out goes to Murdock Hyundai of Logan for getting us a great deal and helping us get through this monumental purchase. :)  If you're looking for a car, go see Bruce there and tell them we sent you.  He seriously was awesome!  So here it is, the exact car we got.  We're big kids now!

Prince Caspian

Rob and I went to a midnight showing of Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian last night.  It was fantastic!  I'm trying to convince him to go to a matinee today.  Peter is quite good looking and it was quite action packed!  I give it 5 stars!  Truly, it didn't seem like it was 2 1/2 hours long!  Go see it!

And the winner is...

Well, I know that you all have been in suspense as to where we will be next year, so here it is.  Look familiar to anyone?  Rob has accepted a position at Box Elder Middle School.

Now let me explain, #1, anyone who grew up w/ Rob knows that he vowed this would NEVER happen, but it did.  #2, Rob will be teaching Earth science, even though he graduated in Chemistry.  #3, Rob NEVER wanted to teach at a middle school, but now he is.  So as to how this happened, I can't really tell you other than this is where he felt good for this year.  

There are benefits to this sudden change of plans, #1, I keep my job that I really do love, #2 we get to stick it to the man after spending 2 1/2 years of forking out at least $100/wk in gas, Rob gets to WALK to work, which is like 4 min away (we timed it). #3 We get to save up some serious dough so that we can buy everything we ever wanted! (ok, not everything, but we can always dream, we aren't on a student budget anymore!) 

There really are some good benefits to being here this year and we're glad that we get to stay by family as well.  So there you go, you know where we can be found for a year.  

Watch out world, here we come...

Yeah!  The day finally came!  Rob's graduated now!  I'm so incredibly proud of him!  After 6 years and 3 different schools, he finished!  I'm so excited and know that he'll be such a fantastic teacher!  Way to go Honey!  You ARE the best thing I've got going! :)

Rob and I, I'm really happy! Rob is too!

My Grandparents w/ Rob
My Parents w/Rob and I
Rob's brother Will showing how tough he is.

Rob's parents. 

Will, Rob, Mark and Grandma Helen

After graduation and lunch/dinner at Maddox, we were able to get some tickets to the Jazz game.  We had a fantastic time and the Jazz even pulled of a great win to put them to the next round of the playoffs.

After the game Rob wanted to stay and watch them interview someone, so luckily it was Matt Harpring, who was my favorite until Korver came, but he's still a favorite.  He's just a good looking clean cut guy.  Korver is more of the playful looking type. :)  But it's ok, my true love is my Rob!

*I don't know why my computer decided it needed to underline things halfway through this post, but I apologize, I couldn't get it to go away.

Rob's Gift to Himself

Rob has been righteously coveting a tool set at Home Depot for a little over a year now.  We stop by quite often just so that he can check it out and make sure they're still around.  Every time we stop he continues to convince me that this will be a good purchase for him and all he could do for not only himself, but for me as well...if he only had this tool set.  Well that day has finally come!

Rob has been saving his money to buy this for his graduation, and was so excited to finally get it!  He rushed home from work to open it and show me all it came with.
Apparently "Ridgid" is better b/c they have a lifetime warranty, which I was happy about. Here he is with his sawzall.
This is his regular drill, with the handle on it, he can use this to hang shelves for me.
And this is what he really loves about it, an impact drill.  Apparently, it kind of hammers as it drills so it goes in nice and quick.  So here's to the summer of electrician work to put those tools to good use.

My Little Institute Grad

Yeah!  I have pictures!  Since my last post I have been making more of an effort to take my camera w/ me.  So here are the latest!  

First of all, I would like to introduce you all to my little Institute Graduate!  Last night Rob graduated from the Ogden Institute of Religion.  I'm so proud of him, don't mind that it was like 100 degrees in the building and my hair is as limp as spaghetti, but I'm so proud of him!  This week is his week for sure!  He's graduating on Friday (more pictures to come, promise!) I can't believe the time is finally here!

So today Rob had his last seminar for school and last night we stayed up late putting his binder together.  I went to Ogden w/ him b/c I had a doctor's appointment and we wanted to save on gas...unfortunately that didn't happen b/c when we got to school Rob realized he'd totally forgot his portfolio at home, so I dashed back home to get it and only ended up being 15 minutes late to my appointment.  No harm done, they got me in the second I walked in, maybe I should try that more often. :)  

Rob and I went out for lunch to "celebrate" this being his last week of school.  If you know Rob, you know he can find any reason to celebrate and go out to eat, he's been counting down the days til Friday, not just because of graduation, but because of Maddox, and he IS getting dessert!  Here's my happy little graduate after lunch. 
Rob is also obsessed w/ trains, ok, not obsessed, but he really likes them.  So this weekend he wanted to go down to frontrunner, but we didn't end up having time.  But today we did drive down to the transit station and check them out.  I think we'll definitely be hitting it up this weekend.  Has anyone tried it out?  How was it?

No Pictures

My post have kind of been few and far in between lately, I just feel like it's more enjoyable to post w/ pictures.  Sorry.  Because of this lack of photography on my part lately, I haven't posted.  So I'll just update on what I've been doing.  Mostly working.  Rob goes back to UPS on Monday, so we've been trying to live it up as much as we can, which consists of going on walks in the evening, now that it's finally warming up.  We've also been playing a little tennis here and there.  Another thing I've been doing is burning CD's onto our computer.  The other day Rob and I realized that our CD's were stolen.  NOT HAPPY!  The thing is, they were in our car, and no we don't lock it all the time (nuts) but we don't listen to our CD's a ton b/c we haven't been driving long distances lately, so we don't even know when or where they were stolen.  So I've been burning a lot of my sister's CD's so we can have music.  On a lighter note, Thursday we went to Maddox w/ the fam b/c my little sister Mackenzie was leaving the next day for BYU-Idaho.  I was able to take Kenz up on Friday and help her get settled.  We spent the day running errands and getting stuff she would need. My parents and Rob came to meet us that night and Rob and I turned around and came home.  We left at 11:00pm, and I was spent, so I slept the whole time while Rob entertained himself the whole way home.  I vaguely remember waking up a couple times and heard him singing at the top of his lungs w/ the windows open to keep himself awake. He does this often on our late drives home, I'm experienced enough to know to bring a blanket so I can sleep and stay warm. Hee, Hee!  He's a good husband!  Then today we went to the high school and did some sprints for my run today.  I don't think I've sprinted for like years.  I'm pretty sore....and, that's all.  Sorry no pictures!

Happy 26th Rob

April 2 was Rob's 26th Birthday.  He kind of had a rough time w/ accepting that he's 26, but at the end of the day he felt like he could handle it.   I'm so glad!  :)  This year I decided to throw him a surprise party w/ our families.  He's never had a surprise party before, and I tried so hard to keep it a secret.  I thought he would suspect something, b/c I almost got caught a few times, but he didn't have a clue!  I was so excited and he was so surprised!  

This is Rob coming in the 2nd time, b/c I forgot my camera the first.  Oops!

Here are some of the attendees: On the couch:Grandpa Pete, my mom, Grandma Pete, Rob's dad, then mom, and Sydnee of the floor.
Keaton always gets so excited to open presents.  This rake came from Rob's brother Will.  Keaton is trying to help...
A couple weeks before his birthday, Rob and I were at the store and happened to stop and look at the cakes and said that neither of us ever had a cake made at a bakery for our birthday when we were little, and how we remembered those ones were always the coolest, so I decided to get him one of those too.  I actually didn't know he never had a surprise party until that night. :)
And here he is, my 26 year old birthday boy!  I love him so much and am so proud of him and all that he's accomplished!  He's the love of my life and he makes me laugh everyday!  I'm so grateful for him!
Hope you had a good birthday Hon!  I love you!  (It's nothing short of pure love that at this moment I'm sitting on the couch with him watching a BASKETBALL game and cheering for Kansas to win so that he can win the Petersen March Madness tourney and get his name on the plaque at my grandpa's house!  Oh well, the things we do for LOVE)

Catching up...

Wow, these last few weeks of March have been crazy!  First of all, we have a new nephew.  Korver Jim Riley came into this world on March 12.  He so tiny, but has really big hands and long toes.  He's such a cutie, and he's been so good!

When we got to the hospital Korver was getting his first bath.  They really scrubbed him good, and then they put him under the heating lamps.

Last weekend we took my sister Mackenzie up to BYU-Idaho so Rob could give her a tour of the campus and so that she could find her classes and where she would be living.  I can't believe she's moving away until next December!  Of course she'll be home to visit once in a while, but I still can't believe she's that old!  I personally didn't like it much, mostly because the wind was blowing so hard and it was frigid!  I was totally wearing my gaucho pants the day before in Utah!

On our way home, we stopped in Garland for some egg coloring!  Kristen had gotten the kids these aprons from downeast and some had other people's names on them.  It was so funny because Keaton's had the name "George" on it, and knowing Keaton, he would be the one to have a funny name like that on his, so we called him George the rest of the day!  Here he is, but you can't see his name.

I'm also wearing an apron, mine didn't have a name, but it's for like 8 yrs olds, so it's really small and only covered my shirt.  Anyhow, I'm really particular about my egg coloring (I can be, I don't have kids yet.) and coloring my egg is like a work of art.  Here I am w/ my proud piece this year.  Green w/ Yellow polka dots. 

This is Rob's jeep that he drove in high school.  They repainted it and have fixed it up for his little brother to start driving when it warms up...who knows when that will be?

Rob's family does the egg hunt on Saturday, so we headed up there that morning for the annual egg hunt.  All the kids were really excited!

Tytan on the hunt, it looks like he found a few.
And Gracie found my masterpiece!  I was so excited!  It didn't last long however, it was dropped and cracked and so...I ate it.
We finished up there by having a hot dog roast at the property.  We had s'mores too.  It was good, and I just want it to be warm so that we can have more! 

We had a great weekend.  We went to my mom's for easter dinner, but just kind of relaxed and so sorry, but no pictures of that.  Rob's birthday is on Wednesday April 2, so hopefully I'll have some good ones from his big day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Today is seriously one of my favorite holidays.  Mostly because my favorite color is green!  I had this fun idea to make Rob an all green lunch, but...I didn't go grocery shopping on Saturday, so all he got was leftover pizza from my sister in law's and cookies from the neighbors.  HOW SAD!  Well, maybe next year...

Also, yesterday we had two really great speakers in sacrament meeting, and one said he found some really great ideas by "googling" General Conference activities for kids.  Here are a few ideas I found.  I know I don't have kids, but I think it might be good to help Rob and I stay awake...  I seriously love conference, but sometimes I get sleepy.  Anyhow, we've got nieces and nephews who get restless, so this would be fun to play with them.  I don't have any ideas from "The Idea Door" but they had some really great ideas too that you can download and print off. Check them out!

Color the prophet... color the prophet... 
Photocopy pictures of General Authorities and hand them out before Conference begins so that the children have time to discuss them and write the names clearly on them. Then when one of the brethren (you can add sister leaders also) speaks, the children color in the picture.  
Bonus: Youcan then cut these pictures into jigsaws afterwards and let the children put them together again, each telling something he remembers from the talk. Work this one according to ages and skills. For smaller children, you could just stick just to pictures of the Prophet and Counselors to make things more simple.

Anne Bradshaw 
Mapleton 11th Ward 
Mapleton North Stake 
Utah

Word searches, and coloring, and trivia ... oh my.... 
We're making sheets for the primary children which include a BOM word search. We ask the kids how many words they can make from the word Book of Mormon, for example.  We also include a picture to color and a list of trivia questions.  These can be geared towards the Conference: what is the theme and the scripture that goes with it?  Who was the first speaker etc. and what did they talk about? Which was your favorite hymn? Write the word that you think you heard the most and what does it mean to you?

Make your own word search in minutes for FREE. Check out PuzzleMaker.com.

Sue Rudd 
Wylde Green Ward 
Lichfield Stake 
England

Say What? 
Make a list for each child of words that might be used in various talks. Each time the child hears one of the words, he/she checks it off on the list. Depending on age, they can also add their own list of words they don't understand - for discussing later.

Diane Sines 
Spring Creek 5th Ward 
Spring Creek South Stake,  
Utah

Make Your Own Puzzle 
Get an extra Family Home Evening (or similar) book - copy picture of the Savior twice - copy in black and white - keep one b & w and color the other one. Stick pictures to manilla folder, laminate and cut out. Cut the colored version into jigsaw pieces and add Velcro (or masking tape) to pieces. Let smaller children stick the pieces in the right places.

Diane Sines 
Spring Creek 5th Ward 
Spring Creek South Stake,  
Utah

Holy Cool!

Check this out!  Totally wish I would've found this while I was in Seminary...maybe I would've lettered all 4 years!  www.ldsscripturerock.com

Ah...the Z-pack

So this weekend, I had a nasty little visitor invade my body.  It all started last monday actually w/ sore achey (sp?) muscles. Tuesday I had a sore throat and Wednesday I had like zero energy.  Thursday morning at spin I didn't think I would make it and the rest of the day I had a little cough.  Friday, the cough got worse and my ear was hurting.  Thinking that I had an ear infection, I went to the doctor who gave me a prescription for amoxicillin to get filled if it got worse in the next two days.  Well, let me tell you...it got worse!  Saturday all I did was lay on my mom's couch all day and watch TLC.  I couldn't sleep b/c my nose was so stuffed that I had to breath through my mouth and it was always so dry!  Yuck!  I would suck on coughdrops, but they weren't sugar free...and unfortunately I know too much and am worried that I'll get a cavity.  So I just laid there are watched hours and hours of "flip that house" and "my first place".  It didn't help that I dreamt about them that night.  Sunday I decided I would save my ward from this nasty bug and stayed home, and was actually able to sleep during that time.  But when Rob came home, I was up and couldn't get back to sleep.  Sunday afternoon I had bad aches and started looking for a sub for Monday.  Found one for the morning, but ended up having to go in for the afternoon.  I seriously was a mess. I felt like I had taken a percocet!  My hands were moving, but I had no thinking in the matter.  I felt like my body was going, but my mind was left behind in the dust.  Crazy!  So my dentist called me in a z-pac. (angels singing) 

Took the first of those last night and whalah, I can breath!  Seriously, I feel so much better.  I found a sub for today luckily, so I'm going to continue to sleep, but I'm so happy about being able to breath through my nose!  

I also wanted to give a shout out to Rob because he's been such a trooper.  He's been taking such good care of me!  And poor thing, he hasn't had a real meal in quite a few days.  He did cook last week though.  Here's the proof.  He did a really good job! 

But I think I've worn him right out.  

Thanks for taking such good care of me hon! 

My Lover Boy

How did you meet your LoVe ? Answer all the questions HONESTLY . . . .

1. Where did you meet? At my cousin's wife's mother's house...get that?

2. What was the first thought that went through your head when you met? "Oh...He looks like a basketball player"  If you know anything about me, it's that basketball isn't my favorite sport. My dad is a wrestling coach, so naturally, I totally wanted to marry a wrestler.  So that thought didn't get him points in my book.

3. Do you remember what she/he was wearing? Yes, his favorite red hoodie and jeans.

4. Where was the first time you kissed this person? My office at Weber State.  We went to lunch over spring break and I had a feeling that he was going to do it when we walked back to my office and I was so hoping that he wouldn't do it there.  He did it twice b/c he thought he missed me the first time:)  He was so nervous.

5. How did he/she ask you out? Well, the first time he asked me out, he called me and asked if I had plans for the next Saturday night, and if I wanted to go on a date with him.  He would call me every Thursday to ask me out for the following week.  And for a few weeks, I didn't hear from him more than that.  He didn't have a cell phone!  Can you believe!? :)

6. Where did you go for your first date? He came to get me from the Richardson Memorial Tournament that my brother was wrestling in and we went to Salt Lake to meet his mission companion and his wife.  We went to The Pie, then to Gateway to try to find something to do, but his companion's wife didn't want to do anything and we spent like an hour trying to convince her there was plenty of stuff to do.  Needless to say, I was glad when they decided to go home.

7. How long did you know this person before you became a couple? Well...an official couple, I would say about 2 months.  We met Jan. 2 and then on Valentine's he brought me some flowers, a week or two after that, we were together every weekend.

8. Has this person ever proposed to you? Yes! On Saturday conference in October.  He told me that we had to drop some family history stuff off at the Logan temple.  I totally didn't even think that they would be closed (duh!).  He parked outside of the gates in front of the temple and asked if I was going to come w/ him.  I shrugged "sure".  We went up, the doors were locked and so we headed back to the car, mind you, I was starving!  Rob started going towards the fountain and asked if I wanted to make a wish.  He gave me three pennies and I threw them in and started walking back to the car.  I was so hungry!  He called me back and said "Hey, don't I get to make a wish?"  So I said "oh, ok" then he pulled out one band and said "My first wish is that you'll wear this" pulled out the second band "My second wish is that you'll wear this" and pulled out the solitare and said "my third wish is that you'll say 'Yes'"  I was so shocked!  He was so totally smooth.  That doesn't happen when he's nervous!  He did such a good job!

9. Do you and this person have kids together? Not yet, maybe in a year or two...

10. Have you ever broken the law with this person? No

11. When was the first time you realized that you liked this person? On our first date we drove past West HS in SLC and Rob locked the doors.  I asked if he meant to do that and he said "Yeah, this is a scary place in Salt Lake."  I laughed and thought he was a funny kid, and I liked that !

12. Do you get along with any of the ex's of your partner? He doesn't have any, lucky me! :)

13. Do you trust this person? Absolutely.

14. Do you see your partner in your future? Yes.

15. Whats the most expensive thing this person has given you? My Wedding ring, I'm assuming, I don't want to see the price, but I guess he's paid for a bit of my education.  Him and my dad! :)

16. What is one thing he/she does that gets on your nerves. He does things differently than I do, that's the biggest thing.  He also worries about our financial situations a lot more than I do, which drives me nuts sometimes, but I'm always grateful that I have that, rather than someone who doesn't know what he's doing and how much debt he's getting into.

17. What is the thing you do that gets on his/her nerves? I'm late and I forget to run errands for him. :)

18. Where do you see each other in 15 years from now? So much more in love with him everyday of that 15 years.  We'll probably have a few kids and we'll just be loving being part of a community.  Truthfully, I see us like the Taylor's from Friday night lights b/c Rob wants to coach football, except our kids won't be 15 years apart. :)

Things that secretly make me jump inside...

So I've been wanting to post this for a while, but wanted to be sure to get some good things on it.  You see, there are things in life that make me jump inside, but sometimes, it's secret because I can't jump up and down everytime they happen, mostly b/c no one is around when they do, or sometimes, I don't want anyone to know that it makes me excited, but everytime I eat at subway I begin thinking about this list.  Why Subway?  Well let me tell you...

1. I secretly jump inside when I tell my sandwich "artist" that I want "just a little mayo" but they put a lot.  That makes me happy b/c I love mayo on my sandwiches, but I say "just a little" so technically I'm trying to be good, but what can I do about if they are the ones who control the bottle?

2. I secretly jump inside when Aimee or Jalene blog.  Jalene knows this, but Aimee, you are included too.  They don't blog much, and I always look at their blogs for updates, but sadly, it's not often.  Truth is I love to hear what they are doing.  So I secretly jump inside when they, or anyone for that matter blogs.

3. I secretly jump inside when I come home and Rob has done the dishes.  I hate doing the dishes b/c we don't have a dishwasher (I'm not moving anywhere else unless there is one, I tend to somehow overlook that when we look for apartments).  But I love when he does the dishes, which is truthfully more often than not.  Sometimes I feel like a bad wife, but...it makes me jump inside.

4. I secretly jump inside when Rob's brother says that he's making either cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, fresh bread or ice cream on Sundays.  He's a great baker/ice cream maker.  But I have to secretly jump inside b/c I have to appear as though I'm trying to be good...

5. I secretly jump inside when Rob shares ideas w/ me that I've been thinking for years, but he just came up with.  I have to do it in secret b/c if I get to excited he might rethink his idea, with the intent of finding a loophole that would cost him a lot of money or he might find out how crazy and wild his wife used to be (truthfully, you all know that I'm not crazy and wild, but compared to Rob, I was). 

6. The last thing I have time to write about that makes me jump inside is...Sharp Hygiene Instruments.  Ok.  This sub consciously made me jump inside I'm sure every time it happened, but it wasn't until this week that it really hit home.  

Does anyone else secretly jump inside? 

UDA, State Wrestling, and game night.

Whew, we've had a busy week!  This weekend was the Utah Dental Association convention.  I was only able to make it on Friday, which turned out ok.  I went to a semi-interesting continuing education course on cavities and how they are caused and what we can do as hygienists to stop the disease.  The only part that was neat was that Esther Wilkins, the lady who wrote our main textbook for school was teaching the course.  Other than that, it was information that we've learned in school.  Nothing new really.  The part I loved most about the convention was seeing all my classmates!  Some of us were able to go to lunch at Macaroni Grill. (Yummy!)  Melissa with her quick thinking skills got us right in at the bar, a very good tip I'll have to remember in the future! (Sorry this is the only picture I got and the lighting is HORIBBLE!)

Friday night we went to State wrestling down in Orem at UVU (UVSC) to watch my dad's team try for state 2 yrs in a row.  Unfortunately it didn't happen.  They lost by 4.5 pts!  That's a tough one!  I don't have any pictures of it, but it was fun for me b/c it was the first year that Rob was able to come!  He actually enjoyed it!

Then on Saturday my cousin Tagg came to my grandparents for the weekend w/ his "friend" Katie, or Kate...I forget.  So some of us went up to play games with them.  We had a great time playing Cranium.  Eric is trying to act out Ronald Reagan for Tiffany.
Brandon is doing a sensodoodle w/ his eyes closed!  He seriously has the best facial expressions in this game!
We had a great night and it was fun to spend it w/ family.  I'm so thankful for my family and that we are as close as we all are.  I'm so blessed to have their influence and example in my life!  As far as games go, I'm currently obsessed w/ settlers of cattan.  I think it will be my next purchase!

I need a hobby!

Ok, so what do people do when they don't work and don't have kids?  I'm currently working Tuesday-Thursday and every other Friday, and seriously, I don't know what to do with myself when I'm not at work.  I usually find something to do to entertain me for like an hour or two, but then nothing.  I could go shopping.  That would entertain me for hours, but Rob won't be happy, so it's an option, just not daily.  I can only clean my house so much, and everyone else I can think of works!  I need a hobby!  I've thought about reading, which I do like, but I haven't really been able to get into any of the books I've picked out lately.  So every day I don't work, I usually end up roaming around my house trying to find something to do. :)  I feel so pathetic and the sad thing is that it's a beautiful day!  I'm just waiting for Rob to get home so I can get out!

So if anyone would like to entertain me every monday, I'm game.  Does anyone have any ideas?

p.s. update on the cute brown/white shams from the post below...they only come w/ the duvet.  NUTS!

My perdicament

So I've been wanting to redo my bedroom for a while, and found the duvet that I wanted at RC Willey for like $500, just for the duvet! Yikes! Anyhow, that was obviously a no go!  But I kept my eye out and was able to find this little lovely on eBay!

So here's what it looks like on my bed.  I'm debating if I like it more on this side, or if I like it on the other side, which has a lot more green.
But now here is my problem.  I've decided I want a green and brown scheme and I'm currently trying to find some brown euro shams!  But alas, I'm having a problem getting just the shams.  I found these and thing they would go great w/ the green side, which I'm ok with.  But I JUST WANT THE SHAMS!  I'm going to contact customer service to see if I can do that, but does anyone have any ideas as to where else I can look?

Special Olympics

So every year for the last 5 years I've had the amazing opportunity to be a volunteer at the Utah Special Olympics winter games!  I seriously LOVE LOVE LOVE it!  The athletes are so fun!  They have such positive attitudes and just love to cheer each other on!  Here are some of the highlights from this year.  I ran the cross country skiing event this year:

This is Steve, he's so great!  He always says "I Steve, I Fast!"  
This is the awards for the 250M event.  Brent, who's on his ski's took first place.  He was great too!  He kept calling me gorgeous and he said I've got great legs! :)

Brent, Mary Dawn, and Mike getting ready for the 1K
These are the distance guys.  Tony, Dave and Patrick.  Patrick had the opportunity to go to Japan for the last world games!  They do the 5 and 3K!
Here we are, Rob, me, Tiff and her friend Eric.  We had so much fun!  There was also SO much SNOW!!! Everything was covered and it just kept snowing.  All day!  
Well, another successful year at North Fork Park.  This is seriously one of the most rewarding opportunities I've ever had, and I'm glad to say this is one of our traditions!  These kids are some of the most wonderful people that I would ever want to be around.  They are truly amazing and I'm so glad that I have the chance to be around their special, special spirits!