Pat Tillman Run

Today David and I ran the Pat Tillman run. It's 4.2 miles over at ASU. Grandma was so nice to come and watch our kids while we ran. It was awesome weather and something I never thought I would do.

Since January I've been working out with a group of ladies. Charlotte is the one who trains us (kicks our butts) and she's the one who said I think you should do the Pat Tillman run. I thought she was joking, but like with everything else she wasn't. It's great that she gets me to do things I would never think I would be able to do.

I was really proud of David for doing the run. I know that the last 6 months have been a struggle for him with his health issues. He ran the entire way which is more than I can say for myself. But hey we both made it in under an hour.

Thanks Heidi, Heatherlea, Shavonne and Charlotte it was fun.

Easter

We had such a great Easter. Saturday was rainy. We love the rain here in AZ. We had the ward Easter Egg hunt yesterday anyway. The kids loved it and yes Nathan was soaked before we got home. They enjoyed having hot chocolate afterward... that never happens. Usually we just hope the candy inside the eggs doesn't melt.

Today we really enjoyed church. Sacrament meeting was great and all of the kids have such great teachers in Primary. We had fun at Grandma's today. Rebecca, Allyse and Nathan all had so much fun with their cousins. Since it was raining yesterday we had the Easter Egg hunt at Grandma's today right before a delicious dinner!

We hope all of you had a wonderful Easter as well.

Awesome Message

Try This At Home

David had already gotten his birthday present before his birthday rolled around but I still wanted to do something for him on his special day. I figure you only get one day a year that's all about you. Anyway, it's hard on us girls to think what can we do for a guy that is affordable (that means not electronic) that he'll still like. Flowers and candy are out. So this is what I came up with... it still might teeter on the edge of being an acceptable gift to a guy, but I think it turned out pretty great. I decided to make him an arrangement with strawberries. Let me tell you it was so fun. Even though they're not as forgiving as silk flowers it still turned out. So here's what I did in case you want to try it...

After I dipped the strawberries in Chocolate I sprinkled coconut or put on slivered almonds for variety. I put the strawberries on the ends of skewers for shish-ka-bobs and used kale for the greenery.

Snow Fun

In January we went up to Flagstaff to play in the snow. For months Allyse has been saying that she wants to throw a snowball at her Dad. She finally got her chance even though it was a little hard to make the snow into a ball since it was so powdery. We went up with our friends the Sparks had a lot of fun. Rebecca and Allyse loved sledding. Of course David and I did too. We even raced. Nathan went down with me on one of the first runs before we had some really good trails going and so he got a face full of snow. Needless to say he didn't love sledding. He did love playing in the snow and kept picking up chuncks of snow and saying Mommy look at the clouds. Everyone loved the hot chocolate at the end.

Guitar Hero Fun

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Last Night Rebecca, Allyse and Nathan had a blast playing Superbus on Guitar Hero III. Nathan isn't old enough to really play but that didn't stop him from Jamin!

Catching Up

So I guess 8 months is a little long in between posts. So what have we been up to? More of the same. School, homework, work and having fun.

This summer we had a great time. We went to San Diego and had a blast! We went to Sea World and spent a lot of time at the beach on Coronodo Island. We had fun boogie boarding and just hanging out. The girls loved the ocean and Nathan loved the sand.


We also went to Utah to visit David's family. We haven't been up to Utah for a few years and so we had a lot of fun catching up with family. We enjoyed hiking in the canyon and actually saw one of the best firework shows we've ever seen on the 24th of July right in the small town of Mapleton, Utah!














David finished school at the end of August and now has his Masters in Information Systems Engineering! He worked like crazy in September so October was our first time in a while of having him come home from work and actually have time to hang out with us. We've really enjoyed spending more time with him.

Rebecca and Allyse are loving school this year. They both have friends in their classes which always makes for added fun. Nathan is loving life. Finding different adventures every day.



We had a great Halloween. Nathan was Superman, Allyse was a rock star, Rebecca was a nurse and David dressed up as Harry Potter.