Steph Rocks!!

more to come!

Spring Baby

Got home from Monterey yesterday, and it was a lovely warm 85 degrees, so I grabbed a couple of magazines and went out on the back patio to read. I heard a shuffling in the trees, and saw this cute little guy. He's brand new. He could barely walk, and kept tripping over his spindly legs.




The spots on his fur are great camoflage! At one point, he sat down (that was hilariously clumsy) in the tall grasses, and completely disappeared.

Shari rules!

...more to come!

Easter!

This was our first year coloring eggs and having the Easter Bunny come and hunting for eggs! It was so much fun, Sydney had a blast and was so excited! Since this was our first time, it was a little difficult meshing two different ideas and sets of traditions together but I think it worked out okay. Here are bunch of pictures:

Coloring:

Ooooo! Look at this one!

Eggs:

A sligh smile? What did he put in that egg coloring?

Smile with the eggs!

Look-alikes!

The finished product!

Easter Morning:

One of the best pictures ever!

Gramma and Grampa came over to help hunt for eggs. Here are pictures of the day!

My future biking buddy? Peyton loved being on Sydney's trike! I had to pull him off!

We had a really fun Easter, I wish it would have been a little bit warmer, or at least no wind. But it was great and the kids had a blast!

Give away...of sorts!

Okay, so as I was browsing around some of my friends' blog spots, I came across this fun little idea. So, here I post what was posted on her blog:

Pay attention everyone!

Here's the dealio:
The first five people to comment on this post will get something made by me.
My choice.
For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.

2- What I make will be just for you.

3- It'll be done this year.

4- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be photography, I may sew or stitch(ha,ha) or bake something. Who knows?

5- I reserve the right to do or make whatever I want!

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your own blog and offer the same deal to 5 of your own lucky blog readers. So, the first 5 people to leave a comment telling me they are in, win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!

Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it.

Good Luck!!!

---Posted by Shari :)

7 More Days!!

So here I am at work trying to concentrate on getting summer work assignments out, researching in lieu of students, chatting with office collegues, anything to get the time moving because all I can think about is going to California in just 7 days! I've been checking the weather everyday for Sandy, UT, San Francisco, CA, and Monterey, CA, hoping the weather will be ultra great for the epic ride I will be taking with Steph on the 18th. I use the word epic because I'm just sure there will stories to tell! I've been running through what I'm going to pack for about a month and a half, who does that? This vacation worked out perfect for me what with it being Spring Break so I don't have to take any time off work, but I've left Jason in kind of a bind. He teaches two classes two of the days I'll be gone and we are trying to work out babysitting. Thank goodness for grandparents for at least one of the days! Thanks mom and dad! Sydney keeps asking when she's going to see you guys again! I am so preoccupied with thinking and anticipating my trip I can't focus on work. Which isn't all bad, since I'm kind of in a holding pattern at work anyway. I'm waiting for some decisions to be made at the district level before I start on some of what I need to do.
So, in about two weeks, there should be some fun pictures and stories to post. In the meantime, pray to the mountain biking gods to give us some great weather and great balance, fortitude, strength, and speed! Here's to seeing you in 7 days Steph! :)

Flash-back!

Just thought it would be fun to post a little flash-back in time video! It's 15 seconds, wish it was a little longer. You also need to turn up the sound.