I love Moab

My impression of Balanced Rock.
















My boys.

Jared may be lots shorter than Michael, but he can climb lots higher.













Yup. That's us under that there arch. This was Michael's and Michelle's first trip to Arches National Park. Michelle is a foreign exchange student living with my BFF Diane. She goes back to Taiwan in June so we're making sure she gets the Utah experience.



Why am I craving a Big Mac?











The gang enjoying the view of Delicate Arch and catching our delicate breath.

My kind of Barbie

What I've done

I took this from Heidi's blog...I've got a few more things to do on this list.

**I've done the items in bold**
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Been to the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on a train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Learned another language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Mt Rushmore
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Visited Ground zero
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check - oops!
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Tied a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Visited the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Visited Italy

A Sanitary Solution for Cyndi

Once upon a time I had a dear friend named Cyndi. When we first became friends we discovered that we were alike in many ways. We loved to laugh and to make other people laugh. We exhibited odd behavior when we laughed hard. Her tongue wiggled and I threw my head back to send a throaty laugh straight to the heavens. We took life a little less seriously than some of our relief society sisters and for that reason we were nearly shunned when we made cat litter casserole and snot on a stick for a homemaking taster's table. (see me for the recipes)
Despite our similar personalities, there were some differences. Near the start of our friendship nearly 12 years ago, I invited Cyndi to go bowling. She declined and said that she had recently read a study that analyzed places where fecal matter could possibly be found. To my dismay and her disgust, the holes of bowling balls was number 2 on the list. She then asked me if I could guess where the number one place was? Where? I wondered. "On the handles of shopping carts!" came her informed reply. I rolled my eyes and thought to myself, "so what, you can't bowl and you can't shop? What a germ-o-phobe! It's not like it's gonna kill you!" A few days later, we happened to be at Reams together and couldn't stop myself. I grabbed a shopping cart and before I really thought it through I said, "Hey Cyndi!" When she turned to look at me, I licked the shopping cart handle. "Now we'll wait and see if I get sick and die." It turns out that licking shopping cart handles makes everyone else around you sick.
Clean up on Aisle 10!

April Fools

All right, all right you got me. This was my favorite ultrasound picture I found online. Can you see the image of Jesus? Hilarious!!

One of my co-workers got me good today. Apparently they put a motorcycle for sale on KSL.com at a great price and listed my name and cell phone number. I'm at a conference in SLC and accidentally forgot my phone at home. Much to the chagrin of my mother-in-law. She counted 60 phone calls before she called Michael to let him know something was going on. He called Diane, who called Jennie who is with me at the conference. I used Jennie's phone to check my voice mail. My box was filled to the limit. I had 43 messages, each one from a man who had high hopes of buying a motorcycle from me. One guy called twice and said he was in Star Valley WY and wanted to me to call him ASAP. He saidow he could drive down this afternoon to get the bike. Isn't that nuts? I feel so bad that I dashed their dreams.
How hilarious are my friends?!?!?!