a blogiversary

Today marks the one year anniversary of this here blog. A blogiversary!! I am proud of myself for my mostly regular postings. I can actually say I enjoy blogging and am looking forward to another year.
I started out as a follower too afraid to start a blog of my own., It all began with my favorite blog Soulemama. She was the inspiration for my blogging. I can't even compare myself to her, but hey we all need someone to look up to right? Its fun to go back and read old posts and think how lame I was, actually am. But thanks everyone for reading and commenting.
On a side note, tomorrow is the first day of school. I am actually kind of sad. I'm never quite ready for the long hot days of summer to end, or another phase of life to be over. But what do you do...... move on with a smile. So, I will be smiling early tomorrow morning walking miss mo to school. Happy for some new routines.

a view from above

I've lived below some amazing mountains all my life, and I've lived in this house for over 4 years and finally this week hiked to the top of the mountain that sits in front of us. Oh, and not once but twice in the last three days. What an amazing hike. It's not even the hike on my list. I am so totally sore, but it was very much worth it. Being up in the mountains brings me peace and looking out from the top helps bring perspective in my little life. I can't explain it, but it is good medicine. Here are a few not so great pictures from the top. Enjoy!! They're not nearly as great as the real deal.

Last bits of summer

The last bit of summer has found us at the lake. We gathered some good friends, some cheap pizza, and headed for the beach.
I'm not sure how it went down but all the "big kids" ended up out in the lake all trying to balance on a huge log. I remember as a kid playing on a blow up log in the pool. But man, who knew a free log in a lake could be so much fun. We all tried to balance, and stand on the log. I haven't laughed that hard in a while.

There was also a rope swing on a tree with a nice water skiing handle on the bottom. Above is a picture of me hanging on tight. The water was cold!

The kids played forever in the sand and mo and her friend had a blast on the swing.

I am always sad to see summer come to an end. I enjoy having my kids home and I feel a bit of sadness to see another chapter in our lives end. To watch them take the next step into a new grade. I do enjoy a bit of routine that school brings, but I will always be a summer girl.

30 things

Today I turned 30! So in honor of this land mark birthday, I made a list of things I would like to accomplish during the year. Some of them are more grand than others but hey, I need to make it doable right? So here it is:

1-Read the Book of Mormon

2- knit a sweater for myself

3- complete my food storage

4- visit the dentist 2x

5- go to Oregon

6-Send more thank you cards

7- plant a tree

8-Spend a whole day reading a good book

9-have a snowball fight with my kids

10- go in the salt lake temple

11-hike Ben Lomond

12-paint something I would proudly hang on the wall

13-run a 10k

14-surprise everyone

15-ride a horse

16-teach a cardio kickboxing class

17-get a professional massage

18-see the Dave Matthews Band in concert

19-go to a movie all by myself

20-take up yoga

21-watch my favorite childrens movie Annie again.

22-get a pedicure

23-read all 7 harry potter books

24-go snow shoeing with berk

25-hold regular family home evenings

26-take a sign language class

27-visit this is the place monument

28-make a list of things that make me happy

29-plan a family vacation

30-make a list of green things to live by and then do it.

I hope to keep an update of when things are accomplished. I would love to hear other great ideas?

July 31 2009

Happy Birthday to my favorite little boy!! He is 6!!! I'm not a fan of my kids getting older but what do you do. I think he had a great birthday. He's good kid and very easy going. He's fun to be around and has a contagious laugh. We went and saw the movie Aliens in the Attic and Bakugan was the favorite toy.