Russell, Lauren & Holden

A tired little man

2012-02-09T19:17:00.001-08:00

Holden is so tired (and happy I might add) waiting for dad to get home so he could give him a couple of hugs before bed. I have never seen this kid sit down for more than a second let alone lay down. Sweet boy!

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Enjoying the time on our hands

2012-02-01T11:57:00.001-08:00

We went to breakfast and poor baby holden was so tired that he fell asleep on my lap. No fight just out! I guess a couple of late nights will do that to you. All in all it was a 2 hour nap.

I had to add this picture. Holden and I went to pick up Russells new sun glasses. We ended up having to wait for the store to reopen from lunch for about 10 minutes. Holden got to "drive" the car. He was thrilled with turning the wheel and pulling on all the levers. I wish I got his giggles on video. I enjoy hanging out with this kid all day so much!

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Holden

2012-01-19T13:52:00.001-08:00

Oh my gosh he is cute! Don't know what else to say.

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A Christmas Toy

2012-01-18T09:05:00.000-08:00

So I was bad over Christmas and didn't take any pictures. We had an excellent time though. This is just one of the too many Christmas presents that Holden got. His grandpa Tanner made this sleigh for him. It is an amazing piece of art. It works really well too. Holden LOVES it. This was his first time going using the it. Russell and I went over to the park by our house where there is a little hill. He and I took turns pulling Holden up and down.

dishes

2012-01-05T18:50:00.001-08:00

My sweetest little man helping me with dishes tonight. For every one I put in he pulled two out. I pushed the dish rack in to try and get ahead of the game and that's when he climbed up on the dishwasher door. What a sweet "helper"

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Arizona

2012-01-05T10:11:00.000-08:00

Our visit to Arizona before Christmas. When we first arrived my Dad's brother Gary picked us up at the airport and we went back to his house for lunch. We talked and took pictures.

This is in my uncle's front yard. BEAUTIFUL! Us and my two cousins, Ashley and Nichole, talking pictures. Holden was pulling his face!

Right in front of my uncles house. Holden was making his face the ENTIRE time we were taking pictures. So we decided it would be fun to get one of all of us making his face... Of course he wouldn't do it!

My uncle then took us to our resort for the next few days, The Hyatt Regency. It was beautiful! This is only a small part of the back of the property. There were pools everywhere. There was no basketball court though. Basketball is a big deal in this family. My Grandpa discovered a gym across the street from the hotel, so we ended up playing basketball there. Also, I decided that I need to play tennis more than once a year on our family vacation. I love the game and I need to get better!

Conor, my cousins son decided that he wanted to eat next to Holden. He is such a sweet boy, he totally helped get Holden a drink. I have to say that I am proud of Holden because he ate 2.5 pieces of pizza while the twins only ate 1. :)

Dinner the next night. Don't mind Holden's undershirt. We took his cute shirt off because it was too stinking hot in our dinner room. Holden showing off he newly acquired straw skills. I don't think that I saw my baby the entire night.

Holden loves to make faces and have faces made at him. Grandpa was showing him how to be a fish. So cute. I love these moments.

Holden playing with Grandpa before dinner.

Holden was wanting to walk around, but his walking skill weren't that great. Layla was making sure that he was okay and standing. The twins were so cute with him.

Holden walked right into Conors arms. He was a little nervous about it. So was I! Conor did great though!

Conor very proud of him self for catching the baby.

HAHA! Sorry Tay, I love it! This is what our family does at dinner..... Ha we were having a debate about how this yoga move was done, so Tay got down and demonstrated.

Conor wanted to do the yoga move to. His version was a head stand with no hands. I am kinda freaking out holding him up. He is heavy!

Bet you wish that your dinners could be like ours?!

Arizona was great trip. I brought my camera and video camera and didn't even get them out. So, thank you to everyone that I stole pictures from!

December

2011-12-14T17:39:00.001-08:00

Every year we hand make chocolates for christmas. Holden licked the spoon this year. I am pretty sure he was loving it too. There is chocolate all over his clothes, hands and face. Not to mention all the cute little chocolate hand and feet prints on the floor. Ha!

He also helped me shovel the driveway the other day. Cute boy!

Sorry I said I wouldn't only post pictures of the baby, but he is jJust too dang cute!!

The dogs

2011-12-02T08:34:00.001-08:00

Ryker was standing next to the cabinet in the sun so I moved the bed over for him. Next thing I knew hudson was enjoying the sun too. Silly cold dogs always making me smile.

Holdens 1st Birthday!

2011-11-29T09:36:00.000-08:00

Happy 1st birthday to the cutest boy! Russell went to work late so that he could see Holden open one of his presents. We had to keep Holden focused on ripping the paper. He wanted to go play with his bike.
Getting excited about standing up on the box, who cares whats inside of it...

We got him an octopus that you counts with balls. He likes to eat and trow the balls and occasionally put them where they go.

Holden playing with the singing, counting octopus.

Holdens new favorite thing to do is to climb up on the seat of his bike and turn the tv on. SUCKER!

We had Holdens birthday party on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Here he is getting ready for the day. I added some bubble bath to the tub and he was having fun trying to figure it out. He kept trying to eat them and sticking his face in the water.

Holdens party was at noon right in between nap time so I thought we would have a happy camper, but I was wrong. He only slept for 45 minutes his first nap and was so tired for his party. We tried to give him pasta, which he normally loves, but not today...

He just threw it everywhere.

Grandma had to end up giving baby food. He was hungry and ate 3 jars!

Happy BIRTHDAY baby Holden! I didnt have time to make a super fancy cake like I wanted to, but sure tasted good!

Singing the birthday song

Russell and me helping Holden blow out his candle. He was loving the fire.

Me trying to get this tired boy interested in his cake.

He finally sunk his hand into it, didnt really want to eat it, but sure checked it out.

So tired.

Holden showing off his walking skills. He was loving the attention.

Shelby, Alisa and Aunt Karen watching Holden open his presents.

Now for the good stuff! He loves all the toys and books he got!

Saturday evening after the baby had a 2 1/2 hour nap we took the dogs for a long walk around the park. I just love those cheeks in a hat!

Playing at the park

2011-11-24T17:06:00.001-08:00

We went for a short walk after our thanksgiving feast and landed at the park. Holden was having a great time going down the slide.

Halloween!!

2011-11-01T19:59:00.000-07:00

On Friday this little boy was into EVERYTHING! It was the first day that I truly couldn't keep up with him! I got some sugar out of the pantry and next thing I know he is in there pulling syrup and drinks off the shelf.

Holden has been trying to get into the dog food for a while. I let him get the bowl because it was empty. Poor Hudson and Ryker were standing around looking at me like "Where's my food?"

So, I put some food in the bowl! So funny. He would put some into his mouth, spit it out then do it again and he would kinda make this "euk" noise.

After he discovered that he really didn't like the dog food she started shoving handfuls of food into Hudson face. Huddy was loving eating it out of Holden's hand and Holden was loving feeding him. The mess actually wasn't too bad to clean up. The dogs ate most of the food that fell on the floor.

Next came lunch! What a task! he was tired and kept rubbing his eyes then sticking his fingers in his mouth. Thus we had chicken noodle soup makeup.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! We had a fun time. YES Russell is in costume! Holden was a tiger and he was kind of cranky so he actually growled most of the night..haha!

The tigers teeth come out! grrrr...haha yeah right this is the happiest kid ever!

Our family all dressed up. As you can see I was a trophy wife and Russell was my rich man. Cant really tell in the picture but he has a huge gold chain on and chest hair. haha!

Love This Kid...

2011-10-26T07:45:00.000-07:00

I cant even begin to describe how much joy this little dude has brought into our lives. He is so happy all the time, just hangs out and does whatever we are doing!

Here he was helping me pull weeds-His versions was putting the weed roots, dirt and rocks into his mouth. I had to keep a super close eye on him because it was handfuls of dirt at a time. I pulled out several rocks. I kept trying to put him the the middle of the lawn so that he wouldn't eat so much dirt, but in like 2 seconds he was back at my side "helping."

Mr. Holden's favorite face to pull. He does it and says "aaoooooo." He knows that it makes people smile at him too. Whenever we are at the grocery store, at lunch or just out with people he is interacting with everyone, getting them to smile at him. He loves it!

Holden playing with his friend Asher. They are three weeks apart and good little buddies. Hopefully they will get to play a lot in the future because I like Ashers mom. :)

They were so cute cute playing with Holden's walking toy. They kept taking each others hands off the button that they wanted to touch. Then they would make faces at each other.

Can you see the bruise in the middle of Holden's forehead. He was racing to get to the dog's water bowl before I could get him. He slipped and smashed his head on the tile floor. :(

What HAMS!! Cutes little drool faces ever! It was really hard to get this picture. I thought it was hard trying to get a cute picture of one baby...try two!

Last weekend we brought Holden to the RSL game with us. He was so great. A friend made him his little pumpkin hat. Isn't it cute!?!!

He was intently watching the game from grandma's lap. So serious! After a while he loosened up a little bit and started pulling the "aaaooooo" face and flirting the girls behind us. He was giggling up a storm!

Us again before the game. Cute fart! Seems like all I can talk about is how cute this baby is...sorry for all the mush!

Some Summer Time Fun

2011-10-04T08:44:00.000-07:00

Every year for the past 6 years this man rides his bike 206 miles from Logan, Utah to Jackson, Wyoming. CRAZY if you ask me, but very very impressive! I didn't get any pictures from the actual ride. The day after the ride we decided to go hike around in Teton National Forest. So not only a huge bike ride, but a 2 hour hike the next day...

Me, Russell, baby Holden, Curtis, Jessie and Boyd taking a short break to enjoy the scenery while Carol snaps some pictures. You cant tell from the pictures, but the water is crystal clear and blue.

Baby Holden happy to be along for the ride. He kinda looks goofy in this pic, happy non the less.

Curtis, Holden and Russell. We saw deer, wild chickens, fish and a moose. Cool!

Jessie and Boyd taking a breather. You can kinda get a better idea of what the water was like in this picture. Doesn't do it justice though.

Carol and Curtis. Look at the Tetons in the back. It was so BEAUTIFUL!

We went to the Bunnery to have some lunch.

This was on our way up to Flaming Gorge when we stopped for lunch. I forgot to post it before so I had to post it now.

Baby Holden eating pancakes for the first time. They were actually blueberry pancakes and he loved them.

He was so excited that he got to feed himself. I have to say that the mess gave a just a tiny bit of anxiety.

This was up at Flaming Gorge also. I LEARNED HOW TO RIDE A RIP STICK!!!! I have been wanting to learn for a long time. Every time I saw one laying in someones yard I wanted to pick it up and try it. Russell looked into buying me one so that I could try it, but I guess that they are about 80 bucks. Too expensive to just try.

Me and my teacher, Noah. He was so patient with me. Giving me pointers, telling me how to start, stand and stay on. Best teacher ever!

Noah showing me how its done. He is crazy good!

YAY!! I am doing it! I was so proud of myself. The kids make it look so easy, ITS NOT! It took me about 20 minutes just to stay on for longer than 5 seconds. YAY, I did it!! ha

Cherry Hills. I have never been, this was my first time. That is a cool little park! Annie is a life guard there so we got to go for free on her family day. Me, Russell, baby Holden and Annie enjoying the heated lazy river.

I am glad the pools were heated, because it was a little chilly. Holden was loving checking everything out.

Happy Birthday

2011-10-01T11:22:00.000-07:00

Happy 55 th Birthday DAD! I miss you and love you.

2011-09-20T11:25:00.000-07:00

This is going to be a super long post... First off we have Grandma Tanners 80th birthday party. We took a few family pictures while we were celebrating. Tanners yard is SO beautiful!

HA! look at that face Holden is pulling! Cute baby 9 1/2 months old.

Boyd and Jessie

Man I love these two faces! Holden could not take his eyes off of the waterfall.

So curious about the water. He was trying to climb over Russell's shoulder.

Love them!

awww.

Our cute family pulling our crazy faces...watch out for Russell he might kill you in your sleep. haha!

Every one looking good.

There are lots of pictures of us so watch out. I couldn't pick which ones I liked best, so I just uploaded them all. :)

Aww, the models. Joe, Johnny, Noah and Annie. They told Jessie to take their pictures while they were modeling. Totally a spur of the moment thing. THEY LOOK SO GOOD!!

Haha the models turned evil the next second. We call them the Zepplins.

Annie, Carol and Curtis.

Grandpa and Grandma Tanner. Both 80 years old.

Jessie, John and I went to the Kaysville cannery for the first time. I have been working hard on getting us a little bit more prepared for an emergency. I got us 4 months of food storage.

Jessie, Carol and John showing off the goods we canned.

Jessie, John and me getting all geared up to can our food. It was such a cool experience. We were only there for an hour. They had everything down to an art. Very speedy.

Us being told what to do.

The shed. Window and doors are all in. Hardy board is hung.

Just one little triangle left. Russell dropped the last board and broke it :( so we had to wait until the next weekend to get another one and get it finished.

Me inside the garage priming the hardy board trim.

Russell hanging the trim.

Trim getting close to being all put on. looking so good!

Almost finished! Its all painted except for the door and windows. The color looks great! It matches the house really well!

I am so happy with the way it all came out. I never knew that my husband was just a handy builder! Love it babe!

Boating up at pine view. Holden's first time getting in the water. He loved it. He was kicking and splashing all over the place!

Cute little swimmer!

Holden and Carol sitting on the back of the boat splashing in the water. Notice how smooth the water is. It was 99 degrees out side and no one was on the like. Great water skiing!!!

2011-09-16T22:29:00.001-07:00

Ha! The dog bone is so big he has to hold it with his hands and feet! This baby is constantly making me laugh.

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2011-09-02T09:24:00.000-07:00

Holden and I were playing while Russell was hard at work on the shed.
A friend gave Holden a baby music set. He was having a great time playing the drums!

I put Holden down by his dresser and went to wash my hands. When I came back in the room 10 seconds later he was across the room under the chair so proud of himself.

Such a cute little ham!

The SHED! getting close.

Russell got the windows in!

Holden sitting in the grass watching his Dad and Grandpa work. I of course thought it was tons of fun to eat it!

2011-08-27T21:08:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went up to Flaming Gorge to camp and boat. It was Holden's first camping trip and he did so great. He cryed one night a couple of times, but other than that he laughed and hung out the entire time. After we got camp all set up we got started on cooking a yummy dinner. The next day we went and floated down the river. Holden stayed back at camp with Russells aunt. Russell told me that I couldnt bring the camera on the river because it would get wet. But then his mom was telling me that the river was mild and Holden could come...didnt make since to me. With in the first five minutes of being on the raft Russell pulled me into the freezing water. It was so cold I could talk to tell him to get me out. Then I got the bright idea to try and push Russell in and I got pulled in again. After we were all good and cooled off the rest of the float was BEAUTIFUL!

Holden wanted to get down and play, but I wouldnt let him sit in the dirt. So, we went and played in Jessie and Boyd's tent. He was having a great time rolling around.

King Holden sitting in the middle of the table while everyone else made cowboy dinners. eemmm.

Uncle Mike, Carol and Holden sitting around by the fire at camp.

Jessie getting a quick drink while cooking dinner. Jessie and I made chicken shishkabobs(?).

Boyd grilling our dinner. They came out YUMMY!

Holden sitting on his grandma's lap after dinner. He was so tired and still so good!

Russell, Me and Holden hanging out on the beach while the kids were out on the boat. About an hour after we got everything all set up it started raining and got freezing cold.

Holden putting his toes in the cold water. He doesnt look like he is enjoying himself, but he was having so much fun. He kept trying to sit down so that he could splash. I wouldnt let him sit down because I could see the clouds rolling in.

Our toes :)

I love Flaming Gorge. So beautiful!

Grandma and Grandpa sitting under the sun umbrella to shield themselves from the rain while getting warm by the fire. It was freezing!

Russell taking a nap in the rain.

Joe tickling Grandma's ear with a weed. He did it a couple of times before she figured out what was going on. HA!

We enjoyed one sunny day on the river and two freezing rainy days on the beach. It was too cold for me to get in the water. The kids got in several times and were pretty blue. It was a fun camping trip!

2011-08-22T11:48:00.000-07:00

On August 13, 2011 we put together a memorial bike ride to honor my Dad's life. I wish that we didint have to do this, but I think that it turned out well. There were about 80 people that came out for Dad. Dad's friends from the bike shop planned a route for us that Dad really enjoyed. It was 15 miles and the first 7 were all up hill. Super challenging. The last 6 miles were all down hill. :) The day was beautiful and I hope that Dad was enjoying the ride with us. This ride was the first that Craig,Jana, Hannah (my cousin) Russell and I have ever done. We all finished!!

Everyone at the park before the ride was to start.

Our group leaving the park for our 15 mile ride. I have to say that I was nervous to be on a bike!

Curtis, Russell's dad, teaching me how to shift the gears on my barrowed bike. It was a super nice bike!

Us riding along. Tay, pacing us for the first bit.

Craig on a mountain bike honoring Dad.

Me wishing that I wasnt having to do this, but enjoying the ride.

Hannah, our cousin came up and stayed the weekend with us. It was so fun to have her here. I wish she lived closer! She was a huge help with everything that we had to do!

Hannah, Holden, Tay, Russell, me and 1/2 of Alisa looking at pictures after the ride. Russell pulled a little trailer with baby Holden.

Tay and Me talking to some of Dad's friends after the ride. It was so great to hear about he touched all of their lives. I wish that I could have talked to all 80 people!

My besties Katie and Brooke came and rode. This ride was Katie's first too.

Dale, one of Dad's good friends put Dad's car back together and then drove it as the pace car for the ride. It was great to have the car there. Dad loved his family, biking and his car.

Most everyone gathered around Dad's car after the ride. We didnt get everyone, but thank you all for coming and showing/offering your support to us.

2011-08-11T06:35:00.000-07:00

This post is all about small little things we have been doing this summer.
Russells family had a reunion up in Heber City. We all stayed in a huge cabin. It was crazy with kids, babies, parents, and grandparents all over the place. We didnt really get too much sleep ;)
Russell, Holden, Me and Russells aunt and uncle decided to go for a little hike around camp. The grounds were beautiful. In our 25 minute walk we saw 3 deer just walking around munching on the vegetation.

We went for a hike up snow canyon with my step mom. Our ankles and toes were so disgusting! The hike was hot and dusty, but still pretty.

Baby Holden getting his first tub in our kitchen sink. He kept tipping over because of all the water. Such a cute little bugger!

Holdens very first time in the swimming pool. We went over to Brookes apartment to enjoy some nice hot sunny weather. Holden was just having a great time learning that the water splashed when he hit it with his hands. Its so neat watching this little guy learn!

We needed a small break to warm back up.

2011-08-11T06:21:00.000-07:00

Park City! We spent a weekend up at the beautiful St. Regis Resort. It was a beautiful hotel, kind of a huge maze though. We went to see The Frog Man, Tim. Mom, me and my uncle collect his work.
The art gallery threw a party for us at High West Distillery. It was a great party with tons of amazing food and drink.

Aww..FAMILY! We were a little bit early, we just hung out and watched everyone mingle for a little bit before trying our had at poker :)

This was Holden's second time in the pool. The water was a tiny bit chilly and the wind was blowing a little bit, so we didnt stay in the water for too long.

Holden decided that he was a big boy and needed to get a drink of water from my cup. He was so proud of himself. He would suck on the glass and let all the water dribble down the front of him. then pull the cup away and laugh. I have to say that I was really entertained by it!

My two favorite boys! Hanging out waiting for me to finish getting ready. I think its safe to say that my son looks just like my husband!!! RSL was supposed to play that day, but the game was cancelled due to to much water on the field!?!! Thats a first. We were sad!

The weekend was a pretty good distraction. Although there was one time when my phone rang and I thought "its Dad, I need to get that" :(

Mom bought 4 new frogs and I got 2 new frogs.

2011-08-09T13:54:00.000-07:00

My cousin Kim got married! We flew into San Francisco and stayed at my Grandpas house then drove to San Luis Obispo for the festivities. It was a good week!

Holden in his car seat on the drive to SLO. He was so good! Hung out and talked to me the entire way(with one small nap). HANDSOME!

Holden getting all covered in sunscreen before getting to be in the water.

We had a couple of days by the pool. It was Holdens third time in the pool and he loves it! He sits on the top step and splashes like crazy.

Mom sitting with baby Holden after he got out of the pool.

That night the entire family went out to dinner, 18 of us were there. It was nice to be with everyone.

My cousin Kim and Tim. Everyone was making toasts to them. They were so cute and lovie. I wished that Russell could have made the trip so that I could have been lovie with him :)

This was where they got married. SO BEAUTIFUL!!! The wedding was small, only about 20 people.

My cousin Scott and his girlfriend Cecile hanging out before the wedding. It was her 21st birthday that day. Happy birthday!

My uncle Jon and my cousin Kim coming down the isle. Very beautiful.

The ceremony. We were out on the edge of a cliff. I cant even describe how beautiful it was.

My cousins Kim and her sister Kendra after the wedding.

Family photos after the wedding.

The center piece at the reception. I like them a lot!

Me and baby Holden hanging out at the reception waiting for some yummy dinner. Holden loves to eat spoons!

Holden was standing on moms lap and all the glitter from her dress ended up on Holdens toes. Pretty cute glitter toes!

Mom bought Holden some teething crackers. He was a huge mess, but having so much fun. Everything can wash right!?!!

Holden having fun with his cracker.

Mom and Holden dancing the night away. Holden was getting a little tired by this point. Still super happy though. :)

Holden and Me dancing. He was looking at me like "what is this crazy lady doing with me?"

Back in San Francisco. Grandpa trying to get Holden to walk. He just wants to stand though.

The flight back to Utah. Holden played most of the time with one little nap. Still and amazing flyer. Not one bad sound came out of him.

Mom got lipstick on his cheek so of course I had to take a picture of it :)

2011-08-09T13:42:00.000-07:00

These pictures are from the middle part of June. Just didnt get them posted with everything that was going on.
There was a concrete pad poured out back to build a shed on when we bought our house. It had 2 inch re-bar post sticking out all around it. We decided that it would be a good idea to get the shed built before a certain little someone was able to crawl/walk and get hurt. Russell and his dad started construction on it. Holden and I played inside where it was cool :)

Holden just learning to sit up. I am glad that the boppy was good for something because I didnt like using it to feed this cute little guy. He only used it for a few days before he had sitting up down.
HA! pictures all out of order again! Russell and Curtis getting the roof on our "shed" which is actually a the size of a single car garage :)

Getting all the boards into place.

Getting the walls up. So exciting!

More on the walls. One minute I go outside and they are still cutting wood and the next minute I see this...WOW! They are fast workers!

More pictures to come of the finished product soon!

2011-07-12T07:18:00.000-07:00

David Alan Thompson
"In Loving Memory"
10/01/1956 - 07/01/2011
› Service Date: 08/13/2011

David was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 1, 1956 to Harold and Helen Thompson. He spent his youth in Albuquerque until graduating from University of New Mexico with his Bachelors in electrical engineering. He moved to Tucson, AZ with IBM where he met Joan Silverman. They married in 1982 (later divorced) and settled in Ogden, UT where David began working for Iomega. He worked for 15 years, rising to the position of Director of Product Assurance, and participated on the Zip drive conceptualization team. With much success, in 1996 David was able to retire from Iomega and dedicate his time to his family and enjoying life. David was father to three children, Lauren, Craig and Jessica. He loved coaching and supporting his daughters in competitive and collegiate soccer, teaching his son all his handy-man skills, taking his family on ATV camping trips, and teaching them to race go-karts. David always had a burning desire to race and compete whether it was racing his motorcycle, Corvette, Ralt Super Vee, or, most recently, his bicycle. He was also very passionate about working in the garage on his “toys”. His ability to solve problems and fix anything and everything was remarkable. In 2002 he met his current wife Alisa Hughes and the love of biking brought them together. At that time, he was also introduced to Alisa’s daughters, Sumer and Shelby, with whom he was a supportive and loving step-father. David and Alisa married in 2007. They were truly lovers and did everything together from biking and hiking to traveling the world. David progressively became more involved in biking after moving to South Jordan with Alisa in 2006. He joined the Infinite Cycles race team and spent many hours with the guys. He was always smiling, offering positive encouragement, and teaching as many as he could. His last Criterion bicycle race was on June 29, 2011 in Salt Lake City where he suffered a fatal bicycle accident. David passed away on July 1, 2011 with his family by his side.
David is survived by his mother, Helen, and his brothers and sister, Gary (Karen), Harold (Leilani McGranahan), and Linda Martin, his three children, Lauren (Russell) Tanner, Craig (Janalee) and Jessica, his wife, Alisa, and two step-daughters, Sumer and Shelby. He was preceded in death by his father, Harold and his brother-in-law, David Martin.
David’s wishes were not to have a funeral service but rather to have a celebration of his wonderful and exuberant life. A memorial bike ride will be held in Salt Lake City on August 13, and all friends and family are invited to join in celebrating his life. For more information about the bike ride, visit: http://www.facebook.com/RememberDavid or http://www.infinitecycles.com/.

2011-07-11T15:31:00.000-07:00

In Loving Memory of David Alan Thompson.

Words cant even begin to describe how shaken I was when I received a phone call from Grandma at 9:15 pm on June 29, 2011. Grandma told me that Dad was in a serious biking accident and she couldn't talk. I called Alisa who was at the hospital waiting for Dad to come out of surgery. We immediately headed to the hospital where I learned Dad was racing his bike in a criterion race and got in a bad accident. Dad passed away on July 1, 2011.
The rest of the post is a few recent pictures of my dad doing the things he loved.

Dad racing in a cyclocross race in Ogden. This was last October, one of his first races. I think he was in second to last place in this race and he was so determined to get better and better. In his last race he was in the front of the pack. Way to go Dad!
Dad hanging out with baby Holden at Jana and Craig's wedding dinner. Dad was so excited to be able to baby sit the baby, which he got to do a few weeks ago. Dad couldn't wait until Holden was older and he could take him out into the garage to "play"

Dad with Alisa holding baby Holden at the hospital. I thought that Holden looked so much like Dad when he was first born. This pictures touches my heart.

Alisa, Dad, Jess, Me and Shelby at Jana and Craig's wedding. I am so happy that we had this celebration a couple of weeks ago and all of Dads family was here. I gave Dad the middle tear of the wedding cake to take home and eat, he had such a big sweet tooth.

Dad took all of us down to Zion National Park for the weekend a few years ago. I love this picture. We had so much fun being together and hiking all over. I was so scared to hike up Angels Landing and Dad kept encouraging me telling me that the view at the top was worth it, and it was.

Dad and Alisa goofing off, as usual. They were teasing each other about putting on the water suits to go hiking.

All of us in our suits getting ready to start our hike up the river. We were freezing cold and didn't have any food to eat, but we still had so much fun teasing each other and enjoy the canyon. Shelby and I floated on our backs down because we were to tired to walk. So much fun!

This was on our way up to the top of Angels Landing. Pictures got all out of order, like normal. We were reminiscing about out times, Craig, Dad and I. The girls got way far ahead of us because Craig was out of shape and I was scared. We were going super slow.

This was still down at Zion. We went out to eat for Thanksgiving dinner. The food was amazing and we had a great time talking.

This was in Albuquerque a few years ago when we all went to visit Grandma. Dad organized an ultimate Frisbee game. Russell, Gary, Alisa, Dad, and Craig were all proud of their "skills" and therefore showing off their muscles.

Dad getting everyone organized on teams and telling everyone the rules. It was a super fun day at the park. Grandma came and watched from a lawn chair. Dad always liked to organize actives when we went to Albuquerque otherwise we would just end up sitting around and talking.

This was on our way to Santa Fe. We were goofing off in the car taking pictures and teasing Jana and Alisa because both of them said that they had to go pee about 10 minutes into our hour drive. We enjoyed walking around and looking at art galleries as a family.

Dad and Alisa came up to watch my graduation from Weber State. I felt so special to have him there supporting me. From the beginning of time Dad told me that I was going to college, no choice. I am happy that I went and finished and that he was there by my side the entire time. Afterward he took us out to lunch to celebrate.

Haha, Christmas a few years ago. Dad was one of the hardest people in the world to buy presents for. This year, all he wanted was a headlamp so that he could see around the house, in the garage and use it camping. We were teasing him that he was getting old and couldn't see anymore. He enjoyed the little things so much!

Dad and Alisa being cute together. They were such good friends. They went hiking, biking, running and traveling together all the time. Dad and Alisa did more in 9 years then most people do in a life time. Made me happy to see my Dad happy with Alisa.

This is my very very very favorite picture of my Dad. He grew to hate these gophers. He had been trying to get rid of them for 3 years. At first he was very humane about his attempts to get rid of them, as he discovered more about how smart they were, he got more creative in is ways of getting rid of them. This was his first catch this spring. He was so proud! We found a piece of cardboard in the garage with GOPHERS and some tally marks written on it. He was up to 5. Made me laugh.

Dad, I am so sad that you had to leave us, but I am so happy for all the wonderful memories you left me with. I hope that I can be a good example to my children as you were to me. You will always be in my heart and thought. I miss you, I love you.

2011-06-28T14:52:00.000-07:00

Jana and Craig's wedding weekend.Sorry this post is a little late. I had LOTS of pictures to get organized. Family from out of town flew in on Thursday night, so we went down to Dads to have dinner with everyone. None of them had met Holden yet, so he was the life of the party. He loved being passed around to everyone. And fell asleep on my aunts lap (even though he still wanted to be awake) Thursday was also my grandma's 89th birthday. She of course did not want to celebrate, but we did anyway.

Alisa lighting the candles on grandmas cake after we had a yummy dinner.

We promised Grandma that we wouldnt put 89 candles on her cake. I with that she lived closer. It was so fun to see her and hangout with the family.

Holden needed a momentary break from being held. We put him on the floor and he was laughing and eating his toes.

Holden sitting on his great grandma's lap. Holden is Grandma's second great grandchild. My aunt gave him the monkey and he instantly loved it. It has a really cool texture to it.

Friday night was Craig and Jana's rehearsal and dinner. They had their dinner at the timbermine steak house. It was pretty good. They gave everyone in the wedding party a cool wine glass or beer mug as a gift. This is me getting my gift.

I made this cake for the dinner. Craig drew a picture of what he wanted and this is what I came up with. I think he liked it. :)

Jess, Me and Craig at the dinner. Everything turned out really well.

Another picture of the cake. I am pretty proud of myself. I havent made any cakes before this one, other than the couple that I made in cake class.

The rehearsal for the wedding was up at Wolf Creek Golf Course. It was beautiful! I dont know why Tay has on an unhappy face, but I still liked the picture so I posted it.

Cutest baby Holden just hung out and enjoyed. He played on the grass for a little bit and sat on people lat while we practiced for the wedding.

Me, Russell and Holden sitting and waiting for Jana and Craig who were about 30 minutes late. If you know them, this is to be expected.

Mom, Grandpa, Lauren and the wedding coordinator all waiting for the 2 most important people to show up.

Yay they arrived! Me, Russell, Holden, Jana, Mom, Grandpa, Lauren and Tay posing for some pictures before we got to work. We were standing where they were to be married.

Saturday afternoon was the wedding. This is my Dads side of the family waiting for the show to begin.

One of the views from the porch. I love the valley. Its so pretty and smells so good!

Russell sitting up in the lodge waiting for everyone to be ready so we could head down to our places for the wedding. Isnt he the most handsome bald head!?!?!!

The lodge, where the dinner and dancing were to be held.

The table center pieces, which I placed on all the tables.

Jana and Craigs sweetheart table. They were looking over the rest of the room.

Tay and I went down to SLC to pick up all the flowers on the day of the wedding. I had 7 coolers full of ice and we still didnt have enough. After picking up the flowers I went to pick up my sister in law, Jessie and the wedding cake.

One Jessie and I made it up to the lodge we went to work right away on getting the cake assembled. It only took us about an hour and a half. Again I was super happy with how it came out. Jessie has made wedding cakes before, but I havent.

Some of the fresh flower decoration. Jessie did most of the decorating. That is her favorite part and NOT mine.

I think that it came out pretty good ;)

We finished decorating the cake leaving me about 20 minutes to get ready (turns out I had longer than that cuz people were late) After everyone was ready we all went down to the patio together to take our places for the wedding. I dont have many pictures of the part, but there was 14 people in their wedding party. This is Jared, Jana's brother and Jess (Tay) walking down the isle.

Russell and Me walking down. We were the last of the party. (thats their photographer in the background.)

Craig waiting for his bride. He was all smiles, pretty touching!. Lauren married them and she did a beautiful job!!!!

My cute family, Nicole, Ashley, Tay, Me, Shelby and Hannah

My Dad and Alisa

Craig and Mom

Russell and his dad, Curtis. I was so thankful to Russell's family who took care of baby Holden while we did wedding stuff.

I LOVE MY FAMILY!!!Carol helped me make some black slacks for Holden and get him ready for the wedding. He turned out dang cute! I love this pic!

Craig, Mom,Holden, Me and Russell.

Alisa, Dad, Tay, Me, and Shelby

The flower girls Angel and Larissa. They were super cute and did a great job. Larissa mentioned how beautiful Jana was then said that she wished she could marry Craig. haha

My bestest buddy, Brooke! She came up early to help me get everything set up and get ready. I am so thankful for my wonderful friend!

Me, Mom and Tay

More pictures after the wedding. Lauren, Larissa, Tay, Jana, Craig, Mom, Me, Holden, Russell, Grandpa and Taven.

Same people, different angle

Tay, Me, Russelll, Mom and Grandpa waiting to be told what to do for pictures.

Tay, Me, Russell and Craig waiting for more pictures. The warm sun felt good. it was such a nice day.

Jana, Craig, Tay and Me

After the wedding everyone headed to the patio for some shade and drinks.

Craig with Taven, Jana's bestfriends son. Taven was the ring barer, but hewas running around like crazy and noone trusted him with the rings. He only made it half way down the isle before he took off after a bird.

Shelby, Tay, Hannah and Ashley sitting around talking after dinner. Once the dancing begun we all jumped in and started doing the hoky poky. We were all laughing so hard, it was a great time.!

Hanging out talking after dinner. Nichole, Shelby, Tay, Me, Hannah and Ashley.

The wedding coordinator talking to Jana and Craig about cutting into my beautiful cake. TEAR! It was a little sad for me, but mostly happy.

The happy couple cutting into the cake. The photographer told them to do it in slow motion so that he could get a lot of good pictures, so I have a lot of pictures also! ha!

They were so cute feeding eachother a bite. So in love! After they took their bite Jana turned and told me how good it tasted. Made me feel good that I can make it pretty AND taste good!

So cute!

Craig and Jana's first dance together as a married couple. I am so happy for them and very to happy to have Jana as an "official" sister (inside joke) Congratulations! love you guys!

2011-06-22T13:14:00.000-07:00

Janalees wedding shower thrown by her aunts form out of town.

Craig and Jana have 14 people in their line. 7 boys and 7 girls. These are all the bridesmaids except for 2, my sister and Janas cousin, both from out of town.

Jana's aunts and mom that hosted the shower.

Us at the shower before lunch was served. Brooke, Larissa, Holden, Me, and Lauren. Larissa is a flower girl and Lauren is marrying them.

Cute baby Holden. This was his first time sitting in a highchair. He was a bit wobbly, but did really good.

Jana opening her gifts.

Still opening gifts.

2011-06-22T12:27:00.000-07:00

I voulenterred to make to make my brother and Jana's wedding cake. I have never made a wedding cake before, but I did take a cake class last summer to learn. Jessie, Russells sister has made several wedding cakes so I asked for her help. She is good at cakes! Jana and Craig came over to the house to discuss what they wanted with us-three tears, bottom chocolate, middle white cake and top funfetti. The outside was to have frest flowers, but the rest was up to us. The saturday before the wedding it took us all day to get the cakes mixed, poured, baked, cooled and stored for later covering. The house smelt really good!

Jessie getting the middle tear of the cake covered in fondant. By this point I had already done the first tear and forgot to take pictures.

Jessie getting the bottom tear covered in frosting while I rolled out the fondant to cover it with. The bottom tear was chocolate cake with a peanut butter filling and chocolate frosting. I dont like peanut butter so I didnt have any, but everyone said it was really good.

Me smoothing out the fondant on the bottom tear. We waited to cut the extra fondant off so that we wouldnt get chocolate frosting on the white fondant.

We transported the cake as 3 separate cakes and assembled the cake at the reception site. Jessie is measuring where to place the support doles.

Jessie holding ribbon on the cake waiting for me to hurry an take the picture. I am so happy that she loves the decoration part. (it stresses me out) She was having so much fun.

The final product. Jana and Craig choose a T as their cake topper. Jessie decorated the cake with flowers and frilly stuff.

I think that we did a pretty great job. Especially for my first cake :)

Jessie and I make a pretty good team. I like to do all the frosting and fondant part, which stresses Jessie out. And she likes to do the decorating which stresses me out.

2011-06-22T11:43:00.000-07:00

My brother got married last weekend. I made a cake for the rehearsal dinner. My brother drew me a picture of exactly what he wanted. Neither one of them like carrot cake, but I made one for my moms birthday and they both loved it and said that they wanted their dinner cake to be carrot cake, so thats what it is.

I was getting so nervous about making this cake all by myself to feed 60 people. I started about a week ahead of the dinner so that I would have plenty of time to redo it if I messed it up. I am happy to say that I didnt mess it up :)

Putting together the two layers with cream cheese frosting. The cake stuck in the pan so I kinda had to piece it back together. Good thing you cant see this in the final product!!

Getting the fondant all rolled out was a big task. My arms were so so super tired. It all went on very smoothly.

Trimming off the extra fondant. I smoothed out all the lumps on the cake with a coffee cup (I didnt want to pay $10 for a smoothing tool.)

Dying white fondant black takes a lot of color and kneading. My arms were dead by this point. I rolled out the black fondant and cut 1 by 1 inch squares then "glued" them on the cake with sugar water. LONG process!

Two hours later my cake completely covered. The idea was to make it a checkered flag.

Now for the bike jump that my brother wanted. I made rice crispy treats and shaped them while they were still hot. After they cooled I covered them in fondant that I colored brown. I then added chocolate frosting to the sides to make it look more like dirt. Then added some sand looking sprinkles. I was happy with how dirt like the jumps looked. :)

The final product-My brother on his bike jumping through the finish line.

My brother seeing his cake for the first time. He said that it was exactly how he wanted it. Made me feel good. He also said that he wasnt going to let anyone eat it. He wanted to take it home and put it on display. (We ate it!)

My brother and me with the cake. I am so proud of it!!! Just because I got it exactly how my brother wanted it.

I am good! haha just kidding!!

2011-06-03T07:35:00.001-07:00

The first two teeth! This is the best picture I could get and it was abouth the 20 th one I took. I think Holden was done having the camera in his face.

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2011-06-03T07:33:00.001-07:00

Holden man trying on the slacks Carol and I made for him for the wedding. I was absolutely amazed that NO where sells black baby slacks! Anyway they turned out pretty good.

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2011-05-16T15:29:00.001-07:00

I made Holden some peas today! He was a great little pea eater. We made a mess. I can't believe how much cheaper it is to make your own baby food! I made 5 servings for a dollar! Very happy!

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2011-05-06T20:12:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we took a quick trip up to Portland to visit Tay and to watch RSL play. We arrived Friday night and went to a new little brewery for dinner. The beer wasn't very good :( Saturday morning we got up and went to the farmers market in Hillsborro. Their markets are a LOT better than ours here. Hopefully one day ours will be better. Russell and I got some super yummy bite size cheese cakes :)) So all the pictures are out of order, but that's nothing new. Blogger frustrates me sometimes. Well most of the time!!

Me and Holden on the train. We both wanted a nap and he got his. He was so cute all bundled up.

As we were getting all of the extra clothes, diaper bag, rain gear, hats, scarves, camera and baby gear all gathered up Holden was giggling in his hat. He must have known how cute he was! little stinker.

Us at the game. Russell found us some seats on the front row. Yes, I am wearing Russell's coat and Holden is inside. If you look close you can see his hood. I was keeping him warm and cozy while he slept :)

Us waiting for the train to head into Portland to watch the game. I love that you can get just about anywhere you want to go via the train. So convenient!! Haha notice that even Holden has his Real gear on!

Us on the train headed to the game. Holden was so great! he was all bundled up in the front carrier. I felt pregnant again. ha!

My mom got this monkey hat for Holden at the farmers market. I think that Tay took about 50 pictures!

Everyone on the train (except Tay,who is taking the picture) headed to the game. There were also lots of Timbers fans on the train too. I have to say that they were all nice to us for the most part. Friendly heckling.

Another picture of Holden in the monkey hat. Man he is CUTE!! He is all smiles all the time!

Another picture of Holden that Tay took. Mom got him that little monkey at the store. Guess mom had a thing for monkeys this weekend...

2011-05-03T18:59:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter! Every year my mom has an Easter egg hunt for the "big kids." She hides eggs with candy and money in them as well as mini bottles. This year we had our hunt in Lauren's back yard. She had more plants to hide things in. Holden buddy was super sweet as usual. He was happy to hang out and be passed around so that everyone had a chance to hold him. I love his cute little sun hat!
Lauren and Russell hunting for eggs and mini bottles. Easter Sunday was so sunny and beautiful Russell's shiny bald head got super sun burnt.

Mom helping Larissa with her Easter eggs. She founds some butterfly clips that Mom hid for her. She was so cute and excited about her new hair clips.

Jana and Craig going through their loot. They got a few dollars, candy and mini bottles.

Russell and Me enjoying the sunny day after the hunt. Not to brag, but we got the most money and mini bottles. We had a stragy to keep the light eggs(with money) and through the heavy eggs (with candy) back. Our plan worked :)

Lauren, Larissa, Mom and Holden enjoying the sunny Easter day. Larissa was so cute, she totally went on a walk around the yard and scoped out all the eggs. She ran so fast to get all the ones that she had seen.

Katie and Gavin came and joined in our hunt. Gavin only got 7 dollars. He was leaving all the eggs for the Larissa. He didn't realize they had money in them. ha!

After hanging out we my family we went over to Russell's parents house for some yummy ham dinner. Holden got a new truck from the Easter bunny. He loves playing with it.

Grandma got to feed Holden some rice cereal. He is still to wobbly to sit in the hi chair so I was making sure that he didn't fall over. He is so happy to eat!

The baby concentrating on Grandma feeding him.

2011-04-18T14:03:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we went to Reno to watch Tay play in her alumni soccer game. I was a little nervous for Holdens first plane ride, but he was amazing, as usual. He sat on my lap, played and slept. He didnt even make a peep. I love this baby! There were extra seats on the plane so we were allowed to take the car seat on with us. It was nice to set him in it to take a little nap time. Making it through security went more smoothly then I thought it would. Traveling with the baby was no harder then traveling with my husband :)

All of us sitting at the Wolf Pack Stadium watching Jessica play soccer. It was a super nice day, 70 degrees and sunny.

Our little family. Holden was so "go with the flow"

Craig, Jana, and Mom were kinda fighting over who got to hold the baby. I dont think we really actually watched too much of the game. The alumni team ended up winning 1-0. Tay was super excited!

Holden wearing Craigs had to keep his little head out of the sun.

Holdens contributions to the flight home. He slept the entire way! I was happy that he could stay under his little blanket because he was pants less. Our flight was so early that I just grabbed clothes and changed him when he woke up, but I left the pants in the suitcase...oops.

2011-04-08T09:39:00.001-07:00

I was asking him if he was going to be a good eater when I start him on rice cereal... I hope!

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2011-03-31T11:13:00.001-07:00

Omg I love this face!

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2011-03-21T13:43:00.000-07:00

Holden's idea of hanging out with he boys... I asked Russell to put the baby to sleep while I took the dogs for a walk. Russell said that he rocked him, gave him his binky, put him in the swing nothing was working. When I walked in the door Holden was awake sitting next to Russell and 5 seconds later I went back to give Russell a kiss and here is what I found.
Poor thing just wanted to stay awake and hang out with his dad, but I guess he couldn't fight it any more. HAHA!

2011-03-18T10:45:00.000-07:00

Holden got his first hair cut yesterday, March 17,2011. I was so excited! I probably took way too many pictures, but I wanted everyone to see how funny his hair was growing in.

On top it was about 2 inches long. When he was born it would curl and with it this long I had a hard time even getting it to stand up. On the side/top he had random long strands and then right below it was peach fuzz.

Can you see the long wisps on the side of his head?

What a mess!! haha long on top and long on bottom with a big bald spot in between. We took care of that problem!

The beginning of his very first cut. Just sat, well mostly stood on my lap and let Katie do her thing. The girl taking pictures was a new face to him and loved her. He would not take his eyes off of her.

He did pretty good at sitting still. Good little buddy!

The final product after we went home and washed all the tickley hairs off. The back of his little head looks so much better. I am very happy with the new do.

He was getting super tired so there was no way I was getting a smile out of him. I still think he is such a cute little fart!!

2011-03-17T13:14:00.001-07:00

This is a daily occurrence. Hudson loves Baby Holden. He is always next to him. Yesterday Holden had a hold of huddy's beard. Hudson just sat there until I noticed and pried Holden's fingers off. Huddy got up and walked around the room and sat right back down next to Holden. What a good Hudson puppy!

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2011-03-16T15:30:00.001-07:00

Russell and I went to watch RSL play in a CONCACAF game. They played Costa Rica and WON!! This Is a big deal! We are the first American team to make it to the semi finals EVER! it was a 2-0 victory and super entertaining to watch! The first MLS game is next week and I am EXTREMELY happy soccer season is back!!

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2011-03-14T11:46:00.000-07:00

This weekend we went down to St. George to get some sunshine. We stayed at the Inn at Entrada. It was absolutly beautiful! Our condo was right on the golf course and the view was amazing. We had a little duck pond right outside the door. The golf green witht the red mountains in the back ground ....amazingly beautiful!

This weekend was Holden's first vacation, although it was more like a trip. I was nervous, but our baby was so good. He slept the ENTIRE drive down. I was worried about having enough diapers, clothes etc. He slept in the pack n play for the first time. It took him about an hour (not normal) to fall asleep. He totally knew that he wasnt in his bed. He was such a champ at all our eating out adventures. Just sat and hung out. I am so greatful for my wonderful baby!

Russell was so happy to be with the baby all weekend. He couldnt hardly put Holden down. This picture was right when we got to the Inn. I took the picture myself or I would have tried to get Holden to look. We cant decide wheather Holden looks like me or Russell. What do you think?

We took a walk around the golf course to check out the cool houses and views. We just picked up the jogger last week. I love this stroller! It is so nice. It has suspension. Russell was driving it "off road" to test it out. I have to say it passed his testing. :)

On Saturday night we went to a resturant called Anasazi Grill. They told us that it was a fun place to eat because they bring out this 700 degree stone and you cook your own meat. I wasnt sure about paying money to cook my own dinner, but it was so much fun. I cooked my steak medium rare just EXACTLY how I like it. YUM!

Russell cooking his steak. He was having fun!

Mom and Holden. Mom had mahi mahi, which she ate so quickly. Holden just hung out and smiled.

Craig had steak and Jana had Salmon. They loved their dinner too. I would go back for sure!

Russell and Me. Enjoying our yummy, fun meal.

2011-03-06T19:52:00.001-08:00

Haha I just think this picture is funny and cute. We just got this little seat today and had to try it out. He lasted in it for about twenty minutes, which I was happy about. Cute little gnome!

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2011-03-03T13:38:00.000-08:00

I took Holden on his first of many hiking trips the other day. It was 54 degrees outside and so beautiful! Brooke and I walked along the Bonneville shoreline trail from above Weber State to the top of 27th street. The walk normally takes us an hour and a half. On Tuesday it took us almost three hours. I think it was partly due to the walking in the slush and the other part was the extra twenty pounds I had on my back. He was so great, slept the whole time.
All you can see of Holden is his cute little H hat. He was curled up the entire time in the backpack, which I LOVE! Huddy and Ry were so good too. On the way back Hudson decided he was going to play with Maxx. It was so funny to see the 25 pound dog playing with the 150 pounder.

My good little hiker and Me. I cant believe how heavy he got :)

Brooke and Maxx. Maxx was so tired after our hike he was snoring with is head under Brookes bed with only his bum on his bed.

Getting out of the backpack after our hike(his had was covering his ears on the trail haha). Cute little sleeper! Love him!!

I was so super super sore the next day. Every muscle in my body hurt! I guess thats good for me right?!?!

2011-03-01T11:35:00.001-08:00

Look at that hair. He love to stand so I thought I would put him in the jumper. He loved it! He was super wobbly so I had to tuck a blanket around him. I love the hands too, he's been holding them like that lately. He's so obsessed with them. I know he is my kid, but he is so damn cute!

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2011-03-01T11:32:00.001-08:00

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2011-02-16T13:27:00.001-08:00

My veg is starting to grow....
I am so excites for my garden this year. We have big plans for several different vegi's. Did I mention how excited I am?? Spring hurry up and get here already!

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2011-02-12T19:04:00.000-08:00

Holden and Russell cuddling on the couch the other day. These men are so handsome, I just love them! I am glad that my baby looks so much like my man!

2011-02-12T18:44:00.000-08:00

Dew Tour championships... Saturday we headed up to Snowbasin to watch the dew tour championships. It is amazing to think that the dew tour travels all over the country and we get to have in out back yard resort, Snowbasin. It was awesome to see these amazing skiers flying so high on the 22 foot super pipe.

We parked in the second lot and rode the chair lift up to where the pipe was. I have to say that I have never been on the lift with out my snowboard or skis. Kinda fun.

David Wise is flying on the right side of the pipe.

David Rolland won today with a score of 95. A dew tour record.

Haha I took a picture of the banner, the tv cameras and this dudes crazy sweater. Dorky I know. :)

Amanda, Brooke and Me enjoying the sunny 47 degree weather.

Look at the beautiful super pipe in the background. The sunny day was so nice, I cant get over it! There were so many people just hanging out enjoying the beer and sun.

2011-01-31T09:44:00.003-08:00

Smiles!

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2011-01-31T09:44:00.001-08:00

Love this face!! I am just starting to get him to smile at me. So rewarding :)

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2011-01-21T13:42:00.000-08:00

The other day I am in the bedroom and Russell was sitting in the living room with the baby. I hear Russell yell "baby get in here quick." I am thinking oh no, Russell's knee locked and he fell on the baby or the baby fell off the couch. So, I run into the front room and this is what I find...
Haha, my baby sitting on the dogs back. No need to freak out! Its just Huddy being a good dog while he is tortured. Man, I love these guys! My life wouldn't be worth living without them.

2011-01-13T10:08:00.000-08:00

While Jess was here over Christmas, she and Russell decided to make beer. Its an amber. The brewing night was pretty fun. Jess, Russell and Dane were joking all night long while I held the baby and listened.

Jess checking the temperature of the wort. I think that my sister is the biggest fan of beer that I know!!
Dane helping by drinking some beer. Ha! The pipe on the counter circulates cold water to cool the wort down so that the yeast can be added with out killing it.
Russell and Ryan bottling the beer after it sat in the basement for 2 weeks. It is a big job to get all the bottles cleaned and filled.

Russell and Alex getting beer bottled. The bottled beer should be ready for drinking around Feb 7. Anyone who wants a taste is more than welcome to come over :)

2011-01-05T14:35:00.000-08:00

On Saturday we decided to get the camera out and take a few family pictures. None of them are edited yet, but I think for the most part they came out pretty good. Holden did good being awake for most of them.

I think that this one of our toes is so cute. Holdens toes look just like his parents! Ha

Holden was getting so tired so I just layed him in my lap. Russell thought that he looked so cute sleeping, thus the picture.

Hopefully we can edit the shadows out of this one.

Holden was starting to get tired. I guess a yawn is not as good as a smile, but better then a scream.

Again, hopefully the shadows can go.

Cute faces, I wonder what the baby was looking at...

Us testing to make sure that there are no major shadows. I think the pic came out pretty cute, especially for a test.

2010-12-27T12:36:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas! While I was taking a nap, my baby was getting a much needed bath. His cute little head was so greasy from everyone touching him the night before(Christmas Eve). Russell's parents have the whole extended family over to their house for dinner and celebration. Santa (Russell's grandpa) came to visit the great grand kids. Russell was Joesph, I was Mary and Holden was baby Jesus in the nativity scene. Holden did a great job being the star of the show. :)

This little baby likes his baths!

The towel in the sink looks pretty comfy to me!

Why are babies in the bath so cute?

Hanging out on Christmas day. Grandma's and Grandpa's spoiled him with lots of books, toys, clothes and shoes.

Grandma Carol can never get enough of holding Holden.

Annie opening Christmas presents. She got a new camera, clothes, shoes, and jewelry.

Curtis and Carol watching the kids open all the presents Santa left.

Santa brought Russell and Me a video camera. We are so excited to start recording our lives. Jessie and Boyd are going to Europe in the spring.

John Michael opening all his gifts. Santa was pretty good to him!

Russell opening up baby Holden's gifts from Santa. Jessie got clothes, shoes and books.

Russell hanging out a few days before Christmas. We celebrated Christmas with my dad before Jana, Craig and Jess went off to Hawaii.

Alisa opening presents with Rocco, Craig and Jana's dog.

Craig and Jana got Holden a cool play toy that gets changes as the baby ages. Its got tons of annoying sounds too! :)

Opening presents as a little family. Holden is out for the opening of his presents. Dont worry I helped him.

2010-12-19T18:00:00.001-08:00

Holden got this little outfit for Christmas, so of course we had to take his pictures in it. I think he is a cute little Christmas present!

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2010-12-03T12:46:00.001-08:00

I love this pic! He is almost cross eyed looking at me. Sweet boy.

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2010-11-23T16:12:00.001-08:00

Our baby Holden is here! 7 lb 9 oz and 19 inches long. Everything went wonderfully. And only 4 hours of labor :) We love him so much already!

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2010-11-18T19:00:00.001-08:00

Putting the entertainment center together. So amazing!

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2010-11-18T18:59:00.001-08:00

The finished entertainment center. I love it!

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2010-11-11T18:28:00.001-08:00

I just made some binki clips. I think they came out pretty well, especially since I just winged it. Ha!

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2010-11-11T08:30:00.000-08:00

My belly at 38.5 weeks...

2010-11-10T12:23:00.000-08:00

Just waiting for baby Holden's arrival...

The baby's has been set up for weeks.
The clothes are washed, folded, and put away.
Diapers and wipes are out and ready.
Cradle is almost set up.
Furniture is rearranged to make room for the rocking chair.
My belly is huge :)
Hospital bags are packed.
Car seat is out and waiting for use.
Birthing books are read.

Now all we need is a baby to be here. If he doesnt come in the next 10 days on his own he is going to have some help making it here. Because I dont want the baby's birthday to be on thanksgiving ever the dr said that she would induce me no later than the 20th. ... 10 more days, I can do it!

2010-10-12T17:00:00.000-07:00

We have been talking about going over to Jana and Craigs house to play rock band for over a year now. We finally made it, and it was so much fun. Jana and Russell are the most amazing singers EVER! haha. I have to say for a bunch of beginners, we did pretty good. It only took us a couple of songs to get things figured out! So fun!

2010-10-12T10:48:00.000-07:00

Mom threw a baby shower for me at her house on Saturday. It was very nice. Brooke had some funny games to play. One of them was you had to look at these pictures of women's faces and decide if the face they were making was conception or birth. I only got 2 of the 10 right. Taylor won with 8 correct.

This is the little onesie that Taylor gave me/Holden. I have to say that I was surprised that it wasnt a tie dye something or Birkenstocks. haha. She is totally converted to and Oregon-ite.

Jana and Craig gave us the monitors that I registered for. So nice!

Lauren ordered these cup cakes for the shower. Cute and very yummy! (I had 2!!)

2010-10-12T10:31:00.000-07:00

My dad decided that he was going to try cyclocross racing. We went and watched him race his second race on Saturday morning. It was crazy! They rode in the mud, weeds, and dirt. Then there were several places that they had to get off the bike and jog over obstacles. It was neat to watch! Dad is in the 55 years old and up class and he said that his heart rate was as high as he has had it in years! The race is about 4 labs and 40 minutes and you are pushing yourself to the limit the entire way.

Dad getting ready to start the race.
Taylor and me watching him ride.

Hudson and Ryker also watching Dad ride. Haha, I just thought that this picture was really cute of them so I had to post it.

Dad on the left side, just getting back onto his bike after getting off to jump over that log in the background. There were several people who tried to bunny hop the log and ended up endoing. It scared me. I am glad that the ground was wet from rain and they had helmets on!!! They all got up and kept riding, a good sign!

Me taking a picture of Taylor, taking a picture of Dad coming around a sharp turn.

2010-10-12T10:13:00.000-07:00

On Friday night one of moms friends came over and taught us all how make sushi. It was so much fun!! The even better part about it is that I got to eat it because we used cooked salmon. YUMMY!

Brooke and mom making a sushi roll.

Mom, and her friends Jordan and Jenny goofing around with the rolls.

Jana and me enjoying the rolls that we made...salmon, cucumber, carrots, zucchini and red peppers. Do I look happy, I am!

Me not sharing my plate of rolls.

Me and a couple of moms friends.

Jenny showing me how to roll my first roll. Its actually pretty easy. Lauren watching us so she could make a roll next. And my baby Holden belly at 33 weeks.

2010-09-14T10:19:00.000-07:00

This weekend we went up to Jackson to watch Curtis and Boyd cross the finish line after they rode 206 miles on their bikes. They were on the bike for about 12 hours!!! Of course all my pictures are out of order. The race pictures are at the bottom.

On Monday we decided to canoe around Jenny lake. It was so much fun! Russell is so good to me. He let me sit at the front of the boat and just enjoy the view most of the time while he paddled.

Carol and Curtis looking at all the dead trees.
Carol with her feet in the cold water. It was only 60 degrees. If the water had been warmer I would have been really tempted to jump in.

Jessie and Boyd in the paddle boat. Jess took a ton of pictures of everything while Boyd paddled them around.

Russell and Me in our canoe. I tried to get the grand teton in the background, but I missed a little. It was so nice to be out on the calm water.

Haha this picture makes me laugh. Russell wanted me to give a thumbs up because the baby was kicking so hard. His way of making me laugh and enjoy. :) Anyway, my belly at 30 weeks. Some people tell me how little I am and others tell me that I am huge and I should be having a baby any day....I hope not!

Again my tummy at 30 weeks. We got our crib and dresser this week. I will post pictures as soon as everything is all set up and looking good. The crib converts into a full size bed, which is exciting to me. I am all about saving some cash on buying beds down the road. :)

The guys at the finish line. They all needed to stand and lean against their bikes so they wouldn't fall over. From left to right, Curtis, Boyd, Uncle Don, his son Matt and Don's friend Glen.

The guys about to cross the finish line.

Another shot of the boys coming in from their long day of riding.

Every year we go up to Jackson is so much fun. I always forget how beautiful it is!!

2010-09-04T08:07:00.000-07:00

Carol took all the girls to dinner and to see the Lion King. I was so impressed by the show. The costumes were awesome! If anyone has a chance to go they should, its worth the money!! We sat on the 3 and 4 row which was great. Thanks Carol!

2010-09-01T18:02:00.000-07:00

I got a new bike last weekend. Do you like? :) My feet were starting to hurt and swell when I would take the dogs for a walk, so this was the solution to my problem. I love it and the dogs do great. They run and get tired faster while I ride my little bmx bike!

2010-08-28T19:41:00.000-07:00

Russell is doing great after is surgery! He is up and walking around with no help from crutch's or a cane.

At 28 weeks I am doing great. I am getting so excited to meet our little boy. We decided that his name is Holden.

2010-08-14T08:20:00.000-07:00

Russell all set up at home.

Russell had his ACL in his knee repaired on Thursday. We got to the hospital at 7:45 am to get him all ready to be operated on. All the staff was great! He did so well. There were no problems with the anaesthesia or the surgery. I have been home taking care of him, as he can only get up to go to the bathroom. He is such a great guy. Its killing him that he can't get up and do things for himself. He is so easy for me to help :)

Pictures are out of order, as always
Carol (Russell's mom) and I in the post-op room waiting for Russell to completely wake up so that we can take him home.

Russell and I in the post-op room. What a handsome guy all foggy on his drugs.

Russell in the pre-op room all dressed and ready to go back to the OR.

2010-08-14T08:16:00.001-07:00

I got these glasses in my Wendy's kids meal. Russell and I were having so much fun wearing them while we were out running errands. We got some priceless looks from adults and little kids. It was so much fun!

2010-07-23T12:48:00.000-07:00

This is the 4 th post today, sorry I am so far behind.

I learned how to make flowers out of fondant ...yay! Next week we are going to actually cover a cake with fondant and decorate it.

2010-07-23T12:36:00.000-07:00

We had our 22 week appointment on Wednesday. Baby Tanner is still a boy. I had to post these 4d pictures because I think that it is absolutely amazing what technology can see/do. I dont think that the baby liked the ultrasound much, he was moving all over the place. The ultrasound tech said that she was having a hard time getting the measurements she needed because he wouldn't hold still for more than a second. She said that everything was perfect, he is 1 lb 1 oz.

both pics are of his face.

The top 2 pics are his face, the middle, left one is his arm up over his face and a leg, the middle right one is arm over face and umbilical cord. I have no clue what the one on the far right is, so if anyone knows let me know. :)

Same as the middle 2 above.

Far left pic is a leg and foot, the other 2 are of his face.

I cant believe how much he has changed in just 4 weeks!! If anyone has any boy names that they want to share let us know, we are having a hard time!

2010-07-23T12:26:00.000-07:00

Craig bought Jana a ring!

I went up to snowbasin to set up a picnic for Jana and Craig (with out Jana knowing). Craig and I had kinda a hard time getting everything coordinated without Jana knowing, since she uses his phone all the time.

I hiked up Cold Water trail about an hour before they got up to the mountain to set up their little picnic.

This pic I sent to Craig's phone so that he would know where to look for the blanket, because it was off the trail a ways and not vi sable. He said that as he was walking up the trail he kept looking at the picture to see if he was getting close. He had to lie to Jana and tell her that he was texting someone. Then as they got close to the site he grabbed Jana's arm and started pulling her of the trail. She was mad at him for pulling her off the trail, then she said " someone left a picnic here, I wonder who's it is"
The little picnic. I set out a cupcake for Craig and Jana and a little plate of doggy chicken for their puppy, Rocco. Craig had to sit down and pour Jana a glass of wine before she realized that he picnic was for her!!!

Craig and Jana then hiked the rest of the way up the mountain, where the view is amazing! He asked her to marry him up there, where she started screaming! I love it!!!

2010-07-23T12:21:00.000-07:00

Russell and I thought this was so FUNNY! We thought that Hudson was jumping up on the couch to sit on our lap and get loves, but turns out he wanted to sit on the arm rest and guard the remote control. He wouldn't move. HAHA

2010-07-10T14:32:00.000-07:00

20 weeks! I obviously took these myself, so they are now super great. I will have Russell take some better ones and post them soon. I have to say that I love feeling that little baby kick and move inside me. I had no idea how neat it was. I am getting more and more excited for November to get here. My mom's friend gave us some stuff, which was so nice, it eases my stress just a tiny bit. :)

2010-06-25T05:38:00.001-07:00

I guess that its about time that I put our BIGGEST good news on the blog. I have sat down several times to post it, and I've been to shy. So here it is:

Russell and I are expecting a baby boy toward the end of November!

We are both stressed and so excited! This baby will be the first grandchild, nephew...relative on both sides of the family. Everyone was SUPER shocked when we told them that we were expecting a baby. Kinda fun! ha!

2010-06-21T05:39:00.000-07:00

The Beer Fest @ Snowbird.

We have never been to snowbird before and it was beautiful!

Russell and Tay buying a mug and some tokens to get beer samples. A bunch of the local breweries were there. Tay loves to try new and different beers.

Russell and I hanging out listening to the band (that wasnt that good) and enjoying the nice weather. It really was nice, Russell has a hat on to keep is little bald head from getting sun burnt.

Tay and Brett enjoying the fest. We were so surprised at how many people were still up skiing/snowboarding then came down to get a drink. This weekend was the last weekend that snowbird was open. There was only a tiny patch of snow at the top that people could use, then they had to hike down through the mud to get back onto the gondola...CRAZY!

Russell took this pic, he is a fan of squatters beer. But look at the beautiful scenery behind that we got to enjoy all day!

2010-06-16T11:26:00.000-07:00

Kimberlee's cake...

My fish cake....

My friend, Kimberlee talked me into taking a cake decorating class with her. I was kind of nervous about the whole thing because I don't have ANY creativity or patients to make crafty things look cute. I have totally enjoyed myself the last two classes though. This week we cut a cake in half, added some filling and then frosted the outside. Don't look too closely at my fish, but I am pretty happy with my first cake. Even better then it looking okay, it tasted great!

2010-06-10T19:36:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Father's day a week early. My Dad wanted to go hiking in millcreek canyon then hang out at his house and have a bbq. It was a great Sunday!

Us hiking. Do you like Russell's sweaty head? Gross!

The canyon was so cool and beautiful. I love hiking.

Taylor is proud of her photography skills on this one. She took the picture and got all of us in! haha my Dads camera has a screen on the front, so she could see exactly what she was doing!

Craig, Jana, Me, Russell, Dad, Alisa, Taylor and the puppies.

Russell napping and me relaxing at my Dad's after the hike.

Haha all of us relaxing. Taylor thought it was funny that we were all laying together!

I dont think that I will ever get all the pictures in the right order! ha!

All the puppies enjoying themselves. The little red puppy is Rocco, Jana and Craig just got him from the pound. He is supper sweet!

Russell with the puppies.

2010-05-30T19:59:00.000-07:00

I got some flowers and shrubs added to my front yard. I am so happy, its much improved. There was only 3 trees and 2 shrubs to begin with.

Hopefully this year I can keep this cute little pot of flowers ALIVE!!

I LOVE the red flowering bush that is in the back!

It looks so so much better. Imagine only seeing that single pine tree and that white flower/bush thing. It needed some help bad!

The other 2 existing trees plus all the shrubs and flowers that I added. I hope that they grow in well. We will see how good my landscape architect skills really are. :)

2010-05-22T07:28:00.000-07:00

Visiting Taylor in Portland. She won a wine tasting tour, so we went and tasted wine. The vineyard is absolutely beautiful.

The view from the top of the vineyard. So very pretty.

The wine maker showed us the whole process, from picking grapes to putting labels on the bottles.

The wine maker showing us how to keep care of the grape vines.

The wine master explaining about all the different wines that he makes.

Lunch at a little pub that my sister has been wanting to eat at for a long time. The food was pretty great.

On the Max (train) heading back to Taylors house.

Craig and Jana at dinner.

The weekend was so much fun. It went by way too quickly.

2010-04-25T09:44:00.000-07:00

This was the view from the U of U hospital the other day. I was leaving work and couldn't stop looking at the city. So very beautiful!

2010-04-18T08:05:00.000-07:00

Happy 30th birthday to Russell. I am married to a 30 year old. WOW!! Life is going by way way to fast. Happy birthday lovie!

2010-04-11T08:03:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of Easter and our new house.

Our Easter egg hunt. Mom is explaining the rules. Everyone gets a basket and when the basket is full they have to come back to the house dump the basket into a bag and take a shot before they can go back out and hunt.

Everyone taking their pre-game shot.

Me hunting. I only got one basket of eggs, but I found the most $$. I shook every egg that I picked up. If it had money in it I kept it, if it had candy I put it back down.

There were several eggs hidden in the play set. It was super funny to see the big kids climbing to get eggs off of it.

Russell on his third basket full.

Us helping Larissa find some eggs. She was having a great time. She kept telling the big kids that it was not nice to push each other out of the way. I forgot to mention that the big kid hunt is full body contact!!!

Russell's hotness!!!

Jana, Larissa and Russell going through their loot.

Jana and Craig found 70ish dollars + all their candy.

Russell and I got 85 dollars + all his candy. Larissa gave me all her sugar-free treats. What a sweet little girl!

Don't tell anyone, but mom was the Easter bunny. haha. We told Larissa that Mom was the Easter bunnies helper, so Larissa gave her the bunny ears to wear.

The NEW house. Of course the pictures got out of order. Don't look at the mess. I took these pictures the day we moved in. I promise that I will post more when the house is picked up and put together.

This is the laundry room. It is big with lots of storage. :) me like!

The dogs waiting in the truck while the boys packed it with all of our junk.

The boys moving the big stuff out of the condo. I am glad that I was at work for this part. I think that I hate actually moving the stuff more than I hate packing and unpacking it all!

So glad that my dad has a nice, big enclosed trailer. Make things so much easier.

The puppies watching everyone in action at the condo.

The entry way at the new house. I love the hooks by the front door.

This is the office as you come into the house. We don't have a nice pretty desk to show off so for now it is going to be a sitting room. Huddy has already found that he likes to sit on the arm of the couch and look out the front window. haha.

The dinning room and kitchen. I love the open-ness of the room. We don't have a refrigerator yet, but it is coming this week. YAY! its hard to live without one!!!!!!

The living room. I am standing in the kitchen taking the picture. Again love the open-ness. It will be so much better when it is all clean! I didn't tell Kimberlee that I was taking the picture, sorry.

The mud room. I love that there is a place to put the deep freeze inside the house. This room is right of the garage and leads into the laundry room.

Our closet is huge :) haha. We don't even fill 1/2 of it up.

Ryker following me around as I was taking pictures.

The master bathroom. I like the double sink idea.

The master bedroom. It will look so much better once everything is put where it goes.

The hall way and stairs down to the unfinished basement. There are 2 more bedrooms that you can see the doors to. I didn't take pictures of them because they were a super super huge mess. Right now one is my sewing room and one is Russell's office.

2010-03-28T20:18:00.000-07:00

Our weekend in San Francisco/San Jose. We went to visit my grandpa and to watch RSL play their season opening game. What a great weekend!

All of us at the beach. Russell, Me, Mom, Craig, Jana, and Taylor.

Again at the beach, finding shells and playing in the COLD water.

Us. We meant to get a picture of the ocean behind us, but instead got the lovely, trashy, cement thing.

Grandpa on his bike.

Taylor running around the lake. She wanted everyone to see her shoes. I forgot what they are called but she loves them!

Again the shoes.

Craig, Taylor and Mom at Santa Clara State getting ready to watch RSL's first game of the season.

This picture is supposed to be above. Us at dinner at a little brew pub my sister found. I got a gorgonzola steak that was amazing.

Russell and Me waiting for the game to start.

The players walking onto the field. Being at this stadium makes me really appreciate our NEW rio tinto stadium!

Celebrating the second goal that RSL scored.

Taylor trying to catch the family in action. They saw her though.

Taylor and Me.

HAHa, a picture of the score board showing that we won 3-0. It was a great game to watch and San Jose definitely had their chances to score, but we shut them down!!

2010-03-24T19:16:00.000-07:00

Look what we picked up this week....OUR REAL SEASON TICKETS!!!!! They are so cute. All of the players are kissing/holding the cup that they won last season. I am so proud of this little team. GO RSL!!!

2010-03-23T20:33:00.000-07:00

My mom gave me this little project. I LOVE LOVE cilantro and basil. I am excited to put them in my garden @ the new house!...oh yeah and to eat them. :)

2010-03-14T09:02:00.000-07:00

OUR NEW HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am super excited that it is finally almost ours. After going back and forth about price and what was included and what wasn't included for about 2 weeks we finally came to an agreement. FINALLY! We close on it in about 2 weeks. Its on 0.41 of an acre so the puppies will have plenty of yard to run around in. In the back yard there is a horse shoe pit, fire pit, sand box and a huge garden. As soon as we get more pictures I will post them. YAY!

2010-03-14T08:42:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday little brother! Craig wanted to go to Rodizo grill in Trolley Square for his birthday dinner. It was wonderful. For those of you who have not been, you should go. They have an amazing salad bar, an then they bring around all different kinds of fresh hot meat. So Yummy!

Mom and Grandpa. The waiter was trying to explain how things worked while I was taking pictures...oops.

Craig and Me. Jana was taking a test that she was really nervous for, Russell was in Vegas for a bachelor party and Taylor was in Oregon. (drinking beer while running a 5k. Sounds like fun) They missed out!!! :)~ Love you guys!

Craig getting a chunk of meat off as the guy brought it around. I doesn't look like he is enjoying himself does it? haha happy 25th little bro.

All the waiters singing a birthday song in some language. We couldn't understand it, but it sounded really cool!

That is our waiter in the background. He was clapping SO loud right in our ears! or maybe it just sounded super loud to me because I have a head cold. They gave Craig a piece of flan with a single candle in it he was in heaven. He was a nice bro and shared with everyone though. I had a little little taste even though I am not supposed to. eemmmm.

2010-03-12T20:59:00.000-08:00

I found a recipe for whole wheat lemon blueberry scones that I thought that I would try. Turns out that they are AMAZING!! My little brother, who doesn't eat anything healthy because it tastes bad ate one and loved it. He even asked if he could take some home!!!! WOW!!

Here is the recipe for them:

1 1/4 cups whole grain flour

1 cup oats

1/2 cup nonfat dry milk

2 tablespoons ground flax seed

2 tablespoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup low-fat plain yogurt

1/4 cup honey

2 tablespoons canola oil

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 cup blueberries

1. Pre heat oven to 400 F. Lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.

2. Whisk together the flour, oats, dry milk, flax seed, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in large bowl.

3. Stir together the yogurt, honey,oil, and lemon juice in separate bowl.

4. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and stir in the yogurt mixture. Add blueberries and stir just until blended.

5. Drop batter onto cooking sheet. Should make about 10 scones.

6. Bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly browned.

Per serving: 260 calories, 15g protein, 40g carbohydrates, 5g fat(0 saturated) 5mg cholesterol, 420 mg sodium.

In the scones that I made I didn't add the fax seed because I didn't have any. I also put no oil in mine, I forgot. And they still came out great!!!

Taylor, next time I make these I will send you some!!!

2010-03-10T10:53:00.000-08:00

Some sad, but good news. Last Friday I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic. SAD!! I was pretty much at a loss for words. There is NO diabetes in my family!! I didn't realize it then, but I ate a LOT of sugar (candy). I have since cut all sweets out of my diet. (my candy cravings went away after about 4 days) The week following the diagnosis I was absolutely a MESS! I was shaky, sweaty, dizzy, and worst of all my brain went completely stupid. I am now eating the South Beach Diet, which is amazing! Everyone should be eating this way. Basically you stay away from white flour, Idaho potatoes, candy and soda. Not bad!!! I will never eat anything that has "enriched flour" in it ever again. At first, I wanted to kill myself. I felt like everything at the store had enriched flour and sugar in it. I have learned that I just have to look a bit harder and choose the stuff that I have never seen before. Like vegi's. :) I have found some blogs that have really good food recipes. I am feeling pretty good about the switch. I am better at planning meals and cooking, since I am eating about 6 meals a day! I seriously don't want diabetes, so thank you for the wake up call doctor!!!

2010-02-26T18:02:00.000-08:00

I Just got my very first full time job. YAY!!! I will be working mon-fri 8-4:30. (SUPER SWEET) Its a new job that was just created at the U of U hospital. I will be working with patients that are being discharged. Orientation is in two weeks. I am so super excited about the move! YAY!