Until We Meet Again

Megan, Brian and the kids are taking off today. We are very sad around here. We had such a good time with them. I love have little ones around the house again. We are going to be very lonely without them.

We spent some time at the park yesterday after watching General Conference together. It is so nice in the evening we stayed out past dark (i.e. big ring in the bathtub).

Quasi-Family Picture

The next time I need a family picture, I think I will call the paper and tell them we need to advertise for a fund-raiser.....

Phil, Ethan, Jordan, Quinn and Journee were all present when the newspaper came to take a picture for our "65 Roses Tour" - it is an annual bike ride we sponsor for cysticfibrosis. We have a 65 mile ride, a 30 mile ride, and a 10 mile family fun ride. Last year we raised $7,000. Our goal this year is $10,000! Hopefully the weather will be great this year - last year it was pouring rain, lightening, wind, and cold.

So....if you are free on April 21st, come join us for a great day and a great cause!

What happened to the two months?

Has it really been TWO months since I last wrote??? Where has the time gone? There is so much to catch up on!!!!

Our lives have been busy with work, school and church responsibilities. We seem to have gotten by with a very mild winter - so much so that the bike shop has had some business (yay!). It seems to have slowed down in March, which is a bummer, but I am hoping for a stellar week to finish off the month.

I decided to enroll in classes again, I am very close to getting my special education certification and I was offered two free classes, so I jumped at the opportunity.

Jordan's basketball is over so he is able to spend more time repairing and building bikes, which is a huge help.

Ethan has some trial hearing aids, I will have to do a separate post on that. We are trying them for 6 weeks, but right now he is only wearing them at school.

My niece came to stay with us for almost seven weeks while our office manager was out having a baby - it was great to have her come and work in the shop and spend time with us. We were sad to see her go.

Megan, Jack and Claire came on March 7th to visit. They will leave on April 2nd. Brian flew in on Saturday to stay the last week and fly home with them. It has been so much fun to have them here.

I am trying to get things ready for a garden this summer. "Never Give Up" has become my motto. Eventually I will have a successful garden!

I am giving backyard chickens a try - they are living in the front room right now and are darn cute.

I only have a few pictures to post as I can't find my camera battery charger (what's new there?). I will look for it and be more faithful at keeping this ole' blog up-to-date.

We were so happy to finally have Megan, Claire and Jack in Arkansas!!!

Jack, not so much. (At first, he has warmed up to us)

Journee helped air up tires during a big bike delivery.

Jordan in Big John's hat that he left when he was living with us. Thanks a ton, John.

It was such a beautiful day when they arrived, we played in the yard the whole afternoon!

Jordan has been practicing the "dunk".

The next thing we had to do, of course, was go on a bike ride!!

A walk in the neighborhood on the way to church.