Moving on Up

This past Sunday Myles was ordained to the office of a Teacher within the Aaronic Priesthood. Now Myles gets to help set up and prepare the sacrament. He is stoked, but can't wait till he is a Priest and can actually bless the sacrament. But that isn't until he turns 16, so he has a while to wait still. Brad even got to do the blessing, so that made it extra special!

We went out and bought Myles all new church clothes this weekend. That boy seems to grow out of things before he even breaks them in. He is now in a size 9 shoe and 30x30 slacks. He isn't a little boy anymore by an stretch of the imagination.

Tonight Shakierra was a good sport and helped me with a project. We made 3 dice for a game for this coming weekends Youth Conference. You know when you envision how this grand idea will turn out ... and then once you are done it is nothing near as cute as you had planned. That is how the dice turned out. At this point I am just hoping they survive the game.

Tonight when Myles got home from riding his bike he mentioned he wanted a haircut. So I grabbed the car keys and drove off with him before he could change his mind. It was 830pm, so I knew we didn't have much time to get in before everyone closed up for the night. We hit 4 barbers before getting in. But the Great Clips by Albertsons did the best job on his hair that I have seen in a long while. So I am happy that I have my clean cut boy back.

Poor Brad is working non-stop these days. He is still at work as I am typing this. He has been there for 13 hours already. So my hats off to all those truck drivers out there delivering all the goodies so that I can keep shopping:)

"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use." ~Emily Post

Kenny Chesney Concert

Last night Heather, Becky and I went to see Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert (yuck-o), and Sugarland (they were a no show due to a sore throat). It was a million degrees outside, but we had a blast, so that made the heat more bearable. Here we are pre-concert getting our beach groove on. (We so look like we know what we are doing...not!)

Kenny was a great preform er. At one point during the show a fan gave Kenny his U of U hat. So when he came back on stage for his encore he was sporting the good old U. He got huge cheers for that. He stuck around after the concert for a long time signing autographs for those close to the stage.

This concert definitely got two-thumbs up!! I would for sure go see him again!

"Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without." ~Confucius

Weiner Mobile

AND YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD A BAD DAY?!?!?

Cycling 101

We survived the 20 mile ride on Saturday!! It was great! It was a challenge of course, but we really enjoyed it. Brad did great and stayed with the main group of riders for the majority of the ride. I on the other-hand fell behind early. Those hills just kill me! But the up-side of being the hill-flunky was that I got tons of 1 on 1 advice.

Apparently I have a ways to go in proper riding form. First off I let me knees fall to the sides, a big no-no. Next my seat was way too low. Also my saddle (aka seat for you non-cyclists) was totally wrong for me. I sit too far forward and thus put too much pressure on my hands (hence the sore hands and neck).

So now I am carefully monitoring my form when riding. I am the proud owner of a new ladies saddle. They even measured the width of my sit-bones to make sure I got the rite size seat. I went out on it tonight and what a difference!! So much better!!

So we are for sure joining the group ride again this Saturday. It is every Saturday morning at the AF Trek store. If anyone else wants to join in feel free, anyone is welcome.

"Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you reach your destiny."~Carl Schurz

Friday Rundown

I haven't blogged all week because I don't think anything wildly exciting has been going on around our house. But yet it seems we are on the go non-stop... so we must be up to something. If any of you know, please let me know!!! :)

The work week is through (thank the stars!) and I am fully into my weekend routine. I am already in my jammies (@7 on a Friday night, sad I know), have started laundry, started the grocery list, blah blah ... you get the idea. It will be a nice quiet evening with just the dogs and I :) Myles gets home from camp tomorrow. I have missed him, but I am sure he is having a blast!

Tomorrow Brad and I are going on our first official "group-ride". We are going with the group from the Trek store. They have someone bring up the rear so that no one is left behind and lost (I am sure we will be buds with that dude!) It is a 20 mile loop through American Fork and Alpine. It should be a fun ride!

Well off to switch the laundry...oh what a glamorous life I lead!!

"Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia." ~H.G. Wells

Biker Brad

Brad doesn't get to spend near enough time on his bike as he would like. The poor guy works non-stop. So the other day when we had the girls over, he wasn't about to let that keep him from hitting the road. Grace jump on board with a bag of cheez-its & her water bottle and was game for anything. They hit 3 different parks before they returned!!

Myles is off at Scout Camp. He has been looking forward to this for months. The boys always have so much fun out there doing Man-Stuff!

Brad & I are helping out with Youth Conference this year. We are excited for the challenge. Though Myles wasn't too keen on his parents tagging along. Oh well, he will just have to get over it. So if you know of any totally awesome games for the youth to play in the great outdoors let me know. We don't want to be know as the "boring jolley's"!

"Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you." ~Erma Bombeck

4th of July Birthday Bash

This year for Myles' 14th birthday we went to a 4th of July BBQ at Rob & Sri's home in Mantua. It was absolutely gorgeous weather! We had tons of family to hang out with, which made the day perfect. As you can see, Myles wasted no time getting down and dirty on the trampoline!

McKenna & Sierra were great to share their horses. Shakierra absolutely loves horses, so she was in hog heaven!

It took Myles three shots to get this picture. He kept cutting our heads off in the photo and thinking he was stinking hilarious for doing so. Heather and I were about ready to give him a tag-team beat-down!!

I loved this shot of Grace and G-pa. Dad looks just as happy and carefree as Grace!!

Jane loved being on the horses. She loved all the different animals the Kline's had. (goat, horses, dog, bunny...)

And you can tell that Grace loves her Uncle Brad. He was protecting her from candy thieves while she munched away on sweet-tarts.

I still cant believe that my baby boy is 14 years old already! He is a laugh a minute...(most of the time.)

Thanks again to the Kline's for hosting this great shindig!!

"A characteristic of the normal child is he doesn't act that way very often." ~Author Unknown

Blame my Mother!!

So yes, I admit it, I am a blog flunky! No I have not fallen off the face of the earth. But I have become addicted to a new TV show. For those of you that know me well, you know I don't watch TV. But my Mom got Brad & I watching NCIS and we haven't been worth a wooden nickel since!! Last night I watched 4 hours of NCIS!! I should be ashamed!! I have been sick though, so that is my excuse for planting my rear-end on the couch for the evening.

So what TV shows have you been addicted to?? Not just a show you casually watch, but are emotionally attached to.

Here are the shows I have been sucked in by (and still love)!
ALIAS
Six Feet Under
Dexter
NCIS

"Today, watching television often means fighting, violence and foul language - and that's just deciding who gets to hold the remote control." ~Donna Gephart