Dog Lake

A man and his dog...need I say more :)

Look at this view, totally worth all the huffing and puffing!!

Here we are at Dog Lake. I loved all the colors as the trees are turning for fall.

Brad and Evie

Saturday afternoon Brad, Evie, and I headed up Mill Creek Canyon for a hike. We hiked to Dog Lake, which is 3.6 miles round trip. It felt more like 10 miles, but at least I survived. I am sure Brad could have made the hike up in half the time if it weren't for me needing to take a breather every 10 steps!! The weather was perfect, Evie was well behaved, and there was no fee for going up the canyon that day...who could ask for anything more!


After the hike Brad, Myles, and I went to dinner at Outback. It was soo yummy. This was Myles' request for having perfect parent/teacher conferences. His history teacher said "Myles is a handful, but he is also one of the brightest students I have ever taught." Wow!! That is music to this Mother's ears.


"The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth." ~Dan Rather

LAX

Myles played his first two Lacrosse games this Saturday. It was fun to watch him play a new sport. After watching I think lacrosse can best be described as soccer meets football with a lot of stick hitting!! Myles did great and even scored a goal in the second game.

Myles is # 30. And look at the sky in this picture. Was it a gorgeous day on Saturday or what?!?!

"We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time." ~Vince Lombardi

FFA

Seeing how Myles is such a country bumpkin it only seemed natural that he would want to join FFA...NOT. I was a bit surprised to say the least! But he paid the club fee himself, so I knew he was serious. Then I find out he gets to miss several days of school while out on field trips with the club...ah ha now it makes sense. Here's a shot of him after coming home from playing football in the mud with the group. (How this applies to farming I don't really know)

"In youth the days are short and the years are long; in old age the years are short and the days long." ~Nikita Ivanovich Panin

Racing Cane 3K

On Saturday the 19th Brad and I ran in a 3K in Orem. This was part of the weight loss group we are participating in. It was a gorgeous morning and we had a great time. Shakierra went along to take pictures, but the batteries died :(. After the race they had different activities for runners and their families. Brad got a great massage and Shakierra got her face painted. Then they had a kids race that was two laps around the track. It was too cute to watch some as young as toddlers running their little hearts out!

"Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed." ~Charles Schulz, Peanuts

Books

I am proud to admit that I am a book worm. I don't read much non-fiction. I read to escape reality and to be entertained. It would be interesting to know how much I have spent on books thus far in my life. I am sure the figure would be astonishing!! The last book in the Outlander series comes out next week. I was actually looking at my calendar today trying to think when I could pencil in time to read (pathetic, I know). Here are a few of my favorite authors in no particular order:

Dean Koontz
Judith McNaught
Patricia Cornwell
Mary Higgins Clark
JD Robb / Nora Roberts
Diana Gabaldon
Thomas Harris
Tami Hoag
There are tons more, but those were the ones I thought of first.

I will pretty much read anywhere; at work during lunch, in bed, in traffic, while giving blood (doing that tomorrow).

So tell me, who are your favorite authors and where do you prefer to read?

Quickie Post

Life seems to moving along a light speed these days. So sorry for the drastic lack in postings. But here are the haps around our house:

1- Brad and I are in a Biggest Loser group. The children are already complaining over the lack of goodies around the house.
2- Myles is playing Lacrosse now. Hopefully he likes it, I had to sell a kidney to buy all the gear!
3- My office is leaking from all the rain. If this place gets anymore ghetto I will have to start packing heat!

Almost time to head home and change for Step class. See ya!!

Barbie!!

Every time the girls come over they have to find miscellaneous household objects to play with, seeing as we don't have little ones anymore. So Brad and I have been trying to build a small toy stash for them. So this weekend we bought Barbies!! It was so fun to watch the girls play for so long with the dolls. It brought back great memories for me. Grace and Jane loved their dolls and now have real toys to play with when they come over!!

Here Grace is playing with the bathroom set. Barbie even has a flat panel screen to watch TV in the bathroom. And my personal favorite was the purple and pink toilet..man, where can I get one of those!!

We have had a fab long weekend. Friday night we went over to Becky & Derick's for a Rock Bank / Phase 10 Party!! And then Saturday night we went out with B&D to Cucine Toscana, where we ate until we thought we might die!! The food was oh so yummy!! Then we hit the Tavernacle for some duelling pianos. Nothing like see Brad get his groove on to make it a truly wild weekend!!

Tomorrow starts another round of Willowpark Fit. So we are back on the wagon as of tomorrow. We will be eating right and sweatin' to the oldies. We have totally been feeding our faces all weekend long in anticipation of the upcoming diet. So wish us luck!!

Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake. ~Author Unknown