Back At It...

Her wounds have healed.  The scar on her face depletes each day.  She took Uncle Mark's advice and jumped right back into track and hurdles after her hurdle accident.  She does have a new respect for them now that she knows what could happen.  Here she took a flawless hand-off from a team-mate and ran the last leg to bring her team to victory.  She has long legs and a graceful stride that improve each time she races around this track.

She recently added the Long Jump to her track activities.

Our 18th Wedding Anniversay...

We left chilly Ohio for some amazing adventures together.  We walked down memory lane in Southern Utah where it all began. 

We enjoyed some time in Cedar Canyon.

We met up with old friends and walked the campus of Southern Utah University together.  We saw our first apartment and went to restaurants we used to eat in as poor college students.  Then we headed south...

To Paris....

And Rome...

 We went to the Caribbean and New York City too, thanks to the crazy strip in Las Vegas!

We had a great time together. Our memories together outweigh the rough roads. 

When we met with our Bishop at college before we got married, he told us, "Getting married is the fun part, it's the living together afterward that's the tough part."  How true!

We smile at each other most days.  Marriage is work, but at the end of the day when you can smile and reflect with a joke or two, how rewarding!  Here's to eternity! 

Actual Signs of Spring!!!

Carley dug out her flip-flops and we dusted the cobwebs off the bikes.

The dog and I enjoyed looking at our shadows in the afternoon sunshine.



                                Our front yard is beginning to have green buds amongst all the winter brown.

The last of the snow has melted and we really do have green grass underneath.  What a breath of fresh air spring is.  I think this is my absolute favorite time of year when everything is coming to life and the sun begins to shine after too many dark and snowy days.  I am coming alive!!!!

Ouch!!! She took one for the team!

We are so proud of her accomplishments, and when she told us she was going to be running hurdles and the long jump I was still happy, but YIKES!!!!  Each time she runs over a hurdle I hold my breath...and this is why.......................

They got the best of her today!  Luckily it was cold outside and she was wearing her sweatshirt or the rest of her would look the same as her face.  Tim called me in class tonight and said to stop by Target on my way home to get gauze pads and the biggest band-aids I could find.  I asked, "What did you do?"  Then he broke the news gently to me..."but she is OK!"  And of course she wants to be ready to run in this Saturday's track meet.  We will see!

My Girls...

They are only four years apart and sometimes they get along and sometimes they don't!

She is the comedian of the family along with her dad!

We are trying to be aggressive with her warts.  Despite the numerous laser and chemical treatments, we are not having much luck.  She is continuously happy and optimistic and looks like she is ready for the boxing ring everytime she comes home from the doctor's office.  What a trooper!

Finally...

This picture was taken last Saturday.  We were burried once again!  The kids and I went out exploring because we were sick and tired of being cooped up.  Needless to say we didn't last very long in this winter wonderland of ours.

But a miracle happened on Friday!!!  We haven't seen this miracle since January and it was a welcome sight.  The sun was shining for the first time in months, really, it has been months!!!  The blue sky does exist!!!  The temperature made it to the low 40's and I swear we feel like summer is here!  The trees look dead, but who blames them after such a harsh winter?

We even discovered our long lost driveway!

We do have grass!!!!  Spring might actually happen.  The kids and I are convinced the snow is finished for the season, but Tim keeps warning us not to get the sandals and shorts ready yet because it is only March and Old Man Winter is just teasing us!  We actually do like your teasing, please let it last a few weeks.......

So we pulled out the short-sleeved shirts and opened all the blinds to just eat that sunshine up!!! 

 Hurry Spring!

Tomorrow we are forecasted to make it into the 50's!  You just can't imagine the happiness in this corner of the world.  I'm planning my garden even though it is still under snow.

Crazed!

There isn't much I can say about this little ham-bone, her face says it all!

This is what my kids do for fun!

Someday our grass will be this green again.  Maybe it already is because the snow has been moisturizing it so much!  Needless to say, I am ready for spring.  Dallin and Carley and the dog were playing "king of the mountain" on snow mounds in our driveway today.  I can't find my camera cord or I would show you some of these funny pictures of the dog on top of the mounds and the kids looking up at him.  They keep life fun!