S'mores.

After a very long and stressful day we decided we needed some fun with the kids. We stopped at Smith's for graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate and headed up the canyons. We tried to go to the cabin but it is still snowed in. We ended up at The Birches day use park and built a fire there. We ate dinner and made s'mores. Total family fun. The kids loved having a fire. Mak was especially interested in what was happening in the fire pit. It was so great to be outside in the fresh air in the mountains. We all came home smelling like a campfire. Maybe it's time to try camping again. Maybe.

I AM WOMAN!!

I ran 5 miles today!! Yeah!!! This is huge. It has been several years since I have been able to run that far. (pregnancy, injury, pregnancy again, another injury) I am so excited. Sore, but excited. Next year I hope to be be running the Salt Lake Marathon! It's one of those things on my "bucket list".

I am working on lots of projects right now. Too many, actually. I need to get some of them finished. But here is a card that I made the other day. Have a good day!

Back to Running

Well, trying to anyway. I ran 3 miles yesterday and my dumb new shoes made my foot hurt. It's hard to be motivated when your foot and leg aches from your run two days before. I have also discovered that running while listening to someone talk doesn't work. It has to be music. And sometimes music with no words is better. The theme from Rocky is a good song. Also, Jock Jams. However, that is only while on the treadmil. Outside - NO MUSIC! I can't run outside with headphones on for fear that someone or something is behind me and I can't hear them. (ie: big scary dog panting while chasing me down the street!) While very boring indeed, treadmill running is much safer than running in my neighborhood. Why do people have dogs??? And snow in April...don't even get me started.

Playing with stamps!!

I love both of these stamp sets! I have been stamping a lot lately getting ready for classes and making cards to sell. I love stamping. If only there were more hours in the day when I wasn't too tired to play!

Wow! That was a long unplanned break!

So I have been meaning to blog for several weeks now and never get around to it. Life has been crazy! With Ryan home over the Christmas break I wanted to spend as much time as possible with him. Now that he is back to school I am going through my normal adjustment and mourning period of never seeing him and feeling his stress on a day to day basis. I miss him!! I can't wait for August to come and to have him around more. I guess that is a good thing that after 10 and 1/2 years of marriage I still love to have him around all the time.

It is a 4 day weekend for our kids and I can't wait for them to go back to school. Winter is so hard. They get stir crazy so fast!! I get nothing done and today it is snowing way to hard to go anywhere! Must be time to get creative! Board games anyone??

Motherhood is harder than it seems.

I am a good mother, really! So, Makai fell out of the cart at Costco yesterday. I am mostly to blame for not buckling him in like I ALWAYS do. I don't know what I was thinking. Brian had a hand in it too I found out later. He jerked the cart backwards which caused Makai, who was climbing around, to lose his balance and tumble out onto the concrete floor. With many witnesses I might add. I had a lady loudly comment for my benefit that that is the very reason she leaves her kids at daycare while she shops. Poor kids. Makai is fine and will recover from the bump on the head. I cannot say the same for that poor ladies children who are stuck in day care. Enough said.

I am in a creating frenzie trying to get ready for Christmas. Making cards, blankets, pajamas, pillow cases and gifts of all varieties. It's fun to feel creative. It's fun to make things and I enjoy working on projects. I have way too many going on right now. But better than being bored right? Well, motherhood awaits and the troops must be fed. Tata!

Christmas Cards

This is what I am doing right now. Orders for 170 cards so far and all of my spare time( do I have spare time??) is devoted to finishing these cards before Thanksgiving.