Birthday's and Pins

Ok, Ok so I may be a little addicted to Pinterest. As long as I'm actually accomplishing my pins and setting goals it's OK, right? Anyways, I saw this amazing cake decorating technique and I decided to give it a try for my mom's Birthday. I also pinned frozen chocolate covered bananas. I thought those would be a nice treat to enjoy after a long day, or any time for that matter.

Happy Birthday Mom! I enjoyed having dinner with you and the kids had fun eating cake together.

Turned out so beautiful

Sink your teeth into these babies :) that is, after you have let them sit out for a few minutes.

The girls absolutely loved them- notice the chocolate covered peanut butter banana on the bottom. Wowza, that was good!

Mother's Day 2012

My cute little family made me breakfast and then we went for a beautiful nature walk. It was such a relaxing and peaceful day, just what I needed. KJ worked hard to make me a lovely paperclip necklace and a glazed tile portrait of her momma. AJ and RJ colored me many beautiful pictures and gave me plenty of hugs and kisses throughout the day. Thanks for making the day extra special.

KJ is quite creative, she had this message made out of skittles waiting for me at breakfast

We visit this apple orchard throughout the year and we love to watch the different seasons evolve. The blossoms were amazing and when the breeze would blow it looked like it was snowing

KJ, RJ, AJ- thanks for teaching me everyday how to be the best mom I can be. You help me to understand the love that our Heavenly Father has for all of us.

A Marathon

Yup! A marathon- 26.2 miles. I ran the whole thing! Still recovering two weeks later, but it was totally worth it.

Jockeying for position in the upper picture, it looks like I am giving the guy next to me a nice shoulder hit.
Can you find me in the lower picture?

Just keep running- thanks to Greg for being my support team on the course

What a difference 12 years makes. Notice I am NOT wearing underwear shorts in the second picture. My time this year was 30 min. slower than when I ran the marathon in 2000, I joked and said that it was 10min. for each kid that I have had.