My AWESOME husband...

Dan never ceases to amaze me with his talents. When we were dating he informed me that he was quite the self trained gymnast when he was young and that he could still do a round-off back handspring. Those of you who have seen Dan in person know he is not a little thing, in fact he is quite the opposite, not fat by any means but just a big big guy! After that conversation and me calling him out, he proceeded to do a round-off back handspring in my parents front yard, which I might mention was SLANTED. He also showed me some other tricks one of which was walking on his hands for a very long distance. The other tricks are between him and myself (just kidding, I just had to put that in here because I know some of you smarties out there want to put a comment like "what were the other tricks? wink wink")

Anyway, the other day Peyton called me into the living room to show me his new trick that he learned from watching Alex on Madagascar 2. This is how it went...

Then Dan pulled this out of his Hat-O-Tricks...

Wowsers, what a man!!

Tour de Cure 2009...

Yesterday was our ride for the Tour de Cure.
We woke up bright and early and headed to meet the family and load bikes in the truck. Then we drove up to Brigham City for the ride. The weather was not too great but it definitely could have been worse. It was windy with a little rain, just sprinkles mostly, so we were glad there wasn't any downpour!
The ride started at 10:00 am. We rode the 25 mile course since we are just riding rookies but there was also a 100 mile and a 61 mile race. There were over 1000 riders in all. It was such a great experience! I can't lie, it was harder then I thought it would be, the last 1/4 of the ride all I could think about was laying down! My legs have never been more tired. Dan was such a sweet husband, he wasn't fatigued at all, the only thing bothering him was his butt. I kept telling him he could just ride ahead since he was riding slower for me, but he wouldn't leave me. His encouragement really helped me to push myself. We crossed the finish line at about 12:15pm. It was so great to finish and see our family. Peyton and Bailey stayed with their MeeMaw to meet us at the finish line. I couldn't help but get teary as we crossed the finish line. I was so impressed by all the red riders (those were the people who rode that have diabetes), there were so many of them, young (kids!) and old.
It was an amazing experience and I am impressed by Dan's sisters that rode, they deal with diabetes everyday and I have no idea what it would be like to have a disease like that, they are an inspiration to me and to all~! Dan's sister Betsy's kids even rode! They are amazing and so cute to support their mom.
What a great opportunity we have to raise funds for such an important cause. Diabetes research has made and continues to make great progress. Dan and I were both able to reach our fund raising goal which helped our team, the "Blood Sugar Daddies" reach their fund raising goal of $4,000! Thank you to all who donated to this cause. We plan on riding for many years to come!

Our Team

Here we are, almost to the half way point.

At the finish line.

Happy 30th!!!

I just wanted to wish Dan a Happy 30th Birthday!

Here are a few pictures I dug out.

This first one is of Dan when he was a kid- I think he was 5ish (I don't have any baby pics of him, I really need to get some from his Mom). His siblings tell me he always sported the "just leave it" do, but it looks like mommy must have combed his hair in this one.

Dan's childhood nickname was Tender because he was such a softy. He still is! Even though he looks like a big tough guy he really is a big teddy bear!

These 2 are him in the MTC... this is what they spend their time doing. (he's gonna kill me for posting these)!

This last one is of Dan doing one of his most favorite things... PLAYING BASKETBALL!! He says he really wishes he could play as well "as he used to" but I and many others think he is still pretty dang good (especially for a 30 year old!)

I love you Dan and hope you have a great 30th birthday and many many many more to come (more for my sake than yours because I really can't live without you).

Finally!!

School is finally out for the semester, I took my last final a week ago today. It is so good to have a break, I can't believe how much time it seems like I have now, I'm sure it will fly by. Dan took last week off to help with the kids and the house for finals and he was a such a big help. I felt bad that he had to spend his vacation being Mr. Mom but he sure did a great job. Here are a few of the things Mr. Mom accomplished last week.


Put the Christmas decorations up in the house
Paint the bathroom
Decorate the bathroom (he picked out all the stuff himself)
Watch the kids- pretty much all day everyday
Make dinner (almost every night!)
Laundry- washed, folded AND put away!
Set up the tree
Put the lights on the tree
Put up the lights on the house (we did this together)
Clean the house for my after school party (while I was sleeping- after working a grave)
Dust the house
Vacuum the house (for about the 6th time during our marriage!)


I really am so thankful to have such a great husband, he has had to put up with a lot and I am thankful for his patience. I hope he enjoyed spending time with the kids and feels like having a clean house is rewarding (probably not like I do!) But anywho, just thought I'd mention that he is a great husband and father!


Just a few random pictures that were on the camera.