Rich Rebels Jr. Basketball

This year Cody decided that he wanted to try basketball. Laketown had a really fun 5 week program that he could go and learn all the different basketball basics.


So every Saturday morning we get up and run to be in Laketown by 8:00 in the morning. Cody has been really good at paying attention and practicing hard. He's thinking that maybe he just might like basketball.

Sisters By Chance

This weekend started out not having too many plans as Matt had to work, but on Friday night I got a wonderful surprise~Tia, Kelly, and Kelly's babies came for a visit.

I got to see baby Bentley for the first time since he was in the NICU at Thanksgiving. Jaycee, Britnee and I fought to hold him all weekend. We worked really hard and even made friends with Peyton while she was here. She's grown up so much now that she's a big sister. She's not talking much yet but is one smart little cookie.

My dad had Saturday off so he came over and visited too. Most of our time was spent visiting, eating, and playing games. It brought back a lot of memories of how things used to be.

We all came to my house on Saturday after lunch and exhausted ourselves playing the Wii. What little energy we had left, the girls used in a full on wrestling match.


It was so much fun to get together. We don't do it often enough. Thank you so much Tia and Kelly for the wild idea of a road trip to Bear Lake this weekend. It was awesome!!!

Our New Family Favorite

Ever since I got my Kitchen Aid from Matthew last year, I've been trying to be more creative in the dinner department. Last night we decided to try homemade pizza. I earned two thumbs up for myself by making my own dough and the kids were right there ready to help when it was ready.

We let everybody roll out and make their own pizza. The choices for toppings were sausage, pepperoni, ham, and of course, cheese.

The pizza's were a hit. The end result was a yummy, fun dinner. It's not often that I try something new and have it go this well. It will probably be a new family favorite.

Hello 2011

I'm home from our little vacation, the kids are back in school, and I'm ready to tackle a new year.
I always get excited in January as I begin planning the year. I've never gotten into the New Year Resolution concept much, but I do write down a few goals each year on a post-it note that I hang on the bulletin board above my computer. (Where I'll be sure to see it :)
My main goals for this year are to better magnify my church callings and to be better at writing thank you notes and sending birthday cards. Small goals but ones that I feel need improvement. We'll see how that goes.

I'm also looking forward to several exciting things coming our way in 2011~

*Cody's baptism in March
*Our Spring break trip to St. George
*Finishing our little garden and growing some yummy fruits and vegetables
*(If I can sweet talk Matthew into it) Building a back porch onto our house~complete with pergola and hot tub (Maybe :)
*And spending time together as a family. My favorite thing to do no matter when it is.

So there you have it. Bring on all the great plans you have for me 2011, I'm ready for them.