Girl's Night

I love Girl's Night Out.  I love my girls.  I don't know what I would do without Kylee and Emilee.  They are my very best friends.  I love them so very much.  This last girl's night was so fun.  We went to Tepanyaki for dinner and then to Classic and went roller skating. 

Cute Em and Gabby

Ky showing off her mad skills.

Two drinks at once, that's talent. 

Kylee was such a great skater. 

I am always amazed at her talent. 

I posted some cute videos of the night on FB. 

Blogger takes way too long to upload. 

I am looking forward to the next GNO. 

It's always a fun time. 

Moab

Last weekend we got to take an extra long weekend trip to MOAB.  I am sad to say I have lived in Utah my whole life and it was the first time I have been there.  It was so fun.  It was even more fun to be there with my brother and his family.  His kids are growing up too fast and are becoming teenagers and too cool to hang with Aunt Mandy anymore.  We hiked A LOT and I was so proud of everyone.  They did a lot of hiking without very much complaining and even when they were tired and hot. 

We got to see a lot of gorgeous scenery and sites. 

This was Cannon every day on the way back to camp.  He would climb and play so hard each day. 

It was AMAZING to finally see the Arch that is on so many Utah license plates.  The hike was a little hard for the kids but they all did it and even made the extra hike right to the base of the arch with me.  I love my kids so much.  They make things so much more fun. 

Kylee cracks me up.  She freaks out every time it rains or when the wind starts blowing (she has this horrible fear of natural disasters - we've stopped watching the news when she's in the room), but she's not scared on bit to sit on the edge of a cliff and look down.  :)  I think my heart stopped a couple times as Kylee and Cannon would just climb with no fear and get super high up on rocks. 

We spent a day on the Colorado river too - but I didn't even take my camera since I was nervous it would get wet.  I got to Kayak with a bunch of college grads from Michigan and I'll tell you it made me feel old.  I had 4 blisters on each hand by the time we were done, but it was sure a lot of fun. 

My kids were awesome hikers and campers and I am glad we had the chance to not only see gorgeous parts of the world but just spend time together. 

Happy Birthday Freddy!

Today, my eldest brother Fred would have been 37. 

Instead - he will forever be 17.

I love your Freddy, and I still miss you every day. 

Dirty Dash

What an incredibly fun weekend we had. 

A friend of mine at work mentioned this really fun race/obstacle course he had heard of and I talked my cute sister, her friend Brittney, and my little family all into signing up for it. 

The dirty dash was a 5K run full of obstacles such as hay bales we had to jump over, tunnels we had to crawl through, walls we had to climb, a giant water slide, and mud pools and rivers. 

They had a Piglet Plunge which was a 1 mile run for the kids. 

It included the giant water slide - some running in the mud - and the giant mud pool.  I asked my kids if they wanted to do it and Kylee and Cannon were super excited.   

We were extremely excited to get there - and me being the speed demon that I am - got a ticket for speeding.  Since Em was following me, she pulled over when I got pulled over and the rude cop gave HER a ticket too. 

But that didn't damper our spirits.  We stretched and got ready for a fun day.

We worked it out so that Curtis could run the course first and then run the piglet run with me and the kids.  Then I was going to run the course with Em and Britt.  Sadly, the course was much harder than we thought and it took Curtis longer to run it than we anticipated.  So I took off with the kids by myself. 

Luckily, my kids are AWESOME.  They ran their little hearts out and LOVED the slide and the mud.  Curtis was able to join us just at the very end. 

Then I ran the full course with my girls. 

We got extremely dirty and it was pretty darn hard physically, but it was AWESOME.

It might be something we do every year.

(Way more pics on FB)