Hey look at me, I'm actually keeping up with Liz Thompson with two blog posts in two days! I'm sure it wont last. She will blog about anything. Her kids brushing teeth, dryer lint, the dog, whatever.

Anyway.....check out this HUGE Meade scope I scored at a pawnshop in Salt Lake! We will plant this monster on the porch of the cabin in Park City where we are camping in this summer and see the nose of a deer from ten miles away.....

That camping trip is gonna be the bomb.

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” ~Anonymous

I've finally gotten around to adding my own name as an author on this blog so that you no longer have to guess which one of us is doing the typing. I know it was probably easy what with Jay's humor and wit (along with his typos and picture malfunctions) but now it will be even easier!

I hope to use this as more of an outlet for my thoughts and feelings... taking a lesson from you, Greg! No longer will this be only pictures... because you don't always have to post pictures in each blog posting, right? I mean... I have interesting things to say that will make it worth reading without the eye-catching pics of my house and family, right?

Time will tell.

I've been loving 2010 so far. We've had some pretty amazing experiences as a family. If you are in our ward, or if you read Liz's post, or if you're a good friend of mine, then you know that we finally realized the twelve year old dream of ours to get to the temple!

While there are SO many things that I could say about this, it seems like every time I relate the story of that day some of it is lost. I think I'm finally beginning to understand what sacred really means. I've always understood the concept of things that are sacred, but this is the first time that knowing something and locking it away in my brain, pulling it out once in a while and thinking about it keeps it shiny and new... while talking about it sort of dulls it for me. It's hard to explain, but know this: the day was perfect and amazing! I LOVE temples! I LOVE my family! and WOW! I love my husband.... more now than ever!

While we're on the subject - how about that PAYSON temple announcement! Oh yay!! Jay and I plan on taking pictures of the construction over the next little while and helping out whenever and whatever as much as we can. I'm sure there will be plenty to blog about that later on.

I've decided that the word for 2010 (for me) is "meaningful". I've already had a year's worth of meaningful things happen to me in these few short weeks, but I plan on making this year one of my most meaningful years ever. It's going to be a time for reconnecting with what's important, forgiving, and healing. I can't wait!

So stick around... it's bound to be good, right?

Ice fishing.

Are you kidding me? Do people really go ice fishing and ENJOY it? Well here I am with the scouts and a few of my boys giving it a try. You can see Elijah there all bundled up wishing he was back home sitting with Mom next to the fire. The wood stove I made is in one of the pictures there. It kept the tent nice and warm. The event was a good experience. It solidified the fact that I don't mind fishing.....in July.

DIY wood stove.

More often in the past "ice fishing with the scouts" resulted in "ice freezing with the scouts" with us all in a tent not sleeping because it's so cold and miserable. This week-end we will be sleeping overnight at Fish Lake in Utah and I'm not going to be cold this time. Or any more times as far as that's concerned.

Here is my ten gauge thick nice big wood stove I built for the trip. It will be fun testing it out and see if it burns longer then my smaller one I've used before.

Our new old oven.

Now THAT'S what I'm talking about! We have been having a good time cooking all sorts of stuff on our cool oven that looks like a 1957 Cadillac with all it's chrome and steel. Definitely one of those items that falls under the category of "they don't make them like they used to". This baby bakes and cooks like nothing I've used since managing a resturaunt back in Los Angeles.