Fax found this fun website where you get to design your own Sweet-Bus. We all had fun choosing how we wanted our bus to look. Do you like mine?
Although, to own a bus in Utah, you'd have to figure out some way of making it have 4WD.

Kennecott Copper Mine

If you click on this photo, you can see the water at the bottom.
(It's the size of a football stadium.)

Last Saturday we decided to do a little afternoon trip with the kids. We went to Kennecott Copper Mine. It's so huge you can see it from our front porch. Anyway, Jake had his friend, Chase, over so he came along too. Let me just say that the photos don't do it justice. It's enormous!! To give you some idea, the little "pool" of water at the bottom of the pit is the size of a football stadium. The kids are standing in front of a tire that they use on the dump trucks. It's pretty crazy. We had a good time and it was only $5 for our whole car.




What was my kids' favorite part? Gift shop, OF COURSE!!! So if you're ever in Utah, it's worth the 20 minute drive.

Dance Festival 2010

The school had the dance festival today, which means only 2 more days of school!!!! I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Here's Summer, strutting her stuff.

Summer on the left, Wynn on the right.

Jake

Lookin' good Jake!

Here's Brook

More enthusiasm!

It is May 24th, right?

Yes, I took these pictures THIS MORNING!! And, it's still snowing. That first picture is of my garden that I waited to plant until 2 days ago. I'm so glad I waited to avoid any freezing temperatures.

It's Finally May

Yes!! It's finally May! So, why am I still freezing? Why does the forecast say it's supposed to snow on Wednesday? Oh well, at least there's only 3 weeks left of school.
So, apparently, one of my quarterly resolutions was too hard. (That's what I'm telling myself anyway.) Out of the entire month of April, I only made it into bed before 10 pm twice. Yes, twice. I'm pathetic!! And it's not like I have something amazing to show for it. It was mostly because of Top Gear, and other shows on the DVR. By the way, Top Gear is hilarious. If you've never watched it, it's on BBC America. Fax and I are both fans.
Anyway, I'm boring, so here are some pictures of Summer, Wynn, and Gracie. They were, obviously, all playing dress up. I love the shoes and backwards crown on Gracie.

New Kitchen?

Jake and I saw this and decided that it was the best kitchen EVER!!! On it's own, it's very impressive, but I'd have to say the best part about it is, location, location, location. Jake liked that he could go fishing from the railing. It reminds me of the many lakes in Washington and northern Idaho. The only thing I don't like about it, is the antler on the table. To me, that's a little unappetizing. But that's just me. (Click the picture to see the whole thing.)

Quarterly Resolutions

This year I did something a little different for my New Year's Resolution. I decided that I could only make 2 resolves. (Instead of the enormous list that I usually make.) My two goals were, and still are:
1. No sugar (As in, sweets, desserts, etc. I know that most things have some sugar in them.)
2. Don't go to bed until the dishes are done.

So far, I've stuck to my goals pretty well. I've only left the dishes twice. (And I had good reasons.) And I've had a couple of crunchy granola bars, but no real treats. I know, who couldn't do those easy goals, right? It's not like I said I was going to exercise 2 hours everyday. But I've also decided that every 3 months I'm going to add two more goals. So, for this quarter, my two new goals are:
1. In bed by 10:00 p.m. (Not including Friday and Saturday nights, and with exceptions when children are up because they're sick.) I think this will be my hardest goal yet.
2. Attend the temple twice a month. (I'm going to try for once a week, but twice a month will be my actual goal.)

So wish me luck! I'm really nervous about the in bed by 10, goal. I'm really quite a night owl, and Fax doesn't get home until after 9 a lot of nights. But hopefully this will help me change my ways, right? And maybe I will naturally start wanting to get up earlier. Or at least not be so tired when I have to get up earlier. Let's hope so.