Dancing in the Rain

 

My Nephew Tayten is one talented kid. Not only is he smart, but he can dance. Balet West has a great dance program for elementary schools and in addition to the program, really good dancers can be chosen to be on the Dream Team which Tate was. They preformed at West High (which when I walked into the field house after not being there for 10+ years, I was flooded with memories of that place. It was so crazy).

 

I love the picture below of Tate. 

 

In addition to dancing with their school, the Dream team also did a special performance and danced to Singing in The Rain. I think it was one of the best performances of the night.  

 He is even on the dance team with one of his good friends. How cute are these little guys.

 My favorite thing of the night had to be Oliver with Jonny. He was "helping" him film and he looked like such a little film director wearing Johnny's hat and being so serious about recording Tate.

 Great Job, Tayten. Thanks for inviting us to see you dance.

MOAB

This weekend  (March 15th-17th) was just so awesome. I got to spend it with some of the people that I care about most and do some of the things that we like to do best. Last year we missed out on this trip and I was so sad about it. I asked Luke if he wanted to run this year and much to my surprise, he said yes. So here we are, off to Moab.

 

On the way down, we stopped at training table for dinner. It seemed like it took a while to get down there with the 2 other stops we had to make, but it was okay, we were on vacation.

We arrived a little after 8 that night and with enough time to pick up our packets and set up camp. Each of us got our outfits ready for race day tomorrow. Some of us quicker than others... 

That morning we were bussed up to the start of the race where we waited for about 1.5 hours to start. I loved being there with Amy and Luke. The last time I did this race, I was all alone so it was nice to have company, and good company at that.

When we started, the conditions were prefect. It was cast over and best part was there hardly any wind. Perfect I tell you. 

 

Amy was the first to finish. She did such a great job. Her chip time was 40:34 and placed second in her age group. She was only 4 second behind the 1st place and got an additional medal for placing.  Talk about fast!

 

My goal was to run at about a 9:30 pace which would be so awesome.

I finished in 47:23 with a 9:28 pace which was actually wrong. They didn't calculate the gun time and chip time right so I actually ran a 9:18 which is my personal record. I had to make sure to record it correctly because I worked hard for it.

 

Luke was amazing. This was his first official race and a race that he actually trained for. We didn't know he was going to run this fast and so we didn't get to see him cross the finish line. He finished in 48:48 but again, they didn't calculate the chip time correctly, so I'm thinking he did about a 9:30ish minute mile. He ended up placing 12th in his age group. When I asked him what he thought about it, he said it was so fun and that he will certainly do it again. I am so happy for him.

 

Trent was the only one of us that ran the half marathon. His final chip time was 1:20:50 which was his best at this race but not his PR. I can't even imagine what it would be like to run a 6 minute mile. He is a machine. 

 Best part about this race is the finish. They always hook you up with the best post race snacks.

Finishers and Luke with his first race medal.

 



Following showers and a huge lunch at La Hacienda, Trent took us jeeping at the Klondike Bluffs. It's crazy how scary Jeeping is. It doesn't seem like it until you're in the car staring straight up at the sky, straight down at a huge boulder and riding along edges. 

 We walked up to the bluffs to hang out for a little bit.

 

 Amy and I got a little camera crazy, but don't you think she makes a great Cheetah?

 

We took jumping pictures and when I took mine, My flip flop flew right off the cliff. There was no getting that bad boy back so I had to hike back down with only one shoe. 

Looking back at the picture, I thought it was funny that you could actually see my blurry flip flop in the air.

Love him.

Love them.

Love us.

later that night we had dinner at Pizza Hut, did some shopping, got some ice cream and finally settled in after a very busy and perfect day.

 

 

The following morning after relaxing kid less for one last time, we had a delicious McDonald's breakfast, did some more shopping and walking around and then headed home.

Last time we went to Moab together and I blogged about it, we made a list of all the funny things that were said through the trip. It was so fun and funny to look back and reminisce, so I have to include our list this time.

 

 

Moab's Memorable Moments 2013

 

-Woobie

-Trent trying to find a Moab shirt

-Turtleneck

-Luke is Wychel
-"Morgan calls it a chicken." -Trent

-Pubies
-"That's what happens when you eat..." -Luke
-Kim's chin
-"At least I look good" -Amy
-"Kim, turn around, It's Amy..." -Trent
-"I thought it was a dinosaur taking his own picture!" -Amy
-"My shoe!" -Kim
-"Does this come with a spoon" -Amy at Waitress
-"It's not even worth your dollar fifty?!!" -Luke at Kim
-Luke going through the snack tent 4 times past the "security guards"
-"Is that the same Chinese guy?" -Amy
-"I am not eating a sand which." -Luke
-"I have to pee again" -Amy
-"Trent, what do you call that again?" -Kim
-finding perfect sunglasses at the gas station
-Amy being annoyed with the know it all T-shirt shop guy
-"Well that's sad!" -Amy and T-shirt shop guy
-"That water was the worst water I've ever had!" -Luke
-"You break it, you don't fix it" -Amy at Trent
-"What was that?!" -Amy at Trent
-"That made my butt pucker" -Luke
-Head lamps
-"Someday I'll lose my weight, throw up all the food I ate..." -Amy
-"Someday day I'll gain some weight..." -Trent


And the best quote of the trip...

"Amy, I'm sorry I compared you to a fat lard and Kim, I'm sorry I called you a slut" -Trent









My Dental Nightmare

Remember how I told you that we had an awesome St. P dinner? Yeah well I didn't mention that earlier that day I started to get a slight tooth ache...slight. Later that night as I was eating my delicious dinner, I bit down on a soft potato and ZING, I felt pain in that same tooth. I decided not to do or say anything about it thinking that I was just being a wuss about {probably} nothing. I went to bed just fine that night, but in the morning, it felt worse. I sat at work feeling like crap and decided to call the dentist. Lucky for me they could see me right away.

{side note-I called the dentist yesterday morning before any of this nonsense happened to schedule my check up. How coincidental that I get a toothache later that day}

The dentist said that everything looked fine and that he wasn't sure what was going on. The pain that I was feeling was in a tooth that had already had a root canal so he had to refer me to an Endodontic Dentist to have a closer look. Lucky for me {again} they could see me right away. After some closer x-rays, The Dentist was able to find an infection just below my root. He told me that surgery through the side of my gums and into my root was the best way to drill it out. So, {to make a long story short} I did the surgery and it was horrible. I wasn't numbed enough and they had to keep numbing the area and the drilling into my jaw was just awful. After 30 minutes while they were stitching me up I started to get super dizzy. The whole room was spinning and my eyes felt as though they were shaking like mad. They had to put me on oxygen and wait for about 15 minutes before they finally let me go.

I was out for 2 days. It was worse than when I got my wisdom teeth out even with the dry socket. For 2 days I laid in bed taking drugs, getting sick off the drugs and icing.

 

 

Pic 1 Dentist Pic 2 Endotontic Dentist Pic 3 Home

 

I now feel as though I am on the mend and only have to take 1 pain pill a day. My stitches are about to come out any day now and the swelling is gone. When I laugh real hard or even sneeze, I still feel like I have to hold my face together, but like I said, things are on the mend. Here is to hoping I don't have any more mouth surgeries...ever. 

Saturday

I loved this Saturday. Loved it. It started off with some girl time at City creek buying Toms and shopping at H&M. We finished shopping at around lunch time and decided to get lunch at one of our favorites. Spankys. After laughing hysterically in the car for a good 5 minutes we parted our separate ways.

 Since we felt bad about leaving Oliver this past weekend while we were living it up in Moab and didn't do a single thing for him for St. P day, we took Oliver to see a movie. We told him the night before that we were going to take him to do something fun and that it was a surprise. He was so excited when we pulled up to the movie theater and told him what we were doing.

We saw the Croods which was just okay. Oliver sat there and devoured his popcorn and butterfingers and was glued to the screen. He loved it.

 

He did not want to have his picture taken, but Luke and I did. We are so fun.  

After the movie we drove out to Toys R Us to get a Skylander for Oliver. He has earned some money from doing his chores and so he was able to buy it with his own money. Oliver was in a funk of some sort because he didn't want to stick around to look at all of the toys, but Luke and I did.

 

 He barely let us take this picture of him.

 

The rest of the night we hung out together, just the three of us and it was perfect. 

St. P

This year March 17th snuck up on me and I didn't do a single thing for it. No gold coins, no green milk, no prize, not even Lucky Charms. Last year we went all out, so I felt a little bad that we didn't do a single thing for Oliver. Luckily My sister had him that weekend and she took him to the Parade in Salt Lake and that counts as something, right?

Fortunately, we have some awesome friends that did celebrate this year. The Maudsleys put on this awesome St. P dinner complete with corn beef and cabbage, hollandaise sauce, cooked carrots and potatoes, salads, desert, and a green drink that was oh so good. Everyone did such a good job with the food.   

{side note- I hated corn beef and cabbage until I tried it last year with these guys.}

The company was just as good and I think it's safe to say that we all had a great time. I'm just hoping they continue this tradition and keep inviting us...hint hint.

 

Hosting Nickel Auction

This month I got to host Nickel Auction. If any of you know me, I love hosting any party or event so when the opportunity came up, I jumped all over it. Plus I had a few things to sell and part of the perks of hosting is not having to drop your junk to someone else's home.

 

We had a fun group that night, some good snacks and not a whole lot of sellers which I sometimes think is perfect. We actually finished by 8:15ish which I think might be a new record.

 

I bought 2 books and a memory game for Oliver and ended up making $11.50 that night which is also a new record. Oh and someone tipped me a piece of chip too.

Great night ladies!



Confessions of an Enrichment Activity

Confession:

I really did not want to go to Relief Society last night. Like really! I (no joke) sat on my bed for a good 15 minutes trying to decide...it was more like fighting with myself to do the right thing, which was to go. So I did. Luke even said that because I had the reminder sign in our yard, I HAD to go. He was right.

 

I told myself that I would only go for a little bit. I don't know what my problem is or why I wouldn't want to go, but I am glad I did. The activity was on healthy eating and strengthening homes around the dinner table. At first we listened to Sister Olsen talk about the importance of eating together as a family and I really enjoyed her talk. Following that, we rotated through three different stations. The main entree station, a vegetable station and the dessert station. At each location someone talked to us about how to incorporate nutrition into our meals and to eat more wisely. It was great information and I really was impressed by the knowledge of these ladies. The food was also really good. So much so, that I really think I will try to make these items sometime...except maybe the bean brownies.  I even ended up staying the whole time.

 

 

In the end I am really glad that I went. I know it's important to sustain the callings in our ward and I know that by showing up to the activities, I am doing so. I know that these ladies put in so much work to make this activity what it was and so I must say thank you to them for doing such a great job. I really do have an awesome ward.