Champions.

Tonight was filled with basketball. My school's team qualified for the championship game in their division. Basically, it is like state.

They had to win two games tonight against the same team(the tournament was double elimination and the team they played had not lost during the tourney). They pulled it off and I am so proud of them. What a great end to a great season!

I have also included some pics of the nephews. They were so fun on Sunday! Love them!

Fun With Camera

Hi. Time still escapes me. I cannot believe how fast time is going these days. Before I know it, I will be getting married. Weird. The weekend was filled with Rockband, burgers, and hanging with Rueben. I will miss the weekend when it is over!

Anyway. If you have seen the movie Yes Man! then you will understand the next few pictures. I took a camera out on my run yesterday. It was nice. It totally got my mind off the run (I don't know why but running hasn't been my favorite lately) and more on the experience. It was great. Here are some shots(I took more than one hundred, I think!)

FAT Tuesday

This former Catholic girl still keeps some of the traditions of her former religion. Today marks FAT Tuesday or the day before Lent begins. This means that tomorrow will mark the 40 days prior to Easter. Lots of spiritual journeys happened to be 40 days in the Bible. Hence, the tradition of Lent. Anyway, I am choosing to give up caffeine and the toppings I really like at my yogurt place. Two very difficult things to give up, but that is the kind of things you should give up, things that are hard. This helps us know we can do hard things and builds us.

This comes at a perfect time seeing I have gained about seven pounds in the last week. I need to remember how to do hard things like say no to the treats I love so much! I celebrated Fat Tuesday today by having two big Diet Cokes and eating lots o' toppings at Spoon It Up! It was wonderful and I really have a huge stomach ache. I guess that it what I get!

You should join in on the Lent fun. Pick something that you may hard find to give up for the next 40 days and give it up. It will be fun and strengthening, I promise.

I also need to come up with some good things to add. I think reading my scriptures forty days in a row would be a great goal!

Cheers and Happy FAT Tuesday.

Nice Long Weekend.

Had a blast on our road trip to Manila, Utah. We drove up on Friday. (We being Rueben and I.) We first stopped in Heber and had dinner with my friend, Kristi, and her husband. We got to Manila a little after ten.

We mainly hung out. It was a good break from happy valley. Sarah took us to a lodge in Dutch John for breakfast. The French toast rocked. Not as much as Sarah's orange rolls on Sunday, but it was good. I guess the big moose head helped the atmosphere!

Sunday afternoon we headed back and stopped in Cottonwood Heights for dinner. Morgan made fabulous homemade chicken noodle soup. Excellent.

It was nice to get back to Provo and still have a day off. I exercised, saw a movie and did a bit of my online class. It was a nice day. I may not be completely ready to go back to the reality of work, but it was a nice break, and all good things come to an end, right?

Here are some pictures:

Happy Valentines Day!

It was a good day. I totally just spelled day as fat. It was fattening too. Donuts for my Valentines party with my kiddos, a cookie for lunch, Little Debbie cakes after work, homemade carmel corn after dinner and truffles while watching Alcatraz.

It's okay though. Tomorrow is a new day!

Reuben and I had dinner together and I gave him a card and present. It was a nice low key evening. It was better than the typical Single Awareness Day I am used to. I am very lucky to have Reuben as a valentine. He made me dinner, washed dishes and put out the trash. He pretty much rocks. I truly have been a catch and release girl, but I'm keeping this one. Ooh so cheesy!

Some pics of the day: