Happy Anniversary

It's been exactly one year since my last post. My blog book for 2010 is going to be pretty pathetic. Maybe I'll post again before the year ends. . . maybe?

Trying to be like Jesus

Yesterday in church:

Logan: "Mom, why do we just keep learning about Jesus all the time?"

Me: "Because we want to be like Jesus so the more we learn about him the better we will be."

Logan: "I'm trying to be like Jesus, I just keep getting distracted."

Man I love that kid- and I agree it's very hard to not get distracted by life these days.

I had to throw in a cute picture of Logan for this post- I stole this one from Stacy's blog cause I loved it.

what I learned in church. . .

Yesterday in sacrament meeting Carter drew this picture. I thought it was pretty cute and something that should be remembered. (I know it's been a while since I posted and it's not because nothing is happening that I haven't- too much is happening and life is just too crazy, hopefully I'll catch up soon.)



This picture is of the hero, named Dragon, who is being attacked by a villain. Dragon has the following superpowers: telicinisis (aka telekinesis), ice breath and mind reading. You will notice that the superhero used his ice breath power to freeze the villain, after which he was able to read his mind.



Can the human race survive? Will the hero be able to continue to defend us? Stay tuned to see what happens when the villain awakens from his stupor. . .

You might be a Redneck. . .

This past week was the county fair. It started last Saturday (Aug. 1st) with a horse show that Camryn was in. She did several events including the poles:

The Barrels:

As well as a keyhole race, halter and western pleasure. All events she did great. Panda (her horse) will never be a speed demon but he has been perfect for her first year of 4H.

On Wednesday we took the lambs (Phineas and Ferb) over to show and sell. Both Camryn and Carter did really good showing them on Thursday and Friday and sold them on Saturday. Grandpa Bryce bought Ferb so we may get to eat him for some Sunday dinners (is that weird to eat your kids pet??? don't really answer that).

Saturday night was the youth rodeo. Camryn and Jensen were both signed up for it. Camryn did the poles on Cody (he was a little too hyper for her to handle so he broke pattern and they ended up with a no time) so she decided to use Panda for the barrels and did great with it. Her and I also did a rescue race together that was a lot of fun. And lastly she did calf riding- when I first signed her up I didn't sign her up for the calf riding. I assumed she wouldn't have any interest in it but after talking to her she said she really wanted to do it so I signed her up for it too. After it got started she had second thoughts. I think we both pictured it would be more like mutton busting and the calves would just run out of the shoots and the kids would have to hold on. We were wrong- they were full on bucking bulls (just calf size) and the first few kids that did it all walked off crying. Most after laying on the ground for a while after getting bucked off. I told her she didn't have to do it and for a few minutes she changed her mind and didn't want to do it but by the time it was her turn she had decided to do it. I was a wreck- luckily someone borrowed her a helmet but that didn't help her back as she got bucked off after a couple seconds and landed on her back- knocking the wind out of her. Unfortunately since it was so fast, and dark, we were unable to get any pictures of the event but it was pretty awesome. She was hurting for the next little while but is all better today and says she wants to do it again next year- I'm not sure if Grandma Redd will allow that though.

The boys had fun at the "carnival" which consisted of some bouncy houses and a rock wall. It was a fun week, can't wait for next year and the San Juan County fair.

hangin' with the girls

My first year of college (95'-96') I lived with five awesome girls at the not so awesome glenwood apartments. For five of us it was our first year away from home and then there was our "old" roomate (I think she was 20 but back then that seemed sooooo old to me). We had our share of drama and tears but overall we all got along and in the end we've all remained friends. We kind of lost touch until the last couple years and thanks to blogs and facebook we have reconnected. This summer we decided that we wanted to have a "reunion" so we started planning. Julie lives in Alaska and Autumn in Virginia so they were unable to make it but the rest of us, Stacy, Roni Cami and I, met up in Blanding and the four of us stayed at Cami's parents cabin for a couple days. It was a lot of fun- we rode four-wheelers (with only one minor accident that Stacy is tougher for), we swam at recapture, we hiked Canyonlands and we stayed up and talked about boys- just like the good ole days. It was lots of fun to see them all again and we plan on having another reunion in a couple years. Next time Portland- Julie and Autumn we expect you to make it this time :)Roni, Kristi, Stacy and Cami at CanyonlandsBefore our swim

After our swim

Leaving on a fourwheeler ride while my wonderful husband cooked us dinner.

The Hillman TRYathlon

Last summer I decided that I wanted to TRY a triathlon (yes Kulani I do know how to spell it correctly). I took a swimming class and started preparing for the Hillman- a local sprint triathlon that takes place at recapture reservoir every July. When I realized that the triathlon was the same weekend as a previously planned family reunion I decided I'd have to wait until this summer. A few months ago I started training again and in the process I convinced Marilyn, Jeremy and Noelle to come and do it with me (both Jeremy and Noelle had done other triathlons this summer). By the time the day came around I was questioning my decision as I didn't feel ready at all. Marilyn and I agreed that we would stay together so that if we ended up last we wouldn't have to finish last all alone. My total goal for this triathlon was to finish, I decided that I didn't care at all what my time or place was and I took it pretty easy the whole time. I mostly didn't want to hate it cause then I knew it would be my last. It started with a 1/2 mile swim (across the reservoir and back) followed by a 15 mile, very hilly, bike ride followed by a 5K, also very hilly, run. In the end I think we all had a good time and Marilyn has even forgiven me for coaxing her into it, and we're all looking forward to the next one.

Waiting for the race to begin- nervously. At this point Marilyn was not happy with me.

Finished swimming- and yeah I know there aren't really any other people around me, there were still a couple in the water but everyone else was on to the bike.
Jeremy was on the support staff and was in the lake to make sure I didn't die.

Finishing the bike.
And lastly the run- Here we come (a little blurry cause we're going so fast :)

We made it and Marilyn forgave me.

We had quite the crowd cheering for us- the kids got a little bored waiting.

Noelle beat us all and took first in her age group (why did she have to get all of the athletic ability of the family again???)

Jeremy J finishing. Shortly after we finished he got a call from Heather letting him know he needed to get home asap. He made it there about two hours before little McCoy was born- congrats to both of them.

My niece Jensen did the kid's triathlon the night before and did awesome. She took second (losing only to a Hiatt so pretty much that doesn't count). She did two laps in the pool followed by a two mile bike ride followed by a one mile run. At first I was asking why we didn't just sign up for that one but after watching them all I was pretty sure they would have beat me and that would have been a little embarrassing. I'm hoping that next year I can get Camryn and Carter to do it- we'll see.

Nicole and Osiris

Last Thursday we went to Nicole and Osiris' wedding. It was such a great day and we are all so excited for Nicole and happy to have Osiris in the family. The day was perfect, after the wedding at the Salt Lake Temple we went to a beautiful restaurant called The Pointe for a dinner and ended with some dancing- which the boys really enjoyed. At the end of the night Carter even said it was the best wedding he'd ever been to.

Logan loved doing "cheers" all night.

Logan and Nicole gettin down.

Camryn and Jeremy dancing- how sweet

Carter literally "gettin down" while dancin. On Sunday we were trying to figure out why his church pants had holes.