Should we free the Gorilla's?????

My dear sweet friend asked me the other day while driving, what I thought about keeping the Gorilla's caged up.....Yes very random but that's what I love most about her. If these animals can learn sign language and communicate with humans she said, maybe they could function in the real world. I thought about it and think that maybe it could work. I am not sure what would happen if you ran into a Gorilla's car while driving.......Would it give you the finger....or eat you!!!!


Sure he looks nice......until he gets hungry!

Life.......From a different point of view.

Do you ever have those moments where you stop and think hmm....wonder what the world looks like from a different point of view? That's exactly what I did on my fun Canyoneering adventure with the girls a few weeks ago. I went with Kristi, Amber, Suzanne and our oldest friend Nicki (haha). We spent the weekend in St. George and in Zion's National Park. We canyoneered through Pine Creek and spent the rest of the time relaxing, eating, watching the Olympics and Laughing. It was a much needed vacation! We may have had to swim through some mucky water and get sand lodged places that sand should never be, but most of all it was so much fun and really good to reconnect with each other. There was never a dull moment in conversation and we got to experience Suzanne's first Chinease fire drill! We hid fake bugs in Amber's bed, had a heated debate over dinner one night, teased hard, took pictures with giant wire animals in someone's front yard, talked and laughed, sang.....belted out songs on the way home and came home with one more adventure under our belts and lasting memories. I can't wait for our next adventure.....I will give you a hint.....there will be donkey's involved!!!


Amber and I wondered what the world looked like upside down

All of us Girls after we finished the last repel



This is me on the last repel. It was 100ft and so much fun

We had to hang onto a tree to get down. It was cold and very stinky as you got closer to the water


This is what we had to swim through when we got to the Cathedral. If you could have seen the look on everyone's faces......

We must have been having an interesting conversation!

This is us walking up to the final repel. It got really windy.

Girl's Camp 2008

What can I say.....I loved girl's camp. I want to go back to life in the mountains where I don't have to worry about all the thinga at home. It was such a great experience and I walked away with a stronger testimony. It was fun to see the girl's grow and become better friend's. I will have a lot of great memories. Here are some fun pictures

Happy Birthday Leila!

My cute little puppy will be 4 years old on Wednesday! I can't believe I have had to be responsible for something living for that long haha. She was only 1pound 8 ounces when I brought her home and now she weighs in at a solid 22 pounds. They said she would only be about 12 pounds at the most. Guess she has a stray gene inside. It makes sense that she is so big because she inhales food like no other! She is always so happy to see me and I love her so much:)

HOORAY! WE WON!!!

The season is FINALLY over! We won 1st place at the Utah State Meet. 25 teams from all over Utah competed in the competition and all our hard work paid off. Not only did we win the team competition, but we had a lot of individual success as well. Now it's back to the gym to start training for the next season. It was a great year and I am excited for the adventures that next season will bring.

Do or do not. There is no try!

This has been my theme of this year. If I could now only figure out how to actually do it! It all came about when Yoda starting attending every competition we had this year. He became our mascot and has helped us to have an undefeated season so far. We even dressed him in a leotard to match the girls. I encouraged the girls to stop trying and start doing. I think it has had some effect on our overall performance. I would like to think that I could apply this quote to my daily life. Any given day I can look around and see all the things that need to be done that have been staring at me for weeks and yet I "try" to get around to doing them but never do. So, my goal for the summer is to start doing! Wish me luck with that haha

State Meet

Well only three more days until state and the stress level is rising. All my girls are prepared and looking great, but I can't help but wonder if we can still pull off first place. We have had an undefeated season and I could not be more proud of my kids!