GONE!

Oh man I am so upset. I just got my computer back from the apple store after 5 lonely days without and I was really looking forward to catching up on some photo editing. I am still in denial ... my hard drive was shot - they couldn't save anything. I lost all, ALL my pictures. Gone just like that. I wanted to scream when they told me, but what could I do. I have to take complete responsibility for this one. You see when I bought this computer, 1.5 years ago I also splurged and bought an external hard drive. You see in essence this large, expensive, beautiful piece of equipment would store all those pictures and other important things that just in case, worse case scenario, I was to lose all of that precious cargo in the rare case that my computer would crash. Well let me just say that this little piece of magic is just now being pulled out of the box.... tears...more tears... and still more.... needless to say I am so sad. Hopefully those of you who are reading this will take my advice and back up everything. Don't let this happen to you.
If it wasn't for the beautiful weather outside I might just cry all day. Thank goodness for spring. Oh I just love it. I also love, love, love spring skiing. On saturday my dad, sisters,sisters boyfriend, brother, and sister in law spent a fabulous 1.5 hours up at Alta enjoying the free-ski time. I hate to say it but other than the hour I spent teaching Savannah to ski earlier last week I hadn't been skiing in 2 years. I was so nervous that my legs would be shaking by the end of the first run and that my brain in it's old age would forget the graceful gliding feeling of telemarking (not telemarketing). It turned out much better than I had expected and I couldn't get enough, if I had it my way I would buy a cabin up little cottonwood canyon and ski everday possible. I know this sounds a little extreme for only skiing all of 2 hours in two years, but I guess that's what happens when you are deprived of something you love for so long. For now I will settle for once a week and thanks to Alta it won't cost a dime. Gotta love it. More about Savannah's ski day later. I've got a sink full of dishes calling my name.

I love my Valentines!

How lucky am I to have 3 Valentines!
Man, I just love these people so much I can hardly stand it. The thought of not having them in my life is an unbearable thought. Every day, no matter how hard the day might seem they make me smile. Lucy is the queen of giggles and every time I try to put her to bed for a nap or at the end of the day she has to play peek-a-boo. She laughs and laughs until I pull her fingers away. She is also such a snuggler she loves to be held especially during story time. She always picks out a book turns around and shimmys backwards into my lap. I love it. Savannah is quite the character and I love to listen to her play. She usually comes up with some crazy names for all her people, which include - Elanore, Cherry Blossom, tinker little girl, Strawberry yummy shortcake, and glitter girly with a cherry on top. Hopefully she will grow out of this stage before she actually has kids. She also has a great poutty face which makes it really hard to keep a straight face. She is my little dancer and an ace when it comes to jumping rope. She just makes me smile every time I look at her. How lucky did I get to have such great kids. The other day I heard her telling Lucy, "Did you know that you are a child of God." Lucy just looked up at her and said "Yeah." How you can you not just love to be around these girls.
As much as I love these beautiful girls I can't say enough about the my number one love - Brock.
He is the only one who really knows how to make me laugh when I am upset. He is great and pulling me up when I am down and without a doubt always sees the light at the end of the tunnel. He is truly an optimist. He is the balance that we need in this family of girls. Whenever he comes home the girls get so excited to see him. Lucy just starts laughing when she hears him walk in. He also loves to play with Savannah and Lucy and is so good at it. They just think the world of their dad and so do I. Besides being a great Dad he is a fabulous husband. He is as handsome as ever. But that isn't why he is such a great husband, it's just an added bonus. He is an extremely hard worker, dedicated and determined. He is a dreamer... and to me this is an extremely sexy quality. One of my favorite things to do with him is to talk and dream together of our future. He is also very passionate about current events, cycling (I am so proud of him for going pro this year - he is going to do great!) building his business, educating himself, and putting his family first. I love this man and I am so glad to have spent the last 6 valentines together. He is amazing. Love you babe.

Yes! I just figured out how to make my pictures bigger. I am so excited! If I could only figure out the heading. Some day soon I am sure.

I love this picture. If only we could all look this cute in a hat. Love that girl!

So after several days of sickness running through our family we finally feel the blasted bug leaving. Lucy as always gets the brunt of whatever the rest of us get and ended up nearly going to the hospital, thank goodness for my Dad who save the day again. He worked his medical magic and Lucy is riding it out and almost clear. Savannah however seems to sail through most of the illnesses. She gets a little warn down but never stops to even let the bug get her, she is a tuff chica.
Let me interrupt this post to say that I just lost half of the original post. Blast!
Here is what I can remember writing...
However, we were able to ride out most of the illness up in beautiful Midway. I just can't get enough of that place. I am sure that being out the inversion sped up the healing process by at least 50%. We spent the weekend celebrating Becky, Abby, and Becky's new beau's Birthdays! I love them all, but I am secretly crushing on Becky's BF. Ok, not really but he is one heck of a guy. I can't think of anyone else who would stay up until the wee hours of the morning, just listening to our family talk about "our family." Seriously he knows how to impress. I also talked Becky into a photo shoot even though is was all of 10 degrees. I think she did a fabulous job.
I guess that is all I have for tonight. I hope that all of you are enjoying your new year as much as I am.

And so it goes...

Okay, I am going to do this again. I swear every time I get on my blog, which isn't very often the same thought runs through my head: " I need to stop this blogging thing once and for all." I think it is because I feel like a blogging failure. Yeah, maybe that is it, I am afraid of being a failure. Don't get me wrong, I have failed many times in my life - but I usually keep trying and trying and trying... until either I come to glimpse with reality that it just isn't going to work, or I learn what needs to be learned and move on. But all that failure happens to be in the confines of my own head not for the public to see. Perhaps this could fit into the pride category. I don't want to fail for everyone to see. But is not blogging really failing? Probably not....

Now that that is out of the way on to bigger and better things.
Update:
Christmas - great! Spent the time in Midway with my family. Lots of hookie bobbing (is that how you spell it?) snow fort making, hot tubing, movie watching, game playing, and of course eating.
New Years - Relaxing - put the kids to bed early, watch a movie, eat good food, go to bed.
Currently - Working 4 nights a week, loving winter, back on track with this workout thing, and looking forward to a most fabulous year yet to come.

Oh yeah, and I turned 30! Way to go Me.

So there you have it! I hope it was worth the read.

Hopefully more to come in the near future.

Don't you just hate it when people don't blog daily?

Okay, I am one of those people, but what can I say... I just don't get into the blog groove very easily. Needless to say at one of the busiest, most fun times of the year, I find myself in the groove. So instead of packing for our weekend in Midway or cleaning my house which in one day has gone from beauty to trash, I am sitting in bed officially calling it a "day of rest" I am exhausted. I also feel the need to tell you all that today is our Anniversary. 6 years ago today I took the trip of a life time and haven't returned yet. It has been 6 fabulous years! I have such an amazing husband that I am so greatful for him. I couldn't imagine being married to anyone else - Brock is exactly the person I needed to marry and I am a better person because of him. Thanks for the past 6 years babe - sure love ya, you are a superstar.
I am also taking a photography class from a cute girl in our ward whom most of you probably know... Emily Brown Wallace. She is amazing and I feel so blessed to learn from her. Look her up on the web and check out her pics. she is great and I really love her style. So here are a couple recent pics.