Stubbed It!

Last Monday as I was getting ready for the day, I stubbed my toe on a corner in the bathroom. As those of you who has stubbed your toes know...it hurts. In fact, this one started to bleed. I knew that I had done a number on it. I babied it throughout the day because it was killing me. Here is what it looked like the next day...



It was pretty sore for a couple of days and there are times even now, a week later, when I bump it and it still hurts.

Memorial Day 2010

On the Saturday night before Memorial Day, the Rees side of my immediate family all gathered at my house for a little get-together. Heather and Drew were down from Idaho, Tyler and Tiff came with their kids, Amanda was there with Kristian and Addi, Dallin, Mom and me. If I counted correctly, there were 19 people. What a group!!

We enjoyed playing in the street since I don't have a yard large enough to entertain that many people...especially all of the kids that need space to play. There was bike riding, baseball, chasing, and just about any other activity we could throw in there.
Here are a few pictures of our little get-together. Thanks everyone for a great time!

My first bike ride

For a long time I have admired my friend Lisa for her ability to ride a bike. Yes, I know how to ride a bike but the extent of my bike riding was around the block every once in a while. Over the past two years, I have been able to support her as she rode in the Little Red Riding Hood bike ride in Cache County. I found myself saying that there was no way that I would ever be able to do what she does.

Well, with that is the back of my mind, I started talking with another friend about the race. Michelle is a math coach along with me and she had signed up for the race was was really encouraging me to do so as well. I let time slip and didn't get signed up but that didn't stop Michelle from finding me a registration to purchase.


My longest ride prior to the race was 24 miles and that was four days prior. On June 5, 2010, I participated in the LRRH ride and rode 33 miles with Michelle. It was a beautiful day and wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. In fact, I loved it.

Lisa and her sister, Laurie, rode a tandum bike and did 58 miles. We spent some time together that day. I rode up and back with them.


I am proud of myself for riding in this ride. It is something that I know I will do again in the future and next time I will go a little further!

Home Repair Frustrations...

Okay, this post is a venting post. My last post about this was posted at the end of March and I am still not finished with getting my kitchen back together. The cabinets took a week or so and were put in over Spring Break. The guy who was fixing the holes in the sheet rock came a week and a half after the cabinet man. I was stood up by the painters and the flooring people (twice). The painters came and were finished in about 20 minutes. I am still waiting for the flooring people to come.

My blood boils when I think about how ridiculous all of this is. There is no way that any of this should have taken this long. I guess that I should have been a squeakier wheel throughout the entire process. Maybe I just needed to enlist the help of a male to make phone calls (any takers...because I know so many of you are reading this blog!) and get things done. I am not impressed nor remotely pleased with how this has been handled. HOPEFULLY, the floor with be fixed and this entire mess will be behind me soon!

A new color...

Over Spring Break...yes I am very slow in posting this...I completed a little home improvement project in my bedroom. For a while I have wanted to paint a couple of the walls a different color and even had the color picked out for about 2 months. I was waiting for a break from school to be able to get it done. My mom came down a day to help and Lisa and Avery also joined in on the fun. Anyway, we cranked it out in a day and here is the finished project!

Women's Conference

I was able to attend Women's Conference this year with my mother and my friend Lisa. We headed to Provo early Thursday (April 29) morning and were in the Marriott Center by about 8:15 a.m. The first session started at 9:00. After the general morning session, in which Sister Julie Beck was the speaker, there were three break-out sessions. We were back in the Marriott Center for the general afternoon session that started at 3:45 p.m. We repeated the same process on Friday.

I took it upon myself to get the hotel and boy did I ever choose a winner. I booked through Travesty, I mean Travelocity and the name of the hotel on-line was not even close to the name in real life. In fact, the name on the business card I picked up was colored over with a sharpie marker. What are they hiding that they don't want people to know about? The room was big and we were there for only one night...Lots of memories and laughter will come from thinking of this 4-star rodent motel.

Women's Conference is a great place to be to gain strength from other righteous women of the church. It is a little like General Conference for women by women. All of the sessions are wonderful which makes you feel bad that you are not able to get to them all. You come away from there feeling a little more empowered to be a better person, to try a little harder as a wife, mother, sister, friend and neighbor. You regain the eternal perspective that may not be in the forefront of your mind.

Thanks mom and Lisa for a wonderful Women's Conference. I hope to be able to go again next year!

Grandma Jan Gets Pretties!!!

While we were sitting in the Friday morning session of Women's Conference, my mother leaned over and told me that she wanted to get her ears pierced. She has had them done before but has not worn earrings for a very long time. When we finished our day, we headed to the South Town Mall to get the deed done. She was so brave! She didn't even make a sound. I never really asked her if she was nervous to get them done...I hope she likes being about to wear earrings again!!