Two of My Favorite Things...

a night with just Jason and watching the

Ute's play some ball!!!

Reuniting...

One of the girls I taught in California (Petaluma 1st Ward) was getting married over the weekend. Jason and I attended her reception and had a fantastic time reuniting with some of my favorite people. Karen and I served in Young Womens together and worked for many years with this unique, talented and beautiful group of young women. 15 years later, it's wonderful to hear about their adventures, families and careers. I am so proud of them all! It was fun to watch Rachel have three lovely daughters surround her and witness what an amazing mother she has become.
When my boys were little, they loved Maggie and her brother (along with their awesome two dogs!). I am so fortunate to have those wonderful years with this group of girls. I will always cherish their energy, beautiful voices, camps, activities and all the crazy things we did together. This group of girls experienced all the broken bones with Taylor (and often came to my rescue to babysit while I was at the hospital). Chased Tanner during church and youth activities and followed along with my pregnancy and birth of Jordan. I appreciate Maggie, when she saw me at the wedding, she said I haven't aged and look the same...(She must of been my favorite one!)

Homecoming

Tanner asked a girl to Homecoming. He left a path of Christmas lights in her backyard leading to a note with cute up pieces of paper asking her to Homecoming. Late one evening, she left this in our front yard. The light bulbs spell "Delighted".

Traveling with Mom

My mom is FANTASTIC to travel with. She has quickly adjusted to our skating life and I love it. It's been a terrific year having my mom join us in many different states! She knows how to motivate and encourage Jordan, she can sit on hard, dirty benches for hours and adapt to various temperatures in different rinks...
She also makes friends with everyone from skaters to dogs...

We just love having her with us!!!

My Favorite Dessert!

This was worth having the surgery!!! My favorite dessert, a frozen banana covered with milk chocolate and almonds...ahhhh I had three of them during the week!

Traveling in LA

One of our favorite restaurants is "MaMa De's". It's a traditional to eat there every year!
Jordan having fun with the camera...it was great to finally eat more variety in my foods and not get sick. Still staying away from meat and a little bit of dairy.

Jordan made final rounds and landed a scary double axel in her long program. She accomplished many goals and come home charged to prepare for Regionals next month.

A Little Time Away from a Rink...

It wasn't frozen and one of Jordan's favorite spots...Manhattan Beach.
Jordan was competing in LA at Golden West. My mom flew in and joined us for the week.

Our first evening we took a little walk along the beach.