Tara's New Hobbie

Boy its seems to be the older my kids are getting the more hobbies I am picking up. For the last 3 years it has been running! I love to run. If anyone is saying to themselves right now " I hate to run!" I said that before too. It is so much fun. It is my way of releasing that days tension and ant the same time I can stay fit, which is hard to do after 4 kids and Cafe Rio! I also can do it with Bubba. Here is our first run in Moab in 2007. Notice we are in separate pictures, he ran the half marathon I did the 5K. I am so proud of him. Just a side note he was picked (through a lottery) to run the St. George Marathon in Oct. of 2008. Go Bub!

Anywho...the hobby.....mountain biking! Oh what a breath of fresh air! I love it. I am not that good yet nor do I have the courage to do all of the "runs" /"trails"??? Today Margo and Tonya to me to Lambert Park in Alpine. It was just the perfect day for my first ride. It was not too hard, or too easy, it was just the perfect place for it. I am thankful for helmets. There were a few times those trees just jumped right out at me! I am so excited to go again!

I am enjoying life a bit more now that I can be a mom and do the things that I have always wanted to do.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=q2Do5nDpOlA

The Host

So I am so excited. I picked up my copy of the new book by Stephenie Meyer! I have not started it yet however I plan on hunkerin down tonight, right after American Idol of course! So those of you who do not know about this author, she is the one who wrote my all time favorite Twilight series. If those are new to you please just stop by your local book store and pick them up. They will not be a waist of your time I promise!

And to those of you who also bought The Host...have fun!! Ya I know....the picture is cheesy!

Soccer Has Sprung

Miles was so excited on Saturday, he had his first soccer game and they won 5 to 0. One of those goals was made by Miles himself. He loves to play sports and it is so fun to watch him. he thinks the best part of it all is that his all Bubba is one of his coaches and his best buddies Austin White, Troy Lybbert and Zack Kehoe are all on his team. He could not be happier. What a fun day it was, although winter has not left us yet. Sat. was a high if maybe 50 and the wind made it feel like 20 BUURRRR! We still had a great game. GO MILES! Again!

Mles Learns to ride a Bike

Mile is so excited to kick the training wheels. He has finally learned to ride a bike. Kind of funny it took me months to get the hang of it and miles well it took him 30 min. He can now keep up with the other kids and not get left behind. GO MILES!!

Badge Trey and Miles 1st Concert

So while in St George our boys had the opportunity to go to their first concert. I took them to see Drake Bell. Well for those of you who do not know who he is, he has a show on Nick with a kid named Josh (Drake and Josh). He has a pretty good voice, although the price of the ticket and the length of the show oh and lets add the "TWEENS" all around me really did not do it for me....although my kids had a great time with their cousins.

Spring Break in St George

Ohh it was a lovely time in the heat. We as a family took the time to get away from the Antarctic and bask in the rays of the sun. We spent some time visiting family that resides there. Bub's bother Joe and his wife Holly and their 3 or wow 4 now kids have a beautiful home there. Our kids love to spend time with their cousins. They wanted to be together every moment of the day, and yes that included sleep over requests every night. The kids had a great time swimming and swimming and swimming, of course since Trey and Cali inherited their mothers lovely pale pale skin they found themselves under the care of the Aloe vera bottle, poor kids. Badge and Miles just got their first tan for the season. As we were leaving the pool Trey asked me " Mom how do you get a tan"! I explained that it is just not going to happen for him, poor guy. We also had fun hanging out with the Lybberts and Erskines, well of course the wives and children. The husbands said they were too busy to come down, I am proud of those girls for doing a trip with 6 kids! Luckily there was the Wright's Huh! We stayed up in the Green Valley Resort area at this awesome condo called "Las Palmas", they were fully furnished and just felt like home away from home. Each kid had their own room, that was nice, with a TV, that was nice too. They are also time shares and we are seriously considering buying into one. It was so much fun.