Dirtbiking

We had a really fun weekend trip dirt biking and camping! We went up Friday afternoon with Kirk and Ashley,their boys Matthew, Palmer, Will and Baby Ben, and Kirk Derr and his boys Korbin and Ethan. Poor Koral was sick so Mel and Teague stayed home and took care of her. The Boys got a fun ride up to camp in the tractor bucket!




The crew Korbin, Ashley, Will and Ben, Devin Palmer, and Ethan


The boys are roasting Doritos? We had yummy tinfoil dinners and we did roast marshmellows and had smores too.



Devin and Will! The crazy dirtbike boys! You gotta love that the helmet is on even though it's a lil big! Devin is safe sometimes.

A little Teatherball tournament

The Boys warming up their lil toes by the fire!

Devin and Will riding a Wheelie

Trick or Treat a little Late!

"Scuba Devin and Lynette"

Our friend the Bounty hunter and his wife.

Lynette, Ashley, Diana, and Allyson

The cutest Baby Ben pumpkin

My favorite Dinosour Will. He loved to Roar at everyone and thanked everyone for his candy while trick or treating Cute kid!

i had a dream that died last year.

OK I have to admit I stole this post from a friends blog, because I could not have described my feelings better than she did. I changed it to fit my story a little better.

i had a dream that died last year.

a dream of little babies that looked like Devin and me.
a dream of being a co-creator of life.
a dream of feeling life grow within me.
a dream of surprising our family and friends with the blessed news.
a dream of getting flowers in the hospital.
a dream of hearing the heartbeat.
a dream of Devin and i alone in the hospital room with an hours old baby in our arms.
a dream of the little ankle bracelet with my name and baby's name on it.
a dream of maternity clothes.
a dream of taking pictures each month to show how much bigger the baby had gotten in my tummy.
a dream of counting down the days.
a dream of experiencing the spirituality of the delivery room as my mother described it.
a dream of having a baby when i wanted to have one.


but...
those days after the "bad" news were hard.
(that's the understatement of the year!)
we fasted and we prayed and we poured out our hearts.
i cried and cried and cried ...because the dream had died.

those prayers were answered.
and we were blessed with a miracle.
the miracle of understanding and accepting.
the miracle of gaining a testimony and a desire for adoption.
the miracle of feeling the power of the sealing power seared into my soul.
the miracle of peace.

and i was blessed with a new dream.
a new dream that i daydream about in the car everyday ...still.
the dream of hearing the words, "i chose you to be his family."
the new dream of babies my babies.
and recently the dream of seeing all of my children dressed in white sitting in the temple with us.
new dreams that are as dear to me now as the old ones were. new dreams that make tears streak my cheeks. good dreams.

Dallin and Shannon's Wedding

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My HOT Ironman!

Devin decided that he wanted to do an Ironman triathlon about what seemed like a year ago. Now he had an excuse to play any sport he wanted to and several in one day. The phrase around our house was "I need it for my race" "it's for my race" race race race race... Finally the day of the race came we drove 3 hours to Oklahoma and stayed in a hotel the night before the race and went to bed early . However, just as we settled into nice relaxing sleep, some little punks running in the hallway, knocked super loud on our door - startling and waking us up. Needless to say, we did not sleep well.

After finally falling asleep, we woke up to a beautiful morning - that is until 30 minutes before race time. As soon as we got to the race black clouds rolled in faster than I have ever seen and it started to rain! It poured and poured everyone was grabbing trash bags and umbrellas. The race was delayed for an hour and there were sections of mandatory dismount on the bike part because there was 8" of standing water on the course. It was crazy! I watched Devin during the 1.2 mile swim and his transition to the 56 mile bike, he did very well on the swim finishing it the exact time he wanted to. He did well on the bike also. I left during the 3 hour bike portion of the race and spent 2 hours drying my clothes at the hotel!

I got back just in time to watch him do the 13 mile run! He ran really well, because he had the best running coach:). However, due to undertraining, his hamstring started to cramp up real bad after the first few miles and that made it tough to run fast but he kept at it and ran well! He finished his race in 6 hours and 20 Min which was just a bout 20 mins over his goal.

Devin thinks he did pretty good. Especially since before race day he had never biked the full 56 miles or ran the full 13 miles! He is thinking he should train a little more before his FULL IRONMAN race next year:) Great Job Babe! Here are some pictures from the day

Projects

I have been wanting to do some projects around the house for some time now and just kept putting it off because other things came up, so I decided that I would give myself a deadline to get everything done... There you go more proof that I LOVE Schedules, lists and being busy! I gave myself until Labor Day to finish everything on my list.
-Stain and varnish front door
-Trim Bushes and trees
-Power wash the fence (oh the story is a whole other post)
-Plant flowers again since they died while we were in NJ
-Make draperies and Cornices for Bedroom and Living Room
-Patch all holes from previous drapery hardware and paint
-Make molding and put on living room wall
-Make sconces for Living room wall
-Paint and hang sconces for Guest bedroom
-Hang Mirror in Media room
-Plant trees and bushes in backyard
-Clean and Organize Garage, pantry and craft room
-Refinish antique chairs
-Polish the brass feet on antique chairs and table
I conquered my list and still had time to spare! Here are a few before and after photos! hope you enjoy!


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