Memorial Day

This Memorial day we decided to take a motorcycle ride out on the desert with my brother and Kendall's dad.  The weather was beautiful at home so we thought it would be nice on the desert.  As we got closer we noticed a big black cloud, but it looked like it might be heading away from us so we continued on.  It had rained the day before at our house a little bit but it must have really rained out there because there were these huge puddles everywhere.  

This guy however didn't go around the puddle enough and he got stuck.   I mean really stuck!   

Kendall happened to have 3 shovels in the back and they dug him out and pulled a few times from the back and he didn't even budge so we moved to the front and pulled some more and finally he got out.  

Needless to say we didn't go out on the motorcycles but we had a good time anyway.

Tap and Gym Show

This has been a busy week of recitals.  Madeline showed of her mad tap dance skills and her bendy back last night.  

Here she is with straw hat and old blue jeans.  

Her tap class.

Look at that head off of the ground!  Hurray!

Good job Madeline!

Madeline's Music Recital

We put Madeline in a music class this last year called "Lets Play Music".   She really enjoyed it.  She is learning a ton and it should really help her when she starts an instrument.  She loved her teacher Miss Michelle.   

Here she is playing the Primary Chords.  

Receiving her diploma.  

All of the kids.

Madeline after the event with chocolate all over her face.  They had really yummy treats if you can't tell.

Friday night dinner and a movie

Last night we watched a movie and had yummy nachos!    It was fun to relax watch a movie and have all of us eat from one bowl.  No dishes!  

These nachos were delicious!  OH MY GOODNESS!   Yes that is fresh pico de gallo on top. So good!    The recipe was from the wonderful Pioneer woman blog.   

What a fun night!

List of what I have done

This was a list of things my cousin posted on her blog... 

I have bolded the ones that I HAVE done. Go ahead you can do it too, just copy and paste it to your blog and bold what you have done!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty  (I bolded half because we have seen it but they wouldn't let us go to the top.)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone repelling
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud!
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Rainy May Morning

Today we woke up and decided to hurry and plant our garden because it is suppose to rain all day.   Kendall was the awesome man that "tilled" the ground with his trusty shovel.  Who needs a tiller?    Madeline and I planted peas, carrots, spinach, lettuce, and swiss chard.   We will plant the rest when it gets warmer.   

Madeline loves a good excuse to pull out her umbrella.  

Oh and we had to have the nose strip because Madeline gets "slightly panicked" if her nose is the  least bit plugged.  The nose strips have saved us from "full out panic".  

She found these cool little shells and asked " how did they get here all the way from the ocean?"

I just love how green everything is this time of year!

She had to go out to work and show her dad her awesome shells.