Is it almost spring?

It seems like it is taking me longer to do new posts. Maybe because I am too busy??? Or maybe things are pretty routine??? Today was my Grandma Bergesons funeral. It was a really nice funeral. All of my cousins were there. My brother Zach was able to come from Pittsburgh. Although I will miss Grandma I am glad that she was able to go peacefully. She would have really loved her funeral. It was good to visit with old neighbors and friends. My cousin Addi was there with her 2 little boys. Because I read her blog I was not surprised at how big her boys were getting.

JT is now done with school basketball. He will be starting competitive basketball and track soon. Jace and I are just finishing indoor soccer and will be starting outdoor soccer. Arie is now in achievement days. Shane has some down time for work right now. He plans to do some snowmobiling, I have some plans for some honey do's for him! We shall see! (Ha Ha Ha)

I am getting excited to start riding my (road) bike outside. You can only ride the trainer for so long. I am still working towards the marathon. I had a discouraging run yesterday. I hope that the next long run goes better.

I will be following Jill's (Up in Alaska Blog) progress in the Iditarod race. She is using a SPOT tracking system. I think that is a totally crazy race! I am such a boob when it comes to being cold. Her blog has some really cool pictures.

Winter update

I have been so busy lately that it has been hard to make time to blog! We had Arie's baptism and confirmation on Jan.31st. It was a really neat experience. Afterwards the family came over and ate, then we headed out to do some sleigh riding/tubing. I think that everyone had a good time. It was fun to have everyone over and stay and play for a while.

Today is JT's last basketball game of the school season. I am really proud of how well he has been playing. Shane and I have really enjoyed watching him play. Jace and Arie are a little tired of going to watch the games.

Last Sat. Jace went and moved chickens for the first time. They sent the forms to fill out for taxes for Jace, so I am assuming that they will ask him back again.

I have rode my mountain bike outside a few times in the last couple of weeks. I had a wreck on one of my rides. (Ice- got me.) In getting ready for the marathon I ran 17 miles. And then after I was done checked my e-mail and realized that I only needed to run 15-16 miles. Kris has to keep me on track because I seem to like to get ahead of the training schedule. It is time to also start planning the upcoming events for the year. It is hard to decide what to do.....so much to choose from. I heard that the LOTOJA is the 13th of Sept. I have not yet checked for myself.

On Monday night Shane took the family to the Rock Haus in Logan to do some rock climbing. We had a really good time. Arie really likes to climb!

I hope that everyone is doing well. Especially with the economy the way it is. We just signed another building. So we have work for a few more months.

Arie's 8th Birthday

Today we celebrate Arie's 8th Birthday! She is so excited about turning 8 and being baptized. Shane and I were talking about how time flies. Arie is turning 8, Jace passed the sacrament for the 1st time, JT is getting so big and is almost ready to start driving. Arie adds a spark of life to our family, everything is such a big deal. It seem just like yesterday that we were in the hospital fighting for her life. It is truly amazing how her health has improved year to year! Sat. will be such a special day for me to have Arie baptized, it is a day that I sometimes wondered if I would ever see happen. Happy Birthday Arie!!! We Love You!!!

Family Trip

I thought that I would share some of our activities in Hawaii and some of our photos. We left on Mon. Dec. 29th 2008. We had a direct flight to Hawaii. We stayed at a beach house in the town of Laia. Which is close to the North Shore where the famous pipeline is. Of course we checked out the pipeline and Sunset beach. There were lots of surfers and bodyboarders. The humidity was very high and it rained every day. But at least it was a warm rain. The boys and Shane took surf lessons with Cory and Jaden at Chun's Reef. Their lesson was taught by "Uncle Bryan". "Uncle Bryan" claimed to be the coach of alot of the pro surfers. All of our surfing students did get up and surf. While I was watching the surf lessons I saw a guy surfing with a bulldog on his board. I told Shane that we are turning Riley in for a new model.

We hiked to a waterfall that was about 700 feet tall. It was a waterfall that tourists don't go to, just the locals. We had to climb a rope up 2 sections of water. We ended up with a ton of bug bites. We had to hike up the river bed and in the river for about one mile. Only Bret and Chalisa's family and ours went to the top. The kids had the chance to jump into pools of water under some of the smaller falls on the way up and down. I slipped and fell into one of the pools, which was ok other than I had a bag on my back with beach towels and clothes in it. The bag quickly weighted me down as I tried to make it to the edge of the pool.

We did alot of body boarding at different beaches. We only ended up with one major injury. Bret totally got ate by a pounder. He injured his neck. He had a painful couple of last days and had to miss his surf lesson. When he got home he went to the Doctor, who told him that he had torn his ligaments in his neck.

We went to Pearl Harbor, the PCC, Hannama (sp) Bay (snorkeling), saw the blow hole, the most photographed beach, visited Tim and Elaine Hobbs (serving a mission at the PCC), ate at the Hard Rock Cafe, went to the Flea Market, ate fresh shrimp at the Shrimp trucks (yummmmmy!). I am leaving out many of the sites and beaches we went to. We did alot of beach walking and gathering shells. We enjoyed snorkeling at different beaches in our touring.

New Years Eve in Hawaii is a HUGE deal. They start letting off fireworks around 5pm and don't stop until sometime early in the morning. The smoke is so thick from all of the fireworks. The Hawaiins save their money to buy fireworks. They have firework wars and shoot them across the street at each other. If you wonder what the picture is with the smoke it is New Years Eve on the street where the temple is.

We drove up the West side of the island (north). This is really the ghetto of Hawaii!

(See the picture with the Holiday Inn Flag!)

Kids Photos

On Thanksgiving my sister in-law took the kids pictures. I wanted to share just a couple. She did a great job! I am adding her photo blog to the blog list.

Pinchface.....

This morning after I dropped the kids off to school I stopped at to get a DP from a vending machine in town. I was waiting in my truck to get back on the highway to head home, and Pinchface drove by. She about broke her neck trying to turn around to see, well I guess me. I didn't even think---- I up and stuck my tongue out at her! I wonder if she saw my childish gesture! Oh well, it made me feel better.

My BFF

These are 2 pictures of my new exercise room. We are just waiting for the heater and air conditioner to come. It is really a hardship to exercise out there!!! (Ha-Ha)

I hope that everyone had a good Thanksgiving. I had a really good Thanksgiving. I got sick with the stomach bug the Sat. after Thanksgiving. It has taken awhile to feel all the way better.

Shane and I rode our bikes on Sunday afternoon. I didn't feel very well but gave it a good effort. We rode up to High Creek (down by Richmond). It was a really pretty ride. I would like to do it another day when I feel better.

On Thurs. Shane will go back down to the Mount Ogden Eye Center to get his eyes touched up! He is pretty nervous.

The other day while driving a person who I call "pinchface" passed us and seemed to have a really hard time waving to me that day. So Arie asked me why Pinchface and myself do not like each other. I told Arie that Pinchface was my BFF ,that I totally liked her and that Pinchface just didn't like me. Well Arie believed that and thought that was a good answer, but the boys were snickering because they knew some of the really great things that my BFF has done to me. So at our house we have done some joking about how my BFF waves at me, and how I wish that she would just give me a 5 finger wave. Last Sunday in primary my BFF's daughter said a talk in Primary. Yes, that meant that my BFF came into Primary to listen. Arie saw her, hopped up out of her seat and ran up to me (in the front of the room) and announced "Mom, there is your BFF." I was just dying. I do not think that my BFF heard!

Lesson learned- be careful what you share with your kids even if you are kidding around!