UN-LABORED WEEKEND!

I was all ready for the big fishing trip.  I had planned on catching the “big” one once again.  Out smarting those fish and also sticking to my plan to catch the “first” and “BIGGEST” fish of the day.

But…when I got home from work…I walked through the house and noticed that huhoney was in the back yard, spiffing up the pool area, had the lawn mowed, and was doing some trimming.  I said “whatcha doing honey, didn’t you just do all this a few days ago? “Yes” was his reply, “but I thought I would get things ready so we could just relax this weekend and maybe swim and just hang out”  Hm, well isn’t that nice of huhoney to think of that, we will just be playing all weekend.  3 glorious days of doing absolutely nothing, if we don’t want to.  OK…so I sat beside him on the lawn, pulled a few weeds, we talked, just talked, about nothing, a little time passed, we talked about going to get something to eat…then…huhoney looks up and smiles…he says, “who’s that”?   (he knew all along) well I poked my head around and looked at the back door, couldn’t see anything, thought it was maybe my youngest son and his family (they live close by) and I couldn’t really see the baby anywhere then “SURPRISE!”, THE LITTLE RASCLES WERE STANDING THERE!  I was so excited I almost cried!  Owen was so excited about surprising me he just stood there frozen and just smiling…then leaped into my arms and squeezed my neck soooo tight!  These little rascals are so dang cute I could just scream!  My oldest son, wife and 3 little rascals decided to surprise me and drive down from up north.    I was then bomb barded with 3 of them in my arms and squeals of delight that they had “surprised” Oma!  Usually it is huhoney and I that take the 4 hour ride to see them but…they led me to believe they would be out of town this weekend with the out-laws.  HA, they planned on coming the whole time and needless to say I was a little sad when I didn’t think I would see them over the long weekend.  So I set my mind to FISHING.  (which of course didn’t happen)  Within 10 minutes they were striped down and had their floaties on and were in the pool!  We had a great time together.  We swam, 

these children are like fish, they attached themselves to their daddy’s back then he takes a dive under the water and swims the length of the pool which isn’t very far…but 27 feet is a good test of how long they hold their breath!

woke up Sat morning and swam again (my hair must have gotten washed 10 times over the weekend) played at the park,

swam some more, went to Pirates Pizza, swam some more, played tea party, colored,

swam some more, took a quick trip to Zions National Park, (outside the park area actually)(about 45 min away) had lunch in the touristy town,

lets not forget a stop at the local candy store to pick up some sweets for the drive back home…

fed some big elk, 

came home and swam some more….

fed ducks at the golf course pond,

swam some more

left their sweet mark on the garage wall for posterity…

and said our goodbyes after 3 fun filled crazy busy days with the 3  little rascals!  It is my daughter-in-laws BD this Sunday, (Happy Birthday Camille!) Laurens next weekend and then Owens a couple weeks later, so with this visit, I decided to give “lollipop” her BD present.  

Even Owen and Daddy thought her new special princess bath towel with her name specially embroidered on it was kinda neat!

A few things are coming up that will prevent us from making a trip up north until Owens BD in Oct. so this visit worked to MY ADVANTAGE!

I LOVE YOU….MY LITTLE RASCALS! thanks for the wonderful SURPRISE!

Well Well Well...

you know the song, rain rain go away, come again another day....well


My song is: RAIN RAIN PLEEZE PLEEZE STAY WE NEED WE LOVE THAT YOU ARE HERE TO PLAY! Except....tomorrow I will am .................................................



Last night it rained and rained and rained and it smelled so good and the air was clean and fresh and we jumped on our bikes after dinner hoping to catch the sunset that was brilliant....but lost the sun by just minutes! darn!



This is the sun! It was just brilliant! We got home just in time to jump on our bikes and ride to the top of the hill to capture the last of it as it passed behind the hill....

ZUMBA!

Before I show you a couple of clips of the exercise class that is the newest RAGE (ZUMBA) I thought I would share a pic of the moon last night! It was amazing! So bright…and there were clouds all around it…YES the weather man forecasted rain and way, way, way, far away in the distant dessert over the Grand Canyon probably, we saw bolts of lightening and flashes through the clouds. It was a great light show that I could not capture because well I am not that good of a photographer and I don’t have the right camera, but I know Santa personally and he said he would get me a new one if I was a good girl this year….hehehe this first pic is with the flash, click to enlarge and you can see the tiny star trying to peek out of the cloud on the right….

the second pic is the same shot but without the flash….click to enlarge and see the tiny star on the right in the clouds….this was about 9:30 pm

To insert this post I am using something new for me…it is http://download.live.com/writer I downloaded it and it takes so much less time to download pictures than using my BlogSpot post thingy. I am sooo not a computer person…everything happens here by accident! No matter what I read or try it is all by trial and accident ladies! hehehe. SO, I told you all about this ZUMBA I am committed to do…or maybe be committed I should say, anyway it gets the ole heart pumping and I am showing only the instructor(s) doing it. (they sometimes grab someone from the floor to do it on the stage…shows different levels of where people are at)…On the platform there are 2 ladies who are my neighbors, they are Polynesian, absolutely beautiful, the mother, and she has 2 daughters, you will be able to pick them out of the others on the platform that teach this class. Beside this class they teach Polynesian dancing and perform all over. Behind the scene in the gym there are over 100 people doing this….HONESTLY it is a riot! no one cares, I repeat, NO ONE CARES, how you look doing this because they are so into themselves. LOLOLOLOL I laughed my fanny off the first time because I felt to FOOLISH, but now, I am just one of the crowd! SO MUCH FUN…let you hair down and all your inhibitions GO!

the girl in the center is not an instructor, they just pulled her out of the crowd... she is like me..level 1, the girl up front is 13, and her sister on the back end is 17, these girls can move!

Have a great weekend everyone and if you are driving somewhere, please drive safely!

WEATHER? or not? that is the ??

Wednesday Hmm partly cloudy with a chance of rain? WHERE did they get that idea? 96° high/ 82° low

Thursday doesn’t look much different…

98° high / 82° low

Friday think they could be a little more…creative?

95° high/ 71° low

Saturday well maybe we can go on a bike ride again?

92° high/ 65° low

Last week Huhoney and I went for a bike ride in the evening. It was overcast and seemed like the perfect night to ride and catch a slight cool breeze. Our favorite ride is about 4 or 5 miles through neighborhoods and golf course trails. I am usually in the lead, because I go slower than Huhoney so he lets me set the pace (hehehe) I ventured out and 3/4 way through the trail I stopped and took some photos of the trail we were riding on. Don’t let the sign of “Falling Rocks” scare you. It never has me! You can get a great view of the valley along side this trail. The Virgin River had a good amount of water running through it, something that you don’t always see in this dry dessert. It is fed by the water from Zions National Park.

The trail goes on and on and if you continue one way or the other you can add another4 to 7 miles to your ride.

But we turned around because we started to feel a few sprinkles of rain drops…..so at the end of the trail we took cover against a brick wall….

yes and even on a bike ride I always try and look my best…lipstick, earings and glasses, you just never know when you are going have your picture taken! It got dark very quickly…and my camera lens could not escape the rain drops!

By the time we got home we were SOAKED to the bone….

But I managed to hurry and dry off and snuggle into my cozy robe…brrrrr

The pool cover collected a lot of rain… it was a fun ride…a little scary when the thunder started and we could see flashes of lightening in the far distance….Huhoney just said, “lets go for it” we were peddling lightening fast! These summer rains (not too often) come in so quickly and just DUMP on us, usually causing flooding in parts of the valley. We are high enough so we are safe. I am looking forward to this weekend….3 days off because of the “Labor Day” Holiday. For many it is a last ditch to go somewhere, but for us…we are staying close to home. And of course with the thunder storms comes lightening and FIRES and because of this our mountains DID get hit…and because of that, we are experiencing some incredible sunrises and sunsets….

taken from my car on the way to work…yeah yeah I know…shouldn’t be driving and snapping pictures….but I couldn’t resist.

right now the sky’s are blue! NOT a rain cloud in sight. So much for the weather forecast! See you all tomorrow. I have a ZUMBA video for you all!