Girls Night!

Ladies night at my house this weekend. Kristi is my
workout partner, partner in crime ;) and friend for life!

This is my dear friend
Laura & I taking pics between laughs playing Apples to
Apples with 10 other girlfriends! Another friend for life!
I love good friends!
Her little boy Sam and Koen are quite the duo as well!

Back in the game!

No need to say anything...I know 3 months again! How does this happen? Time flies when life throws you curve balls! Between the holidays, the paradigm shift in this country, personal growth and new goals set I have neglected the fun blogging has to offer. I am back in the game though and look forward to posting once again!

So Rob has been gone working out of town in McCall for 8 days now. I just found out it will be another 3 days. Not easy on mama, nor daddy working so hard. Rob is fighting the flu. He is pretending like he doesn't feel sick to get through this long stretch. Normally work out of town would not be a likely choice. However, we, at this time will take what we can get. We have seen challenges among our peers, friends, family and ourselves that leave us wondering if we have seen the worst of it. The economy is what it is and we choose to look at the bright side of possible things to come. We ask for what we want and know that we will get it! I confirm to myself that good things will come to pass and we will be blessed. I find myself being ever grateful for what it is that we have accomplished and have yet to see. Fear has been left at the door, as faith will enter in its place. Cheers to the future and what it holds! I am confident in what is to come.

Koen is a silly boy. No kid can go without the olive fingers! He thought he was pretty scary! He kept growling... alas, however, he finally ate the olives.
Then helped me make delicious pizza. Thank you to Krystal by the way for the white sauce recipe! That was fantastic! Both kids devoured...

Halloween

So, I must say I feel guilty not posting for so long. I have done most of it on facebook. My new addiction. However, I will try to keep up with this too! Halloween was fun. Koen finally got it...I think. Brooklan was just along for the ride. We went tricker treating by my parents neighborhood and loved hearing Koen sing "tricker treat, smell my feet, give me somethingggggg to eat" too funny.

"THE IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE, I WALKED ON FIRE, I CAN DO ANYTHING I CHOOSE!" 7/21/08
So Rob and I just got back from Salt Lake City. We went down there to take a fire walking class. You say what?? Why would you want to walk on fire? I knew going into it that it would be a challenge that I was not sure how I was going to conquer, but I did and so did Rob. The class was 3 hours of mental preparation for this life changing event that I have found myself pondering since we did this. It taught me that fear, although it exists to protect us, can also control our potential in life and keep us from experiencing things we never knew were possible. Fear is to be acknowledged but not given in to. There were about 35 people in the class, 4 of which had walked before. We all walked on burning coals of 1200-1400 degrees. Not one person was injured or burned. 10 of us went (Eileen, Sarah, Doug, Ryan, Daniel, Tyson, Traci, Krista, Rob and myself). WE ALL DID IT! I am so proud of everyone. To describe the physical feeling, it was like walking on packing peanuts that crunched under your feet. There was no heat that I felt and I just imagined it to be as cold as snow. (Thanks Krista!) I found myself starring at the coals wondering "how am I going to do this?" I never thought that I couldn't, I just didn't know how I was going to get across. My heart was POUNDING in my throat and breathing was a challenge. I felt my heart skip a few beats. Rob came up to me after walking and said "you can do this, just imagine your children on the other side and you have to walk through it to get to them." That was it! I started to walk, and it was like I was floating or not even aware of what I was actually doing. I put myself in a different place mentally and found myself on the other side having conquered this beast! It was exhilarating, exciting, unbelievable, and life altering. Once you do something like this you look at yourself in a different light. The possibilities are limitless and boundless. One woman there told her friend who was terrified of walking to replace the fear she had in her heart with love. That was it for her and she did it! It is a great metaphor for life in general! My mother in law, Eileen, is going to host a fire walk soon and I highly recommend taking the class, it will change your perspective!

You can go to www.firewalkutah.com and click on photos to see proof! Cedar wood burned for 2 hours to create the coals we walked on. They don't look hot for some reason in the photos, but trust me they were red and hot!

"FIREWALKING REVEALS THAT BEING A MERE HUMAN IS NOTHING MERE"
Tolly Burkan

Just Being Kids

Brooklan in the tub! She is such a happy girl!













Koen & Brooklan playing in the tub.
They LOVE bath time!













Silly girl














Koen put these on her and she kept them on!
Had to take the pic to capture this one.













Mr. Koen helping mommy make waffles.
Of course he always has to have a taste.
"I want a taste mommy!"