125: another amazing day

 Hillary Weeks..not only is she an incredibly talented singer and performer, she is funny!!

 Lunch break at Famous Daves..we were all feeling a little "piggy" after this meal!

This was our entire group of 12! What a great time we had laughing, crying, and just being silly! Definitely sign me up for next time.

124: time out for women long beach

Joined a group of girlfriends for a weekend of laughs, fun, and rejuvenation! We attended the Time Out for Women conference in Long Beach. It was amazingly uplifting and motivating! It was just what I needed! I'm grateful for great friends and the unity that a conference center of women can create! 

123: microdermabrasion

Microdermabrasion..just the name alone sounds painful..but it's not. It's abrasive, but for the good.  Bye bye dead skin and little wrinkles, hello fresh new skin!

Another spreebird deal!

122: nerf hunger games

The newest game on the block is NERF Hunger Games. It can get pretty serious at times. This is Jayden and Rory going to battle. Let me just say, Rory, being the only girl on the block, held her own against all these boys! A true Katnis.

121: haircuts

The boys were way overdue for haircuts! I scored this month. I just got 2 coupons in the mail the day before. One for a free haircut and the other for 1/2 price..add on to that my smart card discount and 3 boys haircuts = $15!

Not too shabby!

120: card exchange

It's hard to believe, but I have been in my card exchange group now for over 6 years! Every other month {I don't do scrapbook pages the other months} we have a theme and make about 12 cards to share. This months theme was boys birthdays! I can't take credit for this card..I found the idea online. I thought it was cute, plus, who doesn't love pop rocks?

119: my newest babies

The newest additions to my garden. 

118: mormon helping hands

Every year in April, our church does a massive service project for the community it's called, "Mormon Helping Hands". I think this may be churchwide, not sure, but each year we get more and more volunteers. Our project was to paint a mile long section of fence. I think the boys were wearing more of the paint then they got on the fence, but it showed that service can be fun!

117: jayden's turn for the kc award

Jayden's turn for the KC Award {kindness & compassion}.

So proud of him!

116: waxing time

Jenn got out her stuff tonight, so I did partake! A little eyebrow maintenance is always good thing.

115: rare license plate

When playing the license plate game, this is by far, one of the hardest plates to find!

114: a pinterest solution

I've put another Pinterest idea to practice! I ordered these nifty little spice racks {$2 for 3} to put in my baking cupboard to save space! Something so simple and easy made all the difference.

113: a visit to middle school

I said I would do it and I DID!

While running on my race last Friday, I received a call from Skyler telling me that his math teacher would like to talk to me. Apparently he can't control his excessive talking in class!!{sounds a little too familiar..apple doesn't fall far from the tree.} She just wanted to make me aware that his laughing and talking were becoming very bothersome and disrespectful. Instead of yelling at him and grounding him and all the normal stuff I do, I thought I would just make a surprise visit to his class. My dad often threatened me with that same thing, but I decided I would follow through this time and try and nip it in the bud before he got worse..like I did! So I arrived in class a little early. The teacher wasn't expecting me either but welcomed my presence. Skyler was the first one in the class and all I got was a huge smile. I don't think this mortified him as much as I was hoping but he was silent the entire class so it worked..at least for today! 

112: happy spachoola day!

Happy Spachoola Day! 

For many, it's Earth Day, but for Mari and I, it's spachoola day!{yes..I'm spelling it correctly, afterall, we made up the holiday, so we can make up the spelling} It goes back many years to our BYU-H days and having a little bit too much time on our hands! It's a day I will celebrate with my friend forever! Each year we exchange "spatula's or turners" in commemoration! These were Mari's to me! 

111: ragnar continues!

 At my last exchange we had some excitement!  A guy came running up in a suit with tons of signs. He was going to propose to his girlfriend. It brought so much energy to the crowd! I was just hoping our runner {theresa} didn't come in before his girlfriend. In fact, Theresa was right behind her, so I at least got to see her reaction before I took off on my last leg. 

{she said yes!}

 Put a fork in me..I'm DONE! Passing off the slap bracelet for the last time to Julie..who's about to embark on my hellish hills from last year! 

 The boys team at the finish line!

 The girls team at the finish line!! We did it in awesome time! 34 hours and 30 minutes. That's an average of 10:14 minute miles! Considering the heat that Van 2 had to deal with the day before, those times are pretty amazing!

2012 SO CAL Ragnar Finishers!! Couldn't have had more fun with anybody else! An amazing time with lots of memories made!

Thanks Jim for making me do this again! He knows I don't like to miss a party and would be sad if I didn't do it! And it is a PARTY!!