beautiful Mar day

I love the speckles of snow in the trees and the way the sun catches the snow

Well when you have a beautiful march day--you can either stay in the house and get it cleaned, or you could sew something --or finish the spackling of the walls in preparation to paint or cook something good or Go Skiing (AGAIN)_ You guessed it skiing won out-I keep saying this is my last time for the season--but then there is so much powdery new snow and sunshine I can resist.

(PS posted below I did manage to make some raspberry swirl cheesecake for a luncheon the stake Presidency wives are hosting today for all the bishops wives) and I did vacuum --I don't Always just play--but mostly I do--lol

time out--

time out from the hub bub of life and just enjoying being together--the net on the tramp seems to be keeping everyone safe

finishing up a little treasure hunt of clues and finding jelly bellies at the end in the pink treasure box

the little kids and I saw the RC willey truck out the window and when it was pulling away--hunter begged to jump in the car to chase it and catch it-- we didn't do it --but his wanting to do it made us smile--

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lastly for a break I took in another afternoon of skiing at Alta and the snow was all powdery and nice this past Wed. so that was nice to listen to soft music on the I-pod and just ski along peacefully and see all the beauty in nature

sometimes the best pizza sauce is...no sauce

(the final crust was a titch more brown I brushed it with oil and popped it back in for 7 more minutes--) don't be afraid to cook pizza on high heat
kerri taught me this the summer they lived here) (:

dad and I tried something good tonight (that we incedently learned from Nancy) and that was we made that pizza with our favorite crust and then brushed it with olive oil and sprinkled parmesan -THEN (no sause I moved onto putting toppings)

- I put green onions, spinich, HB, red peppers, monzerella and bacon bits and tomatoes monzerella on top----and was so excited to share the idea--(that I took two pic) of the pizza

you are all probably saying--that's old news--but for me it was new and we liked it

love mom

a splash of 'color'

also pictured here are some of the lights we put in

washroom floor--& you get the idea....

no body is going to linger long in this room--ha

as a general rule we are boring when it comes to home decor colors and stay safe with tans, browns and lots of whites--but since the tiny flood in the basement (this past dec) due to leaks in the pipe--required us to cut out sheet rock and replace it--and paint it we decided to go a little on the 'wild' side with bright green and then paint the washroom floor as well a deep red--look at us be so brave--its a lot of fun. we also took out the medicine cabinet and just put in a mirror.

Madeira gets hit with flooding

Madeira (Hayley's last area where she served) got hit with rains and high winds and flooding

surely hope that they recover quickly-mucslides and over forty deaths --are the count to this point. the pictures do not capture the full impact--we googled it on portugal mudslides and saw many other pics of devistation--

Hayley-just letting you know-- we will be keeping your friends in our prayers.

gymnastics

I had the pleasure of seeing the kids do gymastics this past week--what a treat--made me want to do them--it looked so fun and I was proud of them

a few improvements

safety net-woo woo

we lucked out -with minimal accidents on the trampoline when you all were growing up--but to be on the safe side we put out a safety net on ours..(pad too) better late than never--(: right-0?

here pictured too are the kirk kids helping put it out