I know it's been awhile...

Todd I finally updated our blog...sorry. For those that don't know I finished another 100 mile bike ride. It took 7 hours. I know a little longer than last time. Mile 65-Mile 85 was a constant incline, so I kind of sucked it up. But it was a great ride and I am looking forward to more rides. I have had quite a few people ask me about LOTOJA. I am planning on doing it next year, Jesse knows she is already one of the support cars for our relay team! Jess-I think you should do it too.
School is going well. We had our first volleyball games last Saturday. The 7th grade won and the 8th grade lost. We saw some good things happening.
Hudson is a maniac. He is talking so well. He uses complete sentences. I am pretty sure he is the smartest 2 year old anyone will ever know!
Cory left to go hunting, it's opening day tomorrow for deer. We are planning a trip to Lake Powell next month for one last great shindig on the jet skiis. We are excited! Pictures will come later, it just takes a long time on my MAC.

Shopping with the cousin

Hudson and Claire (his cousin) are ready to go shopping. By the way you can actually buy things you don't know you put in the cart!
Claire is a cutie.

The Backpack

While I was in Minnesota, Hudson figured he would start wearing a backpack to daycare. Needless to say I had to get one and here it is. He also has to have sunglasses like Mommy and Daddy. This is the cutest kid!

Minnesota Travels

Yes it has been awhile. I went to Minnesota for the PAWS-Alt Rangefinding Committee. If you don't know what that is, call me and we will have a two hour chat about what I do and what it is. Anyway, the Mall of America is in Minneapolis, as well as the Minnesota Twins and we also went to the St. Croix river. Here is one of the pictures. I forgot my camera so I took pictures with my phone.

The Twins won 12-0. The game was so cool. I am ready to go again!

The cake

The cake was a great highlight for Hudson, he had a blast!

Horse Lover

Hudson loves all his presents. Thank you for the people who gave him presents. When he pulled the pony out of the box he started whinnying! IT was great.

Birthday Party

Hudson had his cousins and friends over for his birthday party. The BIG 2 is here.

The Eating Kid

Hudson and I make smoothies almost every day when we get home and I turned around one day and found him drinking straight out of the blender. I had to take a picture of this.

Hudson also loves butter. He literally got out of his seat and went to the other side of the table and grabs a spoon! It is so funny I don't think I could stop him.

New Hair

Since some don't remember back in college when I had bleach blonde hair here is a pic Cory took one Sunday afternoon. Hudson is very handsome in his suit.

Knee injury

On Cory's birthday I was playing Outlaw Volleyball and I hyper-extended my knee. Turns out

I partially tore my MCL and bruised my tibia bone super bad. When they took x-rays that night they said there was a part of my bone missing. I now have started physical therapy. I am planning on racing on my road bike come April and so on. There is a ride when the Park opens in April that I plan on riding in. I will keep you posted!

Too cute!

This picture was way too cute to not show. Hudson loves going outside. The dogs weren't too impressed with the sled, after two minutes Hudson wasn't either. He had fun at first.

Christmas

Hudson had a great time with Christmas. He was spoiled, it was a lot of fun to watch.

Continued Vegas pics

Here are some more of our fantastic Vegas pictures. We went to midnight bowling and had tons of fun. There is one of our pictures with one of the celebrities we met.

The train lover

Hudson loves trains. This train is at Gramma Lynda's. Hudson played with it with his cousins, Tate and Reagan and his Uncle Clint. Any train he sees he says choo-choo, truly there is not cuter kid. I wish there were sound on this video, because Hudson was screeching! He truly was having the best time with this train. I think we know what he needs next.

The Rodeo

We had so much fun with Candice and KC in Las Vegas. We met a couple of celebrities, like the Chief from Grey's Anatomy, and saw Tuff Hedeman. We were backstage the last night and met a couple of the contestants and their family members. KC met up with a couple of his major sponsors, Montana Silversmiths and Bloomer Trailers. They seem to get some great first class treatment! The bull ride was the best one that night we watched. Cory had never been to the NFR, but I think the the last night we were there, Saturday was the best rodeo we saw. We saw a couple different singers, one that sings "Chicken-Fried (country-fried)" which we had to come home and buy because Cory absolutely loved it. We had an awesome time, but missed Hudson like crazy. He had fun with Gramma Lynda riding the Polar Express with his cousins, Tate and Reagan. We stayed at the Stratosphere, went to the couple different Cowboy Christmas', went bowling and ate some great food. By the way after 11 or 12 bowling was only a dollar and we had to stay and play 4-5 rounds so that I could score more than a 100. KC had to bow out the last game, but I ended up getting the best score out of every one! We plan on this type of trip happening again, we had a super time.

Fashion Show

While Cory and I were in Las Vegas for the National Finals Rodeo I was invited to a fashion show with Candice. We sat with a couple of Harlequin romance novelists. We were given a bag with a Wrangler shirt, a romance novel (signed by the author of course, who sat right next to me), a whiskey glass, and some other brochures. I don't think I have seen so much glitz and glamour associated with cowboys! It was a great experience.

Lights on Temple Square

Hudson really enjoyed the light on Temple Square. He wanted to talk to every single stroller we walked by. He is really into babies. No we are not pregnant that is not what this post is implying. He is just really cute! We also went to Gardner's Country Village near Salt Lake. That was a lot of fun to see.

Grease Lightning

This is the car that starred in the local High School's musical "Grease". I told many of you out there that I would post a picture. I know I am very behind. I will try to catch up.

FYI: This is a 1968 Plymouth Fury III.