Super Angie...Zion day 2 continued...narrows hike

After a picnic lunch, we set off on another hike...this one along the Virgin river in the direction of the narrows hike. We didn't take the whole hike through the river and narrows, but we did go about 1 mile, which with three small kids, was a big deal.

The kids found a friendly Caterpillar and named him HIKEY. He traveled with us for a while as the boys sang a song about HIKEY. FULL VOLUME! It was really cute and had many hikers laughing.

We passed by many boulders where to kids did their best to climb. Tanith even got into the action of bouldering. They actually did very well and we were proud parents.

The squirrels were crazy along the hike. They seriously have NO FEAR and will come dangerously close to your stuff.

Once at the end of the hike, we let the boys play in the river and then we head back, this time with Rick carrying the very tired Tan.

Once we were back at the trail head, we saw two deer grazing. Its so amazing how these animals have no fear of humans. The first night, we saw a dozen dear just outside our cabin. They weren't scared of us at all, and Rick was able to get 5 feet away! These deer at the trail head were the same. It was so fun to just watch them so closely. I did have to remind the boys though that some people have never seen deer, so to them its extra exciting and we shouldn't belittle that excitement. Not everyone has deer poop in their yard like we do! lol

--Super Angie

Super Angie... the economy is rough, so heres some good news.

I wanted to post on my blog that Rick is hiring.

Up to $20/hour. If you, or someone you know, knows PHP, comment here and leave your email addy and I'll tell you how to apply and interview.

Happy Job Hunting.

--Super Angie

Super Angie...side note: 3 pairs of pants

Something very SUPER has just happened.

I mended three pairs of Dallin's school pants.

Phew!

What a fantastically super event!

Just another reason why I call myself SUPER ANGIE!

--Super Angie;)

Super Angie...Zion day 2....hikes and drives

We enjoyed a nice night in our cabin. We took advantage of the gas fireplace, and no TV, and just enjoyed being together as a family. After a lazy morning eating cereal in our cabin, we decided to take a drive to the east enterence of the park.

While driving, before reaching the tunnel, we pulled over to let some cars pass by. This is when Rick noticed a small waterfall. So we got everyone out, and the boys and Tanith climbed up with Rick to sit on a log and be silly. Then the boys took a short little hike with Rick, up higher onto the waterfall--climbing over large boulders. Dallin was ready to come down, but decided to go through the brush and dirt hillside, instead of the rocks. Rick told him, "Stop! Don't go that way. You'll cause erossion" Dallin stopped walking, but suddenly lost his balance and slid down the hillside on his butt. He got some scratches but mostly was just startled a bit. Afterwards, we all cheered and he came down the rest of the way through the rocks. WAY TO GO DALLIN! :)

We drove through the tunnel, with the boys yelling "GRAND OPENING" out the car windows each time we came to one of the tunnel windows. We drove all the way to the east gate, enjoying the hills, dry river beds and different beauties.

We stopped on our way back, enjoyed a blue PEEP, and then went for a few short hikes. One hike took up straight up the side of one of the hills by Checkerboard Mesa. It was fabulous! We just climbed and climbed and got all the way to the top of this rock. Even Tanith climbed it! Then we traversed down another hillside and made our way down to the car. It was a great hike.

Super Angie..ZION day 1.campfire time

We arrived in ZION at around 5pm on Wednesday night. We checked into our cabin at ZION LODGE and then headed out to find a fire pit where we could have a camp fire to cook our tin foil dinners on.

Grotto Picnic area was under construction, which meant, no fire pits. So we headed to the camp ground to ask their advice. The campground hosts were AMAZINGLY NICE and let us take campsite 91 for 2 hours. So, we made ourselves at home, started a fire, cooked our food and tried hard not to step on the cactus.

We had a great dinner and came away smelling like campfire...ah...nothing better!

--Super Angie

Super Angie...late night visitor

I had just gotten done with my 4th workout for the day (two 40+ minute sessions on the treadmill, 15 minutes on the bike and 15 on the row machine). I was sweaty and gross and laying on the floor to watch Dancing with the Stars when suddenly the doorbell rang. Rick was kind enough to go see who it was...it was MY CRAZY FRIEND LESLEIGH! Her darling and ultra sweet daughter, Kayleigh, made me a cupcake! She did the rose herself--PRETTY DANG GOOD, especially considering that she isn't even 9 yet (her birthday is in a few days). WHOA! I think Lesleigh might have a great helper on her hand--her first employee? ;)

Anyway, the cupcake is beautiful--Tiffany Blue--who doesn't love something Tiffany Blue, right? And its a JUMBO size cupcake...fabulous! I am sure this cupcake will keep my tummy very happy on the drive to Zion tomorrow.

Thanks so much my dear sweet Kayleigh and Lesleigh.

HUGS AND KISSES!
--Super Angie

Super Angie...and the winner is!!! DALLIN!

Yesterday Dallin came home from school wearing a GOLD MEDAL for having read the most amount of minutes in the whole second grade! The read a thon lasted for two weeks (14 days) and Dallin read over 700 minutes total!!! He won this medal and a blue bouncy ball, got to eat ice cream, got a certificate and I think he got some candy too. But the coolest thing, to him, was the $15 gift card to TOYS R US!

Dallin, we are all soooo proud of you! And we really appreciate everyone who sponsored Dallin and pledged money for the read a thon!
WAY TO GO!
--Super Angie

Super Angie...ready set GO!

Today I am busy getting ready for our trip tomorrow to ZION to stay in the cabins. I can't wait! :)

But amidst the hussel and bussel of packing and getting menus planned ect, I was able to escape this morning for breakfast with my dear friend Lesleigh. I just adore this girl! Its like one giant Seinfeld episode when the two of us get together. LOL We ate and ate and talked about gaining weight and how depressing it is, so we ate and ate and ate some more! LOL

Afterwards, I made my way to the new Cedar Hills Walmart. This was my first trip there and I have to say I'M IMPRESSED. I'm NOT a fan of Walmart, but this one is tiny, clean, well lit, not cluttered or over stocked. And miracle of all miracles, there wasn't a single line to check out! I think I may go more often to Walmart, since its so close.

Other news: Yu-Na Kim won the figure skating World Championships. While I really respect her skating and there is no denying that she did fabulous and is the first person to score over 200 points, I just don't care much for her skating. On the other hand, I LOVE Rachel Flatt of the US, Fumie Suguri and Mao Asada of Japan. My rant: NBC, USFSA, ICENETWORK.COM and THE ISU all need to do some serious thinking. How totally stupid that NBC only broadcast the ladie's long program and didn't even show both American ladies who competed. I mean COME ON! Worlds was held in LA this year. Sure the commentating was well done and in many ways is better then ABC but only the ladies long?! They did show Evan's free skate that won him the gold, but what about our dance teams and pair teams? Frustrating. I sure hope they all get their stupid act together so we can enjoy the Olympic year and get to know the skaters better with more coverage leading up to the events. For NBC to only show one night of WORLDS and not much more covereage of Nationals is just plain stupid! No wonder TV viewership is down from years past!

Okay, enough rant. lol But still speaking of skating, I'm taking my primary class ice skating on Saturday April 11th at the Peaks Arena in Provo. Originally it was gonna be only for my primary kids, but now I have decided to just invite everyone and anyone...so if you want to skate, come! Noon. And make sure to dress like a skater! :) (and if you want to learn to spin or jump, I will give a mini lesson)

Can't wait for Zion tomorrow!
--Super Angie

Super Angie.... WERC

Super Angie...dancing with the stars--fantasy season

Rick and I were talking about Dancing with the Stars and came up with this fantasy season.

POPSTARS EDITION
Britney
Christina
Ashlee Simpson
Madonna
Mylie Cyrus

Justin Timberlake
Usher

What do you think? Who would you add to the line up?

--Super Angie

Super Angie...a beautiful day for a baptism

Today was a beautiful day for a baptism! Dallin's friend Ryann was baptized this morning. We went to the wonderful event and saw many friends from school and met some of Ryann's aunts and uncles and grandparents and cousins.
Then Ryann's mom, Super Julie, invited everyone back to their house for a huge beautiful luncheon. This was a very nice spread; three types of meat to choose from, two green salads, on pasta type of salad (I think), chips galore, as many strawberries as there were at the moment in the whole state of Utah (I SWEAR! I have never seen so many berries! and man oh man...they were fresh and yummy!). Oranges, crackers, dips....it was really nice. And then the centerpiece of everything was a gorgeous cake fit for a queen. Julie had spent all week preparing for this cake which she made from scratch. The rolled fondant turned out great, as did all the fondant flowers. But the cake tasted even better then it looked. I mean, I really felt like I was a wedding, rather then a baptism party. Fabulous!

It was nice visiting with Super Julie and Super Shannon. Classmates of Dallin's were there and everyone just had a wonderful time.

Thanks Julie for inviting us and CONGRATS to Ryann. I'm proud of you for making the choice to be baptized!

--Super Angie

Super Angie...double date

Last night our friends Super Tiffany and Tyler took advantage of our monthly free passes and joined us for a hot date at Momentum. Tyler used to climb a lot, so it only took him a minute to get back in the groove and I must say, he was pretty dang good--especially in bouldering! Tiffany has climbed a few times, but since she had played tennis earlier in the day, she was already wiped out. She had fun, none-the-less.

We worked some top rope routes and then went to the bouldering room and had some serious fun. Tyler did this wicked V5! He had a lot of fun working a V3 that started in the mini cave and climbed up and over the room. He almost finished it...so close. I started a few projects--V2s and V3s. TONS OF FUN.

I'm really enjoying working some of these extremely overhanging/upside routes.

Unfortuantly the pics I have of Tyler climbing are all bad butt shots (typical of climbing pics), so forgive me if this post seems geared towards Tiffany and me!

Thanks TIFF AND TY for joining us last night. We had a blast!

--Super Angie

Super Angie...JAPAN here we come!

Our summer plans have changed...

May 22...school is out and we're heading to our cabin in the woods. Going to Keystone for a week or relaxation.

June 7th...Teva Mountain Games in Vail. I'm competing in this international bouldering competition.

June 18th...travel to Seattle so Rick can climb Mt. Rainier. We have decided that instead of me climbing Mt. Rainier, we will go to Mt. Baker after Rick's climb on Rainier. On Baker, we will hike, ice climb and Rick will teach me some glacier training, including cervase rescue.

July 23rd (or there abouts)... take the boys to SINGAPORE, to visit Mark.

July 25th (or there abouts)....Rick and I travel to JAPAN to climb Mt. Fuji and hang out in Tokyo!!!!!

I am so looking forward to this summer!
--Super Angie

Super Angie...Die Welt Gehort Mir!

Last night I climbed 1000 vertical feet on the treadmill at Momentum in 20 minutes. Then I boudered with Dallin, so this morning, I was still in the recovery zone, so instead of doing a 45 minute session on the treadmil at 6am, like I usually did, I did a 40 minute session on the bike. --wow, what a run on sentence that was! lol

I usually can only stand riding the bike for 15 minutes, but this morning I was so caught up in my music that I just kept going.

Wham Rap
Barbie Girl
Dancing Queen--performed by A-Teens
Come on Eilee--performed by Save Ferris
Murder on the Dance Floor
Bubble Pop Electric--Gwen Steffani
Around the World-- ATC
and so many others!

I just had such a joyful workout...dancing as I'm riding. Smiling. Sweating.

My favorite line from a song today: ENJOY WHAT YOU DO from Wham Rap.
--Super Angie

Super Angie.. You are so UGLY!

Yesterday Brennan celebrated UGLY day at preschool. The kids are encouraged to come dressed up miss-match clothes. They make an UGLY BUG puppet and just have a crazy day. He had so much fun picking his "ugly" clothes and posing for these pics. Tanith had to get in on the action and posed as well.

YOU ARE SO UGLY!
--Super Angie