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e to pick up friends for bike tour 7 00am pete train with personal trainer then hospital rounds 6 00 7 35am ride my bike along with over a 1 000 others beginning at the university of utah and ending at gateway always a fun ride 8 15am back home help get kids breakfast 9 00am madeline s soccer game pete was the chauffeur today 9 30am personal trainer for 30 minutes although i skipped cardio figured 25 miles on a bike should suffice 11 00am jake s first game in a basketball tournament in murray 12 30pm grocery shop for dinner saturday and sunday 1 00pm jake s second game in his basketball tournament in murray 2 00pm jake has to be at juan diego high school in draper for a lacrosse tournament 3 00pm jake s first lacrosse game 5 00pm jake s second game and the start to our easter egg hunt with families at a friends house i prepared salad between games 7 00pm elder s quorum date night square dancing we had to attend and it was fun because pete s in the presidency we left early because 8 45pm jake s 3rd lacrosse game of the day the championship game against alta unfortunately they lost but they did get to play under the lights at the juan diego stadium 10 00pm finish final touches and print the bulletin for relief society i didn t get to make copies this evening which means i ll need to get to church a little early or scramble during church aaahhh this day is finally over so many good things just too much for one day i m happy to have good accommodating kids and a very helpful husband luckily he wasn t on call this weekend or i m not sure we could have pulled it off i m also grateful for wonderful friends who help with carpools and taking kids when i have more on my plate than i can manage that refers to friday night when pete was operating late so i was working solo thank goodness for spring break and hopefully a little more relaxation posted by nickyfish at 9 26 pm no comments friday march 25 2011 winter walk in springtime this morning i dropped off my car to have the interior detailed i found out to my chagrin that it would take 4 hours since tyler comes home from preschool at noon and i have to drive middle school carpool at 3pm i decided i d walk home in hopes that the car would be done inbetween those times anyhow this morning it started to snow so after a delicious breakfast at the black bear cafe i bought some gloves and a hat at the ski store and began my walk home i was lucky to have my ipod with me so i walked from 9400 south and highland drive to my home on 8200 south walking home i thought about all of the times i ve visited new york and walked miles and miles around the city yet at home i ve never walked from the firehouse car wash home i ve ridden my bike though i decided that i would like to walk more i live in suburbia so its not as ideal for walking as new york city but its such a healthier lifestyle and doesn t have to be just for exercise i d like to make it more a part of my everyday life i ve started walking with the kids to school on nice days rather than taking the bus i think i d like to take my bike to the grocery store for small purchases and try to not be so dependent on my car i figure less driving will equate to less fast food and diet coke runs all good things now i had a good experience walking today but it is march 25th and it is snowing outside my lawn is a blanket of white i love it and find it beautiful but i hope its the last winter walk i take until 2012 here s hoping posted by nickyfish at 11 20 am 2 comments sunday march 20 2011 good news and bad news last week was a hard week in many ways i spent a lot of time worrying about my friend lesa and her upcoming surgery to remove a brain tumor last thursday so far the news is really good for lesa they were able to remove almost all of the tumor and her neurological tests have been positive i know she s in for a long haul but i am happy for her and her family that all has gone so well the same day as lesa s surgery peter and i found out that a good friend of ours from byu and even earlier pete s mission companion had his younger brother die very unexpectedly he was only 35 years old very healthy a young father of 3 with a baby on the way his wife woke up to a snoring sound and tried to rouse him unsuccessfully and later paramedics could do nothing for him his death is explained as sudden cardiac arrest he had a healthy heart upon autopsy so it was just a freak thing so very sad our friend jared and his brother justin were close in age and the best of friends two of the funniest guys i ve ever met i am heart broken for jared his family and especially justin s wife and kids its crazy how you can wake up one night and have your entire life changed in a few short moments a tragic reminder that we never know what will happen in life so we need to make the best of life and enjoy it the good news is that jake had a great fun weekend in twin falls playing in a basketball tournament his team won the championships and though he didn t get as much playing time as on his old team he had a great experience there was another boy on the team whose father was one of pete s college roommates along with our friend jared and it was so great reconnecting with him i lived across the hall from pete at byu so we share a lot of past friendships and memories which is nice the whole family tagged along to support jake it was a great way to end a tough week posted by nickyfish at 4 45 pm no comments tuesday march 15 2011 crazy twists i feel compelled to blog about how grateful i am for amazing friendships i feel really blessed by these incredible associations i have whether in my neighborhood my high school and college friends through church and school and family technology is such a great way to stay in touch with friends thanks steph for reading my blog i think about you often especially since your relatives live in my neighborhood do you remember taking your parents taurus for a cruise one sleepover i had a chance to spend time with friends from high school today discussing books kids and our lives i love these friends its so nice to know that there are people who know you so well that it doesn t matter how different you are or if you re not wearing your make up or if you ve put on noticeable pounds due to a steady diet of girl scout cookies they accept you for who you are i love that and look forward to laughing and relaxing and just catching up i also have great associations and friendships in my neighborhood and ward this winter i ve had the chance to ski on several occasions with ladies from my ward we ve danced thriller and played tennis i ve also seen several of these women end up sick and its been amazing to watch others gather round and help them one neighbor has a rare liver cancer another breast cancer and most recently a brain tumor as a ward we have knelt on our knees after sacrament and asked prayers in their behalf we ve also had ward fasts they are sad situations but its such a strength to see how faith can build us and guide us on a much lesser note i have been the recipient of this service women reaching out and showing concern blessings from home teachers and ward leadership its nice to feel that type of love and concern i hope in some small measure that i can stretch myself and be less selfish in particular one friend who will have surgery on her brain tumor this thursday has been so incredible to me when i had my surgeries the last couple of years she brought me movies did my dishes swept my floor make incredible enchiladas cafe rio style called to talk and check up on me i really cherish her friendship its so hard to hear that someone you love has to go through these difficulties in life i ve slowly begun to learn that the people we meet and the relationships we build are the most important experiences we have in our lifetime i think we come to know and become like god as we learn to love and serve others i m sure for others that s an obvious statement but its really become apparent to me as i grow older anyhow my thoughts and prayers are with this friend and her family right now i pray that her surgery will be successful and that somehow in some small way i can help her feel as loved and appreciated as she has made me feel posted by nickyfish at 9 54 pm 1 comment tuesday march 8 2011 sick of being sick we are having a hard winter at our home it seems like someone or a multitude of family members have been sick since school started with very few healthy breaks just a few weeks ago we had stomach flu thankfully short lived which compelled me to lysol the entire house and dry clean all of the quilts in the family room a few weeks later we took a trip to the pediatricians to find that the kids had strep i was so relieved that antibiotics might actually help the kids feel better but no that s been followed with terrible colds that won t seem to go away i ve actually gotten embarrassed about saying i m or anyone else is sick since it seems like we ve been sick all winter please bring on the good weather and health to our home it makes me sad to hear kids with barking coughs red chapped noses and watery eyes plus i m tired of being sick myself hopefully next year will be a better one for us when i tend to have sickness i do a lot more reading i ve added up my number of pages read so far this year and so far its 4 763 pages i don t know whether to be proud or think about myself as pathetic i just finished a good one by jodi picoult called the pact very compelling actually hard to put down i got it yesterday when i was buying decongestant at the pharmacy and i finished tonight i also read the forgotten garden and winter garden both were excellent books some of my favorite that i ve read recently just a few reading suggestions since i started by complaining about my life i better end with a few simple things that make me happy 1 a warm house on a cold snowy day we had an incredibly beautiful snow storm last night that dumped about a foot of snow despite a lot of broken tree limbs we woke to a glittering beautiful sun shiny snow day in the salt lake valley its hard to beat the beauty of snow capped mountain peaks against a vivid blue sky 2 grateful that jake was the student of the day at albion yesterday he was nominated by his health teacher who says his enthusiasm is contagious that he s a great kid and she loves his updates on the jimmer byu basketball player for those who don t know i m proud of him we don t always see eye to eye but i m grateful for a teacher who celebrates his unique great confident personality 3 i love that tyler still loves to crawl in bed with me to cuddle in the mornings its become a bit of a ritual and the day doesn t feel quite right if he doesn t cuddle with me today since i had a horrible sleepless night he didn t come in first thing in the morning but later in the afternoon we got to cuddle and read our favorite storybook skippyjon jones its hard to have your kids grow up its nice to cling to those simple kind moments i recognize they re fleeting posted by nickyfish at 6 53 pm 3 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom july 4th maddy and me the boys on the 4th of july spencer and jake book list for 2012 the spectator bird by wallace stegner 214 pgs abigail by jill eileen smith 371 pgs the rose garden by susanna kearsley fair and tender ladies by lee smith 316 pgs the winter sea by susanna kearsley angle of repose by wallace stegner check out my newest blog fontaine de bienvenu home and garden book list for 2011 gone with the wind by margaret mitchell crossing to safety by wallace stegner 341 pgs i m not sure i can even count how many times i ve read this book its definitely one of my favorite books rereading it is like visiting old friends and stegner writes so descriptively i feel like i take something new out of it each time i read it but that s just me a christmas carol by charles dickens 85 pgs olive kitteridge by elizabeth strout 270 pgs a pulitzer prize winner beautifully written mesmerizing makes me want to write my own book the list by martin fletcher 334 pgs books about wwii have taken on new meaning after this last trip to germany and seeing so many historic sites deals with the post wwii situation in london england and palestine good book the house at riverton by kate morton 473 pgs this may be my new favorite book of the three she s written she s definitely one of my top favorite authors the distant hours by kate morton loved this book a new favorite book and author a secret gift by ted gup 359 pgs this a great non fiction read about the author s grandfather making an anonymous gift to his community during the great depression i really enjoyed reading this book very motivating to help other and build personal character will help you understand your grandparents fall of giants by ken follett 985 pgs great book about the 20th century first book in the trilogy and i m really looking forward to the second coming out really helps build understanding of the world events that lead up to the great war wwi flirting with disaster by sherryl woods 392 pgs deep in the valley by robyn carr 373 pgs the tower the zoo and the tortoise half broke horses by jeannette walls the lost wife excellent book set in prague during wwii i read it while i was visiting prague and also the terezin concentration camp so it was especially poignant for me the gentleman poet a novel of love danger and shakespeare s the tempest by kathryn johnson 319 pages city of ash by megan chance 432 pgs crooked letter crooked letter by tom franklin 272 pages good book mystery intrigue descriptive but some strong language and situations beach lane by sherryl woods 360 pgs the castaways by elin hilderbrand 437 pgs emma by jane austen the creation of eve by lynn cullen 454 pgs great book if you like historic fiction this one was set during the renaissance then came you by jennifer weiner mockingjay by suzanne collins catching fire by suzanne collins 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