Snowmobiling trip!

Last Saturday Cole and I finally got to go with Dad and Grandpa snowmobiling on Monte Cristo. We had a great time I alwasy enjoy going and watching Eric ride I could just watch him all day. I guess the reason being is because he Loves it and is really good at it and it is somehting that he excells in. And it was a beautiful day all day. We woke up and headed out about 10:00 in the morning. When we picked up Grandpa Mitch we dropped off Payton with Aunt CC and uncle Parker they were so nice to let her come play with them for the day and maul Hallie and be referees betwen her and Trey!

On our way up we stopped off at the Gas Station right before you head up on Montes and stocked up with snacks and sandwiches for the day. Unfortunaley the snow is dimenishing very quickly and iss tarting to show asphalt on the trail. But once we got high enough it was perfect snow for me to drive in.

We got to a place that they have named avalanche and unfortunaley these pictures don't do it justice.

So my boy (Eric) wanted to go up it was so awesome to see him fly up over the top. I was on the bottom at first but then told him to drive me to the top so I could get some better pictures and this is the outcome..........



pretty awesome huh!!!! Well than of course Grandpa decided he needed to give it a try on his little 670 (of course because there was a camera there:-) )

While they played Cole played in the snow..........he build his own trench.

and mom wanted to take pictures!

Then it was off to find a place for cole to ride around on his own (and yes he is wearing a helmet this time). When he was riding he turned the hill a little to sharp and this is what happened Listen carefully to what he says..........

We thought this was so funny him yelling "Not dead" and then looking at the machine like "now what do I do"

We then went to the Grand Canyon of Monte Cristo it was so beautiful it was my first time there.

Our final play area was what we call the playground it is a huge open area with some hills for us to climb this is where cole climbed his fist big hill by himself and he thought that he was the stuff. Need less to say I think his Dad and Grandpa are pretty proud to see Cole follow in there footsteps and love to ride.

My payton is sick today

Payton was sent home from School yesterday with a temperature of 102. Here dadddy was able to go pick her up and give her lots of love. The bummer thing is they have to be out of school for 24 hours after symptoms started. Today was supposed to be here last day at this Busy Bee's day care (her"School"). They were pretty sad because they were going to give her a going away party :-( She is now over at Grandma's/ Aunt CC's where she will get lots of care and watched over. Her fever was not as bad this morning but has a pretty nasty cough.Thank you CC for helping us out when your mom is sleeping I really appreciate it.
On Monday Payton will be starting to go to Dani's (Cole daycare) full time and she can hardly stand it she loves her so much and everyday asks me if she gets to go to Dani's today and now I can finally say yes and we won't have anymore crying! We are both very excited for Monday! :-)
Love you Payton and I miss you!

Cake decorating fiasco!

So I have taken on the task of decorating a cake for our Relief Society birthday party for a "cake Decorating Contest" am I crazy? Yes! I am. I baked the cake on Tuesday night and followed the guidance of a great friend Cindy(a.k.a "Professional cake decorator") to coat the pan with cooking spray and not flour. Well the cake baked nicely and I let it cool. Then the first of many scary parts of decorating a cake "Flipping the cake onto the platter or tin foil covered cardboard". So I flipped and to my surprise nothing came out, well of course pure panic came over me with a desperate call to Cindy to tell me what to do. "That's easy! Flip the pan back over and carefully scrape away the edges from the pan". So I tried that and again Flip! wait..... still nothing. So she than says" it will come out bang the top a little and let it cool a little more." "If some of the cake does not come out you can pick it out of the pan and place it where it goes than when you you freeze it, it will stick together." "But Cindy, I wont have all of my outline lines!" (I know you can here the panic in my voice right about now). "Oh Stephanie I never use the lines when I decorate!" " I know Cindy but you are a professional , me, not so much." Well yes we eventually got the cake out of the pan and pieced together so that I can see most of the lines. Cake went into the Freezer.
Last night when I got home I cleaned up the house a little then about 6:30 I was onto the second scariest thing about decorating a cake:"Frosting the cake". things went ok kind of. I had some pretty major issues with putting a white edge around the entire cake and after about an hour of doing just this I said forget it I'm not waisting more time just on my edge. Now Cindy puts a cute edge around the bottom of the cake with some swirly looking things, but I have yet to developed that talent. So I decided to use a flower tip instead which was much easier. Well after 3 hours of frosting the project was finally finished! For sure not Cindy quality but ok for me. I hate having to cut into especially after so much work but I guess that is what i get.
Hopefully with more practice I can become faster. I will post pictures tomorrow I couldn't take pictures because I was out of batteries for my camera.
Lesson Learned: Do not make a cake for a contest until you are a Professional like Cindy!
P.S. Thank you Cindy for all of your help including the use of the pan!

This post won't be so exciting. I have made it so i can post from my phone which will make it alot easier for me. This is just a test.

New Insight

I have had some realy good conversations latley with my sis (in-law) about how we need to be grateful for what we have right now and not always be looking toward the future.I really have taken them to heart.
For assistance Thankful that I have a home and roof over my kids heads, Grateful for the 2 beautiful children that I have and need to be glad that I have everyday with them and appreciate the times like when Payton tells me that "her nose wont beep anymore because her batteries died in her nose" They are my greatest joy in my life. I am also thankful for my husband and all he does to provide for me and my kids to make sure that we have what we need to enjoy life. I could not ask for a better father of my kids. Last but not least, thankful for my Parents of course we have had some experiences with my Dad that have been very frightening to me and have made me realized that life is wasy to short to always be thinking "what will tomorrow bring?" I am also so grateful for the relationship that I have with my Mom and should never take it for granted. I love all of my family members and the love and support that they give to my family thank you for everything.