A little window fun

My friend Jenn (Estes) is quite the talented artist and something of a food storage expert. Since I was interested in getting a wheat grinder Jenn came over a couple weeks ago with hers to show me how easy they are to use (I subsequently bought one of my own and am now the proud owner of a WonderMill Wheat Grinder). Anyway, while we were waiting on the dough to rise Jenn got a little creative with our front window. It's just too cute not to share! Thanks again Jenn...it really does make me smile everytime I see it.

Our darling little niece

We had even more fun just after our Race for the Cure weekend....Spring and Paige (who turns two this July 4th) came and stayed at our house for a few days. It was so much fun to have them and the girls especially loved playing with their little cousin. She's so dang adorable but she's got some competition coming since both Shannon and Skye are pregnant with girls too!!! Thanks for coming Spring and Paige, you are welcome ANYTIME!

Playing around with Grandpa

Mother's Day this year was spent in bed dealing with my "chemo crash". It wasn't terrible but I'm looking forward to NEXT Mother's Day & feeling a lot better. Coray & the girls were great & I did get to rest a lot, which is really what I need right about now. Anyway, while my Dad was here we took the girls downtown to the MGM Grand to see the Lion Exhibit they have there. They really are gorgeous & it's fun to see them so close up. They rotate them throughout the day so the lions are actually only there for a few hours & then they go to a preserve they live on the rest of the time. We also went to the M&M factory store near the MGM Grand. Yeah, that was a big hit with the girls! Pink & purple M&M's!! Does life get any better when you're a kid??

Komen southern Nevada Race for the Cure!!

Last Saturday (May 2nd) was the Race for the Cure. I'm finally getting the pictures up....it's taken all week because I've been dreading going through all the photos and uploading and editing and such. But it was honestly one of the best days....the weather was great, the event was fantastic, the friends and family who came out with us were wonderful. We just had a great time. Later that afternoon we had almost everyone come over for a BBQ and boy was it good. Our team raised over $1,200.00 for the Komen foundation too! Here's a run down of our wonderful team....family: my Dad was able to come spend more than a week with us (which was great), Spring flew in with her daughter Paige from Sacramento, Chad drove up from Arizona, Skye (six months pregnant) drove over from Summerlin, friends & neighbors: Doug, Emily, Logan and Cody Oxford, and Jen Jepson, friends from church: our Bishop and the entire Estes family, my pregnant friend Amber Featherstone, Maisy Curtis, Vanessa Hart (who had a friend of hers from Utah come down to walk with us), the Paldi family, the Poulsen family, my friend Sarah flew down from Utah....AND (last but not least) my friend Kim Enright and her boys Ryan and Jakob!! Thank you all so much....and thank you to those of you who couldn't be here to walk with us but were here in spirit. I'm already planning to do this again next year, with one exception...next year I will walk with HAIR!!!

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