Lost Dutchman Ride

Yesterday, Dana and I met up with some friends and the Harleys and went on the Lost Dutchman Poker Charity Ride. It started in Mesa, went to Queen Creek, then to Florence, back to Queen Creek, back to Mesa and ended up at Rockin R in Mesa. At each stop you draw a card and they stamp your paper. At the end of the ride, the highest hand wins! It was a perfect day for a ride on the Harley. We love the group of guys and girls that we ride with.. everyone is pretty young, and the whole group gets along great. We always have a good time. We did this same ride last year and it was COLD.. this year, we all got sunburned! I had gotten sunburned on Saturday. I went and watched Mitchell race quads at E.T. motopark in Queen Creek (where he kicked butt and took 1st place in both races! Gooooo Mitchell!!) Having a sunburn on top of a sunburn is NOT fun!!

We got home from the ride and had enough time to change and get in the truck to head down to Eloy to pick the kids up from their dune trip. The kids had a blast with Uncle Brett and their cousins. Blake was bad sunburned. They swam in the canal out there in the dunes, and went on alot of rides. They had a really good time but are happy to be home. Today is their last day of Spring Break, they go back to school tomorrow.

Spring Break

Our Spring Break is off to a busy busy start! We got up early Monday morning and headed down to St. David to pay a visit to Uncle Brett in his office. Jayden was in for a BIG surprise! She thought she was there to get a cleaning done and get some Xrays. She came out of there with some BRACES on her top front 4 teeth! She so badly needed them. We were going to spend the day and then head home, but plans changed, like they always seem to do.. Blake and Jayden ended up staying with their cousins! I really do think that Blake and Taylor were separated at birth, they are so similar in everything they do. They look alike and have the same personalities. It's insane how alike they are! And of course Jayden and Leea get along great. Those 2 can play and play and never get tired of each other.

I'll be meeting up with Uncle Brett and alllllll the kids on Thursday out at the dunes. I am so excited to "do the dunes". I hope to have a ton of pictures of all the fun. Dana won't be able to go because he is working.

New Baby

I traded my mean Amazon parrot for a 8 month old African Grey parrot. Her name is Ky (pronounced like TY).. she is the sweetest little baby EVER! I am so in love with her and am spoiling her rotten. She is already starting to learn clicks and whistles. She is starting to talk, but it isn't very clear yet. It won't be long and she'll be barking like the dogs and doing all sorts of stuff to torture them!

Meet Ky!!

Easy, fun, and so so good!!

French Toast Casserole -

5 cups bread cubes
4 eggs
1 1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup white sugar divided
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 Tablespoon butter, softened
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter 8 x 8 inch baking pan. Line bottom of pan with bread cubes. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, 2 tablespoons sugar, salt, vanilla. Pour egg mixture over bread. Dot with butter. Let stand for 10 mins. Combining remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle over top. Bake in pre-heated oven 45 to 50 mins until the top is golden brown.

Happy Birthday Blake!!

Blake turned 13 on Sunday, March 1st!! Happy birthday Blake, you are a teenager now! We love you and are proud of the young man you are becoming. Keep up the good work, keep kicking butt in school! 13 years has flown by so fast. Kids really do grow up so fast.


Blake shares his birthday with his cousin Lola, cousin Kellyn, and his Grandpa Martin!!

A big 'ol Thank You!!

We wanted to say Thank You to everyone who attended and helped out with refreshments for Blake and Jayden's baptism!!

It was on Saturday, Feb 21st, 2009. So many family and friends attended. We are thankful for each and every person who attended and supported Blake and Jayden.

Grandma Clerc - for your talk on The Holy Ghost, and for the yummy cookies.

Aunt Stacey - for saying the closing prayer in front of that big crowd, and the cookies. Also, for the awesome blankets! They were perfect for the kids.

Taylor Clerc - for your awesome talk on Baptism.

Leea Clerc - We loved your poem, it was amazing.

Grandpa Clerc and Uncle Dave - for being witnesses.

Kathy Clerc - for the cookies, and answering the 50 million questions that I had.

Mitchell Clerc - for baptizing the kids, and confirming them too. You were amazing and are such a positive influence for the kids. They look up to you so much.

The whole Reynolds family - It was so awesome of so many of them to attend, they didn't have to, but they were there to support us all. I think that was amazing!

Uncle Brett, Jason, Jessica, Lola, Kellyn, Aaron - Thank you all for your support and love!

Uncle Deon, Aunt April, Hunter - Thank you for the email you guys sent. We understand you couldn't be there and are thankful for your prayers on that day.

Uncle Drew, Aunt Rebecca, Moriah, Daison, Janella, baby Dylan - Thank you for sending your prayers and love.

Also, thank you to the missionaries that taught Blake and Jayden, and probably answered more questions from Blake then they have ever had before. We are thankful that Elder Owens was able to come to the baptism even though he had been transfered. Blake really looked up to Elder Owens. Elder Owens would sit and debate and challenge Blake.

-* If I left anyone out, it wasen't on purpose. There was so much love and support for our family. We want to say Thank You again, and we love everyone!

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day! ... a little late.

Blake and Jayden left on Friday to head to the dunes with Uncle Brett, Taylor, Leea, Lola and Lola's boyfriend, Todd. They were so excited to go and were all packed and ready to go.

Dana left on Friday with Luke, one of Ty's friends, to haul a load of Jersey calves to San Angelo, Texas. They left at about 7pm Friday evening and they got back into town at 1am Sunday morning with some older Jerseys cows. It was a fast trip and they made good time. Luke was very happy that Dana was able to go with him. This was a new thing for Dana, he usually hauls Holsteins with Ty. Jerseys and Holsteins have totally different personalties. The Holsteins are more laid back, go where you want them to go and they don't try and get away. The Jerseys are laid back and calm too, but they will look for anyway to get out and run off. I laugh to myself, thinking about Dana trying to herd these cows, only because, if you know Dana.. cows are not something that he knows much about, or even likes. But he does his job and gets those cows where they need to go. I am impressed with how much he has learned about cows, and the cow hauling business in the last year or so.

I spent the weekend home alone. It was really nice to spend some time to myself and just do nothing! I stayed in my Pj's all day long. I didn't clean house, or cook meals. It was great!

Dana took me out on a date on Sunday night for a late Valentines dinner. We went to the Texas Roadhouse. It is a great place for steaks! I love steaks! We had a great time and it was nice to spend some alone time.