Vote

This morning I told Brayden I was going to vote. He is 3 years old.
He was going to my friends Liz's house to play.
He asked " Mom where are you going?"
I said " To vote for the president"
He asked very confidently "Oh, you going to vote for President Monson?"

If only he could run our country! Our country would be in great shape!

One thing about being a parent is to watch your kids grow and gain strength with age. The other day, our dog Sunny had been lost for 3 hours. I told the kids I was not going to pick her up from the pound if she was there. Because last time it was over 100 dollars. ( Hoping it will in grave in their minds not to let her out ) Of course I was really going to pick her up.
Tannon said "Mom we will give you our money to pay for her to get out."I asked her if she had $100? She said no I have $6 but you can pay the rest.
Well Daylor decided that it was time to pray to for the Holy Ghost to "guide our Dog home." Not more than 2 minutes later Sunny showed up at our door muddy, but safe. Not only has Daylor grown up so quickly in spiritual strength, but also physical.

Flag Football has been a lot of fun to watch this year. We had to travel a bit to get him in a league that would take a 6 year old. Rusty was able to couch, which made it extra fun for me to watch. Daylor being right handed but throwing left, seemed to give him just a little more power and accuracy than most of his team. Most the time he was in the Quarterback position. He has always been a team player and able to get along with anyone. Even when he was a very small boy.
Well last game he was playing defence when a ball came flying uncontrollably in his direction. Struggling to keep it from falling, he intercepted it and made a 30 yard touchdown. He was running so fast I didn't have time to get a picture. Man was he so proud. He didn't want to boast so he just walk casually back to his spot on the field. It took him a couple of hours to start talking about what he had accomplished. Even if this were to happen to other boys on the team, they had a hard time running in the right in zone. LOL It is true.
I am so blessed to have such wonderful children. They are so strong. And give me strength to keep going when the going gets tough. What an example they are to me about being humble and turning to the Lord for help when we feel helpless.

 

Saint George Marathon

 

 

So one of my items on my bucket list was to run a Marathon. I did it! I didn't train at all b/c I was going to try for another baby. Well that never happened so the day before, a friend informed me they would not be able to run. So I jumped on the chance to run! Not sure if that was the best idea considering I ended up getting Plantar Fasciitis. A super painful problem with the muscles in both my feet. I could not even stand for 4 days. It was so Horrible. Anyway, my longest run was the Hurricane Half (12.1 Miles)Starting in Virgin and running to Hurricane High School. That was in May. Pretty much from May to October I ran a total of 15 miles, 2 at a time. There were several reasons I wanted to run the STG Marathon even if it was last minute.
1. We are moving soon and I don't know where.(Long story)So I wanted to run with my friends here who supported me to start running.
2. I am not sure if I have the will power to train. My friends were waking up at 5 am to run. No way I need my sleep or I am non-functioning whatsoever.
3. If you want to feel good about yourself no matter how slow you are at running, go enter a race 5k/10k whatever. You can do it and it feels good to cross that finish even if I am slow!

I Just want to add how grateful I am for a set of great friends.

Liz you have been so supportive and kept pushing me to keep going, and telling me I can do it when I thought I couldn't.

Mandy for being my running partner at a couple of runs. Even if I did want to throw up at Beat the Banker. Man wen ran 7 min 14 second miles that was fast.

Rusty for supporting my crazy last minute ideas, and putting up with me when I am so cranky and so sore I can't walk for days at a time.

Shelly Kidd-Thomas for being my last minute Marathon partner. Thank you so much I would have never finished if I didn't have you by my side. You were awesome. Giving all the kids high fives along the way, smiling while I wanted to cry.

4 hours 43 minutes later I crossed the finish line. Soaking wet. It rained the entire time. My shoes soles are so stiff I can't even bend them. I do want to do another one just in a couple of years. When I am done with kids and make time to train.

What's in a name?

1.YOUR ROCK STAR NAME (first pet, current car): Lady Odessey

2. YOUR GANGSTA STAR NAME (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe): Chocolate Malted Crunch Wedge

3. YOUR NATIVE AMERICAN NAME (favorite color, favorite animal):Rainbow Puppy

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, city where you were born): Elaine Carlsbad

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME (first three letters of your last name, first two letters of your first name): rym re

6. SUPERHERO NAME (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Purple water

7. NASCAR NAME (the names of your grandfathers): John Nelson

8. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME (your 5th grade teacher's last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Cooper Coranado

9. SPY NAME (your favorite season/holiday, favorite flower): Summer Lily

10. CARTOON NAME (favorite fruit, article of clothing you are wearing right now): Strawberry Underwear

11. HIPPIE NAME (what you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Granola fruit

Give it a try copy and paste it. Everyone needs a laugh once an a while.

Awesome Recipe

Butter Yaki

So I am kindof cheating here! This is a recipe that my friend Rachel gave me, that she got from a friend. We ate dinner at thier house on Sunday and it was soo tasty and fun to make.
Rachel cut up fish, shrimp, steak, chicken, onions, mushrooms, peppers, eggplant and a few more things. (I know we totally got spoiled) Then we got to cook what we wanted on a buttered skillet. (Without seasoning the meats or veggies.)
Then she gave us our own bowl of Butter Yaki to dip our food into. Kindof like an at home samari 21 but, with a cuter cook. Anyway it was a fun low key meal to eat with/make with the fam. Or good to have with good friends like we did! So enjoy serve with some fried rice and you are good to go. ENJOY


1 cup soy sauce
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup water
1 T sesame oil
3-5 drops Tabasco

1 quarter-sized piece of ginger, peeled
2 T toasted sesame seeds




Bring first three ingredients to a boil. Add last four ingredients. Turn heat to low. Serve with rice and all manner of meats and vegetables fried in butter.

P.S. Thanks Rachel and Chad We love your company! P.P.S. I think it is time you post your award winning Peach Days recipe Rachel.

Run 4 Kids

So the past year I have picked up some crazy past times. One I never thought I would love is running. So being an aerobic instructor has a few atvantages other than getting paid to work out. I can get into a few local runs for free. Well my boss at Golds gym got my whole family in this one. The "Run For Kids" The kids ran a 1K. While Rusty and I ran the 5k. It was Rusty's first run and he placed 3rd in his age division. Ugh how annoying. I was sure proud. I took 2nd in my ade division, only because it was a small race. That was my ONLY chance. I still was very pround of myself for keeping a 7 minute 20 secound pace. Who would've thought. I coulnd't even finish a mile in high school. Well since then I have done a half marathon, 10k and few others. I couldn't walk for 3 days after the half, but it was worth it. If you want a good stress relief I highly recomend running. Also if you think you can't ever enter a race. Well your wrong. They are for anyone. Short and long ones. Some people even walk.

Dress-Up

You think dress up is just for girls. Well I did too. Tannon has the most fun convincing Daylor to dress up like a girl. She has also been known to put make up on both her brothers while they are asleep. Well It all started with RUSTY!!! He thought it would be great fun one day to surround Daylor with all of Tannon's barbies. Even placing one in Daylors hand. All During his nice sound sleep. Taking several pictures. Daylor knew nothing about it, nore did the rest of the family. Well the next day when Daylor was mis-behaving he threatened to tell the neighborhood kids that he played with barbies. (The worst possible thing you can do to a 6 year old boy going on 16.) Daylor said back to Rusty "No I don't dad!" Which Rusty thought was the perfect time to pull out the pictures of him sleeping with barbies. Daylor was so upset that he thought Rusty was going to show the pictures to his friends that he fell apart. So Rusty deleted them from the camera. So I can't show you dads sneaky trick pictures. But I did take these pictures of Daylor and Tannon willingly, with some bribing of course. Only because he could then bribe his sister as much as she could him. Rusty has some wierd ideas sometimes. I have to admit it was pretty funny. He even kept the sneaky pictures from me.

 
Here is something else I have been up to this summer. Sunny had 10 puppies over an 8 hour period on June 27Th. 7 boys and 3 girls. Man it had been a ton of work. They have been really fun. Don't think I will do it again though. I did learn how to give dogs a shot so I could save money, and how to help in the birthing process.

2008 Wills Family Reunion

This is the crew. We had a blast jet skiing, hiking Zion, swimming, late nights, repelling, sleep over with cousins, and just chill'in.
Here is all seven kids and spouses.

Sisters love you girls wish you lived closer

Just wanted to let Alice and Shannon know that jet siking was the most fun I have had in long time, even though we did more peeing and falling off then anything. (peeing from laughing so hard)