Summer Skiing

Today, Sunday May 31, we skiied at Snowbird. The resort is projected to stay open until June 14 but the snow was melting fast today and skiing top to bottom won't happen for long.

Me, Dustin, Dane, Ian, Uncle Matty and Cuzzy Jackson

Ian took one run in the backpack. Dustin carried him for half the run and I carried him for the last half. Carrying him was much harded than we thought. It was easily and extra 45 lbs and he would lean to the left and throw you off balance. He loved it though and would yell, "I like it!" and "Mommy Go!", "Daddy Go!", "Dane Go!"

Ian taking a nap on the plaza

Trophies, Trophies and More Trophies

(Dane is in the red helmet)

The BMX season started two weeks ago. Dane has had 2 practices and 2 races. He now has 3 trophies. Now multiply one trophy per week by 15 weeks. I am not a math mathmatician or anything but that is a lot of trophies. Also, Ian does the BIG Wheel ride each week and gets a trophy too. Basically we will need to convert an empty room into the Trophy room.


Gavin, Julien and Dane "helping" Ian in the Big Wheel Race.

Summer Cuts

Dane was set on having a Mohawk haircut and wanted he and Ian to be twins.

I like the change. Dane has never had short hair and, to be honest, I was worried about what his ears would look like.

Don't they look so cute?!

Happy Birthday!

IAN

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2

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I can't believe my little E-Man is 2 already. We had a small party this year with only his grandparents. It was perfect and Ian felt so special. Dustin and I got him his very own Jeep. I think Dane likes it even more than Ian actually. Ian enjoys Dane taking him on rides. Ian doesn't quite get the whole steering thing so he mostly just runs into things. Dane is really a little rough with it and treats it like a real Jeep. Dane's fav thing to do is jump it and go really fast down the driveway and then spin it. This jeep may not last too long with the beating it will get but it will be the best money ever spent since it keeps the kids entertained for hours.

Ian got a cool new Harley Davidson BIG wheel from Gma Janene and Gpa Skip. This is definately a kid favorite too!

Dane decorated Ian's birthday cake and birthday poster (in the first picture). He was so proud of himself. I did help with the writing. I promise it tasted better than it looks. And I should know because I single-handedly ate 3/4 of that cake myself! I have no willpower when it comes to cake.

We LOVE you Ian!

Piano Recital

Dane, Daniel and Rebecca (our piano teacher)

Dane and Mommy after the recital

Dane playing a duet with Rebecca

Dane and I have been taking piano lessons for the last few months. Dane has done really well and seems to really enjoy the piano but sometimes getting him to practice is tough. He is motivated by money so for each really good practice he gets one quarter and for each really good lesson he gets two quarters. And by "good" I mean he has to sit, listen and practice without whining. He does a pretty good job, most of the time. Rebecca is really good at harnessing his energy by doing a little work on the piano and then fun exercises with other instruments and coloring. I took piano lessons for 9 years and begged my mom to let me quit when I was a senior in high school. I have regretted that decision every since. I really enjoy playing and find it a great mental release to sit down and practice each day. I prepared and played a piece for the recital but got so nervous that I made quite a few mistakes. Dane did awesome. We played a duet together with no mistakes. I was so proud of him.

RAGE Tri - Finished!

L to R: Heidi Heckmann, Rosie, ME, Heidi Hughes

The Lake Mead RAGE Tri is complete! Whew! What a whirlwind weekend. (say that 5 times fast)

Thursday night we drove to St.George and spent the night with Hannah and Josh. Friday morning we drove to Las Vegas. Dustin and Dane went to Primm, NV to watch Best In the Desert Race stuff. (Dustin wasn't able to race his desert truck on Saturday because the motor blew up during a test run earlier in the week). Ian and I hung out on the Vegas strip with Steph, Katelyn and Courtney. We went to the Flamingo Hotel and walked through the gardens, the M&M store and spent way too much money on M&M's, and had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe where Ian was so scared of all the moving wild animal replicas that he had his hands covering his eyes most of the time. Then it was off to Lake Mead. We found our Hotel, unpacked, ate dinner and went to bed early. Saturday morning I was up early to race in the triathlon and the boys met me at the finish line. Then, after cleaning up we drove to our friends cabin between Bryce Canyon and Zions. We spent the night with them and then drove home Sunday afternoon. It was a lot of driving for the weekend. Luckily the boys all traveled well thanks to movies in the car!

Now I know you all want to hear about how the Triathlon went. Here it goes.

Swim: Worst half mile of my life! Did the breast stroke the whole way.

Bike: Fun and Fast

Run: Tolerable trail run with a huge side ache

Finish! 1 hours 49 minutes 54 seconds

April Fool's Day

Here are 2 April Fool's prank's I have played.

#1 I saved the pregnancy tests I took with Dane and many times I have tried to Fool Dustin into thinking I was pregnant.

#2 My sis Megan and I went skiing on April Fool's Day one year. We decided it would be fun to pull a little prank on my mom. Megan called her and said that I was on my way to the ER in an ambulance because I had been in a skiing accident. On the phone my mom and Meg were discussing a plan of who would go to the hospital and who would pick up Dane from daycare. When the plan was set. My mom was out the door and in her car in 3 seconds flat. She was ready to pull the car out of the garage and looked in her rear view mirror to see my sister and I laughing our heads off. My mom didn't think it was so funny until the adrenaline wore off. She is a good sport though.

What kind of April Fool's pranks have you played on people?s