Word to the wise if you get warts on your foot take care of them early.
Also if you go to the dermatologist and get the sprayed with liquid NO2 for 2 minutes straight don't go to work the next day.
Just saying:)
Another perk of my job is getting to see Brenner star in the first grade program!!!
Not every girl can see her husband 34 years and 65 years into the future, but I can! Logan with his father Ronald and his grandfather Cecil. At least I know who I can thank for his good looks:)
Our neighbors, and long time friends of the Blake family have been out of town and we have been "babysitting" their sweet baby Eddie. He is adorable. And he has us both wrapped around his little paw:)
PS his favorite slushy flavor is Tigers Blood, just like me and Logan:)
Although I graduated technically in December from Dixie State College, the Commencement was not until May. 2011 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of Dixie State, so it was quite the celebration. President Thomas S. Monson was the guest speaker. It was pretty fun and amazing, so I'm glad I went even though I was sort of over graduating:)
Blake and Gubler is a ranch that was owned by my husband's family way back in the day. It's higher in elevation, and therefore a much nicer place to spend the summer especially before air conditioning:) They spent a lot of time up there from what I understand, and grew their garden up there. There is a very rough road that takes off from Diamond Valley and follows along the base of Pine Valley Mountain and eventually ends up at Silver Reef. It was fun, very bumpy, and crazy beautiful. Blake and Gubler is near the Diamond Valley side of this road. These pictures are not of us at Blake and Gubler, it's pretty much just a valley with old buildings now, but near a red spot on Pine Valley Mountain. If you look closely from town you can see this tiny red spot, which is really huge:)
Lucas Planned a hike down Buckskin Gulch which is in the Paria wilderness area about 40 miles east of Kanab. The hike was about 21 miles long and 13 miles of it is in a narrow slot canyon. It was a cool hike very pretty and pretty hard to do because you had to hike so far the first day because the camps are at the end of the canyon, and you had to wade through cold nasty mud puddles but I liked it and I got some rad pictures.
"This mud puddle is freezing my nuts off!"
Even the Paria river canyon was narrow when we got to it.
This is the best shot I got the whole time, I'm going to charge royalties for it.My husband's ancestors moved from Switzerland to join the LDS Church. When they got here they were called to settle Santa Clara. With them they brought many of their traditions, although some had to be adapted to this area. Their tradition of dying Easter eggs persisted, but they used a local plant called Santa Clara Red Root to do it. I had this great idea that we should dye our eggs in the traditional way this year to make Easter more interesting.
My original plan was to go down by the river and hope I could find some. Then I had a bit of inspiration to ask my father in law about it. He told me that this is how his grandmother (the Swiss one) taught him to dye eggs.
He knew exactly where to find some. So while Logan was hiking, Ron, Anisa and her family, and I loaded up in the mini van in search of red root.
We did it using the tutorial found on You Craft Me Up. Apparently her hubby has Santa Clara roots as well:)
While we were cooking the roots they were very stinky. It smelled like we were boiling weeds. Who knew?!
And wrapping leaves on the shells was a bit tricky. Logan and Anisa did it the best:)
The end result however, was beautiful. Even if your leaf didn't work well it still turned it the most beautiful red/purple color. Much more colorful than store bought dye.
It was so much fun to get to do this and get closer to "my" Swiss heritage. I love learning about my ancestors and this was a fun way to feel more connected to them.
P.S. All these picture were stolen from my Sister in Law's blog:) She was actually smart enough to bring a camera with her... Check it out! Larcie Bird Craft Blog!
About a month ago while I was subbing, a woman came to the school for an assembly to tell us about something interesting that would be taking place the second weekend in April. Since it rained nearly all day yesterday, we went with Anisa's family to check it out after church today. I'm always glad to soak up a little culture when it comes my way:)
These artists are so amazing. They paint massive pictures on the asphalt using pastels. I can't believe painting so hard for so many hours and then having it all washed away. 
Some paintings were very colorful and bright:)
This one was my favorite. I love Van Gogh:)
Poor Logan thought he was being tortured the whole time, but I had fun!
And this is our sprinkling system! There are still some random dirt piles, but it looks like heaven to me! It will be so nice to water the whole lawn at the same time! I don't know how Debbie did it with a hose for 30+ years. 
We had so much fun! We rode everything we wanted to and had a blast! Logan and I have never been to an amusement park together...EVER! It was awesome!
Our favorite ride was the Hollywood Tower of Terror. Neither of us had ever been on it before. As you can see, we both wore our Camelbacks the entire time. It was kind of a pain to hold onto them during rides. During the Tower of Terror ride, Logan was trying to hold onto his bag and hold my hand at the same time. When the "elevator" dropped us, his bag floated up and it was HILARIOUS! That is my favorite memory of the whole trip. We were laughing so hard! 
Ah! The last limb! What a wonderful moment for us both, but mostly for poor Logan. Although my job was to haul the limbs away, I slacked off a bit and took a nap:) No judging please, it was exhausting and I am not a Blake who can work all day long without stopping!
And there he is, my triumphant hubby:) Approximately 9 hours later. Yep. NINE!
And finally, the climax of our story. THE LIMB PILE! Just to give you some prospective, that pole is about 10 feet high... See why I wussed out now???
