I proposed last night at a park in alpine.  It is close to the mount timp. temple.  I planned on doing it there a week and then Mary found out so I told her that i was not going to do it there. I ended up doing it there anyway and she was completely suprised.  I took her down this rocky stair path and then around this huge duck pond.  There was this path that led into this little meadow.  I had my roommate set up a blanket with flowers and food and underneath the blanket was the ring.  I led her to the rose pedal path and she was in shock.  I got down on one knee and proposed and it was really good.  We are now officialy engaged.  Here are some pictures of last night.  

Kids Photos

I recently had the kids pictures taken by a friend. Her name is Brooke Andreoli. If any of you would like to view the photos go to
www.brookandreoli.instaproofs.com
Click on the children link. The password is "greengrass". Go ahead and put your own email address in.

Soccer and Flag Football

Alyssa during soccer warm-ups
Playing goalie during a game
This was Spencer's touchdown run.
Good defense!

Badlands

this is just one of the photos that mom mentioned in her letter. i put more on my blog "G". this was the first time to mess around with a blog, so i hope the photos can be viewed. eventually i will get the grand canyon, petrified forest, painted desert, zions, arches, and where ever else we have gone. on the earlier trips we did not have digital camera so will have to dig them up find the favorites and get them scanned.

Bread Making 101

 

Ever since Ron went to visit Mom two summers ago-he has been asking me to make some of that good bread we all know mom makes!! Much to his dismay-I have procrastinated the learning of it all!! But I had my first alone attempt today and it was great fun! I'm sooo excited about this bread and how it turned out that I made a surprise visit to Ron's work to take the hot bread to him myself!! One bite in and he was hooked!!! Butter - honey and hot! Yum!

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I am trying to create a web album so you can all view my photos. These photos are of our Labor day weekend trip to Fillmore, UT. We had such a great time. We got to golf, ride 4-wheelers, and relax. Robbie also took Cade dove hunting on Monday. Fillmore is a really cute small town. They really cater to ATV riders. You can ride your 4-wheeler anywhere throughout town. Cade thought that is was so cool that we could ride the 4-wheeler to the grocery store. There is also tons of mountain trails that you can ride straight from town out to.

The other pictures are of Cade's first day of preschool for the year. Most of you will probably recognize Cade's buddy Luke in those pictures. I hope this link will work. If not I will try again.

Columbia Marathon

We had so much fun in Columbia this weekend with Todd & Nora!! I ran the "Heart of America Marathon" on Labor Day and finished as the 2nd female. It's a really small marathon, only about 130 people, no awards or anything. But I felt great and it was a nice race. We ran on gravel roads and the Missouri Katy Trail and some hills that were so steep everyone walked up them (I've never seen that before). It was 73 degrees at the 6:00 am start. A very beautiful race that took us by the river bluffs.
The best part of the weekend was seeing Tanner & Nora play together. They played like best friends for 2 days straight! No disputes over toys or anything! It was unbelieveable. Nora shares her toys VERY well and Todd was a great host. He's got quite the pad - it was like heaven for Tanner because mom wasn't trying to keep it picked up :-). I just wish they lived closer because Tanner adors "Nowa".