Loads of fun!!

These are the latest changes to my house. Thanks to Delilas Corbett in my ward for helping me with these. She first cut them for me and then she even came over and helped my put them on the wall. She did most of the work. I wasn't having much luck getting them off the paper. I love them. They are so fun in my laundry room. Maybe this will help me want to be in there more. Or...... maybe not.

Surprise!!!

This morning as I was getting ready for work I got dressed, went downstairs made breakfast, put on my boots which felt a little funny. I took the boot off, adjusted the inside sole and put it back on. I was walking to the car and realized it still felt funny, but I was running late and figured I would readjust it at work. I've been known to put the gel soles in my boots in the past. Thinking I had done this and it had probably scooted to the toe didn't think much of it. However, I came into work and couldn't take it anymore. So, I took off my boot and reached in to readjust things again. Things felt really weird in there. I couldn't figure out what it was. As I'm pulling it out it felt furry. I look down and see I had started to pull out a MOUSE. I quickly threw my boot and mouse away from me. Needless to say I was freaking out. I ran to the bathroom to scrub my hand and my coworker was kind enough to dump the contents of my boot into the trashcan. Moral of this story is CHECK YOUR SHOES BEFORE PUTTING THEM ON. I'm still freaking out just thinking about it!!!

The magic of Christmas

I love the lights, the decorations, the traditions, and the feeling they bring to my home at Christmas. I think this is why I'm always in a rush to get them up right after Thanksgiving. Everything always seems so magical. I love sitting in the living room in the dark staring at the tree. It's so peaceful. My favorite time of year. I love to entertain, and to be with my friends at this time of year too. There's just magic in the air.

Thanksgiving 2008

Blogging isn't as easy as some people make it look. Most people have a lot more exciting things going on, or just know how to make the mundane look exciting. I always feel like anything happening here is boring and no one would care. We had a great Thanksgiving here. My nieces came and the Olson's came. All my friends usually post lists of things on their blogs too. So, in honor of them I will list 10 things I am grateful for, I came up with the number since we had 10 people at my house that day, and no I am not going to list them individually.
1. My husband- he has stuck by me through a lot.
2. My kids- They really are great kids.
3. Being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
4. Ryan serving a mission and his love for what he's doing.
5. My extended family- both sides
6. My friends- They are really a great support for me, and they have no idea how much they have helped me.
7. The atonement- What a great blessing!
8. My testimony
9. Ryan is being release from his mission in 27 days!!!
10.My family and My friends- Oh wait, I already said them. But, they really are my rock, I just can't give them enough gratitude.

There are many other things I'm thankful for, but my blog would get too boring.

PS- After seeing that last picture I have decided I am never eating again! But, I wanted you to see everyone else.

Moab Mountain Bike Trip

Well, It has been a long time since I have posted so I figure it is way over due. So, I thought I would get around to posting some stuff about my Moab trip with Mike B. and Gary H. All-in-all it was a really good trip. We all arrived in SLC on Wednesday the 8th of October and put our bikes together. I had been working on building Ryan's bike up nicer than it had ever been and decided to take it to give a test ride and break in the wheels (yes, I had Ryan's permission). In the morning on Thursday Gary's brother Dave and his son Chris arrived with another friend and their Jeeps in tow to take us down to Moab. The trip went well and pretty quick. After arriving we tried to find a part for Gary's Fork that had broken but nobody carried it. We even tried going down the the manufacturer's tent at the 24 hors of Moab endurance race that was taking place but no luck. So we just headed out for the first ride of the trip. we went up to Porcupine Rim and had a good ride down. The winds were pretty high due to a storm that was supposed to be moving in but it was not too bad. I refused to do the big 5 ft drop though due to high wind, low experience, and a lot of nerves. I also developed some shifting problems in the latter part of the ride and by the end I could not shift at all. Turns out my shifter cable had slipped. That made the end of my ride not so fun. Gary helped me fix the shifting problem before we hit the jacuzzi. We grabbed a traditional Moab Melt at the Moab Diner and called it a night. The next morning we headed back out for Porcupine Rim. Mike and Gary do have an obsession with this route. This ride was once again pretty windy but with my shifting problems fixed and one run for experience I was swayed into doing the 5 foot drop. It went great and Mike got a nice picture of me in mid flight riding over Gary's head. The ride from this point continued well and I began to see why they are obsessed with it. After lunch we returned for another trip done Porcupine Rim. Yes at this point we had decided to make this trip and "all porcupine" trip. Once again this ride started out great. once we started to approach the big drop I started to experience some slight shifting issues and could not keep up. When I came to the jump I was unable to get sufficient speed for a good jump. I landed it okay though a bit too much front wheel first. Instantly on landing I felt something was wrong. Upon inspection it turned out I broke the rear Triangle on Ryan's frame and it pushed into the frame itself also. Needless to say my ride ended there. I had to begin a five mile hike down the mountain carrying the broken bike. Bike shoes are not meant for walking. by the time I made it down the mountain it was dark and my right knee and hip joints were killing me. Oh well! The frame was old and I am not a heavy rider so I guess it was just time for it to pass away. I ended up going down the next morning, while Mike and Gary made a final ride, to talk to the Ellsworth folks at the race about getting a replacement frame. Well that is pretty much the end of it from my perspective. I was not the only casualty along the way though. Dave broke the frame on his jeep twice and Gary ended up breaking his thumb on the last ride of the trip. We came close to a clean get away but once again some of us took some lumps.

Becca Olson on the news

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Happy Halloween!!!

OK, so I'm real bad at this blogging thing. This is a picture of our pumpkin that we entered in the pumpkin carving contest at our ward trunk or treating. I usually don't enter these things, and this occasion was the reason why. They tell you there's a pumpkin carving contest, you go through the effort to carve the pumpkin and have fun with it, then you take it and the judges take the easy way out and say they all win. There were three other pumpkins all carved with the carving kits you buy. Mine was the only original one. I'm biased, mine should have one. But, I wouldn't have cared if it didn't if they had actually picked a winner. Oh well. Live and learn. Hope you enjoy it!! Hope you have a fun Halloween. Trick or Treat!!