MAY MADNESS

I am needing a serious breather right about now. May has been complete MADNESS. So many happenings that I don't even know where to begin.

• SOLD businesses - As many of you know we sold the shops. Brian has been home working hard building many bikes and learning about new manufab products. Going good so far. I told him to at least take ONE month off and do what ever his little heart desires........that lasted ONE day. He can't sit still! He has to be doing, and improving to feel good. I am proud of him!


• STARTED new business - Kelson seems to be going great. New orders coming in and new products ready for design and prototypes to be made up in Philippines. Website coming soon.


• Baseball season begins - Carson and Kelton are playing baseball, and it is SO time consuming. Mon. - Sat. games and practices. These boys are busy, but they LOVE it.


• POOR Coop sick (ears, ears, ears) - My poor little Coop has been so SAD this month. He has been into the Doctor three times with ear, and throat issues. If we can't get this under control by the end of the month he may have to go in for TUBES. Hope not!


• Singing programs - The boys had a couple programs this past week at school. They did a good job singing with their classes. I am PROUD of my hard working, talented BOYS!


• Guitar lessons - Carson has started taking guitar lessons from you know who.....GRANDMA BERTA! He has lessons every Monday and looks forward to it each week. He says he wants to be a ROCK star.


• Work at hospital - Still working at the Hospital one or two days a week. Brian has been Mr. Mom when I go to work and I think the BOYS just LOVE it. They love hanging out with their dad. What a good dad he is!


• Teaching spinning 4 times per week - I am still teaching these Ashtonites spinning 4 times a week and getting a little BORD with it. I want to be outside riding my bike and running. I TRULY enjoy teaching and have full classes every morning, but right now I am CRAVING the fresh air. I think for summer we will cut it down to 2-3 days per week.


• Cooper gets his first hair cut - Cooper got his first haircut! Our little Nic, and Whit were not around to do it, but he looks SUPER CUTE. He turned into a little boy in minutes.

COOPER BEFORE HAIRCUT

COOP AFTER - WOW

• Learned to drive skid steer (favorite hobby now)- Brian was brave enough to ask me if I wanted to learn how to drive the skid steer, and can I just tell you I was THRILLED to learn. It is like driving a spaceship! The other day I got to go to my neighbors and move POOH. It was like a dream! I scooped and grated pooh for hours. I even got to bring some home. How exciting for me! Well, it was horse pooh, pooh for my garden. Man are those carrots going to grow good this year. Carson saw me putting pooh on the garden and he vowed to not eat from it EVER.


• Short visit from Whit, Schuy, and BODIN - Sista Whit stopped by for a short visit with her cute fam. I LOVE seeing them, but wished they could have stayed longer than an hour. Coop got to see his little cousin Bodin and they sure had a good time together. Schuyler got fit for his bike and me and Whit got to go for a very short walk. Hope to see them again soon.
• Trips to Utah - Brian has been doing a few trips back and forth from Utah for business and pleasure. Here is his new blog. Stop by for a visit http:www.kelsonbikes.blogspot.com

We have been keeping busy and LOVING life. We truly are blessed with amazing family and TRUE friends. We love you guys! Remember if you have any Pooh that needs removed from your yard, please call I WOULD LOVE TO REMOVE IT FOR YOU in my new toy.

HAPPY MOMS DAY MOMS

So Mother's Day was last Sunday and I am a little late catching up. To my precious Moms (Roberta and Charlotte) Thank you for all you do! I LOVE you both so much and appreciate your amazing examples in my life. I enjoy watching you with your Grandchildren and hope that one day I will be able to LOVE as you both LOVE. I will forever be greatful. Happy day to you both.

My boys took me out to breakfast at Trails Inn. They spoiled me with cards and beautiful planting flowers. Oh how I love potting flowers, but the thing I love most are their priceless cards with thier little oily finger prints. The LOVE that goes into making them is truly appreciated. The best gift I got all day was a gift from Brian. He gave me a whole day of NO DIAPER CHANGING! Oh how I LOVE my husband. We also got to go to Rexburg and have a barbeque with my family. I enjoyed seeing everyone. Cam and Leah were up visiting so that was fun. Brian and I tried calling his mom today, but found out they were on the desert with the cows. He was thinking of his mother today.......ALL DAY! WE LOVE YOU MOMS!

NEW BLOG

I made a new blog for Kelson Bikes. Drop on by and say HI!

UTAH ADVENTURES

Thursday:
Wow, what a weekend we had. Brian made some amazing progress on Kelson bikes. On our way down to Utah we stopped in Ogden to see our friend Eric who is one of the main guys for Atomic ski. He showed us their new building which is use to be an old 1900 century canary. They have redone the entire place and it ROCKS. I am a little torqued that I didn't take any pictures because this place is unbelievable. Eric gave us a tour and showed us the new 2009-2010 snowboard line. On our way out the door Eric says to Brian what new 2009 snowboard did you like the best. Brian told him his favorite and walked out the door with a new board. How cool is that! Next we were off to Edge composites a place that does carbon fiber. Brian must be a rock star because when he left the building they gave him a $400 dollar carbon bike fork. These people will be helping him learn the art of carbon fiber building. Pretty sweet!

Friday:
Brian was off early to do some business at another composite place. One of his neighbors growing up is a structural engineer for this business. He got a lot of good info and met some good contacts. Next, Brian headed to meet up with Ashleigh Wood. He built her a new custom bike and man is it beautiful. Ash got hit by a car last year and it completely ruined her ride. She was so stoked to see her new bike. After Brian fit her we headed to Alpine to meet up with some of our greatest long time friends, Gheen and Beth Hillman. They have such a fun new home in Alpine. Very unique (cool) from all the other homes. Brian and Gheen were able to talk some business and go for a bike ride. Beth and I hung out and got ready for the barbecue. Cort and Ash and the boys were coming over. We were so excited to see them and spend time with them for a while. Some of our other long time friends showed up which we were so happy to see. It was a fun filled night of good food and great friends.

Saturday:
Bri dedicated his whole Saturday to me and the boys. He was great! We took them swimming early in the morning and he took me shopping in the afternoon. Now, let me just tell you a little something about our shopping trip. First of all I am not a shopper. I HATE buying new clothes because I can't find things that fit my lovely curves. Yup, I had a breakdown in the mall. I started crying after the 5th pair of jeans would not go past my thigh. After the 20th pair I nearly slit my wrists. Tears were rolling down my cheeks as we were walking down the mall. What the HELL? My husband was taking me shopping to buy whatever the heck I wanted and I was crying my eyes out. What kind of woman are you? Well, I think I was a little PMS hormonal. I did buy a push up bra at Victoria Secret!!! Yippee, no more sag.
At night Brian took the boys - Ken, Branson, Landon, Carson, Kelton to a professional soccer game. If I only knew David Beckham was going to be there I would have paid serious cash to get a front row seat.

Sunday:
Home sweet home.
We had a very successful trip. Sold a custom bike, met new people, did some business, and hung out with some good friends and family. But, oh how nice it is to come home.
HOME, SWEET, HOME!

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