Did you Know

What do you think of when you see a can of olives... or hear the word olive?
Have you ever noticed that when ever a can of olives is opened everyone runs to the can, eager to top every finger and both thumbs, then bites them off one by one with a huge smile on their face? Come to think of it, olives do have a magical ability to make you feel better.

The magic in olives is the mono-unsaturated fats. The omega-3 fatty acids can interact with the central nervous system to elevate your mood. So the next time you feel a little down, grab a can of olives and eat away. Worry about the calories later. :) Make sure you have plenty in your food storage.

The information obtained came from a Novel I'm reading called, "Home to Italy," by Peter Pezzelli. It has been a very fun book to read. You never know what you will learn just from reading a novel.

FUN! The pictures say it all

Moab

Yesterday we went to Moab. While Dave was at his meeting Lindsey, Kelly and I went to the book store. Lindsey Loved the book store and bought herself a book. I'ts awesome to see Lindsey finally reading. Now, Kelly on the other hand still refuses to read but agreed to listen to audio books. So, Kelly will be doing the audio book thing. Anyway, after Dave got done with his training, we went to Pizza Hut with Luke. I tried to take pictures but they were all being little punks and hid from me. But here they are having fun at Pizza Hut.

Trip to Denver

Rockies Stadium....

I was very lucky to get a picture of kelly, he doesn't like his picture taken.

The Rockies played so good. They had several home runs. Pro ball is a whole lot more fun to watch in real life than it is on tv.

It's too bad the buildings behind us didn't show up better in the picture. I love city buildings at night. It is so pretty.

I have a deep love for the Needles where we live, but I have another love and that's the city... there's so much life. You can't see it very well, but the guy is twirling light sticks and selling them. The young kids were having fun watching him.

This guy was playing for money, so we gave him some and he let us take a picture of him.

This week Dave had to go to Denver for advanced supervisor classes. I never thought that I would ever go to Denver again. But here we are and it's been great to come back. The first night I was able to go to the farm in Roggen. Chantell, Tom's niece and her family, live there now since Grandpa Klausner passed. I was able to spend time with Chantell which was such a blessing. I have missed her terribly at times.

Cathy and Lynne bought tickets to the Colorado Rockies vs San Fransico Giants game. So Dave, Kelly and I were able to go watch it. It was so much fun!!!! We love baseball. Lindsey went to the game with her dad and Uncle Barry. We didn't see them though or I would have had a picture of her too.

It's been really fun to be here but we are looking foward to getting back home.

Fun Hiking

Okay, for our family Easter hike, the batteries to my camera died on me. So needless to say I didn't get any pictures of all of us hiking and doing all our fun stuff like hiding eggs out on the rocks and watching the kids find them. However, the next day, being aware of my situation, I took my cell phone and got some pictures of our hike that we went on with Kathy and her kids, and Lynne. We had a really fun time. This first photo is part of what we walked down. It was pretty fun actually.
Notice the dark square hole... that is the opening of what we went down.

Erica and Anna taking a break near the tree....

The kids stopped to play every time they saw a lizard, so this was another picture taking moment.

Kathy and Lynne trying to help Carlos down the hill.

We got back from hiking and barbecued hamburgers. Kathy made a yummy potato salad to go with it and we ate an Easter Bunny cake.

Hiking is one of our favorite pass times especially when kids go with us. The kids LOVE it.

Gone Fishing

Ever since I was a little girl I've loved going fishing. Lifes problem solution to my Grandma Low was "let's go fishing," I guess that's where I got it. After we got to town, friday afternoon, reality sunk in that we don't have a home to go to in Blanding anymore. So, we were talking about what to do, when we ran into Nichole and Sergio and the kids. They were going fishing and so, we joined them.

More Visitors

We were very surprised and excited when we recieved a phone call from Pastor Don and Reenie that they were in Monticello and heading out to see us. After they arrived we went out for a nice evening walk on one of the trails. We had a very nice time. During our conversation I learned that they name and claim rocks with their grandson like I used to do with my older girls. I thought that was cool.

We enjoyed the beauty of the Needles.......

And the view of the La Sal Mountain, although it didn't show up in this photo.

And we just saoked up the beauty of the evening. We really love visitors and we really enjoyed their company tonight. We just want to extend an open invitation to all of our friends and family. But if you want to eat just let us know so we will be prepared to feed you. If you want a place to sleep we will make room.

Spring Break Week

This has been a very eventful week. Monday, Melany and Avena came out for the day. We saw herds of Deer and some Cows. Then we had a picnic on the rocks, played cards, and napped. We had a great time. We were having so much fun I forgot about using my camera. The same day some friends from Blanding came out with their Grand kids. There wasn't enough room in the Park so Dave and I showed them a place out of the Park. They told us that they ended up having a great time where there were no restrictions like there are in the park.

Hubert and Mitinah came to Needles with us for the week of Spring Break, so, we all went out of the Park where we could ride the four wheeler for St. Patricks Day. I forgot my camera so I missed out on getting some fun pictures. However, today Cathy and her family came down and we went out to the falls. The kids rode the four wheeler. Lindsey and Mitinah played in the water. We, the mean old grown ups, told them not to jump until they made sure it was deep enough, but Mitinah jumped. Luckily she didn't get hurt when she discovered the pool of water wasn't deep enough. They went on the word of some kids that had went out a few days ago that the water was deep enough. Lesson learned not to go by hear say. We had a great time, then came home for dinner.

The highlight of St. Patricks Day was hearing that Debbie had her baby. This has been a fun year for new Grand babies. Michelle had MJ on Valentines and Debbie had Cali on St. Patricks Day. How blessed we are.