smitten

gotta love the haunt & history of Grafton

some critters

Springdale, literally gorgeous from head to toe

I'm smitten with these two places .. I had the pleasure of basking the memorial day afternoon
going through art galleries, great conversations & eating the good eats at Oscars Cafe !

The weekend was splendid ...

housework rules

Yup, I've been a cleaning & babysitting machine the past 3 days

& wow I'm exhausted ..It feels great though ! I'm catching a tiny glimpse of just how hard it is to be a mother & keep up on all the house duties (phew) props to you mothers

some congrats & new possibilities

Alright ya'll in my previous post below titled "couldn't have asked for more" I tried to describe that particular weekend and couldn't.. adequately enough ... I now find myself in an even more pathetic loss of words for the weekend I've just experienced !!

Mom and I drove up to support Mary's incredible accomplishment of graduating medical school.

Now she and Neal will be heading down to Provo for the next chapter of their lives for her residency. Way to go Mary !!

Everytime I make the drive up to slc and see downtown I feel a sense of excitement
I was fortunate enough to be able to see old friends that make this city a second home to me .. Friday night dinner with an old friend at the happy sumo, lunch & catching up with Ashley, Saturday dinner with Anna at the coveted dodo and a visit to my old home ward.

This trip also opened up to me new opportunities and possibilities (I wasn't at all expecting).. adorned with beautiful new faces & friends .

Above you can see an apartment I may soon be calling "home" I have much to think about after this recent trip and it's all very exciting ..so much so ... My stomach has been overly anxious and I have found a new friend in TUMS (thanks to Mary aka Dr. Puff)
Oh also ..my mother & I were introduced to a wonderful bakery/cafe called Gourmandies which my mother has expressed to me is worth dying and going to heaven for !

(which that says alot coming from her )

After all that has transpired I'm left with much on my mind ....I think something great is going to happen soon...new job ? new home ? new friendships ?

Goll I'm a lucky girl how'd I get so lucky ??

behind the mail box ..

So all last week I stayed home (imprisoned) awaiting some important court papers that I had to sign for to recieve so .. I had this crazy thought that an actual mailman would come to the door ! Well day after day they never came & never came .. I was getting a lil worried that this process was going to take alot longer than I wanted :( but.... finally saturday we stopped by the mail box on our way into town and low & behold there was two notice slips saying that they had tried to deliver the registered mail to me ( but.. excuse me I had been glued to my house, keeping my ears peeled for a knock or door bell anything ..and it never happened) so I think they lie !! haha so after I got over my lil bit of frustration with the post office.. I had the papers and it didn't matter anymore !
Now ..I can say that there signed and sent off and I'm ready to move on .... (phew)

farm decay

this old water tank at the farm was once was a play hut growing up

I find the remnants of our many hours at play here are decaying ...

but yet how wonderful the flood of memories are underneath the weather worn & torn once beloved gadgets ... my favorite is the yellow and white striped chair and the bullet holes in the metal drums haha ..a many a target practice here !

-brothers & sisters what were some of your favorite memories here ??

lately....

Lately.. I've been reading poetry by Dorothy Parker a poet from the 20's-30's I'm so wrapped into how dark yet humorous she is. I can't help but love her realism and bluntness. She's inspired me & made me laugh !! Dorothy was a bold soul and an out spoken one too especially in those days but.. she dared to do it and was true to herself and I admire that !

I've also enjoyed playing at the park with my lil niece "sky" and working out with my sister we've been doing zumba, walks, trips to the gym & water aerobics
I've just finished ripping off all the wall paper and spakling the walls in the laundry room for my moo moo so we can get it ready for a much needed fresh coat of paint !

At this time I am taking a much needed "internal vacation " I guess you can say. I'm taking my time not rushing into anything and you know what, that's OKAY ! ..

I'm breathing in deeply the musky air here from the recent rain. I'm running just about everyday up the airport road and sitting in "my spot" way up there.. taking in the stunningly gorgeous view of my hometown. This view speaks to me as if to say ... " Michelle, you are so blessed ! with so much beauty surrounding you "
Yesterday I started dance with the St. George Contemporary Dance Company I can't describe the feeling it's given me to be dancing again for myself !! We are rehearsing for the summer concert in June at the O.C Tanner Ampitheatre in Springdale (one of my favorite venues )

- to read the poems click on picture !

mothers day

For mothers day jeff introduced mom to the world of facebook we all left her lil messages & uploaded photos for her, so when she got logged in it would be a bit of a suprise ..

here she is for the first time on facebook haha.. she just kept pointing at things

She's loving it I think, she's constantly inquiring about facebook things now !!
We also had a wonderful dinner at g'mas house where..

I tend to get a lil carried away with the food ! mmm
The kids...(I) made Shawna & Mom breakfast,

cinnamon french toast with a strawberry orange smoothie

other than the horrendous wind it was a great day !!

I'm so grateful for all the extremly wonderful examples of mothers I have in my life my own Mother..

Grandmother, Aunts, Cousins,

Sister, Sister in laws and Friends !

Thank you !

good times