9 Fabulous Flying days between posts...

Who knew it would be over a week before I would write again. Time flies when you are having fun! My mom and I had an absolutely glorious time at our Spa getaway in Mesquite. Massage is the past time of the Gods! We meditated, we played, we talked and laughed and laughed and laughed. It is so wonderful to play together and reinforce for each other and ourselves that our lives are on track. This year we did the mineral pool before and after our massages and that is the ticket. The warm water feels heavenly after a relaxing massage.

Over the weekend Jas and I went down to Vegas to visit our cousins Adam and Heidi. They have 4 adorable dogs....one being a 1 year old English Mastiff named Hulk (aptly named) who wanted to sit on me, he thinks he is a lap dog, then the newest addition is a 10 week old English bulldog named Brutus. I haven't seen an English Bulldog puppy before, he is so cute. Allergic to dogs as I am I couldn't resist holding and loving him. It is adorable to watch him and Hulk play, Hulk literally lifts him off the ground when they share a chew toy. Adam and Heidi are just good people, we enjoyed it thoroughly. We also got to see and visit with our cousins Jeremy and Sheree and their new little baby Jerry Dune- they are just so thrilled with him, and he is a doll with his spiky white hair. We were also able to visit with aunt Deb and it was comforting to catch up with her.

On Sunday we went for a L O N G bike ride, and we cut it in about half! We rode from our house out to the top of the hill around Sand Hallow Reservoir and home. It turned out to be 48 miles and took us about 4 hours. We slept in which was fabulous, but then it was HOT on the ride. We had actually planned to go out past Hurricane, La Verkin, and Toquerville, around Quail Creek and then home- maybe next time. Have I said I LOVE my bike? Well let me say it again, I love my bike.

Monday was a blur. Work. I'm grateful for my job.

Tuesday I drove up to Orem for some meetings. I was excited about it because the other people attending are some of my favorite people to work with, laugh with, learn with and train with. I took my bike with me too, hoping to be able to find the trail by Utah Lake that Jas and I rode when we camped in the airstream at Lakeside RV park. When we were there we say beavers in the river and raccoons on the trail.

Wednesday the training was interesting and I realized that we do difficult work and aren't necessarily as good as we think we may be at meeting kids and families where they are to motivate them to change unproductive behavior... I could work on asking more open ended questions (Jas confirmed, it isn't just in work, he said "well yeah, you ask question after question until you get the answer you are looking for, right?"--yes dear.) Wednesday evening I went for a bike ride! It took me a while to find the trail, who knew that Center St. in Orem wouldn't get you to Utah Lake, just to Geneva...Less than 5 miles away Center St. in Provo leads right where I wanted to go. But I found the trail (Provo River Trailway) and rode a very short 7.5 mile ride and discovered that the trail runs right outside the Hotel I stay at in Provo! Then I enjoyed great dinner conversation with Kimbal and Diana.

I'll finish out the week later, gotta go watch Heartbreak Kid with Jason, he hasn't seen it yet and I've gotta see his reactions!