Boys & Their Toys :)

DJ and Ben have waited for this past weekend to arrive for the last few months. It was worth the wait :)

 Friday morning they loaded up their motorcycles and headed down the road for a 3 day road trip with a group of 17 like minded folks. 690 mile round trip. Sore behinds anyone? 

 DJ's best friend, Doug, coordinated the ride. His son, Jordon, also went.

Friday morning meeting place in Corinne

Steam engine inside the maintenance garage at Golden Spike National Historic Site. 

History was made when the Central Pacific and Union Railroads joined their rails on May 10, 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah Territory.

Golden Spike parking lot ~ waiting for a couple guys to catch up.

Taking a break at Spiral Jetty

Doug's clutch cable broke and so this was a temporary solution.

DJ walked up Elephant Rock to take this picture.

Another break ~ that's Ben in the black shirt. So proud of the young man he's becoming!

Doug and Jordan are to the right.

DJ's bike (blue)

Terrace is a ghost town

Sun tunnels in Lucin.  http://clui.org/ludb/site/sun-tunnels This link explains the sun tunnels if you are interested.

Ben reading a book during a break.

Motel and restaurant in Baker, NV.

That's my little man.

Along the Pony Express trail.

 

Doug standing in the Pony Express station ruins.

 View from the top of Point of the Mountain looking north toward Salt Lake City.

They had a great weekend. It was Ben's first road trip with his bike. I'm so glad he and DJ have this common passion for riding. I'm thinking there will be many more trips in the months and years to come :)  

Tulip Festival 2013

The Tulip Festival down at Thanksgiving Point is a wonderful way to celebrate spring!

The Book Club ladies and I ( minus Deanna ) drove down there today. The weather left a bit to be desired but at least we didn't get rained on :) It was breezy and that's not pleasant when it 's barely 50*. 

We walked through much quicker than last year. It was pretty even though not everything was in bloom due to our cold weather.

ornamental kale

cheery

I love these birds ~ they were in the garden gift shop

Isn't he cute? I barely snapped this picture before he hopped away.

one of my favorites ~ hyacinths

up close

daffodils are  like bursts of sunshine on a stem :) well, in my mind anyway.

moose statue

bottom of a waterfall

looking up towards the main building

I was messing with my camera settings but thought I'd share this anyway ~ We were looking at the map.

These ladies are the best! Love each one of them :)

Erin and I fell in love with these urns! Love the rust :)

water tower at Thanksgiving Point

We window shopped at the Emporium. It's a fun place to get ideas :)

Not my style of art but I like the green and gray together.

Love the cabinet! The seating area is inviting too.

Great colors ~ and numbers are so fun to decorate with!

What a great bed ~ color and all.

I just had to prop up the little bird pillow and photograph him.

visually interesting

Awesome frame! The ladies requested that I help them all make one of these. We will do that one day this summer :)

Employee lockers close to the restrooms ~ creative!

When I dropped Erin off at her house I saw this sweet wagon of firewood ( you know I love me some firewood piles :). 

 I'm thankful for a day spent with wonderful friends :)

It Was Cold But....

It was cold. So very cold. Like it could snow cold. 

Ben had a track meet today about 40 miles north of here. It was cold and windy but.... 

This week we were once again reminded of how fragile life can be ~ how things can change in an instant. 

So I sat there grateful that I had a son to encourage and cheer on. Grateful for the time spent talking on the ride home. Grateful for memories being made. 

changing shoes

getting pumped up for his jump

these next several pictures are his 3rd jump of the meet ~ he jumped 15' 11"

running the 400 ~ he came in 3rd

My heart and prayers go out to all those affected in the Boston Marathon bombings. 
What a beautiful picture to see people going out of their way to help one another in the aftermath. So many heroes both in first responders and every day people.