We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.

The week before I went to Utah Rylan and Scott were busy working on their first pinewood derby car together. Rylan was given a kit from his leader and they began by sanding it. . . painting it black with a layer of sparkles, Then after a couple tests, they decided that it would not be fast enough, so Scott went to the scouting store and bought a new kit with better axles. They then started over, made a new sleeker design, painted it the same, and added some flame and skull stickers. Rylan is the kid without his scout shirt on...oops, that is what happens when dad is in charge and mom is out of town...who knows what Madelyn looked like that day? After 3 heats he was proclaimed the WINNER! He and the 2nd place winner were VERY close. They had to do a couple tie breakers. Rylan with his trophy, he was thrilled. Another activity that Rylan is in to right now is rock climbing. At our gym, Lifetime Fitness (which we LOVE) they not only have exercise equipment, classes, but pools with slide...

Way back in January 2011 my brother in law Jeff and sister Margaret had a guy they knew named Kevin (Jeff worked with him) who just went through a divorce. Jeff was there for him and helped him figure out how to deal with divorce yuckiness and all the details that really aren't my business to share. Well Kevin was wondering, how in the world am I going to find a normal girl now? Well Jeff shared Anna's facebook page and Kevin thought, huh she is cute, why not. So they met and after tons of e-mails, phone calls, a lot of driving and flying since he was in Utah and Anna was in Idaho, they GOT ENGAGED! We couldn't be more thrilled for our Anna, this is the sister that has been there for all of us, for all of my babies, and even sacrificed her single life to live with me when Scott was in Kuwait and Iraq. She is fun, intelligent, trendy, caring, and she is fabulous with kids. So why wasn't she married? I truly believe it was because she was meant to be with Kevin and his sw...