Yes I know it's been two months

It's not like anyone really reads my posts anyway.  There are a faithful few (most of which were just with me) So...

 Preparing to get dirty.

 Me and my awesome team. We ended up splitting into groups of three.  Not by choice but it worked out just fine.

 Our awesome individual names.  

Dr. Dirt (Aunt Syd) Psychd kick (Enola) Interrogator (Holly) Arsonist (Kenna) Smuggler (Baily) The Decoy (Chels) Muscle (Avalon) Ninja Gecko (Aaron) Bossman (me) The Threat (Jett) Source (Jenni) and The Assassin (Daniel)

 Ready to go minus Chelsea who forgot her number in the car.  As soon as they released us to run she ran through with us and D.J. met her 1/2 way through and pinned it on.

 Unbeknown to me I had the clump of mud on my forehead all day and was only told it was there as we were waiting in line for the showers. Nice eh...

 I really wasn't lagging behind or tired it's just a bad picture but also shows how some people just didn't embrace the glory of the mud.

 Again not pooped just looks like I had a stroke.

 I was lucky enough to run with this awesome little guy in the piglet plunge.  He was crusin around the competition!

 My cool big sis brought her brood to run with us.  I love Avalon in this picture.

 Chris fell in love with another female this last month.  

 I love her slimy bluish/green mustache.

 Aunt Syd working her magic on the old folks.  (tee hee)

 Enola loves to do action shots.

 Avalon was trying to get in on the action.

 See no matter how sweet and loving the baby they still try to push the gingers away.  (Who are we kidding, she loves me)

 As you can tell this booger couldn't get enough of me.  I forced him to be in this picture with me with my extreme strength.

 My garden is mostly thriving despite the fact that someone didn't put a weed block down before he threw the dirt in and there is grass growing everywhere!! (it was a nice gesture at any rate) And our dear old Laila dug up and I think ate some of my garlic. Not bad for my first attempt.

 Enola found moms old clothes in the cedar chest so we decided to model them.

 Laila wanted in on the action too.

Babies first cigar and Flo Rida video (don't worry Jen there is no cursing or slang) 

Don't forget to check the Kasch Klan to see more.

POTS!

(I apologize once again for the picture quality, they were all taken with my phone)

Mint Pots

Chocolate, Sweet, and Orange mint all in their own little pot.

My rustic and weathered strawberry pot.

My in your face color pot.

So these aren't pretty pots but until my garden is ready and the temps remain consistently warm I had to temporarily plant my tomatoes. A couple of them still got sun burnt or frozen, I can't tell which yet. I think too cold though.

My indoor polka dot tropical. Should have gotten more of the foliage in the photo cause she is just so cute.

Makes sense?

Sorry I don't know how to put the pictures into a cute collage thing. So you still have to look at them one at a time. Ok, moving on.

A cute little old lady at work said I was so nice and helpful that she was going to share a secret family recipe called "Peach of a Pie" As you guessed it's a peach pie with a meringue topping. It was yummy but a little runny. (We may...MAY see if I can improve on it. Then again, I may never try it again)

My beautiful wedding ring has been getting the crap beat out of it at work for the last five years and it was making me sad. So I decided not to wear it to work anymore after the diamond became very loose in it. I had talked about getting a ring made out of tungsten carbide, which is what Chris' is made out of, and it is super strong and doesn't scratch. Well while I talked about it my sweet husband found one on ebay for $14 bones. I love it. It is so sturdy. It's a wee bit loose but hey now creepy gross men at work will know I'm taken (not like that ever stops the creepy gross ones)

Look look. Don't my tulips look awesome. You can also kind of see my bleeding heart coming back bigger and better.

I made a couple of small simple (simple being the key word) for our Easter table. Let me tell you, the hyacinths smell incredible!

Since Chris and I were alone this Easter we didn't make the traditional lamb (my first year without it) Chris and I love Chow Ciao so we made ourselves a Fabio meal. Prime rib steak and loaded mashed potatoes. As we sat down I realized we had no vegetables...oh well, maybe next time.

I was in charge of the steak which smelled awesome but tasted...eh. Chris said it was great I thought it could have been bloodier :) I like my cow with the bell still on. Chris was in charge of the potatoes and they were so so good, (Not healthy by any means. But I figure we skipped all the Easter candy so we just made up for it with dinner.)

I was trying to be a creeper but turned out looking constipated.

I taught Pops Sunday school class while he was in Tucson and I made my very first cake balls! Banana flavored. Chris and I (Pops had one when he got home and I think he would agree) They were pretty rich but the 10 year olds seemed to have loved them. I was a bit nervous about teaching his class but those kids are so smart and they love to participate, which is a huge change from the Young Womens. Well, the participating part. It's like pulling teeth sometime to get the girls to answer questions.

This was our dessert. Make sure when it says to add instant pudding mix you verify the box size. The top layer was way too sticky and rich I scrapped half of mine off. But otherwise it was great and the nice touch with the strawberry was all me.

Oh don't worry all these pictures of highly fattening food I don't make all the time. We are not diabetic and haven't gained any weight. We still love our fruits and veggies.

Mmm Pie

Pie day came and went once again.

Don't you worry though, we had us some banana cream pie.

Chris and I play lots of games. For YEARS I have lost to Chris at chess, and then one day....I stopped loosing. I have won the last 5 or 6 and we've stalemated about 2. For now I am enjoying the high of victory but I'm sure it will end soon.

The weather has been so nice my crocus' and hyacinths started blooming early and then we got a few inches of snow and some bitter cold wind. (Figures, we're in Utah) So although my crocus' look a little sad my tulips are coming up nicely.

I have lots of buds on my lilac tree this year and.....

I don't know how to keep Jett and Pops from spitting their gum in my garden or lawn. Even last night I went to get the mail I found two more pieces.

They're disgusting!

What I did with my week off

I baked!!

I made cinnamon rolls from scratch. The frosting was the best part. I thought they came out a little dry so I will play with the recipe a bit and try again.

I also made muffins (not from scratch) they were okay....

I did our TAXES. Yay me. It was confusing at times and I needed my co-pilot to help me out with a couple of things but it was a hell of a lot cheaper than taking them to someone else to do them for me.

I also made rice crispy treats. I know that one is not a big deal but I honestly don't remember the last time I made those. My Mia-Maids said they were awesome so I will take their word for it. And...AND I made wheat bread from scratch. I wasn't too impressed with it but...

Chris really enjoyed it. I also found out afterwards that I guess making wheat bread is harder. As you can tell from the previous picture it didn't rise to well but it's edible so we'll chalk it up to a win.

What!!

That's what we were saying.

Last Thurs was a four year anniversary. We weren't saying "WHAAATT??" because it's lasted so long but because the time has flown by.

Can you tell which one of us is happy in the relationship?

Just kidding he is happy too!

Speaking of him. We went and had his scopes done and a few thousand dollars later they said everything looks great. This is good news for us, the Dr. even said if he didn't know better he would have never guessed Chris has Chrons. The bad news we still don't know why he still throws up on a constant basis. But he says, "No more Dr. appointments." I agreed and said just his regular dentist appointments. Although I reserve the right to make and keep Dr.s appointments for him if I feel the need should arise.

My stinkin tulips are coming up. This picture was taken a week ago. There are so many more popping their little heads up.

My crocus' are coming up to. I'm glad because I LOVE my flowers but worried because it has been such a warm winter, they are coming up too early. Now I have blooms already showing and it is currently snowing.

Go figure!