Made-To-Order-Weekend

I've had way too much fun for the last 3 days to blog. I have, however, taken pics of some of my adventures that I thought I'd share.

Friday, I went on a short ride with my friend Joy. She's recovering from surgery a few weeks ago, so we were taking it a little bit easy. However, she was doing so well that I convinced her to tackle Gunther Hill. Bad plan.

You see, besides recovering from surgery, Joy is also learning how to work clipless pedals on her bike. Hills and clipless pedals are a little tricky on their own, but add decreased endurance and, well, it was a recipe for disaster.

Joy tipped over, foot stuck in the clips. She's pretty dinged up (her bike was a little bit too), but she's all right. Sorry, Joy. We'll avoid big hills for a while.

Saturday morning, Layne and I got out with some friends for a REALLY good ride. We did our Lakeside golf course to golf course route (home to Talon's Cove in Saratoga Springs to Sleepy Ridge in Orem.) 42 Miles total in 2 hours and 40 minutes. It was awesome.

Later that day, Layne was really excited because he said that he had a present for me for Mother's Day that didn't really exist. I had NO idea what he could be talking about. He had taken both of our bikes to the shop on the pretense of getting them appraised for our insurance. It was a trick. He and Kris (the shop owner) had conspired to get my Aeolus wheels redone in pink to match my bike. They are one of a kind (well, I guess TWO of a kind) and they look fantastic.

My bike rocks.

I also ran to Thanksgiving Point to get some beautiful hanging flower baskets for my front porch. I copied my friends who had already gotten some, but they're on a different street, so it's all good, right? I love them too. They are also pink, of course.

Layne and I got our flat screen tv hung in our bedroom finally (after a failed attempt before because of a faulty wall mount.) It looks awesome. I can lay in my bed and watch the Giro d'Italia.

When that little project was done, we finally got to go the the Eagles' concert! We've had tickets FOREVER. I'm not going to write too much about that tonight-- it deserves its' own post sometime. Needless to say, it was very cool.

We got to bed late, but we got to sleep in until 8:30, when my wonderful children brought me breakfast in bed. They also brought me very cool presents-- all of them made me smile.

Emalee made me this necklace at school (which I proudly wore all day) and this bracelet. The bracelet fell apart after she gave it to me, so I spent half an hour putting it back together.

Doug gave me this card, with a cute flower made of peanut M&M's. (Thank goodness it was free day!) On the back was a bunch of fill-in-the-blanks that he answered about me. One said "My mom is as pretty as a..." His answer: "a rainbow with sparkly diamonds."

Doug rocks.

Mikey gave me this cute book that he made called "My Mom" . Same concept as Doug's sheet, but in illustrated book form. This made me laugh so hard that I had to share.

Page 1: "When my mom was a baby, she..." (Mike:) "was cute."

Page 4: "My mom gets mad when..." (Mike:) "I don't listen." (See illustration below. Love the "bla bla bla"!)

Page 5: "My mom is happiest when..." (Mike:) "I read to her." The picture below is Mike sitting on my lap reading the Book of Mormon to me. We do this every school morning and he's right-- it really is one of my favorite things. I loved the picture that he drew. He even drew in the flowers on my wallpaper.

Page 8: My mom's favorite place to go is... (Mike:) "Rome."

Page 10: My mom is really good at... (Mike:) "cleaning."

Page 13: I love you mom because... (Mike:) "your nice."

Page 14: All about the author... (Mike:) "My name is Michael Garrett and I love my mom!" (Kind of sounds like something you say at the first of an AA meeting, but I loved it.)

Layne gave me two more really cool things-- new cycling gloves (as my old ones were pretty much snot encrusted), and a Pink ipod shuffle to use for riding.

Yes. I am spoiled.

Anyway, we went to church and then came home where Layne grilled steaks, made baked potates, roasted asparagus and fruit salad. We then visited our mothers-- who both gave presents to me too! It was like my own Christmas.

Sorry about the long, boring post. I should give a prize to anyone who made it this far! I had such a great weekend-- I hate to see it end. Especially when there is SOO MUCH work to do this week. Guess I've got to start earning a great Mother's Day weekend next year already, huh?