Cake Pops!

WARNING: Do not read if you have an empty stomach. May cause uncontrollable drooling and/or cravings.



So last night, Brett wanted to make something... but I didn't know what to make... until I remembered Cake Pops. I've seen them done a couple of times, but I have never attempted to make them before. Well looking up recipes, I realized that we didn't have everything we needed to make them... so they were postponed until tonight. But. They were so worth it. They were fun, fairly simple, and soooo delectable(using both meanings; delicious and extremely beautiful). You can find the recipe I followed here. Hope you have a fun time! :)

Grandma Lever

Here is my sweet Grandma. I love this woman soooo much!



On April 1st, my Granmda Lever turned 80. We had a wonderful time with all of the extended family on the Lever side celebrating her life, and her wonderful legacy. This past year, my grandma has been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. She has been trying to fight it, but it has kept progressing. The doctors figure that it will take her life in the next 3-6 months or so. This woman has been such a strength to me in my life. Her example has extended to anyone that has ever been around her.
During the summer of 2010, I had the opportunity to spend the summer living with my Grandma as I worked in Taylorsville. That summer was one of the best summer's I have ever had, and it was all because of her. I feel so blessed to have such a magnificent example and friend in my life as my Grandma Lever is. I have never heard her say anything ill of anyone, and her attitude about life is truly amazing. She is always giving compliments, and telling everyone how much she loves them. But that's just the kind of person she is; a true saint, and a disciple of Christ. One day I hope that I can be just like her.

Life.

If you recall from my Valentine's post, Brett got me the Cala Lilies. Well when the cala lilies get too tall, they just start bending and breaking at the stems. They had looked sad for quite a while, and one day I finally had enough and trimmed them up. There were so many flowers, that I decided to take them up to the cemetery and liven Hailey's grave a little bit. I would still like to get up and plant some flowers to brighten it as well... hopefully when school gets out. On Monday, it will be 10 months since I got to meet Hailey here on Earth. What a blessing she has been to me, and she is definitely not forgotten. Her influence has penetrated deep into me and changed my life forever. I love you, and think about you all the time baby girl!

A cool VUE!

One day when I was driving, I just happened to look down and notice that our odometer on the Vue was about to turn into 123456. On the way home from school, I had to stop at the farm road, about 3 miles out of town, so I could take a picture. I thought it was pretty cool! :)

Spring Break!

This year for spring break, Brett and I took the whole week off to go spend time with family down South. The first little while we stayed in Beaver and visited my parents. The high school musical was going on at this time, and we were able to go watch my little sister Melodie, which was enjoyable, and she did such a good job.

After Beaver, we headed down to Logandale to spend a few days with Brett's oldest sister Annalyn and her family. We enjoyed our visit, and Annalyn took us on some adventurous walks and hikes.

We hiked up to this plateu one morning, and the view was very rewarding even though the hike was tiring.







Brett thought that we were lost, so he decided to try and bum a ride off of a train. ;)



After the plateu hike, Brett and I headed to a ghost town called St. Thomas. This town was covered in the early 1900's by Lake Mead, but now is uncovered. We didn't get too many pictures here, but you can still see some of the foundations, and it was really neat to see.



After Logandale, we were able to spend some time with Brett's brother Matt in St. George. This was good, because Matt is going to be moving up to Sanpete, as he was just hired as the North Sanpete head football coach. We are so excited that he got this, and now all 6 of the brothers will be living in Sanpete!

We really had a spectacular time visiting family during the week off, and it was a much needed break for us.

Volleyball!

Volleyball has been my favorite sport... ever since I started playing my freshman year of high school. Anytime I get a chance to play, I JUMP on the opportunity because I don't get to as often as I would like. Luckily for me, there is a womens league here in Sanpete that is so much fun to play in. My sister-in-law, Briana, got me hooked up with her team, and I had a blast this year playing with the team. We made it pretty far in the tournament and placed 3rd.

Brett was such a good sport and came to every game to watch me play... even though he really probably didn't want to a lot of the time. One night he even snagged some pretty good pictures. :)

Little bit of cuteness!

Living in Wales, we have the opportunity to be by most of Brett's family. Along with this, we get to tend nieces and nephews quite a bit. One day we were tending some of them, and this little sweetheart came in wearing "Risha's shoes." I couldn't help myself and had to take some pictures. Enjoy!