DION'S BIRTHDAY

Dion with Mom and Dad( Dad had a hard time with the double flash)

Today was Dion's Birthday!! She was not too excited about getting older (who is these days?) but we still had fun! She chose to go to Olive Garden because it has many choices for Vegetarians! We had a YUMMY meal and I provided some entertainment since I had my EGD done a few hours prior and was still in a fog from the versed and fetenyl.

Blowing out her candle

Mom with the Birthday Girl

Brett, Dion, Lauren, Jason

I am happy to report that I may be able to eat without pain now...I had an esophageal stricture. The Doctor was able to dilate it back to a regular size during the procedure. I also had a few biopsies taken because I had a lot of plaque in my esophagus, which is not normal.

IN-N-OUT

In-N-Out has finally opened in St. George! We went today after I woke up (I worked last night)....so technically it was my breakfast -Yummy! I thought going on a Sunday in St. George, Utah would decrease the crowds by a little, but it did not. The line was still out the door and the lady behind us was convinced today was In-N-Out's grand opening because it was so crowded...Duh.... Grand Opening on a Sunday in Utah I think not. Anyway, I am excited for this place because this is one of the FEW fast food restaurants I will eat at. The food was GREAT and Jason is in heaven-he will be a regular!

D-Week

My mom, who is on the Board of Trustees at Dixie College, bribed Jason to participate in the Great Race for D -week. It is a relay race with various parts . The Board created a team and no one wanted to do the mud pit, so that was Jason's leg of the race. I went with Jason early to meet with the team and sure enough they were looking for a rollerblader because the rollerblades did not fit the guy...Yep, I became the rollerblader. Sweet, cause I had not rollerbladed for 10+ years and I was also dressed in nice clothes. Not to mention I had to use some random person's rollerblades with no socks...YUCK! Since I was so horrible on the skates I begged my sister to run by me in case I fell. Long story short our 1st leg of the race was a runner who was to pass off to a guy who had to run the bases after spinning around 10 times, then he was to pass to me. Well, our runner was no where to be found after the rest of the runners had passed the baton off. I along with the guy who was running the bases thought maybe she had a heart attack or something. Well, about 5minutes after the last rollerblader left (yes I was there all alone along with Dion) she showed up. Great, so now I am left to rollerblade past a huge group of people and on the course all alone around the campus.......ahhhhh. I finally got the baton and took off. I turned around to wait for Dion , but she was too slow -I just keep going. Shortly up the road I saw another rollerbladder -I was thinking "Sweet I won't be the last or alone." The girl I ran into had fallen, so the competitive girl I am, waited for her so we could ride the course together. Rollerblading turned out to be okay.
My mom was on the bike leg of the race and Jason was our mud guy. We ended up coming in second to last. We were happy because we knew we would be last considering we had a bunch of "old heaters" (sorry mom) and a handicapped kid. Jason inhaled some mud and now has a horrible cough. Oh well, it was worth it we went to a nice dinner after.

Dion and I at the lake on Saturday!
Mud Pit

Coming through the tunnel

Done...and he beat the other guy to pull our team from last place to second to last place!

Dad and Mom enjoying the Mud pit

Rinsing off the mud

Fun in the Sun

The first weekend in April was Great for the Crowley's. We enjoyed the warm weather, hung out by the pool and got burned. Jan, Stephanie, Mark, and Cooper came down to enjoy the weather with us. We ate yummy food and Jan made AMAZING Mango Margaritas that were to die for! Cooper was our entertainment... we took him to a fenced area so he could show off his speed, but he was not used to the hot weather or has a little stage fright? We never got to see him run full speed. All in all it was a GREAT weekend despite Lauren being super sick. We know there will be many more warm sunny weekends in St. George to come....this is why we live here!!!! :)

Jan and Cooper......It was Cooper's first trip to St. George

We all layed out during the day...even Stella

Jason and I enjoyed a yummy dessert....me mostly

We had some great laughs....

Stephanie, Dion and Lauren down at "Saturday Nights Alright" in Kayenta

China

The Drum Tower

Tea Ceremony

The Temple of Heaven

Purse Shopping

The Great Wall!

Tienamen Square

Some of you may already know, but I had the opportunity to go to China/Beijing for a week with Jason's family. It was an AWESOME trip. We did so many things, Great Wall, Forbidden City, Mao's tomb, Tienaman Square, Hutong tour, Temple of Heaven, and of course shopping. The shopping in China is AMAZING plus GREAT prices! I had so much fun and would love to go back to China some day!

New Bloggers

Looking forward to the Lake


Jason's graduation

We enjoy taking Stella for walks in Snow Canyon

We decided to join the blogging world because myspace is a little crazy these days! We are enjoying the warm weather in St. George and are looking forward to going to the lake. Jason is super busy with school... we are both looking forward to school being over with, so we can have more time together.