Memories...Memories...Memories

Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses!

Fourth of July!!

Fourth of July was quite eventful this year. I was able to spend it with almost all of the Petersons and Erin's parents. It was a full house and we had tons of fun. The start of the day half of the family headed up to Idaho Falls and the rest stayed at home. I took Kate and Samantha on a date. We first went to Walmart so I could run some errands. Kate and Samantha were wearing matching outfits that Grandma Shawna gave them. They looked so cute. Then I took them out for ice cream!! Of course we had a barbeque and waited for the fireworks to start. It was quite fun. We had our own little firework show in front of their house! I love it when other people (Erins Dad) light the fireworks and I can just sit and watch. Anyways it was a fun filled day!!

Coki aka Cody taking a snooze with Dylan before the big show!!
Amber and I blowing you all kisses..I look great...can you tell I haven't done my hair yet and I have Amy's bow in my hair..too bad you can't see it.

Samantha, Dylan, Erin, Erin's mom..her name just left my head what a jerk, and Kate watching the fireworks from across the street.
Dylan and Samantha playing with sparklers!!Erin was quite entertaining when she was given a sparkler..lets just say she could not stop dancing and shaking her bon bon!!
Brandon and Cody doing "Dirty Bird" I have know idea what that is and I don't think they do either.
Amy hiding out in the car..Fireworks scared her a little. Amy is a little shy, but by the end of the weekend she gave me a big hug and snuggled with me for most of the Alvin and the chipmunks movie!!

It's a Miracle..

Kylee (my sister) also known as Kylee Catherine Precious Princess (she used to, well still does call herself that) has updated her blog..please go check it out and leave her a comment!!

Fitting...l think so

For those of you who don't know I absolutely love PICKLES!! I can eat a whole jar in one sitting. I may even on occasion drink the pickle juice. In Arco, Id there is a little diner called Pickle's Place! It is on the way to Craters of the Moon. So we of course stopped and ate there. They make fried pickles which were actually quite tasty. I think I am going to learn to make them myself. So if you are ever out in Arco..you must stop at my new favorite place!!

Dam Marathon

Last weekend I ran my 2nd 5k at the Teton Dam Marathon in Rexburg Idaho. It was a doosie. The first 1.1 miles was all up hill and just as I finished running a little down hill I noticed another hill..what..then when I reached the top of that one I saw that after I ran down the hill and had to go up another, thank goodness that was the last one. What was nice as I reached the top of my last hill there was the Rexburg temple, it was a good boost of energy I needed to finish the race. About a mile and a half was up hill and the rest was down hill. The only flat part was the very end through the shoot. Surprisingly enough I beat my SLC marathon time by 4 min. I will say thank goodness for the down hill I was running 11:30 min. miles..I will tell you I do not do that. Not yet...but very soon I hope.

Jana and the kids were nice enough to walk me to my start line and wait for me to start. She of course took some pictures..by the way I totally need a tan. This is my right before the race.

Jeff Ran the 10k and took first for is age group..Go Reffy!! Here we are at the finish!

Josh, Payton, Jana, and Jeff who pushed Grace ran the family fun run..1 mile. Josh amazed me and did it in 6:30 min..I was completely shocked. You can here my surprise on the video. Payton did it in 8:15 pretty dang awesome for a 6 year old. He has such determination was he sees the finish I love it. Jeff and Jana came in right after payton. They both did awesome!! There are videos of this all in Jana's blog go check it out.

PS.. I Couldn't get the video of my finish to work..if your lucky I will try to get it to work later.

Handsome Joe from Idaho!!

So Craters of the Moon it right by where my Grandpa Joe Grew up! So Jeff showed me where he grew up and we also went to the cemetery to see my great great grandparents who started the whole mess of Hanni's! Jeff knows a whole lot more about the Hanni side of the family then I do. Since I have been here everyone is like are you related to so and so..I am like, I am sure I am distantly..As it turns out Jeff educated me a little on why there are so many Hanni's in Idaho. Our Great Great Grandparents John and Eliza came from Switzerland, but they did not meet until they were in the US. They married and had 12 kids..yes I said 12 in Moore, ID! Now we all now why there are so many! Great Grandpa Reuben was one of the 12 and the only one to actually leave Idaho..which would explain why you don't hear the last name Hanni anywhere, but Idaho. Anyways the picture below is the house where Grandpa Joe grew up! There are people living there now so we couldn't go inside and check it out, but Jeff was able to go in it with Blaine (Gpa Joe's brother) a while ago. This is a picture of the Shack out back where all the Hanni boys slept. I believe Grandpa had 3 brothers and one sister. I hope I am not forgetting anyone. I am sure it was not too warm in there in the winter.
This is the Headstone of our Great Great Grandma Eliza!
This is the head stone of our Great Great Grandpa John.

There were quite a few headstones in the cemetery with the last name Hanni. Moore is a beautiful place..sits right next the the mountains. I am sure I messed up some of the history and left quite a bit out, but if you want to know more...ask my brother Jeff..he is a ball of information.

Craters of the Moon!

I was not sure what to expect from Craters of the Moon, but it is a really neat place and everyone should go and check it out. Luckily the weather cleared up while we were there. The best part was going into the caves. We could only go into 2 out of the 5. The others still had snow in them. 4 out of the 5 you have to have flashlights or you can't see. I can't wait to go back and explore the other 3 caves. It is pretty cool to see the where the lava flowed and it is a little strange that this is out in Idaho! Sorry there are a million pictures, I just couldn't decide which ones too use.

Here is Gracie climbing a HUGE hill that over looked the whole park!
Everyone at the top!
Jeff's family heading back down..such a beautiful place!

Josh and Payton Running down the hill!

Josh and Payton after running down the hill!
The family at the top of one of the Volcano's!This a Dewdrop cave..not a very big cave, but tricky to get down into it. This is us at the top of dewdrop cave.
This is Indian cave/tunnel. It is by far the coolest. You actually start at one end and make you way through it climbing over rocks to make it to the end. I think the kids really enjoyed this one. Heading up a huge pile of rocks.

We also had to slide down snow to get to the other side.

Josh and Payton at the end of the tunnel!
Look at how hot we are!
Jeff coming out at the end of the tunnel. I actually got a good shot of him..he normally makes awful faces.
We ended the trip with fighting lizards!!! Go figure!