My Life

Hello

2010-10-26T11:03:00.002-06:00

I has been a while since I have last posted something, anything. I miss blogging and would love to get back into it. Just saying "Hi" and that I have good intentions to get started again.

2010-01-15T09:24:00.003-07:00

I'm FREE!

Here is my rant:

I just took myself off Facebook today, yeah! I got completely burned out. It had a lot of what I didn't want or need and not enough of what I wanted. No more Farm, Mafia and Sorority life for me thanks. I prefer to spend my time with family and friends engaged in more meaningful interactions. I will miss certain elements such as connecting with long lost friends and schoolmates. Originally I got on there to just have fun with family and close friends and keep up and stuff. But most of it became full of things I won't miss. I have decided to go back to blogging. Ah, I feel better.

Family Campout

2009-06-05T14:12:00.050-06:00

It has been another year and time for another

Pritchard family campout. We stayed at the

Petrified Forest campground in Southern Utah.

Who knew it was going to be so nice! We had perfect

weather and the camp ground was great, it had

hot running water in the bathrooms with

flushing toilets, hot showers, a dish/fish cleaning

station and plenty of big cotton wood shady trees. But best of all we

had a lake! Mom and Ron joined us on Saturday to have

dinner and celebrate Ron's 100th birthday! We took some fun

short hikes, went canoeing and swimming, told fun stories around the campfire

(uncle Rick has a blast scaring the kids) and on the way home we

stopped to take a look at Bryce Canyon. The best part of the

entire trip was just watching the kids/cousins running around

playing and have the time of thier lives!

Looks like tree stumps but they are now petrified rocks

Maddie holding some petrified wood

Joe, Megan and family

The kids

The Vorkink family & Christian

The Utykanski gang

Seth

Grandpa & Seth

The view coming down from our hike to the

Petrified Forest

Rick & Nicki

Mike and his "little me" son Ethan

Sarah and the kids

Joe and Rick taking the kids on canoe rides

Watching the kids swim and relaxing: Mom, Susie and Erin

Who's next?

Seth

Beautiful Susie and Seth - I just love these two!

Happy 100th Ron!

Carson

Damon

Jed

Milly, Christian and Lauren

Erin and Ethan before the big rain storm hit

The kids having dinner and taking shelter from the

pouring rain

My handsome hubby

Mom, Joe and Ron

Everything got quite wet

Off to the lake

Red light, green light

We walked/hiked to some slick rocks where the kids

has a blast sliding down the rock

Seth

Beautiful view

Ethan cautiously sliding down the rock

Laurn lost her tooth while sliding she had to chase

it down the rock but she caught it - she was a little bloody

after that but very excited to see if the tooth-fairy would

come to the campsite - and sure enough she did!

The kids at Fairyland - Bryce Canyon

Rick

Rick and me

Susie and Seth

The fun had to come to an end - the kids were

sulking because they had just been told it was time to go.

Updates

2009-04-16T10:18:00.038-06:00

Where do I start - The last couple of weeks have been fun and busy. Easter was fun at Dave & Becky's we had a Pritchard family easter egg hunt downstairs in the basement because it was pouring rain outside. The kids were fun and cute as ever. Conference weekend was a great experience - it was low key and relaxing! I was able to listen to all of the wonderful talks which is so important to me. We had a nice birthday party for David and Billy and the week before we went to Madi's birthday party. David and Stephanie also welcomed a sweet little baby girl named Abby and we couldn't be more excited. There is much to be grateful for!

Sunday dinner with Becky & Dave and Lindsay & kids

All of a sudden we could hear a lot of noise

coming from downstairs - Simeon and Christian

discovered the big styrofoam house that David

brought and they decided to karate chop it to bits

Surveying the damage

Brigham and Darby

Christian and Simeon the karate choppers!

Introducing sweet baby Abigail

David and Stephanie - proud parents!

Happy Birthday Madi - she turned 2

Madi is so much fun - she has the cutest personality

Happy Birthday David & Billy

I should have bought Billy some new socks

for his birthday

These guys are so funny!

Thunder Cats cake for Billy, designed by Rick

Chocolate explosion made for David - decorated by me

A Spring day outside of my work window - my

little visitor looked so cute

Easter at Dave & Becky's

Lauren & Christian

Dylan in the tube and Jed in running in action!

Dylan is so darn cute

Seth and Simeon

Kaylin is growing so fast and is such a beautiful baby

Stephanie and Kaylin

Madi in the tube

Weekend With Mom

2009-03-02T16:02:00.009-07:00

Mom went to St. George to attend a Geneology Conference so I decided to take Friday off to hang out with her, we had so much fun. This is what we did:

Friday: Dinner at Cafe Rio, swimming and soaked in the hot tub, facials

Saturday: slept-in, read, ate lunch at the Red Mountain Spa resort -

I had the most delicious vegitarian chili with corn bread, shopping and a movie

Sunday: long walk up Snow Canyon, lots of good talks, did Mom's make-up, for lunch

mom fixed her yummy homeade guacamole with some good Trader Joe's chips and apples

Good times!

Very Relaxing!

It's a Shower

2009-02-26T16:04:00.011-07:00

Last Saturday we had a baby shower for

Stephanie - she is going to have a baby girl

in a few weeks - they will call her Abby.

She is so tiny!

I got to hold Kaylin a lot and loved it!

Ari playing with Anya and Emily

Stephanie got lots of goodies

Anya

Pam & Emily

In Honor of the Snow

2009-02-12T16:14:00.015-07:00

Cute pictures of Rick, Seth and Madie

having some sledding fun in the snow

It's Winter Time

2009-01-21T16:51:00.006-07:00

A nice fresh batch of towels from the dryer

The sun was just about to set for the day, I looked up

and saw this little bird outside of my work window

basking up the last few rays of warmth

He looked so peaceful

Christmas with the Utykanski's

2009-01-08T16:16:00.023-07:00

Christmas Eve party time!

Phil and Pam, Ari and thier dog Belle

stayed over for the Holiday

Bill, Jen, Maddi and Kaylin

Susie and Kaylin look so cute together!

Hearing a baby laugh is one of

the most beautiful sounds in life

David, Stephanie and little Abby-to-be

Rick has got to be the most handsome grandpa I've ever seen

Emily, Josh and Anya

And Santa hasn't even come yet!

Two peas in a pod - Ari & Pam...

Kaylin and me

Seth and Ari were so excited about getting

thier new robes

Billy in mid-sentence

Susie and Billy are modeling thier new head gear

Seth is beyond excited can you tell?

Maddie and Anya got the same PJ's

not planned by the moms, so cute

brother like brother

It's getting late and Santa's little helpers are getting a little loopy

2008-12-22T09:24:00.022-07:00

And it came to pass that all of the Pritchard's who live in the land of Utah gathered together to celebrate Christmas at Papa Jim's and Grandma Joyce's house. There was delicious food and goodies to feast on but best of all was being in the company of family and seeing the sparkle in all of the children's eyes as they anticipate Christmas day!

Nicki, Rick and Erin

Jed, Madi, and Millie

Christian and Lauren

Katie and her man, Joyce, Megan, Jed and Madi

Becky, Dave, Simeon and Brigham opening a gift

from Arlin - one of his amazing rock carvings

Dad with Joe, Arlin and Wes in the background

Erin and her little screamer, Ethan

Lindsey & Darby

Susie and me

Megan and Millie

Rick and Nicki

Dylan and Dad

Megan and Joe - I say they won the ugly

Christmas sweater contest

Dylan, Lauren, Madi and Jed

Jed, Rick and Will jamin to the tunes

Erin and Mike in thier groovy sweaters

Lauren and Nicki

Brigham and Dave

Tis the Season

2008-12-09T11:42:00.022-07:00

I love these cute little Gingerbread men!

One of my ribbons is missing...

Somebody pulled it down and had a good

wrestle with it

Couldn't guess who it could be...

Kaylin is our newest grandaughter, she is

so cute and yummy!

Thanksgiving Day with the Family

Hiking to Timpanogas Cave

2008-11-20T12:46:00.014-07:00

Rick, Susie, Seth and I did some hiking last

summer up to Timpanogas Cave - this hike is paved which is nice

but it is also pretty steep. It is more shady than the Y hike.

Fun times

On the way down Seth and Rick were doing a good

job making Susie and I laugh

Seth is on Rick's shoulders

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T15:15:00.010-06:00

Having some fun at work!

Gene & Elvira

Spontaneous Weekend

2008-10-27T14:05:00.012-06:00

Mom was in St. George for a few weeks -

Erin and I drove down for a quick visit

Adri was there too - It was so much fun to relax,

shop, hike and eat mom's amazing cooking

Adri & me on our hike in Snow Canyon

Mom's new fancy breathing machine

We did some facials and had some good laughs

The weather was beautiful - in the upper 70's

My Big Back Yard

2008-10-20T16:41:00.010-06:00

It's Monday - I miss summer...

Here is a summer day in our back yard

The fence needs a mending

I love our trees!

Making the best of the back deck

Dusty eating grass or chasing a bug

Bleu loves his Rick

Catch Up Time

2008-10-10T16:21:00.041-06:00

We'll Here I go - It has been a while,

These are not in order (I'm still trying to figure this blog thing out)

Washington D.C. - Nature's Sunshine's National Convention

mostly work, work, work, but we got in a few hours of fun too!

The Smithsonian Museum

WWII Memorial

The White House

We got to go to this fancy dinner

since Rick had to do the photography. It was a private

dinner and tour of the Daughters of the Revolution Museum

The dinner was very nice

This is outside of the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention

Center where we had the Convention - this was a very nice location

right off of the Potomic River

Off to VEGAS BABY to see KISS with

Bill and Mary Burnett some super cool friends of Rick's

from Michagan.

Dinner before the big show!

I also got to see Sarah and the boys, we met for

brunch. I just love these guys!

A little pre-show fun - not the real one

Enjoy the Show!

Quite the show - I can't wait to go again!

Seth's Birthday party and summer picnic fun

David and Stephanie (they are expecting there first

a girl in March!)

Bill & Jen

Babysitting the Grandkids - I love these little ones!

Madie - Bill & Jen's little sweetie pie

Evan is not too sure about the beard - Joe took it well though

Even is telling Erin all about Joe's scarey beard

It was so funny - he kept pointing at Joe and crying

we couldn't stop laughing

I have to show off one of my little cuties too!

Sometimes I wish I could be a cat - eat, sleep and play and eat

The fruits of our labor Rick grew a bountiful and delicious

garden of tomatos and basil we ate brushetta almost every

night for weeks so yummy!

Summer's Here and I'm for That!

2008-07-07T16:08:00.023-06:00

Madie

Jed, Dylan & Seth having so much fun

Little Millie pie

Happy Birthday Wil, you are such an awesome brother!

Rick & Pictures...

Susie & Darby

It was nice to meet your new guy Katie!

Megan and Darby Loo

A nice cool suprise on a hot summer day

Dusty loves to hang out with me when I'm cleaning

the house.

Rick rigged up this cool zip-line for the cats -
they love it.

Bleu

When I say, "do you want to go outside?"

they come running over and

wait patiently for me to hook them up to thier harness.

Madie & Ari

Seth being a muscle man

Rick, David & Seth, and me

Hiking the "Y"

2008-06-19T16:00:00.017-06:00

It's time for me to get into shape -

I'm so excited, this year Susie and Seth are joining me!

I'm so lucky to have such a fun step-daughter

and grandson.

Wildflowers in bloom

I love this little guy - he just talks and talks

all the way up it is so cute to get a 6 year-old's take on life

It's pure and real

You can see the beautiful regrowth several years

after the fires.

For me hiking the "Y" has been somewhat of a

spiritual experience - I relate it to life: Its hard, really hard. Keep going,

breathe, then listen to the quiet and release the tightness of unrealistic expectations.

I feel glad to be me - no matter what the world below thinks.

We did it!

I'm so proud of Susie

Good times!

Seth's backpack zipper was broken he is so darn cute!

Until next time!

2008 Girls Retreat

2008-06-19T15:22:00.019-06:00

We Did It!

It was so nice to look around me and see all of my

wonderful sisters and mom together in the same room.

We are all very different and have our own

unique talents and abilities but we share the

bond of being a family - I'm so grateful for thier friendship

Our Condo was beautiful - thanks Mom!

Erin was beating everyone at cards

We watched "P.S. I Love You" - I loved it, but Adri didn't

I love my Mom so much - I'm so grateful for your

love, wisdom, support and especially, as I've gotten older for your friendship.

We were lucky to have such nice weather

and to go on a beautiful walk together.

Way to go Lindsey with the baby backpack!

We enjoyed a delicious Thai dinner except for the

song that they continued to play over and over and over...

Megan & Sarah

Amy and I

Mom & Becky

Spa Treatment time! Becky is doing Lindsey's eyelashes

Megan doing Adri's eyelashes

Amy and her amazing masks - my skin felt so good for days!

Thanks Amy for working on all of us!

This is chocolate! Most everyone was eating so healthy

and being so good with thier diets that we decided to put the chocolate on

our faces instead of eat it - just kidding, I ate some Zingers.

Adri & Megan

Getting ready to go - this trip went by way too fast.

Goodbye - we loved the sweet little babies there too.

There's more to my life than cats

2008-06-02T16:01:00.028-06:00

Green River

Desert blooms

Our campsite from a distance

I love the desert in the spring

Rick put together the coolest treasure map and hid it

in an old bottle for the kids to find, they had so much fun

trying to find the treasure -- we even got some of the adults to

believe too!

The kids were having such a blast being pulled around by Wes

Oh come on honey let's take another picture

Off for another adventure

Cool hugh?

Maddie and the treasure map

The eating establishment where many a good meal

was cooked, burned, etc.

Cool camping spot

Bill is his father's son

I love hiking the narrows!

Nicki & Rick

Susie and Katie zipping around on the four wheeler

Family Campout - Seth with his Uncle Bill

My once flourishing plant has now been destroyed, meow

Happy kids with thier Easter loot

(Simeon was a Ninja that protected us)

Happy Easter

Maddie and Brigham hanging out at the Easter picnic

I've been a little slack on updating my blog lately and I felt bad so I threw a couple pictures of my kitties up for a change but now I'm really going to update. Within the last month we had a fun family Easter gathering, went on a family campout and hiked the narrows (I just loved that). I've been getting into gardening and really enjoying it. I went to Topaz Mt. with my hubby this last weekend and learned to really appreciate the nice necklace and earrings he made for me on mother's day. It is hard work to break those rocks but it sure is fun to find a beautiful topaz waiting inside. I recently ordered a book about make-up (suprised?) It is by a make-up artist named Bobbi Brown. I really like her natural approach to beauty and making the best of what you have and trying to be the best you instead of wishing you looked like someone else.

Catch-up Time

2008-05-23T17:01:00.003-06:00

My new bed-spread that Dusty is getting comfey on

Watching the great out doors on a spring day

Party Time

2008-03-21T16:02:00.012-06:00

Every morning as I pull out of our driveway

I see these little heads peeking out the window

watching me drive away

Girls night out - Susie, Jen, Stephanie and I

went out to dinner and a movie it was so

much fun!

A ladybug birthday theme for Madi - so cute

Madi loves to dance to the music of her mom's
cell phone we were - laughing so hard as we watched her
hold the phone and dance to the tunes

Madi opening her presents

Madie got her own cake - at first she just starred at

not knowing what to do

Then when she got a taste it was party time!

Madie loves to play with our cats and their toys -

she crawls into their hut and gets stuck

Two peas in a pod

It's boogie time - Rick got Guitar Hero Band and we

will all get together and have a jam session it's pretty

fun. I feel like the Partridge Family, sort of...

Susie on the drums

Rick on lead guitar

Seth on bass guitar

I'm the lead singer - good times!

Flowers just because - thanks sweetie!

The Latest

2008-02-29T10:17:00.014-07:00

Babysitting Lindsay's Cutties

Christian is such a sweetheart

Rick and his Dad chewing the fat

Welcome to the Utykanski's - staying a while?

Rick transformed out guest room special for his

parents visit - his mom said, "It looks like we are in hell"

Rick said, "mission accomplished".

I'm still poking those lips

Sneaking up on them

Seth & Dylan at Simeon's B-day Party

Simeon is taking a break,

he is so funny!

Chillin with my Sistas

Happy Valentines Day - Rick told me to hurry

and look outside to see what the cats had done...

Rick and Seth made a snow fort

Got "mini-me" kitties, they carry them around, it looks so funny

2008-02-13T14:58:00.000-07:00

What can I say, I'm a cat lady

Deep thoughts

Hey! I belong here too

Rick and Nicki heading off to a Nature's Sunshine Convention

My handsome, this is a picture that I had of Rick before we

were married - he looks pretty smashing with the goatee

My crazy, funny Valentine!

Happy Valentines - smoochy, smoochy!

I got Rick some more KISS stuff; a neon clock and mirror and a hat. He is getting quite a collection that he is proud of. Rick's Dad and Stepmom are coming to stay with us for a couple of days and Rick got this "great" idea of decorating the guest room in a KISS theme. I'll post a picture of it when he is done and update you on the reaction.

We are hooked on the first season of 24 (we have a lot of catching up to do) we are renting them and it is so nice to watch several episodes without the commercials. Work is keeping me quite busy. Rick and I are nursery leaders in our Ward. We love it. We have about 13 children and believe me when that two hour block is over I can't get home fast enough for a nap. I've been enjoying spending some time with Erin lately. For the last three weekends she and the kids have come over so Rick could work on thier car. It has been fun watching the Maddie and Lauren play with our kitties. They built little forts for them and were playing house it was too cute.

2008-01-25T15:51:00.000-07:00

Me and Dad at the Pritchard Christmas Bash

Seth's Christmas program

Seth at his 1st Grade Christmas Program, so cute!

It has snowed alot lately - here's our backyard

Lovely sweaters!

Erin and her Hooter-hider and Lauren isn't sure she is ready to play yet

Cute Jenny

Rick's fancy Christmas sweater - he made his own

I bought mine from Wal-Mart

My silly sisters - need I say more...

Adri with the groovin sweater and one of the cute little puppies

Christian scored!

My Christmas Elf

Megan & Milly at the Christmas Party
Me and Dad at the Pritchard Christmas bash!

More presents for Seth!

Seth on Christmas

Susie & Madie on Christmas Day

Madie and her Mom Jen

Bill is getting Christmas snuggles from Dusty

Little Madie with her new baby

Seth on Christmas Morning

Sweet Maddie on her Baptism Day

Who knew - Rick, the cat Lover!

Me and a cat named Bleu

Happy Anniversary!

2007-12-20T15:25:00.000-07:00

This is Gracie

This is Bleu Claws Demon (name by Rick- Kiss Fan Utykanski)

Introducing: Dusty Cotton Ball

It's a miracle. Rick got me two little kittens for our two year wedding anniversay. One is Black and white (Rick say's this one is his) and Rick named him Bleu Claws Destroyer. While Rick was at the shelter picking out a kitten for me Bleu kept reaching out to him from another cage and tapping him on the arm. He got into his heart and the rest is history. The little grey one that Rick got for me (we named her Gracie) got really sick we took her to the Vet several times and were up at night feeding her and giving her medicine for over and week but she still didn't make it. We were both really bummed out by that. We had to take her little body back to the Shelter and they gave us a credit to get another kitty. This is where Dusty Cotton Ball comes in. When I held him, he was so sweet and mellow we decided to take her home. So for now we have the two and hope that they stay healthy (they are both on antibiotics as a precaution).

2007-12-10T16:18:00.000-07:00

Family Picture Time 2007

2007-12-10T15:54:00.000-07:00

We all got together last Saturday and took family pictures. I've got more to write but I'm just getting started here so I'll continue more later...