Go Jaden!

Congratulations Jaden! He was awarded 3rd Honorable Mention in the State of Utah Poetry Contest. Amazing! We were sooooo excited. He got a little embarrassed when they called his name because Ty and I were cheering so loud. (Jessica even leaned over and put her hand over my mouth!) He was awarded a certificate, $10 and a book that his poem was published in. If that isn't exciting enough, he had 3 classmates finish in the top ten as well. We celebrated with his friends and their families with dinner at Fridays and the waiters serenaded the three champs with a poetry song and icecream.

Celebrating Easter, Rasch Style!

We had a fantastic Easter! Now if you are driving on I-80 past Jeremy Ranch and you hear some fabulous singing...It might be coming from the Rasch house! The Easter Bunny was kind enough to leave us a karoake machine. Jaden, Jessica and Jaxon have all become good singers. They are loud, so listen close as you drive by! Thanks Easter Bunny!





Just a few shots from the annual neighborhood Easter egg hunt!

Happy Birthday Ty!

Time flies when your having fun, 37 years of fun! Ty celebrated his birthday on Wednesday. It started out with our traditional breakfast in bed and the opening of presents. But we should actually say it's Ty's birthday week, because we have celebrated all week. Grandma Jo made him his favorite dinner... pork chops and apple sauce with his favorite birthday cake, peanut butter cookies! (Ty doesn't like cake.) Then of course more presents including the famous birthday envelope covered in stickers from the Little Grandma. And coming up on Sunday we will celebrate with the Rasch family. Wow, what a spoiled guy!

Merry Christmas and Happy April 6th!

Today we got a little snow at our house, about 2 feet to be exact! Ty was suprised to come home and not be able to get to our house for the first time ever! I thought it was funny so I grabbed the camera and started clicking. He had to snow blow the driveway and the fire lane. Two hours later he was able to get the car in the garage. Remember when the snow blower was a cool new toy and Ty would snow blow 2 inches of snow? Not anymore! Now that 2 inches will just have to melt! He only clears away snow if there is 8 inches or more!

A Visit From Cousin Matt

After missing his plane and arriving a day late we were very lucky to have our cousin Matt come to visit. He lives in Virgina and came to Utah for the first time in 5 years. We were able to do a lot of catching up and a lot of driving around, showing off all the changes that have been made to our awesome city. We saw everything from the Gateway Mall to the Olympic Park. Jaden, Jessica and Jaxon warmed right up to his fun personality. They especially enjoyed chasing him around the house and teasing him. Matt made us a killer Italian dinner and shared his entire movie collection with us! (He brought 150 movies!) When it was time for him to go we all had the "sad" tears, but look forward to seeing him again this summer.