Ar-kan-sas. Three words at a time.

Planes were flown.

Fires were spotted. 

 Bikes were ridden.

 Will was smug.

 Greg was chubs.

 Ellee was sweet. 

 Paul got old.

 Frandsen siblings bonded.

 Trailers were pulled.

 Aliens were bathed.

 Monsters were cleaned.

 Nailpolish was found.

 Sun was shining.

 Surfing on porch.

It was a great spring break trip. Who knew Arkansas would have such warm glorious weather? I even got a sun burn and started my chaco tan lines. 

Devn + Abby and fam were the best hosts.  I loved chatting with Abby, playing Just Dance, visiting Devo's hospital, playing baseball and lacrosse, riding bikes, and eating Bavarian Tort. 

Even a vicious flu bug couldn't stop us from having fun. 

Arkansas accents are awesome. I think everyone should say yes ma'am and yessir. 

Greg made me baby hungry. How can fatness be so cute? Why can't that happen after age 5?

I want those Frandsens to move closer to us.

In Jimmer news...

let's hope Audrey's bracket is right?

Go Cougs.

Also, New Jersey needs to stop it's crappy weather streak. Practice was canceled Monday and a scrimmage was cancelled today. Snow on the field? It's supposed to be Spring! Enough with the roller coaster weather! Where are we? Utah!? i wish? i'll get to that in a sec.

(Under that snow is the nicest field/stadium I have ever seen- spoiled!)
Isn't it weird to see turf without football lines on it? That's what you get at an all-girls school. Also, the red lines? Field hockey. Almost as cool as lacrosse? Naaaaaahhhhhh...
You can see New York City from the field. It's pretty much the only hill I've seen in New Jersey, and the school's at the top. People call it a mountain but it's not. Am I being a mountain snob? Definitely. I miss me some mountains!


(I saw this interesting fact about the school recently, the original structure burned down 100 years ago, and there is a NY Times article about it here! I love old news stories.)

Also, (a rambling post I guess)? My fam is at Lake Powell this week. Always a hard time to be the lone lost child far far away. 

(Lake Powell picture because I can't be there...)

In good news, we booked our flights to Utah for Eric's wedding! 

May 5-9 if you like us enough to want to see us!

PS: Sorry about the font/size issues. Can't fix it for the life of me.

Another year older and wiser.

Happy Birthday to my most favorite dude in the world:

You're my best best best friend.

(PS We get to see those cute kiddos tomorrow. We're going to Arkansas!

I'm as excited as Will looks in this picture)

Rutgers Cycling!

This weekend was cool because Paul had his first collegiate races.
That's right.
That man of mine is now an official member of the Rutgers Cycling team.
Someday our kids will think their parents were bomb-diggity for being college athletes.
...Hopefully they will think that?

Here are a few pics of PB in spandex, looking so fine.

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!

Truckin' up that hill. 

The race was in front of Rutgers stadium. Nice!

On the trainer. Warming up those buff legs.

Up the hill! Catch that wheel!

On the sprint!

#634 baby.

Changing in the car, and you get a closeup of his sweet kit. 

Results of the races: 

Top 10 finish in the time trial, mid-pack finish in the criterium and front-pack finish in the points race.

Not too shabby for a newby racer, right? So awesome. 

Apparently riding the Alpine Loop all the time last summer wasn't just for jokes. This guy has got skillzzzz.

Marriage to a cyclist = lots of air dried laundry. 

And now... for the gem/random/stalker pic of the day:

While I was waiting for my biker man, Mr. American Coaster Enthusiast whipped out his comb and started going at it, we can all agree he's looking real good, right? (Are we playing Balderdash or something? Is ACE for real???? Yes... google just told me it is real. Next step: join the club.)

I actually used a real camera for some of these pics, but mostly just my iPhone - can you tell?
Was it worth the effort?
Uploading real camera pictures is just so annoying now. Ahhh.. modern technology.

PS. Can you believe the field I get to coach lacrosse on????? Tryouts are going great and thanks to all my lax babes that reminded me of great drills through texts, emails and comments. Love love love ya.

Lacrosse Comeback

Remember the good old days when I played lacrosse?
And I loved it so much and I miss it so bad?

The best thing happened.
I got hired as a lacrosse coach!

It's a private all-girls school with a growing program. I'll be the assistant varsity and head JV coach.
Try outs are on MONDAY.

I've been going through my brain for all the drills, workouts, and skills that I learned in the past nine years since I first picked up a stick.

(LACROSSE FRIENDS, please remind me of some of your favorites?! I know a few of you read this thing and I really need your help!)

Getting in the lacrosse mode again, I went through a bunch of pictures of the glory days. Enjoy!

High school: Go Spartans!

 seniors....

 Beetdigger win. Probably one of my favorite games ever ever ever.

 Crease roll! 1 v. 20?

 Team Utah with Em. And blonde?

All-star state game in my sequins.

BYU:

 at nationals...

 awkard hands...

 vs the U

 Santa Barbara tourny

CSU

 my biggest fan

 It's pretty much my dream job. :) Hurray Lacrosse!