I love em

More to come on Mep because I want to get that all documented for history sake but I just found this great information about one of my favorite things right now.... Mushrooms

I have found the best shrooms at the olive bar @ safeway. Have you tried that bar out yet? It's mormon approved! It's my favorite bar for a friday night. Garlic olives, teriyaki mushrooms, antipasto salad. The possibilities are endless. :)

Misconception: Mushrooms are a low-calorie food with little nutritional benefit.
Why they're good for you: They may be 90 percent water and have only 18 calories per cup, but mushrooms are getting serious scientific attention. Laboratory reports and animal studies show that compounds in mushrooms may do everything from bolster immune function to suppress breast and prostate cancers to decrease tumor size. And now, Penn State researchers find that mushrooms, from the humble button to the giant portobello, harbor large amounts of an antioxidant called L-ergothioneine. The scientific buzz is that fungi, for the moment, are the only foods that contain this compound.
While scientists work to figure out how these findings will translate to dietary advice, there are plenty of reasons to enjoy mushrooms. Clare Hasler, Ph.D., a well-known expert in functional foods and executive director of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at the University of California, Davis, points out that mushrooms offer a healthy helping of the blood pressure-- lowering mineral potassium. "Most people might be surprised to learn that while orange juice is touted as one of the highest potassium foods, one medium portobello mushroom actually has more potassium," she says. "And five white button mushrooms have more potassium than an orange."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.fitness/11/06/cl.healthful.foods/index.html

MEP 2010

I am just getting these posted. If all goes according to plan I will be back later to put some details and captions.

Our trip up to MEP.

This year MEP was in the Palisades. In Idaho, near the Wyoming border. I think it was near Alpine Utah. The place was so great and beautiful.

Here is a recap of our trip up. We left wed at noon and drove all day and into the night till we reached Aunt Dories house.


Mom and I drove my truck up and followed behind Tyson and his family.
no trip to mep is compelete without Jerky. This is the best energy drink known to man.

We stopped for lunch in Kanab and went to a park. It was great! the best grass and fun stuff for the kids to play on.

Thursday we woke up and Aunt Dorie made us breakfast. She is ALWAYS so sweet! Thank you for letting us crash on you!! (and thanks for gifts wink wink.)

Here we are in some town in Wyoming buying all our groceries. Isn't Jensen a.d.o.r.a.b.l.e.

Mom bought a box of fatboys and we were all going to have one. Well Kim didn't want and the kids couldn't have the sugar. Tyson and one and mom and I had to take care of the rest. lol. they were melting. the ox was in the myer. what diet???

Needles California Jetski Trip

Well it was FINALLY time for our jetski trip to Needles California. I had never been so I didn't know what to expect and that made me really anxious. so I packed EVERYTHING. It's a disease. BUT it's a good thing I did. Lots of people needed lots of different things and 98% of the time I had what they needed. We rented a little cabin for 75 a night and stayed 3 nights. 12 of us went and we had a great time and made new friends.

Mern and Jenalee on our way.

Nope, this isn't where we stayed. PSYCH. They have all these amazing houses lining the River. I.WANT.ONE. They have moviestar written all over em.

This is where some people stay..And here...are you paying attention to detail? They are amazing houses...

AAAANDD This is where we stayed.

Its a nice little place.

nice beds. plus some peeps on the floor.

The bathhouse

here is our amazing beach

Here is our amazing view from our front porch

There is ACTUAL sand.

Here is my first accident with the ski.... oops.

Good thing Jayrod knows how to fix big oops like this.

This is where we would eat our food.

We hung out at the beach all day and all night. It was cooler by the water. Needles is probably the hottest place in Arizona.

We played catch phrase A LOT.

Jakeb Chelci, Jenalee, Abbie

This is where we slept.

Mern and Jenalee

Abbie, Mern, Jenalee, Chelci

Eating 3rd meal with the boys.

Who knew glowsticks were so much fun.

crashing on the tubes at night.

Jakeb was OUT.
McDonalds on the way home. BJ made a $5 sandwich out of 2 $1 sandwiches.

They slept, I drove.

Me navigating us home safely.