Stealing Cinderella

I leaned in towards those pictures to get a better look at one
When I heard a voice behind me say "Now, ain't she something, son?"
I said "Yes, she quite a woman" and he just stared at me
Then I realized that in his eyes she would always be

Playing Cinderella
Riding her first bike
Bouncing on the bed and looking for a pillow fight
Running through the sprinkler with a big popsicle grin
Dancing with her dad, looking up at him
In her eyes i'm Prince Charming
But to him i'm just some fella riding in and stealing Cinderella

Teni is a very beautiful young woman. I though you might enjoy seeing some of her bridal photos. The pictures are unique (rock climbing, fields, etc.) just like her. We are blessed to have her as part of our family. Be sure to play the Chuck Wicks song while watching the slideshow. One day I will learn how to be more efficient and professional with this blog, but for now.........

Spring Break 2009 Hiking in Southern, UT

"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."
*Ancient Indian Proverb

This spring break was spent with Jeff and Carol Kennedy and family, friends from our ward, backpacking in Southern Utah. We spent weeks packing and preparing. I ran every night to get in shape. I asked Carol, “How many miles are we going to hike”? She answered, “It’s not the amount of miles but the difficulty of those miles.” And boy, was she right! We headed out on a desert trail near Esalante, UT in Grand Staircase National Monument. We hiked and explored for a week. We saw remarkable landscapes, beautiful flowers, and hints of Indians from the past. It was a wonderful trip that we will remember for a lifetime. Here are a few of your favorite pictures.

Redneck Christmas

I know that this is really out of season, but I always wanted to post it but just never got around to it. This is "regular" life at the Eardleys. I am sure you will see sure signs of "Rednecks" in this Christmas 2008 video. Enjoy the redneck kids.

Memories

Time passes quickly. It has been a year since Matt and I returned from our trip to Ecuador and Peru. It seems like everyday that I think back on a memory. I wrote Matt a book for Christmas based on the journal entries I made on the trip. Here is the last entry.

"The journey not the arrival matters."
5 DVD of video, 7 motels, 11 airplane flights, 16 days of travel, hundreds of dollars, 843 photos, and 1000’s of miles later our journey to South America ended. Our trip has come to an end but our memories will be with us forever. Memories of cultural differences, beautiful golden sand beaches, tall majestic mountains, interesting wildlife, Inca ruins, and new friends. But best all, memories shared together, Matt and I. Memories that we can always look back on for the rest of our lives. In time the photos will lose their color, the souvenirs will be forgotten, and the details of our journey will fade. But in our hearts we will always remember the time when we “Walked in the Footsteps of Darwin” and lived our “Galapagos Dream”.
“Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played over and over in the quiet chambers of your mind." *Benjamin Isrealia

3 Month Make Up

I’m a bad blogger. Shame on me. Life seems to be so busy I don’t take time to blog and update everyone on what is going on in our lives. So to sum up the last 3 months I’ve decided to just make a “Top 10” list. I know that this is against my nature because I am a Jay Leno Fan and not David Letterman fan, but oh well. I will steal his idea anyway. Here goes:
10. Not much snow. I hope Spring brings a lot of moisture. If not, irrigating will be a problem this summer.
9. I learned how to text! Please don’t text me because it costs me too much money on my cell phone plan and I can’t change until my contract runs out in May!
8. I got a new car! It is a 2009 Impala SS: wide sports tires, duel chrome exhausts, heated leather seats, and best of all, a sun roof. (Quite handy in winter in Wyoming, ha ha)
7. My cat will now let me pet her for 10 seconds before she bites me! Good cat, bad habits.
6. Tim is back at college at the University of Wyoming (Go Pokes!) and traveling the country on the Shot Gun Shooting Team.
5. Cody and Steph only have one year left of college at BYU! (That is unless they change their majors, again.) I think he never wants to graduate because he wants to continue cat fishing on Utah Lake forever.
4. Our good and dear friend Lamar Crandall dies and got to go home to heaven to his sweetheart, Deloris.
3. Matt gave me 100 roses from Ecuador for my birthday. It was a wonderful day. He always thinks of neat ideas to surprise me with. This one was especially awesome as the flowers were a reminder of our trip to Ecuador last year. It brought back great memories.
2. Matt finished another successful season as Mountain View High School wrestling coach. I am always so proud of him and the great job he does with the kids. He is a great influence on many of them.
1. Tim and Teni got engaged on Valentine’s Day! The wedding will be June 5, 2009. Matt and I are excited to get another “blonde” daughter. She is a wonderful , beautiful girl and a great addition to our family. We are blessed.

Loved, Loved, Loved the Book

If you need a good book to read, give this one a try. I really loved it. The message was awesome. I included this review just in case you don't believe me. The book made me ponder about the "second verse" of my life.

Recovering Charles is a reminder to families everywhere that lives do have second verses, and that the things said in anger, and those words left unsaid in the aftermath of anger, do not necessarily have to lead to a lifetime of regrets. People can, and do, change, and oftentimes life s second verse is the sweeter of the two. Recovering Charles is another inspirational Christmas season offering from Jason Wright, one with the potential to change lives for the better. --Curled Up With a Good Book Recovering Charles is a riveting story of hope, healing, and, above all, faith. I was profoundly touched by seeing my own struggles reflected in its pages and inspired by its message that life can always have a second verse. Take my advice, you don t need to read this review, you just need to read the book! --Blogger News Network