LEGACY

LAST NIGHT PRESIDENT GORDON B. HINCKLEY PASSED AWAY. As Keith and I heard the news from several friends and family that called us, we took a moment to think about the great life that Gordon B. Hinckley lived. What an example of truly living life to the fullest. For Keith and I, he was the first prophet of the church that we felt we knew really well since we were older when he was called. He will be missed, but we are so happy for him to be with his sweet wife again. There are great pictures and videos of President Hinckley on the church website. Here's a link to that:

http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/#current

With this we pose the question: What will your legacy be?

"You did not come into the world to fail. You came into the world to succeed. You have accomplished much so far. It is only the beginning. As you move forward on the trail of life, keep the banner of faith in self ever before you. You may not be a genius. You may not be exceptionally smart. But you can be good, and you can try. And you will be amazed at what might happen when in faith you take a step forward."

-Gordon B. Hinckley

I Want To Ride My Bicycle!

Yesterday I was able to go mountain biking with my parents. Thank you to Ann for lending me her bike. Next time I'll bring a BIG FLUFFY seat! We biked somewhere between 8 and 10 miles. Very beautiful day! I love Arizona! I used to bike this area more often when I lived with my parents. Next time Keith will have to come too!

What is this? My guess is either a coyote or a javelina. Eeeek!
We found this not too far into our bike ride.

This is the beautiful Usery Mountain. Nice and close to my parents house, so we can ride straight out of their garage.

Awwww...Cat Peaks Trail...sounds so nice. This one was the toughest trail of the day. I haven't been out for a while, so I was forced to walk on a lot of the steep and rocky hills of this trail. Yes, literally forced. My legs just wouldn't go any more! It was beautiful though, and I saw a couple horses on it. They didn't seem to have any problem.

Lemon Cake Anyone?

Last night we had my family over for dinner and I made this delicious lemon cake for the occasion. In my opinion, it's the ideal lemon cake for lemon lovers, and it looks pretty. Having four layers of cake with lemon filling and frosting, it takes a while to make, but it's well worth it. I bet the recipe for the actual cake part is good, but I just use a boxed white cake. I found the recipe online a few months ago. Here's the link to the recipe:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Lemon-Cake-with-Lemon-Filling-and-Lemon-Butter-Frosting/Detail.aspx

Let me know if you try it.




We also had a fun date night on Friday with our friends, Paul & Marisa. The evening started off at the driving range and then we enjoyed some great Mexican food at Tia Rosas. They have really good seafood tacos! Lemon cake would've been really good after that!