St. George Marathon Oct. 6, 2012

On October 6, 2012, I ran my second St. George Marathon.  We ran it for Hollie.  Hence the bright pink cancer shirt.  It was awesome!!!  Took a super long time for me and Jenny to finish, but we did.  And that is all that matters.  I was so sore I could barely shuffle across the finish.  Jenny cried and then I cried because Jenny was crying.  These are some of the pictures from the finish line.  I had an awesome sunburn from my pink headband. Luckily, that is gone now.  I did feel pretty ridiculous for about a week.  Got made fun of at work.  It was hilarious.  Best part of the whole weekend...Justin was there!!!  He was so awesome and came and met up with Jenny and me just a little before the finish line and it made all the difference in the world.  Jenny and I jogged the rest of the way in.  Aaron and Jori both gave me a great big hug.  It was just such a fun day.  I was exhausted.  But it was totally worth it!  After I took my ice bath and showered, the family went to Bucca de Beppos for dinner.  It was Hollies year mark of fighting cancer and so we all went out to dinner.  It was a lot of fun.  After that, Justin and I drove back up to North Ogden.  And on Sunday, we met up with his parents and sister.  It was an awesome weekend!!  It definitely went by way too fast!!!

The Lake at the Hills

Came down to southern Utah for the weekend.  Didn't have school or work, so I thought it would be fun to visit the family.  Hollie and I decided that it would be fun to go fishing.  Apparently there is this little lake close to their house called The Lake at the Hills.  It's more like a pond.  But it was super fun to go fishing and see the kids play in the water.  I caught one fish.  However, it fell off the hook before I could get a picture to document that I actually caught something.  If you ask Mike my brother in law, he will tell you I didn't catch anything.  Pretty sure he was just jealous that I caught something and he didn't.  It was a super fun evening and I can't wait til we get to do something fun again!!!

 Dad getting the poles ready to catch some fish!

 Mom just chillin...

 My absolutely gorgeous sister Hollie!

 Me and Hollie

 Me and Hollie again!

 And us again!

 Jori was just so excited about this rock for some reason.  Guess it was a pretty rock!

 Me and my adorable niece Jori.

 The "lake"  

 Mike and Aaron

 Aaron - what an adorable kid!!!

 Totally taught Aaron how to kick water at people.

Cute kid!

 Me and the kiddos

 So cute!

 Jori playing Ariel - such a funny girl!

 Really don't know what he is doing....haha

 Aaron playing dead

 Jori is Ariel & Aaron is prince Erik.  So funny!!!

 Poor little guy is freezing to death!!!

 My sister is so amazing and beautiful!!!

 Hollie and he wonderful little girl!

 Mike and Aaron

 Such a cute family!!

 My family is incredible!  I definitely miss the ones that couldn't be there with us!!  Ty, Jenny, Isaac, AJ and Kars!!!  Miss you guys!!!

Funny faces!!!!!

It was such a fun day!  I can't wait til we can all play again!!!

Iron & Wine

So...I'm back in Utah and I'm living in North Ogden.  It's been different.  I'm in school and I'm working.  I love it.  Just thought I would add a couple pictures to my blog and try to get back into blogging again.  So to start it off again, a couple weeks ago I went to a concert with two of my awesome friends.  Deena (my totally awesome roommate) and Amya my way cool friend from work.  We went and saw Iron and Wine.  We also ate a french fry and waffle restaurant in downtown salt lake.  It was a really fun night!  I'll add more fun stuff soon.  For now, this is it.

AN ENDING AND AN OH SO GREAT BEGINNING....

Yesterday was my last day of work with Monrovia. It is crazy how you start a new chapter in your life and find that it wasn't what you thought it was. When I first started with Monrovia, I thought it was going to be my career. The thing I was going to do for the next...well who knows how long. A couple months ago, I found that even though I absolutely LOVED all of the people I worked with and all of my customers that I spoke with on a weekly basis, I am completely awful at sales. Which I am totally ok with. I will definitely miss those friends I made while working there and living here in Oregon. A lot. Good thing there's facebook. Ha! Or I would probably lose contact with a lot of those people I know here and lose a few friendships that I have developed. That would make me incredibly sad!

So, this is the end to my life in Oregon. I am moving back to Utah for the beginning of my next adventure in life.

This new adventure is scary and I'll admit I think somewhat crazy. But I am really excited. It all started last night with the loading of my moving cube. We got everything into the garage that was going to go into this cube. I took one look around and thought "oh there is no way that is all going to fit!!!" Well, miraculously, everything minus my large TV that weighs a million pounds fit into my cube. I couldn't believe it! My friend Jason and my friend Tina helped me get everything packed into the tiny bit of space that we had to work with. Jason is a Tetris master that is for sure. The picture at the top says it all! There are still a few things lying around. Like a giant pile of clothes that I need to go through and decide what to pack and not to pack. And I have to go through some of my bathroom stuff. Oh and my shoes. That is a task I am not looking forward to. I've already packed the majority of them. It's so hard to pick and choose!!! Haha.

The next part of the adventure is tomorrow. My mom and Hollie and Karalee will be here!! I'm so excited. We are all going to play in Portland tomorrow and then we will be on our way on Saturday morning bright and early. We are going up to Astoria to see the Goonie house and the sea lions and then down to Cannon Beach to eat at Mo's and see Haystack Rock (also in Goonies). After that it's on to Tillamook Cheese Factory for cheese tasting and ice cream. From there we go to Reedsport to see Grandpa and Grandma Wells' graves and to clean them up so they look nice. We drive over to Medford from there to stay the night. Since Hollie just had Chemo a few days ago, we are trying to make sure that we break the drive up so we don't fatigue her too much. From Medford we drive to Fairfield to see the Jelly Belly Factory. I'm kind of excited...not gonna lie. Even though I don't like Jelly Beans. They just aren't tasty to me. Anyway, then we will drive to Monterey to spend time with Ty and Jenny and their kids for a few days. We will have Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday and then the aquarium on Monday. Tuesday we drive the rest of the way to St. George and Wednesday I drive to Ogden for new student orientation....

Yes, that is right, I am going back to school. Never thought this day would come. Unless I was going on to get a masters degree or something. Nope. I am working on a second Bachelor's degree. I am going to become an X-Ray technician and then go on to Radiation Therapy. I think it will be amazing! A lot of hard work and sacrifice, but super rewarding in the end!!! I start school in January and am very ready for my incredible new beginning and next great adventure in life!!!!

The Muppet Movie

Last night I decided to go to bed really early. Mainly because I wasn't doing anything and I was bored out of my mind. So I fell asleep at about 8:30. So lame I know. But around 10ish, I get a phone call from my friend Sam. He didn't leave me a voice message and I was curious why he called me, so I text him back (I didn't want him to know he woke me up. People always feel bad when they find that out). Well he calls me again so I answer this time (cause i'm still super curious) and he tells me that there are a few people going to a movie at 11 at this place called Bagdad Theatre. It's attached to a McMenamins bar. One of my favorite places to eat actually. They have the best happy hour menu and the best cajun tatortots I have ever had!!! But in this theatre, they show old movies late at night. And it's only $3. So I went last night. It was a lot of fun! I don't think I have ever seen that movie all the way through. It had a lot of famous people in it and oh my gosh tons of puns. It was super funny!! Totally did not expect that! Afterwards, we went to the food carts that were just up the street. They had chili cheese fries and tacos and all sorts of things. It was a fun night! Who knows what i'll be up to tonight!

DISNEYLAND DECEMBER 2010

My family went to the happiest place on earth the first week in December. It was the greatest vacation ever! And let me tell you what, I think Disneyland was super fun because of the absolutely adorable kids that we had with us! I am not going to go through and explain all the collages that I did. But as you can see there are a million pictures, and my family had a blast!! I can't wait until our next family vacation! I love and miss them all!!!