A week of nothing

I love it, I sleep in until 9:00 (the latest I've slept in ever since I've been married I think, Ry always wakes up before me), go to the gym, slowly get ready and find something to fill my afternoon until work. After work we eat dinner and watch a RedBox movie. Except one morning we came back from the gym and our lovely puppy had completely destroyed one of the rented DVD's, I mean it was completely mutilated. It was one of those parent training moments...you can't just hit your kid and lock them in a room for a day. Oh well, what can you do? What's been done has been done. I guess we'll just have to wait out the 25 days and be charged $25 plus tax...

On Tuesday my freshman roommate Alena Martinelli (now Alena Morgan) was married and we were able to attend their wedding luncheon. She looked so beautiful and so extremely happy. I am so excited for her and her new life!

Out of my 4 other freshman roommates only 2 made it, the lovely Stephanie and the hilarious Janie. It was fun to see them and catch up with them again.

Well I also want to wish my amazing mother-in-law and my favorite older sister a happy-belated birthday! I love you so much!

(P.S. We can't wait for Saturday, GO COUGS!!!!)

We did it!

We had an earlier morning, up around 4:45 AM and on our way to Mapleton where we took a bus up Hobble Creek Canyon to endure the hour of cold weather before the sun came up. Promptly at 7:30 the gun went off, the iPod began, and our 13.1 mile trek was under way. It was such a beautiful run through the mountains and trees on a perfect summer morning.

Ry stayed with me for the first 2 miles and then I let him and his long strides go ahead. We both had such a good experience, we really enjoyed ourselves. It was our first 1/2 marathon and it has been nice to have something to work towards. It's also a plus to accomplish a goal too. All the girls got a flower after the race and we all got awesome "finisher" shirts.

We were both happy with our times, Ry was aiming to get under 2 hours and he did it by finishing in 1:49. I had a goal to never walk, and basically just finish; and I did both, I never walked and I finished! I'm happy with my time too, 2:02. Now that we've done it once, we have time to try and beat for next time!

This is after we got home, and yes, I sported the tie-dye...

So...no one was there to take our picture when we got home...so this is me trying to reset the timer...

Ya...

Go us!

Me and my Green Thumb

So coming back from Lake Powell and right back at real life, I suddenly realized that I didn't have any studying to do, and I could do whatever I wanted to do. So I have spent many hours watching and enjoying the Olympics. Go Shawn!

Then Ry left on Tuesday morning to go to Fresno California to learn the ropes of medical sales from one of their best (it was the longest we've been apart, and I missed him like CRAZY! But, Sargie kept me company). So I decided I was going to get some things done. I attacked a patch of weeds that has been growing out of control in front of our house.

I got rid of all the nasty weeds...

Then I bought some little shrubs (quite little shrubs) and chrysanthemum's that will grow and will be beautiful! (I know they're not anything special just yet, but they will be!)

I feel so domestic. Now I need to attack the backyard, which is a much bigger project. By the time all of that was done, going to work at the Bookstore during Education Week...was the last thing I wanted to do. There are few things worse than Women's Conference and Education Week, I mean, well, it's just something you have to see and experience for yourself.

I love Lake Powell. After sleeping about 4 hours in 2 days in preparation for our last final, we finished up summer term, packed our bags and drove down to the beautiful red rocks of Lake Powell. With not a care in the world, we let ourselves have as much fun as we could squeeze into the day. We made tie-dye shirts the day before we left, but one of the only pictures I got, was of Ry, they were sweet.

We did some wakeboarding...

Ry did some skiing, the rest of us tried...

We made an awesome slide in some soft sand...

We also did a bit of wake-surfing, and we all loved it...

We did some tubing, and yes we are kissing...

I love my honey, even when he grows out his beard...

Jane Anne and I had sweet matching outfits.

Like every year, there has to be a problem with one of the boats, here's the guys huddled over the engine, looking manly in their tie-dye...

We had a fabulous time with Melissa and Ryan, we love them so much, I'm so glad they were able to make it.

I'm so glad that Tristan and Brittany came as well: Tristan was used to test the waters and also a human flag. Even though I got Brittany off of the sea-doo, she never got her chance to get "thrown" off the tube, maybe next year Britt.

Thank you for everything Bob and Sue, we had so much fun!

Our Great Reward

We are almost there. After 8 weeks of constant studying we are each only one more test away from the chains that have tied us down to our books these beautiful summer months. Monday morning, in less than 36 hours, we will take our last final, pack our bags, and head off to Lake Powell. Boo ya! I'm so excited, i thought this day was never ever going to come.

But we have deserved it and I am so going to enjoy every single second we are soaking up some rays, sleeping under the stars, enduring the face plants and hard falls wakeboarding and skiing, and exploring in the sea-doos. Yep, that's the closest you can get to heaven. I'm so excited because my sister Melissa and her hubby Ryan are meeting us there from Phoenix, and our friends Brittany and Tristan are coming as well. We always look forward to spending good quality time with the Jackson fam too, it's going to be a party! So, stay tuned, because there are going to be some pretty rockin' pics in a week, but until then...Lake Powell or bust!

Venting Session

As of last Friday I had 4 tests to take in the next 10 days. Stress had definitely taken it's toll. I was doing everything I could to not take that stress out on others, untill... 1. on Saturday the day that Breaking Dawn came out, the Bookstore (where I work) was a mad house, and I was the lucky one who had to work that day. And then to find out that we had been selling the book for a dollar more than we were advertising...let's just say I had lost all patience with society.

Sunday wasn't half bad, until 2. I made yummy pudding rolls and invited the Perdues over to help eat, and they burned, well only the bottoms, but still, who likes burned bottoms! Ok, so that wasn't a huge deal, but it was just adding onto the fire.

Monday, of course I sleep through my alarm. My alarm usually becomes part of my dream and I just tune it out and I just don't wake up, so I was off to 8:00 class, and I stayed on campus until 6:00 that night. Came home and decided I needed to go for a run. 8 miles later, I was tuckered out. (8 might seem like a lot, but when I'm planning on running 13 in 3 weeks it doesn't seem like that many). Ry got in a late night 8 miler that night too, ya honey!

So I come home from the gym, and 3. our cute little furry friend decided he wanted to chew up my laptop charger. Hm...ya, I was not too happy. With only 15 hours until I had to take my next test, I was running out of valuable study cramming time and had to hurry off to Best Buy 3 minutes before they closed. And 4. to my pleasant surprise (that was sarcastic) the "universal" charger they had, since they didn't have what I needed, I got to spend $111.48 to keep my laptop and sanity alive.

With all of that said and done, I have a wonderful husband who listens to my cry, whine, complain and sigh all day long. He ordered a new charger for me last night so we can just take advantage of Best Buy's 30-day return policy. Then he offered to give me a blessing. I am so blessed to have a worthy husband who can administer those calming and comforting blessings in a time of such chaos. I love my honey so so much and I'm so excited to spend the rest of my life with him. He is always so thoughtful and caring. Only 5 1/2 more days of this stress until Summer term is over and I can return to my sane self. So there you have it, that's my little venting session for now.