accomplished

Meet our team: THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS.

young: some of us.....restless: all of us.

you would be too if you just ran 188 miles....

But we had so much fun together. Melissa described it very nicely on her blog, so if you want details, check it out here.

warning: Major picture overload. I can be very indecisive. enjoy.

I was so happy and impressed with everyone on our team. I was the captain of our team, and i worried the whole time that someone would drop out last minute, and leave me scramblin to find another runner, but they didn't....they all just trained their little butts off and did so so good.

My favorite leg of all was the one i ran at 2:30 in the morning. It was my 10 mile leg, and it was so nice to have the cool weather of the night, and also not being able to see ahead of me. It was wonderful because couldn't tell whether or not i had a big hill ahead of me or what was comin up.

My last leg however was hard. SO HARD! it was 3.6 miles uphill, straight uphill. I won't lie, i cried a little while i was running, mostly because i was in so much pain, but also because i had such an amazing team cheering me on. They were constantly refueling me with fluids and some got out and run up with me. Bless my sweet husbands heart, he did too, in his jeans and all. It was hard, but when i finished, i felt so accomplished. I was happy that i challenged myself, and completed it.

luck

luck is something i'll be needin a whole lotta this weekend.

i still haven't figured out how i'll make it up my mountain. crawl if i have to i guess.

excitement/nervousness/pain/relief/more pain/accomplishment.......(just some of the emotions i am currently feeling and others i know i will be feeling shortly.)

right now i'm just really excited.

wish us luck.

birthday week.....

I had a pretty darn good birthday week last week. To start off the day, my in-laws took me to lunch at cafe rio, and then my adorable mother in law took me shopping for the day, which was wonderful of course.

When Chaser got home, we went and got couples massages....also very very wonderful....followed by my favorite dinner of all....SUSHI, i seriously love sushi. and i love my husband for being so sweet and wonderful. On Wednesday, which was my sis-in-laws, sharee's birthday, we met her and her fam and the rest of the family in Malad for Maddox dinner. Lis and Avery met us there as well so they could come hang out for the weekend. It was so fun to be able to celebrate that day with lis and shar, two of my favorite people.

and seriously, look how adorable shar's baby grayson is...so cute.

Then, i enjoyed the rest of the week with lis and ave. I love those two so much. and had such a fun time with them, shopping, eating out, and just hanging out. come again soon.
Then, on Friday my parents came and met us for dinner (no pics to share) and to pick lis up. I had such a great week. thanks to all for making it wonderful.

23 Years Ago.....

(June 2nd)
I Met my BEST FRIEND for the first time.
I was born 7 minutes before her, much to my Mothers suprise (who didn't know

she was even having twins)...But she handled it well.
I have been blessed with a best friend since day 1.
I've been LUCKY, really really LUCKY.
I know my husband is supposed to be my better half, and he is...but i think that i have 2 better halves...and Lis is that other half that completes me. She really does though....she can easily complete my sentances, knows what i'm thinking most of time, hurts when i do, and has been through everything with me. When she got married, we said it was like we were getting a divorce, because we literally shared EVERYTHING, and had to split it up..... bank account, clothing, shoes...seriously everything. Really though, how many people can say they have had a best friend since forever...i can. i like that. I especially like knowing that she'll be that best friend of mine....for forever. She's coming to spend the weekend with me...I've been giddy about it for 2 weeks now. Seriously lis....Its been a FREAKIN AWESOME 23 years with you! The ups and the downs. I hope you have a GREAT Birthday. I get ridiculously happy looking through pictures and seeing all the great times we've had together. And these aren't even a fraction of what we've had. You are so amazing, really you are. I can't imagine spending the last 23 years without you by my side.

A big shout out to the parents for making that possible.

I LOVE YOU A WHOLE LOT.....

(and we were seriously cute kids....well maybe just babies....should have skipped those adolescent years...those were not so cute. but they sure were fun with you by my side.)

*Especially thanks for sharing those incredibly LARGE bangs with me....glad we didn't miss out on that one!

HAVE A FABULOUS 23RD BIRTHDAY!

i LOVE you SISTER.

insanity...

June 19th & 20th
me and 11 other crazies
only 187.5 miles.

yeah, i'm well aware.... were INSANE.

somehow i was able to convince 11 of my friends/family to run this race with me. No one on our team has ever ran it before, so i'm not sure we know what were in for. nearly 36 hours of running.

Breakdown: there are 12 runners per team. Each runner runs 3 legs throughout the 36 hours (or however long it takes us). we relay off to each other. We run from Logan to Park City...woof, that seems like a long ways.....it is. We run straight through the day, through the night, and through another day. Our team is "The Young & the Restless"

-my first leg is easy....3.5 miles- flat.
-second leg, not so much...9.6 miles- some rolling hills.
-third leg, ridiculous...3.6 miles- straight up the freakin mountain. I gain 1492 feet in elevation in just this leg. seriously.

i think its time the training gets serious. really really serious.

last night i ran 7 miles, it was hard. and in 5 weeks from now, i have to take that 7 and add almost 3 to it. uh oh.


(**oh yeah, seriously, thanks to those who are joining me on this crazy adventure. i hope you don't hate me when were through.) ...we'll have fun. lots of it.

procrastination....

who ever said that procrastination is the key, needs slapped.

why i ever think thats true, beats me...

whether its key or not....its how i roll.

see ya when i finish my finals this week.

Easter catch-up...

We had such a wonderful Easter....we went home to my parents house, and everyone was able to come home and be there so it was really fun. On Saturday morning my cousin had a little cancer run for her senior project, Chase ran the 3 mile run and i ran the 5 mile run. The whole fam did it, and we had tons of fun. Followed by family parties, lots of food, and easter sunday.

Here are a few pics from our fun weekend.

Hope you all had a wonderful easter as well.