lets play a little game....

Lets see if you can all guess what these things have in common...


mice....

birds....

bats....

and cats....

well, lets see....they can't all fly, and they can't all walk, some come out and night, and others can be found at all times. so what is it that makes these four things so similar.....

hmmm, well one thing i know is that they have all been found sneakin, flying, pestering, and scaring me to death. YES, thats right, all four of these ridiculously disgusting creatures have been found in my cute little house. I don't know about you, but these creatures don't settle well with me, not even a little bit. But unfortunetley we have had encounters with all of them, except for the mice, but i most certainly know that they are stompin around on my grounds, cuz they don't even think twice about leaving the droppings around my house.


and last night, i was writing in my journal, and chase was gone up at the lodge for the night, i was just mindin my own, havin a moment to myself, when a mosquito or something kept bothering me, so i'd swat at it, and then a few minutes later it would bother me again...then i saw another one out of the corner of my eye, so i swatted again, only to see that it was still there, so i glanced upward, to find a FREAKIN BAT flyin around my bedroom. i don't really think i've ever escaped anything so quickly as i did then. so it was off to the inlaws for a sleepover.


at first i was quite upset because we had cats everywhere, but now, i think i would welcome them into my home if i knew they could take care of my other problems. woof, i just don't know what to do...i think i'm gonna have my house exterminated or something...cuz i just love it and its so cute, but i just get a rotten little taste in my mouth when i find out that i am not the only one living in MY cute little house.

anyways, i'm just praying that this is the last of them. i don't think i could handle one more little "friend" joining me at my cozy home. really i am quite stressed about this situation. any suggestions.

oh, and to all those friends who i really want to come visit me, don't you worry for even a second, i'll get this problem taken care of shortly. haha, i'll just laugh about it until then. hopefully this is the last of this story, cuz i'd sure hate to add another chapter.

mission accomplished...

i did it! yesterday i ran my first half marathon, and pretty much loved every second of it. I ran the Hobble Creek Half Marathon in Springville. it seriously was such a fun race...its right down hobble creek canyon, and it was beautiful, and nice to run cuz there wasnt much uphill, just a gradual decline through the pretty canyon. I was gettin pretty nervous to run it the week of the race, cuz lets be honest, 13.1 miles is kinda far to run at one time, and i had never ran that far in training...but its been something i've been wanting to do, and i did it. I ran it in 1 hour and 42 minutes...which is far better that i hoped (i'm giving that credit to my sports jelly beans, and the fact that it was a relatively downhill/flat course) I placed 10th in my age division which i was so happy about and now, i'm even happier to be done. i sure do have some sore muscles now though, speaking of those muscles, i think i deserve a massage......babe, where are you?

I love to see the temple...

This week i had the opportunity of going to the Twin Falls Temple open house. I Love the temple! It is such a beautiful temple, and it will be so awesome to have near home. There is just such a special spirit and feeling both inside and outside the temple. The only thing that could have made it better is if my man could have been there with me.....welcome to hunting season!

"The crulest thing a wife can do...

I found this off someones blog, and i really liked it. It is a quote out of the book "The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands" It made me realize that there is so much more i can do to make myself and my marriage happier. I know that there are certainly times when i could do more, and try a little harder to be happy, and make my husband happy. just something to think about.

"The cruelest thing a wife can do to a husband is to never be happy. And don't forget, being happy is more an attitude than a reality. When things are going bad, when there are problems and challenges, disappointments and disasters, it is obvious that happiness is going to be undermined. However, when one looks for that little peek-hole in the sky where the sun DOES shine through,m then it is a lovely day."

Welcome to Idaho...

yep, thats right....Chase and I are now residents of the great little small town of Firth, Idaho. We live near here last year after we got married, and have returned once again to begin this hunting season. I think this time around the move is more permanent than the last. Nonetheless, we are excited! We have a cute little house that i will post pictures of soon (well as soon as we are able to move in that is...). Firth is a cute little small town, and i think we'll have fun here...our friends Jana & Tate are moving here too, which makes me so excited! Kathy, my mother in law teaches a workout class 3 times a week, which i absolutely love, so that is a for sure plus with the move. The hunting season starts next week, which is a little bittersweet...i never get to see my husband, but he loves the hunting season, so it will be good.

The day before we moved here, my big bro got married. The wedding was atmy parents house, and it turned out really great. He married a super cute girl, Brandi, and we are so excited to have her as a part of our family.

Here are the most recent pictures to play catch up on whats been going on in this life of mine!....there is a lot of them. i hate choosing my favs so i post them all.

here is Mason and I the night before i moved....i'm sure gonna miss those cute little boys.....we had a little bbq the night before we left with all our friends that were gonna miss so much.

whats been goin on?

I have been so bad at updating my blog lately...So i'll just do a little recap of all the things we've been up to lately!

Every summer my mom and her sisters go on a little sisters trip to salt lake, they call it "therapy"...they always get crazy looks when they tell people they are going to therapy for a few days, but they have so much fun, no kids, shopping, eating out, and sleeping in. I went and met them for dinner one night. They are so fun!
Lis & I out to dinner with my mom one weekend home in Idaho.

This last weekend we went to Lava Hot Springs for Eastons Birthday.

the 2nd picture is all of us who floated the river.
Chase & I and some friends went to Weber State a few weeks ago to watch the fireworks.
Easton & I hangin out @ the pool, we had another little birthday party for him at the pool with his other side of the family. Shar's parents are so cute! For the 24h of July they had a little "Cowboys & Indians" party, everyone dressed up and played games, hunted for our dinner, and made little stick horses. The kids loved it. They are so cute and fun with their grandkids, and threw a fun party for all of us.

to the bone and back...

heres the post that i have been meaning to post for a few weeks, the pics i was waiting for never showed up, so i'll make do. anyways...this was seriously an awesomely difficult race....meaning that i was a really great race, but pretty darn hard. The race was called The Bone and Back, we started in Idaho Falls, and ran out to this old run-down store called the Bone Store, then turned around and ran back. We each carried the baton, which was a little bone...they went all out with the "bone". The relay was a 40 mile relay, with 8 people per team, thank goodness, cuz five miles was about as far as i could go on this course. (It was also an option to run the whole freakin 40 miles solo-they called it the ultra marathon- I will go ahead and rename it to the Very Stupid Person Ultra Marathon...seriously who runs 40 miles in the middle of the day) anyhow, we had a pretty awesome team, and took fourth place!! The second leg of the relay was literally NO LIE 5 straight miles up-hill, and for the most part it was no gradual incline...it was ridiculously uphill, bless her heart, Stacey, who ran this leg for us, she did amazing! I thought mine was hard, with 2 straight miles uphill, but mine didn't even come close to comparing to hers. Everyone did really great. For some reason i am totally LOVING running this summer, especially doing races...I think its the races that are keeping me motivated to keep running, but either way, its great. And i totally want to run this race again next year, so if ya wanna do it too....let me know.

our team minus a few

Kathy runnin her little heart out
Here is the course....its divided in the fourlegs, and then you turn around and run them on the way back too. pretty crazy!