Indoor triathlon!!

A triathlon club was started on campus and yesterday they hosted an indoor triathlon. Those who can complete a full triathlon would call it a wussy triathlon because it is even shorter than a sprint triathlon, but I thought it was perfect. Three miles on a treadmill, ten miles on a stationary bike and a quarter mile of swimming. It was a ton of fun and I would totally do it again!

Mental note, don't pick the treadmill in front of the window when the sun is coming in.
The running was my favorite part I was so proud of my time and I felt really good when I finished that part.

I don't bike, that is why participating in a triathlon on a stationary bike appealed to me, no hills and I probably won't fall over or knock anyone else over. I didn't train for the biking at all and it was by far the worst part for me. My timer told me to put my level high so I would finish faster, BAD IDEA!!!

Transitions, notice our timers dutifully following.

The swimming was the part I was the most worried about, but I ended up enjoying it a lot.

Andrew had the hard task of taking pictures and he did a wonderful job! Then he took Lindsay and I out to dinner at the Pizza Factory last night because we are so awesome!

Family Fun!!

My little buddy Parker was baptized on Saturday, we are so proud of him for making this great decision in his life!!!

It was so great getting to share his special day with him and it was fun that we got to be together as a family.
My dad took us hiking and we had so much fun! My dad is so great, he is always willing to show us new things and make sure we always have a good time!

The boys wanting to get as high as possible.

Its so fun to be together! We missed Tonya though, but the babies are doing better so maybe next time everyone can be there.

Valentine's Day!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Our activities for the day included a romantic picnic and dancing as well as candy and cute socks.
The fun ended with decorating sugar cookies, my Valentine's tradition.

Thanks for making the day so fun Andrew!! Love you!!! I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's day!!!!!!!!

Just Life

This is me avoiding studying for a Geography test. Spring semester is always so much harder to stay focused for. I am very ready to be done.

My blog was feeling neglected but I sadly don't really have anything exciting to report. I spend my days in class and running and doing homework, my highlights are cooking and getting the house clean. Andrew spends his days at school and work and doing homework his highlights are sleeping and eating. And of course we both cherish the two hours after work but before bedtime that we get to spend together!

Such exciting lives!

Last First Day and Christmas Fun

Today was my last first day of classes!!! (Well if I pass all of my classes this semester)

Here are some of the highlights of our Christmas festivities!!

Lindsay came home!!!

Some people tried unique food from China
We of course played games

Sugar Cookies!!

My WHOLE family (cept Jeremy, sad) staying in my little home so we could go to the Forgotten Carols together!! So much fun!!

Andrew's birthday party!! Happy Birthday babe!!!

Sledding against my will and popping Nathan's tube. Sorry again. Parker and Payton were so helpful in pushing us down the hill. We didn't ruin the fun though, with some rope and a 4-wheeler everyone still had a good time, and a few of the big boys had sore behinds.

After the trip to Moab the camera never made it out of Andrew's backpack but we had a fun New Years party with his parents and siblings and then went to Jacob's baptism. We played games (Andrew and I are amazing at Twilight Scene It) and went and saw the new Sherlock Holmes movie, so good!!

We hope everyone had a great holiday season!! We are excited for the new year, hopefully we will improve ourselves and have tons of fun!!!

Christmas Time is Here!

Here are the new additions to our home!! First is Freddy the fir tree in his green, gold and red glory.

The pictures do not do his beauty justice!!

The next addition is the beautiful Christmas Village!! I came home from school to find that my wonderful husband had set it up on the amazing chest that my mom gave me for my birthday! Thanks mom and Andrew!!!

My home truly feels like Christmas now and I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday Fun!!

Yesterday I made scones for breakfast and then I made homemade bread!! First time without my mom or sister to tell me what to do. I know they don't look very good, but they taste amazing. I didn't even have to call my mom for help!

Then Andrew took me to the fall ball put on by the institute. The pictures didn't turn out very well because the camera was being difficult so I couldn't post very many.

What can you do?

Happy Halloween!!!!

Andrew and I got all dressed up so that we could go to a Halloween party thrown by a member of our ward. We started putting our costumes together at 5:00, Andrew did such a good job on the homemade swords. Andrew told me the party started at 8:00, then at 7:30 he checked the invitation and found that the party actually went from 6:00-8:00 oops. We had time to get our picture taken and get a goody bag, we also got to watch other ward members play games. A good night overall. I did have fun giving out candy to the little kiddies, well til I fell asleep while Andrew was making the swords and he was left with the task. Hope everyone else had a fun holiday!!!

Happy Birthday to Me!!!!!

Andrew worked so hard to make my birthday wonderful!!! He got up and made me french toast for breakfast, he played games with me then took me to Roberts so we could browse the Christmas decorations. We went to the homecoming game and SUU even won!! Andrew bought me pizza and invited friends over so we could play games and eat the yummy brownies, then we went down to the Snow Canyon caves to play! Thanks for making my day so wonderful, I'm so lucky to have such a wonderful husband and such great friends and family who showered me with birthday wishes in the form of phone calls, text messages and emails. Thank you!!!!

This is the brownie treat that Andrew stayed up until four in the morning making for me. I like brownies more than cake so he made me birthday brownies instead of a cake. He did such an amazing job!!

Pumpkin Carving!!

Question: Am I the only person that has to spend 20 minutes messing with the pictures to get a post to look decent?? Seriously, I always think I've got blogspot figured out but no, I have to fight with it every time. Wouldn't you think that clicking on "align right" would mean the pictures would actually align on the right? Anyway onto the post.

We're getting ready for Halloween!!!

The this last Saturday was the only chance Andrew and I would have to carve pumpkins before Halloween so we did, even though I do realize that by the time Halloween comes they will be all shriveled and distorted (Carving book says you can soak a jack-o-lantern in water and it will un-shrivel).

Brennan and Emma came to carve with us, and we finished the night by watching Coraline, which totally creeped me out.

Andrew's is farthest left, then Brennan's, then Emma's, and mine is the one with the pathetic candle in it. I never remember to buy candles for the pumpkins so we had to light them with decorative candles left over from a wedding, there were only three of those though, so my pumpkin was lit with a scented candle that had a very small wick. My pumpkin did smell the best though, cinnamon!!

Hey this is Andrew, I found this video on LDS.org and it really caught my attention. It is a reminder of our responsibility to help protect religious freedom.

Coming up for air

Have you ever experienced that euphoric feeling when you finally completed a huge task?? In this case the huge task is the 25 page research paper that I just grabbed off the printer and will turn in today. Ever have that wonderful feeling? Then have you had that sinking feeling of remembering all the stuff you are now behind on because you have devoted so much time to that huge task? I have two papers, a test and a book panal and another book presentation to prepare for all in the next six days, plus a 300 page (boring) book to read. If you have never experienced these feelings, you can not relate to how I am feeling right now. I seriously need a break.

Weekend FUN!

I love my Family!!!!! I think it is so fun that we can all get together and enjoy each others company!!

We all love each other and can work together.
We can chat and laugh and play games and work on the dreaded puzzle at the cabin!!

Thanks for making it so fun to come home, it is something that I always look forward to and I'm sure that will never change!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Crystal!!!!

We missed you Lindsay!!