Enrichment Night

I do have to admit, I'm usually not one to attend Enrichment Night, but I'm glad I did tonight. Tonight for Enrichment we had dinner and made cinnamon rolls. There were only 10 girls that showed up, but it was so fun being able to get to know some of these girls a little more, laugh and enjoy each others company. Our Bishop's wife taught us how to make her famous cinnamon rolls from scratch. Each one of us made a batch to take home and I wish I would have just made a batch with someone else. I made my cinnamon rolls pretty big and I still came home with 5 plates. Glad we have some great guys who like eating around here! As soon as I got home, I took 3 plates to 3 different condos and will probably take a plate to work tomorrow. I've never seen so many cinnamon rolls in my life!

Special Olympics

I took work off today to volunteer at the Special Olympics that are at BYU for the next couple of days. I can't even begin to explain how much fun I have when volunteering!! Last year I met a lot of people, but Kaye stood out in my mind the most. I saw her today and she absolutely cracks me up! Today was the same thing, I met a lot of people, but the guy that stands out in my mind the most was "Coconut" He moved here from Tonga when he was 5 and he was a riot!! He kept me speechless a few times. He asked me if I was married and when I told him I wasn't he said "Will you marry me? I have a bus pass." LOL!! I could not stop laughing! These people are amazing and it was kind of a kick in the butt to go back to school!! My major, when I was in school, was Special Education. Today really reminded me how much I miss working with such great people!!!

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad

Happy 27th Anniversary Mom and Dad!!!! Hope the next 27 years bring you guys just as many adventures as you've had in the past 27 years!! Thanks for being such a great example of a very happy marriage! LOVE YOU!

Strict Diet

After all these years, money, surgeries, MRIs, ultra sounds, and much much more I found a doctor that might have found out why I've been in pain for all these years!!!! I've paid thousands (ok I'm still paying) of dollars and have seen multiple doctors and each doctors answer at the end was "I don't know" I went to see a doctor the other day because my blood pressure was high and he started telling me I have bad bacteria in my intestines and then started telling me all the symptoms I've been having. So why didn't I find this doctor at the beginning?!?! He also told me one of the reasons why I carry most of my weight in my stomach. Who would have thought the possible reason of my pain would be associated with why I gain weight in my stomach first. He told me how to get rid of this bad bacteria and how to lose the weight that I've been struggling with lately. This week I'm starting a pretty strict diet and also I'm starting to take probiotics. Lets hope this all helps with the pain and weight loss!!! Supposedly I should lose anywhere from 8-15 pounds in the first 2 weeks. Lets hope this doctor is right!!! Also, one thing I'm NOT excited about what so ever, is he wants me to take 2 tsp twice a day of Apple Cider Vinegar. SICK!!!!!! You should have seen my face when he told me that. Does this really have to be part of the diet?!?!? Lets keep our fingers crossed that this works!

Shin Splints are GONE!

I went on a run yesterday and really didn't have any problems with my shin splints!! I'm really stoked about that because I was pretty worried. I haven't been training for this 10k to watch everyone else do it :) Who knew that one day I'd be excited that I was able to run. If you would have told me I would be excited to run again about 2 months ago, I would have thought you were crazy!!!
Yesterdays run was probably one of the hardest runs I've ever had, but for the most part, it was a great run. After finding out about this "hill" that I'm going to have to run I thought I needed a little more hill training. I went for a run in the mountain behind my condo and almost threw up I was pushing myself so hard. Besides the point where I almost threw up I really enjoyed the run. I started taking the run a little easier, really enjoyed the view and found a trail that I didn't know about. I think I'm going to do that trail again today and maybe take it a little easier and enjoy it just a little more!! Seriously, who knew I would EVER enjoy this as much as I am right now?!!

Hill or Mountain?

I've been training a lot for this mud run. I recently started getting shin splints on my runs so I have started swimming to make sure I at least am doing something to keep my heart rate up until I can start running again. I ran a 10k last Saturday and felt fine, but then Monday, on my shorter run is when the shin splints started. They are no fun at all!!! I now understand the pain people are talking about and why they don't run! Of course this had to happen 2 weeks before the race!! Today as I was thinking about the race I decided to look up a map of the course and I think people "forgot" to inform me about the hill! I heard about the hill last week from someone, but I didn't realize how intense it was. I'm thinking they should have said mountain instead of hill! :) I hope these shin splints stop soon so I can train more for that dang "hill" before the race!

An Angel To Watch Over Me

A girl sang this at church today and I just broke down in tears thinking of my mom. I was looking for the lyrics when I got home from church and found this on YouTube. Thanks for being my Angel mom!!

Happy Mothers Day!!

Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there!! I wish I could post pictures of everyone that has been a great example to me of what a mother should be, but there's really not enough room, so I'm just going to post pictures of 3 VERY important women in my life. Thank you all for being such amazing examples, for making me laugh, and teaching me what a mother should be. I love you all!! Happy Mothers Day!

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

Today couldn't have been any better for a baseball game!! Thanks Doug and Heather for letting me tag along!! I haven't been to a baseball game in forever and I've never been to a BYU game in all the years I've lived here. It was a really fun time and we all got a little (DAD, don't read the rest of the sentence) burned...which we kind of wanted since we're all white (See Dad, I told you not to finish the sentence. Don't worry, the kids had sunscreen on ;p) I love that its warming up and I cant wait for many more days like this one!

Another great picture (above) by Elizabeth. Shes a natural! :)

Hike with Elizabeth

I have been running over to Doug and Heathers lately when I run and when I get there Elizabeth also wants to go on a run or go outside and ride her bike with me. When I was there last I said something to her about a hike and she told me she wanted to go. I called Heather this morning and asked if it was ok if I really took Elizabeth on a hike and Elizabeth got on the phone and told me she wanted to go. About an hour later we were getting ready for our little hike together. I can't even begin to explain how much fun it was to hike with her. Shes such a little trooper and totally made my hike one of the best I've ever had. She was so excited about the big rocks and the water running down the canyon. She kept saying "take of picture of me" and then after I would take a picture she would say "now I'm going to take a picture of you" She is actually a pretty good photographer. One of the pictures that she took is at the bottom of me. Thanks Doug and Heather for letting me steal her for a few hours!! It was a hike I'll never forget!

Training

People keep asking me what I'm training for and why the heck I'm working out twice a day, so I thought I'd answer some questions :) On June 6th I'll be in California for my first 10k. Its not your normal 10k though, its called the Camp Pendleton Mud Run. I'm going to be running through lots of mud and obstacles, which sounds like a lot of fun to me! I know, the things I think are fun are probably no where close to what other people think are fun. My dad has done this run for years, my sister has done it twice (I think) and I have friends that have also done it. They all have come back and told me how much fun they had, so this year I'm joining in on the fun. Below are a few pictures of people doing the Mud Run, just to give you an idea of what I'll be doing! Cant wait!

Its official...

My mom is cooler than me, and even Johnson and Johnson on one of the country radio stations around here confirmed it! :)
This morning on my way to work I heard a radio station say "Call us if your mom is cooler than you are and tell us why" I usually don't call into radio stations, but for some reason I decided to today. As I was thinking to myself "What am I doing? Just hang up" the DJs answered and asked me why my mom was cooler than I am. I told them that she scuba dived and fed sting rays, fish, etc for a living and they totally agreed that my mom was MUCH cooler than I am.
I didn't know they entered people into contest if they thought your mom was cooler and at the end of the conversation they told me to hold on. I wasn't sure why I was holding, but I do as I'm told :) One of the guys came back on the phone and told me I was entered to win a houseboat trip for 9 to Lake Powell for a week and I would know by the end of this week if I won or not. I'm sure I wont win, because I kind of think its a drawing of everyone they've entered during the week, but I still thought it was cool!! Mom, thanks for being cooler than me! :)

Work Frustrations

I needed this post just as a release, so I'm sorry for those who read it :)

I'm so frustrated at work right now its ridiculous! That is one reason I did not want to come back from California. I got back yesterday and wished I had stayed in California or could just get up and leave the office and go home. I didn't want to go back to the drama and backstabbing that's going on around here at all!!! For the most part my office is full of laid back, easy going, really nice, and enjoyable people, but lately, that is not the case. I absolutely HATE drama and I think that's why I have a lot more guy friends than I do girl friends. I got a call last night from one of my co-workers saying I'm a caddy person and I've been denying things around the office when the TRUTH is that I was NEVER asked about things she was accusing me of. I was pretty mad at the end of the phone call. I couldn't believe she was accusing me of things that I knew nothing about and that I had nothing to do with. I've been out of the office for the past week and yet I'm still getting pulled into this. What the crap is wrong with that picture???

California....Yes again

I know, I know...I go to California a lot and why don't I just move home?? That seems to be the question every time I go home and I can honestly say I don't have an answer for the question. I think its time to find out the answer or just move home :) Since I had worked some long hours last week I took Friday off and went home to spend time with the family. I miss being with the family and the weekend was just what I needed! I had a VERY hard time leaving and I cant wait to go back in a month for the Mud Run 10k!!

No, this was not on purpose....We just all think alike :)