So long!!!

Well, I finally was able to sell my truck yesterday! Selling that truck was more than just getting rid of a gas guzzling vehicle. It was the one last remaining piece of the person I used to be. I now feel like I am a new person. Everything that reminded me of who I used to be is gone!! I know that I will get a truck again some time in the future.. but for now.. I am going to enjoy trying something new!

Valentines day fun!

I was bummed that Valentines day was on a Sunday this year. So on Friday I decorated Tye's jeep while it was parked at school. :) Here is what I did.



And on Sunday Tye gave me the most beautiful necklace that he got for me in Hawaii. :) We slept in and watched movies and went to church. It ended up being the perfect day! Thanks babe!! I love you!!

I will post pictures of my necklace as soon as I can take some!

Utah Valley Half Marathon

So, I have been wanting to do something for myself. Something that would challenge me and give me a sense of satisfaction when I finished it. For the life of me, I could not find anything that felt right, or that stuck. I also want to get into better shape. But the thought of going to the gym just to "get into shape" was not a motivator for me. I had been toying with ideas of how to accomlish this, but i kept giving up.

The other day I was driving on the free way and I saw a billboard for the Utah Valley Marathon. And it got me thinking. In fact.. it seemed like it was always on my mind. So, I prayed about it. And I drove the course that I would have to run.. and I prayed some more. I did not want to sign up for something that I would end up quiting because I was not committed.

I remembered talking to my sister in law Scarlet a month or so ago. She said that training for the half marathon gave her the incentive she needed to stay in shape and to keep going. And when I watched her cross the finish line of her first race... I could tell she was proud of herself!!

On Tuesday I got my answer. I was going to run the half marathon. It all felt right. I was able to find some training schedules that worked perfect for me and started out at my level, and I was so excited to get started! That night, I started my training!!

Long story short.... I am runing in the half marathon. I am super excited, and I am working my butt off trying to eat healthy, and hitting the gym to do my training. And thank you Scarlet for being such a great example to me... and for being the sister that I always wanted, but never dreamed I would actually have!!

Just a little more bragging...

Since I posted two posts about some of my nieces... I thought I should post about my other niece.

This is Aibree wearing Tye's sunglasses! Isn't she a doll!!

Video of the girls

Here are some videos of the girls showing off their skills on the bean bag.

Jumping in the leaves with the girls!

This weekend the girls came to sleep over. We watched a movie, and ate ice cream and made a fort and jumped in the leaves!

Here they are! Aren't they beautiful!


Here is Madison jumping!


Here is Olivia Jumping!

And here is Avery jumping!



I love these girls to death!!!

Treasure Hunting!

The other day I went treasure hunting! ok ok.. I actually lost the remote, and in my quest to find it, I ended up cleaning out the couch.

Here is a list of some of the things that I found:

The Remote!!
21 dice
pocket knife
magazine from 1999
93 Pennies
12 nickels
Dime
Quarter
11 pens and pencils
2 crayons
3 socks
a glow in the dark necklace
half of an army man
a car
a watch
Cloths pin
half a bag of chocolate chips
enough rice to feed china
peanut butter lid
And so much garbage!!!!

Here is all of the good stuff:



And here is all of the garbage: