RUNNING!

After four months of training the MINI MARATHON is done! It was such an amazing feeling to cross the finish line. I never thought I would be able to run that far because in high school I could barely squeeze out a mile. I finished in 2 hours and 9 minutes, running just under 10 minute miles. I was sure that my hard training would make the 13.2 mile journey easy, but I was wrong. My body was exhausted and 1 1/2 days later I am feeling it! My body aches everywhere. The weird thing is my upper back and shoulders are the worst. (I thought my legs would be the most sore. :)

My friend Brittney from nursing school ran with me and helped push me to finish. I am so grateful I have her to help me during these nursing school years. I'm pretty sure Heavenly Father knew I needed a good friend. I don't know what school and life would be like without her.

Jeff, Summer, Baby Taylor, and Porter (Brittney's boyfriend) were all there to support us. It was so nice for them all to be there for us. Thanks guys!

I feel like I can do anything I really want to do, and I am so happy to be done training at least for a little while :)

JefF's DisAStER

I made Scotch-a-Roos for a nursing bake sale the other day and Jeff loved them. We decided to make another batch to take to a friends house. Jeff helped this time and the results were not quite as good as I had.

Jeff was in charge of stirring while I added ingredients. As I was getting the Rice Krispies the mixture began to burn, but Jeff had no clue. He just kept on stirring while it turned dark brown. Of course when I saw it I freaked out and blamed him for ruining the dessert. He felt really bad and was disappointed that his treat was burnt. We still pored out the mixture but as you can see, it was a little HARD! To make his day worse, I made him wear the pink shirt:)
Fortunately, we had enough of all the ingredients to start over, our Scotch-a-Roos were delicious and Jeff was a happy boy again!

SpRiNG BReaK 2008

After the first day of cruising, I didn't know if was my kind of thing. During dinner the boat began to move and I was sea sick for the rest of the night. Luckily I had anticipated this and brought some dramamine. From that point forward, I was sea sick free! The girls and I had a very fun trip. My favorite part was in Nassau, we rode scooters around the city to non-tourist beaches and through the neighborhoods. It was gorgeous!!

Loved the strange hats we found!

OH YEAH!

I'm flying!

Coco Locos! We had to try Coco Cay's famous Coco Locos.

A little squishy...

Peace

The water was so beautiful.

Escargo is yummy!

Once upon a time there were four girls in one little state room.

I thought I was stron enough to try the medium wall, the next day I was sore :(

These pictures are more of the scenery. Some are from Daytona, the port, Coca Cay, and Nassau. It was so beautiful, I have never seen water so clear. (I could see my feet, in deep water.) The hotel picture is the Atlantis, I hope I can stay there someday, it was gorgeous. Unfortunately, the cheapest room was $600 a night! If you haven't ever seen it you should google it.
Overall, my trip was awesome. I was sad that Jeff wasn't there to see everything, but that just means I get to go back someday. :)

It's Been so Long!

Wow! It has been a long time since I have blogged. Christmas was hectic and as soon as we got back to Kentucky, school began. I knew nursing school was going to be time consuming and difficult, but man, all I do is study! Therefore, the blogging, emailing, and all the things I actually enjoy have been pushed aside. Here are some of the highlights of our time in Utah, we had so much fun being with family and relaxing.

Jeff had to operate on my sister, Alexa. Jeff's brother-in-law took out her wisdom teeth and he assigned Jeff to remove the sutures. Alexa was a little nervous! All went well, except for Jeff's complaint of poor lighting. :)

Another on of the big adventures was on Christmas day. A few of the nieces and nephews got paintball guns from Santa. Jeff was so bored that he offered to be the running target. He got all dressed for the snow, and added extra clothes for padding. The kids, and men, loved it.

I better get off to studying. Hopefully I'll get around to some more posts soon.

Finally the Leaves Fall

It is officially December and are leaves have finally fallen. We decided to rake up the mess and then play. The neighbor kids love to come too.

We had to work really hard before we played. It started out cold, but after a few minutes of hard work, I was hot. I was sore for the next couple days too :) Jeff did not want to do this again, so he tried to get all the rest of the leaves off the tree. It was not very successful.

Unfortunately, we stayed out so late with our little friends, that it was too dark to finish the job, and we still have to bag the leaves. What fun memories! I cannot wait until we have kids of our own to jump in with.

Lighting up for Christmas!

The warm weather this weekend gave Jeff and I Saturday to put up Christmas lights. Although we are not here for the actual holiday, we like to appease our neighbors. We were so excited to put up our candy cane lights that we bought at the end of the season last year.

I thought Jeff was going to fall and die a couple times, but luckily we had only damage to his shoes and pants. I have never seen him hold on to anything so tight!
I thought I would help some, but after climbing the ladder once and not being able to get down very well, I decided to stay on the ground and give moral support!

Growing up Jeff always helped his dad put up lights, but I think he got a lot of satisfaction putting them up on our very own home! It looks beautiful, and we can not wait to have the lights on after Thanksgiving!

Good News!

It's nearing the end of the semester and as Jeff seems to be more and more busy, I tend to relax. Somehow, somewhere I learned not to be a procrastinator. This is a good thing, but it also leaves me quite bored when the semester is finishing. All my projects and papers are done while everyone else is rushing around trying to finish things last minute. This semester is especially bad because a couple of weeks ago I got some good news! I got into the nursing program at UofL! I'm super excited to start classes that may actually apply to my future. We are so excited to have the holidays around the corner, we get some good breaks from school, and we get to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with our families. Life is good!