Comparing

LAST SUMMER







...THIS SUMMER





ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS :(

Jam

On Tuesday Summer, Glenys (Jeff's Mom) and I made jam! Strawberry, raspberry, and peach- strawberry...YUM. We had a really fun time and my PB&J was delicious today!

RaCEs, RaIN & ExciTEmEnT!

Derby was such a fun time this year. Jeff's parents and my dad were in town and we were at Churchill Downs ALOT! Our first races were with the Perrero family. A patient of Summer's is a big guy down there and he took us on an awesome tour and gave us free tickets for the Spring Meet.

Oaks day started out so beautiful and we had awesome seats as shown in the picture. My dad's friend Layne knew a trainer who got us very pricey tickets for FREE! We had a great time until the rain began. The headlines the next day described it perfectly, "SOAKED AT THE OAKS." It was really funny to look onto the paddock before and after the rain, I don't know where all the people went.??

After an exhausting rainy Oaks Day, we were hoping for a gorgeous sunny Derby. The forecasts were not great but the sunshine came through. Again we sat in the grandstands with tickets worth $260 a piece. (These weren't even box seats, more like isle and walking space tickets.) We had an enjoyable day watching races, hats, and all the rich horse owners sitting by us.

We took a trip to the infield and found girls in the mud and some of Jeff's dental school friends. WOW it was crazy out there:) My favorite part of the day were the hats. I could not believe how crazy some of the hats were!
When the Derby race came it was so exciting. Everybody stood for about 30 minutes pre-race. The owner of Big Brown and his family sat right by our standing area and they were so shaky and nervous before the big race. When Big Brown won they rushed down to the field in tears.

Thanks Layne and Dad for making a very fun Derby day for Jeff and I.

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.