Christmas Eve Snowshoeing

Last year Andrew and I started a Christmas eve snowshoeing tradition. Due to my work schedule this year we went a day early but it was super fun none the less. It had just snowed and was still snowing slightly and it was beautiful! We hiked up millcreek canyon, took some hot chocolate and Henry. Henry was of course in heaven and I was pretty happy myself. It was gorgeous and there was hardly anyone up the mountain; it was so peaceful. And the best part of it all--I got to spent it with my two favorite boys in the whole wide world! Best way to spend a Christmas Eve(or the day before)

Our yummy hot chocolate

My boys

cutest picture ever

Henry's paws after the hike--full of snowballs

Finals week

This is what our living room looked like for about a week. Yes, we have a perfectly good office but for some reason I just wanted to sit out in the living room to study. Finals went well am i am just sooooo glad they are over. I know have 3 1/2 weeks to myself, I think that I will sit and stare at the wall. Yes, that sounds nice and relaxing. And maybe, just maybe I will blog :)

Henry is getting all growed up

Henry's first snow


On the prowl.


Where's my ball?

Henry and Sammy

Vermont

Nate and Di were nice enough to let us come visit them over fall break. We had sooo much fun and it was sooo beautiful. We went to a glass blowing place, saw a covered bridge, went to chases first haircut, queche village, Joseph Smith's house, the holy KFC, boston, dartmouth, beckstroms, and so much more all in a week. Thanks Nate and Di for having us! It was a blast.







It was so much fun we were just exhausted!

I Tri'd (get it)

My first triathlon-aren't you proud!? The Bear Lake Brawl at beautiful bear lake. The final time was 1 hour 54 minutes. 750 meter swim, 12 mile bike and 5K run all under 2 hours! Yeah baby! It was so fun and I am going to do another next year. However, if you would have asked me during the run if I was going to do another one, I would have said h** no and flipped you off--- But now, I can only remember the fun-not the pain(oh the burning calves) I accomplished such a feat with my awesome friends from the ER, they are such a great group of people. The morning started very early about 5am followed closely by my IBS(irritable bowel syndrome) that I get when I am nervous. We proceed to the check in where they mark us with our numbers in permanent markers on our arms and legs. I feel slightly more hard core with these new power markings-is that bad-hhhmm anyway we decided to check out the swim. Out to the bouy and back not bad, even do-able I think. They then procede to inform us that our swim has changed and is not in fact to the buoy and back but around all three buoys. Twice the distance. Nice. That makes me feel awesome. Time to put on the wet suit. I don't know if any of you have ever put on a full body wet suit but its not pretty. squatting, pulling, tugging what more can I say. The saving grace? My pink swim cap. Why you ask? It's pink. It was the source of my power on the swim. The bike went without any catastrophic event other than I almost ate it when I clipped out. The run. PAINFUL. I hate running to begin with so it didn't really stand a chance. But then I finished and it was great and I loved it. So there it is folks. The end.


Triathaletes- hmm I think I like the sound of that

The oh so painful run

Nice bum, where ya from?

the 1920's

Have you ever wanted to live in the 20's. I have. I want to have that cool wavy hair that they have, the clothes they wear etc. Someone mentioned today that I looked like I should live in the 20's and I agree. This was a girl with really straight hair attempt to do the wavy hair.

river rafting

River rafting on the weber river....something everyone should try. It is a fairly mellow river and is super fun. Most of the river is flat and pretty difficult to tip over on but don't you worry, yours truly tipped over...twice. I was minding my own business when this huge pilon popped up out of nowhere(as we were going under the bridge) and we ran into it head on and it dumped us. I successfully climbed back into the boat just in time to run into a tree where I had to jump out to avoid getting clothes-lined by the tree. It was all really entertaining and the other boat had a really good show. Andrew couldn't come he was at work; its probably better seeing as he would have been embarrased of my mad skills in the river.(especailly for a girl who has river rafted down cataract canyon multiple times) It was really fun and am going to try again in a few weeks!

My partner in crime for the swim...

1 down 3 to go

This was my first nursing school clinical group. The first semester is over and I must say that it was a success. There are some awesome people in my class who definitely made it bearable, most of whom are in this picture. This semester was definitely difficult but I am learning a lot. Finals week stretched over 2 weeks and I took a total of 9, yes that's right 9 finals. I have 3 more semesters and then I am finished!

Mirror Lake

Over the weekend we went camping in the Uintas with some friends. It was beautiful and Henry tried out his swimming legs. He is quite the swimmer but he got really cold when he got out. We had to rap him up in towels and andrews's jacket to keep him warm but he loved it. He is the freaking coolest dog and you should all be jealous of his coolness. We went fishing at teapot lake and I caught a fish skeleton....thats it. I know pathetic but it was really fun. Apparently the fish did not like the pink marshmellow fish bait I had picked out. I made this rockin' dutch oven dinner that you would all be proud of. I actually really like to cook in the dutch ovens. We usually eat better camping then at home, is that wrong? We had raccoons in our camp at night and andrew tagged one of them with a huge rock, I think that it probably has some sort of brain injury now. Henry growled at them but then tried to make friends with them. It was rather entertaining watching the three boys chasing around the raccoons. Overall, a successful camping trip. It is really beautiful up there and I highly recommend it to everyone.

More Henry Pictures

Henry

Introducing Henry Ward. He is 10 weeks old and is quite the little shit but we love him. He loves toilet paper, shoes and everything he is not supposed to get into. He loves to play catch and will play all day with you. He can already sit, shake and give high fives. He is very entertaining and routinely runs into things. He is getting bigger everyday.


Like father like son



his favorite chew toy

Andrews hair

He's playing with the other dog...but the other dog knows his every move...

sweet tan man!

This is what I get for being dumb. We rode 50 miles on Saturday and this is what I endend up with. I look HOT in a swim suit.

Andrew the seamstress

Andrew was given a long sleeve workout shirt by his dad when we were in Oregon. When I woke up Saturday morning Andrew informed me that he had made a jersey. "When?" I ask. "At about 3am last night," he calmly replies. He then proceeds to tell me how he made it, seeing that he has never sewn before. "I cut off the sleeves and used them to make the pockets in the back but I was too impatient to pin anything on so they are a little crooked. "Then I cut up my jock strap and used the elastic for the sleeves!" He then proceeds to proudly displays his work of art. It looks great! "How did you change the thread color and bobbin?" I ask. "I don't know, I just put it in."(cause its so easy...) I am so blown away by his skills and luck because the jersey looks so great and he even rode it on our bike ride that day. Andrew has continued his mad skills by hemming a bunch of his pants and making them into shorts. I love this man! I would like to add that I did not help him at all on any of these projects. Maybe he should consider a career change.
And this is what our office looked like after he was done.