Look at me go, blogging three times in 2 days!

I'm on fire!!

Just wanted to write a quick health post.

For all the skeptics out there who think that strictly watching what you eat and exercising won't help you lose weight, I have some news for you!

For the past few weeks I've been watching my calories and exercising every day.

And...

I've lost 6.5 pounds!

It was a little slow going at first and I wasn't seeing any results, but the past week, the results have really shown.

I'm excited to use myself as an example in the health classes I teach next semester!

Get out and be healthy!!

I am thankful for my amazing husband who gets me through every single day.

I'm thankful for cell phones so I can talk to my family every day.

I'm thankful for my Mom, Dad, sisters, brother, and Nash.

I'm thankful for the great family I married in to.

I'm thankful for my sweet baby nephews.

I'm thankful for my education and how it's prepared me for my future career.

I'm thankful for the girls I coach.

I'm thankful for our bed. Favorite place on earth.

I'm thankful for sweats especially in this cold.

I'm thankful for exercise and Alex for making me go every morning.

I am thankful for diet coke.
I'm thankful for Maria. She's such a good car.

I'm thankful for the gospel and the blessing it is in our lives.

Just a little list of what I'm thankful for.

I'm sure this list could go much longer.

I love this time of year to be able to reflect of the great things we are given.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Spudman Triathlon:

Saturday we had the Spudman triathlon.

The night before I didn’t get a very goodnight sleep because I was so nervous.

We headed up to the race in the morning and we were running a little late, which was kind of good because I didn’t have time to get nervous.

Alex and Jared started in wave 2 and they were off!

Cecilie and I started in wave 3 and when they said go I just started to swim.
The race started with the swim in the Snake River.

It was so nice because the current helped push you along.

I got through the swim by doing the backstroke and the sidestroke.

One hundred strokes on the back and one hundred on the side, switching back and forth.

I saw the end of the swim and looked at the path by the bikes and saw Alex.

I called his name and said hi, and then was right out of the river.

Getting out of the river, I started taking off my wetsuit and ran by Alex.

I heard Alex say, “Babe I think someone stole my socks! I have no socks!”

He couldn’t find his socks so he did the bike and the run with no socks on.

Ouch!

I had my wetsuit off by the time I got to my bike and dried my feet off, threw on my shoes and ran out of the bike area.

I hopped on my bike and started biking.

The bike was horrible.

I didn’t train very well for the bike, which was a huge mistake.

I felt like I was pedaling like everyone else but like I wasn’t getting anywhere.

I would mess with my gears go up and down and just couldn’t get it.

I was getting really discouraged because I was just being passed and passed and I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong.

I beat Cecilie out of the river but both her and Cheryl passed me on the bike.

I got really discouraged and was having a hard time on the bike.
I kept talking to myself saying, “you’re doing awesome you’re doing great”

When I finally saw the bridge near where we started I wanted to cry I was so happy.

I could not wait to get off that stupid bike.

I got off the bike and my left foot was numb!

I hung my bike up and decided to eat one of the goo things that are supposed to give you energy.

Oh my goodness it was disgusting.

After that I headed out on my run.

The run felt like a complete relief from the bike.

I felt in my element and I knew I could finish it without stopping.

At around a mile and a half I was so sick.

My stomach was killing and the lady running next to me said I looked really pale.

At mile two I went to the side of the road and puked.

I’m pretty sure the stupid goo made me sick, but after I threw up I felt so much better.

I just ran and ran; finally I was the one passing people instead of getting passed like on the bike.

It was a great feeling passing people that had passed me on the bike.

The only time I had to stop on the run was to use the bathroom at about mile 4.

Other than that I ran the whole way.

My back did amazing.

The night before I made a deal with my back.

I said that if it would not hurt until the last mile, it would be perfect.

I knew I could bare the pain for about a mile but anything more than that wouldn’t be good

During the last half mile of the run it was almost instant.
My back just started to kill.

In my head I just thought, “You said it could hurt at this point just push through.”

Running and seeing that finish line was one of the best feelings ever.

I kicked it into high gear and ran past the finish line.

It was so good to see Alex.

So good.

It made me so happy to be down and to have actually enjoyed myself.

I will participate in the Spudman again, probably next year!

But I will absolutely be working on my biking more because I could have been way faster if I would have just figured out that stupid bike!!

This is Joshie ready for our run.
My sister babysits these boys for my sister-in-law when she's working.
Yesterday Christina was watching them at her apartment and I had some free time.
I went over and hung out with them.
I needed to go for a run so I took Joshie with me
(Tyler was sleeping)
He was a stylin baby.
It was so funny.
He laughed the entire run.
Love these boys!

On March 4th we went to the Canyons!
I went up in the morning with Kenny, John (Kenny's friend) and Jessika (Kenny's gf).
It was so fun!
Alex came up around noon and joined us.

John and Jessika

Kenny's so cute.

Jessika and I

Kenny and John.

We were on the first gondola ride forever.
It kept stopping.

I also dropped my glove off the lift while getting starbursts.
Which wasn't fun.
But we found a way to go and get it.

Also poor, sweet little Jessika,
had a really hard fall on our last run.
She got the wind knocked out of her and passed out.
She said her thumb was hurting really bad too.
It was super scary.

She went to the doctor that night and found out she tore a ligament in her hand.
SO SAD!
Other than that it was tons of fun!
Haha.

Since February is the month of LOVE

Here are some of the things I love.


My sweet sweet husband.
I love this man to death.
I'm so glad I met him and that we are spending eternity together.
I love Alex.

I love my family.
My mom is my best friend. We talk everyday.
I love my dad, he is so awesome. He's so fun to hang out with and talk to. One of my best friends.
My sister is my best friend. I'm so glad she's home from her mission and I get to see her whenever I want!
My brother is another best friend. He is hilarious. So fun to be around.
I'm so thankful Ana has joined our family. I love her.
I love my family.

I love my nephews.
Joshie and Tyler bear.
They are the sweetest little boys.
I love how much personality they are getting and how happy they are.
I love these sweet boys.

I love my dog.
Nash is the cutest thing ever!
He's the best dog, he is so cute and funny.
I love Nash.

I love my in-laws.
I'm so thankful I married into such a great family.
I'm glad I have my sisters-in-law that live close by.
I have had great times with all of them and I'm so glad to have many more.
I love them.


I love running.
Wait what??
Yes, I love it!
My back feels so much better when I do it and I just feel overall better.
I love running!

I love diet coke.
Haha.
Currently I'm not drinking it because I have a bet with my dad.
But once the semester is over I look forward to a giant sip of some d.c.
I love it.

I love the lake.
I love it so much.
It is one of my favorite places in the world.
I can't wait for summer and some lake time.
I loveeee the lake.


I love my friends.
I love making new friends and I love my old ones.
It is such a comfort to have friends to talk to.
I've known Lindsay for almost 8 years now.
We've been best friends for so long and still find time to talk and joke.
I love her.
Gillian and I met about a year and a half ago as visiting teaching companions.
We've built such a great friendship.
I love her.
I love all my friends new and old.


These are just a few things I love and as the month continues I may add some more love.
Happy month of LOVE.

Okay, so recently I just got one of my dream jobs!
I say one because I have a few.
But right now I'm an assistant lacrosse coach for a high school out here.
I'm loving it!
We started practice Tuesday.
I love the girls.
I love the other coaches.
I love lacrosse.
I'm so glad to be back in it again.
3 years without it was too long.


There I am in the goal.

Senior year. This was senior night.
Kyli and Steph were the other seniors.

Oh lacrosse. How I've missed you.

Best Christmas present ever.
Alex got me this little watch for Christmas.
It's called a Nike Sportband.
It's great for running, it tells you your time, pace, distance, calories, everything.
This has been my partner in crime the past 2 weeks.
It makes me feel like an actual runner.

All I want before I graduate from BYU is an intramural t-shirt.
Is that so much to ask?
I felt like this was the year.
I had 3 sports.
Sadly, my last game in the last sport was tonight.
We lost bball in the first round.
We lost flag football in the quarter finals.
And tonight we lost soccer in the quarter finals.
BUT, this is the second semester in a row I've lost in soccer because of penalty kicks.
I think someones out to get me.

Winter 2011.
The semester I get my shirt.

Race day was Saturday.
Two days before my stomach started hurting.
The Wednesday before I hurt my foot in a basketball game.
Isn't that like Murphey's Law?
"Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong?"
Well we did it!
And it was hard.
I'm still really sore.
But I'm really happy that I did it.

After the race

This is exactly how i felt.

Our little fan club!

our original costume idea fell through.
apparently don't try and get your costumes the day before something.
they won't have it :)

For those of you who don't know.
I'm a runner.
Haha.
But really,
I started running this summer just to keep in shape.
Now I've been running almost every day for about 4 months.
If you know me, I used to despise running.
The thought of it made me sick.
When I was 15 I found out I had a bulging disc in my back.
Running on pavement was on the list of what not to do.
So for 5 years I hadn't run on pavement.
I ran on grass for soccer and lacrosse but that was it.
This summer I started to do it and my back would be a little sore.
But I think the Dr. had it wrong.
Running has been the solution to my back pain.
Since I've been running my back has never been better.

Why am I writing this post?
Well I went on my morning run today, and thought about running.
I thought about Alex's cousin Holly, who lost her husband when he was running.
I thought about how stupid I used to think running was.
I thought about people who can't run.

So I thought I should pay tribute to running.
Because it has helped me.
It's helped me get into the best shape I've ever been in.
It helps me relieve stress or anger.
Sometimes it helps me get through a hard day.

I ran my first 5k, labor day weekend.
On the 30th of October, Alex and I will run our first half marathon.
Dressed like this (kind of).

For the Provo Halloween Half Marathon.

Wish us luck!