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Monday, October 24, 2011

we are pretty RAGGED after the RAGNAR

The Ragnar Relay race was this past weekend in Las Vegas. Boy was it an interesting weekend! We started it off by leaving salt lake on Thursday afternoon and driving in a rental suburban with the other two couples we ran it with. We talked and laughed the whole drive down. It was nice. We know these friends through James's work friends and from high school.
we rolled into mesquite, nv and slept for two hours, then had to check in at 5am at lake mead. crazy - we got no sleep this weekend.




This is just after my first run. It was at 630am and mostly uphill. I was near the back with all the slow pokes. I kept turning around and looking at the beautiful sunrise/scenery. I could care less about running fast! Lake Mead was the start line and it was GORGEOUS.




These are the girls. we became good friends and cheered each other on.




i accidentally got a real tattoo. it is of the ragnar logo! Oops i did it again.





the dramatic handoff. lauren passes to james. james look ready in his bright pink hat.




this was after my second run. it was mid-day and i was so thirsty and hot. i would have rather died than do that run again. but i finished! wahoo!




this is james changing into his running clothes. he had a run that was pretty late.




i thought we'd never see the finish line! hooray! joy is the only word i can think of to describe this moment. pure joy.




medals that we all received. cute, huh?




the 6 of us.




the girls




the boys





we stayed in the Aria hotel in las vegas after the race. beautiful rooms. when james opened the hotel room for the first time, the lights went on, the curtains opened and the tv turned on and started playing jazz music. what a presentation! we loved the hotel.


all in all, i probably wont do a ragnar race again. it was a great once in a lifetime. i may do other smaller relay races though!


i love you all!

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

spice girls

My goals for the next few years:


#1 Quit my job and paint all day.
#2 Buy a home and decorate it.
#3 Make new friends and keep in touch with my current friends
#4 Keep running (maybe even a half marathon is in the future?)
#5 Remind my husband that I think he is smokin hot every single day
#6 Finish building my personal website


Is that a good list? I sure think so.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

GUESS WHAT?!?!


We are running the RAGNAR RELAY RACE in Las Vegas! Oct 21-22

I am runner #1
James is runner #6

YEEEHHAWWW! wish us luck!

Sunday, August 14, 2011

the "fun" booth





At our cousin's reception this Friday night, we all discovered how much fun photo booths are. James started calling it the "fun booth". The photo booth company brought props to wear and let us take as many pictures as we wanted. We were lucky, because it was a SUPER small reception, we never had to wait in line. We had a ball.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

by the way...



james and i bought tennis rackets last night. and we went and played tennis in our matching Hawaii shirts that say "HI" on them.

Flaming Gorge-ous




this was me right after i landed my triple backflip. you wouldnt believe how much air i got.




this was us right after we got 6 feet of air


Friday, July 8, 2011

Did you know?


That this is my favorite picture in the whole world?! 



In my family, we have a tradition of traveling to Newport Beach, CA every summer. We usually go over the 4th of July (and we are usually there over my birthday, July 2nd!)

We almost had my entire family there except Dave, Steve and Pete, my little bro on a mission. 

We did a lot on this trip: Beach days, DisneyLand, Pool days, and FIREWORKS!

Miss Molly enjoying s'mores at the hotel firepit

My sister Heather and her two cute girlies

The little kid gang in their little kid chairs! Cutest thing ever.


The gang for fireworks


Watching fireworks

Preparing for DISNEYLAND

Molly and James love each other

Caroline and James in line for SPACE MOUNTAIN!



Me and James on SPACE MOUNTAIN. the flash blinded us for a minute or two...


Splash Mountain

aww



Jake means BUSINESS

Last ride of the day - you gotta have some mr. toad's wild ride in your life.

rash guard thanks to HEATHER. kept me nice and toasty in the frigid cold waters of california