California!!!

We spent last weekend at my sister in laws parents house in Dana point California! It was a lot of fun! Here are the pictures of our trip!

Our day at the beach!

We spent one day at the beach and Mark made this dolphin in the sand. The picture really doesn't do justice but it was really good, people who were walking on the beach would stop to look at it!

This is waiting for BJ's pizza in Laguna beach! Pretty good stuff!

Me and Josh!

Mark and I!

Provo River 1/2 Marathon

Sorry it has taken me so long to get these pictures up! My whole family ran the 1/2 marathon on Saturday, August 11!



This picture is before the race where we waited for an hour before it started! We got up there around 5:30 and it was so cold and dark. My mom and sisters curled in a ball and put their jackets over their legs! I wish we would have taken pictures of it because they looked so funny! But it was seriously that cold! By the time the race started we all had our jackets off!







Mark was the first to finish out of our group! I thought I would at least run with him the first couple of miles but literally at mile one he was about 4 minutes in front of me... ha ha! He did awesome though and it was fun to see him at the finish line when I came across!

Not to long after Mark I trickled in... I had to laugh when I saw this picture because I seem so happy go lucky but I can remember wanting to die at this point! I had just seen the finish line a few yards away so I got happy at this point! It was a good race for me though. The last mile was actually my favorite this time, one because I knew I was almost done and two because I couldn't wait to see my family all cross! Plus you feel a great acomlishment when these things are over!

The End... we all finished and had a good time! My favorite was when my mom crossed the finish line with my dad because all of us where there to cheer her on and she got teary eyed! It was the greatest thing to see here finish!

Marks Tagged!

Jobs I've had:
1-Construction worker
2-carpet cleaner
3-physical therapy tech
4-LTL Specialist

4 movies you can watch over and over:
1-Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory(old version)
2-8 Seconds
3-Nacho Libre
4-Bourne series

4 favorite TV Shows
1-The Office
2-House
3-any murder mystery show
4-Malcom in the middle

4 Places I've Lived
1-Sandy, UT
2-Brazil
3-Provo
4-Riverton

4 Places I have been to...
1-Nauvoo
2-Mexico
3-Hawaii
4-Brazil

4 Favorite Foods
1-Cheese
2-Tortillas w/cheese
3-Hotdogs
4-Chips and Salsa

4 Favorite Websites
1-MSN
2-Cougarboard
3-Youtube
4-Cougarfan

The Booth!

I had to post this really quick because I thought this was funny! Mark and I went to Shopko the other day to find backpacks for a service project thing and we could not help but notice how ghetto Shopko is now a days... We were wondering who still goes there and how business is going for them now that Target and Walmart are so big... you would never think to go to Shopko anymore? Sorry if I am offending anyone because they still go to Shopko? Now that I have dissed the heck out of Shopko I am going to tell you my favorite thing... and the thing that will probably make me go back in the future... THE PHOTO BOOTH! When do you ever see those anymore? Or maybe they are all over and I am just not seeing them? But when I saw this one I could not help but jump in. Aren't they the greatest things? Four black and white pictures of any goofy thing you can think of crammed in a small booth with one little itty bitty chair, for one dollar, printed right then! They went so fast we didn't have time to do all poses we wanted so we really wanted to do it again... until we realized we didn't have anymore dollar bills. So if you ever go to a Shopko remember about the booths because you can't pass anything this great up! Enjoy!

I've been tagged!

4 jobs I have had:
1-Nannying for Trisha
2-Sweet Tomatoes (Best and worst experience of my life)
3-Destinations Travel
4-Teaching Dance for Rocky Mountain

4 movies I can watch over and over:
1-Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (old version :)
2-Moulin Rouge
3-The Notebook
4-The family man ( I am a baby... but movies 2-4 STILL make me cry)

4 Favorite TV shows:
1-The Office, of course
2-Matlock (Funny, but I purposely make my lunch breaks at one so I can watch it everyday, its an oldie but goodie to me ) ha ha
3-48 hour mysteries (Mark and I always get really into those)
4-Cold Case (well from the looks of those I might as well be a detective)

4 Places I have lived:
1-West Jordan
2-South Jordan
3-Provo
4-Riverton ( I need to get out more)

4 places I have been:
1-Mexico
2-Hawaii
3-Canada
4-Georgia (Still my all time favorite)

4 Favorite Foods:
1-Purple grapes
2-Cereal ( for breakfast, lunch and dinner sometimes/ I like one so much that I eat it way too often that it becomes gross to me. Past favorites have been Costco granola, Quaker Oak Squares, Mini wheats, Kashi crunch, and my favorite at the moment is... I think it is called Toasted Oatmeal?)
3-My made from scratch spinach salad at Sweet Tomatoes
4-And who can forget...cookies... I'd take 7 cookies over a pot roast dinner any day... :)

4 Favorite Websites: (this is all I do all day so I have my favorites down)
1-allrecipes.com
2-webmd.com
3-craigslist.com
4-woot.com.... I could keep going too...

4 buddies I am tagging:
1-Mark
2-Jenny
3-Alli (because I noticed she still hasn't done one!)
4-That's all I know that haven't been tagged already... sorry...

Hi! This is our first offical post on our new blog (pretty behind on the times) This has been a funny experience for Mark and I. First off because Mark insited on having everything Harry Potter so I had to reason with him and let him keep the intro (at least some of it) Then he wanted to have cougar board as one of our favorite sites! I had to finally take over! I know this is a simple start but I am sure with all the free time we have we'll be adding to it quite often!