Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Running.......
Ah, what to say about running. I used to HATE running and never found a benefit to it at all. But it became a hobby of mine about 2 years ago. I think I enjoy the challenge that it gives me and I enjoy seeing my progress.
A few weeks ago I was going to run the Color Run 5K in Salt Lake with my friend. We were supposed to be leaving around 7:15 am to get to Salt Lake in time. She text me around 4:30am saying she wasn't able to run with me. So I begged Kurt to go with me. He was hesitant, but knew that it would mean a lot to me if he would go. Awww! He's the best husband! This was his first organized run that he's ever done and he had so much fun. He hasn't stopped talking about it since. Now I think he'll do more with me. It was a lot of fun! We were covered with this powder chalk that they throw at you while you're running.
 
 
 
 The following weekend I ran the Dirty Dash with some of Kurt's cousins and their friends. What can be better than running? Running in the mud!!!
                                Clean?......not for long!
 
 
                                    
 

 

 
 

Monday, September 10, 2012

St. George girls trip
While Kurt was hunting, I took a girls trip with my mom, sisters and one niece to St George to see the shows at Tuacahn. Hairspray is one of my favorite movies so when I heard it was playing at Tuacahn I knew I had to go. My sister and I have the same birthday so it's fun to celebrate with her every year. This was our birthday girls weekend.
My sister and I that share a birthday. Many people say we look a lot alike. Love her!
 
"Camping" in the Uinta's
Our friends have a cabin in the Uinta's so we took a weekend trip to spend time with friends. Kurt took advantage of being in the mountains to go hunting. He later met up with all of us at Mirror Lake for a little bit of fishing. Isn't he cute in his camo?
 Me and my cousin Ashley. We are only 4 days apart and grew up just around the corner from one another. We've always been inseperable and she is one of my best friends.
 Mirror Lake is so beautiful and the weather is perfect this time of year.

 

Mother's Day!!!!

Although Mother's Day is kind of a rough day for me, I try to reflect on the fact that I have 3 wonderful mother figures to celebrate all the wonderful things that they do for us. Some day I will have my opportunity to celebrate being a mother.
This year we had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. Because Kurt's mom lives in Southern Utah, we don't always get to spend holidays with her; especially Mother's Day. This year they came to visit and it happened to be on this special weekend. We had a wonderful time. We took them on the Frontrunner train to Salt Lake to see the new beautiful City Creek shopping center, walked through Temple Square and ate many yummy meals. It was really great weekend.

Choo Choo!!

Choo Choo!!
Kurt and his stepdad Dave on the Frontrunner

City Creek

City Creek
City Creek shopping center is so pretty! The guy who was taking the picture made me laugh so I had a funny look on my face, but other than that I really like this picture.

Yummy Dinner!

Yummy Dinner!

Horse rides

The neighborhood kids LOVE when they see Kurt out riding Woodrow on the streets. They get so excited and can't believe that there is a "real cowboy" that lives by them. When we got a phone call from one of our neighbors asking if their daughter could ride Woodrow, we agreed. Her mom told her that being able to ride Woodrow was part of her birthday present. She had just turned 8. When she came over to our house, she was beyond excited! It was a lot of fun to see how excited she was. Her mom took some great pictures of the adventure. Kurt made her day! It was so cute.



Disneyland trip

Yes, we love Disneyland! People think that we're funny to go to Disneyland without children, but we have such a good time. This last trip we went with some very good friends of ours (they have 3 kids so it was fun watching those girls get so excited over the Princesses). Kurt and our friend Brittany both turned 30 within a week or so of each other so we celebrated in California. It was such a fun trip! I made t-shirts for Kurt and Brittany to wear so they would get a lot of attention...it was so fun! We also went to the beach, Universal Studios and Sea World. It was such a great trip....and fun to go with friends!

One of our favorite rides-Tower of Terror! So fun.

DISNEYLAND

DISNEYLAND

Birthday dinner

Birthday dinner
Kurt's favorite ride at Disneyland is Pirates of the Caribbean so we decided to splurge and eat at the restaurant Blue Bayou that is inside the ride. It was very tasty! And our waiter brough him a birthday dessert. What a great way to turn 30!

Jodi's favorite Disneyland food....their pickles! YUMMMMMM!