Tagged

I have never been tagged before, and I got tagged twice! I'm so popular. Anyhoo, here we go...

Four Places I go Over and Over:

1. Jess's house
2. Jen's house
3. The pool (now that Reid has taken swimming lessons it's great!)
4. The front porch-so nice when it's summer!

Four People who e-mail me Regularly:

1. My Grandpa
2. the marathon people trying to get me to sign up for more...yikes
3. My mommy
4. Sally the Salmon

Clearly I am not a big e-mail gal.

Four Places I would Rather be Right now:

1. Washington
2. Traveling...anywhere!
3. Backpacking
4. in school

Four Favorite Places to Eat:

1. Tucanos
2. Guiseppies (can't spell, but it's yummy!)
3. Mimi's
4. P.F. Changs

Four Shows I watch Over and Over:

1. The Office
2. Dirty Jobs
3. The Daily Show
4. Planet Earth

2nd Tag:

What was I doing ten Years Ago?

1998 I was getting ready to start high school.I was a big fan of soccer and trying out for the varsity team OH! and this was the first year I discovered the world cup. I was glued to the TV for those England games!...I think I was still swimming competitively that summer too...I was really tan...I spent a lot of time with my BFF Camille getting into trouble...I usually spent a lot of the summer at my grandparent's cabin in Trout Lake, Wa. eating raspberries from the garden and tubing down the creek.

5 Things on my To Do List:

1. Call my Grandpa
2. go running before it gets too hot
3. Make some killer 4th of July plans
4. Clean my house (always on there)
5. More Hiking

If I were I billionaire I Would...

Pay off our student loans and our car. Pay for the rest of Nate's school, and set enough aside so Nate wouldn't have to work through school, go on a fabulous summer trip, fly family and friends out to see us, buy a house, get a personal trainer so I can actually RUN a marathon instead of shuffle through it, ask my brilliant Grandpa to invest the rest of it for me...hmmm this is actually kind of a hard question...

Bad Habits:

I always plan too far ahead in the future, and when my plans don't work out I get really disappointed. I leave our clothes in the dryer for FOREVER. I am really bad at staying in touch (hence the blog) I overbook myself, I eat way too much bread, I love to get up early but I often end up sleeping until Reid wakes up, I neglect the dishes, I often say too much and hurt people's feelings (not intentionally though!)...the list goes on, but I don't want to incriminate myself too much here.

Last Five Places I have Lived:

OK, so I have not lived very many places my list is kind of boring. (Really, just Washington and now Provo, Yawn). However, I have traveled to a lot of places, so I will do that instead:

1. I went to Ireland with my grandparents in 1996
2. I went to Spain, Belgium, and Portugal in 2000
3. I went to England in 2001with my Grandpa (we flew home just 2 days before September 11th!)
4. Nate and I went to Maui on our honeymoon, so fun!

So that's me. I tag Icel, Corrine & Maci

It Pays to Have British Friends...

in the form of a killer Team England soccer uniform. Look out David Beckham. They're going to start saying; "Bend it like Dr. Moopers!" I figure we will force him to practice 4-5 hours a day, no friends, no other activities, school will even become secondary to his soccer greatness. Oh yes, and we will have to move to Europe because he is going to make us millions of dollars...er... Euros.

Reid's BFF

So I thought it was about time to pay tribute to Reid's BFF. Reid and Jack became buddies when I watched Jack for a bit while Jack's mom Jessica went to class. It was a little difficult because Reid was a REALLY bad sharer, and because Jack was 6 months younger they didn't have much in common. Recently, however, Jack has become a very accomplished walker, and they have so much fun getting into trouble together! They both get so excited to see each other and are even becoming better at sharing. They are taking swimming lessons together and love it. In fact, on the way home in the car the other day they were holding hands across the seats. So cute! Nate thinks it's a little strange, but I think they are adorable. Don't you? Who could possibly object?!

When You Look at His Parents...

it kind of makes sense that he would find this entertaining...

26.2 Miles...baaaaarely

I did it!!!! I ran my very first marathon. It was quite the experience, that's for sure! Firstly, I do not recommend camping out before a marathon. Not only was I freezing and uncomfortable, but I was so nervous that I kept having to get up and go pee, I had the weirdest dreams, and I slept maybe a total of 2 hours...in the car because I was afraid Reid would keep me up. Yea, right. This was the first year that Bear Lake held this marathon, and let me tell you it was not well organized. There were NO bathrooms at the start, not good. Also, toward the end of the marathon it got really hot and so the volunteers just left cups of water out on the side of the road for us. Speaking of which, the run isn't exactly around the lake either, it was along the highway with cars flying by at 50 MPH, so when big trucks went by I had to close my eyes and hold my breath or I would get a mouth full of dust. Yucky. I am glad that I did it though. I will definitely do another one sometime, I decided I want to be a marathon runner instead of someone who has run A marathon. So, with that I have decided to do the Provo half marathon in August. I am really excited because I loved the half I did in SLC. I have pretty bad tendenitis from training for the full marathon, so this will be a good run for me. I am super excited!


I ran past our camp site, so Nate, Ben and Jess and the kids came out to support me. Look how excited I am to see them. This was about mile 18 when I was still feeling pretty good.

This was at the finish line. Kind of anti-climactic. I was VERY tired by the time this photo was taken. The last six miles were the hardest. I only walked about a mile total in the whole marathon, and it was all during those last six miles. It really ruined my time (which I am not going to post..it was bad) but my goals were to 1) finish and 2) not be last, and I did those so all is well.

These are some of the pictures Jess took. Isn't it beautiful?

Nate and I at the campsite

Reid and the Jack-attack playing peek-a-boo

Also, the Holman's happened to be there at the same time, so they stopped by with their adorable little girl, Blaine so we all got to play in the water. Of course I forgot my camera in the tent so I have no evidence of the cuteness. Anyway, it was so great to see some old Bellingham friends, and the water at Bear Lake is so shallow, so the kid-os had a good time splashing around. Side note: For more info on Blaine's cuteness, check out my link to Trevor and Kaitlyn. =)


As a final note, we had so much fun camping! It was really cold at night, so the kids ended up in our sleeping bags, but it was fun to snuggle! I just have to say that I am so grateful for everyone who helped me run this. Jess was the first one to get me back into running when I moved here, and she patiently waited for me while I tagged along on our little two mile loop. Also, Ben and Jess brought ALL of the camping gear, watched Reid, made the fire, made the tin foil dinners and put up with us for a whole weekend of chaos! They are such wonderful friends and I am so grateful for them being so generous and helpful...oh and soooo hilarious (poop stories around the camp fire, Jess?!). Secondly, Nate is the most amazing husband EVER! He always watched Reid on my long runs and encouraged me the whole way. This marathon was during finals, so I drug him along and he studied as much as he could during the trip. He is so wonderful and I love him so much for supporting me in my crazy ambitions! So, sorry this is so wordy, but I just wanted to make sure that the wonderful people in my life know that they are truly appreciated. Thanks guys!

Science Nerds...

Apparently those science/math smarty farties aren't as smart as they think they are...especially when it comes to vocabulary. Case in Point: Nate was telling me about his physics class today. I guess they were learning about a thing called, "impedance" and one of Nate's brilliant friends was like; "how do you pronounce that? Is it impee-dince or impotence. Of course, Nate started laughing, and his friend didn't understand what was so funny. So Nate asked him if he knew what impotence meant and his friend was like; "Is it the opposite of competence?" And Nate started laughing even harder and was like; "I guess in a way..." Good guess fella, but not quite right. These are the future leaders of our country. Anyway, I thought it was a really funny story. Nate has such a killer time in his physics class =).

This Kind of Got Out of Hand....

So this started out as Nate and I innocently watering the garden. Then Reid wanted to play with the hose....

He thought spraying himself was HILARIOUS, so we let him play even though he was fully clothed.

The Nate busted out the sprinkler. Reid wasn't so sure at first

He eventually warmed up to the idea.

Then he just stood there with his tongue hanging out. What a funny little bloke.