NEW CHANGES

Ok i have not posted in a lot time!!!!! I know. So much has happened this semester its CRAZY! I dont want to get into the details but i will just say i am thankful for the gospel and Jesus Christ b/c i seriously would be a wreck without Him. But on the good side i am done next Thursday officially from college. I had my last day of classes yesterday and it was such a good feeling. I have three take home finals and three to take next week in class. I think i will be able to survive. I am a little nervous about one grade b/c the teacher is very strict about grading so hopeful he will be nice and i will not have to retake the class. I quit my job that i have had for 3 years and 4 months. Crazy. I knew things were going to get crazy with finishing up school, Christmas, and being certified for Personal Training. So i put my two weeks in last week and then they just didnt even schedule me after that. They screwed me over (typical). I shouldn’t even have put my two weeks in. I should have just work up until i got busy and said sorry i am leaving. So i haven't had work for two week that i thought I would be having income. Stressful but good for us to learn how to really save! Not fun during Christmas though (giving presesnts). Well i am hoping to start full time at Utah's Weight Lose Retreat in Sandy, Ut in January. I talking with the fitness director and he is planning on hiring me when i get my certification. I am taking my certification Dec 30:) i am really nervous though. I dont not know what to expect but i did go to school for this and i have a textbook/workbook to help. Also i took a class this semester that helps you prepare for the exam. I think i am so nervous b/c it cost so much money. Without a student discount its around $600 but with my student discount it $400. Still a ton of money for one test and if you fail you have to repay the whole amount to retake. It's pass or fail, i have to get a 75% or above. Wish me luck. Anyway here is what we have been up to:

Halloween time. Little red ridding hood and the big bad wolf

My other good friend Bree is getting married in Dec:)

My best friend, Serena Blair, just got engaged. I am so happy for her and she seems so happy. Head over heals for this guy and he too.

Last Saturday we saw the temple lights in Salt Lake, very pretty. We eat before hand at a friends house. After the lights we went to a chocolate place and got hot cocco (dont worry i drank steamed milk, no sugar challange).

We got some picture take by Trina Brown (Norris' step sister). She did a great job. I wanted some picture taken for graduation invitations and the pretty Fall so here is a sneak peak..... PS save the date April 19 & 20th 2012:)

Our Crazy Hike

Mount Timpanogos

This is when we finished

At the top

Dying to get to the top. Norris was pushing me from behind for a little bit b/c i was getting altitude sickness.

This is where i though we only had a little bit to go but i was wrong! The last stretch was hard man!

I love this pic b/c Hannah is posing all cute and Norris is like man my knee is killing me and there is me acting like a bear! I was wearing snow gloves b/c i didnt want to slip on my hands in the snow and be cold!

Amazing sunrise!

At the beginning we had no idea what was ahead of us!

Norris is the man making it to the very tip top.

Our wonderful view.

Super excited.

Norris and I love each other:)

So last month we went on this crazy hike! I have always wanted to do it and everyone has talked about how fun it is so i told Norris its time to do it. We had a Monday off of school at the beginning of September and we invited our neighbors, Hannah and Steve! We left the house at 3:00 AM to get an early start! It took 30 mins to get up their, Aspen Groove! So we started at 3:30am and finished around 3:00pm. This hike is the second highest mountain in the Utah Wasatch Range. Its elevation is 11,749 feet. Its 14-miles round-trip and takes a long time to complete! We had heard it is fun and an adventure. By the time i was 3/4 to the top i though that this is very strenuous and hard. How said it was fun. This is something you do to accomplish not just for a weekend adventure. HAHAHA. Norris knee was killing him but 1/2 to the top! I had some medicine he took but it only lasted so long. I burn a total of 15,000 calories. We took breaks to help us rest and gain some strength to continue on. Well all i have to say is what an accomplishment. I did it and i am not planning on doing it any time soon. It was cold up there! FREEZING at the top. It was pretty at the top. I go a little sick to the stomach at the top. I think i had some elevation sickness. I wanted to take it slower as we got close to the top but there looked like a rain storm was coming so we had to hurry up to the top. You do not want to be at the very top and have a thunderstorm! But we made it to the top and it sprinkled on us on the way down. Norris' knee was dying on the way down but he was a good sport! We had fun and enjoyed the nature and beauty this Earth had to offer us:) Oh crazy story- there was a rock/ice bolder slide. All the sudden we were 3/4 down the hill and i hear a noise and said is that thunder??? i look up and see people ducking and yelling "Avalanche" and sure enough next thing we see is ice and then rock bolder tumbling very fast off the edge. The craziest part about it is we were right in the path it was coming down! I yelled RUN to Hannah and Steve b/c they were a little bite behind us and more in the dangerous path. We all started to run and duck under a bush! oh my gosh it was scary! We watched it roll by and took a deep breath. Man our hearts were racing. We tried to quickly get down the mountain after that. As we keep coming down we saw this girl on a rock crying. We found out that one of the rocks hit her and knocked her off her feet! She received a blessing and was able to continue down the mountain. I think she got hit in the stomach and got the wind knock out of her! So scary! I am glad she was ok! Well we made it down safely and let me tell you. The last mile or so down that mountain look FOREVER! i was trying to go really fast so we could just be done with the hike but the path seem to last literally forever! Oh yeah there were no bathroom at all! That was fun not! Good thing i brought some TP. I would recommend this hike but its takes a long time and is pretty darn strenuous! Enjoy the pics

What is new?

Well not much is new, the fall is here:( I will miss you summer! You were so good to me! School is going good and i am learning lots. I enjoy my schedule and staying active while i have time. Some times i think i could just use a break from working out so much but i know it is go for me and it counts. I have been on a sugar free diet for ALMOST one month now. Tomorrow night will be the one month mark and i know how i am going to celebrate. After that i think i will do a dessert/ sugar once a week! I enjoy not craving sugar as much and feel better! But for now i can not wait for tomorrow night:) i am excited and so are my taste buds

I am currently do this project for one of my classes and we are to consume 5 Fruits and Vegetables a day for the first two weeks and then bump it up to 7 the follow two weeks. I thought this would be easy b/c i already am consious about my F/V and try to eat a lot. But i have come to notice that some days are harder than others. I either am not hungry enough to get my full servings, things that i like are not on our list that count as "real" vegetables, or i run out of food and have to get more at the store which = expensive. I am only on the first week of this project and i have 3 more weeks to go, oh dear! You lost points if you dont hit your goal either. But i still love having Fruits and Vegs.

Norris and I went up the canyon three few weeks ago with Shannon, Kyle, Blake, and Lane and had a bon fire and foiled dinners:) Its was a fun to go out and do something fun with our friends and we enjoyed the dinner. The foiled dinners took forever to cook b/c the coals were cheap and not even heated all the way before we started using them. We checked the food after 45 mins and the coals were not warm anymore. Lame so we struggle to start a fire (no lighter fluid) and finally just cook the dinner with the fire going. Overall it was fun and enjoyable to do before it got too cold outside.

Shannon and Kyle both had stuff on their faces after our bon fire

YUM YUM!!!

The food cooking with like no heat!

Pretty Rock Canyon

Funny Rossi

Rossi is so funny! Brett did this to Rossi!

Funny Norris

So we were watching an episode of Extreme Makeover, home edition and you know how the designers ask and find out what each person of the family likes so they can make there room fit the individual person. Well Norris turned to me and said, if they asked me what I liked I would tell them I love inflatable things. Then we both started to laugh pretty hard and Norris said then the whole house would be a bounce house. HAHAHA Norris is such a kid at heart and I love it:) the end!

RAGNAR

How crazy am I??? Well, pretty darn crazy. Three weeks ago i went on a run with my friend, Fiona. She asked me to be on her team for the ragnar race. I asked a few questions like how far do i have to run. She said you would have 3 leg that were 3miles, 4miles, and then 5 miles. I was like ok! I had no idea what i was getting myself into. I sign up and check my leg online and they are not what fiona said. I called her and said i cant do that. They legs were like this: leg 1: 3.2 miles at a 900ft elevation. Leg 2: 5.5 straight. Leg 3: 7.3 straight down hill. I was like i have only trained for 3 miles for my tri and thats it. I have never ran 7 miles in my life and the race is in 3 weeks. CRAZY. She convinced me that it was ok they needed me and it would be FUN!!!! I said fine even though i was terrified. I trained very hard the next two weeks because i had to jump from 3 miles to 7 in two weeks (b/c the third week you have to tapper off), thats a lot. I trained for my 5k for 2 and a half MONTHS. Anywhere, i was able to make it to 6.5 miles before the race. My body hurt pretty bad but i was very determined.

The ragnar is a 12 person relay team. You cover 191 miles from Logan Utah to Park City. Its non-stop running. You have 2 vans, 6 ppl in each and while one van is running their legs (which are all different) the other van is resting and driving to the next exchange area.

I did pretty good. I was just happy i finished it. I got some type of rash on my torso, i am pretty sure it was from the race. I think b/c i sleep in my sweat. Gross i know but that what happens in the ragnar. My first run was Friday June 17th at around 5pm- HOT HOT HOT. Then my next leg was Saturday morning at 3:45ish. My last leg was around 3pm that saturday. I was very tired after, i slept all the way home and most of the next day. My calfs killed b/c i did not train uphill or downhill and that is what i did in the race. It was fun like Fiona said and i would love to do it again, not sure why. I love the sense of accomplishment maybe!

Pics are also on facebook!

Triathlon

May 31st, 2011: Women Of Steel Triathlon in American Fork

My tri was so much fun. I did good for my first time. I trained very well for it so that made it fun and not super hard. It still was a challenge though. I was able to walk after which i wasn't sure if i was going to be able to. I finished in 1 hour and 35 mins. Around 7 min swim, 50 min bike, and 28 min run. Swim was 350, bike was 12 miles, and the run was a 5k. I had a blast. The whole neighborhood was out smiling and cheering us on. It was a great feeling. It had been raining the whole week, non-stop and that morning was great. Pretty blue skies. Not too hot, not too cold. My pics are on facebook if you want to see them. I dont have them on this computer. I so want to do a more challenging one. After i went out to lunch with my girl friends. Shannon, Jessica, and Amanda. We ate at Zupas, very good!

Random

The ring Norris let me buy in Mexico for our 3 year anniversary. On our cruise! Cute couple:)
Funny story is that the towel was the swan you see a couple of pics down but we ruined it and it turned into a animals head. Random, i know. So i told norris to put it over his head. I think it looks so funny. He looks like a demon or a scary ox or something.

The pretty swan left on our bed!

Norris got a gun from his dad and he is taking great care for it. He cleaned it all up and took it to the shop to get fixed.
Working hard.

Wedding/ Baby Blessing

Love that chocolate.
Norris and I
Love little Rossi. He is just too funny!

My bros and dad!
All the men hanging out plus Jessica:)
Little Lucy, love her.

We were so lucky that both evens were on the same weekend and we were able to go. To much fun. Brit and Ben got married. So awesome to have everyone in the temple. So cool with such a large family. The day was great. We ate, ate, and ate some more. We also took a big family pic and hung out with everyone. Brit looked very pretty and happy on her wedding day. That morning before the temple Brianna, Vanessa, Janet, and I went on a 6.5 mile run. It was great. Then the next day, Sunday. We all meet at the church for Lucy's blessing. There was a lots of men in the circle but that just made me really happy that their were so many worth men to participate. We went to Big Norris and Tori's house after for a lunch. Yummy food of course. We had to leave soon after to travel back to Utah. My brother and dad came so i could see them. So fun.

June 14th -Flag Day and Brenna's B-day

My b-day was lots of fun. I feel like i celebrated it 10 times. We went home to cali the weekend before my b-day and i told norris all i wanted to do for my b-day is go to the beach and get in-&-out. So that is what we did. We loaded up the car with all of Norris' sisters and their kids, plus blake, chase, jacque, and little luke. We went to Ventura and it was pretty cold but still fun. The kids loved it and Norris and Blake made a huge hole for the kids to play in. In-&-Out was very good. I didn't have a straw for my shake though, bummer. I dont like drinking a shake without a straw, not fun. It was chase's b-day that day, June 10th. Lots of b-day in June. Then saturday while all the wedding events are going on Norris and i are able to sneak away for a little and meet my dad at the Verizon store. Norris' got me the i-phone. Well he didn't really but my b-day money did:) He did sacrifice the upgrade for me instead of him getting it. So nice. That is a huge deal for Norris b/c he has wanted the iphone since i meet him. Well the next thing u know sunday morning rolls around and everyone comes over for breakfast and sings to me. Janet made yummy french toast and norris stuck a candle in it. hahaha. Then the day before my b-day we had a BBQ with out friends and sang again with cake. We, us girls, watched the bachelorette after. Fun night. Then my real b-day comes. I have classes most of the day but i did get to go on a run with my friend and then norris made me an awesome dinner and we saw the new pirates movie. pretty good. So yeah that was all of my b-day celebrations. June 14th is Flag Day and my grandma Varney would tell me when i was younger that all the flags put out were for my b-day:) so cute.