Ogden Marathon 2011

Last saturday was the Ogden Marathon & we were able to head up to the course to support my oldest brother Aaron as he ran his first full marathon! Meghann (& Priya), Karli, Tyler & I made it to the halfway point on the course to cheer Aaron on.

{Waiting impatiently to see him!}

{Halfway done & such a huge smile on his face!}

We then headed down to the finish line!

I must admit that being there at the race & seeing all the runners - it made me reminisce about my experience running this same marathon last year. It made me wish I was running it with him. Maybe next year? ;)

{Aaron looking like he's ready to be finished :)}

{Crossing the finish line! Official time was 3 hrs 58 min & he was 36th place out of 466 in his division}

{Aaron exhausted & not feeling too well afterward}

{good thing his daddy was there to take care of him ;)}

{proud wifey}

{proud Porter - so excited to see his Daddy}

Aaron's goal was to finish in 4 hours & I am so proud of him for working & training so hard to not only accomplish his goal but BEAT it. It takes so much dedication to prepare & run a marathon & I am so amazed at how his dedication never waivered. Not only did he train & run 26.2 miles - he did it by himself - something I look up to him for. It is hard to keep motivated when there isn't someone there to encourage you, run with you, know the pains you go through during the whole process. I am so grateful that I was able to be apart of this amazing day for Aaron & he constantly reminds me that I am the reason he was inspired to do it in the first place & that makes me feel amazing :)

Farewell to Davis Softball

Today was my littlest sister Devanee's last game of her high school career! We've been watching Davis High softball for several years so it's pretty bittersweet to be saying goodbye. Hopefully there will be lots of grand-daughters in the family who will play so we can be involved again in the future.

Dev played all four years & lettered every year. This year they played 3 state tournament games & Dev went 4-4 hitting against Hunter High to help Davis advance to the next game. Devanee also got Academic All Region - such an awesome achievement!

We have another niece!

Our third niece was born April 15th! And I had to wait almost two whole days to go visit her for the first time! She is the cutest little thing, and we are so excited for Aaron, Meghann & Porter to have added this little girl into their family. We love her so much already!

A little peek at her newborns I did when she was 7 days old!

And a pic of my two little babies :)

I must be a grown up....

.....because I was beyond excited for our new kitchen appliances to arrive!!

I had to wait a whole WEEKEND in anticipation, it was awful.

Tyler's dad gave up pretty much an entire day to help us (who's joking I can't take credit for any of it) But we definitely couldn't have done it ourselves - so thanks again Jeff!

We made sure to measure the fridge to insure it would fit before we bought it - it was going to be a close call so we were a little nervous when they delivered it. Turns out that it wouldn't fit but we weren't about to give in & go with a smaller fridge. We had to actually grind down some of the tile countertop next to the fridge! It made the BIGGEST mess & there was dust everywhere for DAYS. But in the end - with the help of Jeff yet again - we were able to make it fit!

I am in love with stainless steal - and to make it look even better - I am antique glazing all of the cabinets so stay tuned for that post ;)

Here is a pic of our old appliances to compare.

Priya's Shower

Last Saturday we were able to throw a baby shower for Meghann & Priya since she was having a girl this time around. Lucky for us we held the shower just in time because Priya was born this past Friday night at 9:37pm! We are so happy to welcome another niece into the family!

Anyway, we had lots of yummy food & desserts - thank you to everyone who brought stuff! And Meghann got lots of great gifts.

I had a friend of mine make cupcakes for me in the colors of Priya's nursery. They turned out AMAZING. Thanks Ashley!

{Meghann's mom brought desserts from Granite Bakery, Mmmm....}

{Lucky for us, we got to hang out with little miss Ava the whole time}

{lil miss ava & skinny grandma - I just have to give a shoutout because I am so proud of her - she has lost about 25 lbs since March! Way to go Mom!}

{Most of the guests, there were a few who came and went that aren't pictured}

{Meghann opening some gifts!}

I am so anxious to meet Priya, I haven't been able to see her yet because I had a wedding to photograph all day yesterday so I am counting down the hours until I get to see her TODAY! I'm sure I will have pictures to share soon!

we love our dogs THIS much

Our bed is pretty tall.. our dogs are very small.

They whine and they weap, because they can't leap

as high as this bed does stand.

So we build them a ramp, so they'll feel like a champ

when they can do it all on their own.

What wouldn't we do for a our sweet little things?

After all, we love to treat them like kings!

So now everyone's happy & without getting sappy..

I adore my lil' family of four.

I've gotta be honest. I can't take any credit for this ramp. It was all Tyler.

He drew up the plan for this bad boy - it even folds up and slides underneath the bed!

I am grateful for a husband who is creative, hardworking, and handy.

our last day in San Antonio

Our final day in San Antonio was jam packed. We woke up early to make it to the San Antonio LDS Temple and it was so beautiful! I absolutely loved all the stained glass. It was super busy which was awesome to see.

Then we headed to our last "food network" restaurant - Chunky's

It was featured on Man vs. Food for it's Four Horseman burger.

Cody, Laura's hubby, decided he wanted to attempt this challenge while we were there.

{cute Laura}

{read the words in this death wish.. I would have backed out at this point}

{Cody before the torture started}

{if you eat the entire burger and keep it down for 5 min then you get your picture on the wall}

{this burger contains ghost chilis, like the hottest pepper in the world! On the hottness scale a jalepeno is like a 10 and the ghost chili is like 1 million! Cody had to wear gloves so that the burger wouldn't burn his hands}

Cody managed to eat 2/3 of the burger and then couldn't keep it down any longer. He went outside and puked his guts out, almost literally. He looked MISERABLE.

He later expressed that it was the most painful thing he has ever experienced, worse than breaking his ankle!

We are convinced they put extra chilis on his than on the one they gave the guy on the TV show, because it was loaded with them & if you've seen the show it doesn't look as loaded. But that's just what we think...

{what was left of the burger}

You can watch the video of him doing the challenge at the bottom of the post.

We hurried home so I could take newborn photos of sweet Olivia. Our flight left at 5pm so I had about an hour to do most of her pics (I had done a few the day before as well) I wish we would have had more time, but Olivia just did not want to cooperate every time we tried. Luckily she slept super well for me at my last attempt & we got some darling images.

Here is one I'll share :)