4.29.2009

Happy Anniversary to us....

Jeremy took me to Zion's National Park for our anniversary weekend. We stayed at Zion's Park Motel which was surprisingly reasonable in price and they had a pool. We had a great time just doing things at a slower pace than usual.
This pic was taken on our hike to Hidden Canyon. We went further than the normally advertised trail and could have gone much farther had we brought the rappeling equipment. Needless to say it was more than we anticipated. We did a lot of scrambling and navigating. There were even a few areas where hikers had left ropes or webbing to use to get over some of the larger boulders. This was SOOOOO fun!! Right up our alley.

This picture is under the waterfall at the Upper Emerald Pools. Of course we couldn't take the paved route to the top, we had to scale the mountain on our own path, but this brought its own benefits. We ran into two deer and got a couple pics of them.

After we had a chance to get back to the room and shower we were off to find a restaurant to eat our anniversary dinner. We rode the FREE shuttle up and down the main road to check out the menu at no less than 4 or 5 different restaurants. I was not going to pay $30.00/plate for a nice meal. So we kept on searching until we found somewhere with a price that was reasonable enough and I could enjoy my dinner.
Here is my oh so patient husband waiting for the shuttle to pick us up at stop #4 of the evening and bratty old me.
I love you babe, thanks for the wonderful weekend. I had such a great time with you.





4.22.2009

Here's a couple more snapshots that my Mom and Step Dad took.




1/2 Marathon Finisher

That's me!!!

and Jer, who was such a trooper and lagged behind with me. Our time was 1 hour 51 minutes, about 8:32 pace/mile. Obviously he could have ran it at a much faster pace, but this being my first half marathon he wanted to finish with me.
Overall I felt really good. The beginning of the race was so intense. We made sure to get up to the start line early, which required a 4:45 alarm, but that didn't stop me. We stayed warm with our trusty sheets and when it was near start time we were right there at the start line. This year there were a few small bands along the race route. At about 1.5 miles there was drum group, which was totally awesome and definitely got me pumped up. Before I knew it we were at mile 3. They had kind of a weird interchange for the marathon and half marathon to split and then we were past the point of no return. At about mile 11 some serious hip pain started to set in, but I really just pushed through it. We stopped to walk at 2 or 3 water stops, but only long enough to drink. Finally we were on State Street and it was a long, straight pull to the South Temple from 700 South. I had to stop and walk a couple of times to let my hip rest a bit, but once we were to the top of State it was all downhill. The best part of the race was coming around the corner on to the Main Street of The Gateway. I felt like I was floating over the ground and running at the speed of light, then I saw my Mom and Step dad and I just started bawling. Don't worry this is a normal reaction for me during a runners high. I was really excited to see them there rooting for me.
After we finished the race we stopped in the finisher area and drank chocolate milk (great after run beverage), ate Creamie popsicles and tried to check our times. Then we were off to the showers to primp a bit and meet Mom & Rod for lunch at California Pizza Kitchen. I will say that I think I had a pretty good excuse for eating like a dang pig, but man was it good.
All in all this was a wonderful experience. I'm so glad that I could share it with my husband. He is my biggest supporter. He is always encouraging me and telling me how good I'm doing. Now when is the next race....

4.19.2009

Look what I received in the Mail yesterday...





My friend scrappingdeb from the cricut MB sent me this paint can decorete only for Girly Girls and it was packed with cute embellishments and treats for me. She rocks!!!

4.15.2009

Sweet Life Cards

Not a very crisp picture, but I wanted to show you what I had been working on last week.
I made 6 of these adorable "Sweet" themed cards for a swap on the cricut message board. I have had so much fun joing the swap there. If I can just keep it under control. Especially with school starting again in May, who knows how much time I will actually have to scrap.