Mystery Canyon and Pine Creek

One of the first rappels in Pine Creek. It was a pretty cool rappel down a small crevice.

There was a little bit of scrambling to be done. I love these parts.This was a cool shot of Jeremy on a rappel above Marshal who was on the next rappel.

I loved this, we had to hand our bags below us while we did this free rappel. This was a fun one. I think it was about 70 feet.This had to have been the most intense part of Mystery. We had to clip in to a line that went across the rocks and then rappel down over 100'. I have to admit that I was a little intimidated by this one, but I felt a sense of empowerment when I finished it.So I went second and them Jeremy went.The mossy rocks on the cliff face are beautiful. This is the bottom of that intense rappel. If you were talented enough, you could get away without getting wet, but it turns out that we all got wet and a couple of us even got wet twice.Regan getting crazy on one of the many raps.

This was the last of approximately 12 rappels in Mystery Canyon. We came off of a waterfall into the Narrows. There were many onlookers as you can see.

I can't wait until next time!!!

Happy New House to Us......

It isn't final yet, but we had a chance to walk through our new house again today. They have most of the appliances in now, but the cabinets are still missing. You get the idea from the picture though.

My Beautiful Kitchen.

Imagine all the scrumptious goodies that will be popping out of here in the next few months.I've never had a fireplace...this should be fun.

One of the kid bathrooms
The other kids bathroom
Laundry RoomA Child's Bedroom

The Subway

I LOVE this shot of Marlee during the Subway slot canyon.

Here is a link to the entire album if you want to see them too.

Triathlon Pic

I haven't had a chance to post pics of the Vikingman Tri. I am so proud of this guy.....

Nate Broadbent, Josh Forsyth, Peter Thorpe, JEREMY CRAFT, Jeff Wise & Jeff's Bro.

These guys rocked it out.

A blog Award....Yeah me

In all my bloggin' days I have never received an award. My friend Lynn sent me my first ever. You should definitely check her blog out because she has got some scrappin' skillz.
I'm passing this blog award on to:
Chelle
Kelly
Vicky
Bridget

A Sneak Peak

Here's a sneak peek into our Agnes Trip...

Marlee wanted to cross the River on her own, so she borrowed Mom's hip waders. She did a real good job.


Fish on POP

The Trek up to the lake. It is exactly 1.53 miles to the top, according to my GPS watch.

Mom and Me. I love this lady. I was so glad when they decided to come up with us. I don't think any amount of short notice was going to stop them from getting up to Agnes. Love you guys.

Cookin' Up some Dinner. We had Beef Stew and it was tasty.

Nice Fish Grandpa

Grandma's got one on too.

My Wine Theme Paint Can

I'm guess I'm just full of posts today. But I just had to show everyone what ACHEEPIE on the cricut MB made for me. I am such a lucky swapper. She put a lot of effort into the decoration on my can. Plus she sent me a special homemade treat.

Pics of the Race

Me coming in to the finish line.


Ready to get going.
I found my good friend JaNae and her sister and husband at the race. It was great to see some faces I knew. They all did really well. JaNae's husband was 11th overall. I wish I was that fast, but I don't think it's in the cards for me.

A Personal Record

These are my results from the Bridal Veil Falls 10 K this past Saturday, May 30.

13 Place among the Females
5 in my Age Division
Total Time - 00:52:03
Average Pace - 08:24

I'm super happy with these results. I definitely met my goal. Now I'm looking forward to the Riverwoods 10 mile Race on June 13. I'm well on my way to Hobblecreek Half, my second half marathon.

Paint Can Swap

Joysee from the cricut messageboard made me this lovely paint can. It was filled to the brim with scrapping goodies. Yeah!!! I can't wait to use everything. She sent the Twizzlers specifically for Terrence and I think I will give the Paint can to Jordin because it matches his bedroom.

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.

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....

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!!!

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.