IRONMAN

This past weekend my brother-in-law Mike competed in the IRONMAN! I never really realized How long and how hard people work to get to this, and then to finish it until now. To start, the competitors have to wake up super early (as well as Sean and I), about 4:00 early. Then they start at 6:45 am in a cold lake and swim for 2.4 miles, then the wet suit strippers help them get out of their suits fast to make it on their bike as quick as possible.



The bike trail is 112 miles and a lot of it being uphill.


Then to finish off they run a marathon distance which is 26.2 miles.



And 15.5 hours-ish we see Mike cross the finish line!!! We are so proud of Mike!!! You are an IRONMAN!

Officially an Interior Designer!!!

As you know, I started school 4 years ago to get my degree in Interior Design. Well I am DONE!!!! Last Thursday night was my school's portfolio event. Above is how my display turned out. I'm not usually proud of much, but I am proud of myself for finishing and learning so much these past 4 years.

My Best Friend's Wedding!!!!

On March 28th, My best friend, Kalynn, and Sean's best friend, Tome, got married!!! They got married in the Mesa, Arizona Temple. The weather was SO perfect, and sunny.... We were REALLY sad to come back to the cold snowy weather!!! The ceremony was absolutely beautiful, I cried SO much... Kalynn is pratically my sister so it was wonderful to watch her marry the man she's been waiting for!!!

SPRING FEVER!!!!

Why I love Spring:

pretty pastel colors

flowers all in bloom

easter baskets

green milk

corned beef

easter

birds chirping

sunshine

my birthday

and you can dye easter eggs!!!!

So while we were at our brother in laws house.... well I wanted to do a fun little treat with the kids while were babysitting them... I used Chocolate pudding, crushed Oreo cookies, gummy worms and some imagination to create a pot of dirt!!!! The kids thought it was yummy and it was so fun to see their faces when i told them we were going to eat dirt!!! those kids are the CUTEST!!!

Anyway, I love spring.

For St. Patricks day my mom usually dyes the milk green ( when we were little)
and this St. patty's day I was going to do the same!!!! but then I was realizing that Sean would not have gotten as big a kick out of it, as I did as a kid.

but maybe in April I can pull pink milk on him and see what he thinks. hehe One thing I can guarantee is that there will be a special Easter basket for the bear and for myself.

TODAY is FRIDAY!!!!!!!

First thing is that I LIVE for fridays!!!!

Over the years I have grown to appreciate the weekends... now that we are slowly becoming... well trying to become grown ups, we go to our jobs everyday and whenever I get home I am SO mentally, emotionally, and physically drained. With that being said I have come to realize that weekends are the BEST!!!!! 

My feelings about days of the week:

Sunday: Happy because it's part of the weekend, but still bummed because that means that the next day is Monday.

Monday: Not so fun- start the work/school week all over again, and never have any time to relax...

Tuesday: Well "I love tuesdays"... thanks to kalynn. 

Wednesday: My long day 7 am till 10 pm away from home. Enough said. But at least I can say "tomorrow I can say tomorrow is Friday!"

Thursday: Not too bad, it has become tradition that on Thursday mornings and nights I always say "tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!!!"

Friday: I'm super happy on this day because that means that it's practically the weekend so work goes by pretty fast... once I'm off work I am on cloud 9!!!! I love fridays.... because it's the weekend which means- time for some R & R and lots off nuggling with the hubby!!!

Saturday: GREATEST DAY EVER!!!

Sunday: Not TOO bad, even if the next day is Monday we can still sleep in....

and from that the week starts over...

SO I am happy to say TODAY is FRIDAY, which means the weekend is NOW!!!

OUR HUMBLE ABODE

Well now that we are married and moved in, I have been craving to use my design skills as much as possible! With that I have A LOT of do-it-yourself projects lined up! One of my favorite finds were the sheets that I got from Down East, well I made them into curtains of course!!! So slowly, but surely our apartment is coming along very well!!

Home again.... and engaged!

As many know, it only took two days for Sean and I to become engaged... I think we set some records! The date has been set for December 26th... and yes it is the day after Christmas... we're very aware. It may seem inconvenient, but it is actually very convenient for us. We are back in Utah, and loving it... Sean is still transitioning to Utah life, but he is beginning to warm up to it. I will be finishing up school in April, and he will be in school a while... but for now we are just enjoying each others company.