Happy 4th of JULY!!!

I don't know about you, but we had quite the traditional festivities for the holiday weekend. Parade, bbq lunch, lounging around the afternoon, hanging out on the grass at Freemon Park awaiting the long anticipated Idaho Falls fireworks, and crashing the whole drive home. (I wasn't the driver) :) But these are just a few friends from the ward playing phase 10...
And Brian


And today, since we both had the day off, we decided to be adventurous and visit some local tourist attractions... er... some waterfalls. Cave Falls and Mesa Falls. we tried to find sheep falls also but there aren't as big of signs and we looked for a good while and finally gave up only to succeed with some different ones. They're cool. and big. and splashy. and I felt so outdoorsy and one with nature. (it doesn't take much for me) (next step is real camping)
And here is the rock Basalt. Not to be confused with the town Basalt. They're different.
I really do love water. In many forms. Love just watching it go by. And who doesn't love a lovely breeze as well?



This is the other looking down side of cave falls. There used to be a cave here. This is evidence of it 'caving' in. haha. but like in the past couple years or something. Scary. imagine if you were the one that was exploring the cave when it happened to cave...

Cold. Numb.

I did my very first triathlon at Rigby Lake on May 29, 2010. First and only? I don't know. But I do know I trained for it at least a good month and felt I was ready- but nothing prepared me for the bitter cold Idaho day that it was. My face pretty much captures the chill of the lake. The first step in and I knew I would not feel my feet the rest of the race. Which proved to be true. They said it was 58 degrees but I think more water added = colder temp. It was absolutely the coldest water my body has ever been in.


oh the relief of finally getting to get out of the water! swam 1/2 mile


They had wetsuit strippers up by the grass. Just lay on your back and they give you a good pull. It was so hard to get my shirt on! It took probably 2 whole minutes just to get it on. I could barely move! Kal and Brian were there cheering me on and couldn't hardly believe how slow I was moving. But I was lucky to be moving at all! haha. shoes were a challenge also.

This is the bike I borrowed from a new girl I just met in my ward. Aren't people sweet?
The biking was definitely the easiest part. Actually quite fun. Biked 14.4 miles.
This was after I'd already run around the lake and was heading out towards the road. Now I could not feel my feet at all at this point. or ever... Who knows what I was running on. Also it was pouring rain the whole time and in the low 40s.

And I made it! Ran 3.1 miles. It was fun to train and get in shape. Not a fun swim. But a 'good experience' haha.

Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point!

Would you look at this!

Look who decided to update her blog! I finally made my new laptop from Thanksgiving work! Something about a pop-up window disabled. I'm brilliant. This is just some news of a recent road trip we took. Nick, me, Heather, Brian. Heather had a house in St George made available to use so we ran with it. Cruised on down to Vegas and since I hate Vegas I made them say we could watch a show. And Lion King it was! It was seriously amazing and definitely worth it!
After Las Vegas, a cleansing of the soul is recommended. So, we did a session in the St. George Temple!
Oh this is the m&m factory/place in Las Vegas. So many colors!
This is mostly for A. Hugest onion rings ever. And the shake was a mini. It was at Iceberg. It hit the spot man.

Then on the coldest day they've seen in months, we decided to visit Zion's National Park. There were still some good sights to see and driving through caves to be done. That little window is a window in the tunnel we drove through. Over a mile long!
Such beautiful scenery!!! I had to pose in my model shot...


And here we are running down a hill. cool huh? Yeah, we actually got out and hiked a bit in the bitter cold and hail. Great trip. good times.

Sorry it wouldn't flip for some reason... But Katie and I dressed up during the day just for fun and cause we had the stuff...
and we went out to eat at Five Guys. Can you see the pink lips on the burger? yum
People would not stop staring. Even when I stared back- they never looked away. awkward
This was at my party I had at my dental office basement. We watched a movie on the projector and surround sound
And here's some of the group that actually dressed up! I have cool friends...

Halloween!!!!

The day started with some fabulous pumpkin pancakes shaped as witches hats and pumpkins











and spiders!














This was the food we made in the day for the party at night! It was a hit






This is bones and blood!









And fingers (cheesesticks)







and oreo spiders

oooooh witchy woman

Thanks to Grandma for this FABulous witch's hat! I found the rest to match the hat... This was for fhe on Mon ward combined single adult activity. The dressing up was fun. The party wasn't so much.

















But this guy was gettin down on those donuts on a string! One of my favorite events!























And there was also a toilet paper roll throw. And supergirl was running it.








So I got a picture with her. and a monkey. I don't even know who they are... haha