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We "Rocked" The Rock 'n' Roll 1/2 Marathon!!

Here we are before the race starts!

So it finally came and we survived!! My sister convinced Jon and I to run a half marathon so we started training about mid Oct. for the run last weekend! It has been so much fun going out rain or shine to run with Jon and to push ourselves, before this the longest I could run was 3 miles and I was dying. We headed to AZ with our friends Mike and Kaila whom we suckered to run the race with us as well! There was so much energy morning of the race and so many people, we started in the 4th corral out of 30 so before the race started Jon picked me up to look at the crowd and I saw nothing but people, they also had rock bands and cheer teams every mile to cheer us on. Jonathan and I ran the first two miles together and then he jetted forward, he finished at 1:54 and I finished at 2:12 both were under our target times we wanted so we were well pleased, specially cause the longest we had ran before this was 9 miles! It was such a great accomplishment I was so proud! at the end of the race we got medals and Popsicles and other tasty treats.. it was just fun and such a rush!
I don't have a picture of Jill and I at the race but want her to know that she inspires me to run great among other things! Stay tuned for our other running adventures, Jon and I plan to make this our year of running which we hope continues but we going for one year at a time, we have made plans for some other runs this year so I'll keep you updated!

California Dreamin..

Three weekends ago Jonathan and I got to head back to California to attend an award's ceremony for his internship over the summer and man did we feel spoiled. We flew in a few days early and hung out with both sets of Thompson's and the kids and went iceskating! Then we went to Santa Barbara and stayed in the nicest hotel Jon and I have yet to stay at.. they gave warm cookies as we checked in and our room had a big deck with an ocean front view with vaulted ceilings.. it was great. The awards banquet was great also, we chatted it up and danced around and then went back to our rooms and played a new card game with Amber and Chris! We had a blast, and a big thanks for the Thompson's for making it happen!!

Happy New Year

I love new year's as it is a time for new beginnings a fresh start.. a brand new 2008! Jon and I have been working on a list of some New Year's Goals and things we want to accomplish this year and it's just fun to reflect on life and what is really important. A trick I tried this past year that I found to be helpful was to make a few long term goals and then set monthly goals to help keep you on track.. if your anything like me life gets busy and I have to start fresh every week, but I figure as long as you are trying you are likely to get some of them accomplished!
For New Year's Jonathan and I had some friends get married and they celebrated in the 23rd floor of the Well's Fargo building in downtown Salt Lake, it was perfect as it overlooked the first night festivities of the down town celebrations. The couple arranged it so the party went on after they left with a Dj and everything, so we invited our friends up to play and dance and watch fireworks.. and to ring in the new year! So here are a few of our dance moves!

Christmas Adventures

Jonathan and I headed to Colorado to spend time with my sister Jill, her husband Drew and the four boys for the holidays. The break from school and work and to just get out of town was certainly needed and we just took time to relax and spend time with family. It's nice to be in a real home with Christmas lights twinkling, and homemade food all about, and little children excited to open their new treasures. We arrived on Sat. morning and stayed until Thursday afternoon, we ate good food including Sushi, honeybaked ham and turkey, homemade rolls, you name it we had it! We all tried to master playing guitar hero and we did happen to get somewhat better!! We taught Jill and Drew how to play settlers, we watched movies, we practiced playing with the new cool kids toy called the rip stick and fell several times... Jill also had us go running to keep up our schedule for the marathon coming up, and Jon got a Rifle for Christmas so him and Drew went duck hunting! Here are some pictures from the trip, it's so nice to be with family for the holidays, we had such a good time! I didn't get any pictures but we came back and got to spend time with Jon's family also including family Christmas parties, dinners, and seeing the new baby Austyn (not sure on the spelling)! It has been so perfect to be with our families to spend the holidays, I love this time of year and hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and most importantly were able to feel the love in of Christ in your life*

I think we have here Mary, Joseph, one wise men and a Shepard!

Here is Jon on Christmas Dinner, I think we calculated that he had a whole gallon of egg nog over the Christmas Holiday so we had to get this picture! Below that are sledding, Jon hunting, and Karter being cute!

The Land of the Warm!

I'm a bit behind on my blogging, but a few weekends ago Jonathan and I headed to St. George with some friends! Our friends had a condo with a pool and a hot-tub and it was warm enough to get into both even at night! It was the perfect weekend to go as it dumped snow in Provo and it was sunshine in St. George. Really we just hung out, played games, went swimming, got see our favorite St. George people (Jon's parents and the Nelsons) It was just really fun to get out of town and sense it was warm outside Jon and I got to go on a long run outdoors.. now that was a treat! One really cool thing we saw while we were there was a huge display of over 300 nativity scenes at the church, it was really quite specatcular I thought!

Intramural Football Champs!! Team Thundercats!

So every year since I have been in Provo I have played intramural football.. it is the very Best, I love it!! It is what makes me happy that we still live in Provo during the winter time! We won the championship last year and Last Thursday night we became the Top Division Football Champions.. we had no loses for the Pre- Season or Tournament games. This year I was a rusher and a blocker. I love to rush, there is such a thrill in pulling those flags off the quarterback before she throws the ball!! I had such a great time playing this year, my team was so much fun. Jon got some great pic's of our final game.. who by the way was so awesome and game to every single game and cheered , in the freezing cold most of the time!