Family reunion

Well, a couple of weeks ago we headed down to Provo to my family reunion. It was alot of fun! In the morning Steve and I golfed with my brother and cousin, while V. stayed at my brothers house and played with her cousins. Then we all headed up to Hobble Creek for the main part of the reunion. Food, games, hiking, etc. My dad was in charge this year, I talked him into doing a fundraiser for future reunions. So, I ended up being in charge{but Karla helped alot, thank goodness!} This was the first year doing something like this, so I knew alot of people wouldn't really know what to expect.We did a silent auction and raffle. A few people brought items to donate for the auction and raffle, I'm so glad they did! I made a bunch of stuff to donate as did Karla because we knew most people wouldn't really know what to bring. Well, now they know! Hopefully if we do this at the next reunion, more people will participate! Anyway, you can see some of the items I made to donate here.
Here we are in the car getting ready to take off to Provo!

We had a pie eating contest. My dad competed against his brothers and brother-in-law {the brother-in-law won}. My brothers and sister-in-law competed in our age group{my cousin won} V. participated in the young kids group{again, a cousin won}. Steve got some video of it, but for some reason I can't get the video to upload to the computer, grrr! Anyway, she had fun, you weren't supposed to use your hands or anything, but V. did anyway. All of the kids won a prize for participating.

Thru out the entire reunion there was a squirt gun fight going on. V. loved squirting everyone and getting wet herself. At one point, she lay down on the ground like a sniper and was getting some good shots in!

V. fell asleep instantly in the car and slept most of the drive home.Such an angel! She had a fun, exciting weekend!

Seven years!

Today, we have been married for seven looong years. J/K! Seven beautiful years! And the lovin' is still good! ;)
Last year, I posted a bunch a pictures, so this year you get just one!
Us, on our wedding day, outside the beautiful Idaho Falls Temple.


I can't believe we are almost to ten years! The time has flown! So many ups and downs, good times and sad times and hard times. This is also my last year being in my twenties. Sooo sad. My life is so different then I thought it would be. But, it's so much better! I can't think of anything I would trade!
Steve is such a wonderful father to V. She loves him to pieces! Definitely a daddy's girl! Steve is also such a great husband. He puts up with my moodiness, and cranky days. And doesn't laugh too hard when I do or say something stupid. He lets me be myself, which let's admit, can be kinda goofy, silly, retarded whatever you want to call it! He has the best heart! When we have our disagreements {yes, we are not perfect, we fight sometimes!} I'm too stubborn to say sorry or admit I may be wrong. But Steve is always the one to say,"let's talk it out, I'm sorry {even if it's not his fault!} etc. If he was as stubborn as me, things wouldn't be soo good around here.
And he is so patient, and gentle and loving. I'm so glad that he has been by my side with all the health problems I have. He told me once, back when we were engaged, that after I had told him of my medical history, he had to ask himself if he wanted to be with someone who had health problems. It would cost money, possibly heartache,drama, etc. I'm so glad he thought it all worth it and married me! Even though I've developed another half dozen problems since then! I'm grateful he never complains about the money we spend on doctor/hospital bills. I always feel a little bad when it's the year for my brain MRI and all that. We spend money on the tests that we could use for family trips or something. But he never says anything. He just makes the money to pay the bills and supports me. He holds my hand when I need to get poked by a needle, which isn't often, but I hate needles! He never calls me a baby, he's always there for me. Each time I lose a baby, he holds me and lets me be moody for a couple of days as I grieve. He is always understanding when I'm kinda down because I miss my mom. And he'll take me out to her grave and help me clean it.
Anyway, what I mean is that he is wonderful and I'm sooo happy to be spending my life with him! I couldn't ask for a better {or sexier} husband! We are sooo in love and are enjoying this ride called 'life' that we are on!
Happy anniversary sweetie!

I've entered a giveaway and you can too!

Alright, I normally don't post alot of this kind of stuff, but this is one giveaway I'm excited about! All I have to do is post this link and I get a free dvd of my choice! This is a link to the Living Scriptures on facebook. I LOVE these dvds! They are children's movies made from stories from the scriptures. So check them out at this link and see how you can win a free dvd too!

My Race!!

Alright, first off, I have to say I'm sorry there are no photos to go with this post. Steve didn't take any photos, which is just fine! I'm just so happy he and V. were there to support me!
Last Saturday, the 15th, I ran in my first ever 10K! YAY! I was the very last person to cross the finish line, but that's just fine! I told Steve that there was a point during the race that I knew I was the last and I was thinking about that, and trying to not be disappointed in myself, when I thought," If I'm the last, that means I'll have the WHOLE finish line to myself!" So yeah, I focused on the thought that I don't have to share crossing the finish with anyone else!
I jog reeeaaally sslllooowww. Like an older person jogs. But at the start of the year I could barely run 1/2 a mile. So I thought, even though I'm slow, at least I'm doing 6 miles! Steve pointed out that even though he can run faster than me, he doesn't think he could go 6 miles. Now that my race is over, I want to take it easy on my running and just do 2-4 mile runs and work on my pace. Later, I do want to try longer distances, but like I said, right now I'll take a break from the distance and just focus on my speed or just enjoying the jog w/o pushing myself too hard! I told myself I didn't want to walk at all during the race. Even on some of the hills{they were small, but hills none-the-less} I ran up them. No walking! So I am hapy that I finished the race, and that I ran the way I wanted to!
When I reached the finish line I looked over and saw Steve and V. there cheering me on. And I was so happy! The thought crossed my mind," That's what I want to see at the end of my race here on earth. I want my family at the end waiting for me!" A little sentimental I know! I'm not sure why that thought crossed my mind, but it did!

Gym Dragons

V. has been taking a gymnastics class the last 3 months. This last weekend they took some individual and class photos. Here's her and her class~the Gym Dragons!

Isn't she a little angel!

They had a parents nights this last Monday, where family can come and see what the kids have learned in class. I'll have to upload those pics and post them on here soon!

Our trip to Jackson Hole

So, last week, Steve decided to take Friday off. Just cause. So I suggested we take a little day trip. Like to a museum, zoo, that kind of thing. A couple days later, Steve tells me he found a nice little cabin in Jackson Hole. Let's do an overnighter! So that's what we did! We had soo much fun! The cabin we had was a small one with queen bunks. We thought V. would have fun with the bunks. And we didn't mind how small the cabin was. For just the three of us it was perfect!!
However, when we first checked in, it was late at night, we had to wait until after V.'s swim lessons before we could take off. SO anyways, we got there late, checked in, and went to check out our cabin. We walk in and think, oh how fun! I walked into the bathroom and saw a HUGE hobo spider in the sink! I came out and told Steve to check out the bathroom sink. You know, code talk to go in there but not let V. know what's in there! So he kills the spider, and we go back to the front desk and ask for another cabin. I know spiders are everywhere, but when you find one in your bathroom sink, it kinda makes you not want to stay there, you know?
So we check into another cabin, the bunks that we thought V. would love, she didn't. It's a good thing they were queen sized! We squished all three of us on the bottom bunk! Nice and cozy!!
So here's a picture of our cabin. It was really fun staying there!

The next morning, I got up and went to the fitness center. Steve asked why I'm working out while on vacation. Because I'm training for a race next month! I can't skip a day of training or I won't make it! {And truthfully, working out is a great way to start the day!} When I got back, V, was all dressed and ready to get going! Steve was still in bed, shocker! V. had got herself dressed and brushed her teeth all by herself! She couldn't wait until Dad and Mom were ready to go! We took a drive to the Elk refuge and saw some elk, big horn sheep, deer, bison. Alot of fun. Then we went back to our cabin, and they told us we could check out at a later time so we would have time to swim in the pool!
We had the whole pool to ourselves! Which was nice! We played in the pool for almost 2 hours. So much fun!



After swimming, we walked around Jackson Hole and visited some shops and such....
V. and a bear!!

Family photo! It's kind of dark, but the other one we took was all washed out.

V. and I.... and an elk. { I look skinny in this pic!}
****Update****
A friend pointed out to me that this is NOT an elk, but a MOOSE. WOW! You can tell I really don't know anything about animals and hunting, and such. V. schools me all the time by correcting me if I say something is the wrong animal, she also will sit there and look through Steve's hunting magazines and point out all the animals, or explain to me that "these here are called rattlers. You use them to make noise like antlers and it gets the deer to come over". I had no idea that's what they were called. I'm glad she's into this stuff so she and Steve have something to bond over. It's all over my head!!

At the visitors center they have like, a little museum. Part of which was a touch and feel section. V. was being a goober and put one of the horns they have there on her head. So silly!