My Passion

I would really say biking is my passion. I just absolutely love it. I only get to go twice a week but it is very rewarding. This is our 31 mile ride we took, we went part way up payson canyon and that was really hard but awesome, especially on the way down. It was really hot though. It's just me, the bike, and the road. Gotta love it. If any of you bike you should train for the ULCER. It is August 8th and you go 111 miles. I'm pretty stoked!

My bike partner

Aren't they great...

My sweet grandparents just celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary! They are so hilarious and just crack me up all the time. I'm so grateful I have taken the time to get to know them and see them on a regular basis. They are the kindest, humblest people I've ever known. They are both such wonderful examples to me. Also my sweet husband celebrated his 23rd birthday! Crazy to think we've been celebrating birthdays together since he was 17!

I'm addicted

Well I'm officially addicted to this amazing smoothie! I love smoothies and always try different concoctions. I found this one on a website, (don't remember which one) and at first I thought that sounds weird but now I'm making it at least twice a week. In fact, I'm craving one right now.

ice

banana (if you have one)

pack in the spinach (I usually do 2 handfuls)

1/4 can of frozen concentrate orange juice

berries (I always do strawberries and then whatever else I have on hand).

1/2 c. yogurt (I don't really measure I just dump in what looks good).

tiny bit of milk

Blend it up and you have a splendid relatively healthy spinach smoothie, you really can't even taste the spinach! Enjoy.

Missing you

There are days when I miss this place like crazy!



Not to mention some of the most adorable kids ever!

Summer!!

Well summer is finally here. I decided one of the worst parts about being a grown up is that summer is never the same! I wish I could just hang out all summer and boat. School teacher here I come! Life has been pretty busy for us in the past two months. We ended a long semester and then started a new one the next week. I unfortunately will be going to school all summer long but Nate will be done in about 3 weeks. But we do have some fun things planned for the summer.My little bro got his Eagle Scout and graduated from high school in the same week.

My family came up last weekend and I finally got to see my newest nephew! He is such an adorable angel. I wish we lived closer. The same weekend my sister-in-law asked me to do a duathlon with her(run/bike/run) and I decided to go for it. It was so much fun. I bike on a regular basis but I don't run. There wasn't a ton of people entered but I did end up taking first in my category and 5th among the women overall! It was lots of fun.


We have also spent lots of time with Nate's family, they are so much fun! I was able to meet Nate's cousin, his wife, and their daughter and also Nate's aunt that live in Pennsylvania. It was fun to get to know them and we had a great weekend with them! Here is Taylor, Nate, and his cousin Matt.
This is the girls at a reunion we had on Sunday. Thanks for the pics Jamie!!And we had our first boating trip of the year, ah I loved it! I could write about more things since I haven't posted in two months but I think I've wrote enough.ha