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These past couple months have been INSANELY busy and a lot has happened... so here we go with a picture overload!!

To start off the month with a bang, I ran the St. George Marathon! It was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. I swear you go through every emotion possible. One minute you are on top of the world, then you are saying to yourself "I hate this, why am I doing this to myself?!? I want to quit!!" About mile 17 I was dying. My whole body scramped and hurt and I seriously didn't know if I could take another step. Thanks to my family and friends for all the support and being there to cheer me on at the end! It was a great accomplishment and now I can say I ran and completed a marathon!

This was me about mile 6- it was one of the stops where people could watch

Didn't get any of me at the finish line... which is probably a good thing because I looked like death I'm sure! Tyler and my dad had to carry me!

The next weekend, Tyler's work hosted a Black Tie Event and the Salt Lake City Country Club. It was a lot of fun getting all dressed up! We went with Austin and Annie and had a good time dancing the night away..... NOT.... If any of you don't already know, Tyler won't dance! I've tried but he just wouldn't do it! Oh well, we had fun anyways :)

Getting ready to watch the fire dancers

And yes, they even took pictures like they do at prom!

For our Fall break we had a couple days off from school and Tyler was going selling so I decided to go and stay with my sister in San Diego! We had a great time. I got to see their new house, help in Bladen's kindergarten class, relax and hike on the beach, watched the red tide, shopped, and do crafts!

One of the nights we went downtown and had dinner.

At the craftstore finding our peacock feathers!

The finished project

Me and Bladen

Bladen wanted it to look like I had 4 arms and legs...

Being silly

Hike on the beach

A couple weekends ago we were able to go down to California to watch my dad race. Laci and her family came so it was fun that we were all there.

At the starting line

The whole pit team and crew wore the yellow team shirts, so we did too! Here we are cheering him on in the stands!

It was so hot!

Relaxing in the trailer while they fixed the jeep during pit stops

The end. Almost... cruise pics are coming soon! :)

*fUn iN thE sUn!

I can't even tell you how glad I was when 10 am rolled around Saturday morning! One, because I was going to be done with my dreaded 20 miler and two, because we were going to the lake! We have some of the greatest friends and it was so much fun spending the day together on the lake wakeboarding, tubing, and going on boat rides! I could spend the whole day at the lake and never get bored. I hurt my knee and was so sore I could barely walk, but it was still awesome and so relaxing!!

The girls catching some sun
They were hilarious on the tube!

Thanks Austin and Annie for taking us! Your the bomb :)

Labor Day Weekend

This Labor Day weekend was extra special because Laci, Nate, and Bladen were able to come to Cedar!!! I love that they live close now where they can just come on a long weekend if they want! We went camping for the weekend up Cedar Mountain. It was so much fun because Tyler and Nate were both able to come... which NEVER happens! We rode 4-wheelers, sat around the fire and talked, gathered lots of firewood, ate awesome food, and of course be entertained by Bladen the whole time :)

Me and Laci

Me, Bladen, and Tyler
These 2 were hilarious together, Bladen was Tyler's little sidekick and they did everything together

Including teaching Bladen how to slingshot

Monday we got up early and went to the Iron County Parade! It was fun watching B trying to catch all the candy.... He came back with a bundle!

Can't wait to see you guys again!!!

Back to Utah!

I am HOME!! Haha I have been home for a month but I have been going non-stop since, so I have not had time to blog! I was ready to leave Virginia Beach, but not ready to leave Tyler! I was so sad that we had to spend another month apart.... but I had to go home and get ready for school. The day that I was going to fly home I went to get my lashes done from the lady that I had went to all summer. My left eye was wondering and uncomfortable the whole time. When I left, my eye was bright red and would not stop watering! I just thought I got a hair or something in it and it would go away soon... well after about an hour or so of it hurting really bad I realized it wasn't getting better anytime soon. I was stressing out because I had to fly that day and I couldn't even open my eye long enough to do anything. So when I got to the airport everyone was looking at me REALLY funny! I couldn't tell if they were thinking I was crazy or drugged out or something! Haha. And what made everything even worse was when I was going through security they stopped me for "random searching." The guy that was doing it said to me, "Don't be nervous it's OK." And I wanted to tell him... I'm not nervous I just CAN'T SEE! Freak!! By this point it was getting worse and burning. The only thing that made it bearable was closing my eyes. So that's what I did the whole entire flight. My mom, sister, and Bladen came and picked me up and stayed at my house that night. It did not feel any better the next day so we went to the eye doctor. They looked in my eye and saw that some of my real eyelashes had been glued underneath my eyelid and it was rubbing my eyeball raw.... AWESOME!!!! He gave me some eyedrops so I didn't get an infection and it literally felt better 5 mintues later. Thank heavens I went to the doctor!!

First day back! Right after the doctor, still a little swollen! Ha
Playing at the Aquatic Center

Bladen being a trooper while we slave away in my classroom!

Heading to St. George to go to the Little Mermaid!

The family at dinner before the show

Bladen was SO excited because they have never been to Tuachan

Laci/Me/Nick

One night my dad took us up to the mountain to ride 4-wheelers and make hobo dinners!

Who knows what I am doing... Probably complaining about all the BUGS!

It's so good to be home!! I missed my house so much! Tyler is finally on his way home! He is going to be home a couple days early because of the earthquake and the hurricane. Everyone was evacuating so they wanted to get out of there ASAP! Thank heavens! I also survived my first week of school. I'm exhausted.

3 Years & Counting...

August 2, 2008 was the best day of my life! I wish EVERY DAY that I could relive it over and over! We have had a challenging, fun, loving, and crazy 3 years..... I can't believe how fast the time has gone! I can't wait to see what the next 40 years bring! I love you Tyler!

Here are some picture of our wedding day, engagement pictures, and our honeymoon!

1st day on the boat.. that drill thing they make you do it SO lame! Ha

Cabo Wabo

Lover's Beach :)

Formal night

I loved every minute of our honeymoon (minus the bladder infection/dehydration/sea sick part)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Norfolk Tides Game

Our last Sunday together we kinda celebrated our anniversary! We went to Ocean Breeze Waterpark and had a lot of fun! We spent a lot of time in the wave pool! We only got one picture and it was on our way home. Love you honey!
Later that day we went to dinner with our friends, then the Norfolk Tides baseball game! It was at night so it wasn't too hot and we could actually stand sitting there without being sticky and sweaty! I'm really not into baseball but the atmosphere is always fun :)

Tyler, Me, Allie, Justin, Blake, Trav, Skye, and Gill

Annie, me and baby Camden

I love little Camden!