Mission: Accomplished

WE DID IT!!!!!

Me, Becky, and Lorrie ran the Provo River 1/2 marathon and we did great if I may say so myself. It was very hard and I can still barely walk.

There were a few things/goals I wanted to do when doing the 1/2 marathon

1- Finish

2- Finish ahead of the sweepers

3- Not be the last one across the line

4- Finish in under 3 hrs

And I accomplished all of them! Yay for me!

My sisters were all faster than me, but I guess the good thing about that is I have more people at the bottom cheering me on.

Us at 5:00 a.m. getting on the buses to the start

Brett was so wonderful to come and watch me finish, It really meant a lot to me- then he took me out for a huge yummy lunch :)

Us after the race





Rodeos, Rodeos, Rodeos- that's what we have been doing a lot this summer. It's been fun to watch Brett rope



I love summer sunsets

Brian chilling in the shade with some flowers. Not our house, hope its ok if he messes up the yard a little

My new addiction is watchin the DIY network (Do it yourself). They make everything look so easy so I thought I would tackle a backsplash (started in the laundry room in case I really messed up). It actually was very easy and turned out great. I am going to do all my bathrooms next, and save the kitchen for last when Im a pro because we want to do a big, awesome one there!

That's it for now!

Family Pictures

Recently at Grandma Luella's funeral we finally had everyone in the family together and thought it would be a great time for family pictures since we have people living all over and we never are in the same place at the same time (between the Fox's and Finlinson's).

I like to "Dabble" a little in photography, but need much more practice since Im still learning. So if anyone wants their pictures done, Im very cheap- lol- like basically free.

I took some pictures and it was really fun to do. I'm not good with kids or getting their attention, so some of the larger pics are the best I could do :)

It was pretty fun because we did the pictures in Luella's backyard and it is so pretty there- Love you Grandma Luella, and miss you lots.

Fox's

Fox/Finlinson group shot - yup there really is that many kids between my mom and Fred

Laurie and Blaine

Lorrie and Brian



All us Girls :)

Bryan and Daniele

Brent and Tracy- maybe Brent's rubbed off on Brady because neither is smiling in the picture :(

Ok, now I have to figure out what is going on with my blog- I am having technical difficulties!!!!

More Summer Fun

We went to Flaming Gorge last weekend and fished, boated, and rafted the Green River. We had a lot of fun. I have lots of pics and will post them later- I am running out of time

Us floating the river

Brett and Bryan swimming

On our way up there we went to the best restaurant, the Taggart Grill. It is by Morgan and you would never know its there. I would definitely recommend it. Its in the middle of nowhere, and we were there on a weeknight and the parking lot was full- we had to wait a long time for a table.

We recently went golfing for the first time this year, and look what happened.

Summer things

It has been a very busy summer for us, and summer is our favorite time of year. I am trying to be patient with my computer because it has recently been taking forever to upload pictures, making me blog less frequently. I think I need a new Mac :)

Us on the Fourth of July. Brett has been going to a lot of rodeos lately. This is us in Salina for the fireworks (and they were really great fireworks, except for a few mishaps that almost had the hill on fire)

We went camping by Fish Lake and it was a lot of fun. Here is Brett and Brett going for a ride

Recently my grandma Luella died. She was just 3 months shy of her 99th Birthday. I love her very much and she is already missed.

She never missed an event, party, or anything else. Here she is at my hygiene graduation a few years ago and again at my wedding in Hawaii.

Well that's it for now. I have lots of pictures, but not the time to wait for them to upload, lol

Happy Anniversary.... To Us!

Last weekend we celebrated our third anniversary...... Crazy it has been 3 years. We went down to Bryce Canyon and stayed at the Stone Canyon Inn- I would definitely recommend it! We had our own cabin that had a BBQ and a hot tub- which was nice because the weather sucked!

This was the Main house/lodge in Tropic

This is the cabin we stayed in

Our deck with the hot tub.

We spent some time at Bryce Canyon, a place neither of us had really been to, and it was really fun (except the weather).

So Pretty down there. I took so many pictures

I love Anniversaries, I look forward to them almost as much as Christmas. I think everyone should celebrate anniversaries and go all out and celebrate somehow. I am already thinking about the next one, and the next one....

I love my husband Brett so much and want to thank him for a great 3 years!

Car Show

A few weeks ago we went to the Thanksgiving Point car show to see my brother Bryan's truck. He has an old Ford he restored and it is very cool. My nephew Tyson just got a new (well Old) truck to restore at some point.

We had never been to see his truck at a car show, and It was really fun. There were over 600 cars/trucks there, and his won for the best paint job for a truck- way cool.

Here are some pictures I took

Brett did my cousin Austin's cabinets recently, and I finally got a picture, they look really good.

Recent Stuff

Here are some pictures of our recent happenings. Since my blogging is getting so random and few and far between, I have to throw a little of everything in.

My work snapped this pic of me "on the job". Thought I would throw it in there to show everyone what my day consists of.

Brett's sister Stacie graduated last week with her Bachelor's in Accounting. So excited for her, she is going to finish her graduate school and get her CPA.




Our cute little Brian enjoying the weeds and sunshine

We live by the orchards and have really liked going for horse rides on the mountain. We love our new town we live in, and its so convenient to ride horses.

I promised some Mexico pictures from our trip in March.

This is the vew from my Aunt Jeanine's place, very awesome

On the Beach

Race Day

Me and Steph in San Felipe

Recently we had our "Family Pictures" done. I would do them all the time, but Brett says no. Here are a few.

And that's it for now!