Hi there!

Hi there everybody!!!

 

Sorry its been so long since I've posted life has been pretty insane the last little bit so I haven't had much time. As of right now me and Bryce pretty much are both workaholics were both working long days and hopefully soon that will calm down so that we can spend more time together!

 

I can't believe 2013 is here and its already flying by!!! In January nothing too exciting happened. My brother in law Tyler left on his mission to Detroit I'm happy for him but we miss him a lot.

 

February and March hasn't had to many crazy things happening yet so we will see what April brings :) April 3 is our 3 year anniversary and we have officially been together 7 years its pretty insane and awesome :)

 

Still on my quest in life for what I need to be doing I haven't quite figured that out yet but I'm still looking so far there is still numerous questions I have that no one has been able to get me answers on so who knows we will see :)

 

Im still marathon training and getting more nervous then ever but the weight is officially starting to come off again so yay!!! I'll keep ya'll posted now that the overtime is starting to calm down.

Marathon Anybody??



Marathon Runner... me?

 

Well if you knew me a few years back when i was at my heaviest then you would know

that i despised running. I would do anything to not run. In high school my mile was about 18 minutes. Yes i pretty much walked most of it.

 

Well as everyone knows i've been on an incredible weight loss journey. I have lost 65 pound as of right now. I still have about 20 to 30 to go to be where i would like to be.

 

My good friend and I have decided to... Run the Utah Valley Marathon this upcoming year!! Yes 26.2 miles!! I almost choke everytime i think about it but its been a goal of mine to do a marathon so i think 2013 is a great year to do it! We run from Heber to Provo! I think it will be beautiful.

 

 

Last year i did the 10 k of this run and it was really exciting so to be able to call myself a marathon runner just seems like a dream right now. I can't wait im so happy we decided to do this!

 

I started training on Monday i have 8 months to get ready. From this week till January i will just be focusing on getting the rest of my weight off. Or at least all that i possible can get off. Then January the official training begins! Im so excited/nervous. I will be keeping a blog on here of my training an how it goes.

 

Any of you marathon runners out there please give me advice :)

Ive been keeping a secret....

Hi there everyone!!!

So Ive kinda been keeping a secret from everybody....

I haven't really wanted to tell anyone yet just because of how things ended up in the past and what not needed to figure things out for myself. I might not be there quite yet but its been a pretty fun ride so far. So in April this year we stopped down at Cove Fort in Utah on our way home from Zions.. which for those of you who don't know where that is don't worry i didn't either. Its this random place off the side of the road between Beaver and Fillmore so i mean yeah its like in the middle of no where.

So kinda interesting i had no idea this had anything to do with the LDS church. I almost for a minute thought this was a trick because when our cute tour guide up there in the background (who BTW still calls and chats with me up to this day :) ) was introducing everything to us come to find out I'm not a member.. so we know how the end of this tour went ha ha. He actually thought Bryce was the non member and gave him the speech and i kinda just hoped Bryce would play along and not say anything. But that's just not my husband so of course he tells him its me. So here i am on the spot in front of everybody staring at me waiting for my answer to whether or not basically the missionaries can come over again...

I'm going to pause the story here and go back in the future now for a minute.

The truth about last year lets start to May 2011 where it began. I went over to my husbands Grandpas house one day and he convinced me that i needed to look into the church so i did. I had hoped it was going to help me be closer to my husband and my in laws. Mainly my husband because i knew he was going to start going back to church and that scared me because i have had an awful history of husbands and wife's being different religions. My parents = not together anymore got divorced when i was 8 and my Dad says alot of it is because that was hard. So lets be honest i wasn't liking where this road was going. So basically I jumped in quick was happy and decided within a month to get baptized and that's where the train wreck began...

Sorry this is going to be a long rambling blog bear with me and i promise I'm not going to bash on the church lol this is just a highlight real of where things came from it gets good in the end i promise.

So basically my mom was upset because i sprang it on her. Which i understand i should have told her sooner shes my mom i shouldn't need to hide things from her. My dad was upset only because he knows Ive grown up as a Jehovah's Witness most of my life and so he thought it was weird i knew within a month that i wanted to change religions. Another point I understand. My Grandma was the worst she will not speak to me again if i change religions. Which is so hard. It really is very hard. My in laws didn't add to it. It turned into a train wreck with them over it. So i cancelled i couldn't handle it it wasn't worth it to me so i canceled it.

Now back to April... I'm in that moment.
I said yes. Most of it was everyone was watching a little of it was that i wanted to again so i said yes. So since then i have been looking into it again. My main missionary i have had since then just got transferred so now i have two brand new ones. I'm sure they will be great its just been rough because we really liked the one we had before. The first two together were perfect but as you know with transfers they come and go so since then My main missionary has had i think its up to 4 new companions and now we have two brand new ones so I'm having a hard time adjusting. I can't commit to any baptism dates anytime soon which i know everyone says pray pray pray but its just not working it doesn't feel right yet. I'm happy looking into it and Ive learned more then ever about the church finally because I'm being honest and asking alot of questions but its just not right quite yet. So please if anyone has any advice please share i need it. I'm so confused about where i should be going with all this I'm scared to make any decisions. Part of me feels that i should just stay away from religion period. Part of me feels there is something more to life. That being heaven or staying on earth. I know there is a God out there. Theres no doubt about that in my mind. I'm lost i don't know what to do. I'm at a standstill.

So that's my secret and if anybody at all has any advice please share it with me because i definitely need it :)

Almond Reunion 2012

Hello Everyone,

Im so sorry that im the worlds most awful blogger i promise to get on here more and update more things going on in our life.  Recently we just went to the Almond reunion in Soda Springs Idaho and it was a blast! My dog truly amazes me at how hysterical she can be i love her! I was told that she was the hit of the reunion which im so glad she can entertain everyone. She found this huge log and we could not get her to quit trying to get it it was hilarious. Also we got to ride my brother and sister and laws wave runners which is always a good time. Enjoy the pics i hope to be on and update some more soon!

Getting Fit and Feeling Fabulous

As most of you know i have been so far on an incredible weight loss journey. Im going to make sure i start posting about it more. I have lost a ton of weight i have dropped 9 sizes so far and lost so far a total of about 60 pounds. Im determined to finally get the rest of it off. I had hit a bit of a plateau but im starting to hop over it. I have cut off junk food and soda. Im too the point where im not even missing the soda anymore. In just this one week of doing that i have lost 5 pounds. I just have 30 more to go to be at where i want to be. Im starting to feel great about myself and feel great about life. It feels great to finally hear that im not the "fat friend" or the "fat wife" or hear that im so much bigger then my husband. Now its wow she looks amazing i can't even tell you how great that is. I've been running tons and i absolutely love it. Heres some pictures of my journey so far...

I remember how proud i was of this...

Then this happened....

And now this!! Its just unreal!!

 This was the old me a the biggest i had gotten. It was our honeymoon. Then i got a kick in my butt.

Yeah i think this girl to the left over here is definitely who i want to be and stay. Im so happy and i and i love that i finally decided to do this.

I will keep you all updated as i get the rest of my weight off. I'll keep an update on my runs and all that fun stuff too :)

Nickelback!!!

I went to what has been the best concert yet. My amazing Mom surprised me with VIP Nickelback tickets. Which by the way they are pretty much one of my most favorite bands ever! We were right up against the stage and we had our own area with chairs and tables. It was so much fun i absolutely loved every minute of it!! It was Nickelback, Seether, Bush and My darkest days that were playing. It was a great night and a great birthday present. Happy 22 birthday to me :)!

Thanks Mom i love you this concert was  a blast!!!

Las Vegas!

In June we got to go to Las Vegas for Bryces cousin Brents wedding. It was so fun we had a good time. I got to do his wife Melindas hair and their daughter Aubree's hair. I loved the end results. Melindas friends made the super cute hair clips. I thought they were adorable. Heres my work from that. Congrats guys were so happy for you :) and were glad we got to come!!!

We ended up staying at the Palms Palace Resort. I must say they may be one of my new favorite places to stay at. We got a killer deal and the room was amazing we didn't even want to leave it. We had a full on kitchen, living room with two big screen tv's, an awesome bathroom with a jacuzzi tub and tv in there. It was pretty cool we loved every minute of it it was a nice getaway.

On Saturday night after the wedding a few of us went out on the town. We got to ride in a limo!! Which was freaking sweet. Then we spent the rest of the night dancing at El Diablo. It was a blast.