I need a nap . . .

It's just one of those days where nothing is happening and for some reason I don't have the will power today to make anything that special happen. I think I just need to go home and take a really good nap. . . .aaahhh, that sounds good. :)

Pittsburgh, PA and NYC

I am going to go visit my sister, Cami, in Pittsburgh over Thanksgiving! She is going to school at Point Park University. I haven't bought my plane ticket yet . . . waiting to find the best deal. We want to go out to New York for a few days too and need suggestions as to where is a safe, but not too expensive place to stay . . . so Laurel, since you live there give me some good info! :) I've been a couple times but want to make it fun for Cami! Also, if anyone knows how to get some good deals on Broadway shows beforehand and not just at that CheapTickets for half-price the same day or whatever! :) I am so excited! This will be fun! And if anyone wants to come . . . the more the merrier!

Yea!

Ahhhhh . . . I love Jane Austen films and books :)

So I was catching up on my blog reading and came across a post on my aunt Marie's blog! I love Jane Austen! I just watched "Emma" on Sunday! That is one of my favorite movies! I also love "Pride and Predjudice" . . . I like the new movie, but I LOVE the A&E version the best. Anyway, I took this quiz and I am Emma! (the same as my aunt, that's fun!) If you love anything Jane Austen, you should take this quiz and watch the movies that I mentioned!

Oh and I also like the movie "Shakespeare in Love" but it is not a Jane Austen story, just similar.

Take the Quiz here!

Thanks Marie for the fun quiz!

cutest cell phone pics!

Picture mail is so fun! Especially when it is pics of cute nieces and nephews! I got these yesterday from Kendall and just thought they were so cute that I had to share!

Kailyn got new headbands for her hair!

Such a big flower, but so dang cute!

Landon had to try them out too. His face is the best!

Thanks Kendall for the pics!

pine valley mountain - forsyth trail

About 30 minutes north of St. George, UT is a pretty little town called Pine Valley with some good hiking trails. Cody took me, Scott and Mary Ann on the Forsyth trail to the top of Pine Valley Mountain. From about 3,000 feet above sea level to about 10,100 feet above sea level. We were definitely huffing and puffing towards the top. The full hike was about 10.5 miles. We were pretty much done for the day after that. :)

Here we are at the trailhead trying to act tough like Scott.

A very beautiful hike! I love that we have a little bit of northern Utah hiking just 30 minutes away!

Silly little trail shots . . . and yes that is Cody revealin his spandex under his shorts. Classic Cody! :)

We finally made it to the top! We could see from Gunlock resevoir to Sand Hollow resevoir. It was extremely cold up there!

The view was beautiful . . . a little hazy!


By the time we got to the bottom we were sorta hot so we all dunked our heads in the river in honor of my funny Dad who always used to dunk his head in lots of rivers!

Good times!

This is us at the top - a quick little video! :)

Weekend Getaway with the Girls!

Me, Mary Ann and Leah decided to go to Southern California for Labor Day weekend. It was a great little get away!

Just sipping on my 50's shake at Peggy Sue's 50's Diner. You gotta stop here to eat. It's just before Barstow! It was totally fun!

Chillin' with Elvis and the Blues Brothers . . . I think

Leah and Marilyn . . . so HOT right now!

Some fun beach shots! The purpose of coming . . . to relax at the beach, boogie board and shop!

We found a little red carpet and had to strutt our stuff and act like we are totally famous! We are funny girls!

Baby "Sprinkle"

My friend Corinne and I threw a Baby "Sprinkle" for our cute friend Lindsay who is having her second child. She has an 18 month old girl and this one coming up is a boy! She is going to have two kids under 1 and a half. She is crazy if you ask me, but that's how she wanted it! No, I think it will be wonderful. Anyway, I got the idea for the name from my cute cousin Meriel! So thanks Meriel, it was a hit!

Here is Lindsay . . . ready to have the baby!

"The Girls" The cutest girls that will forever be my best friends! Love you girls!

197 miles! Hah! That's Nothin' ;)

This past weekend, August 24-25, I ran the Hood to Coast relay with my family from my Mom's side, the Holt's. Our team name was "Incredible Holts." It is a 197 mile relay race in Oregon, from Mount Hood to Seaside, Oregon. There are twelve members of your team and you each run three legs. I was leg #6. First I ran 7.42 at noon on Friday, then 4.17 at midnight Friday night, then my final run was 5.35 miles at about 10am the next morning. I got about 3 hours of sleep during that night. Wow! It was quite the event. There are two vans and each van trades off resting while the other van is running. So you run and then you get back in the van and cheer everyone else in your van on as they run. I had to make sure to get out and stretch a lot in between so my muscles wouldn't get too sore. My favorite part about it was seriously getting to hang with my family in such tight quarters and getting to know everyone so much more! Loved it! Enjoy the pics below of the fun-filled event.

This picture was taken by a man who actually posted it on an Oregon Newspaper blog, I think. It was at the starting line and he said he couldn't help but notice the huge Hulk hands I was wearing . . . if you didn't catch it by now, Hulk was our theme :) So now I'm famous on some random website. hehe!

The starting Line!
Uncle Bri's motto for the race ;)

I know I felt like I could have been a little more prepared.

Our Amazing van (suburban) and the decorators . . . the master decorator is in the middle :)
"You mess with me . . . you mess with my whole van!"
The Goonies house!!! Yea!! We were able to visit it after the first van finished. We ate in Astoria and went on a mini Goonies tour! I loved it.

Me and Amy at the finish line!

We all met up at the finish line wearing our Hulk garb, that Marie had made us, to watch Marie run the last leg in and finish with her. They announced our name "Incredible Holts" as we ran across the finish line. Don't we look "Hulkified" in the pic! Wow - I love that I really said that :)

Just like to say that this was surprisingly amazing and inspiring. I didn't think I would be so affected by this weekend, but it really was such a tough thing to do and it was so fun to "bond" with the family that I rarely get to see. What a great experience. If you ever get the chance to do Hood to Coast or anything like it - I say do it!

Lake Powell . . . so good

It is my opinion that Lake Powell is one of the best vacation's ever to be taken. What is better than hanging out in your swimsuit all day on a houseboat, eating food, cliff jumping and being able to jump on a speed boat at any minute to go tubing or wakeboarding? I love Lake Powell!

Kind of a shaky pic . . . it was taken on the boat ride to Rainbow Bridge. Me and Maryann!

Dorky pic of my toes :) Look at the scenery! So Beautiful!
Rainbow Bridge!
For some reason I didn't take any other pictures, but we had so much fun. MaryAnn invited me to Lake Powell with her company. I guess since everyone else brought their family - she got to bring her roommate. :) We stayed on S&S's houseboat up Navajo Canyon. They had two boats, three waverunner's and a jet ski. Hello! I had a blast! Thanks Maryann!

I gotta work out . . .

"I gotta work out. I keep saying it all the time. I keep saying I gotta start working out. It's been about two months since I've worked out. And I just don't have the time. Which uh..is odd. Because I have the time to go out to dinner. And uh..and watch tv. And get a bone density test. And uh.. try to figure out what my phone number spells in words." - Ellen DeGeneres

I saw this quote by Ellen and thought it was so funny!

Side note: I think Ellen is actually funny. I first realized this when she hosted whatever awards show she hosted - I think it was the Oscars - I don't keep track - but she was really funny in that and now I really like her.

I posted this quote because it is so true for so many of us and not necessarily referring to working out, it could be anything. We put off what we want, and what we have been wanting to do for so long, for silly things like figuring out what our phone number spells or writing posts about this very subject. :)

Ironically right now, in my life I have been working out dillgently, which I am very happy to say! Yea! But I think I owe that to HTC! Mostly just a funny, applicable quote to everyone at one time or another.

"It's the end of an era"

"Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you find someone to love the 'you' you love, well, that's just fabulous." -Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City

I watched the final episode of the Sex and the City dvds last night. It is officially over, so sad. Sniffle! Sniffle! The quote above is the last thing Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) says. I realize it is kind of obsessive to have two posts about the same tv show, but what can I say, I really loved it. And I love that quote! So just bask in the wisdom of the quote with me! :)

Sloth

Sloth: (off of dictionary.com)

1. habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
2. any of several slow-moving, arboreal, tropical American edentates of the family Bradypodidae, having a long, coarse, grayish-brown coat often of a greenish cast caused by algae, and long, hooklike claws used in gripping tree branches while hanging or moving along in a habitual upside-down position.
3. a pack or group of bears.

I believe the definition that applies to me when it comes to my blog and a few other things in my life would be definition #1.

The one thing I have been doing well at is training for the HTC relay that I am running in on Aug. 24-25. Whoo-hoo! Although I could probably be doing a little better at that too. I think it is the lazy days of summer getting to me. :) I will work on getting some real pictures up on the blog of the stuff I have been up to. I just hope I don't end up looking like the Sloth pictured below. (haha, I am so funny) I better get motivated!