MJ

No words can express how adorable MJ is!  His birthday is tomorrow and yes we will be having a birthday party for him!  He is the best dog ever....I'm going to go through withdrawals while we are gone!

Happy Birthday!

Last weekend my sister and her family came to Salt Lake to celebrate Dad, Riley, Ryan, and MJ's birthday!  February is a pretty crazy month for birthdays in our family.  We had a wonderful birthday lunch sunday afternoon followed by this amazing cake that Natalie and McCall made!

Grammy gave Riley and Ryan these dolls that they absolutly love to death!

My dad got some new running shoes for all of his races that he will be doing this year.  We also got him a gift basket full of running beans, gels, a tie, and other goodies.

Dax is such a stud!  As you can see he is no longer a little boy...he is cool kid now!

Death

The past two weeks or so I have struggled with an addiction that is slowly destroying my life!  These little guys have tasted soooo good lately.  I'm pretty sure all of the workers at Arctic Circle know my face now.  I get sick if I eat a whole milk shake so one time I asked if they could make a milk shake in a little sundae cup and they did.  Since then I'm the girl who likes a almond fudge shake is a small sundae cup.  I'm embarrassed to say that I'm going through this milk shake addiction phase but I just can't stop.  I think this is why I'm having an extremely hard time getting motivated to work out and sign up for another race.  I feel even worse when Alex declines my invitation because then I don't have anybody to go down with me!  This is going to be catch up to FAST if I don't stop sometime in the near future!

Changes...

2011 is about setting goals and making changes that will make life easier and more enjoyable.  To start off the year we sold our Chevy Cobalt and bought a 2011 Honda Civic.  I could drive this car for the rest of my life and be the happiest person ever!  I also cut ALL of my hair off....all of it.  I've never had short hair so this has been a huge adjustment but it's amazing!  Why didn't I cut it sooner?  My friend, Ashlyn took a picture of all of my dead, unhealthy hair and said that they are going to donate it to an oil spill.  I think my hair could clog any oil spill and save millions of animals.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas was an absolute blast this year!  Christmas Eve we went to breakfast down town at the Market Street Grill with Alex' family.  After breakfast we met the Zollinger's up Big Cottonwood Canyon for a little snow shoeing!  It was Alex' first time snow shoeing so he was a little sceptical about it but it turns out that he had a blast!  We had so much fun with our families and not being at Rescue Alert! 

We woke up early and had our own little Christmas.  Alex got another pair of Jordan's and some other shoes and I got some awesome hair products and clothes. 

Be Fri...

So this is my best friend and big sister Stephanie.  Since she is my best friend I'm entitled to bragging rights so here I go. Stephanie just finished her first semester of pharmacy school this week.  Stephanie is pretty much the person that I look up to the most in my life right now because she is so hard working in everything that she does including school.  She is the best example of dedication and hard work.  She moved to Laramie fall 2010 to start one of biggest challenges ever..pharmacy school.  So many times Stephanie would call the family overwhelmed with the classes that she was taking which included:  Pharmacy Calculations, Dose Form Design/lab, Integrated Physiology, and Bio Chemistry/Seminar.  Oh, I forgot one..on top of that load of classes she decided to take Spanish!  Through all of the hard times and a few discouraging test scores SHE DID IT!  She passed all of her classes with amazing grades!  I look up to Stephanie for finished up the semester strong because most people, including me, probably would have rolled over and died at the start.  Wait, I would never make it to pharmacy school to start out with. 
Steph, we are all so proud of you and love you!  Good luck as you continue the journey through pharmacy school and keep up the good work!  You know what you are capable of now so don't ever say that you can't do it again!

HERE WE COME!

                                                                               Do these pictures say enough?  In only 85 short days we will be on the Splendor Cruise ship with 12 of our best friends.  Mexico here we come!