Life Changing??

So a few weeks ago Chris and I were shoe shopping, for him of course, and in one of the many many shoe stores we were in that day there was this really random guy. He started telling us all about this study that said the less you spend on shoes the less injuries you had and all this weird stuff. Well he began telling me that I should read this book, called Born to Run. Well I sarcastically asked him if it would change my life and he very seriously said that it would and everyone he told to read this book said that it did, in fact, change their life. So I went out that weekend and picked up the book, who couldn't use a life changing book right? Well so far I am about half way through it. I have not have not reached the life changing point yet, but it is a good book and I love reading.

Also I have been wanting to loose some weight, okay I have been wanting to loose some weight for the past six years. So I am putting it out on the internet hoping that this will help my motivation. I think that if I know other people know what I am doing or want to be doing then I will be better about doing it. Or if nothing else just so that I write it down for myself as a goal and because it is written, I will have to do it.

So here's hoping.....

Moab

Chris and I went to Moab this weekend with a company called Rubicon Express, which is the company that did the lift on Chris' jeep. It was way fun! We went on Wednesday afternoon and the run was on Thursday morning. We did a trail in Moab called the pickle. I had never heard of it before, but I will be honest, I only know about 2 trails in Moab.

This is us before the ride.

This was the excitement for the day. We are actually leaning on our side at this moment.

Not awesome!!

So scary!

It looks much worse than it actually was, well it could have been worse than it actually was. If that rock wall wasn't there we would have been on our side, but also if the rock wall wasn't there we wouldn't have needed to go up the hill on the other side.

Luckily this was the only damage after all of that.

We actually got stuck a few times on the trail and needed to be winched out, but it was still fun, and kinda scary. I really don't enjoy doing stuff like this because I get really nervous.

We had a lot of fun and we came home on Thursday night, and turned around and went camping on Friday morning, until Sunday afternoon. It was so cold when we were camping, that is why there is no pictures of that, we were too busy trying to keep warm.

We actually woke up to snow on Easter morning. I think a lot of people did, but it seems much worse when you are coming out of a tent in the snow. It was a long, fun, exhausting week, but I would do it all over again.

Last Day

Today was my last day of student teaching. It is very exciting, but a little bit sad at the same time. I can not believe that 10 weeks went by so quickly. It was such a good experience for me and I learned so much. I am so excited to actually be a teacher and have my own class. I just have one more night of class, and then I have to pass my state test to get my license. I am happy to be done.

Half Way....

I am happy to announce that I am officially half way done. Half way done with what you may ask? I am half way done with my student teaching, which means that in only five short weeks I will be graduated, and on my way to getting a job. It is kind of scary and kind of exciting all at the same time.

For those of you who are interested....

I just wanted to send a shout out to one of my friends who does some great photography and is doing some specials this month.

www.nicholettedawnphotography.blogspot.com

Happy Anniversary!

Yesterday Chris and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary. It's hard to believe that 7 years has already gone by. So many things have changed and yet so many things are still the same in so many ways.

We celebrated on Saturday night by going to dinner at the Melting Pot. I really didn't care for it, I felt that it was highly over-rated. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. It was still fun to try something new.

I just want to let Chris know that I love him so much, thanks so much for all that you do for me!

Muddy Buddy 2009

Chris and I were able to go to Phoenix this last weekend because Chris and his friend Jaron were doing a race called the Muddy Buddy. The race was a 5 mile circuit with obstacles that you do with a buddy, because one person rides their bike as the other runs, once you get to the first obstacle the buddies switch, so the person who was running now rides the bike and the biker begins running. This continues through the whole race until the end when the buddies have to crawl through a giant mud pit together. It was so awesome, and hilarious. The teams were also required to have a team name. The name that Chris and his friend chose was Badaradicaldudical Guys, there was also a costume contest as part of the race as well. I think they speak for themselves.

Chris & Jaron pre-race

In the mud pit

After the race was over.

They did great in the race and it was a lot of fun. Oh yeah, and I really miss Phoenix it felt a little bit like going home, and I want to move back.