we are having a little baby....................

We are so excited to have a little girl! I LOVE doing hair and buying cute pink clothes! I found the perfect crib bedding set today and of course it is PINK! I am almost 1/2 way to meeting my little baby! Its crazy, I can't even really imagine being a mom and caring for a sweet newborn. Dane is just awesome and has been very caring to me through all my ailments with the pregnancy so far. He is going to be an awesome DAD (weird... he's going to be a dad!)!!!

Already Stubborn...

Dane and I were so excited about our doctors appointment tuesday, we thought we would be finding out the sex of our cute little baby. Nope, the baby would not cooperate. So we have to wait two more weeks.......... So this will remain on our fridge for a couple more weeks!

For a Good Cause...

About 4 months ago I read this article in the paper about this man who was climbing in a cave in southern Utah. I remembered hearing about it on the news and was enjoying reading about what I thought was an going to be an amazing rescue. I was about 1/2 way done with the article when I realized the man didn't make it. Tears started rolling down my face as I looked at the pictures of his wife and now two children (She was pregnant when this happened). I thought about this women many times since then, being pregnant and all. This morning I read another article. This time about a cross country bike ride this womens brother, cousin and friend were doing to help others who have lost a spouse and are now single parents. All money Dontaed goes to a charitable foundation called the Liz Longelin Foundation. I encourage everyone to check out this website http://www.nuttyputtycyclers.com/ Get in the holiday spirit and make a donation for a good cause!

VeGaS RaGnAr

So at the end of October I went a little insane and ran the Las Vegas ragnar at 9weeks of pregnany and I was the sickest I have been so far. It was still fun but way, way harder than I could have imagined.

My First run was 8.8miles. The first 6 miles went great, I felt great, I ran fast and thought I was in the clear with less than 3 miles left which were all downhill. Then I got way sick.... I struggled BAD, I had to walk part of it.. but I made it.NIGHT RUNNING!!!My second run was 3 miles, it was so fun and easy, I ran way fast and really enjoyed it!The truck says Katie+baby!!Oh ya these were just HUGE trantulas I had to run around and dodge during my last run... I never thought I would see this wonderful sign, I really sucked it up during my last run. It was 6 miles and I just had a hard time.AAAAAHHHHHHH running FAST to the finish line!So glad to be done! I rushed straight over the the pancakes as soon as I could breathe enought to eat.

My van!!! Dane and Tony came down to support us!

Our team: Strip Tease.

I LOVE these crazy races and am sad I can't run Wasatch Back in June, but I plan on running Vegas nexy year!!!

****10 YEARS****

Dane and I count our years together starting with the day of our first kiss! It was October 31, 2000 and we were in his best friends dad's truck. A weird coincidence 10 years later, that very truck we had our first kiss in was sitting in front of our house!

A New Adventure

WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!!!! I am 9 weeks right now and feeling the full force of MORNING SICKNESS, all day every day :( but hopefully I will feel better soon! My due date is May 24th and we couldn't be happier about starting this new chapter in our lives together!

Family Pics Country Style

We got family pics done this weekend at my parents house. They turned out awesome!!! We have doubled the size of our family in 5 years!!!!A fitting picture of our country upbringing!

She thinks my tractors SEXY!!!!!!!!!! What a fun old tractor, it's been at my parents since I was little but we have never taken pictures by it!

CoRn MaZe!

We went to this fun corn maze in syracuse last week! We did phase 2 which was in the shape of Bella!!!! AWESOME! It was alot of fun getting lost with some good friends! Our first time on this bridge, we thought we were doing pretty good!

The second time on that bridge, ya we were totally lost!

We made it out!!! *Fun Times*

Myth or Fact: There is a pot of GOLD at the end of a rainbow?

I would have said myth until yesterday, Now I definitely say FACT. Last night as I was leaving our house to go jogging I looked under our tree, where obviously a rainbow must have ended in the past couple of days, and I saw a pile of GOLD gaming tokens to various casinos in Elko and Wendover. WTF, Really? I have no idea. Dane believes it was the POKER FAIRY telling him he should play more poker. We called our family and friends to see if anyone would fess up to this weird act of charity. Nope, we still have no idea where they came from.

**ThE fAiR**

Oh how I love the end of August, for only one reason...The Box Elder County Fair! I love going to the parade, fair, and rodeo. I love seeing old friends and seeing where life has taken them! And of course I LOVE LOVE LOVE fair burgers, I ate as many as I could the two days we were there!! MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmm Good times! Dillon ridint in the back of the car!

At the rodeo!

Courtney(Dillon's Fiance) Dane, Dillon, Me, and my mom in our rodeo attire waiting for the RODEO!

Summertime Fun!!!

I finally decided to put some pictures from our summer on here! We have had an awesome summer!!! It is going by way to fast but its been fun. We have just been hanging out with friends and family and going on a couple last minute trips and enjoying our house and yard!!!! We had a birthday party for Danes 27th B-day! All his high school friends came and we had so much fun! Its was fun to see all their cute kids!!

Look at all those cute babies!!!!

One of our last minute trips was to Montana for a family reunion thing. It was so beautiful, I told Dane we were moving there!!! On our way home we stopped in Yellowstone and hiked around there! It was so nice to get away and see natures beauty.

We hiked to this waterfall, then to the top of this waterfall!!

This is at the top of the waterfall, so BEAUTIFUL!!!! I LOVE IT!

Possibly the most beautiful bike ride I have been on!

We were able to go see Jack Johnson, which was so awesome! He is amazing! Look how close I was to him!!AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

He is wonderful! If ya can't tell he is my favorite singer and he plays the guitar so he is romantic!

My friends and I with Jack in the back!

Wasatch Back

After running the Ragnar in Vegas I decided it was fun enough to do again, so I ran the Wasatch Back! I had so much fun!!! The race was from Logan to Park City. I ran three seprate times, first I ran 8 miles, then 8.5miles, then 4.8 miles. So of the 188 miles our team ran, I ran 21.5! I had such a great, supportive team! We became like a little family and helped each other through the pain, injuries, and tears. It was such an awesome experience! I can't wait for the Ragnar in Vegas in October!!!! Two steps down, 21.5 miles to go!!!!

Our team before we started the race! One of the mountains we ran up, then down!

Just some awesome people!

During my second run, as you can see I ran really really fast so the picture turned out blurry!

For my second run I had to wear a headlamp and reflector vest, but the sun was still up so I also had to wear my sunglasses, and no one was able to stop to give me water so I had to run with a little water bottle. I felt like I had 10lbs of gear on! Oh yes and that is Dave my Bodyguard in the background, so don't mess with me!!!

Yep, we ran all through the night! We did get to sleep about 3 hours!

LOVE these girls!!!

We ran up this mountain also, which overlooked a Lake. Then we ran down it!

THE FINSIH LINE!!!! we made it in 36ish hours(VERY, VERY SLOW) but we made it!

At the finish line party!

Oh my sweet husband! He came up to take pictures at the finish line! I love him!!! He is so freakin hot, oh yes and very supportive of all this crazy running I've been doing!