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!

Love Tree

Owning a home comes with a lot of firsts! Hanging a light for the first time, installing a new tap and flooding the stairs, buying a tree. This week we bought our first TREE!!! We decided to call it our LOVE TREE! It is an autumn blaze maple! I hope it grows fast so we can enjoy it's shade this summer! Now our next task is figuring out how to turn on the sprinkling system!

Goblin Valley and Arches National Park

After being cooped up for a few months with Dane's sinus problems, we decided to get out of the house and go on a little camping trip! We went to Goblin Valley and Arches National park! We had so much fun seeing the beautiful sites and being together! I know I am a dork, but backbends all through Arches seemed appropraite, so thats what I did!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful Delicate Arch

We went on an 8 mile hike through Bell Canyon and Little Wild Horse Canyon! It was so awesome. I had never seen slot canyons before they are so cool!

After 5 years of marriage (ya we have already been married 5 years!!!) we still love each other!!! :)

GOBLIN VALLEY!

What a cool place, we spent hours just climbing on these rocks!

Dane and I LOVE our popcorn and chocolate!!!!

*****YARD WORK DANGERS*****

So, last week I was doing some, what I thought was harmeless, yardwork. I guess I did not see any of the 3, yes 3 warnings on the garbage can and tried to push it with the lid open.....

So I remember falling, then i was standing up, then laying down, then standing again. I guess I yelled as I was falling so Dane heard me and looked out the window and saw me laying on the ground not moving. I was not knocked out long, because I was walking to the house by the time Dane got down the stairs to come get me. I hit my head behing my ear. I had a goose egg and a bruise instantly. I also found a couple more bruises on my leg later, and my muscles everywhere were sore. But I made the wise decision as a nurse not to go to the doctor, I had Dane check my pupils, and I made sure I did not get a headache, dizzy or nauseated! Ya I probably should have gone to the doc, but oh well I was and am ok! SCARY!!!! So I learned to read warning labels and DON'T PUSH THE GARBAGE CAN WITH THE LID OPEN!!!!

You can't really tell how bad it is, but you can see the bruise behind my ear!

That's the anesthesia talking...

Dane’s surgery today went well. There were no problems and he is doing fine. When he started waking up from the anesthesia he was quite goofy! His aide came to get me in the waiting room and told me all he has been doing was sitting up every couple of minutes and asking her “What do I have to do to get my wife in here?” she kept telling him he needed to lay down and relax. He kept doing this over and over until she came to get me. While we were back in recovery he said so many funny things…

Dane to the nurse: I forgot your name.
Nurse: It’s Rebecca
Dane: Do they call you nurse Rebecca?

*The nurse was giving us discharge instructions and was telling us to eat foods easy on the belly, like toast. Dane piped up and said pointing at me “She really good at making toast.” Thanks my love!!!

*His sat monitor kept alarming and he was so mad he kept sitting up and glaring at it. He alsokept asking what that damn thing was, and once when it woke him up he said “Why do I need that thing? I’m not lexy I don’t need it.” ( Lexy is our 2 year old neice!)
He also got very mad whenever the B/P cuff would go off, he tried to rip it off ever time!

*On the way home he just wanted a milkshake. We stopped in Kaysville and went through the drive-thru. After ordering we pulled up in line to get our shakes. Dane must have decided he did not want to wait. He took off his seatbelt, opened the door and was trying to get out before me and his grandma grabbed him and told him he needed to stay in the car!!!

*After this he stayed in the car, but he kept sitting up and he needed to lay down to reduce the bleeding. He was falling asleep and falling forward when I woke him and told him to lay down. He woke right up and said “Oh you wanted to see this.” Holding his I pod touch up to his grandma to show her some game he was playing!

He has been very funny all day! I am excited the surgery is over and hopefully in about a week he will be his old self and be pain free!!!
*Thanks anesthesia for a entertaining day*

What we have been up to...

Well this last month has been rough. First off I turned 25! Crazy it is such a weird thing getting older! Second poor Dane has been in constant pain :( In december he deviated his septum during basketball, after about a month of really bad pain, he was pain free and back to his old self! Then at the start of March he started having sinus pain, it just got worse and worse, we finally went to see our family practice Doc. He suspected a sinus infection along with allergies. He sent him home on antibiotics and flonase. Nothing changed, the pain just kept getting worse. We tried another antibiotic next and a whole mixture of other things, Ibuprofen, tylenol, benedryl, sudafed, Mucinex, all with no improvement. We finally went to see a wonderful ENT, Dr. Stock. He did a CT scan that day and said Dane's right middle sinus was complete blocked off and the left was partially blocked. He recommended a treatment of steroids and surgery. The surgery will be on the 21st of this month. We both felt relieved with the news that this pain can be fixed. We had both been having nightmares that the Dr's would not listening to us, or believe us, or saying they couldn't do anything. So far with the steroid treatment there has been no change, we keep hoping it will help Dane make it through until the surgery. I feel so bad for my little hubby. I am a nurse and my job is to help people feel better, it is frustrating not being able to help the person I love the most. We are thankful for good Doc's who listen to their patientsMe and Chrissy had a joint B-day party! It was so much fun! we put 58 candels on our cake!!! Our awesome friends came over even though it snowed 8 inches and the roads were aweful. We ate good food, talked, beer bonged, played dance dance and just PARTIED it up!!!!

Me and cute Whitney!

Blonde friends!!! Brunette friends!

the "OTHER" friends!

The 8 inches of snow we got the night of our party! It totally ruined my party outfit, i had to wear a sweater with it :( !!!!

"Fireside"

Sunday we had a "fireside" at our house. We just got a new firepit so we invite our friends over for a little dinner! Cassie shared a talk about Benjamin Franklin and his views on religion and Tony brought his guitar and sang for us. We had so much fun just sitting around the fire making up songs and talking!!!!

Friends sing together La La la La, Friends do things together La La La La, Friends laugh together Ha Ha Ha Ha ...... (a Friend song from flight of the concords)