Its almost been a Year...

Its almost been a year...  i havent died.  I've just been distracted.

 I got a kayak.  It's amazing!   Here are some pics.. .because i'm like that.

This may become more like a kayaking blog for now... so much fun!!!

Yellowstone

We went to Yellowstone, My cousin and my Friend and I.  It was such a great trip.  We went to West Yellowstone and stayed in some Camping Cabins which were just a small cabin that had a table and beds and a heater.  Its all we really needed and was great!

We woke up one morning and it had snowed.  The weather was pretty cold the whole time, but we bundled up and faced it head on!  here are some pictures to show what we saw!

Rochester Panel

We went on a Family hike to Rochesters Panel.   Great time, Love my family and the adventures they 

give me! 

Fourth of July Weekend

Well where to begin.  We first went to Schofield Lake where we did some fishing... Of course I out fished everyone! ha its hard to be amazing like that lol.   We got alot of cut throats and alot of chubs.
Here is a pic of my dad with a chub... which is ironic cause well his nick name is chub... hahaha

Brent with a cookie Cutter fish...  We think they must have just stocked the lake cause they were pretty much all this size.

this is the only rainbow caught! ha yup and I caught it ;)

Here is the sunset and these two were loading the boat up. must say we did it a whole lot faster then the folks who were right before us... homph amateurs... hahaha

Then we went to Panguitch lake! so much fun. My friends were there too and they made this nice little hydro tube or as i would call it a water slide. haha anyways here is a video

meet Jasmine

This is Jasmine.  Let me tell you this dog has the life.   Someone a couple years back moved and decided not to take her with, and well the neighborhood adopted her.   She roams freely around to everyones houses and says hello and gets food.  

She is obviously well taken care of. Look at how fat she is!  She kind of waddles towards you in a half run when you see her and Is always willing to get her stomach rubbed. 

She just looks so happy!   ITs nice to have a dog but not really have one. 

Off to her next adventure. 

Hale Freezes Over 5k

Here I am right before it started.  Katie was insistent  I had to get a before picture, and I'm grateful.

I had the pre-race jitters, and i didnt want to look like a newbie acting all touristy... but i did it so here is the pic.

  I have been Dreading this race, notice the Capital D. 

I'm not a runner, I've never pretended to be a runner, and even when I was in better shape, I tried with all my might to not run. ha  But some how I got talked into it... and so... i did it. 

  Here is my sister Katie and I.  She is funny and incredibly too fast for me. She left me the first couple steps and totally kicked butt.  She's such a good runner. One day I may keep up haha.

You can tell i was nervous,  this is one of Katies friends.  she took 3rd in her age division which is awesome.  I'm so not a runner. I was Intimidated and they were all doing crazy poses and i was like.. well i'm here.. i'm gonna do it I guess....

        It was so hard... I'm not gonna sugar coat it.  Let me tell you I trained a little.. then not.. then trained a little more... then not... not really consistent. I tried to run as fast as i could and as long as i could but it wasn't as much as i wanted.  I ran and ran and walked then ran more... and walked lots.
There was this HUGE hill i had to run up and then one part.. i walked..

           One part i stopped running again, it was a slight down hill part not to sound all spiritual, but I'm an out of shape pansy and this was really hard for me.. I seriously started praying. Why was I even in this... Why was I running? I hurt. its cold, i'm slipping everywhere and i prayed "Please God just help me keep going" and a girl right then came up behind me and she put her arm on my shoulder and was all.. "You don't walk in the running parts.  we're going down hill. jog with me.""  so it was nice to have someone take me under her wing and be somewhat an answer to my prayer.

I'm the blue dot there.  Those two girls are doing the 10k... yup they passed me. but You know what I was doing it and I didnt want to compare with other ppl that have been running forever you can also see farther behind me other 5kers. I was not last!   (and yes right there I was walking)

And this is me going over the finish line. Its not Pretty I know,  I'm sweaty, not a trim and slim runner, and my face is saying something like.. I'm smiling cause I know i'm getting a photo taken and need to look semi presentable.. but inside i'm screaming ahhh Nahhhh this is horrible!

My time was 46:30 which is good i think.. I normally run a 15:30 mile.. or should i say run/walk  but you know this one made a little under 15 min mile.  so I did push myself, and I normally run on a tread mil. not huge hills!
I'm normally really nervous about doing new things, so Its nice to have tried something new and know I survived this... and may actually do another one in the future.. who knows ;)

                 thanks to the sister who helped me push my limits and out of my comfort zone.

New Year New Goals

Well, Here is a short update for me... I havent blogged in a while so sorry. 

I love trips up north... ha my sisters seem to barely put up with me sometimes.. but I love them.

I got in a fight with a printer at work.  Its not really a surprise for me to go home with black hands.. ha

This picture just shows how awesome of a lounger i am.  Totally make myself at home  hahaha

My mom and I... Yup, we're pretty awesome.  hahaha

We put this hat on our Niece,  haha She loved it and wore it alot!   So cute

 Here is a buck i came across.  Amazing.

Here is to the end of  a year and on to the next.  I hope 2013 may be even better then 2012 was for me.