10 years ago I ran my first 5K. It was a small local race, rained all morning and I had an absolute blast. A few months later, I did my first spring distance triathlon and the rest was history. From that moment on, I researched training plans, equipment and asked everyone I could for tips and… Read More
Ironman Santa Rosa 2019 “Did you do it?” “No… “ “Why not?” “I can’t… “ “Do you really want to do this?” “Well yes, I want to but what if I can’t?” “Don’t think like that, just do it” May 28th, 2018 after staring at the screen for a nauseating 30 minutes with my… Read More
March 2013 some got a call, others an email…. me? I got a short email message from Morgan, “Hey, so it turns out I might have cancer and I might have to go home they will know by tomorrow so I’ll let you know.” At the time, Morgan was on his mission in Australia and I was… Read More
In 2013, Morgan was diagnosed with cancer, lived in two different countries, beat cancer, had multiple surgeries, got married and applied for college. It was one crazy year to say the least and the last thing he thought he could do was go back to school. School was never his thing. So we made a… Read More
In High School, I had a few teachers talk about running marathons and I thought “thats so amazing, I could NEVER do that!” I thought about maybe trying to do a marathon, but just by running a 5K my IT band showed up and I couldn’t swim let alone run without pain and that was… Read More
My Love for the Utah Jazz was embedded into my heart by my dad through my entire childhood. From Jr Jazz games, listening to the games on the radio, screaming at the T.V. and nose bleed seats at the “Delta Center”….. I am and forever will be a Jazz fan. I was taught to love the… Read More
This year Morgan and I are starting something new… In the past, Morgan has been in charge of Valentine’s Day and we have traded off the Anniversary. Now, we are going to be trading off both holidays because it is only fair. So this year I am in charge of Valentine’s Day and Morgan is… Read More
The Salsa King, AKA My Father in law or FIL is the King of salsa. Every fall My FIL makes a massive batch of home made salsa and “massive” is an understatement. I absolutely LOVE salsa, especially this salsa for many reasons. Not only is it home made but a good portion of the salsa was… Read More
This year we stuck true to our traditions we set last year and for Christmas Eve, we were very excited to see that it was actually snowing! In Utah, it has been a very strange winter with hardly any snow fall but we were able to witness the very definition of a Christmas miracle. Because… Read More
January 1, 2017 I texted our friends the dates of both Friendsgiving and Friendsmas for this year so that we got to have all of our friends over for the holidays and we didn’t have any double booking issues. It was as much for them as it was for me because if I don’t plan… Read More
