This week has been CRAZY!!

This week has been crazy, but fun. Thursday I had my birthday. Funny how as you get older, the less that happens. It seemed like a normal day at work, except that I had to work with a "Happy Birthday" banner above my head and balloons next to me. :)

Then around 4:30pm Dan and his kids stopped by my work. While I finished up a few things the kids wrote me some birthday wishes. (The small pink pieces of paper).

Hopefully you can click on the picture to read some. They're cute.

And Dan brought me a gorgeous bouquet of flowers. Aren't they pretty!! :)

They came over until my Parents got to my house. Then My parents and I went to dinner. Nothing overly exciting, but nice. Tuesday was my nieces birthday and Today (Saturday) is my sisters birthday. So I'll celebrate with the rest of my fam. on Sunday! Yahoo! :)

Also I was called on Sunday and asked to speak in church this Sunday. Of all weeks. But it will be fine. And I had my Salem Spring Triathlon Today too. I'll start a new blog for that! haha

Memorial Weekend

I spent Memorial Weekend with Dan and his kids.
Friday night Dan and I went to The Cure concert.

I didn't know too many of the songs. Had I not met Dan I probably would have known about 2 or 3 songs. Since The Cure is his favorite I have listened to a few of their songs, so I probably knew maybe 6 or 7 songs! :) But he liked it a lot. It was fun to go and watch the drunk lady across the isle from us. She was more entertaining than the actual concert, I think. It was fun.

Saturday we took his kids on the "Thomas the Train" ride in Heber (aka Heber Creeper). That was also a lot of fun. The kids loved it and there were different things to do.
We road Thomas the Train...

Went through a Hay Bale Maze...

Went to a Petting Zoo...

And took a ride in a little one car train...

The kids had a lot that they could do and they were definitely worn out when we were done. I don't know if they were more worn out than I was though.

Monday we went to the Childrens Discovery Museum at the Gateway with my sister and her family. There is a TON of things the kids can do and learn that are fun and interactive.

I think with all of the different ages of kids they each had something that interested them (until the hunger kicked in). Then it was off to dinner at Chiles. YUM!

It was a busy weekend...But I had a great time. It was fun to spend the weekend with Dan and his kids and with my family! Loved it!

Bike Ride

So one morning Chellese, Estela and I planned to ride our bikes from our house down to the Provo River Trail and back. About 10 minutes into our ride, Estela notice she had a flat tire. We all had patch kits, but none of us had actually attached them to our bikes yet! :) So Chellese volunteered to ride back and get her tire patch/repair kit. She came back and they started trying to change the tire when she realized she forgot a spare tire.

So luckily she came back in her car (SUV thankgoodness), so we loaded Estelas bike and my bike into her car and went to her house. As we were loading the bikes in we realized that both of Estelas tires were flat.

We got back to Chellese's place and started changing tires (Chellese and Estella both took one) when we thought we better check the other two bikes for flats as well. Well come to find out...Chellese also had a flat tire. So guess what that meant!!! 3 flats...3 people! We all had the opportunity to change a flat tire. It was a great chance for us to get the hands on experience, just in case we need to do it in a race or something.

Here are a couple of pictures to show how much fun they were having... :)

I DID IT!!! Triathlon No. 1

So I did it! I completed my 1st Triathlon!! April 26, 2008!!

I can't believe I went from No swimming and No running to a Triathlon is 3+ months! If I can do it...You all can do it!

This one was a "Sprint" triathlon, which involves...3.1 mile run, 10 mile bike, and 350 meter swim. I definitely wasn't the fastest one on the course, but I did finish. This was a good practice for the big one I will be doing in Idaho the end of July. That one is a 1 mile swim (1600 meters), a 26 mile bike, and a 6 mile run!! I'm starting to panic. It might be hyperventalation, I'm not sure, but it happens every time I think about this. But, I am getting better.

It was a little different than in training. Running outside on the road is totally different than running on a treadmill. Same with the bike. I am so glad I did this one, just so I know what to expect.

This Triathlon was backwards from how they usually are. We started out with the run...

Then we went to the Bike ride...

And last, but not least...The Swim!

Then the best part of the whole Triathlon... THE FINISH LINE!!!

Then the three of us showed off our numbers.

What fun I have had training and getting in shape. Now I know where I need to improve and push myself that much more. Thanks Dan for the great pictures!!

Salem HERE WE COME!!!

Dry Spell

I have been in a little bit of a blogging dry spell. I guess I'm not one to just sit down and share my thoughts about random things. But that is really what blogging is. When I read blogs, it's usually about children, trips, or random thoughts.

I guess I could write about the ups and downs of dating, but that probably doesn't interest anyone. I could write about the Triathlon, but that's all I've written about lately...Don't want you to get bored. (I'm still a sinker!) I could write (and show pictures) of my patchy, white covered tongue that was totally gross for a week and my super sore throat and how I couldn't eat solid food for a whole week. But that would probably just grose you all out.

So...I guess I've just been waiting for something blog-worthy to write about before I blog something. Maybe I need to just write what's on my mind and totally random thoughts. Join the trend and try something I've never done before.

So let's see how this goes...
The last couple of weeks, I have been in a situation that has made me think a lot about how important the church is to me. It always seems that things just happen "coincidentally", but the older I get, I'm starting to realize it isn't really a coincidence. Over the last month, everything I have thought about or have maybe felt challenged on, has somehow come up in a talk or a church lesson of some sort. Helping me better understand a different viewpoint, or confirming my feelings about that topic. Maybe I'm just noticing it since it's been on my mind, but I can't help but think of how precisely it has been happening. Heavenly Father knows us so well...that perhaps he can inspire people to create lessons or coordinate topics for Sacrament meetings far in advance, but somehow those lessons/topics end up on the days that we need to hear them. Or maybe it's that the situations in our lives are being directed in a way that these situations happen to occur right before those lessons or talks are going to be given. Who knows. But somehow, miraculously, it all works out perfectly.

He also knows exactly what we need in our lives. And if we are willing to ask for help, or for direction, that he will give us answers. And very specific answers. Then if we are willing to listen and respond to those answers, great things happen to us. I have felt it happen to me a couple of times over the last couple of years. And one answer seemed so crazy to me. But because of that answer and because I tried to listen, so many opportunities have been opened up to me. I have made great friends that I never would have made, and have done and will do many things I never thought I could do! And best of all??? Now I know that I can do them.

So there you go...My random thoughts! I hope they can help someone else!

HAPPY EASTER!