Coming up

So this is mostly for Vika, but for anyone else who is interested feel free to read on.....so I officially signed up for the Freedom Run in Provo, anyone else want to join, you sign up on Active.com, and it's $28, I learned though, were I not to have been a procrastinator, I could've signed up back in May for $15, oh well. My 5K for August is one I'm really excited about! I had to look carefully, I work every other Saturday, so I wanted to try to make sure it was on a day I should have off, and I found one. It's called the No More Victims run.
No More Victims 5K benefiting the Children's Justice Center
Saturday, August 16, 2008, 08:00 AM Veteran's Memorial Park 1985 West 7800 South, West Jordan, UT 84088
It's $18, and you can sign up again on Active.com, or I think you can print off a paper and mail it in, but I think it's a really great cause, which is essentially the reason they have 5Ks, this one in particular is to help break the cycle of child abuse.

Nestle/Art City 5K

2 mile mark where Sipa and Danny were working the water station
the 3 runners
tough guys sipa and danny
ummm?

So a couple weeks ago I ran in another 5K, this time in Springville, in the rain, with my sister in law Manu, and Vika Filimoeatu, (she's married to one of Sipa's cousins Danny). Vika kicked our butts, but Manu and I beat our previous SLC Marathon time by a full minute finishing around 42:30. I was really excited especially since I'd been feeling some shin splints from running up and down the lane when we were in Oakdale. It was a lot of fun, and I'm getting ready to to the Freedom Run on the 4th of July in Provo. I think if I could just make myself a little more dedicated to this running business I might be amazing, but it's hard to dedicate a lot of time to it between working at Target, working in the back yard and all of the other things I do around the house, but at least it's something I really do enjoy and feel the greatest sense of accomplishment when I cross that finish line!

Manu, William, Malik, Vika, Mason Kennedy and Me, posing for pictures after the race!

G&G 60th Anniversary Party

During our most recent trip to Cali, there was a party for my grandparents 60th anniversary. It was so much fun, to be there with most of my cousins to visit and just have a good time. My Grandparents are such amazing examples to me, their love and dedication to each other and their family is simply awe-inspiring, I can only hope and pray that Sipa and I can have a life like theirs.

the cousins (minus Matt and Luke)
funny faces, these are always my favorites!
G&G, Don, Mom, Joy & Gayle
Sipa and Kennedy
4 generations, what pretty girls

Kevin's Graduation

Kevin's graduatin was fun, and little crazy, out of control horn blowing, beach balls, etc but it was fun to be there together as a family enjoying the gorgeous weather, and each other's company. Congrats Kevin! cort britt mason kennedy
me and my mom
me and my baby
OHS Class of 2008
The House Family

(minus sipa)

drive to cali

taken in lovelock, nv, not really sure why it was there, but it was too big to not take a picturejust enjoying the ride above the freeway in reno, it's a walgreens, huge and is so weird to drive under itwelcome to california
bring on the rain, (don't worry britt took the pic not me while driving)



So the next couple of posts are still going to be a little outdated, but this is from our most recent trip to cali for kevin's high school graduation and G & G's 60th anniversary party.

Happy Belated Birthday Kennedy

SO Happy Belated Birthday to Kennedy- almost 2 months late, but it's on here now, hopefully my issues are now worked out and I can start posting more regularly

technical difficulties

so there have been a few technical difficulties adding pictures so i haven't been posting anything, but hopefully the problem is fixed watch for updates coming soon