Summer Break in Utah

The race wasn't our big reason to come back to Utah...just a fortunate bonus because of good timing. My mom planned a trip for our family up to Park City, figuring it would be a lot easier for us to come out to Utah than to fly everyone out to St. Louis...which is probably correct.

It was great to visit. We were able to spend time with family and friends, eat at Wendy's and Keva, play golf and get a pedicure (guess who got which?), shop for new luggage and clothes at the outlets, hang out in Park City for a weekend and play the Wii that my Mom bought my Dad for his birthday. I am rather jealous of anyone that has one of those...I love 'em.

Wasatch Back Relay!!!

On June 20-21 while we were back in Utah we got to run in the Wasatch Back Relay. It is a relay race which goes from Logan to Park City covering 180 miles or so. Each team had 12 runners on it, so Linzi and I ended up running about 15-16 miles over 3 legs. "Fun" isn't really the word to describe it (getting no real sleep over the two days and having to jump into a van right after completing a 5-7 mile run), but it was incredibly rewarding to have run it. Linzi did amazing, running two really long and hot legs of the race, and doing it at least a minute or so faster per mile than she had planned. The scenery along the way was amazing...running up the road to Snowbasin and looking down into the resevoir below, running in solitude in the middle of the night by the light of the moon, or coming over the mountain between Park City and Heber and getting to look out over the valley on the way down to Park City. It was a great way to start our week of vacation in Utah!!!

We got medals...Yeah! - Team Bunions of Steel - Our comfortable sleeping arrangements

Birthday Bikes

This year for our birthdays Linzi came up with the great idea of getting each other bikes (which we did with a bit of help from our parents....thanks Moms and Dads). We found a great deal on Craigslist, and took them for their first spin last week. Linzi got a lot better workout than I did due to the fact that her front brake pad was rubbing against the rim during the whole ride without her knowlege...woops...but we've got it fixed and are excited for our next ride (hopefully our bums will be a little less sore after the next one).

Linzi's Mongoose and Chris' Jeep

Happy Anniversary

Seeing as it was our second anniversary on the second of June, it was only fitting that we got to celebrate our anniversary two times!! On our actual anniversary (even though Linzi wasn't feeling too well) we had a fun picnic at Forest Park in front of the Art Museum. We got a Blimpie sandwich at the Walmart right behind our house. For some reason I thought it was very funny when Linzi was able to fit the entire sandwich in her purse as we were walking out of the store. The picnic was very fun, especially watching some group of guys high-stepping around a statue, and running ladders up and down the hill...they looked ridiculous, and we've laughed about them many times since then.

This past weekend Linzi planned a getaway for us down to St. Genevieve Wine Country, about an hour south of St. Louis. She found a deal where we had to listen to a timeshare presentation, and for our troubles they gave us 2 nights at a hotel, 18 holes of golf for each of us, as well as dinner at a Tiger Ridge Restaurant (the fanciest restaurant we've ever been to, where the food was perfect, and we got to look at a few of the tigers they had living at a sancuary by the restaurant). The landscape was so beautiful, and it was an incredibly enjoyable weekend (except for the killer sunburns that we got from golfing...you'd think we would be able to remember to wear sunscreen after 2 years, but we're still working on it).

Linzi and I are incredibly grateful to have each other, and can't wait for the next two years that we have together.

Take me out to the ball game..

It's offical. We are finally Missourians. Thanks to Judd and Jackie (and their wonderful neighbor's who gave us tickets) we got to go to our first Cardinals game last night. It was absoulutly perfect weather (minus the fact that it was so humid we were wet). The Card's even won 3-2 thanks to Pujols' home run. It is such a cool stadium and you can even bring in your own food and treats. Chris' favorite part was seeing all the fans in red, it took him back to the U of U stadium days (he especially loved seeing the BYU fans in red, he is trying to convert everyone!)

MIssouri Camping

We finally went on a camping adventure! It is the first time we have gone since we got married and when we pulled out the tent that we have we realized it was a 6 man tent, so no need to fear about having enough space. We went with about 7 other families in our ward to Meramec State Park. It was a lot of fun and we even went on a tour through Fisher Cave and saw the smallest bat I have ever seen. It looked like a little cotton ball...the tour guide said the about 300 of them fit into a square foot!!!! We're excited for our next camping trip.

Happy Birthday Chris......

Yes, it has been too long since the last post. Chris had his birthday on the 7th. (Thanks to the Anderson's for supplying him with this killer Elmo hat!) He was lucky and got three birthday dinners! (yes, I have to cook 3 to even make up for Hatty's one). Em and Gabe came to visit us that weekend and took him to Texas Road House where he ordered his first steak ever at a restaurant. He loved it and I think his palate will now be enticed by the pricier items on the menu.
We decided that we are going to get bikes for our birthdays this year, but even now, almost a month later, we still haven't purchased them yet. Any good suggestions out there? We are still fighting over what kind to get, a bike to me is something that pedals and gets you from point A to point B on a trail or on the road, but Chris has this idea of mountain biking (keep in mind that we live in a mountain less state!!!!) I guess only time will show what we finally buy, hopefully it will be before the summer is over.