Parachute

So living in Provo, there are quite a few things to do. I'm close enough to Salt Lake that a drive up there for something isn't a ridiculous idea (although depending on the time it can be less than desirable). This last week there was a free concert up in Salt Lake. It was put on by Fight The New Drug. I saw that a few of my facebook friends were going and I really wanted to go, even though I really had NO CLUE who this group Parachute was. At any rate I put it on facebook asking if anyone wanted to go with me so I didn't have to go alone. Lucky me Casey and Becky said they did! Woohoo!I decided that I should probably figure out who this band was and if I even liked their music so I listened to them on youtube all week.
My favorite song is called She. The song I actually recognized from the radio is called She is Love.
You can click on those to listen to the songs on youtube.
So now that I know I actually like these people, Thursday night we met up and headed to Salt Lake. Parking wasn't the funnest thing to try. We didn't want to pay $5 for every hour we were parked which is what some of the rates were. In the middle of our search for parking, Becky and Casey decided they were so we pulled into the Carl's Jr. drive through. There was a cop standing in the parking lot, patrolling it to make sure no one parked there who wasn't suppose to, so I decided to go and ask him where he would recommend for us to park. He listed a couple places and then said, "I can't do this for everyone, but you could park at that spot back by that wall is this lot". SCORE!! It was right across the street from the concert and FREE!
We loved the first band Allred, but didn't love the next two guys very much. The actual Parachute portion was AWESOME!! I really like their music and have plans to buy their CD as soon as I make it to the store. Call my old fashioned, but I still like the good old CD. I do have my brother put it on my iPod, but I still like to have the actual CD.

Thanks Becky for posting this picture so that I could use it.
Friday night I hung out with my friends Rochelle and Brynn who I know from the ward when I lived in Orem. Rochelle and I went to Payson to a Fajita (as in the food) Party my friend Aubree (who I met on my cruise) was putting on. I'm glad that we went since the food was delicious, the game was fun, and I learned that Aubree is a quilter! After the Fajita party we went back to Rochelle's and Brynn came over and we all just hung out. It was so fun. I really need to do more stuff with those girls. What a fun weekend. To finish things off. Saturday I started packing up my stuff and moving it to my new place. :( The Crowe's come home this next Thursday and therefore I have to be out. I'm moving about a mile down the road and it's only until August, so then I'll have to move again, but I went to the new ward today and everyone was really friendly so I think it'll be good even if it's only for a month and a half.

It's Father's Day

It's pretty dreary here in Provo. Woke up to rain, went to church, came out to yet more rain, ate, and now it's still raining. But what a great day!
Friday I left work early and headed to Murtaugh, Idaho. Don't worry if you've never heard of it, I hadn't either and really you aren't missing out on much. We made it there without much trouble (we being Kristi and I, after I picked her up at the gas station in Burley). We sent up the tent and then just hung out for a while. It was a nice day, the lake was pretty, but we were hungry and the food was taking forever. Mom and Julie had the food and they got lost so it took quite a while for the food to arrive. In the meantime Kristi and I set up my tent. After dinner we played a rousing game of horse shoes. We being Kristi, Derek, and I. Julie was too good to come and play with us. (actually she was talking to some people she knew) Once in bed we stayed up chatting for far too long. The subject of our discussion will be saved for another day.
We got up at 5 a.m. to make breakfast and get ready. The race started at 7. Now my dad isn't much of a swimmer and the swim is first. He made it through, but was beat. Derek was out there in a kayak documenting the whole thing so we could always see where dad was. Then he was on to the biking. It's a good thing he's a strong biker and runner. He did most excellent, but the swim definitely took it out of him. I'm pretty sure if I tried to do a triathlon I'd be dead 50 yards into the water and if I some how survived the swim, the biking would kill me. But he finished! And I was so proud! I'll have to get pictures from my mom and sister, since as we know my camera is dead.


Yesterday after driving home, I went swimming with some friends and once I finally made it to my house I was beat! 5am and I don't really love each other. I did stay awake for a few more hours. My body was apparently really tired since I shut off my alarm and then proceeded to sleep til 9:50. Good thing I have 9:30 church. NOT! So I looked up another ward and went to their meetings at 11:30. It was amazing! There sacrament meeting talks were great, the Relief Society lesson was AMAZING, and Sunday school was good too. I think I need to find out where I need to live to be in that ward and move there. It's really just been a good day.
It was fun to go and be with family and I'm just so proud of my dad and the example he is to me. He is always supportive of me and has more faith in me than I have in myself. He's the best dad I could every ask for. I hope someday I find a man to marry, who is as funny, supportive, and hard working as my dad is.
Happy Father's Day Dad!

Teton Dam Marathon

So I've done the 5k, I've done the 5k in the mud, this week was the 10k. 6.2 miles. that's a long way. Wednesday I ran 6.05 miles in Provo, just to see if I could do it. I ran it in 1 hour and 11 minutes. I was happy with it. My hips were pretty sore the next day, but I wasn't dying. Friday I headed home. I'm never driving through Preston ever again. Freaking speed trap. My first speeding ticket. Lame. Other than that it was a very nice drive.
Saturday morning I got up and headed into Rexburg with my dad and my sister, ready as I would ever be to run the 10k in the Dam Marathon.

I knew I wouldn't be able to keep up with my dad and my sister. My dad can do 6 miles in 45 minutes. :/ So I started out at my pace and I kept it for 2 miles and then the beginning of the hills.

I'm smiling now because I'm just turning into the hills.
KILLER hills. You see and think "Okay I can make it up this" and then you do only to see the next big hill. Again "I can do this" only to see ANOTHER BIGGER HILL. It was not fun. So many hills. I walked a lot more in this race than my practice run in Provo (relatively flat in comparison), but I kept going and going and going. Finally I made it to the last mile which was mostly down hill. I made it to the last quarter of a mile and there was my dad waiting to run with me. I turned the corner (it's no longer downhill and it is NOT fun) and now my sister is running with us too and now it's time to sprint to the finish.


I didn't have much left. I was totally drained. I felt like crap for the rest of the day, but I did better on my time, even with the longer (.15 miles) run, the crappy hills and more walking. Not much fast but considering the changes I was proud of myself.
My dad got third place in his age group. Go dad! And we had the best Dam fans ever!

WARNING! Dirty content

I had great plans for today. Get up, go for a run, go to the temple, finish this weeks homework, start on next weeks homework, and maybe take a nap. What did I do instead?







I ran a 3 MILE OBSTACLE COURSE THROUGH THE MUD!!! And it was awesome!! I have some battle wounds on my shins, I've never been that dirty in my life, the shower they provide was FREEZING, I took a 5 hour nap, but you know what? I would TOTALLY do it again! It was so fun!

What a weekend!

So I have now weighed my options and now my weekend begins. Too bad I didn't take pictures of the awesome key they gave me for my car. I really need to get a camera
I drove my ghetto car to Sugar City Friday night. I made it in time for Danizza's birthday/mini reunion party. It was SOOOO great, but we are dumb people and didn't take any pictures. I got to chat with my mom and then Saturday morning I went to the temple. Walking out of the dressing room into the hall, Josh's mom was sitting right there, and her reaction was worth the trip. The session was nice and Josh didn't even know I was there until the very end in the Celestial room. I saw an elder from my mission in the session and got to talk to him. I hadn't seen him in about 4 years and he still remembered my name! So fun.
Then I left, went home and hung out with the fam for about 2 hours and then set off on the return trip to Utah. I met up with my cousins in Tremonton and we headed to Salt Lake together. Les Mis was awesome!


It was kinda rainy and windy and my umbrella didn't do too well. :/

My brothers, sister, and Kristi got to my house late Saturday night. We went to church and after I fed these poor college students whatever I could find in my house since I didn't make it to the grocery store. Naps and dinner with Crowe's ended the night. Monday morning after much laughter, we went shoe shopping for my new running shoes, came home, ran, then got ready for Bruno Mars.




We had a great time! It was really fun to be there with my family (Kristi is family). Was it crowded? yes. Was is loud? yes. Were people rude? Why yes, yes they were. Did we still have lots of fun? I definitely did. I felt bad for everyone else who still had a long drive back to Idaho, but I feel like my weekend was a definitely success. Ghetto car and all.