I love this family!!!!

I wish you all had the opportunity to meet this amazing family. They are such a perfect example of the joy that the gospel brings to families. They are INCREDIBLE and huge examples to me.

So close to the border but no time to cross

San Diego Temple

Why is it that every picture you take of the San Diego Temple looks fake?

My Birthday

I had my birthday while I was on my first round in San Diego. It was a good day considering I was working all day and I was with people who 2 weeks before I didn't know. It felt a lot like a mission birthday. Thanks to everyone who called and sent texts and emails. It really was a birthday to remember. The carne asada fries I ate for lunch. Me with Melanie and Heidi while I log a baptism. It was also the birthday of one of the girls being baptized. After the baptism Duff ran out and bought a cake so we could celebrate for 10 minutes. Everyone really made it a great/unique day. I'll never forget it.

USS Midway and Coronado Beach

We had a few hours of free time one Monday so we went on a tour of the USS Midway.After an hour or so we decided to take off and go see Coronado

Nayeli

Nayeli is probably one of the cutest little girls I have ever met. I wish I could bring her home.

My home away from home

I recently moved to a new house in Provo. But I've actually spent more time in the apartment in San Diego they are putting me up in. I'm not complaining though. It's a pretty sweet set-up. Here's the Cali home.

Sunny San Diego

I'm helping with a project for work that just happens to require that I spend a lot of time in San Diego. It's lots of work, but I'm learning a ton and meeting some incredible people. I spent the first 3 weeks of September here, came home for a week and half, and now I'm back. I'll try to catch up on what's been going on for the last 6 weeks or so of my life. Enjoy!

A New Sister

My brother got engaged last Saturday to a fabulous girl. I couldn't ask for a better sister-in-law. Welcome to the fam Erin! Click HERE for the engagement story.

Provo Canyon Half Marathon

My roommate talked me into running the Provo Canyon Half Marathon last Saturday. I'm not really sure why I said yes, but I'm glad I did it. It definitely was an experience and a pretty big accomplishment for me because let's be honest, I don't love to run. I realize that half marathons aren't that big of a deal (as my brother put it, "What's so great about a half marathon? People run 13 miles all the time.") It was a beautiful run though and an experience I'll never forget. So how did I train for it? Well, let me play out for you the entire experience:

-5 weeks before the race: I decide I should probably start running. 5 miles run. My knee hurts.
-4 weeks before: Try running again. Only do 4 miles because I ate too much crap the day before. Decide to eat better.
-Later that week: 5 more miles. Feeling good. Only stopped because I was bored.
-3 weeks before: 8 miles done! And I feel great! I can do this
-2 weeks before: I went to New York and didn't run
-The week before: 9 mile run. I wanted to do 10 but lost that mental battle. Oh well.
-Rest of the week: My knee is a little sore so I decide not to run again before the race, but I do play some soccer.

Yep, that's 5 times running. I'm crazy, maybe stupid, but I finished the race, and that was my goal.So the morning of the race came along
4:00am-Hit the snooze button. No one should be awake right now
4:05am-Hit it again
4:10am-Get up, get ready
4:30am-Head over to Bethany's
4:50am-Arrive at Riverwood's, take a picture, get bib's, start to get cold
5:15am-Get on bus
5:47am-Bus hits sign
5:50am-Get off bus, get in line at porta-potties
5:55-6:30am-Freeze our butts off
6:30am-Wonder why the race isn't starting
7:15am-Finally start running
7:15-9:00am-Feeling great
9:01am-Knees start hurting really bad but there's only 3 miles left
9:38am-Cross the finish line