~i love kung fuuuuuuuu!~



happy birthday to my favorite boy in the whole wide world.

gnomes

to whom it may concern,
thank you for the creepers you left on our porch and in our garden. you scared the pants off brandon when he looked out the window last night and saw a friend staring back at him from the dark porch. nice job.

happy 4th

is there a holiday that i don't enjoy??? (well, maybe st. patrick's day... i think it's annoying) but like most holidays, i love the 4th of july. i love the sound and smell of fireworks, the delicious bbq's, and the feel of the blazing sun. the winter cold and the stress of work could not be further from my mind!

a few months ago my dad decided that he wanted the whole family to participate in the freedom run 5k. so on the morning of the 4th we rolled out of bed at an obscene hour and made our way into provo. i haven't run in almost a year so i was a bit worried. my goal was to simply run the whole time. i couldn't care less about my time. brandon and i ran together with my 9 year-old niece, brinley, who had been training at home in AZ. it took a good amount of encouragement, a couple of lies about the finish line being just around the corner, and a little ride on the stroller (for brinley, not me)but we were able to meet our goal. it was such a fun run and something brandon and i decided we want to make a tradition.
this little lady also enjoyed the race. she was so happy and content in her stroller.

that night my family got together for our annual bbq and firework show. i love that aerial fireworks have been legalized! best firework show ever!

~happy 4th~