My ideal weekend.....

What does my ideal weekend consist of?? Eating out, seeing a movie, eating out, running, eating out, seeing a movie and so on. So this past weekend was so my ideal weekend and more. Friday night was CPK, Maggie Moo's for Chris and 2 White Chocolate Fudge Cookies from Smart Cookie for Christy and then the cute cheesy movie 'Horton hears a Who' with, ofcourse, a Large Diet Coke to share. Saturday morning was our traditional Einsteins Bagel. We go every Saturday morning and take at least an hour to eat a bagel and ofcourse, we share a Diet Coke. Love it! Then it was off to our 10 mile run. My friend, Amy joined us this time and it was the furthest she had ever ran and she did GREAT! But I think what got her through the last 2 miles was knowing that we'd be eating at Pei Wei and getting Paradise Bakery Chippers to go. Mmmmmm, black & white chippers, mmmmm. My mouth is salivating right now. You don't understand...eating at Pei Wei or Paradise Bakery is a real treat for us Provo Residents. It's a pretty good drive to the nearest location.
After that, Chris and I went to the gym and sat in the jacuzzi. Gross right?! We ran 10 miles and then sat our filthy bodies in the public jacuzzi. Haha. I don't care, it felt great. Then off to another cheesy, but not so cute, movie 'Alvin & the Chipmunks'. The only thing I enjoyed in that theater was my popcorn and Large Diet Coke to share. Movie theater popcorn is so worth it though, so all was well. Sunday morning was perfect for an Easter morning. We drove up to the Tabernacle to listen to Music & The Spoken Word.(pictures to come) I love listening to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir live. It was a beautiful program. If I could wake up that early every Sunday morning and if I didn't mind the drive, I'd do it every week. And when we got home from church, we discovered that the Easter Bunny had made a stop at our home. She even hid some eggs to create an Easter Egg hunt for us and I heard she hopped across the grass when delivering the sweet basket. Thank You Primos! You're so thoughtful!

So there you have it, my Perfect Weekend. I know it has a lot of flaws. Like maybe the constant eating out or constant consumption of Diet Coke but for some reason it's perfect in my eyes. Maybe it's the fact that I get to spend every minute with my Love. My Best Friend. Christopher. And sitting at a table in a restaurant, just talking and enjoying food just sounds so appealing to us. I think it's all just a habit we've created and I know it won't be like this forever, so I guess you can say we're soaking it up and enjoying every minute. I know that's pretty irresponsible, seeing how we're still poor college students, but it's a price I'll pay. I LOVE MY WEEKENDS! & I love spending time with my Christopher! Whether it's running together, going on drives together, eating together or watching our late night shows every night together, 'The Family Guy' or 'The Tonight Show' and falling asleep on the ground every night and then one of us eventually moving the both of us to bed, usually around 2 or 4 in the morning. Love it.

We Heart Family!!

Even though our trip down to AZ this past weekend was very quick and most of the time was spent running and running and some more running, we were able to meet up with some of the family and some of them came to support us at the end of our Race. We love you guys!!

Meeting up with everyone Thursday night at SomeBurros

My Mom, Dad, Grandma, sister JaNae, and two of
her cute kids, Marley and Bronson, came to cheer me on before my last leg

Finally the end and oh SO sweaty!

Favorite 1st's

1^st time meeting the team that we would be spending the next 32hrs with

1^st time spending 32 hrs in a van with 5 other girls who ended up being some of the kindest, funniest, wittiest, goofiest, weirdest(in a good way), stylish, & generous girls…THANK YOU for the CD, pull over fleece, adorable running hair band, hot tamales, Dermatologica face wash & lotion, running tips & running encouragement etc….

1^st leg of the race, which was Chris. All of us girls were so nervous for him like he was our little boy or something…the excitement was definitely there. He said everyone was running a 6:15min mile for the 1^st mile. Fast! Don’t worry, he took it down a notch after that.

1^st run by Lisa and her yelling in a voice I didn’t know could come out of her, “I’m gonna get him!” and pointing at the poor guy in front of her….if he heard her yell that, he was most likely scared. Don’t worry, we got video of her passing him. That kind of determination is what got us to the finish line Saturday at 6:30pm

1^st time running in complete darkness and such serenity. We were out in the desert with no street lamps. Those night runs consisted of you, your ipod and your support vehicle 300yds in front or behind you. It was great!

1^st run of mine. I loved every moment of it. It started at 12am and I think I sang at the top of my lungs for 80% of the time.

1^st meal, food that didn’t consist of power bars, at DJ’s Bagel Café in Fountain Hills…mmmm good. Thank You Primos for the great recommendation!

1^st bout with heat exhaustion(not a favorite but a 1st)….sorry Natalie!

1^st meal after the race at El Charro….mmmm bean burro covered in their yummy hot sauce. Hits the spot every time! Followed by Haagen Dazs Coffee ice cream.

1^st shower

1^st real slumber that lasted 12hrs!

all in all, my 1^st Ragnar Relay was AWESOME and well worth the drive to AZ from UT…..in the Prius rental, which by the way, got us down in just $45 in gas!!