Cereal

Growing up my family ate TONS of cereal. They could have it for every meal. I never understood it because I never liked milk. My sister, Marissa, would always say, "Janelle just eat cereal and you will lose weight." The only problem was I didn't like cereal.
Then something BIG happened. I found a soy milk that I love and so I started to buy Honey Nut Cheerios. I became OBSESSED with cereal. I ate for breakfast, after school snack, and bedtime snack. I would no longer stare at my pantry for hrs thinking what I should eat for a snack. I instantly grab a bowl, milk, cereal, and pour away. I LOVE IT! Now, I know why my family ate cereal every day and what I was missing all these years.

My Granparents

This past weekend my Mother's parents came into town for the wedding. Here are pictures of us with my Grandpa and Babba. We are at the Cardston Canada Temple with my Babba and the SLC temple with my Grandpa. We love them!

Dallin and Shannon

My brother Dallin is getting married next week. I never thought the day would come!! I am so excited for him and his future wife. They are a fun, out going couple that we love to hang out with. I am actually surprised how great of a girl Dallin found. I have met many of his past girlfriends and none can even be compared to Shannon. Shannon out shines them all.
I just want Dallin and Shannon to know how happy I am for them. They are going to be a great couple and will find so much joy in their lives from one another.
People are still surprised that Dallin Bird is actually getting married. After one month of being around Dallin and Shannon I knew they were going to get married. Dallin's eyes lite up when she was around and I have never seen that before. Plus I like Dallin a whole lot more now!!
I want to thank Dallin for getting married because now my whole family is coming out to Utah to visit and nothing gets better than that!
So CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy!

I never thought I could be this busy in my life. I have classes for 8 hrs on Monday and Tuesday, Clinicals for 12 hrs on Wednesdays and Thursday and 4 hr of class on Friday. Every weekend has been packed full of things to do, and all I can think about is sleeping in this weekend and having Monday off. I am so excited to go to Texas and be away from school and all its business. NOW, I know what real life is going to be like and what being a MOM will be like. I think that is why I am waiting to have kids!!

Road Racing

Racing...it is something that I have come to believe runs in my blood. I love to see how far I can push my body and for how long. Track has always been that rush for me, as of late though I have found my new love (after Janelle of course, though she may say otherwise). The second track season was over this year I instantly jumped on my road bike and began training for some road races. I found a few in our area and set some goals. The first race was a weekly criterium race at UVU. It is a set course that we ride for 40 min on and once the 40 min are up they give you 3 laps to make any final moves before you sprint to the finish line hoping to grab first. My first race was a killer I went out way to fast and wasted tons of energy trying to speed up and slow down and get in front of people. In the end lets just say I didn't have much to really contend for the top 3.
Back to the drawing board it was then. I checked out a book called the Ultimate Ride by Chris Carmichael. He has a lot of great training and racing tips that I have since fallowed. I got a lot stronger on the bike and could actually go longer than 30 miles without dying. For those of you that laugh at my 30 miles I remind you that I normally run 400 meters...big difference.
So once again I entered the weekly criterium race and this time I placed 4th overall but 1st in my category.
The real challenge was thrown down though by Dallin Bird to ride in the Tour de Park City...a 100 mile race with a huge vertical climb at one point of about 3,500 feet. This was one race I wanted to do but didn't think I could handle 100 miles but Dallin got me to do it and I am glad I did. I finished in a time of 5 hours 50 minutes.
My next race will be the Sanpete classic on August 29 so stay tuned...

A Hobby I like...

For the last 6 months or so I have been trying to find a hobby that I would enjoy and want to do. I tried bow making, which I do like, scrapbooking and bead making. While Bryan and I were in Washington visiting Bryan's parents we walked down main street and saw a bead shop. I was in the crafty mood and decided to go in and see what they have. I saw beautiful fresh water pearl string for 10 bucks! I immediately thought to make a pearl necklace for myself and my sister. I enjoyed it so much I went back and bought more! Now its onto learning how to knit and crochet.

Canada Oh Canada

While In Canada We went to Waterton Lakes. It was so beautiful.