Decorating for Christmas!!!!

I finished decorating our front door for Christmas! Sam was outside "helping" me....trying to eat the fake berries! He did get ahold of one and ended up swallowing it! The door looks so pretty when it is dark and the lights are on!

A Carmax Thanksgiving Feast!

Our Thanksgiving consisted of all the senior managers at Carmax and their wives. We all got together at our friend Steve's house and enjoyed a "pot luck" style Thanksgiving feast! Steve and his wife Liz were gracious enough to host the dinner and cook the turkey! Everyone brought something to share so we ended up with an abundance of yummy food! Michael Beane is the guy on the far left in this picture. This is Wayne's boss and no he did not shave his mustache either! His wife Bri is sitting to the right of him, followed by our friend Jess, her husband Pete, and their new friend from the military...I already forgot his name! Kim is sitting to the upper right from Michael and is a buyer for Carmax. Her boyfriend plays professional indoor arena football and is in California at the moment. The two bald guys on the bottom right of the picture are also managers...Robert and....I can't ever remember anyone's names! They are all awsome people though and so much fun to hang out with!

Jamie and me!!....My 5K friend!

Ok, so this is my friend Jamie. She is married to Jeremy who is pictured below. Jamie and I bumped into each other earlier in the morning at the 5k! We both did great and burned enough calories to eat a bunch of delicous food! Jamie is and environmental engineer! She is SOOO freakin' smart!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Happy Turkey Day! We shared our Thanksgiving day with some of Wayne's co-workers. Zira (far left), Wayne, and Jeremy (JT), enjoyed watching football while the rest of us ate all of Wayne's delicious artichoke dip! Apparently wayne was the only one who shaved after the beard/mustache growing contest!

My Furriest Fan!

Sam came with Wayne and I to the 5k. Wayne said he did great the entire race! He definately got a LOT of love and attention from everyone....and he was even on TV! A local news camera man put the camera right up to Sam's nose! He was so excited to see me at the finish line!

My Fastest 5K Ever!!!!

Heck Ya! That's me, the third one from the front. I am wearing all black, just like everyone else in the race!!! This 5K turned out to be my fastest one yet....29 minutes! Wayne said he was waiting for me to come across and all of the sudden there I was! I was so excited and shocked as I came across and saw the time on my watch and on the time clock! It gave me a little more motivation to start training for the Salt Lake Marathon in April 2009!

All Smiles at the YMCA Turkey Trot, Thanksgiving Morning-2008

Running to make room for the turkey! I decided to run a 5K on Thanksgiving morning. I know, most people would use this day to sleep in and relax...not me! Eating all that turkey and pie won't make me feel guilty after this! This photo was taken by Wayne at the starting line...apparently the guy to the left of me (directly in front of the camera) was having a good time too!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wayne scored this free turkey scarf for Sam from a groomer's across from his work. We didn't think Sam would particularly like it, but he seemed very proud and looked very handsome!

The Bearded Man!!!

Wayne and his fellow co-workers had a bear-growing contest at work. For the past four weeks they were only allowed to "trim" and not shave. I have seen Wayne with a beard before, but not one this "full!" I got so used to it that it was WAY different when he shaved! Smooth as a baby's bottom!!

I am Woman, Hear me ROAR!

I really think that my sister and I would have shaved about 4 minutes off of our finish time had we not had so much fun taking pictures along the way! The scenery was just too beautiful and we wanted to remember every moment we ran together. This particular picture is kind of fuzzy since it was taken "on the move."

Mile 9!

I took this picure because it was here that my sister informed me she had never fun more than 9 miles...until now! We had four more to go until the finish line and we were NOT going to give up!

2008 Moab Half Marathon!

This past Octobe my big sister, Jessica, and I ran "The Other Half" half marathon in Moab, UT. This was her first big race so we tried to have some fun here at the starting line! We huddled around the bonfires just laughing and standing in the HUGE lines for the port-a-potties!

Morning Frosted Berries

In Colorado we get a LOT of ice! It has just rained/snowed the night before I took this picture. As I went out to take the dog to his usual potty spot I noticed a tree in particular that was SO cool looking! The frost was so pretty laying on top of the red berries!

Puppy Footprints...

As Sam and I were out playing in the snow, I couldn't help but notice his little pawprints left behind on the sidewalk. Most of them didn't last very long as he began frantically running around chasing snowflakes, but these two just happened to survive the chaos!

Sam in the Snow...

Sam has never seen this much snow before....a whole one inch on the ground! :) he absolutely LOVED it! We made snowballs and threw them in the air as he tried to catch them. He also tried to eat the snowflakes as they floated down from the sky. He is going to LOVE Salt Lake snow when we go home for Christmas!!!

SNOW!!!!!!!!

Last week it snowed!!! Ok, so it wasn't as much as my mom has in Salt Lake, but I was still SOOOO excited! The snow here is VERY cold and blows all over the place like it does in Wyoming. It doesn't stay too long either. In fact, by the time I was done teaching my Yoga class later in the morning it had all melted and the sun was shining! The weather here has been in the high 50's to low 60's and sunny but the weatherman says a change is on the way for Thanksgiving day! SNOW SNOW SNOW!!!

Sunset Behind Pike's Peak

The other night I was taking Sam out for a little walk before dinner. The sunset behind Pike's Peak was just amazing! I snapped as many photos as I could, but they just don't do it any justice! The sky was so beautiful!

I HAD to Try It!

Ok, so yesterday I was doing a little bit of dusting and came to my shadowbox with all of my running medals. I thought of those pictures you see where the runner has all of their medals haning around their neck...I HAD to try it! I soon found out that it is very heavy as well as very noisy! I hope to some day have a professional photographer take some photos of me with my medals and running gear. I don't know just when though because I would like to capture them all....but as long as I have legs I will keep running races!!!

They Play, They Hike....They Even Share Ice Cream!

Gross! They really didn't share it! Wayne took the Young Men from our ward to get ice cream on the way home from their activity. He didn't want the rest of the ice cream so he decided to share with the dog. I wasn't too sure about it because of Sam's reaction to food in the past, but he licked the thing almost bare...and then tried to eat the cone!

Best Buddies!

So Wayne and Sam are pretty much the best of friends. Sam follows him everywhere and has to be right by his side no matter what Wayne is doing. Last night Wayne was playing his guitar and Sam was right by his side once again just listening and watching. He really is man's best friend...