Books Read in 2013

*The Hiding Place - Boom, Corrie ten
Daughter of Smoke & Bone - Taylor, Laini
*Edenbrooke - Donaldson, Julianne
The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues #1) - Riordan, Rick
Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2) - Taylor, Laini
Reached (Matched #3) - Condie, Ally
The Hunger Games - Collins, Suzanne
Catching Fire - Collins, Suzanne
Mockingjay - Collins, Suzanne
Divergent - Roth, Veronica
Austenland - Hale, Shannon
Book of a Thousand Days - Hale, Shannon
*Dead End in Norvelt - Gantos, Jack
*Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redeption - Hillenbrand, Laura
The Night Circus - Morgenstern, Erin
The Egypt Game - Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
The Westing Game - Raskin, Ellen
*Blackmore - Donaldson, Julianne
*favorites of the year

Live Theater Plays 2013

I keep a "Books Read" list each year.
Why not make a "Plays Seen" list:
The 39 Steps
The Philadelphia Story
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The Odd Couple
No Time for Segeants
Les Miserables
Urine Town
Ragtime
Tarzan (twice)
Brigadoon
In the Heights (three times)

Moab Fruita Chicks Trip

My sister made this trip so much fun! Best sister, friend EVER!

Allosaurus fossil prints

For my ward's Christmas fundraiser last year I bought a hummer ride in Moab. I gave it to Krehl & Amy for a gift but Amy and I ended up using it. It was a blast! Granted I've been "real" jeeping in Moab (which is amazing and intense) but this was fun and needed to be used this year.

Fruita Chicks and I biked Slick Rock. Amy and Melanie biked almost all of the uphills. They are so tough! I rode all of the downhill and some ups but not the steep steep steep hills.

Let me just say...HOLY HECK-A CRAZY! This was intense. I liked it. I was relieved when I we finished. I am planning on doing it with some friends in a couple of weeks...but WOW! The double black diamond rating was not a joke. This trail was tough: cliff exposure, technical, steep, gnarly, and just tough! I rode more than I thought I would. I got in a grove at one point and even rode the section that was marked "walk"...didn't see the sign. So thankful I am ok.

Another great weekend with the girls. Love you ladies!

Get your LEARN ON

Lake Powell

9

Today I finished my ninth year teaching at JRE. Teaching can be stressful and of course my time management skills need drastic improvement but overall I love my job. I feel very blessed to work with some of my best friends and the parents at JRE are supportive. Cheers to another year of learning experiences. I always hope my students know how much I love them and pray they will continue with a good attitude throughout their education. They still have many years ahead of them in school and I hope to help each student develop proactive habits that will help them throughout their life. I know I am a better person because of them...I hope I can always do the same.

Next year starts on July 25. It will be my tenth year. I anticipate great things! Until then I will enjoy my summer break.

Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay

Team e-LEMON-ators #121

Finished 198 miles in 31:16:46.5 hours

Placed 218 Overall and 182 in Coed Open

VAN 1

Leg 1 Frank

Leg 2 Marc

Leg 3 Dawan

Leg 4 Heather

Leg 5 Jordan

Leg 6 Valery

We met at 3:30am and drove to Logan. Frank started us off at 7:15am. 

Van 1 was lucky to run at mostly normal times. I ran Leg 1 - 6.9mi. Down Avon Pass 12:14pm, Leg 18 - 8.2mi. Up East Canyon 8:50pm, and Leg 30 - 2.1mi. Heber Valley at 8:45am.

 

 More photos to come.

Van 2:
Leg 7 Sarah
Leg 8 Marissa
Leg 9 Chris
Leg 10 Paul
Leg 11 Trevor
Leg 12 Megan

Green Mean Juicer

After watching

(free on Hulu) last week twice. I decided to do a 10-day juice fast with my friend, Alicia Yost. Alicia made a Juice Ninja group on facebook and we have 4+ others doing a fast this month. Join us!

I will probably supplement protein each day before/after my workout. I am training for Wasatch Back and the Spudman tri. 

To get geared up I bought the Breville JE98XL Juicer, Two-Speed Juice Fountain. It's pricey but highly recommended. I plan to juice after the fast so I thought it was good investment. 

I bought a Bountiful Basket 

Website: http://www.bountifulbaskets.org/

and more fresh produce at Winco. 

Sunday and Monday I am experimenting with the juicer and juice recipes and Tuesday I will start my 10-day juice fast adventure.

Recipes and plans available on:

 http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/

http://www.raw-foods-diet-center.com/

http://www.rawjuicecleanserecipes.com/

http://www.doctoryourself.com/juicefast.html

http://greensmoothiegirl.com/

and many more.

Utah Valley Half Marathon

Valery's final time: 2:21:57

Kristen Luck and I ran the first 10 miles together. I've never ran a race with a friend. I enjoyed it. She had a sore foot so the last three miles we split. The course was beautiful, the decline was welcomed, but the lack of bathrooms were stressful. At one point we had to cross a busy street and use the Chevron's restroom (just ridiculous). 

Ogden Marathon

Valery, Dan, and Kyle all ready to start our 26.2 mile journey in the deluge. 

WE FINISHED---Friends of friends, Connie, Heather, Kyle, & Valery.

I am blessed to have many great friends. We started the race together. Kyle, Dan, and Patrick cheered me on when I finished.

RRR

Saturday, May 11th I ran the Moab REDROCK Relay with a good friend's team "THE BETTER HALF." The Other Half was a van of their husbands. It was a 63 mile relay adventure!

This section of the race I run up the Moab half marathon course that I ran down just a few weeks before. It wasn't too steep until I got near the end. It was beautiful and started getting warm. I ran an average 10:27 min/mile for 7.21miles.

In 2 miles I gained 700 feet. Jogged/walked an average 14.02 min/miles for 2.21 miles. It was rough. More miles would've been nice but the race organizers have to put the exchanges where they can park cars and place porta-potties. 

Wasatch Back Relay: Team e-LEMON-ators

Tonight my Wasatch Back Relay team got together to pick our "legs."
This year I get to cruise down the dusty Avon Pass, climb East Canyon, and enjoy a stroll through Heber City. I would like to do this relay 12 times and do each of the legs. This is my third year...9 more to go;)

Ogden Marathon in 4 weeks

Am I ready for 26.2 miles? I am following my training schedule but the colder, rainy days are making it harder to run. The "dreadmill" is not my friend.

(Ogden Marathon race map and my pace goal- faster would be nice but my last marathon I did it in 5:07 so I would be thrilled with 4:45.)

My good friend, Alicia, ran 14 miles with me yesterday. We started up Little Cottonwood Cyn. and ran in the snow, rain, and mist down the canyon, Wasatch Blvd., to Draper, and back on 700 East. We did it and got our miles in. Alicia is training for a half marathon so she definitely is putting in more miles than she needs to but I am sure thankful! This coming weekend I will be in Fruita, CO visiting my sister and I'll get a shuttle up the Colorado National Monument again. I do enjoying running in a variety of locations. Gives me something more to look at and enjoy;)

Second Moab Half

At least I am consistent...I kept a 10 min mile average and finished 2:15:06 (36min faster than my 2010 Moab half)

Best friends ever! Thanks Amy (sis), Alicia, Marc, Ben, and Frunners for making this event a party!

My sister ran with her friends Darcy and Megan. They are fast! Amy's finish time: 1:52:04

Create something that will make the world AWESOME

Get the whole world to DANCE!

My school has adopted the program Leader in Me by Stephen Covey. The teachers attended training and now we are beginning to teach the first habit: BE PROACTIVE in class. I shared this clip today to get the students thinking about the things they can do to make the world a better place. It all starts within.

Ski day @ Powderhorn

Today was a perfect day to ride. Great weather, good snow, and excellent company. Kaison keeps up...or should I say...we keep up with him.

Books Read in 2012

*Sarah’s Key by: Tatiana de Rosnay

Into the Wild by: Jon Krakauer

The Laundry News by: Andrew Clements

*Crossed (Matched #2) by: Ally Condie

We Can’t All Be Rattlesnakes by: Patrick Jennings

The Death Cure (Maze Runner #3) by: James Dashner

The Report Card by: Andrew Clements

Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (Fablehaven #4) by: Brandon Mull

Price Caspian: The Return to Narnia (Chronicles of Narnia #4) by: C.S. Lewis

The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4) by: Rick Riordan

The Non Cyclist’s Guide to the Century and other Road Races by: Dawn Dais

The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5) by: Rick Riordan

One Crazy Summer by: Rita Williams-Garcia

The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles #1) by: Rick Riordan

*Insurgent (Divergent #1) by: Veronica Roth

The School Story by: Andrew Clements

Lost and Found by: Andrew Clements

Keys to the Demon Prison (Fablehaven #5) by: Brandon Mull

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by: Stephen R. Covey

A World Without Heroes (Beyonders #1) by: Brandon Mull

The Leader in Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child At a Time by: Stephen R. Covey

The Diamond of Darkhold (Book of Ember #4) by: Jeanne DuPrau

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by: Gary D. Schmidt

Cruise in 3 weeks

This picture was Bing.com's wallpaper today and got me excited...

I'm going on my first cruise in 3 weeks. Yahoo! Cheers to good weather, good health, and lots of fun in the sun!!!