double, double

in june I was able to go down to vegas (thank you, ride board!) for my sister's double baby shower. It was epic.

The food was delicious (which always seems to be what I post about. but really, it was good)- thanks to all the wixom girls, and cousins (minus me). I did the labels and signage. melissa did the banner (which I didn't get a descent picture of. it was adorable.). co & nat made the babies. we like parties, and it was a pretty good party. 

if you did't notice. we (wixom girls) heart bunting. and birds. and food-good food.

 the future mothers, and their awesome byu-idaho onesies. 

 And.... a not-very-good-quality-picture-of the Wixom girls.

ps- I love it when family get's together. It always is a party that ends with good stories. ashlee (an adopted sister), aunt julie, jill & gina all came down to support co & nat and we even got to go up to bonnie springs for a little outdoor play. 

pss- one day i will get a descent camera that produces descent quality pictures.

huckleberries and half marathons

 By no means am I trying to do a politically- incorrect- squinty-eyes- face. The sun was in my eye balls. It's the only picture of us both.

On Friday Robert and I decided to go huckleberry picking. On our "run" down the mountain last week we saw tons of huckleberry bushes that had a lot of ripe huckleberries, so we decided to go pick this weekend. We left the house at about 8:30 and spent the rest of the afternoon up at Natalie & Mark's sweet huckleberry picking spot and scored, big time. Granted, we only ended up with about a half gallon. It may not seem like a lot, but that was four + hours worth of huckleberry picking.

Last Sunday, Robert and I had the opportunity to speak in church. When I was speaking I mentioned how Robert and I met because I needed a "running buddy" and he decided to train for a marathon with me. (our first date was a ten miler. I know- so romantic). One of the members came up to us afterwards and told us he a free entries to the MAD marathon (half and full) for the upcoming weekend. Robert wanted to do the full, but I had to remind him he hadn't run over 8 miles in about 3 months. It was free, and it involved running- we were in. (even if we had 6 days to train)

Our goal was to beat my time from my first half marathon last January. We did, and it was awesome. 1:44:50, baby. (8 min mile pace, flat) I came in third for my age group and Robert came in 4th.  For not training, I was pretty impressed.

The Osbornes (as in Donnie and Marie) were the founders of the MAD race series; it was a marathon to support the deaf. Justin was there- I wish I was able to to get a picture, but I only talked to him for a few minutes. He is such a neat guy!

They also had free Jamba and massages after the race. It was probably one of my most favorite races I have done.

the piano guys

excuse the awful picture :) It's all I could get.

By mere luck I was able to get tickets to see The Piano Guys (Jon Schmidt & Steven Sharp Nelson) here in Rexburg. It was originally supposed to be a surprise for Robert since his idol is Mr. Schmidt, but I didn't think it was going to happen since the tickets were sold out about 10 minutes after they went on sale. Alas, we lucked out and had an awesome date night. 


Robert plays the piano, and I play(ed) the cello, so we were loving every minute of the concert. There wasn't a song that they played that we didn't like, but below are my three favorites. Enjoy.







PS- Mr. Neilson has three different cellos he used; classical, electric and semi-electric. He was able to use a loop (which I think it the coolest thing ever) with two of his cellos, and it just made the concert.