New House

Well for those who didn't know Ryan and I bought a house a few weeks ago.  It is located in lovely Spanish Fork, about 1o minutes south of Provo.  After painting every room and spending days moving and unpacking.  We are finally all moved in and settled and can take pictures of everything.  

Our house is 1800 Sq feet, 3 bathrooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 car garage, patio, office, shed.. and lots of other fun stuff!  

This is our dining area... we are still debating whether or not to raise that light cause when the leaf is in the table and its pulled out it's a "in yo face" light... we shall see. 

Family ROom... it's nice and cozy except the fact that our dimmer lights "hum" kinda annoying. 

My great kitchen.  I LOVE working on that island.. its so nice!  Plus I now have a big fridge and a HUGE pantry! 

Our bedroom.. as you can tell we used a lot of Red in our house as accents... I guess I am in a red phase. 

OUr beautiful backyard.  We have lots of grass, a great space for a garden next year, and a huge patio! 

Our office.. I think our desk looks find there even though we had to block a window.  THere was a bush behind it anyway that was blocking light so oh well. 

THe guest room... for all those guests coming to our house, this will be where you sleep! 

THe front of the house.  Isn't it cute!? 

My huge closet!  It is already full... I don't know how we fit all of our stuff in our old closet! 

i love my bathroom!  It has a nice jetted tub! 

Upstairs bathroom... I don't think I have even used this  one yet... 

Downstairs/guest bathroom.. I have used this one.  I didn't like the blue at first but it's growing on me. 

WEll that is our house!  Anyone is welcome to stay if you are ever in UTah.. we have PLENTY of room and love to have company! 

Wasatch Back

A group of 12 of our friends decided to run a relay race called the Wasatch Back.  It is a race starting in Logan Utah and ending in Park City, Utah... about 188 miles. Each team member ran 3 legs of the race, each with varying difficulty.  I luckily had a pretty easy course while Ryan had one of the more difficult ones.   WE ARE CRAZY!  Our team started off at 7:20 AM on Friday and we finished around 1:00 PM on Saturday.  We finished just under 30 hours which was our goal.  The rain held off for most of the race but for our last 2 runners, Cat and Blake it down poured.  When we all crossed the finish line it was raining like crazy! We were just thankful to be done.... on our way out of Heber we were watching more runners with probably about 30 miles left... I was VERY happy to be done at that point!  

Ryan running his hard leg up the mountain.. and happy as a clam! 

The girls in our Van (We had 2 SUV's when we ran they would be resting and vice versa, so we didn't get to see them much)... Jessica, Bethany and Cat

Before we started running... look at how happy we look... Little did we know what was coming up ahead! 

The Mesmerizers!  This was our van... Jessica, Bethany, Ryan, Cat, Blake and Greg!  We had a blast hanging out together and still got along even after 1.5 hours of sleep! 

Give Away Today

This website is giving away tons of free stuff this weekend... all you have to do is comment and you have a chance to win.  Some of the stuff is pretty cool too I think!  

 http://www.giveawaytoday.blogspot.com/

Trip to Cali

So I guess I am catching up on all of my blogging now that school is OVER and I have NOTHING to do besides wait to get a job.  I have applied for 11 jobs in Nebo School District, which is where Ryan teaches.  For those of you familiar with the area its Springville down to Santaquin.  I am applying for openings at schools in Spanish Fork and Mapleton.  It's really tough right now finding a job so hopefully the Principals will see something different in me that they like. 

If you don't know yet Ryan got a job teaching Health next year at Springville Junior High!  He will be teaching 8th and 9th grade Health on extended day, which means he gets paid extra for not having a prep period.  I will take all the extra money I can get at this point!  

A few weeks ago we were able to make a trip to California with the Spanish Fork High baseball team.  Ryan coaches the sophomores which weren't even there but he did help with Varsity.  The team was in a tournament in the Anaheim area and put us up in a Marriot for a week which was super nice.  I was excited to just relax and enjoy some down time! 

Ryan and I at Angels Stadium watching the Red Sox game.  I guess I was good luck cause the only game we went to the Sox won!  It was a really great game and a nail biter at the end.  Surprisingly Red Sox Nation was alive and well in California cause there were a TON of Red Sox fans!  I was really happy to see a great game and be in the baseball atmosphere. 

We went to Newport Beach and it was BEAUTIFUL out!  While were were in Cali, it snowed 8 inches of snow in Utah so I was glad to be in the high 70's while it was in the low 30's in Utah. 

Ryan and I at the Pier after dinner at Ruby's Diner.  IT was way yummy.  We were able to spend a lot of time with Ryan's parents which was really nice.  It worked out that Easter fell on that weekend so we were able to have easter dinner with Family.  

Graduation is this Friday and I am gearing up to get it over with.  Ryan's family, my brother Jared and his wife, and Ian and his family are coming out for it!  My parents unfortunately are not gonna be able to make it.  So we are gonna video tape it for them.  

If you would like to watch the commencement you can go to the link   www.uvu.edu/broadcast  It starts at 10:30 am MST and supposedly it is live.  President Monson is speaking so I am sure it will be great.  

Ryan's 1/2 Marathon

Ryan ran the Provo half marathon a few weeks ago and did AWESOME!  He finished in 1:43 min which is quite an accomplishment.  He placed 105th out of 784 people running.  He was 23rd in his division out of 128 and placed 81 out of 253 guys.  It was FREEZING out and was snowing for some of it.  He said he didn't have a hard time but I was definitely cold and wishing that it was warmer. 

Ryan and I before the race.  Isn't he cute?! 

Ryan and his friend Greg running together.  Greg finished about 3 minutes before Ryan.  

This is about mile 12, right by where we live in Provo.  He is pretty wiped at that point. 

Ryan and Greg recovering after the Race.  At least they didn't throw up! 

Blogs to Watch

I have found some new blogs that I check EVERY day cuz they are so awesome.  The first one is giveawaytoday.blogspot.com .  They highlight different companies and all you have to do is write your name as a comment and the next day they will use a random way of picking to pick the winner.  I haven't won anything yet, but it is still fun to try! 

The other one is shoppinghigh.blogspot.com .  This one posts all sorts of deals every day.  They post coupons, free stuff, and great shopping sales.  Free is Free and I will take what I can get!  

I also want to put a link up for my friend.  She just started her own little business selling bows and shoes for babies.  These little shoes and bows are sooo cute!  THey are pretty reasonably priced as well, plus they are made with love by Kylee!  

That link is mulberrybabygifts.blogspot.com

1/2 Marathon

Before the Big Race (Ryan, Bethany, and Cat) 

So If you didn't know already Ryan and I ran a half marathon on saturday.  A few months ago we were talking to Angie( my sister-in-law) who was training to run a full marathon.  She wanted us to run it with her.  I knew that was out of the question.. there was no way I could or would run 26.2 miles.  So the 13.1 miles for the half didn't sound nearly as bad.  Anyway we looked and found that the st. george half marathon was this past saturday and decided that we would start training.  My friend Cat also decided to run too, she did her first half last year.  Anyway after a few months of training in the FREEZING cold... I AM DONE!!!  wahoo!!!  There is much rejoicing in the Chambers house.  We ran twice in the bitter cold for our training.  One was 10 miles and it was 10 degrees outside, the other was 8 miles and it was 9 degrees outside.  On the last one we went on my friend Cat had icicles on her eyelashes.  Needless to say, the race is done and the training is done... hallelujah!  

We are planning on running a team race in June.  It is called the Wasatch Back and its from Logan, Utah to Park City, Utah.  It is roughly around 180 miles.  Your team of 12 takes turn running about 5 mile legs, each person running 3 legs throughout the race.  It will be a lot of fun  and should take around 24 hours.  

Ryan also wants to try running the Park City 1/2 marathon in August.  He really held back with this one because he wanted to stay with me the whole time.  He is interested in seeing how fast he can really run it.  I am done for now and will stick to 5k's.... haha.  But I am proud of myself that I set a goal and actually finished it.  I have never been a runner so this was a HUGE accomplishment for me.  In the beginning I couldn't run 1 mile without stopping and by the end of my training I ran for 13 miles straight.  

Us at about half way... Blake (Cat's husband was taking pictures)

We were on the last leg here and you can tell Ryan was really happy to be done.  He told me that I had to beat the old lady (# 2091).  I couldn't let her beat me so I got a burst of energy and pushed past her in the last leg.  Cat finished shortly behind us. 

crossing the finish line... or close to it.. there is an end in sight! 

After the 13 miles... and we are still looking happy!