Girls Tuacahn Getaway

This was the 12th Annual Girls Tuacahn Getaway! I can't believe it has been 12 years! Every single year I look forward to this and I have only missed it one year. It is so great to get away with my mom, sisters, grandma and cousins. I only see my cousins a couple times a year so it is so much fun to spend the weekend with them. We missed you Denni and Preslee!

Grandma and Mom-the ones that make it happen for us!

Cousin Cobi

Every year we go to the Bear Claw to have a yummy breakfast. Here we all are waiting to get seated.

Yum, yum!

We made a visit to our favorite new spot, SWIGS, so GOOD! They have sugar cookies that they frost right before they serve them, they are scrumptious! They also have delicious Shaved Ice.

I think we made two or three stops while we were there.

Hollie didn't even have to hold her snow cone, it rested perfectly on her belly.:)

We did a little swimming thanks to Aunt Julie letting us use her pool.

On Thursday and Friday night we go to the Tuacahn plays, Thursday night was Grease. Grease was cute, I think I expected more though. I feel that each year they really focus on one of the plays and this year they really focused on Little Mermaid, so Grease wasn't as good as anticipated. The Little Mermaid was really good though. They did such a great job with it.

The last night we leave a little early and take a few pictures of the whole group. This year we did a few photo shoots of a few of us....

This is Grandma's photo shoot, such a fun lady!

Ohh laa, laa! Stacy!

Rrrrr....

Hollie being so seductive I couldn't even concentrate on focusing the camera.

and then there was Jacki, the most beautiful of them all....:)

Grandma with the grandkids

Stacky, Hollie, Grandma, Jacki, Nat, Cobi & Angie (missing Denni)

The whole crew

I already can't wait until next year! Thanks Grandma!

Alias

Last Friday, I was able to participate in a Alias party. For those that have no clue what I am talking about...Alias was a big drama, suspense, t.v show that was air about 8 to 10 years ago. It starred Jenifer Gardner and was actually pretty good. I only caught a few episodes, probably because I was too busy watching Dawson's Creek or the teenage love shows that I do love.

My sister Hollie invited us to participate in this, and I am so glad she did! We had a blast!

We were put together with two other girls, Jen and Marcy, funny thing, I went to high school with Jen and I don't think I have really seen her since. So it was so fun to hang out and just get to know her a little better.

It was basically like a road rally, but we had certain challenges we had to do....to name a few:

-Get a sample of gelato.

-Do a Chinese fire drill on State Street.

-Break into another team's players home and steal a family picture.

-Make a coke bomb in a public place

-Find a rendezvous location.

-Get a hostage

-Shooting range

-Get a picture of a bride at her reception.

These were most of them, and they were pretty fun to do.

The shooting range, was pretty fun! I haven't shot a gun for quite sometime and I forgot how powerful they really are.

There were probably about 45 girls dressed up in some kind of "Alias" costume roaming around from Draper to Murray, it was pretty awesome! After we were done we came back and had some grub and took a look at all the pictures. A lot of work was put into this and it payed off, we had a great time!

Runnin' just as fast as you can....

Yesterday a bunch of others and I ran the HObbLe CreEk 1/2 Marathon, it was a blast. This was by far my most favorite 1/2 I have ran (well it is only my 2nd, but still the best). The course was great, mostly downhill for the first 8 miles and then it kind of got hilly, but not too bad. It kind of got hot toward the end, but it was still great. The scenery was beautiful! You run down HoBbLe CReEk canyon and into Mapleton and finish there. It was such a fun group that I ran with, which makes it so much fun.
Here is a few of us finishing....T.J. I am especially sooo proud of you, you were amazing!Me and my biggest fan! I am so lucky to have a husband that will deal with me and all my long runs to get trained for things like this. It takes a lot of patience because he is with the kids on Saturday mornings and sacrifices a lot for me (a lot of early morning golf games). I really appreciate all the love and support he gives me.
It is always sooo good to have people cheering you on when you are finishing. I was so happy to see my awesome friends Marcy and Alicia at the finish line with signs cheering us on. You girls RoCk!
My sister Stacy ran this 1/2 also. It was so fun to have her there and to be able to talk to her during the training process. I am so proud of her! Her last 1/2 marathon she hated, so it takes a lot to try another one and she roCkeD it! There is nothing like crossing the finish line and having your fans there cheering you on, it is actually very emotional and Stacy definitely felt that. She was so cute, she came up to me after the finish the tears started coming and my tears started coming, it is such a good feeling. You cry baby Stacy!

This is the winner of the 1/2, he was amazing! He finished it in like 60 something minutes. Incredible! We couldn't help not get a picture with him...what a stud!

Like I said before this marathon was so much fun...including waking up at 4 am so we could make it to Mapleton to catch the bus by 5:30 that takes you up to the top of the course. We were lucky to get into a bus that kept overheating, so it had to continue to pull over so it took longer to get up to the top. The longer it took meant the more time we were able to stay on the bus and not sit around at the top in the freezing cold waiting for the race to start. And that fact that when we got to the top we had to wait in line to use the define "porta potties" to get the race nerves out of the system...if you know what I mean. I was so happy with my time and it just got me more excited for the St. George marathon coming up in 6 weeks! Holy Cow! Thanks friends for a great run...I had a blast!

Mamma Mia!

Rachelle, Alisha, Mom, Lexee (might as well be our sister) Hollie, Stacy, Nat, Jacki

Last night I went to Mamma Mia with all my sisters and my mom. I loved it! I saw the Broadway production a couple of years ago with our friends the Peck's. It kind of was a last minute decision and there were only a few seats left. Low and behold when we got there, our seats were the very last row on the balcony at the Capital Theater. We sat through the whole show squinting, wiping the blood off our noses and listening to this sound the whole time...chaa, chaa, choo....chaa, chaa, choo....we had a sweet gentlemen next to us that was on oxygen and that is what we heard the whole time. We crack up whenever we think about it. Besides all of that I did enjoy the show.

Well last year my mom took me and all of my sisters to see it at the Capital Theatre again, we had much better seats! I absolutely loved it! I loved the acting, the singing and the music was awesome! Stacy and Alisha (Stacy had a thing for Collin Firth especially at the end when he is dancing with his shirt off...ohh baby. And Alisha didn't agree with me on Pearce's singing...she loved it, right Alisha?)

Last night was awesome too! It is just a fun, happy show that leaves you in the best mood. My friend Heidi describes it the best. She did a great review of the show on her blog. I thought Meryl Streep did a great job, Sophie (which is the chick in Mean Girls, another fabulous movie) did a good job and I LOVED the mom's friend, the short haired one, I swear she is the one in the Broadway play, it looks just like her. She was hilarious! Now as for Pearce Bronsan...super goofy, not so much a singer, but good to look at. The movie in all just makes you want to get up and dance and at the end Stacy and I couldn't help it, we got up and boogied! That is what I love about the play, at the end everyone is on their feet shakin' it, is should be the same way in the theatres. So if you are looking for a fun girls night, I would suggest this film, a little cheesy but a lot of fun.

I am so lucky to have such a fun mom and a bunch of fun sisters. We always have a great time together. Love ya gals!

Stacy you totally ROCK!

I would like to wish my AmaZinG sister Stacy a Happy Birthday!

She has so many qualities that I admire. Here are just a few....

She is so domestic. She sews all of her children's clothes, makes her OWN clothes, and a plethora of other things...you name it, she sews it!
She gets an adequate amount of sleep each night. She never gets too much or not enough, I don't know how she does it. (It might have something to do with that mask she sleeps with???)
Her family is so normal and down to earth. Just look at them, how I wish my family was just like hers. And yes, her husband is too DIE for, just look at him! (You may notice that there is an extra child in this picture, that is just like her, always taking on more kids....she wants to have thousands!)
There is never a dull moment with Stacy and she does visit the dentist regularly as you can see by this picture. I don't know where she finds the time to visit him, but somehow she does it.
With all of these qualities and loads of more qualities, she finds time to be a wonderful sister!

Thanks for everything Stacy! I love you!

Happy Birthday!