Running Club

So some girls and I from the ward decided to get together and run MWF at 6am. We have a pretty good 3.5 mile course along a green belt and even though we are all at different levels of fitness, somehow it all works out. We've all gotten to be such good friends.

SO, above is me and Jennifer at a race we ran together. It was a 2 mile run and we did great! We even got medals! We were so proud of ourselves. (This was back in June...)

We then decided to enter the Huntington Beach 4th of July 5k and it was SO fun! The lat 5k I ran was over Thanksgiving and before that it was several years... thanks to a knee injurty. Anyway, the HB 5k run is probably the biggest race I've run in - people wise. It was just a sea of people! There were several other people that we knew in the race so it was really fun to be running and see people we knew either running or cheering us on!

Don't I look professional?! Jennifer is just a tad behind me - this was the final stretch! We are now preparing for the next 5k! Feels so good to run!!

I heart Edward

I must admit it. I heart Edward! I am a little late in reading the Twilight series, but yeah - better late than never! I borrowed the first three books from my sister Tiffany and they sat awhile on my book shelf. Then, when I finally decided to start the first book, life as I knew it came to a hault! I read the first 3 books in one week. Poor Ryan... he didn't even know what he was getting himself in to!

So, I picked up the 4th book on the Saturday it came out. I read as often as I could and I finished it on Tuesday. WOW! I LOVE THESE BOOKS! It has been fun and easy reading and that is what I love! Can't wait for the next book to come out! The one from Edward's point of view! See you all at the book store!

GIRLS!

Yes, I am behind, but I just wanted to post about our annual girls weekend! This is the 3rd year we have gotten together - just the Winn Family girls and it is a blast! The first year we went to St. George and the past two years have been at my house in Huntington Beach.

We started off the weekend by going to the Newport Beach temple to do a session. Grandma and Grandpa White were working at the temple that day so they did the session with us and then we all went out to dinner.

I broke the rules and invited Ryan... even though we weren't supposed to have our spouses there. Oh well! I was glad he was there!

This year, we decided to go see Wicked and it was AMAZING! I can't wait to go again! We also got to take a limo there and back! We had so much fun!

When we got to the theater there were some girls outside looking at the limo and pointing. I think they expected some beautiful, famous people to get out. We decided we should keep our sunglasses on so we would look more famous and mysterious... ;) Of course we did look beautiful and famous!

After wicked we rode back to Huntington Beach in our fancy lemo and went to downtown Huntington for dinner and shopping. We shopped a little the day before at Fashion Island so now we were exploring the less expensive, surfer shops.

To top it all off we had to visit Pink Berry again! We had gone the night before, but we just coudn't pass up another chance!

I can't wait until next year!!! I am already looking forward to the 4th annual girls weekend!!

Brave Girls

This past weekend Ryan and I watched Sydney and Haylee, Aaron and Jenn's girls. We had a blast! We watched them Friday night so Aaron and Jenn could have a night to themselves. We had a slumber party! Haylee was funny and kept saying "there is no room for me!", as she'd look at the twin trundle bed. (The bed underneath had not been pulled out - she didn't like that). I let them sleep in the big queen bed and they thought they were in heaven! They got to sleep in the BIG bed! What fun!

Saturday Aaron and Jenn came over and then we all, minus Ryan, went to Grandma and Grandpas for swimming and Pei Wei for dinner! They all spent the night at our house and joined us for church on Sunday. After church Ryan was putting away some of his police stuff and Sydney thought the handcuffs were pretty neat! Ryan handcuffed her and showed Haylee the proper way to lead her around - all through the house like she was under arrest! It was pretty funny. Haylee wasn't sure she wanted to be handcuffed but then she said, "I will be a brave girl!" She got handcuffed. They decided they'd rather cuff their ankles though and take turns letting each other out with the key.

We had a fun time all weekend! We are so happy to have family close by! We love you guys!

My best tan ever!

This is what a fair skinned person's tan looks like when you fall asleep in the sun...

Fearsome Foursome Reunite

So, Amy, Tiffany, Amy and I all planned a fearsome foursome reunion! We hiked down to Havasuipai and it was amazing! We had such a fun time together! Can't wait to do it again!

The Cook

So, we've been busy... But, just so you don't have to keep looking at the pancakes, here's the guy who cooked 80 lbs. of bacon and a million pancakes and his cute wife!