Once again

Alright, after much whining and some people being lazy and not wanting to try a little harder to read what I blog, I switched my background...AGAIN!

I hope y'all like this one better. I really like this one, too; it was not on the web site last week, I swear! They update that thing constantly so they're always getting new stuff. Anyway... hope this one is better.

Another new background...

So, clearly I am, once again, bored with my background...

I know you can all plainly see what it looks like for the most part, but some computers don't have the wide screens, so some of you won't be able to see the whole thing. I know this is not something I might typically pick, but I really like it. Kind of vintage, kind of cool...

There you go, April! You can have my old background since you were whining the other day about how you wanted it. Dang, I'm a nice sister!

Happy Anniversary!

Today, Albert and I celebrate our 6th anniversary. Wow, how time flies! It has been an amazing journey and quite the ride, to say the least. I thought I would post some of my favorite pictures of us. These first 3 are from our engagement pictures and wedding day and the last one is probably my very favorite picture of all. It sort of encompasses "us", i think.
This is Albert's favorite engagement picture. I liked the first one better, so of course, that is the one we sent out in our invitations!
This is our favorite picture from the temple. I love this picture so much and I have it hanging in my living room.
Anyway... Happy Anniversary to my long-haired-redneck-Joe-Dirt-wannabe!

I love you, Albert!!!

New Phone

I have been needing a new phone for a while. I haven't had a new one in about

2 1/2 years. My old one finally gave out the other night and so we went and found a new one yesterday!

I LOVE IT!!!

It's so cute and it has a keyboard so it's much easier to text. And it has a camera, too. That is something I've never had on any of my phones. But the BEST part about it, I think, is pretty obvious...

IT'S PURPLE!

MY FAVORITE COLOR!!!

I DID IT!!!

I think you are all sick of hearing about this, but I just have to brag one more time because, to tell the truth, I'm really proud of myself! So here are the pix from my race today. We didn't get any while I was swimming, but I can tell you that I was the first person out of the pool in my heat, which I was really surprised about, but also very happy. But don't worry, because there were PLENTY of people who passed me on my bike and while I was running.

This hill was KILLER! This was about 2/3 of the way through the bike and this was the last HUGE hill I climbed. Seriously, the picture does not give it justice.
Rounding the corner and flashing a "hang loose" sign or something.
I finished! I know, very charming hair... don't stare too closely. You might turn to stone.
Here I am flexing my guns for my fans. HA! Right...
This was my number. The F stands for female, in case they couldn't tell. Just kidding, it really did stand for female, but it meant I was in the individual female category.
This is on the front of my t-shirt.

Okay, so here is a VERY SHORT video of me just before I crossed the finish line. I ended up finishing in 1 hour 49 minutes and 15 seconds or something close to that.

Anyway... I hope you enjoyed my self-inflicted suffering! Overall, it was fun and definately a big accomplishment for me. I hope to be able to do it again next year, and I will for sure have to beat my time!

Bishopric Triathlon

Albert and the rest of our Bishopric did a team triathlon last weekend. Our stake hosted their first annual triathlon and so these dudes decided to combine their powers and "git-r-done"!

Albert started up Uintah Canyon on a bike he borrowed from the guy we bought our house from.
It doesn't look like it really, but it was a pretty chilly morning!
Here's my professional biker hubby about half way through. Everyone told him he looked like he was in th Tour de France with his cool jersey. Nevermind he bought it at D.I. for like 2 bucks!
Just finishing.
Sweet helmet hair, babe!

This is Nathan Goodrich, the Second Counselor. This was only about 1/2 mile into the run, so he was still pumped and excited about it.
You can't see really well here, but he's not so excited anymore. I wish I would have zoomed in a little more to catch this face up close.
Bishop Bill Goodrich - aka "The Fish"
All done!
Roosevelt Third Ward "Trifecta"

(I don't think that's really how you spell it, but oh well)

The guys finished in 1 hour 26 minutes! Wahoo!!!

Great job!!!

5 Things You Didn't Know About Me

No, I didn't get "tagged" or anything, but I don't really have anything to post right now, so I thought I would tell you some things you didn't know, or may have forgotten.

1. I am doing a triathlon tomorrow morning. It's my first one and it's just a "mini", but still an accomplishment for me and I have bee working really hard. It's going to be a 12 lap swim, 13 mile bike ride, and a 3 mile run.

2. We just got a memory foam matress topper yesterday, and I really like it so far (of course that's only going off one night's sleep, but it was a good night, nonetheless).

3. I only had one wisdom tooth. I finally got the guts up and got it taken out about 2 years ago.
***You can refer to April's blog to see a very charming picture of that very traumatic event - it's the first post she ever put on her blog***

4. I have broken 3 bones - my left radius when I was 5, my right wrist when I was 6, and my second toe on my right foot (again, thanx, April).

5. Even though I work in the Surgery Department, I have never had surgery - knock on wood.

So, there you go. Hope you enjoyed those few things about my life.