Wasatch Back 2009

Another 188 miles of running with a few of your best friends.  Last weekend I ran the Wasatch Back... again! It was a blast!!!  The only bummer part was Josh and Kimmi ran it also, but we were on different teams.  The good part was they were both in Van 1, same as me, so we got to start at the same time and see each other the entire race! 

Team Seriously ROCKED IT again!  The race had an extra 6 miles added to it this year and our time was 32:59:16.  That means we kept a 10 minute mile pace throughout the race. GO GIRLS!!! It was so much fun we already have our spot for next year.  I think we all might need to get our heads examined!!  CRAZY!!

Kimmi finishing her 1st run.  She flew!!!

My Avon Pass run... it was 8 miles uphill on a dirt and very dusty road!

Ty and Jaden came with us... they made sure I didn't run out of water! I loved having them there!

Jaden and Kimmi at the start of Josh's 2nd leg.

Josh waiting for his team!  He finished and they were missing!!!!

Jaden and Ty waiting for me to come around the corner.

Here I am!!! Gotta love the glow in the dark gear!

Jaden ran part of my 2nd leg with me! He was awesome!

Race Car Weekend

This last weekend would have normally been our Harley Weekend, however it was pouring rain Saturday morning, so we decided to rent "Race Cars" instead of Harley's!  It was so much fun! We drove all over Northern Utah, spent the night at Daniel's Summit Lodge, and drove a little more the next day!! 

Going up East Canyon... "The Poston's" withVelvet hanging out of Speed Racer, G-pa behind them... "The Hales" and "The Clift's" are in the Shaggin' Wagon is at the end.

Top of East Canyon, GORGEOUS!!!

The girls flirting with their hot hubby's!

Ty was the first to hit 170 mph in this very fancy Corvette.  Of course, Scott couldn't let Ty hold the record in the car he rented, Scotty hit 170 also, however, he got to meet a Duchesne County Sheriff while trying to beat Ty's record!  Sorry Scotty, guess we all can't be as smooth as my Ty!!!

This is the Hot Tamale... yep it had a governor so we topped this baby out at 115 mph. 

Our fancy hotel for the night, it was beautiful!

The gang with Hot Tamale and Speed Racer.

Okay Bryan... this picture is just for you... here I am very carefully holding a grapefruit!! 

Iron Chef... Top Ramen

Last week Ty and his friend Eric thought it would be so fun to have an "Iron Chef" cook off with our friends.  They talked Jen and I into taking around two packages of Top Ramen with an invitations to come.  The one rule:  The "secret" ingredient Top Ramen MUST be used in your dish! 

All week we joked around with everyone, and not one person would reveal what they were bringing. It was so fun to watch the kids try to bribe other kids into telling them what their family was bringing. We found out that most of them were either sworn to secrecy or their parents just wouldn't tell them!

As everyone arrived the unveiling began!  It was so exciting to see the foil come off the dishes as each representative placed theirs on the table.  We laughed, cheered and laughed some more!  As everyone filled their plates and started to taste these amazing creations, silence fell over the room.  Because we were our own judges, you could only vote for ONE dish and it couldn't be your own, the decision was difficult.  So many different dishes and they were all FABULOUS! Pulling in 4 votes, the Poston's won the contest!  Their salad was so good.  It had a little surprise kick that was so yummy! (Lemon Grass... who knew?!?)  They were so excited and couldn't believe it.  As the winners they will now host the second Iron Chef night and they will get to pick the secret ingredient.   We had such a fantastic time and cannot wait for the next one!

                The traveling trophy...

          

            Did you know that Top Ramen could be so fancy?

               Poston's winning dish...

Our creation. It is pork medallions with a hoisin sauce and shrimp wontons. MMMM!

    Peabody's delicious and pretty salad.

   Gallup's Hot and Spicy lettuce wraps.

 Brotherson's spinach dip and deep fried macaroni and cheese balls served with marinara sauce.

Brotherson's bribe.... gone in 15 seconds!

Hales salmon hobo dinners... the surprise is inside!

                              SURPRISE!

                         And the winner is....

Happy Birthday Jaxon and Happy Mother's Day!

To start off I can't believe our baby is 6! Time just goes by too fast.  This year was a "special" birthday, Jaxon's birthday was on Mother's Day.  This "special" day meant he got to sleep over in mom and dad's bed so he and mom could have breakfast in in bed... together! YAY! 

  

Jaxon was pretty excited to open his presents, he wouldn't even eat his special breakfast! (That is until all the present were open, put together and being played with!)

He was really excited... he got EVERYTHING he wanted... he started throwing wrapping paper and jumping on the bed!
Happy Birthday Jax Man, it was AWESOME sharing your special day with you!!!

Jones Family Caribbean Cruise

Can I just say we are so lucky... we have the Rockinest family! We all went on a family cruise and it was the cruise of a lifetime! 

Here we are dancing on the the deck at the sail away party. Check out my cute Grandma... this is before she got sick!

Muster station drills are always a favorite!

Here are all the girl cousins that were able to go on the cruise.  We are so cute!

My hot husband on elegant night! 

Water slide fun on the ship.

We were lucky enough to have our dinner seats right at the back of the ship. It was an amazing view every night for dinner.

Karaoke night was a blast.  It's pretty crazy what you are willing to do in a gigantic room full of strange people when you have of fan club of 22 members! Thanks for cheering us on guys!

Elegant night on the deck watching the sunset.

Did you know it takes talent to make a winning ice cream cone?  We had lots of practice... every night when we met everyone at 11:00 pm for ice cream!

It was a much needed getaway for us. We got to spend every moment with each other. It was so much fun.  We can't wait to go again!

Key West

Ahhh... the lovely Key West!  It was filled with fun shops and great people watching! It was a little bigger than we expected so we rented scooters to make sure we were able to see everything! We ate yummy Key Lime flavored treats, even the unexpected delicious key lime barbeque sauce! In fact, Kimmi and I had to buy a bag of Key Lime cookies, that were $14, just so we could use the bathroom!  SERIOUSLY! 

One of my favorite signs! This was on the door of Kermits... the BEST key lime shop on the island!

Highly recommend the scooter rental! 

We had lunch at a fun restaurant on the beach.