10 years...almost

It will be ten years of wedded bliss this upcoming March, so I asked my friend, Cody if he would take our "family pictures" since the last ones we had done were for our five year anniversary.
Cody did a beautiful job. I highly recommend him to anyone who is looking for a photographer. (Think Christmas cards!) Cody does amazing work. You can check out his website at www.arrivecreative.blogspot.com
Thank you so much, Cody!

This is MY time of the year!

Last night was a perfect Fall evening. A great evening to go searching for the perfect pumpkins. There is the cutest pumpkin patch right here in Farmington called Packs Pumpkin Patch. So we headed out to search high and low until we found our favorites.


Ben pulled our little cart that we ended up filling with pumpkins, our favorite squash and corn stalks! I LOVE IT!







Ben found his favorite!

Getting our corn stalks home was a challenge. But we made it...SLOWLY but surely.





And last but not least, Ben and I bought a new tree about a month ago. It is an Autumn Blaze Maple and his leaves are gorgeous!



Autumn has always been my favorite season for so many reasons. Cozy sweaters, making homemade chili or Cheeseburger Chowder :), changing leaves, Jack O' Lanterns, putting away Summer and embracing a new season. Happy Fall everybody!

Wicked

For a special treat, my amazing sis in law, Anne took all the Sorensen sisters to San Francisco to see the Broadway play, Wicked. Can I just say AMAZING!? The play was incredible. And I don't think that there is a bad seat in the Orpheum Theater. I saw Phantom of the Oprah there when I was 13 and it was just as beautiful as I remembered. We had so much fun getting all dolled up.





Saturday, we had a leisurely breakfast and then took a few hours to do some shopping. My favorite part was the 3 story Forever 21! I could have spent the whole day there!



We went into China Town and Anne had these darling freshwater pearl bracelets made for all of us. Green for Wicked, of course!!



It was so fun to see all the girls. Everyone lives outside of Utah but me. It was great to catch up and stay up late laughing and talking about everything! Thank goodness I was blessed with wonderful in laws.

Anne, thank you for the amazing weekend. Like I told you before, your generosity amazes me.
I love my Sorensen sisters!

I miss you guys!

Race For Recovery

Ben and I ran in a 5k race yesterday called the Race For Recovery. It starts at Mt. Timpangos Park and goes up Provo canyon. It was so beautiful. I was really happy to see that I came in 4Th in my division and finished 1 minute faster than my goal time. It was so much fun doing it together, well kind of. Ben finished 6 minutes sooner than me. :)


Getting ready for the race...

Ben preparing himself for the race by rubbing his legs with Icy Hot...or liquid lifesaver as he calls it!


In the words of Forrest Gump, "I just kept runnin'."

Comin' down to the finish line

Bragging rights

After receiving lots of pressure from my brother, Ben participated in his first ever Triathlon today in Stansbury. He did an amazing job (especially for not training at all)! I am so proud of him.

My brother Jasson and his wife Angela also participated and they did such amazing jobs! Seriously, so proud of these guys!

Angela took 2ND place in her age group. Yeah for the silver medal!

Isn't Ang just the cutest little buff person ever??

Jasson finished 4th place overall and took the Clydesdale Award! (First place for men weighing over 200 lbs.) I was so proud of him for being the 3rd person out of the water!!! I guess all those swimming lessons at the Sports Mall did pay off!


I don't know who should be bragging more, me or Ben. 'Cause once again...just so proud!!

I was so impressed by ALL of the contestants. Some were quite chubby, some were old, some had big pot bellies. But they all had the courage to compete. An older lady could barely walk when she came back from the swim. She hopped on her bike and took off. When she got in from the bike ride, she said, "I only fell once. Last year I fell twice on the bike." (the roads were wet). I think my dad was pretty surprised (even I was) when I yelled out, "Good for you, Lady!" I just couldn't help it...I thought she was so awesome!
I ran with Ben and I saw her AGAIN. Just huffing and puffing along. She was an inspiration!

Ben, I'm way proud of you. It was fun to watch you compete! Congrats on surviving your 1st (and possibly last) triathlon.
Love you.


Swim 450 meters
Bike 12 miles
Run 3.1 miles

CAN'T WAIT!!

Yellowstone 2009

Oh give me a home, where the BUFFALO roam...





Where the DEER and the ANTELOPE play...





(Sometimes the Antelope play with the Buffalo too...)














Where seldom is heard, a discouraging word. And the skies are not cloudy all day...

Hayden Valley
West Thumb Geyesers









As you can see, Ashlee and I spent the 4th of July weekend hanging out in Yellowstone and The Grand Tetons, and we saw some amazing things. Here are a few of our favorite pictures from the trip. We hope you enjoy them...






















And these little furry guys were the absolute highlight of our trip...



We hope you've enjoyed looking at our pictures as much as we enjoyed taking them. It truly was an amazing vacation!