Falls & Furniture

My Saturday morning began with a hike to Battle Creek Falls: 

And ended with a trip to a furniture consignment shop with the purchase of these two darling pieces of furniture for my guest room: 

Now if only I can find a nightstand for my room or get the gumption to have a wall-shelf-type-nightstand made. I'm sick of using a desk chair for my nightstand.

Mini Backpacking

A new friend, Kari, and I went on a mini backpacking trip to White Pine Hollow this weekend. I love that trail. It is so beautiful, green, and full of wildflowers! It's also super close to home so we could get back in time to still have a lot of Saturday let to be responsible - hence the mini part to the backpacking trip. We loved it.

My Family History Wall

Well, I finally found something to put on the wall above my piano - a family history collage of photos! And I got it done! I looooooove it. 

 

Jackson and the Fifth ICUP Race

 This past weekend, I went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming with some teammates for my fifth Intermountain Cup (ICUP) mountain bike race. We had a good time! We pre-rode the course on Friday, went out on the town that night and race Saturday morning. I got 3rd place out of four in my category! 

The course was pretty technical - lots of rocks, roots, and bridges. There was even a little river that I had to ride through - a river of run-off that apparently hasn't been there in years past since the race has been at the end of July traditionally. And because of the run-off, there was also quite a bit of mud. But all of that made the course fun! I'm so glad I went, because we found out it was going to be the last time they hold an ICUP race there. The resort is turning the trails into downhill-only trails. Sad day. :(

Lately

My ribbon and winnings for getting 2nd place at the Deer Valley Intermountain Cup mountain bike race. I will actually claim that win since the 3rd place racer gave me a run for my money.... and yet there was only three of us racing in my category. :) 

And then, skiing. Yes. That is snow skiing at Snowbird. On June 19, 2010. Isn't that wild? The snow was definitely slushy. But it was fun! And all the waterfalls from the melt-off were beautiful. But just the novelty of snow skiing in June! I just had to do it. 

BYU executive Master of Public Administration Here I Come!

Whoa nelly. I'm a little in shock. I've been accepted to BYU's executive Master of Public Administration program!!! I just found out a few minutes ago. Graduate Studies emailed me saying my application status had been updated and that I had to log in to find out what my status was, so I thought for sure I wasn't accepted since I had to log in to see it. Surely, they would have told those they accepted in the actual email.... but nope. I'm accepted! Three years of classes on Tuesday nights with only the months of July and August off to play and vacation and then August 2013 graduation will come soon enough. Woo hoo!! 

Little Red Riding Hood 2010

Well, I rode the Little Red Riding Hood Century Ride again this year. That's 100 miles of riding my road bike through out Cache Valley Utah. I love that valley - especially in the spring. It is so green and pretty. Teri and I signed up for it together. And we tried to train. We really did. She did better than I did - she at least got a 40-mile ride in. My longest ride was 36 miles. But you know what? We still did the full 100 miles. We felt pretty good at lunch and lunch was at the 50 mile mark. So we braved it and went the full 100 miles. I did so much better than I did last year and I have a feeling it was due to the 9 Advil I took starting with the night before, the morning of and during the ride. What a life saver that Advil is! Teri is rocking awesome - she pushed through it. :) But it was so worth it to say we did it. And to follow Sis. Dalton's words, "I can do hard things." Oh yeah and guess how many calories I burned while on my bike for 7 hours: 3,289. Yeah crazy. That is two-days-worth of eating for me. 

And my friend Alison came along with us. She was super fun!