Kenya run a 5k??

Today the place where I work (Pinnacle Security) hosted a 5k run for such a great cause! They are building a hospital in Kenya, Africa (get it.. KENYA run a 5k??) so all of the money we made today went straight to that! It was such a fun race ( my first official race... haha and it was only a 5k! But hey! Im not a runner so I was proud of myself) and we had such a great turn out!

 

Last night around 10:30 I convinced my Mother in law to sign up and run it! And she did!

 

She even won 2nd Place for her age group!

 

These are my boss's kids that I watched over the summer and they ran the race too!

Way to Busy!

Our last semester of school has started for us and we have been SO busy! We really only see each other at night because we are both working on top of school but it will all be worth it when we are all done (in April!) Nothing to exciting has been going on but we still manage to have fun!

 One night for FHE we made tinfoil dinners on the fire!

Jake's famous "Local Legends" team has started their flag football season and won their first game!

During the Priesthood session of conference us girls made this cute pumpkin craft! 

Night Time Adventures

I LOVE when people sleep talk... I think it is hilarious and makes my night. Well I have been disappointed lately because Jake doesn't do anything in his sleep... so boring right? Except for last night. Ready for a story?
Once upon a time I was fast asleep and all of a sudden I am woken up by a super loud bang against the wall... FREAKED me out. It takes me a minute to figure out what exactly is going on.. and I notice that Jake is no longer laying next to me.. and our blanket and sheets are not on the bed. I then hear some heavy breathing and I realize that Jake is laying on the floor... on MY side. How on earth does that happen?? So here is how our convo goes....
(S = summer J= Jake)

S- "Jake..... what are you doing?"
J- (while breathing heavy) "I don't know...."
S- "Why are you on the floor?? Did you fall off the bed?" (trying not to die of laughter)
J- (doesn't say anything.. just still breathing heavy like he just got shot!)
I stop asking questions and see if he is going to get up or not.. but then it goes silent.. like I can't hear him breathe anymore so I thought he passed out or something....
S- "Jake you need to get up off the floor..."
J- "I can't!"
S- "Why?"
J- "I got hit by the lawn buddies truck and my arm is stuck I can't move"
So then I am thinking... why didn't he tell me he got hit by his work truck?? Then he wakes up out of this dream he was in...
J- "I don't really know where I am.. but I know I am on the floor..."
I then start DYING of laughter.. I shine my phone light on him and I lost it.. We could barely breath we were laughing SO hard I had tears coming from my eyes. He just layed there for about 10 minutes not knowing what happened.. and we still have no clue! My guess is he somehow managed to roll over me... with all of the blankets onto the floor.. and didn't wake up from that. He has a huge scratch on his arm from something. and basically I have never laughed so hard. Yes.. this all happened at 2:30 in the morning.

I wanted to take a picture of him laying there.. but he was in his G's... so this is where he fell

I am on the right side.. he is on the left. and he fell on MY side! I still don't get it

Belated Birthdays!

I am HORRIBLE at remembering things.. especially birthdays! (good thing Jake's is really easy... 11/11) I am especially horrible around August and September because there are tons of birthdays, even more now being a part of another family! So i just wanted to make one giant shout out to everyone who had birthdays recently!

My little (even though she is much taller) sis Jessica turned the big 18!!

Carly had a bday on Sept. 2 and then the next day her newborn baby Whitney was born!

Whitney

My mom had a birthday on Aug. 20 (looking young as ever!)

My other sis Lisa had a birthday on Aug. 19! And she is having her baby at the end of November!

Chad and Britt had birthdays in Aug. and Sept. (this is when we beat them at tennis! haha)

Talon turned 3!! He is soo stinkin cute and loves his uncle Jake!

I'm sure I forgot somebody.. but Happy Birthday everyone!!

Island Park

This last weekend we went with some of Jake's friends up to Island Park for the day! His friend Ace has a cabin up there right on the lake so we loaded up the jet ski and the boat and made it an all day trip! It was SO fun! It was hot outside which made it easier to get into the semi cold water (much colder than Arizona lakes). We did some wake boarding, skiing, grilled some hot dogs, took long naps in the sun, and just enjoyed the last weeks of our summer vacation! 

(Jake forgot to take pictures of me wake boarding.. but I promise I did it!)

Jake is really tall.. therefore he has big feet. So he needed lots of assistance to squeeze his big feet into wake board boots!

My life is exciting

So I get REALLY bored at work.. its the best job because me and the girl I work with try to find TV shows to get addicted to so we don't get so bored sitting at a desk for 8 hours every day (currently its Friday Night Lights). Well sometimes in the mornings it's just me so I try to find things to do. Lately I have been making my own recipe cards on picnik.com. It's so easy and they are so cute! When I get enough made I am going to print them off just as a picture at walgreens or walmart and put them in a photo album and then I will have my own recipe book! Here are a couple of recipes that I have made cards for :) 

Just around the river bend...

Jake and I have always talked about wanting to float the river.... so we finally did it! We invited his friend Jesse ( a boy he works with and they served in the same mission) and his wife and got some giant tubes from their boss and we were on our way! Jake had floated this river before with his ward a couple of years ago.. and said it took about an hour and a half to two hours to float. Well.. we went around the circle once.. and it literally felt like we were floating for maybe 30 min. So we walked back to the beginning and did it again! Come to find out it was actually about 45-an hour one loop around but it felt so short the first time! The water was FREEZING! Arizona rivers do not get that cold... ever. haha but the second time we went it actually felt pretty good and it was a hot day! (We have sunburns to show for that) Then when we were done we finished our adventure day with some lunch at Costa Vida! Such a fun day!