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I love being aunt Lani (pronounced annwani).  

Canyon Lake

Last Saturday we headed out to Canyon Lake with my Uncle Scott's family. It was perfect. The lake was beautiful and their boat had a full cover so we were always in the shade. It didn't feel like 110 degrees until we were packing up the boat. Josh and I both tried wakeboarding for the first time. Super tiring! We also did a lot of swimming and cliff jumping. Only I was too scared to climb as high as Josh did. It was a great way to spend an Arizona summer day.

And this is who I get to spend most of my days with.  Sadie- who thinks I am funny because she makes me laugh.  

LA weekend

A quick trip to LA for a wedding + grass on the temple lawn = picture of us in front of the temple

all because of my mom

ten years ago I decided to run a marathon. My mom had just finished her marathon in St George and I thought it would be fun to say I did the same, so I decided then to run a marathon in 2010. What I didn't know then was how stupid of an idea it is to run a marathon. They are long, painful, boring if you are by yourself, and extremely cold if it decides to pour on you for a good 7-8 miles. But it feels good to say I accomplished something hard, even if it took me way too long. I did it. It is done, and crossed off the list. I no longer have to go out on long runs on Saturday and hope I make it home.

this is when I still felt okay... before the rain/mud/freezing cold, here is was only cold...

before I got on the bus

thank you...

THANK YOU for teaching me to love... for taking me golfing and skiing and rock climbing and jet skiing and crabbing... for teaching me to serve others with all my heart...for teaching me the importance of living a healthy life... for sharing with me the love of running... for supporting me in track and all the many sports I did as a child... for sending me newspaper clippings and sticks of gum... for making me laugh...for reading with me for hours... for taking notes on everything, like funny signs at Disneyland... for spending time with me and my siblings... for coming to my graduations and my wedding...for living your testimony and setting an example for your grandchildren... for letting me sit next to you in the pick-up truck and let me "help" you shift the gears... for sharing your car with me... for being the greatest BYU fan... for being the greatest grandpa a girl could ask for. I'll miss you and I can't wait to see you again. I love you grandpa.

enjoying life

Isn't life awesome!! I feel like we have had a lot going on lately, but then again not at the same time. We've had fun with friends and parties, I've had work and Josh is starting finals. but life is good. After Josh is done with finals we'll be heading down to Arizona for the summer. Josh has an internship there thanks to his brother Chris. We are excited to go and hang out with his family for the summer. I just hope we don't melt. I don't have a lot to say but here are a couple of pictures...

Our stake had a luau one night so I invited my friend Vanessa from work- it was great and we had a lot of fun.


On Saturday we had a couple of cinco de mayo parties. We went to a festival in downtown denver with friends from work, and Josh got a turkey leg- it was amazingly good. Then we had a party with our friends where we enjoyed amazing food and company- the pinata was hilarious.

Idaho Weekend

Congrats to Andy and Dana Gillette! The sealing was wonderful and the whole day was tiring, but a lot of fun. I'm mostly just going to post pictures now...

my cousin sent my parents flat stanley- so of course we had to take him everywhere... like the great state of Idaho


The wedding was great. Dana did a great job on the flowers- they were beautiful.



My family loves to stop and take random photo shoots- so we stopped in Idaho Falls and looked and the falls and the temple- it was really pretty.