Epic In Every Sense of the Word

Well this past weekend was epic for two reasons.

We'll start with this:

I saw Titanic for the first time.

Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!

Love. At. First. Sight.

There's something about watching an amazing chickflick in your pajamas with junk food and all your girlfriends!

(Plus Rusty.)

It just made it that much better!!!! Image from Here.

I will marry Jack Dawson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Image from Here.

Can we just feast upon him for a moment?

Image from Here.

Now I'm torn!

Who do I love more...

Peeta Mellark or Jack Dawson????

What say you?

Now for the main event:

The Cocopah Half and Full Marathon

Yuma, Arizona

Saturday, January 23rd

After my grandpa's death in September, some of the family decided to participate in his memory for his birthday which would have been this month.

My sisters Emily and Bekah, and my Aunt Johnelle sprinting in from the Half.

Bekah's biggest fans!

I told Emily to show me what champions look like, this is what she came up with.

Em with her #1 cheerleader! Her hubby Brett!

Barely awake but ready to cheer on the fam!

Sister Sarah and Aunt Pam finishing the Half!

Bekah went back and ran the last mile with them.

Aunt Kathy and Sam ran the last couple yards as well.

Victory!

Can I just say that my dad is a stud????

The man is 53 years old and ran a FULL MARATHON IN 4 HOURS!!!!!!!!!!

My Super Sisters!!!!!!!

All the girls!

I love my family!

This was such a great event to witness!

Between the two races, we had 11 runners and ALOT of cheerleaders all wearing our red Team Reg shirts.

If you click on any of the pictures you can see the shirts better.

Under the Team Reg it says:

"Still Hangin' in There"

One of many Regisms that my grandpa was known for is this:

"I'm still working on my S.H.I.T. program."

Man I miss that guy!

Image from Here.

In other news, I missed EverybodyNose's Birthday!!!!

As of January 15th, this here blog has been alive for one year!!!

It's been a great one!

Here's to many more!!!!!

Sammy, I'm a Slacker, Don't Slap Me!!!

Happy LATE Birthday to one of my most favorite people in the world!!!!

Sammy turned 17 like two weeks ago, so this has been a LONG time coming!!

Since this is so late, I knew I had to make it special.

And so, Sammy, you are not only going to be hearing from me, but from another very good friend!

Sammy!!!!
Hello my Favorite second cousin once removed!!!

Happy 17th birthday! I hope you had a great one. I miss you soooooo much you have no idea! I’d just like to take the time to tell you just how much I love you and why:

1. You are so motherly! I love it! I always know that I can count on you to tell me what to do and when to do it. And you know that I need that in my life!
2. You are ALWAYS there for me. And now that you have a phone, it makes it easier! Don’t you just love technology??
3. “We must be related!!!!!!!!!”
4. I love that I can always be myself around you and even though you think I’m a nut, you know you love it!
5. Lastly, can I just say that you are FLIPPEN AWESOME???? And I miss you to DEATH!

Love ya tons!
Happy Late Birthday!
Julie
(Your favorite second
cousin once removed.)

Okay, my turn!

I love how Sammy is so blunt and honest!

Sammy is so good at planning and organizing!

Her parties are the greatest and having a class with her is the best cause she keeps you on task and on top of things!!!

Sammy and I have always thought that we are clomplete opposites, and in some ways we are:

She's: Tall

I'm: Short

She's: Athletic

I'm: Uncoordinated to the max

She's: Calm, Keeps her cool

I'm: a Total Spazz

She: Likes to stay in the backgroud

I: Crave the spotlight

But the longer we're friends and the closer we get, the more I realize just how similar we are!!!

Sammy is the best listener!!!

I could go on for hours to her and she just listens and gives GREAT reactions!!!

Sammy is so supportive!!!

I tell her about my dreams and she gives me tons of encouragement!!

Sammy is an awesome story teller!!!

Her facial expressions and choice of words are BEYOND HILARIOUS!!!

I can't be around her without smiling!!!

I love how she's not afraid to be herself!!!

I sure do love ya girl!!!

Sorry it took so long!!!!

Happy Birthday Sammy!!!!

*Coming Soon*

Homecoming pictures!!!

Happy Birthday Suz!!!!

Meet Suz.

The nicest, most selfless girl I have ever met.

Like, you don't understand.

She NEVER thinks about herself, EVER!

It's incredible!

I want to be like her when i grow up. One of my favorite things about Susannah is that she's an amazing listener.

I could ramble on for hours and she would wait patiently until I was done.

Because she doesn't talk as much as the rest of us, she sees and hears more than most people.

She's so compassionate and understanding, always sensitive to the feelings of others.

Suz has dedicated her life to serving others, her siblings, her parents and her friends.

She's always there for you when you need her.

She hates talking badly about others so she's super uplifting to talk to.

Susannah is so forgiving, I can be so mean and rude sometimes, and she never holds it against me.

I would trust this girl with my life.

Susannah's biggest goal in life is to be a mom.

Her children are truly going to be the luckiest kids on earth!

I love ya Suz!

Happy Seventeenth!!!!

SkIpPeR

Alyssa.

Otherwise known as Skipper.

Or ABCD.

Or Alyssa Borkus Corkus Dorkus.

Or Alyssa the Babe. Alyssa turns 17 today.

She's old.

Alyssa and I have a....complex relationship.

As we've gotten older, it's simplified and solidified.

But back in Jr. High...one day we'd be friends, the next, enemies.

I guess you could've called us Frenemies.

The reason for all the hostility?

Alyssa and I are VERY similar.

In COMPLETELY different ways.

We both have extremely strong personalities and for several years we clashed terribly.

But their are two sides to every Love-Hate relationship.

As angry and annoyed and sad that she made me, I've always loved Lyssa dearly.

She's one of those people who you can't help but love.

She's as unique as they come.

Alyssa is one of the most talented people I've ever met.

She's a math genius, an athletic goddess and is a Super Sightreader.

She's also one of the most confident people I've ever met.

She knows exactly who she is and isn't afraid to show it.

I've learned alot from my years of friendship from Alyssa:

1. How to wrap a toilet seat with saran rap.

2. How to handle jerk face boys.
3. How to appreciate thick hair.

4. What cute butts and rockin' bods REALLY look like.

5. How to be an amazing friend.

Some favorite Lyssa memories:

1. Trying to outsing each other in Encore.

2. 1st hour Chemistry

3. Planning her life about six and a half million times

4. Drawing pictures of her life

5. Spreading rumors about her.

(With her permission of course!)

Another thing I truly admire about Alyssa is her amazing testimony and love of the Gospel.

Standing at around 5 foot 4, she's a true Spiritual Giant.

We laugh, we fight.

We love, we hate.

We glare, we grin.

We are Alyssa and Natalie.

I sure do love ya girl.

Happy 17th!!!

Cousins By Nature, Best Friends By Choice

Yes, that is the story of mine and Mary's lives.

I love everything about this girl.

Together we've laughed, cried, gotten in and out of trouble and basically lived and loved life.

Tomorrow is her sweet 16!!!

I seriously don't think I can put into words how much I love and adore this girl...

But I'm gonna try.

I think the pictures will help.

Mary and I can be "Special" together.
She's always good for a good time!!
Nothing is too weird for her!
She makes me laugh, even when all I want to do is frown.
She's not afraid to be Mary.
You know how in some friendships, the roles are easily defined?
One person is the hero, the others the sidekick?
With us, that is so not the case!
It varies, keeps us on our toes!
We're both the Queen's of Pasta

We've been there for each other through everything.

And I do mean EVERYTHING!

Mary forces me to be social, especially on those days when I want to become a hermit and never come out.

I can't count the number of times I've called her up and said "I need you."

Always, she's there within minutes.

I love her honesty.

I can always depend on her to tell me exactly what's going on.

I love how Mary puts 100% into EVERYTHING she does.

With her, nothing goes half-done.

I've made plenty of mistakes, some of which could've cost me her friendship, but she's always been the epitome of forgiveness!

While I was at Chinese camp this summer, her texts and phone calls were what got me through the madness!

We're so similar, and yet so different.

I love how we both love making weird connections between things and remember dates that things happen. It seems that we're always thinking and saying the same things.

I love how we're like the minis our twin mothers.

Happy 16th Birthday Mary!

I don't know what I'd do without you!

Love ya more than ya know!!