One Year Anniversary

Tyler and I celebrated our one year anniversary on July 14. I can't believe how time flies! It's incredible to me that it's already been on year. Many more great years to come.

We didn't end up celebrating on our actual anniversary (we were busy out working in the yard), but we did make up for it by going to PF Changs and seeing Get Smart during the week. We have plans to (hopefully) do something a little more fun once school starts and our lives resume a more normal schedule.

To reminisce of that wonderful day, I've included some pictures:

Everyone at the temple ceremony. We were married at the Sacramento California Temple. The Jeffs' side had a better showing at the temple that day. They're on the left side of us. :)

The Jeffs family at the temple. Geez the nieces and nephews have grown!

The Weidmer family at the temple. We missed Kevin that day.

Wedding party plus the Jeffs and the Weidmers. Funny to think that Ashley (two left from me) was single at that time and is now married, living beneath me, and pregnant! :)

Happy Anniversary to us!!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows

The time has finally come for me to read the seventh Harry Potter! I know that this book has been out for a while (over a year), but I haven't read it yet. I decided that before I read it, I had to read the first six to refresh my memory to the things of Harry Potter. I started with the first book back in May, and I finished the sixth book this morning. Now I'm sufficiently prepped for this last book. I'm excited to read what happens!!

5k Number Three

Well, I did it again - I ran my third 5k of the summer. This 5k was a fundraiser for the Best Buddies Utah organization in hopes of bringing chapters of Best Buddies to Utah county high schools. (For more information on what Best Buddies is all about, go to bestbuddiesutah.org.)


The race took place at Mountain View high school in Orem. The course was great because it was relatively flat for the entire 3.1 miles, but somewhat disappointing because they had us run two laps towards the end of the race - something that is not necessarily exciting when it comes to running. (But who am I to say? I do all of my running on the treadmill!)

I ran the race with girls from work: Aubrey, Katie, Jessica, and Jenny. Katie's husband, Joey, ran with us too. They all did so great! And it was fun to get out and run with them. Afterwards, we floated the Provo River to celebrate and relax.

And now, for the exciting part: I ran this 5k a minute and a half faster than my last one! My time was 27:20, a 1:31 improvement over my second 5k, and a 2:10 improvement over my first 5k. I was shocked with my time (especially since I averaged a pace of less than a 9 minute mile), but I was also very pleased. As usual, my goal for the next 5k I run in will be to beat my previous time.

But we'll have to wait until August to see if that happens!

New Link: Frugal is Fab!

Seeing as there's not too much to do while playing receptionist, I've been blog surfing, if you will. I came across a "frugal" blog that a stay-at-home mom is doing, and I think it's fantastic! This blog is actually maintained by the sister of someone who was in my singles ward at Glenwood. I hope she doesn't mind that I added the link to my blog.

:)

Happy money saving!

Summertime

Now that Tyler is done with his LSAT class and has taken his test, we've started to have some fun this summer! This past weekend we made up for the first few months we missed out on because Tyler was studying so diligently. (We find out how well Tyler did on his LSAT next week!)

:)

Last Wednesday, Tyler and I went up to my parent's house to spend some time with them. Tyler went biking with Kevin while I went running and spent some time with my mom and sister. We then enjoyed dinner with all of my family.

Last Thursday, Tyler went biking with Greg (I can't remember where) while I hiked the Y with some girls from work - Jessica, Katie, Aubrey, and Jenny. I took my camera with me, but didn't end up taking any pictures. I'll have to see if I can't get some from Jenny. It was fun, and the view is beautiful up there.

On Saturday morning, Tyler woke up really early to start working on our house. We've had plans to fix up our house for some time now, so we decided we better get started. Tyler trimmed back the pine tree over our house, pulled out old bushes and trees with his truck, and dug a hole under the walkway so that we can get water to the other side of the house and plant some bushes there. I mowed the lawn and pulled weeds (after I woke up). We then took all of our clippings to the green waste in Provo.

On Saturday afternoon, we went boating with Tyler's parents and his sister Andi's family at Yuba Lake - about an hour south of Provo on I-15. I had never been there before, but it was a lot of fun. We wakeboarded and tubed all afternoon - although I'm not very good at either. (For pictures of us boating, go to the Hadlocks or Ma and Pa blog, as listed on my sidebar.)

On Sunday, we went to my parent's house to celebrate my dad's 49th birthday. We celebrated with a traditional ice cream cake from Basket Robbins and had steaks for dinner.

On Monday, the house-fixing-up-plans continued with more cleaning up and more digging. We even made a trip to Home Depot to check out sprinkler stuff and to get an idea of what kind of flowers and shrubs we want to plant. Later that night, we helped Tyler's parents take the boat back to storage and Andi's swing to her house.

So far, our summer has been pretty good. Too bad school starts in less than two months!

Swamp Cooler: Final Update

We fixed our swamp cooler (much sooner than the one week deadline that I predicted), and holy cow does it work. Our house went from being 84 degrees to 68 degrees. It's fantastic! In fact, it's almost too cold - but we're definitely not complaining. Now we can stay home and enjoy our house on hot summer days!

P.S.

Just to give you an idea of how hot it is in our house, last night it was 84 degrees, and this morning it's 83.