May

Since we have been back from California, it has been a little hard adjusting to working again. Kurt started school on the next day after we got back. At that time we were still waiting to hear if he was in the Business program or not. And we finally found out on Thursday. Kurt is officially in the program. He is such a hard worker and if he continues to take a full load, he might be able to graduate next spring, given that he would have to still take 4 classes over the summer. We are both excited about that, because that means only a year of school instead of like two. So we are hoping and praying that all works out and he passes his classes in order to that. We celebrated Kurt's 23rd birthday on thursday by going to eat at Cheesecake Factory at City Creek and then just wandered around there. It's sad that we live so close and that is the first time that we have been there since it opened. We didn't get the chance to look in any stores, but it is a really cool mall and plan to go there again in the near future.

Like I mentioned in past posts, my friend from work couldn't do the Ogden half marathon, so I took her place. It didn't really hit me until yesterday, and that's when I started getting nervous. Kurt and I ran 10 miles two weeks before, and that was rough, but we still did it. I was just super dead, and there was no way I could've run 3 more miles after that. My sister in law Amy was running it too, so luckily her parents live in Ogden and so we were able to stay the night at their house, or else we would have to of had to left super early this morning, because we needed to get on the bus around 5:30. Which means we had to wake up at 4 this morning just to eat breakfast and get ready. It was super cold after we got off the bus in the mountains in Ogden. I clearly did not dress warm enough at that time but it was all good once I started to run. The first couple of miles my feet were still unthawing from being so cold and numb. But the view was so pretty. It was a small decline practically the whole way, there was one small little hill, but for the most part it was really good. Around mile 6, I finally got into my groove and was flying. Which is weird for me, because you would think that by that time, you would be slowing down and a little bit more tired. But I felt really good. It wasn't until mile 10 that I just kept telling myself that there were only 3 more miles left. Because around that time my feet starting killing me and I knew I would have some gnarly blisters on my toes and feet. And the last 3 miles were out of the canyon and on some small trial, which does not fit a lot of people on it. I felt like it was the beginning again, weaving in and out of people because there was not a lot of room. When my watch hit 13.1 miles, my time was around 1:58, however I was not to the finish line yet. By the time I hit the finish line it had been 13.4 miles and my time was 2 hours and 55 seconds. It is better than may last half that I did a year and half ago and still pretty good considering I only found out I was doing it  4 weeks prior, but I still like to stay my time was 1:58.  I just hope that this run better prepared me physically and mentally for my next half in June.

California

Kurt and I were lucky enough to take a vacation the week in between spring semester and summer semester. We stayed the night in St. George for two nights to see his family and then headed to California. It was a nice break and didn't seem like that long of drive because of the split. I tried to plan out our week in advance so we knew what we were doing most of the days. We stayed at the Welk Resort in Escondido, wasn't right on the beach, but it was close enough. The weather was beautiful while we were there and we got plenty of sunshine! Neither of us had been to six flags, and so we decided to go. It was the perfect time too, because it was in the middle of the week, school was still in session, and so it was not very crowded at all. We did not have to wait long in any line, however because most of the rides are roller coasters, I got a little sick because we were going from one roller coaster to the next within minutes of each other and not letting my insides calm down. We were able to ride all of the rides that we wanted to, only once though, because by one of the last roller coasters, I was trying so hard not to throw up, but as soon as we got off, I couldn't hold it in any longer. It was definitely a fun day though, and glad that we did it.

On Wednesday, we made a trip out to the San Diego Temple. I think it is now one of my favorite temples that I have been in. It is so pretty inside and outside. We also met up with Kurt's mission companion, Gregson. He lives out there and Kurt wanted to learn how to surf, so he taught him how. Kurt got up on his first try and was really excited about that. He got up a couple other times too. He had a lot of fun not just learning to surf, but just being in the water and catching up with his mission comp. Sadly enough, I wasn't able to get any pictures of Kurt up on the board.

On Thursday we went to the San Diego Zoo. That was one of my favorite days! It is such a big zoo and we spent practically all day there. There are so many animals there, many I have never seen nor heard of. Our favorite animal was the panda bears. We had to go see them twice because we loved them so much. This is definitely a zoo that you have to go to at least once in your lifetime. 

The rest of the days that we were there, we just laid out by the pool, went shopping, played tennis, and just relaxed. It was nice to get away from school and work and just be able to spend time with each other and not have to worry about anything else. We left Kazi at my mom's house for the week, so that was nice taking a small break from her. But we found ourselves still thinking about her and missing her from time to time. 

April

Not a whole lot happened in April as it blew right past us. Kurt and I did a duathlon, 2 mile run, 22 mile bike, and 2 mile run. Nothing what we expected it to be, to say the least. And we will definitely train on a bike in the future IF we ever decide to do something like that again. In 3 weeks, I will be running the Ogden half marathon, I am just hoping to finish it. A girl at my work couldn't do it, so I told her I would. I am a little nervous because it is so soon and I am not fully trained, but hopefully it will make me more trained for my other half in June.
Work is still going great, I have hit my 3 months, so I get a raise. Yeah for us! Kurt has his finals this next week, good luck on those babe. And to celebrate and squeeze in a quick relaxing time, we are going to San Diego and will be back just in time for him to start the summer semester on May 14.