I survived...

...the half marathon! I trained all summer to run in the Provo River Half Marathon on August 9th and I am glad that it is over and that I made it! I didn't get a wonderful time (2 hrs 19 mins), but I was happy to finish. Most of the run was downhill, so that made it a pretty easy, nice run, but afterwards my legs really felt it. It took me two or three days to stop walking like a toddler!

We're finally getting back to normal...

It's been a busy summer! We've finally got all of our stuff unpacked in our new townhome and blinds installed and it feels great. We still need to hang stuff on the walls, but I'm still deciding what to do. I could use any decorating suggestions.

Just after we moved in, my parents moved here to Springville from California! So we helped them get moved in and helped my sister and her husband move in with them. We have really loved having them live 3 miles away and enjoyed spending time with them and most of all having Mom cook for us so much! Love it.

Townhouse details...

master bedroom

walls and carpet

bedroom 2


master bath

tiny half bath

half wall that my dad will be replacing with a banister

pantry

kitchen

more kitchen

We don't have many good pictures of the inside of our townhouse yet. The pictures we have basically just show carpet and walls. Once we move and get furniture into our place, we'll have to take some better pictures. But, for those interested here are some of the details about the house...

3 beds, 2 1/2 bath

1612 square feet

2 car garage

separate laundry room (woo hoo)

tile, not too fancy carpet (but new), solid surface counters, knotty alder cabinets

walk-in closet in master

.07 acres (yeah baby, can we get a horse?)

2nd Anniversary!!

James and I celebrated our 2nd Anniversary on Tuesday! We celebrated by going out to Ruby River Steakhouse for dinner and it was great!

James brought me two dozen roses to work and bought me some of my favorite things....Swedish fish and a caramel apple. He also got me two pair of running shorts. James wanted a motherboard for our anniversary. And I, of course, cannot pick out motherboards, nor do I want to, nor do I know what they are.......so James gets to pick one out for himself. I dropped off a pretzel with nacho cheese dip to his work for him and when I asked if he got it, he said "Yep, I pounded it." Guess that's a good thing??

It was so nice to spend Memorial Day together on Monday without having to go to work. We are really excited to plan an anniversary trip in September to San Diego (we think) when we have some more vacation time available from work.

The last two years have been so wonderful! When I think about when James and I were first married, I remember how I was over-the-top in love with him. And when I think about our marriage now, I am amazed that I can love James even more than I did then. I am so lucky to have a such a great guy.

We're buying a house!!

Well, a townhouse really....but we're excited! Our offer was accepted today, so we will hopefully close on the new place by the end of next month. Move over country bumpkin, James and Michelle are coming to Springville.

Two Things I Hate....

Jack Nicholson and purple. Thanks for the hate mail Mom!

Whole Family is Together!

Jay finally made it home from Korea (with us for a little while) and we were able to have the Farish family get together all in the same place for the first time in about five years! We were so lucky to have the whole family come up from California this past weekend for Ryan's graduation and my cousin, Whitney's wedding. We had a great time together and just wish the time didn't go by as fast as it did!!