Thursday, July 8, 2010

California Dreamin'

We took a road trip to California last month to go to the U.S. Open and decided to make a week long trip of it. We started by going to two areas that were in Brady's mission, which was really fun. I enjoyed meeting some of the people that Brady spent time with while he was in California. This is a picture of us after we finally made it to our hotel room after hours of driving.








Hiking










Besides being with me, this is Brady's favorite place to be :)














Muir Woods National Monument was really beautiful and fun. I've never seen so many gigantic trees in my life!
























Don't ask. He's faking it.






The Golden Gate Bridge was amazing! I was nervous just walking on it because I'm so afraid of heights, but was really cool. Here Brady is trying to scare me by putting his feet on the railing...it worked.
















The Oakland Temple is amazing. So beautiful!






































Brady was doing this...golf













While I was doing this...freezing!













Time out for a pic













We decided to go to a baseball game (Giants vs. Orioles), my first ever MLB game, and I had so much fun. It was fun to sit and enjoy the game, look out onto the ocean and eat a hot dog and peanuts. Great night!












































Great field













This is us on the shuttle to to the U.S. Open. We are trying to do our excited faces if you can't tell. I knew it would be fun, but I had a lot more fun than I had anticipated. I for sure want to go again sometime in the future.













This is at the entrance of the Open













Also at the entrance













Brady signed up for a golf lesson (like he needs it) from a golf pro. It was cool because they hooked him up to a computer with sensors and critiqued his swing and gave him some pointers. I could have signed up, but would have felt really stupid because there were people standing around watching. I could have used the lesson, but oh well!




























It was awesome seeing Tiger Woods. He and Phil Mickelson just have this aura about them. It was really cool to see both of them!















Pebble Beach is so pretty. I was amazed at how beautiful the course is with the bright blue ocean next to it. And we had perfect weather which was awesome!









































We had such a great time in California and I can't wait to go back sometime soon. It was alot of fun to spend all day, every day, with Brady. Life gets busy with work and school and other constraints, so it was great to take a whole week off to spend time with just each other. :)

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day Weekend is always great. Not only is it nice to have a day off of work, but it's a great excuse to get together with friends and family and reflect on those who have passed before us. I ran by the cemetary Monday morning and it was great to see all the flowers...it brought a little bit of sunshine to my day!

On Sunday we had a BBQ at my parents house with the whole the Olsen clan, well, almost the whole clan. We had lots of good food and lots of fun.




On Saturday night, we went to the Bees game with some of our friends. It's always fun to hang out with friends on a summer night at the ball field.
Love this picture of all of us with Bumble

Going to the Bees games is good for me because I don't know too much about baseball. Brady said this summer he's going educate me on all the rules of baseball. I look forward to attending more games as the summer goes on and learning more about the game, I mean, I should know about it since it's America's pastime, right? :)

I Love Breakfast!

After the run we went to Kneaders for a great breakfast. We met Missy, Mindy, Dustin and the girls there and had such a great time. French toast and strawberries and whip cream....Mmmmm!Mindy and my CUTE nieces
Such a little character!
Miss and Bevs
Brady had to get a cannoli - very Godfather-esque
We're apparently in deep thought about something...
Until next time Kneaders, until next time...

Sunday, May 23, 2010

SLC Half Marathon 2010

We ran the half marathon this year and had a great time. If you see from the pictures below, Brady was growing out his mustache until after the race...that's why I love him, right?! Anyway, we had such a great time running together. I always tell Brady to run ahead of me because he is faster than I am, but he always stays by my side...I love him for that. This is the picture we took in the car on our way to catch Trax--eating our bananas and peanut butter & honey sandwiches. As we ran the course, my sweet Nana and two of my aunts were on the side of the road cheering us on--what a great feeling! Not only did they support us, but my sister Missy did too! She came and took pictures of us as we crossed the finish line into The Gateway. I am so glad they came out to support us, not only because it's great to see familiar faces along the way, but because we wouldn't have any pictures if it weren't for Missy. Love you sis! She took so many great pictures. Here are some of the great pics that she took. The crowd at the finish line is crazy! Everyone is cheering and screaming and the atmosphere is so fun. The crowd gives me the last little push that I need to finish strong.
Us running the home stretch!
Missy yelled our name and got a picture of us as we turned around...
Heeyyyyyyy! (I'm in the left-hand corner in case you can't find me).
After finishing--a great feeling.
Stretching and unlacing my shoes--oh it felt so good.Our cool socks designed to prevent blisters. Let me tell you, they really work! If any of you run long distance, you for sure need to get these. They are kind of silly, but they do wonders.


I've been trying for over an hour to upload a video that Missy took of us, but it's not letting me for some reason. Grrrr, stupid technology! Anyway, the 1/2 marathon was great, but now we have our sights set on the Park City Marathon on August 21st. Ahhhhh! What are we getting ourselves into?!?!!!