Finally...Holiday Rundown

Once again, better late than never. We spent Thanksgiving at the Bailey house. As always, there was lots of good food and good times. Chris carved the turkey this year. Unfortunately, my mom doesn't have any manly aprons but he wears it well, don't you think?!?.

We spend Christmas with Chris' family in Vegas. We were also able to spend a little time with Alison and crew. We went to the Bellagio to see the conservatorium and the fountains. We also had an awesome Christmas Eve dinner at Maggianos. Love that place.

We celebrated Chris' birthday in Price this year. It's always a party when your birthday is on New Year's Eve. Chris insisted on having a Baskin Robbins cake but Price no longer has BR so we ordered a cake in Provo and packed it to Price with dry ice. We probably would have been fine to just put it in the trunk as we drove through the frigid canyon.

One New Year's Day, we drove through Scofield and over to Fairview to see the snow pack with my parents. The snow banks were taller than our car. It was also very very bright and I could not keep m eyes open.

Glad that's not my house.

I guess standing in front of the snow banks to emphasize the depth of the snow just wasn't enough. Gotta love auto-tint glasses. Ha!

Okay, that's enough winter fun for me. Spring you can come now. Thanks.

Halfy Halloween and Anniversary!

This post is long over due but better late than never. Chris and I, along with his brother Al and wife Mindy, ran in the Halloween Half Marathon on Saturday Oct. 30th. It was great weather and everyone finished so it was a good day. I came in with a personal record of 1 hr 38 minutes and Chris did his in 1 hr 18 minutes. Very Speedy!


The same weekend, Chris and I celebrated our 2nd Anniversary since Chris was out of town during our real Anniversary. We spent a couple days at Stein Eriksen Lodge. We had so much fun eating fancy food for free and enjoying the fire places and hot tub while it snowed outside. It was so beautiful and relaxing. We even had Chris's brother, dad, and nephew join us for one of the best brunches in exsistence which is well deserved after running 13.1 miles if you ask me. Sadly, our room was bigger than our apartment but at least we were able to enjoy it for and few days. We can't wait to go back...whenever that is.



And last but not least, weeks and weeks ago, Chris and I took several drives, including a couple over the Alpine Loop, to see the changing leaves. Aw the days when we could be outside without jackets.


We have taken a picture in this spot every year. We'll see how long that lasts.

Off to the Races

LOTOJA 2010:

Chris competed in the Lotoja Classic bike race (a 206 mile jaunt from Logan to Jackson Hole) along with his brother Al and other fellow Red Burros. Chris did awesome with a finish time of 9 hours 14 minutes which was nearly 40 minutes faster than the first year he did the race. Al also did great with a finish time of 9 hours and 1 minute and set the course record. Chris really enjoyed the race, especially riding with his brother. I'm sure he also loved having me as his support, especially when I got stuck in awful traffic and missed him at the feed zone in Afton.

The chilly morning before take-off.

Al coming into the finish (their start time was a 12 minute difference from the clock). I missed getting a picture of Chris coming across the finish because a chaotic swarm of riders were trying to cross the finish at the same time.

A bunch of sweaty Burros.

I also competed in some races this summer. Running races that is. I wouldn't survive the first 10 miles of Lotoja. I ran the Wasatch Back in June with my sister Alison, sister-in-law Myndi and their friends from Vegas. It was a really fun race but I was so glad when it was over. I also ran my first half marathon in August. I ran the Provo River Trail Half Marathon with Chris and had a finish time of 1 hour 43 minutes and 21 seconds. Chris had a finish time of 1 hour 28 minutes even when he accidently ran an extra mile. I felt good enough after to actually sign up for another one in October.

Lucky Ladies from the Wasatch Back 2010.

Halloween Half here we come!

Family Reunion 2010: Bear Lake

The Bailey family reunion was held this year in Bear Lake. We stayed in this really cool renovated lodge that had once been a market or something. Leave it to my mom to go over the top with treats and fun activities. We went to the lake (little too cold), watched movies with lots of treats (seriously, my mom bought boxes of full size candy bars and we had our own concessions), played capture the flag several times (Thanks Darren for dragging me when I clearly had a hold of the flag), and played with water balloons. It was also a nice place to go running and out for a bike ride too.









We are already looking forward to next year!

Memorial Day in Moab

Chris and I went down to Price for Memorial Day weekend and made a day trip to Moab while we were down that way. We hiked to Delicate Arch and Double O Arch. Actually, we ran most of the trails rather than hiked unless I complained because Chris thought it would be fun that way. Running actually bought us more time to see more arches so I can't complain too much. This was Chris's first time to Moab and mine that I can remember.

Delicate Arch was alot bigger than I thought. That is me under there if you can't tell.


Chris has always wanted to see petroglyphs or pictographs...whatever they are.


This is the Landscape Arch on the way to Double O Arch.

This is Double O Arch. That is Chris on top of it. I decided to stay below. Someone had to take the picture right ?!?


Chris stopped a falling rock with his superhuman strength. :)

And so did I.

Boston Revisited

Back in May, Chris and I went back to Boston for Chris' work. Since it was so chaotic at the finish line of the Boston Marathon back in April, we made sure to snag a picture by it this trip.

Buble, Birthday, Boston, Beach

The past couple of months have been busy but fun. We went to the Michael Buble concert at the end of March. The concert was our Valentine's gift to each other and it was a great show. The opening act was an a'cappella group called Naturally 7. The only accompaniment to their music is their own voices making the sound of the instruments. They are pretty amazing so look them up on youtube sometime.



We celebrated the second annual Birthday Week for Joanna. We ate yummy food at Francks that evening. It was really great when all the waiters and waitresses including Franck himself came and wished Joanna a Happy Birthday. Franck even made Joanna her own chocolate dessert. And to top things off...a birthday isn't a birthday without ice cream cake.

A little over a week later we were on a plane to Boston with Joanna's sister Alison and her husband Darren. My brother Al and his wife Myndi also came out. Alison, Al and I all ran the Boston marathon on April 19th. The race was amazing, the best race that I have ever done. I posted a 2:56 which I was happy about. We all had a very fun time together in Boston.

The three nervous racers the morning of the race.


Joanna nearly missed seeing me at mile 21 at the top of heart break hill but she saw me just in time to cheer me on.


The post race feast started off with pastries and root beer. Later we had pizza and more desserts. Sometimes eating to your hearts content is worth running 26.2 miles. Ask Al...he could tell you all about it.

The crew at the pizza place. We had a great time spending the race with all the Vegas friends.

All the runners: Jen, Al, Chris, Mike, Brenda, and Alison. They all did great in the race.

The weekend after Boston we went to Southern California to participate in the SoCal Ragnar Relay. Joanna ran so good, she's inspired to do a half marathon now (she signed up for the Provo River Trail Half in August). We had a great team and made a lot of new friends. After finishing our portions of the race, we headed off to the finish line (after a shower, Golden Spoon, and big gulps) at the beach which made all the running and little sleep worth it.


We enjoyed the seafood and relaxation during our time in California. It's good to be home. Despite the fun places we have traveled to, we still love it here in Utah. Utah has a great community and beautiful scenery we enjoy so much.