got grit?

this past summer in choteau we also did a mud run. it was pretty entertaining to all dress up and watch my relatives run this race and do the obstacles (or attempt to do the obstacles). the girls payed homage to our heritage and we dressed as viking women, long braids and all. and the men payed homage to the fact the uncle lars lives in vegas and has access to all kinds of elvis gear.

kyle left me behind in the dust, and actually RAN the race, he came in first out of all my family and came in 21st overall! my baby has got some speed!

now this was a country race, so our obstacles included hay bales, lots of hay bales, mud, dirt, creeks, running through the bed of a truck, wheeling a wheelbarrow full of manure around a barn, running up and down a hill of asphalt, the worst: the culvert, basically crawling through that long tunnel under the bridge on our hands and knees in the creek, and lots more!

all dressed up and ready to get dirty!

love those chops!

the ladies got off to a slower start...

look at my man go!

uggghh the dreaded culvert

my 6'5 brother after coming out of that tunnel!

my cousin josh dove into the mud pit!

me and amanda showing off our mad skills

haha my mom trying to "jump" over the fence

the boys were already done, so they
came back to cheer us on through the bear crawl

my mom gave up a little bit on the crawl part

aunt jenny!

we finished!

so my mom and aunts approach the mud pit and
aunt karla does not like what she sees....

so once the other ladies are in, she sprints off!!
haha this picture kills me!

one aunt is cleaner than the others

the whole dirty group!

grandpa and the ladies!

still feels like summer here

apparently it's now fall. but you can't tell here in houston, it still looks and feels just the same! And since it still feels like summer here i'm gonna go ahead and blog about some things we did over the summer.

first up: choteau montana

i love choteau. i blogged about is last year too. my parents are both from this adorable little town and i've been visiting here since i was a baby. pretty much every fourth of july my mom's side of the family gets together in choteau.

the parade:

me and kyle in front of THE gas station

my cousin katie and her adorable daughter madysen and aunt roxanne
madysen was awesome at getting floats to throw candy and toys at her!

my mormon family always stands in front of the catholic church on parade day,
 its just our spot

my wonderful sister-in-law amanda

dad, aunt julie, aunt karla, mom, uncle jack

main street

my grandma and a couple cousins were on this float

two of my uncles and two of my cousins randomly decided they wanted to be in the parade that morning so they donned elvis costumes, grabbed their bikes and joined in! haha only in a small town

the golf:

every year we golf. it's great fun. but there's a lot of us and it's a big course. so we divided into groups this year and after about 3 hours my group (headed by my mom) decided we were ready for lunch so we walked off the course with 2 holes still remaining and walked 5 mins down the hill to my grandparent's house and ate lunch and goodies until the others joined us. 

i love the mountains in the background

some of the group. we let the little kids drive the carts around for fun.

me and my handsome man

our new home

well, we made it to houston--we are now texans! i'm still getting used to this big state and this big city with it's big highways and big storms, but so far we've been having a lot of fun! too much fun to find any time for blogging. but we've been here for about 7 weeks now so it's about time for an update!

our new home! isn't it beautiful?! definitely an upgrade from our student married apt in provo. we love this place. we have a king-sized bed, we each have our own bathroom, there's a media room with tivo, ping pong table, pool table, gourmet kitchen, piano, pool, hot-tub, and i could go on but the best part is that's its all free! yep we got a killer deal.

 we're on a cul de sac, right next to a small lake, with no neighbors, we love going for walks and bike rides around the lakes in the subdivision.

view from the backyard

ahhh yeah my favorite part, the pool and hot tub.

 i try and spend as much time out here as i can!

oh and we can't forget our new roommates!
we all get along really well and so far they've been pretty easy to live with. they're quiet, they go to bed early, they pick up after themselves, and lot of times they'll even do the cooking! we even hang out. we've gone to an astro's baseball game--where the astro's won! we've gone out to eat a bunch, we play doubles tennis together, swim together and even play some games! we've got a pretty sweet deal going on here. (thanks mom and dad!)

yep so far life in texas has been pretty good. kyle got a job as a med tech at a local hospital, i'm cleaning people's teeth, kyle found some guys to play soccer with, i've joined a tennis group, and when we're not working we like to take walks together, ride bikes around the subdivision, workout at the the neighborhood fitness center, play tennis together, swim, play ping pong, watch tv on the huge projector screen and take some fun little trips around our area of texas.