U.S. Olympic Trials

The Olympic Trials are going on this week! Josh will race the 3000 m. Steeple Chase on Thursday, July 3 @ 9:30 pm (prelims) . 12-14 people will qualify for the Final's race which will be held on Saturday July 5. Top 3 Finishers in Saturdays race will make the Olympic team!! (assuming they have run the Olympic A Standard which is 8:24.6) Josh's PR so far is 8:21, he was the top American for this event last year so we're planning on having an exciting time at the trials! If you would like to follow the happenings you can go to: USAT.org (on the top R. of the page you will see an Icon that says Olympic trials (if the icon you see is advertising the youth, or junior championships just wait a sec. and the correct icon will pop up.) Then click on schedule and results. Also NBC is supposed to be showing his race live on Saturday @ 2:45 Oregon time, 3:45 Utah time. Tune in and cheer (& pray) for Josh! Nice job on making it to this point! I'm way proud of you!

I just can't win

(Disclaimer: Sorry, this is kindof a disgusting post and if you scroll down there is a photo that may be disturbing to you...) So, at my appartment there are 2 parking spots that I could park in. Josh was "nice" and let me have the one in the shade so that my car would be cooler. However, the shade is made by a big tree that is right next to a cherry tree... needless to say, above photo is the amount of bird poo that my car collects in 5 days time (I washed my car last week). I was upset and embarassed by this so I went out to take a photo of it this morning; only to find...

This dead bird splatted on my windshield! I dunno, maybe it had too many cherries and developed IBS which eventually lead to it's death? OR- the bird had no markings on it, it didn't seem like it was a violent death... which leads me to believe... WEST NILE!!! I wanted to call the animal people to have them test the bird but Josh thought I was being to dramatic.

it's wierd...

It's seriously wierd... A while ago my stomach was like really small, but this last week it's just been getting huge! I totally feel like I'm 8 months pregnant now. I'm not sure if this is normal or if I should call the doctor?

Actually, that would be really scary... but this isn't really what I look like...yet. I have a friend who is the production manager for a stock photo co. and she asked me to come do this photo shoot. I went to the photo shoot, but I guess I didn't look pregnant enough, so they stuffed me. It gave me a small idea of the joys I am in for. Even though it was just a pillow, it was hard to bend over, manover, or see my feet. I was spilling food on my "stomach" and all sorts of funny stuff.

My Orchids

My nice husband got me this really pretty Orchid plant a couple weeks ago. It's potted, so it just keeps blooming! I think Orchids are one of my favorite flowers. The plant has been perfect! Each flower is picture perfect, and after 2 weeks all the blossoms that were bloomed when he first gave it to me are still in perfect form. It makes our house feel more summery! It is also making me more excited to have a garden when we move to Memphis! (we can plant lots of pretty flowers and lots of yummy veggies!!!)

I love my Orem "neighbors"

Last summer we made the big move out to Orem. I've s tumbled across many reasons why we might actually be living in the Bayou, rather than in Orem. I only have photo documentation of 2 such reasons. (now, please remember that we live in the middle of the city, right behind target)

1.

this is right where you turn get into our neighborhood. So, for directions, we just say, take a left hand turn right after the Emu.

2.

This is a house right around the corner from us. Of course it looks worse in person... but, yes, it belongs in the bayou. There are several others with random fridges and roosters and hound dogs lounging around in the front yard. (but people were outside so I didn't dare take a photo documentation...)

"Pre. Race"

Josh Raced a steeple in an exibition event at the Prefontane classic this weekend. The race was in Eugene, Oregon. The same track that the trials will be on. He ran awesome and won the race. His time was 8:29. The trials are coming up in 3 weeks (July 3 & 5 will be his 2 races) He's getting excited, as am I! Way to go Josh!!!

If you are interested in watching his race here is a link to the footage. (It's not the best film job. Look for him in the back of the pack for the first half of the race...)http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&pg=1&event_id=146&video_id=4662&folder_id=-2&offset=0#video

It's a Girl!!!

Who is further along?

This is my first pregnant stomach post. A couple people wanted to see how chubby I was looking I guess... so this is me and my little sister Tracy, who do you think is further along?


Ha Ha, jk. This is really an Ode to my Favorite restaurant, "The Bombay House". It is SOOOO good! Most people we go with have loved it! If you live in Provo take a trip over and get Chicken Coconut Kurma, Chicken makani, or Chicken Tika Masala. We went there with our family last week (for Tracy's graduation, it's her fav. too) and ate so much. So much, in fact, that Tracy thought she could rival my 18 wk. pregnant stomach... she was right.