Summer was great, but bring on Fall...

Michal and I have had an eventful summer. Unfortunately, I haven't done a very good job at keeping up-to-date so this will have to be a long post.

June:

We started June out very active. Michal talked me into doing my first ever 5K.

I have to admit, I was extremely nervous to do this, because I am not a runner. But I had some great co-workers who also convinced me to do this race.

Even though they all smoked me, I was still accomplished my only goal: to finish! I had a HORRIBLE time, but as the summer progressed... I was able to shave about 6 minutes off of my 5K time as I kept running and running.

Michal ran this race with me... Kinda. He ran the 10K which started about 10 minutes after the 5K did. And he passed me! He is quite a fast runner. He runs about a 9 minute mile when he runs the 10K races. Currently Michal is preparing for another marathon in Layton in October. He just loves to run.

July:

Our July was busy with all sorts of parades, festivals, and fiesta days.

I marched in 4 different parades during July: Sandy, Provo, Payson, and Spanish Fork.

and Michal was there cheering me on for all of them. When wearing all wool in 90 degree weather, it can get quite exhausting, but Michal was at the end of every parade with cool water for me!

We also went to the Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo.

Michal with his hand over his heart ready for the national anthem.

Michal "dressed up" in his cowboy outfit and I think he got more attention than some of the contestants did.

My parents took us to the rodeo because they came down the night before to watch me march in the Parade the next morning. I felt quite loved between my family, and all of my Young Women cheering me on. I had quite the fan club!

August:

Michal took a trip to Alaska the first week of August. He went with my brothers and my dad to Doc Warner's Fishing Camp.

There they fished for a whole week and caught a ton of Halibut and Salmon. Michal had never been fishing before and had a blast. He took lots of pictures and even learned a new word: "nibble."

While he was gone, I decided to clean out the house really well. It was quite uneventful until I came across this little creature:

I consider myself brave to have caught it and let it go outside. It was the largest spider I have ever seen in my whole life... plus, I have never seen a spider with it's egg-sac.

That pretty much sums up our summer. We are excited for fall and the adventures that await us.