Category Archives: Jeana

Moab 1/2 Marathon

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Jeana| 3 Comments

On Saturday I ran the Moab 1/2 Marathon.  Scott met me to run the last 2 3/4 miles with me which didn’t lend to much picture taking.  So here’s what we’ve got:

Here I am getting on the bus to take us up the canyon.  This was taken a little before 8 a.m. even though the race didn’t start until 10 a.m.  The temperature wasn’t too bad, but the wind was blowing so hard.  It was freezing up there sitting on my cold rock waiting until the start.

I didn’t have high expectations for this race, being 16 weeks pregnant and having taken about six weeks off during what should have been training.  In fact I really didn’t start training until three weeks ago.  So, I decided to do a walk run combination and I ended up surprising myself in the end getting a time of 2:15:59.

It ended up being a great race.  The scenery was beautiful, I felt good, and it was so fun to have Scott run the last of it with me.

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Posted in Jeana, Running, Scott

Girls Day!

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Jeana| Leave a comment

A couple of Saturdays ago, I told Audrey and Kate that we were going to have a girls day and to get dressed really cute. This is what they (well, we) came up with.

On the drive to our destination, they kept asking where we were going, but my lips were sealed.  When we got to the doors of the Energy Solutions Arena, the ticket man asked if they were there to see the monster truck rally – trying to throw them off a little.  They finally figured it out when we walked in and saw Disney paraphernalia everywhere.

I got the cheapest tickets possible which equals super high seats… I’m talking so high I felt dizzy for the first 15 minutes up there.  The arena wasn’t very full, so once it started the usher told us to move closer.  We ended up being able to see everything great!

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Posted in Audrey, Jeana, Kate

Snowshoeing

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Scott| Leave a comment

One thing that helped us transition to Utah was that Adam and Jamie were on vacation here for our first month. While they were here we went on snowshoeing in Bell Canyon (up in Sandy).

The snow was packed really well, and the need for snowshoes was practically non-existent for most of the hike. That didn’t matter to us though. Occasionally, Adam and I would wander off the path just to feel the power of the snowshoes on the fluffy snow.

When we got up to the waterfall, it was almost completely frozen over. We have never been able to get this close. We walked right down to where the falls are and took some pictures.

Snowshoes have a claw positioned right under the ball of your feet to prevent sliding. I wanted to try skiing down to the waterfall area, so I had to lean back to keep the claw from digging into the snow.

Thanks Adam and Jamie for the fun day!

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Posted in Friends, Jeana, Outdoors, Utah

Christmas in a nutshell

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Jeana| 1 Comment

Early in December, we got a surprise visit from Santa Clause.

While we were visiting with him, Kate whispered to me, “I’ve never met the REAL Santa before.”

We visited Temple Square with Grandma Jean and Grandpa Gramps.

It was pretty cold, but so beautiful.

Kate was determined not to let go of Grandma and Grandpa’s hands – even when people got in the way.

We had our annual Christmas program

complete with Joseph, Mary, the donkey,

the angel,

and Baby Jesus.  Mary was nice enough to give up her spot on the donkey when Joseph got tired.

Christmas morning led to some fun surprises!

Simon spent all morning playing at that kitchen while the rest of us opened presents.

He broke away long enough to line up some new cars.

Scott and I (mostly Scott) made this awesome car town.  Scott added some Texas flare by putting a Rudy’s and an HEB on it.

After Christmas, we headed up to Brad and Chanda’s to have some fun on the wii, eat tons of good food (Brad is the best cook ever!), and get super addicted to American Ninja Warrior.  So awesome!

Then, we headed to Jodi’s to celebrate Grandma Baldwin’s birthday.

Everyone had fun with the cousins.

Audrey and Lily had some fun getting pulled on a sled behind the snowmobile.

Okay, by “nutshell”  I meant lots of things combined in one really long post.

The end.

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Posted in Audrey, Christmas, Grandparents, Jeana, Kate, Scott, Simon, Temple

Winter Cabin Fun

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Jeana| 2 Comments

In December, the Birds invited the Peteez and our family up to their cabin in Idaho.  It was a BLAST!

We played in the snow!

I mean really!  What says sheer happiness more than smiling so big you can’t contain the spit from spilling out onto your lip!


Ready for some snow shoeing!

Unfortunately only three of us truly got to enjoy the snowshoeing.

For some reason we got on this crazy jumping kick and took TONS of pictures jumping but these three are some of my favorites.

The guys all went snowmobiling and got some awesome pictures of them jumping, but they’re all on Scott’s phone, so he’ll have to add them later.

We went on a hay ride,

singing Christmas carols,

got stuck, unloaded the kids, pushed until we were unstuck, ambushed the husbands – tackling them in the snow, but just like we knew we would, the wives all got the worst of it… except for maybe Jeff… I think he ended up the worst of all.

We warmed up with some hot chocolate and took a nice, big family picture.

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Posted in Adventure, Audrey, Friends, Idaho, Jeana, Kate, Scott, Simon