Thursday, September 5, 2013

End of Summer 2013

The Summer of 2013 has treated me well. So very well. And it just keeps getting better! One of my best friends Meghan came home to visit from Kentucky. We had a friend BBQ and everyone was able to come. Yea for a "Posse" reunion!

Love these girls!

Me and Meg

One of best parts of summer is going to Bee's games. Boys in baseball pants, people watching, my beloved hot dogs...pretty much a perfect summer night. We attended a splendid game while Meg was in town. 

Meg, Joc, Me, and Whitney

Celeste and I spent a great afternoon at the local pool. We soaked in some rays and headed straight to J-Dawgs to properly celebrate National Hot Dog Day. Hot Dogs are my true love and I was more than excited to have a reason to eat one! Pool time + hot dogs = one happy Kish.


Yep, I posed with my dog. 

To cap off my summer, I planned a quick trip to Bear Lake with some of my best girls. Joc and I went up a night early and stayed at Camille's cute new house. We went to dinner at one of my Logan favorites--Calloway's. I may have starved myself all day in preparation for Logan food and by the time i got there, I ate and ate and ate. I ate to the point that our waiter felt it was necessary to comment. I could care less and we laughed about my serious food consumption skills. 



 The next morning, we met up with Whit and her friend Allison for little Bear Lake fun. After an emergency potty break and a few cuss words aimed at my GPS, we finally made it to our jet skiis. Despite Whitney's best efforts to kill someone, we all survived. Joc was a great jet ski partner and we had a great time chasing ducks and laughing at Whit's suicidal driving. 


Jocelyn, Whit, Allison, and I.

After we turned our keys in, we went straight to lunch. We all had raspberry shakes on our mind and we were not disappointed! Our weekend ended with a movie at the dollar theater and more couch surfing. Sunday morning, we went to Camille's little girl Miley's baby blessing. I just love her and her little family! It was a great weekend with really good friends!




 I tend to avoid displaying my dating/relationship news on social media but I think it's time to post about it. The best part of my summer has been this guy:



We met in July, clicked instantly, and have been together pretty much every day since! We've been hiking, tubing down the Provo River, to a couple of Bees and Real Salt Lake games, movies, swimming, four wheeling, Thanksgiving Point, and some fun double dates. Single life was good but this is so much better!

The End.

Summer Running

At the beginning of the summer, I spotted an advertisement for the Big Cottonwood Canyon Half Marathon online. I clicked on it, looked through the pictures and videos, and cried. Yes, cried. I'm not a super emotional person but the pictures were beautiful! Oh the leaves!! Stunning. Anyway, I decided right then and there that I would sign up for the half. This coming from the girl who could barely survive 2 miles. So began my running journey. I started out with my first 5K (see earlier post) and ventured into my first 10K. My friend Celeste and I signed up for a midnight glow-stick 10K. I go to bed nightly at 10 PM, so a race starting at 10 may have not been the best decision of my life. Because of a course error, I ended up running 8.6 miles. Without stopping. And lived. I had never run that far and although I was a little peeved while running, I was so proud of myself for making it! 

Hands on hips = my go to picture pose. Why??

Celeste and I with our pre-run glow.
 For the past several years, I wanted to run my hometown's 5K at the annual county fair. I had never signed up because I couldn't run 3.1 miles and I really didn't want to try. This year, I did it! They changed the course to a route that was uphill for the first half. I found out 2 days before so I hadn't adequately trained for that many hills. It was a tough race but I was so happy to finally be able to do it! My not so little sister ran it with me AKA I watched her in the distance as she schooled me.


Thanks to a couple of very good friends, I think I've trained pretty well for my half next week. It helps so much to have good running partners. Thanks Kasie and Celeste! Our 6 am runs down the canyon have bonded us through sweat, cramps, and scares of not making it to the bathroom. 

Kas and I after our 10.7 mile run.

Wish me luck for my race next week! Oh and the one I signed up for in October too. What was I thinking?