The 2 Year Mark!

I can not believe Chad and I have been married 2 years now! To celebrate, Chad surprised me by planning an amazing trip to Hawaii. Neither of us had been there before so we had a lot to see!




View from our hotel room

 



On Sunday we decided to drive up to see the temple and BYU-Hawaii.
It was raining so we only got a few pictures of the campus from our car.



I have always loved the Hawaii Temple and was so
excited to actually see it in person!




Chad at the Dole Plantation



 

Chad was so excited to see the Banzai Pipeline....and was a little bummed
when this was all we saw.
Lets just say we might go back for Christmas so we can see them get a little bigger:) I wish!



These little crabs were all over the rocks on the
beach next to our hotel



 

This made my day! It's really hard to see,
but we saw these
turtles swimming in the waves

We got to see a couple of these turtles up close
after they had crawled up onto the beach

While we waited for there to be some parking at Hanauma Bay,
we found the most amazing beach...
unfortunately this is the only picture we have of it.

Our last night there we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center,
and this was our dinner....
Appetizing right:)

One more view from our room...if you can't tell, I couldn't get enough of this view!



The Sting Ray pool at our hotel



There were also Hammer Head sharks next to the Sting Ray Pool





Before we caught our flight home, we stopped by Pearl Harbor.
You can see part of the Arizona sticking out of the water



Inside the "Arizona" monument

Ragnar

After running the 1/2 marathon in Moab, Chad's sister Stephanie talked me into joining the Ragnar team she was on. It was one of the hardest, most challenging, but most fun things I have ever done!
We had a team of 12 people, and we each ran 3 legs that totalled 192 miles from Logan to Park City.
The scenery was so beautiful we couldn't stop looking around as we ran!



Thanks Steph! This leg was in the middle of the day and so HOT!



I was the runner right before Steph, so this was our first exchange!

Is that Batman...



Me, Mallory, Brett, and Steph




Gidge and Steph going to get lunch after our first legs




Our whole team!



Moab, Mead, and Engagements

It has been forever since I posted last, so I have a lot to update!

Ill start with March:
The Walker clan went to Moab to run in the half marathon and 5 mile races. I think Steph was happy to have some others join her in the 1/2 marathon this year!

Meg, Jamie, Abby, Me, Steph, and Tyler ran the half marathon, and Chad, Jen, Erin, Whitney, Kramer, and Shawn ran the 5 mile race.

Then in May.....

    We went to Lake Mead!
Friday we had perfect water for wake boarding, warm weather, and even saw some wildlife! It was a perfect weekend for my first time to Lake Mead.

June
   My little sister Lindsay got engaged to Drew!

Drew tricked Lindsay into going up AF canyon to help one of his friends that was stuck in the mud. When they got up to a lake with a canoe and tikki torches around it, Lindsay got a little hint that Drew's friend didn't need their help. They rowed out to the middle of the lake, popped the question, and his friends lit off fireworks! So cute; Good Job Drew!!!
We really like Drew and are so excited to have him join the fam!
These two tie the knot on August 9th!!!

Spoiled

This is the Ipad 2. 

This is also Chad's most recent birthday present.

For the month or so before Chad's birthday he had been eying this. Why this one and not the original I pad? 

Well... as Apple's website says it's:

1. Thinner

2. Lighter

3. Faster

4. Has  Facetime 

5. Smart Covers

6. 10 hour battery

So after missing the online deadline to have it before his birthday, we started our search by trying to get one in the store.

After many failed attempts at getting the one or two that came into Walmart or Target... we (well Chad) kind of gave up. The morning of Chad's birthday, I woke up early and called the Layton Walmart. They had 1!!!!!! I left immediately and sped right over to buy it! Can you say LUCKY!!!!

Chad loves it and i kinda lucked out on getting a new toy too!

Amazing!

I saw this on my friend Rachelle's blog and loved it so much I had to steal it!
Thanks!

Family Pictures

My whole family was in town for Christmas this year, so us kids decided to surprise our parents by getting Family Pictures. We wanted to take the pictures at Wheeler Farm, but the weather decided that was not an option. Who knew... rain 3 days after Christmas. We were bummed, but instead, we went to the Salt Lake City Library. Check out our photographer's blog.