Life Lately

I was reading through old posts and there seems to be so many things I haven't blogged about. And yet, sometimes I feel as though my life never really changes. I also realized that I LOVE going back and reading about different portions of my life, my thoughts, and so on. So, here is a little update on the happenings around the Zitting household. I have come to understand that I will never be a blogger with actual pictures taken on a camera.. so just get use to my old iphone pics! :)

Work is absolutely crazy. I have been gone on the road 3 out of the last 4 weeks. This is definitely abnormal. The weird thing is.. I actually LOVE being on the road. It is the one part of my job that I love the most. In the past 2 weeks  I have been able to travel to Alaska (fairbanks and anchorage), West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Talk about crazy. Refer to this post to read about what I do while I am gone :)

I turned 24! Eekk. To me that sounds so old. I had the best birthday ever! I headed out shopping with my mom and sister.. then that night we went to dinner (at Settebellos.. my favorite) with ammon's family and headed to the Bee's game with some of my closest friends. I told Ammon that it was the 'IDEAL Birthday' because i was able to see and spend time with so many of my closest loved ones. I am definitely one who finds joy through quality time spent with loved ones!

My BF Whitley got married in St. George! It was the best day. She is so so happy. Her and her husband are one of those couples that are just so madly in love and you can feel it just by being around them. It was so fun being back in st. george with Whitley and Min (my two roommates while i lived there). Man we have some good memories together!

Jess, my other bf, had her SECOND baby! omg. Ammon and I were able to go to the hospital just after Carter had been born.. we were able to watch as they introduced him to his older brother Emmitt. Holy cow.. what a special moment. I cannot wait to have kids someday. Carter is the sweetest and I just love observing Jess be a mom. I hope I can be like her one day! She truly is such a good mother.

Ammon and I got adventurous and went on a little hike for memorial day. We had a blast up at Stewart falls and I got FRIED!

My little brother Teagan plays on the Jordan High baseball team. They took state this year! It was fun to go back to the baseball games and cheer for my beetdiggers! I'm a digger til i die! :)

For the 4th of July, Ammon and I went with my family to Stadium of Fire! I had never been before and I was blown away. Ammon kept saying (and still does).."BYU does things right babe.. i have been trying to tell you this for sooo long!" hahaha he will never shake the UTE out of me.

My family also has the tradition of going to the Oakley Rodeo every summer. My grandpa gets tickets for all of us in the same section EVERY year. He LOVES the rodeo and always makes sure that our seats are ideal to watch the bull riding. I love this tradition and was glad that Ammon and I could go this year.

In other news.. Cam Cam (my camry that i have had since i was 16) finally died. It was our plan all along to drive that thing into the ground, but we for sure thought we at least had a few more years with the thing! Sooo drum roll please.. last weekend ammon and i bought a brand new car! It was a whole new experience for me test driving new cars because it was not something that I would be able to have. Well.. Ammon and I finally settled on the Kia Optima.. it was one of the only cars that we BOTH liked.. (am says my style is too girly) and knowing that someday ammon will most likely end up driving this car.. it was important that he liked it too. We are in this thing for the long haul! I am sooo happy though and it feels weird driving such a nice new car!

Am's sister and brother in law and my two nephews came to visit from Rhode Island. I can't even tell you how fun it was to have all my nephews and niece in ONE place! Pure Heave!

Ammon and I are celebrating our 2 year anniversary this weekend. Crazy crazy. Time goes by so fast and at the same time it feels like i have been married to that boy forever. best decision i ever made.

Time provides perspective

 Ammon and I are finally settled into life in northern Utah. We LOVE it here. We recently visited St. George and I asked Ammon if he missed St. George. I was pleasantly surprised by his answer... because it was the exact way i felt towards our previous home too. 

Ammon misses the flexibility of his old job.. golfing once a week, going in whenever he wanted, leaving whenever he wanted, and taking days off when he needed to. It was great. But he doesn't miss his actual job.. just the perks that came along with it. He misses our ward... we truly had the best ward ever. And of course, he missed our friends. Oh! And how could I forget.. he missed our house. (still a sensitive subject) 

The sad, and yet not-so-sad reality is, there aren't too many things that we reallyyyyy miss about st. george. We stay in touch with friends and family there, we visit occasionally, but overall... we can easily see why this sudden and unexpected move to Lehi was just what the Lord had planned for us. last December when this big change came into our life if you would have told me that I would feel this way .. I wouln't have believed you. But isn't that what is so great about following our Heavenly Father's council? While things are terrifying, scary, intimidating, and down right crazy... over time we see just why we were guided to do those things. I love that! Time nearly always gives perspective. 

The tale of the missing wallet

Friday night i ran a late night errand to Smiths to buy some baking ingredients. I only took my wallet since it was going to be such a quick trip to the store. On my way out, I bought a Redbox. I went home, and put my wallet back on the counter, but NOT in my purse.

So Saturday morning I woke up, went to the gym (no wallet), came home got ready and headed to a baby shower. I remember vividly thinking "grab your wallet and put it in your purse so you can get gas". After the shower i headed straight up to my mom's house so we could go to the What Women Want show at the expo center. We headed down together and after about 30 minutes at the expo, i went to pay for something and my wallet was gone! I had a  moment of pure panic. I could have SWORN i put my wallet in my purse. So i called ammon who was at home.. sadly.. no wallet at home. My mom reassured me that it probably just fell out in my car, which was totally realistic and so i carried on with no worries. At this point i really hadn't thought about praying because i just knew it was in my car (DUMB). After the show i looked in my moms car.. no wallet. We got to my parents house and I checked my car... No wallet. Now i really started to panic, we drove down to my house in Lehi and rummaged through the house.. no wallet. I was freaking out. I called my bank.. no charges had been made but i was getting worried. It was like my wallet disappeared out of thin air. literally. We continued looking, but it was no where to be found. I said a silent prayer that i would find my wallet and went on with the night. We headed to dinner with nate and sheena, and then went to nickelcade.

Sunday morning i woke up and panic really set in. I am supposed to travel in two weeks for work and NEED my license since my passport has the wrong name. Plus, my company card was in my wallet along with my 3 debit/credit cards, health insurance cards, etc.. so i was really stressing. Nothing says 'IRRESPONSIBLE' like losing your company card in your first 5 months of working for a new company. I will be honest.. at this point i thought the wallet was gone for good and my faith was really lacking. I had called Smiths and the Expo center numerous times.. and no wallet. I had prayed to find it or be guided to find it.. no wallet and no spiritual comfort.

We headed to church and i was a wreck. I was stressed, worried, and completely lacking faith. All during the sacrament I was just praying and crying(embarrassing) that I would find the wallet. I truly felt so unworthy to ask for help.. i was reflecting on my weaknesses and how many things i 'can do better'. I knew i could do better at reading my scriptures/praying/serving others.. and so I was depressed and wishing i could have a do-over so that i could feel confident in asking for help. DUH. that is how Satan wanted me to feel. Anyway, so i started praying that someone else who is worthy of a blessing (so dumb i really felt that way) would find my wallet and that i would be able to be guided to find them. I headed to relief society and the lesson was on faith. Ironic right? I knew I just needed to have faith in my heavenly father that he would at some point answer my prayer.. and if not, then it was a trial that I was meant to have. I can't even tell you how many prayers I said that day.. just pleading that i would be able to somehow find my wallet. Still no charges had been made, but I was almost wishing that they were so I could tell my boss my wallet got stolen, and not that i 'lost' it. I pretty  much decided it was gone for good, and I said a prayer something like "heavenly father i know you can help me, and i know i shouldn't put a time limit on you answering my prayers, but if i can't find it today i have to start working to fix it tomorrow so I can travel for work. please please please guide me"...... i felt so bad even saying those words but i was thinking it, so I knew my heavenly father already knew.

Ammon and I drove up to the expo center to see if maybe it fell out in the parking lot. No luck. I was feeling so exhausted and down, and even told ammon that I would fix it all starting in the morning. On our way to my parents I felt like I should call the expo again to see if they had found it while cleaning. I called and the man on the other end kept asking me all these questions about my wallet.. which i thought was weird..and finally he said "yup we have it here! Someone just turned it in!" I was screaming and crying and totally overreacting, and in the moment I had an overwhelming feeling of love that i knew was sent directly from my heavenly father. I knew he answered my prayers and I knew he was the reason I found the dang wallet. I have no idea how my wallet fell out of my purse.. but somehow it did and someone with integrity found it!

We drove back, i went in and confirmed that the wallet was indeed mine, and left crying tears of happiness. I cannot tell you how much this silly little story has strengthened my testimony of my savior. I know he lives. I know that he hears and answers our prayers. He knows that sometimes we feel inadequate, but he makes up the difference anyway. He loves us each so much! He knows who we are and the things that are important to us as individuals. He is my Savior and I am so grateful for him.

Also to make the story better.. i found this note inside my wallet....

Ammon's response was my favorite.. "what the!? does it not say you're married on your license?!" hahah i laugh every time i think about it. 

updates and such

I am a terrible blogger. A lot has happened but not a lot has changed. A quick update via pics will suffice for now..

I headed to Seattle (and Cali, New Mexico, and Denver) for work earlier this month and absolutely fell in love with the city. I had the best salmon i have ever had.. and that's saying something for someone who doesnt like seafood.


I found the cutest shoes at Nike.. originally 130.. marked to 44. SO mad i had to pass them up considering i had just washed my 5 pairs of frees the week before. Which then let ammon on to how many pairs of nike's i have (8). eek.

I survived my business trip as a presenter! BIG WAhOO! Presented in four states in four days and had a great time. I. LOVE. MY. JOB.

normally i would never post a selfie, but this was a monumental day!! i had to show my mom my outfit

I ordered my first swimsuit of the season. I thought i was 'over' chevron.. and then i bought this. I don't regret it, but i do regret not working out for the past few months. (can you say eek) :)

I have however rediscovered my love for hot yoga. I got a groupon for a studio up here and have loved going.  It makes me feel so refreshed afterwards!

I won $100 bucks at work.. within 10 minutes of me getting off work i had spent it on skirts and such at jcrew. I justify it since i wear skirts practically everyday and you can never have too many presenting outfits.

I tried Bountiful Baskets for the first time ever. Best thing of my life (hypothetically speaking of course).. YOU ALL SHOULD DO THIS!

My mom and I started a new adventure selling jewelry. My mom is a consultant and basically i just help her at her parties and such. The necklaces are to die for! If you want to host a party let me know. :) there are incentives offered for hosting one.

Last weekend I officially finished organizing the apartment. LOVE the little vanity hutch thing ammon got me for christmas.. it looks perfect in our bathroom.

It has officially been two years since Am and I got engaged. CRAZYYY talk. I loved that day so much and can't believe we are coming up on our two year anni!

ALSO.. our room went from this:

....................................................................................................To this:

I finally got a chance to clean up.. and i hung my timeline canvases up and I LOVE them. I order all my canvases from Fabness.com.. they rock!

I've got issues

Guys. I dont know what it is but I have got issues lately. Things like:

>not being able to freaking finish a project with out getting bored and moving on to the next thing. I have like 10 blog posts that are saved in my drafts folder.. yeahhhh
>crying at anything that is somewhat spiritual. Bawled my way through all 3 hrs of church like 3 weeks in a row now.
>I worry about Ammon all the time. Like I always worry when he is driving or traveling.. maybe i am just getting more and more attached to him that I worry about his every move! NOT healthy.
>I am so paranoid living in our apartment.. for no reason at all. I check the doors are locked like 5 times a day. OCD maybe
> I can't stop thinking and dreaming of vacations.. anywhere warm and sunny with a beach will do. Lake Powell even counts. Anyone want to let me tag along with you this summer? ;)

I missed Am's Birthday....

Pretty much i am the worst! I didn't even post for Am's birthday. He turned 26 in February! What the crap. I met ammon a few months before his 22nd birthday? how is he 26?!

I debated and debated for a long time what I should get ammon for his birthday. Since starting his new job his dress code changed as well, so i knew i should get him some dress shirts and new pants. But k, how lame is that?.. girls get excited over stuff like that, but boys.. not so much. Plus i feel like all i ever buy ammon is clothes. I asked him what he wanted for his birthday, and he said "just like get me some tickets to a game or something".... okay best idea ever. So i found some tickets to the Jazz vs Heat game through a friend and was soo excited to give them to him! I also went ahead and got him some new shirts and shoes (boring). It was the best because i gave the tickets to him last and he was SO surprised. Like I dont think I will ever be able to top that gift.

We went to the game with Jess and Evan and we had a blast. Our tickets were in the nose bleeds but the game was awesome! Ammon said he had a great birthday and I am so glad! I dont know why but i always get so worked up over birthdays and holidays and parties and making sure that everything goes perfectly.. so it is nice that Ammon is SO NOT like that. He calms me down and grounds me when I go crazy on stuff like this. Just one of the many reasons i love that man! So glad he was born 26 years ago! :)

If you doubt essential oils, read this...

Two nights ago Am and I went out to dinner with my fam at a little Mexican restaurant in Draper called La Hacienda. [ps They have the best chips and salsa] Anyway I love this place, and had the yummiest chimichanga and enchilada ever. After, we went home and went to bed.

Well a few hours later.. at like 1:00 in the morning I woke up sweating! Like serious sweat here people. I also felt as though I was going to throw up.. we all know that feeling. You start salivating, you get the chills, you can literally feel the food in your throat.. Yeah that is how I felt. And add onto that your stomach rolling like the ocean in a storm.. and well yeah I thought I for sure got a bad case of food poisoning, or just like normal, my stomach was acting up.. but in a more serious manner (I have the worst stomach ever). NOT GOOD. This feeling was instant as soon as I woke up. I laid in bed for awhile debating what to do.. And after a good 15-20 minutes of some serious dry heaving I decided to go to the kitchen and take some oils. (sorry about the graphic nature of this post.. but you have to understand.. I was sickkkk)

I instantly grabbed my oil ‘Digize’ (this oil is probably used the most at my house) and rubbed it all over my stomach and put a drop in my belly button. Then I grabbed peppermint and did the same thing with it. I took my enzyme supplement (essentialzymes 4) and grabbed a bag of my antioxidant drink (ningxia Nitro). Next, I put a small amount of water in a glass and put in a drop of Digize and a drop of Thieves (thieves is a good oil for cleaning), and I chugged it! I’ll be honest it tasted like crap but I was so desperate. (I hateeeee throwing up).

I then headed straight back to bed. And within 5 minutes my stomach was calm, I was no longer sweating, and I fell right back to sleep. MIRACLE people. I didn’t throw up OR go to the bathroom, and I woke up the next morning feeling relatively great. I KNOW this is because of my oils. I didn’t take or do anything else to help me soo yeah. Oils are awesome and this is just the beginning of why oils are so great. Also i still love La Hacienda.. no one else got sick so it must have been my body reacting to something I ate. As i said, i have a bad stomach.

I also promise I am not JUST going to talk about oils on my blog. Am and I still love each other and love other things.. not just oils. I am really going to be better about blogging!

Essential Oils aren't just for hippies!

So I posted a picture of some of my essential oils on Instagram and I got quite the response. I should have known that people do not know how oils work, how to use them, or why they should use them, so i decided I should write up a post about it. Now now now, I know a lot of people are skeptical of things like this.. and trust me! I was one of them!... Essential oils are for hippy, nature freaks, and earth lovers right? ..WRONG. Essential oils are for everyone.. and here is my personal take on oils and why they work.

History: It should come as no surprise that essential oils have been around since the beginning of time. People thousands of years ago used our Earth’s resources to heal, prevent sickness, and treat different ailments.. we know this from scriptures. Essential oils are found in plants, shrubs, fruit, trees, bushes.. you get the idea. Well the oils are stored in glandular structures and assist the plan in a lot of different ways. Oils can help defend the plant from predators, it can support the plants cell regeneration, regulate hormones… and a lot of other sciency things that a lot of you probably don’t care about. You can read more about what the oils do for the plants here. My friend Haley runs that blog and we work together.. she is awesome!

WHAT DO THE OILS DO?

The better question to ask is.. What can't oils do? Oils can do everything!!!!!! Literally there is an oil for every type of  symptom, cut, bruise, burn, emotion issues.. you name it.. there is an oil for it. It is sometimes overwhelming when you first start looking into oils.. like What oil do I use? How do I use it?... But I can tell you there are so many resources out there that are awesome! Usually I just turn to google.. I’ll google things like “essential oil for stomach pain”… “Essential oil for headache”… and bam.. a million sites with recommendations on what to use. I also downloaded an app with tonz of suggestions.  Or I will experiment. I love trying different oils in different situations to see what works. Oils are different for everyone so you have to learn what works for you. Experiment! It is so awesome.

HOW TO USE OILS

Well.. there are three basic ways.. you can breathe them in.. preferably by using a diffuser (like a mini humidifier on steroids). You can use them topically, like just by rubbing them onto your skin. You can even ingest them.. like in a pill form.. or by adding a drop of oil to your favorite drink. I LOVE adding grapefruit, lemon, or lime to my drinks.. so tasty! J

What is great about essential oils is that they are so fast acting. Because they are fat soluble, they are absorbed into our bloodstream very quickly. I love it because I can feel the effects of an oil almost immediately.. instead of waiting for my ibuprofen to kick in, or pepto to start working. IT IS CRAZY. I literally have so many stories I could tell you where oils have saved me from stomach issues, headaches, bruises, food poisoning..etc!

Which oils should you get?

Well.. if you are just starting out.. I would suggest some basics. My favorite oils at the moment are:

 1. Peppermint: probably the most universal oil in my opinion.. headaches, stomach aches, energy.. it does it all.

 2. Thieves: any time I have the slightest sore throat, or that ‘I’m getting sick feeling’ … thieves comes to my rescue.

3. Lavender: SO good for your skin. I add it to my moisturizer… also good for burns, cuts, and calms the body. Love adding it to my baths..it helps me relax and calm down after stressful days at work :)

So there are my top three. Thieves is a blend of different oils to make one ‘super oil’ if you will.. only Young Living carries this specific oil. I do not sell Young Living oils, but I am a raging fan!
:)

I am thinking about doing different posts featuring different oils to help you guys understand what certain oils can do/help with. Let me know if you have specific questions.. I would be more than happy to research it and let you know! Obviously I am no expert, but it is definitely something I love learning about. Also I am going to start posting some of my success stories with oils.

Give oils a chance! :)

Post questions in the comments section. :)

Much Needed Change in Perspective

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OH HOW QUICKLY LIFE CHANGES..

It always surprises me how quickly and drastically things can change in our lives. I made our first family Christmas card right before christmas.. and little did I know pretty much all the information on it would expire on Christmas Eve. The back of the Christmas card is below, the front had or picture and a some christmasy words.... this isnt the final version.. but it didnt change too much after this.. i think i only added a border and maybe fixed typos :)
(i have been doing some random design projects on the side so if you ever need anything done let me know.. i'd love to help.)

Well... the story is pretty crazy. Ammon and I have always wanted to make it back up to the salt lake valley at some point in our lives together. We loved st. George, our house, our ward, our jobs, etc.. but eventually we really wanted to raise our kids up 'north'. Not that there was anything wrong with raising or family in stg, but we know there are more opportunities up in Salt Lake. We never thought it was in the plan to leave any time soon.

Randomly one day a friend of mine from my Dixie days posted that her company was looking to hire a new Global Trainer. Coincidentally I had looked at applying for this job numerous times and had read lots of reviews on the company as a whole.. I wrote my friend for information and she had me send in my resume. I figured it would be good to make contacts in case ammon and I ever did end up moving to SLC.. But i never wanted to move our family for MY job. I am not planning on working forever, and I didnt want that pressure of moving for myself. So basically i applied on wednesday night, got called for an interview on Thursday, and drove up for my interview on Friday. The interview went well but I really didnt think much of it. That afternoon on my way back to st george.. i got a call for a second interview.. but this time i was supposed to come prepared to give a 10-30 minute presentation in front of a panel. NERVE WRACKING.

The next week I headed back up to Lehi and gave my short but sweet presentation. I told ammon that I didnt think it went that well and that I did not think i was that impressive. So that whole weekend we didnt even talk about the possibility of getting the job and sort of just forgot the whole thing even happened. Monday morning rolls around and I got a call from Young Living saying that they loved my presentation and wanted to offer me the presentation.. TALK ABOUT CRAZY. I was at work at the time, so i called ammon bawling.. a little shell shocked, and sure enough we knew we had a big decision to make. Young living wanted to know my decision by the end of the day so ammon and I were a little pressed for time. I immediately talked to my bosses at Ydraw to see what my options were for staying there.. ie getting a raise.. new positions etc.. and as soon as I walked out of my meeting with them I knew that staying with Ydraw was no longer an option. Everything in the meeting was so unsettling and NOT reassuring in any way. Ammon and I met up for lunch and to my relief, he had been having the feeling that we needed to take the job as well.

 So I called and accepted the position on December 23. On Christmas eve we went up to SLC, and on the 26th we started our apartment search. On the 28th we signed a lease for the apartment, on the 2nd of January we put our house up for sale, on the 11th we accepted an offer.. and on the 13th I officially moved up to Sandy until we could move into our apartment! What a crazy few weeks it was! Ammon moved up on the 19th, and started his job on the 21. It was absolute madness how quickly things fell into place, but I am so grateful for this new adventure and opportunity we have been blessed with! :) I was SOO sad to sell our house, but i have come to grips with it and i am so happy to be in LEHI!.. soon enough we will buy our next house but honestly i am happy with our cute little apartment. 

Obviously i hadnt done much with our room yet ;)

four years

Four years ago Ammon and I went on our first date. I was stupid back then and didn't take any pictures with him, so all of these pictures are from the following summer. I sooo wish i had pics from when we were first hanging out... but i was too embarrassed and honestly never thought anything would come from going on dates with this boy. :) So glad he is the most patient person I have ever known!

Love you Am! And i am glad we picked each other :)

Elder Hansen is Home!

The best part of Halloween was welcoming home my cute little brother from his 2 year mission in Guatemala. It is SO good to have him home again. I have missed that kid. East and I have always been really close.. we would sit up late at night telling stories and laughing together. He is the GOLDEN CHILD of the Hansen household. East loves giving hugs and I have missed those hugs so much!

Hansen family finally reunited

Halloween at the Zittings

It's no secret that I LOVE Halloween. I always try to think of the best costumes, but usually I cant think of anything until the day before. It is seriously a curse. I was determined to not let that happen this year.

Say Hello to Mr. Tooth and the Tooth Fairy! I ended up making both costumes and I am so happy with how they turned out! Our primary kids thought ammon's costume was the funniest thing they had ever seen, and all the little sunbeams kept touching my tutu. Cutest thing ever.

The 26.2 Experience

Running has never been something that I enjoy. Even when I was little and just stepping into the competitive soccer arena, running a timed mile or two was the most incomprehensible thing I could think of. My mom had to come run with me. And believe me, if that would have been acceptable for my college soccer fitness tests... I would have had her right there next to me. Running just plain sucks in my mind.

Sooo then I did something stupid. I signed up for my first half marathon. 13.1 didn't seem too bad. So i casually began training. I still hated running and randomly.. i decided that if I was ever going to run a marathon, this would be there year to do it. I was training for a half, so I might as well continue training for two extra months or so and run a marathon. *insert expletive*

Training was hard and did not get any easier for me. I'll be honest.. I didn't train like i was supposed to. I did however feel prepared for my half marathon in July. That day was one of the worst days of my life.. but i did it. Then, a wrench got thrown into my plans. I accepted a coaching job at the local high school... not realizing the affect it would have on my training. I was now working 8-5, and coaching 5ish-8ish (game nights were more like 10), and my training slowedddd down substantially. I tried my best to run with the girls on conditioning days, but even that was maybe only a mile or so. My only real training happened on Saturdays when I would complete my long runs. These runs were LONG, took forever, and HARD. I was constantly sore and felt like crap every weekend.

Two weeks before the marathon I ran my first 20 miler. I felt great the whole time, and as i ran to my finishing desitination where ammon was picking me up.. i started bawling. I was so proud of myself for doing something I never thought I could do, and mostly i was just so happy to be done! :)

On October 5 I ran my first marathon. I was 30 minutes slower than I originally had wanted to be, but i quickly forgave myself because my body and mind felt so great and positive the whole race. (something i would easily sacrifice a good time for) Ammon met me around mile 16 and i was feeling great. Then my sister in law ran with me from mile 22-26. She kept me running at a good pace and kept my mental emotions in a positive place.

As I was running the last two blocks of the race, I was so overwhelmed with happiness. It is quite the indescribable feeling seeing the bleachers full of people who love me, cheering me on. I crossed the finish line and was instantly tearing up. I was SO proud. Then i looked up to see my friend Kami (who also happens to be the St George Marathon head coordinator) crying right along with me! She gave me the biggest hug and said some of the nicest things to me! It was an experience I will never forget.

I was so excited to see Ammon and my mom. My mom was my biggest mental support through out my training.. she kept me positive on bad run days, and helped me realize that timing didn't matter. Ammon was my biggest physical and emotional support. Although i was stubborn at times, he always made sure I did my runs. He woke up every Saturday morning with me at 4:30 to drive me up to my running route. He would then wait for me at the bottom of the route.. a some 3-4 hours later.

Running still isn't my favorite thing. But i am so happy that i pushed myself to do something that I really never thought I could do. I am convinced that if I can run a marathon, anyone can :)

Red Sox vs Yankees

Ever since I was little I have loved baseball. I remember as a toddler watching my dad play in his softball leagues, then all growing up every weekend was filled watching my brothers play ball while my dad coached. Some people don't get that my love for baseball did not start when I met Ammon. :)

I fell in love with Ammon watching him play baseball. That kid I tell you is one of the best shortstop's I have ever seen play the game. I will forever cherish the many days and times spent at the ball field watching Am play. 

Obviously, baseball has now turned into a thing we like to do together! I can't tell you how bad I flipped out when Am surprised me with tickets to the Red Sox Yankee's game at Fenway. We had planned our trip around a few different aspects (mostly when it was convenient for our family to have us visit), but secretly I reallyyyy wanted to try to catch a game at fenway during our time out East. We didn't think it was a smart possibility since ticket prices were off the wall, but somehow Am managed to surprise me! The game was definitely one of the MANY highlights of our trip. 

The game! 

Fenway

Checking out the field the day after the game.

The oldest baseball field in America!