The Trip to Moab

The trip to Moab was a lot of fun, but too short. Some day I am going to have to go specifically for the sites and hike around. Matt and I only hiked for about 1 hour after my race.

In the car on the ride down. Matt and Myself and Becca and Kent. Kent got 15th over all in the race and 6th in his catagory. He is an all-star runner.

I think I am going to bring the high socks back into style. What do you think?

Becca, Brian, and Myself after the race
My time was 1:56. Brian Mitchell beat me by about 30 to 40 seconds. the best part of the race was the food at the end.

This is part of the group from my ward that ran in the race.

I'm Back

I know it has been a while and I admit I am not very good at keeping everyone up to date. My biggest news is that I am training for the Moab half marathon, so I spend most of my free time running and doing intramurals. This will be the longest i have ever ran. The race is on March 8. For intramurals this year I am involved in basketball and innertube water polo. It should be lots of fun. I also recently volunteered to be a coach of a girls athletic team but I cannot say what that is yet. You'll have to guess.

Trip to Las Vegas

Becca, myself, and Bryan at the Las Vegas BYU game. We had great seats except for the back side of the big guy below that we constantly had to see. GO COUGARS!!!

Here he is. If you look closely yoy can see him surrounded by BYU fans. At one point of the game he game his megaphone to the BYU dan on his right to sing the fight song. As long as the fans were drunk they were nice.

This is the group we got tickets with. we had a good size. if you look at my right arm it has a brace on it. that is another story of its own. I will just say two things. I don't eat fruit snacks anymore and the ER has a new good story to put in their records. It is interesting teaching with no thumb to use on my right hand.

Yes, Jerusha, it is true we found Pooh Corner. It really exists.

We got to stop by the Las Vegas Temple. It looks a lot like the Portland temple. It even has an atrium inside.

I also spent a some time in St. George with Grandma. she is great. We went to the Temple together, took a walk, watched a movie and played card games and went to bed and 12:00 at night. who else can say they have stayed up that late having a party with their Grandma.

In front of the Coca cola factory on the strip.

This is the City

Food in Las Vegas!!!

Below is a picture Brian and i took in the 3D M&M movie at the factory. It is a fun idea, but i definitly got a headache.

The Bear Hunt Part 1

The is the start of our adventures with the bear hunt. Watch carefully because you may see some wild bears or squirls in the background. This took place at the Lake side of our campsite we hiked too. We had to have permits to hike here because this was the area where there have been many bear siting

The Bear Hunt Part 2

The Bear Hunt Part 3

The Bear Hunt Part 4

Yes this is a real Caption.

The Beginning of Life

This is the first group of guysers we came across. Brian wanted to make a documentary about the nasty milky boiling guyser we saw. We were a little afraid that the asian guy over heard us and was going to go tell his family about the new discoveryon the beginning of life.

The week before I came home I was technically homeless because I was kicked out of our apartment. I lived in my car and slept outside. These were two of the nights. The mattresses were leftovers from random apartments and the hammocks were walmart specials. I actually did not mind being homeless. I do have to admit we were "homeless with style".

BYU GRADUATION

I finally got the fabulous oppurtunity to wear the moomoo -I mean I graduated. These are some pictures of my graduation.

Dr. Zanandria was a professor of mine. She was also one of my advisors.


Trustino Anderson was in my ward for the last 3 years and was a great basketball teammate.



Becky was in my core for the PETE program. We spent a year and a half together in all of the same classes.

Stacey and Christen were two other girls in the PETE program. All 24 of us got to know each other pretty well.


Grandma Andersen and Myself

My parents, who helped make it possible for me to graduate!!!

Graduation Celebration with the roommies and the waiter!!!

Three reason why we were all happy in this picture:

3) Two of us graduated and the rest were finished with the semester!

2) The waiter was not bad looking!

1) We did not have to pay for the food at Olive Garden!

Brittney Brown

The roommate I suffered, laughed, cried, fought, and danced with for three CRAZY years and we survived.

Trustin, Ben, Me, Brittney, Jen

All Cinnamon Tree Tenants

The following pictures will explain what my roommates and I do during our spare time.

Trash cans can be quite entertaining..... you never know what you can find in one until you look.

Sometimes it takes a lot for us to get our apartment to take a bath.

How do we look as a poster???
If you would like to see more of these pictures go to my apartment blog at ladiesof56.blogspot.com

Ice Cream!!!

The Winning Team at Half Time

Lehi Junior high in a basketball game against Provo High School's girl's Freshmen team.

Lehi Junior High Girl's Basketball

The following pictures and video clips are from my amazing basketball team I coach. I love it. The girls are great. They have been a great group of girls to coach. They make me frustrated sometimes because they are not very serious, but for the same reason they make me laugh all of the time. I have learned a lot. This experience has strengthened my passion for coaching.

Last weekend I (Grandma [who] got ran over by a reindeer) was part of some detective work. Santa Claus was missing. In fact, a body was found that matched Santa Clause's profile. I was accused of the accident because of my motive and weapon. I had recently gone in busy with Gingy who ran away from the Muffin Man. We had our own famous cookie business. They were the best cookies in the house. No one but Santa knew that we had stolen the recipe from the Muffin Man. He threatened to turn us in unless we paid him with $1200 and a special cookie every Thursday.

Well the story goes on and after hours of investigation, we all concluded that Santa was an imposter. Buddy the elf was impersonating Santa. The impersonated Santa was acting a little strange and no one knew why. The conductor had enough after Santa fired him and got the most of Santa or whom he thought was Santa. Who founf the conductors and have him locked up in jail for life.

Just so everyone is clear, Santa is still alive and kicking, but Buddy the elf is another story. Christmas is finally back to normal for every one, even “grandma [who] got ran over by a reindeer.” Gingy and I have gotten things worked out with the Muffin Manso there are no more hard feeling their.

This was a Christmas murder mystery game I was involved in last week. I enjoyed it. I even got the prize for the person best in character. I guess I am a natural grandma.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! From “Grandma [who] got ran over by a reindeer”, a.k.a. Tiff