THE RESULTS ARE IN!

So after a very grueling 2 weeks of recovery, I can finally show you all the new addition. It has been very un comfortable and has not been a party for me to say the least, but I am excited to have the hardest part over and done for good! I still have swelling and it will take an additional 3 months until my nose is completely where it needs to be...but here she is! Let me know what you think!

A New Nose, Eh why not ;)

So I did it! I have wanted this surgery since I could say the word nose or knew what a nose was...I have had my doctor picked out for years! Dr. John Clayton. AMAZING! So my surgery was today and it took 3 hrs. I have never experienced general anthesia, so I was really nervous thinking about going under the knife. I had my Dad just drop me off at the front and I proceeded to go in by myself. I tried to act all tough girl like no I don't need my daddy to come with me, but I was freaking out inside! As I turned around to walk away from the car my Dad said well good luck, I love you! Then he said hold on, let me take one more look at that shnoz! HAHA! Jk, he said let me take one more look at that nose, I'm going to miss it. I started thinking to myself, I'm going to miss this nose too..it has brought me alot of joy in life, that is sarcastic. The day has finally come because this has been my dream my whole life. If you grew up with me you would know this too. All my old friends and neighbors texted me today because they were anticipating this as much as me. Anyways, I walk in and meet the lovely nurse that would be taking care of me,and she looked legit so I was happy. She told me to put on the gown and I really had no idea what way it went, I was too embarrassed to ask her so I just guessed. I did put it on the right way, because they didn't tell me to fix it, but my cute pink undies wer sticking out from behind. I also had to wear booties and what looked like a shower cap. It was not cute, but who needs to look cute during surgery! Well I kinda did, this was an important day. I was scared until I met the blood doctor, his name was Dr. Foster. He made me feel so comfortable, he told me I know when I see a beautiful woman but I also know when I see beautiful veins, and yours are the most beautiful I have ever seen. He is like you work out right? Uh yeah! HEHE! I was thankful for the compliment. Next he had me follow him into the E.R. and I suddenly felt like I was on a episode of Grey's Anatomy, especially once I saw the operating table I would be laying on. I got freaked out and started to tear up. I wanted to say nevermind I like my nose, I'm peacing outta here! Dr. Foster could tell I was nervous so he put some nervous juice in my IV and about 30 seconds later I thought WOW this is an incredible feeling, and can I have more? He then goes on to inject what he called my happy juice and I do not remember a thing following. Because that is exactly what it was, HAPPY JUICE! I was out! I woke up in a bed not knowing where the crap I was and then remembered holy moly I have a new nose! I was happy to be alive and well! I came home and have felt pretty good the whole day, not alot of pain just tired. My dad came home sick from work today and hung out with me, he said I just rambeled all day to him. I was loopy! He told me it was the most I have talked to him in years...sad :)! I must have been talking alot, he told me he enjoyed conversation with me even if it did not make sense. I'm drugged and I'd like to keep it that way. Thanks to Megan and Jessie for bringing me a smoothie and hanging with me, I have the two best friends in the world...literally! Thanks to my Mom for waiting on me hand and foot all day,I love my mom. We are having a slumber party tonight downstairs because she has to be with me 24 hrs. I am glad that I could have surgery just so I could hang with my mom and dad all day. It has been nice. Here is a picture, enjoy! HA HA! No laughing please! I'll take picutures of the finished product on Monday.

LOTOJA September 6th 2008

Well I DID IT!I attempted and successfully completed the longest one day road biking race in the United States. The course travels from Logan and ends in the beautiful and to say the least BREATHTAKING Jackson Hole Teton Village. All together the race goes through 3 states, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming with a total of 206 miles and over 11,000 feet in elevation gain. I look forward to this race every year and I was especially excited for this year. The day was filled with the most exhilarating feelings of happiness, determination, pain, tears, joy, and complete rush! I am so blessed to have the health and endurance of my body to withstand such a day on my bike. I started the race at 7:04 am and crossed the finish line at 6:45 pm that evening. It was amazing to see the support there for me throughout the day. I cannot thank Megan, Jessie, and my cousin Janessa for being there for me to help feed me and make sure that everything was in tact for my ride. I have AMAZING friends, and family. Thank you to my parents for riding along side me when I needed them the most. Thank you to Keena Shaereer for riding with me as a mentor and support, I couldn't of asked for a better rider and friend to hang with throughout the day. Shane Evans, your a rockstar! Thank you for riding with me through one of the toughest parts of the race along the snake river canyon (the last 47 miles). Thank you to Julie Labrum, Whitney Pogue (my sister), and Sue Kertesz for the endless support of friendship and for always knowing what I need to survive on the bike. I love you! I am so grateful today for the talents I have and for the oppertunity this was for my life. It brought inspiration, humility, and confidence in my life and I am so happy to be alive! LIVE LOVE RIDE! Here is some pictures of my day. Enjoy!

Abbey and Keena ready to start! Janessa are you ready for a long day of supporting these crazy gals! :)

Just me ready to start a day full of fun :)

On our way from Montepeliar to Afton mile 90! 116 to go!

Me and my best friends and support! Montepeliar rest stop, mile 65!

Another pic of me and my girls!

Lotoja finish line! PHEW!

I'm finished! I had crossed about 5 minutes prior to this picture. My support crew. Jessie, Megan and Janessa! My legs were jello! I was so happy!

The three of us together. Finished! Abbey, Keena, and Shane! We rode most of the day together. I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Summer Highlights 2008

This summer has been a BLAST!TRIPS TO BEAR LAKE, MS 150 RIDE. I am now feeling the summer finally winding down and coming to a close. A little bit depressing, but I am excited for the fall. It is my favorite time of year. I thought I would blog and post some of the pictures that highlighted my summer. I really am blessed with a great group of friends, job, and people in my life! I had the time of my life this summer of 2008!


MS 150 our registration and signing into the race!

This was our hotel room, 4 girls in one bed and Deb on the floor! WORST NIGHT SLEEP OF MY LIFE, but still a highlight to say the least! We all still managed to ride 100 miles the next day!

All the girls! LOVE YOU!

A bunch of girls hugging a tree! I can't explain myself here, the tree was available!

Posing cute on the stairs, we got bored at camp and decided to walk around and found ourselves here on these stairs! HA HA! We are cute!

THE FAB 4, I'm sorry but nobody could keep up with us in the end! HE HEEE!

DOC AND ABBEY! I love this person with all my heart! He is another rockstar instructor at Lifetime!

Me just riding, I don't know how Kaycee managed to take this picture!

Abbey and Debbie, also one of the greatest gals I know, we had a blast together. She is also a rockstar instructor at Lifetime Fitness

Me doing what I do best! Clicking my heels! :)

Doing a headstand in Bear Lake! Seemed appropriate at the time!

Getting ready to bike 52 miles around the BIG BLUE BEAR LAKE! YAY!

LOVE THE SHORTS! YES! ELECTRIC BLUE IS HOT!

This is attractive!

Getting ready to play cards. Abbey, Kaycee and Heidi! My condo in Bear Lake

Kaycee directing us to do some Yoga Poses in Bear Lake once again, we thought it was appropriate at the time. We didn't say it would be attractive. :)

The 4 girls, Abbey, Heidi, Kasi, and Kaycee. LOVE MY TAN LINES! I think I bike alot! :) SEXY!

Heidi and Abbey lounging out in the lake on our green tubes

Can I say Baywatch BABES! OH YEAH!

Me just laughing my guts out! HAVING A BALL!


I seriously thank all those in my life that cheer me up on a daily basis and make life good! I love you all! Until next time, have FUN!!!!!

I Love Savannah

I had to post today on a special person in my life. I love all my nieces and nephews with all my heart but I wanted to pay attention to my niece Savannah on this blog. Her and I have been really close since the day she was born on August, 10th 1997. We have a bond that is amazing. I just found out that my sister and her family will be moving to Iowa the beginning of September. I will miss them so much. I will especially miss Savannah and all the fun times we have had hanging out. Here is 25 things about Savannah and why I love Savannah. You are beautiful!

1. Savannah is the sweetest person and friend
2. Savannah can immitate an english accent like nobody's business. You wouldn't beable to tell a difference between her and real englishmen. :)
3. She gives the best hugs in the world
4. She is absolutely hillarious
5. She is an amazing sister to Ethan
6. She has an amazing ability to make you feel better
7. She will hang out with me if I need a friend
8. She loves frosting like me
9. She is a great older cousin, all of her little cousins love her and want to follow her everywhere
10. She is kind hearted
11. She is a huge help
12. She always listens to me, I have told her secrets that nobody else knows.
13. She is so outgoing, everyone wants to be Savannah's friend
14. Christlike in every way possible
15. She hates candy but loves Chocolate, and her favorite place to eat is Sweet Tomatoes
16. She looks up to her Aunt Abbey and it makes me feel good
17. She is a dog LOVER and if Amanda would let her, she would own every dog breed in the world.
18. Her favorite tv show is Moonlight and she loves Vampires :)
19. She hates that she is tall, but I think she is beautiful...she is going to be tall like her aunt.
20. I know she will always be there for me if I needed a friend
21. She is obsessed with swimming
22. Her laugh is contagious
23. Her favorite vacation is Lake Powell, like me
24. She is down to earth and genuine
25. Savannah is going to be a leader in life, I love you!

I am grateful

Its been awhile since I last posted. I have been so busy! I have not even stopped to breathe and absorb my day. Today however was my 27th birthday, and I am OLD in Utah years. Its pretty rare that a girl my age does not have 4 or 5 kids already. Get the violins out ok.....HA! Anyways, today I woke up not really excited to celebrate my birthday, knowing I was going into another year yet again single and not loving it! ;) Now, I am not complaining or throwing a pity party but I have come to the conclusion that when I do tie the knot, angels will be singing hallelujah from above. Today I went on an amazing bike ride by myself and while I was out I realized that I had every reason to be grateful. I need to stop worrying about everything and just focus on the simple things that make me feel happy. They are simple and its so cool that it is nothing money can buy. I am truly grateful for the 27 amazing years of my wonderful, blessed life. I now feel like a very lucky YOUNG woman. I also have decided that this year is going to bring good things in my life. I have a heart full of gratitude and If it is ok I would like to share with all of you fellow bloggers and friends what I am grateful for tonight.



I am grateful:

I am grateful for my family, what an incredible family I been blessed with in my life. Ryan, Shelly, Amanda, Garrett, Allison, Amelia, Brittany, Adam, Cameron, Jason, Savannah, Ethan, Sarah, Madelyn, Vincent, Mason, and Dillon.

I am grateful for my health, I am not suffering from any terminal disease. I am able to run, bike, hike, wakeboard, ski, yoga, ect. ect. I couldn't be more blessed.

I am grateful for the many accomplishments that I have experienced and that have made me a stronger person. 7 Marathons, including Boston and NYC,1/2 Marathons, Relays, Lotoja 2006-2007 and soon to be 2008.

I am grateful for this beautiful place I get to live in. Utah is incredible place and I am so lucky to be here with a roof over my head. I am absolutly so grateful for our mountains.

I am grateful for a bubble bath at the end of my day. (It is one of my most favorite things)

I am so grateful for good music. I love Sarah Mclachlan, Peter Gabriel, Enigma, Colbie Calliet, Enya, Movie Soundtracks, U2, Tori Amos, Alanis Morrisette, and Ronan Hardiman. (Those are my favorites)

I am grateful for my job. I am so PASSIONATE about what I do. I love to teach group fitness. It is my calling in life to inspire, motivate and help others reach a healthy way of life through fitness. I love my friends that I work with all my heart, you know who you are, THANK YOU for inspiring me.

I am grateful for my best friends. Megan Burger and Jessie Shurtleff. There is nobody like these two

I am grateful for my parents, without them I would have not succeeded the way I have in my life.

I am grateful for a beautiful sunrise and sunset

I am grateful for my trials. They make me a stronger person

I am grateful to LOVE so much that is aches inside

I am grateful for inspiring athletes and people

I am grateful for the men that have rejected me, because it only gets me closer to my husband

I am grateful for all the kids I have babysat, because it has prepared me to become a mother someday

I am grateful for the teachers that have become great friendships in my life. You know who you are and I will always love you. Some are not in my life anymore and some will be in my life forever. You have made me strong

I am grateful for a good plate of Sushi at the end of a work day

I am grateful for my yoga mat

I am grateful for a still mind

I am grateful for my road bike, without this in my life...well I don't even want to imagine

I am grateful for Little Cottonwood Canyon, Big Cottonwood Canyon, American Fork Caynon, Emmigration Canyon, Millcreek Canyon, Suncrest for these canyons have caused many wonderful moments in my life on my bike

I am grateful for my Grandpa Weston Daw, for his life has given me something to live by through example

I am grateful for the gospel

I am grateful for Prayer

I am grateful for laughter

I am grateful for my bed

I am grateful for trees, I LOVE trees! I know kinda a weird thing about me.

I am grateful for color! My favorites, RED, BROWN and GREEN

I am grateful for Failure, it gives me a reason to do better

I am grateful for tears

I am grateful for the MOON

I am SO grateful for the stars (Esp at Lake Powell)

I am grateful for boat rides

I am grateful for the snow

I am grateful for education

I am grateful for honesty

I am grateful for compliments

I am grateful for the members that come to my classes at Lifetime. Its all about you and I am in love with teaching you and being taught by you

I am grateful for movies, some of my favorites, Charlottes Webb (there is not a better story about friendship) Runaway Bride, The Last Samurai, The Sandlot, Nottinghill, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 1 and 2, Never Been Kissed, The Notebook, ect ect.

I am grateful for my friend Nadine, she is an angel

I am grateful for the Oprah show..there have been some good books on there and one day I will have one her list of my own

I am grateful for all the dogs my dad gave away, I was attached to all of them. I am sorry!

I am grateful for my childhood, because it was magical

I am grateful for so many wonderful things in my life. I could go on forever, but most importantly. I am grateful for MY LIFE.


Be Grateful, I need to be more grateful! It makes your day better to think about what you really have in your life.

Bear Lake Trip! One great weekend!

I love my mom! SO MUCH! Hanging on the boat after a great wakeboarding run!

I just got home from a weekend trip to Bear Lake with the family. I got off work early on Friday, so I was excited to get out of town and enjoy some down time. Yesterday was one of the best day's I have had in a very LONG time. It was a perfect day in every way possible. I started out the day riding my bike around the 52 mile loop of Bear Lake. I was completely in my element. Once I was home and very tired from my ride I met my family down at the beach. I was content just sitting there with my brothers and sisters, talking and catching up, while the kids played on a floaty in the lake. We rarely get this time with eachother and I didn't realize how bad I needed this time spent with all of them. We went for a boat ride after dinner when nobody was out on the lake. Wakeboarding is my favorite thing to do besides riding my road bike. I was like a little girl on Christmas morning when I was strapping my wakeboard on my feet, and getting ready to jump in the water. It was a perfect time of night. The sun was about to go down and the glare of the sunset on the water took my breath away literally. I was the only one out on the lake for miles. It was complete peace that I have not felt for a long time. Garrett talked me into riding the tube with him to finish off the night. Justin was the driver of the boat and he was not messing around and I thought I was going to die. I have never heard Garrett laugh so hard in my life, it was like a little boy. Garrett had also never heard me say a few choice words when I thought his 200 pound body was going to land on me as we skid across the lake! It was the best night! After we got done boating the night ended eating Bear Lake shakes and playing games. I really have the best family in the world and I am so lucky! I have never been so grateful for one weekend. It was BLISS! Here are some pictures!

My Dad, Amanda my sister and her family. Look at my dad! What a crack up! LOVE IT!

Me and my brother, he is my hero! I look up to him so much!

Garrett my awesome brother!

Me and little Ethan, he was excited because he got to hang with the adults on the boat without the other kids. He felt pretty special

Abbey and Madelyn just being silly at our condo!

Another one :)

Me wakeboarding..I was in paradise! I would rather be doing this than ANYTHING!

Can I go back?

PLEASE!

BLISS!

This is a sexy looking boat! I LOVE BOATS and ANYTHING to do with boating. It just brings a smile to my life!