Running around in circles

So I thought that I would make a tribute page to my last year of track. That and my mom gave me all the pictures that she took of track cause that is what she is good at. 

I went to Washington three times for indoor. But I always found fun stuff to do with the folks. 

We are really good at taking family pictures with one hand by now. 

Best DMR team ever! I am really going to miss them, craziness and all. 

There was this really fun calzone place where the calzone's are as big as a football! Or so their slogan said. Dad would not play pass with me with my calzone. 

We are always ready at a moments notice for a photo opportunity, especially when we have our headbands on.  

We are probably the most excited people to get sixth place in the history of Indoor Nationals. 

All the girls together!

Tyler and I got to meet the coolest person ever! Mr. LaVell Edwards himself. 

 Pre-race ritual, we love to go to Jimmy Johns!

 Region this year was in the great state of TEXAS!

Riding the pine before the race. Put me in coach, I'm ready!

 My lucky shoes that took a little convincing to get. 

 My hairstylist was nice enough to come and do my hair. 

 Me and my Muti!

 My torn love between BYU and Texas. 

Once again getting chased by my father after I stole his gold coins. 

 Tyler does not get as excited for the pre race meal as I do. 

 Right in front of the sign at Nationals. 

 Once again our one handed family picture and our second cousin in the background.

 Jumping in front of the NCAA symbol. Very excited after my last race, and now I can go crazy and my father can't get mad. 

 We decided to go get some BBQ after my last race ever because I had been craving it all week. 

 Stopped to get a drink from the drinking fountain. 

 Just reading a book with old Ab. Tyler is not as good of a poser for pictures as I am. 

 Mom an dad trying to read the sun dial. (It was cloudy that day)

 Mom with her amazing picture skills getting our profile in the reflection. 

 At the entrance to the Iowa capital building. 

 This is a representation of how Tyler and I usually study. 

 In the center of the capital you were able to talk out loud and it sounded like you were on a speaker phone. It was really cool. 

There was this amazing sandwich and soup place where you had as much bread as you want with oil and cheese to dip it into.  

 I still dream about eating there again, but sadly Iowa is the only place to get it. They have to have something in Iowa to talk about. 

 Looking at the airplanes at the airport and trying not to get hit by birds. (A baby bird fell out of the wing of this airplane)

Getting our nightly ice cream and tots! It was a great season!!

Back home again, in Indiana

We have been loving it here in Indiana. Even though it is really hot and humid, we still find a lot of fun things to do.

I have been trying to become a better cook ever since Tyler said that other night that he wished I cooked like a restaurant. So I have gathered what I learned about Grandma Cramer and made Swedish Meatballs and pudding.

We also went to the farmer's market and got some fresh veggies to make dinner. I hope it will taste as good as it looks.

When that doesn't work we go to our new favorite place Steak n' Shake! We love their burgers and fries. 

Then for dessert there is a really fun 1900's ice cream parlor that has really cool soda fountains inside. 

They have a bunch of these old soda fountains all around that are really fun to look at. 

We have also seen a lot of critters around our house. So far we have seen deer, toads, bunnies, foxes, groundhogs, fish, and a family of raccoons near our house. This is the toad that Tyler caught and had to keep in our tub till our friends got to our house. 

I was not so happy about bringing this animal into our house. I have not been too excited about all the bugs that have been in our house as it is. I have killed more spiders (when I say me I mean Tyler) than I have ever seen in my life. 

We learned really quickly that the easiest way to get thousands of mosquitoes into your house is leave the light on while walking outside at night. We then spent the night killing those mosquitoes off the wall. 

We had our friends over this last weekend. So we had to get out our sleeping bags for the big sleepover. 

We all went to this really cool indoor park downtown. 

They have a really cool pirate ship looking thing that all the kids could climb on. There is Lance and Ethan at the top. I wish that the sign didn't say 12 or younger or I would be all over that pirate ship. 

The great state of Iowa!

 This is the before of out Mud Run that we decided to do in Iowa. We were pumped!

This is the after picture of out victory over the mud. Angela got first for girls and Chris got first for the guys. We sure represented the great state of Utah.

 We decided to get some burgers at the local Zombie Burger. Tyler got a burger with fried mac and cheese for the patties.

 I got a burger with two grilled cheese sandwiches for buns. It was the best burger ever.

This is the bacon and grilled cheese burger. I still dream about this burger. 

Here is the mac and cheese patties that I could not explain very well. It was not my taste, but Tyler really liked it. 

 After our burgers we went to the botanical gardens to work off our burgers and fries.

Then later that night we decided to top off the nigh with some Snookie Strawberry shakes.