every year my family/friends and i sign up to do the ragnar relay race. and every year they get to and i don’t.

well, i’m sick of it. no more being pregnant, no more swine flu, nothing. i am doing it this year with no excuses.  {well, as long as i can get work off for it}

however, i have a team of 12 to fill up, and will only be using 6 of those spots. which means there are 6 spot available. and i want you for it. it’s june 18-19.

there is no entry cost {it’s a perk of having family own ICON, i’m lucky, i know} so the only thing you and your 5 teammates need to do is show up ready to run.

i need to get these 6 spots filled up as quick as i can, so please email me if you are interested. i really only want to hear from people who are serious about doing this because i don’t want to deal with anyone backing out last minute {it’s a hassle}.

so lemme know! lindseybrammer@gmail.com

oh and if you don’t know what the ragnar relay race is, just google it.

like i had mentioned previously, husband and i went to park city for our anniversary weekend. we did this last year too, so being creatures of habit, we decided not to try something new…

it started out with a bet to see if our gps would tell us to go through provo canyon or through salt lake. chase won. except he really didn’t, because i don’t consider it a ‘win’ when you have to sit in traffic for an hour. we should’ve listened to my heart and gone through provo.

but we didn’t let it bring us down.

we got to the marriott, checked in, drove around for a while trying to decide where to eat. and then ended up back at the very first place we considered. isn’t it funny how that seems to always happen?

it was called aloph’s. and it had swiss cheese fondue {made with white wine}. it also had banana fosters {made with liquer}.

needless to say, with my body’s complete lack of alcohol consumption, this small amount was able to get me quite tipsy. and by tipsy i mean seriously ill. chase said it was a gas bubble {ew! i’m a girl, i don’t even know how to fart} but i am quite positive that it was something akin to how a hangover would feel.  maybe?  i really wouldn’t know.

so……being the completely hopeless romantics that we are, i fell asleep with this terrible tummy ache and chase stayed up to watch the jazz game.

we woke up fully intending on going for a fun bike ride, but wait!  it was freaking snowing.  we tried anyway, but i ended up not being able to feel my fingers about 15 minutes into it, so we came home.

that’s about the time my sister called to tell me that when she went to check on baxter at our house, he had been really sick and his room {which luckily has really gross linoleum and is easy to clean up} was completely covered in dog diahrea and throw up.  thanks for cleaning that up tay, you’re a real gem.  so far, things weren’t really going according to plan, but that is what makes life fun, right?

we went shopping at the outlets, where i found it all too easy to break the budget.  we took advantage of some sweet deals at banana republic for chase and american eagle for me {i know, i tried to grow up and wear clothes for my age, but i just can’t do it–judge me}.  and then we definitely hit the jackpot with pearl izumi and mrs. fields cookies.  mmmm.

we went back to take a nap, then headed to main street to get some grub.  naturally i was wearing flip flops, and from the time we parked on main to the time we finished dinner at main street noodles and co, there was literally 5 inches of snow.  and flip flops are slippery, not to mention cold on your toes.  there were a few close calls where chase’s arm was the only thing between me and the ground.  finally, i gave up trying to walk and had him pull around the car.

sunday morning, we laid in bed until 11 {because we could}, watching pirates of the caribbean and eating room service.  we stopped at worlds market where we overspent again, but hey!  who doesn’t need a crepe pan and some french truffles?

we then headed in to salt lake, caught a flick and went home.

it was the best anniversary a girl could ask for.  minus the sickness.  oh and the snow.  and probably the sick dog i had to come home to as well.    but these are the things that make life interesting and fun.  and thankfully, i have a goofball of a husband to make me laugh and enjoy each and every day of it.

the best day of my life.  i married chase and life has been filled with so much happiness, friendship and love ever since.

we like remembering back to the day we were married and joking about how i was running late to the temple and he called me freaking out because he thought i was going to stand him up.  ha!

and laughing about how at the reception, i had to go pee but needed someone to hold my dress, and i made him do it.  kind of an awkward way to mesh into married life

and complaining about how i specifically chose to have banana fosters {compliments of hamiltons} served at my wedding, but didn’t get a chance to eat any of it.  oh, and same with my cake.

but seriously, it was a great day.  and i loved having so many family and friends to share it with.

here’s to at least two more years, chase!  {but hopefully way more than that}.  it’s great to think of all the ups and downs we’ve been through together so far and to realize that i wouldn’t want it to be any other way.

i love you!

baxter is part of this family so i guess it’s ok that i’m posting on the family blog about him?

anyway, we were kind of mean to him last night and kept forcing him to go into his incredibly small and cramped dog house just because he looked so funny in it.

and after we stopped teasing him, he jumped up on dad to curl up and cuddle.  isn’t he the cutest dog you’ve ever seen?  we think our children will have to fight baxter for our love. 

ah, i love this little guy.

the time has come.

i realize that this is not much of a family blog, and that makes me sad.

i also realize that i do want to have a place to dump all of my ‘lindsey’ thoughts, so i have created a new blog to post all of these random things.

www.lindseybrammer.blogspot.com

jump to this new blog if you care at all to follow…..

it isn’t much yet, but maybe someday!

from now on, this blog will remain for the ‘family’.

when you log on to your banking page, see that your husband has less money in his personal account than you do, and transfer some of yours into his so that you can have equal amounts of fun spending money……that’s when you know it’s love.

i have a really fun craft idea and i need some more of these day-to-day things that happen to you that let you know you are in love.  post them in a comment, facebook me or email me at lindseybrammer@gmail.  i am also going to post the really witty and cute ones on here too!

sometimes i enjoy having a bowl of blueberries for lunch.

and i really hate it when i, unsuspectingly, pop one in my mouth, and it turns out to be sour.

but…i really like that sour blueberries are the most i have to complain about now that it’s summer and finals are done.  {knock on wood}

can i please have this house?  thanks.

since chase and i were in st. george at family baseball tourney’s during the saturday sessions of conference, i have been listening to all of the talks via youtube during work and am almost caught up.

i’ve been looking forward to Elder Holland’s talk because he is so powerful, and because i have heard so many praises of it.  i just finished watching it, and i feel inspired.  even anxious.  anxious and inspired to do my part to build up the Kingdom of God.

his talk really hit home as i have lately been trying to figure out what types of entertainment i should allow into my life.  mostly, i have been thinking about all the cussing that i hear due to these tv shows and movies, and have tried to justify that since i’m not saying it, it isn’t necessarily evil.  but Elder Holland made it clear that just by hearing these words, i am  “dulling my spirituality”, and that is NOT something i am willing to let happen any longer.

oh, i just love conference.  up next….Elder Bednar. 

today is that last day that i will trek to byu campus. i take my last two finals ever, and i am feeling a bit sad about it.

this has been my favorite semester of my byu experience as i have been able to focus my studies on the subjects of design and architecture (major). i am sad that i won’t be able to continue to learn from my incredible professors, but am finally feeling that i have what it takes to stay on top of the field.

oh sfl 329: studies of modern architecture, how i will miss you. you have given me so many new ideas for furniture in my home, deconstructive angles to use on my rooflines, chances to stare in awe at some of the most unique structures ever built on earth, and a renewed desire to open my own business.

also, you pointed me in the direction of one of my favorite websites, cubeme.com. i mean, who doesn’t love waking up to a google reader list full of pictures like this:

what a cool street preformer!  very creative!

anyway, farewell byu.  i will always be a cougar at heart (well mixed with 1/4 aggie and 1/4 ute).