St. George

We recently went to St. George, UT to visit Clint's parents!  

One thing we did while we were there was ride on their dune buggy.  It was a lot of fun!  Here are some pictures from a ride we went on in a canyon near Leeds:

It was really pretty!  We also took a drive one day through Snow canyon and did a little exploring:

Trying out the timer on the camera:

Clint was a little more adventurous than the rest of us...

We also did a lot that we don't have pictures of.  We got to go see Brian Regan at the Tuachan Theater.  For those of you who don't know who he is, he is a comedian.  Our FAVORITE comedian!  He is hilarious and his show did not disappoint!  We got to celebrate Mother's Day and Clint's birthday, go swimming, and mostly just enjoy not being at work!  It was nice to have a break and get to visit family :)

Warrior Dash

Last weekend we went to Kansas City with our friends Ryan, Tifany and their 3 kids.  Our main purpose for going was to do a race called the Warrior Dash.  They have these races all over the country.  It is a 5k...with obstacles!  To learn more about it you can go here.  To see what kind of obstacles we had to face go here, except that instead of the junkyard cars we crawled under barbed wire, and instead of the Storming Normandy we ran through a big pile of tires!  The last obstacle is crawling through a big mud pit, as pictured below:

Tifany and I ran first while the guys stayed with the kids and then we switched.  We are the ones with the awesome pink bandannas:

 Yay!  We survived!

 The medal we got was awesome!  It says "I survived.  Warrior Dash 2012"

 Here's Clint crawling through the mud:

 The race was a blast!  I would definitely recommend it!  As long as you don't mind getting a little dirty :)

 After we got all cleaned up we went to the Royals vs. Yankees game!

 We all got decked out in Royals getup to support the local team.

 This awesome hit got two people home!

 The stadium was really cool.

 They had these fountains that were really neat.  And once it got darker the fountains were all lit up.

 The Royals beat the Yankees 5 to 1!  It was a great game.

We saw some other sites on our trip, but Clint and I will be going back to them with my parents next month so I will post about them then :)

What a fun weekend!

Bunnies!

So the other day we found a little surprise in our window well (I know...we really need to get a cover for that thing).  Anyway, we found two adorable little bunnies!

 Our friends were over and their kids were so excited!

They decided to keep one and one of the neighbors kept the other one.  Aren't they so cute?!

Kenadee

I got to do a photo shoot last week with adorable Kenadee, who just turned 3!  She was a lot of fun to take pictures of!

 Seriously, isn't she so cute?!

 This one below is my favorite!  I think she looks so grown up.  She did that pose all on her own!

Thanks Kenadee!  Happy 3rd birthday :)

Sneak Peak

We have been in the middle of a couple big home improvement projects (hence the lack of blogging! Between work and projects we are BUSY!!). We love being able to do projects and make our home what we want it to be! One of our big projects has been working on getting our guest room ready. My parents are planning a trip out this summer so we want to have it all ready for them! I am SO excited about this guest room! I keep telling Clint that it's going to be so awesome that I'll want it to be our room :) Anyway, here is a little sneak peak to get those of you who so badly want to come visit us excited about staying (if you need any other reason to be excited besides just being with us! That should be reason enough, but just in case....)So cute, right? It's gonna be adorable. So, friends and family, feel free to start making your reservations at Hotel Allred anytime ;)

Happiness

"I am determined to be happy in whatever situation I may be-

for I have learned, from experience, that the greater part

of our happiness or misery depends upon

our dispositions and not our circumstances."

I don't know who this quote is by, but I love it! I have been trying to focus on it a lot more lately because I feel like it is something I need to work on. Happiness is a choice! And wouldn't you just rather be happy? :)

Don't Tell The Kids Smoothie

My friend recently let me borrow a smoothie recipe book from her. I copied a bunch of the recipes that sounded good and now I have big plans to try LOTS of new smoothies! I thought that I would share some with you, in case you're interested :) So this is the first one we tried:

The Ingredients:

1 c. orange juice

4 broccoli florets

1 c. stemmed spinach

1 orange, peeled and separated

1 apple, cored and quartered

The Directions:

Combine all ingredients in blender with several ice cubes and blend until creamy.

The result:

The reaction:

UGHH!

I personally did NOT care for this smoothie. The broccoli flavor really stood out to me and I felt like it kinda had a weird texture. Clint, however, DID like it. He said he would much rather drink this than eat the vegetables on their own, which may be true for a lot of people. SO, even though I didn't like it, I will still recommend it to you. Who knows? You might like it :)

**Random side note: Clint asked, "Is this the 'Don't Tell The Kids Smoothie." I told him that it was, to which he replied, "I think they'll know." So true!**