LASIK

A few months back Shawn and I were over at Brent and Teresa's and somehow we came up on the subject of vision and Lasik. I have been in contacts and glasses since middle school. I couldn't see the alarm clock when I woke up in the morning and was pretty much useless without my glasses or contacts. I've had 2 corneal infections from wearing my contacts too long, because I hated wearing glasses. Well I guess I didn't express how nice it would be to not be a slave to the contacts or glasses. When we were talking Brent said that he was going to schedule a consultation for Lasik, not to be outdone I told Shawn that I wanted to schedule one too. He actually was totally for it! I always thought that it would be one of those things that I would get "one day" but it's expensive and to be honest I was always a little afraid of it. Well I met with Dr. Reed from Griffin and Reed Eye Care Center and I was sold. I was a perfect candidate for Lasik and so Shawn and I talked about it and decided to go for it. I had to wear my glasses for 2 weeks to let my eyes get back to their "normal" state. I guess contacts change the shape and really dry your eyes out. I decided that I didn't want to wear glasses for Byron and Christina's wedding so I actually had it done the week before their wedding. I almost started crying after having it done just because it is so life changing. Seriously, I wish I had it done years ago. It's been amazing. Shawn and I have gone away 2 times since June and the fact that I don't have to worry about extra contacts, solution, glasses or anything!! I LOVE being able to see and I'm so glad that I went with Griffin and Reed. They are the BEST and made the whole process so comfortable. I went in last week for my 3rd follow up and I have 20/15 vision! Considering that in my first appointment with them they had the big E on the screen and I couldn't even see it! I don't think Shawn even knew my eyes were that bad! I am so glad that Shawn supported me with this BIG decision, it's been life changing!

Shawn was able to go into the room right behind us and got some pictures, and a video. The video wouldn't upload but it's pretty cool, you can hear the laser actually going and hear me on my drugs. They give you a pill to calm you down, it worked pretty well! I told the nurse I felt like I was on Space Mountain with all of the lights!

They offered a teddy bear for me to hold onto. Even with the drugs I was pretty nervous, oh and don't even get me started on the Final Destination previews, so glad that those started AFTER I already had surgery. I hadn't watched any video before the surgery, I just read a lot, I knew that if I saw anything I would probably back out!

Getting all of the settings ready

Just waiting for the doctor!

Me and Dr. Reed after surgery, my eyes were watery but at this point I could still see the lady taking the picture, which is more then I could have done before!! Oh and I was able to drive myself to the appointment the next day, sans contacts!!

Byron Baseball

Byron played for CRC Baseball team again this year. He just found out that he got a scholarship to California State University Stanislaus. CRC made it to playoffs. They were down at Delta college in Stockton. Shawn had to work so I tagged along with the Lemon family (again). The weather was pretty crazy the whole time. When we got there it was pretty sunny and then the clouds started coming in and it poured!! Luckily we all came pretty prepared...My mom brought ponchos and Teresa brought her backyard umbrellas (yes, they were huge!)


Alyssa, grandma, Dylan and my mom

Byron pitching. His team didn't win, but Byron did amazing!! The fields there were really nice and the patrons were entertaining! I can't even go into describing what the people said, but let me just say that Christina and I almost moved...haha...it wasn't really that bad...but just about!

Utah and Graduations

In May we decided to tag along with the Brent and Teresa Lemon family to watch Luke and Alyssa graduate from Utah State! Luke got his Masters degree in Computer Science and Alyssa got her Bachelors Degree in Psychology and Sociology...smart ones those two are! I have to say that driving through the desert with 3 boys is highly entertaining. About halfway through Nevada I guess they got hot so decided that it would be best to travel topless. We (I) was so happy to get to Elko! We stayed at the Montego Bay...so entertaining and then drove the rest of the way to Logan on Friday. It was really nice to see Luke and Alyssa and Alyssa came back with us on Friday for Christina's bridal shower!! Shawn's cousin also had her wedding reception while we were out there (no pictures) and it was really nice to see family that we don't usually get to see. We stayed with his grandma's sister Aunt Shirley and got I got to meet her kids. It was a lot of fun to hang out and tell funny stories. I love Shawn's family and am so glad that we get to spend time with them. Congrats Luke and Alyssa!


Check out this HUGE pizza! Luke's favorite place to eat is the Firehouse a really great Pizza place and so Brent took all of us out. They have this special that if you can eat the whole pizza in one sitting you get it for free. We didn't even attempt it! This thing was huge and we had leftovers for days after!



Teresa, Luke, Alyssa and Brent (always a jokster)

Shawn, Me, Eric, Luke, Alyssa and Dylan

Me and Shawn

Then he had to go and make me mad....

Then he went and took it out on Dylan...

And we made up...

How do you stay mad at that face?

Half Marathon

One of my goals before I turned 25 (yikes!) was to run a half marathon. Well since my birthday is in August I figured I had better get a move on. Hey, if people on the Biggest Loser can do it...I can too, right? I started training in January and then of course got sick (multiple times) and was really concerned since I had scheduled the half for the end of April. I had been talking to a friend from high school who was also interested in running it with me. I think I told Jeff about a million times that I was just freaking out and didn't want to do it, luckily he was sticking with it, so I felt like I had to!
As of race day I had only run around 7 miles consecutively so I was pretty concerned that I would almost be doubling that. Fortunately your body just kind of kicks in and knows what to do.
When we got there that morning it was freezing! I really wasn't sure whether I wanted to wear my sweater running or not because I was worried that once it got hot I wouldn't want it tied around my waist. I am really glad that I wore it, because it was really cold! I wore it until around mile 5 until it just got too warm.
I had my ipod to run with just in case, but Jeff forgot his and so we both ended up running without music...which actually turned out great! I usually run with music but could go either way. We talked the whole time. He is in the Air Force and we haven't really talked too much since high school so we had a lot to catch up on. The chatting made the time go by really quickly and before we knew it we had reached the end...ok not quite THAT quickly. I think around miles 9 and 10 we just wanted to be done! It didn't help that he had his Runkeeper on and it said that we had already run 12 miles. So by the time we got done with the half it said we had run 15.5 miles. Who knows? We didn't finish with a great time but the feeling of accomplishment was great! I am so glad that Shawn was able to be there. He thought he was going to have to work that day but was sick so he ended up coming to the race. He was so sweet and drove around to each area to yell and wave us on. Jeff's girlfriend was there at the finish line and it was just a really great feeling to be done!! We talked and he has to do another tour in Afghanistan but should be back by April next year and I think we are going to do it again!

Before the race in our matching outfits..not planned at all!

Can you tell how happy I am?!?!

The finish line. It's amazing how fast you go when you see the finish line. I was tired but man I sure moved when I saw the finish line! On-line it said that Jeff's time was better then mine but I think the picture shows otherwise! =)
Can't wait until next year!

Kings vs Lakers

There was a lot of talk in Sac last year about whether the Kings were going to be around this season. Shawn and I were talking one day and realized that we had never been to a game together...well we decided that we needed to fix that immediately!! Since we weren't sure whether they were going to be here we decided that we should go to a game that had some high profile players in it....hello Lakers!! I watch Keeping up with the Kardashians (only sometimes!) so of course I know who Lamar Odom is and who doesn't know who Kobe Bryant is? I hate to admit it but I really don't keep up with the Kings like I used to...back when they were really good and everyone loved them. It was a fun game and we had really good seats! It just so happened that my parents had a friend who had some extra tickets so they tagged along. We weren't anywhere near them....but I think they had fun too!!




Excuse the terrible picture quality....they were from my cellphone!

Shooting

While Luke and Alyssa were here we decided that we had to go shooting at my grandparents house and we had to make sure we did it before Conrad left on his mission! The times we had gone before he wasn't able to go so we wanted to make sure he got to experience it before he left for Argentina! I am so glad that my grandparents live on property that we can go up and enjoy. I especially love it in the fall/winter seasons when everything is nice and green!!

Shawn explaining the "game plan" with his tactical holster that I got him for Christmas

Alyssa (the photographer) and Luke

Come on Luke...it's not that loud!

Bryon and Christina...they weren't even married yet...he can't be sick of her already!

Byron....I wish I had been quicker with the camera...he did a dance before this and I caught the very end on video =(

Me killing the criminal...saving the hostage!

What?!?!

The beautiful view from my grandparent's porch (Courtesy of Alyssa)

Green Party

Sometimes you just have to mix it up, life can get boring and you just have to do something different. I decided that it would be fun to have a "Green Party" for St. Patrick's Day. I found some hats on sale at Michaels and just kind of went with it. I have to admit that I didn't make any of the food, Teresa and Cat (Shawn's aunts) provided all of that, I just come up with the ideas and they do the rest!! I thought it was kind of entertaining and luckily everyone went along with it. We had corn beef and cabbage, green salad and I did provide the Sprite!! Even Grandma stopped by and wore a Leprechaun hat. It was a lot of fun and I think we might make it a St. Patrick's Day tradition!

Shawn's Uncle Cody and Aunt Kat

Baby Angelina..she is so cute!

Herbie Shane

Bryon (doesn't he look excited?) and Grandma

Dylan

Me, Dylan and Shawn..don't mind me looking crazy!