A little update...

So being the very nice and supportive wife that I am :) I let my husband go to Maui for a week without me last week so he could visit his brother who lives there! Everyone thought I was crazy, and don't get me wrong, I wanted to go SOOOO bad, but it just didn't make a whole lot of sense. Here's why: Matt flew for super cheap on a buddy pass, and I would have had to buy a ticket the day before, which would have been super expensive. Matt stayed at his brothers house and slept on the floor, and I would probably have wanted to get a hotel so I had a comfy bed, which would have been super expensive. They were planning on surfing pretty much the whole time, which I love to do, but can't right now because of this little baby growing inside of me! So it basically came down to it would have been very expensive for me to go and not be able to do what they were doing. He had such a fun time though, and his brother was very happy to have a visitor for the week! I missed him SO much, but it felt good to be supportive about something that is important to my husband. He never complains about my girls weekends (aka JAMM!!!) and is always very supportive, so it was the least I could do to let him go have some guy/brother time!

After being home for a whole 4 days, he's off again to San Francisco today (sunday)!! But this time it's for work, not pleasure. He'll be home on Tuesday afternoon, and then on Wednesday afternoon.......I'm off to Vegas to spend time with my mom in the warm weather! She's there visiting for hte week, and I'm so excited to be in the sun, but I'm not used to being away from my husband for this long, I don't like it. But we're trying to get lots of vacations in before the baby comes in August!

Hill-Billy!!

This just made me smile...she better not win or we're moving to Costa Rica for awhile!!

I've Been Tagged!!

What were you doing 10 yrs ago: Wow..10 years ago I was 14 years old which means I was a freshman in high school I think. I was just hanging out with my friends all the time and doing gymnastics, and going through a really "fun and interesting" time of life!

5 Things on my to do list Today: Work, go register our new car at the DMV, go get my food handlers permit, watch my cute niece Aizlyn, and I should probably make dinner...we'll see if that happens :)

Things I would do if I suddenly was a Billionaire: I would get completely out of debt, build my dream home, and set some aside for traveling the world, and then invest the rest of it in real estate projects probably.

3 of my bad habits: I guess I'm vengeful...Matt tells me that all the time :) I wish I blogged more and was more creative as far as scrapbooking and decorating goes. I need some help in that department!

Places I have lived: Kennewick, WA Salt Lake City, UT Holladay, UT Farmington, UT...I haven't lived in very many different cities, just a lot of different houses in Utah!

Jobs I have had: Hot Dog on a Stick, Zions Bank, California Pizza Kitchen, Utahbrides.com, Paychex, and U1st Financial

Things most people don't know about me: Most of the people who will read this probably know most thigns about me...I went skydiving one time and would love to do it again! I am pregnant and due in August!! I have run 4 marathons now, and would like to pick it back up after the baby comes, or at least 1/2 marathons. I like to be busy and have things to do, and I am super excited to be a mom!!

An addition to the Garrett Family!

For those of you who haven't heard yet, or those who just want a little update, I am officially pregnant and Matt and I are expecting our first little one on August 15th, 2008! (Hopefully a little sooner since it's in the middle of the HOT summer!) We are so excited to embark on this new adventure of parenthood and start our family.

I had my first doctors appointment today and got to see the ultrasound of the little being that is starting to form inside of me, it was so neat! I could see the heart beating and everything. The doctor said it was still a little too early to actually hear it, but next visit we will. My appointment wasn't supposed to be till next week, but we're going to Disney World on Friday, so it had to get bumped up! Seeing the pictures today made it all seem a little more real, because for awhile there I kept wondering, "what if I'm not really pregnant and I just randomly missed two months in a row and the test showed up positive?" Anyways, now I know it's real, and I'm SO excited! I can't wait to find out what it's going to be :)

Lunch with the Girls!

Today I got to meet up with two of my best girlfriends/ex-roomates for lunch at Sweet Tomatoes and pedicures! It was so much fun to catch up after the business of the holidays and just hear what's going on in everyone's lives. It is such a blessing to have good friends, and to be able to spend days like these together every once in awhile. Ashley, we missed you today and wish you could have been here with us!

Christmas in Washington!

This year we spent Christmas up in Washington with my family! It was a long drive up, but we had so much fun once we got there. We again, ate lots of food, spent lots of time with the family just hanging out, and instead of guitar hero, we played lots of Rock Band! That was a blast and "The Kennedy's" were a big hit! (our band name)


Matt and I Christmas morning...he's getting the guitar ready for rock band!

Grandma and Grandpa with Kyson and his cool leapster! The kids are big fans of those.

Aizlyn got baby bottles for her babies for Christmas and she loves them! She kept trying to feed them to Kennedy, it was so cute.

Jacob is opening Kennedy's cabbage patch doll that walks with her!

Kyson and Landon got a new wagon from Grandma and Grandpa!

Matt and I got Paige and Ty little BYU beanies...Paige didn't like it so much, but Ty loved his!

Go BYU!

Decorating Christmas cookies!

Lindy, Aizlyn, and Lexi came over to help me decorate all my Christmas cookies this year! It was nice to have the help cuz there were a lot of them, but the girls kept wanting to eat them! Aizlyn loved all the green ones, that's her new favorite color.

Aizlyn wouldn't even touch the ones that weren't green!

Thanksgiving...little late!

This post is a little late, but I thought I'd put up pictures of our Thanksgiving trip this year! We went down to Beaver with Matt's family and stayed in these cute little condo's up at what used to be a ski resort. We played lots of guitar hero, fusion frenzy, and ate way too much food, of course, but it was so fun to spend time with the family!

Here's Matt throwing rocks at the frozen lake

We went for a little walk around the old ski lifts that aren't running anymore

It was windy and FREEZING up there!

Here's our cute nieces, Kaela, Janey, and Avie playing in the snow!

Here they are again with Lucy

Girls on the Run!

Last spring I met someone who was bringing a program called Girls on the Run to Salt Lake, and I thought it sounded really worthwhile so I decided to volunteer as an assistant coach at Backman Elementary in Rose Park. We met with 11 girls, 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, twice a week after school to have a little lesson on self esteem, honesty, staying drug free, eating healthy, or something along those lines, and tie it into running. For 10 weeks these girls are training to run a 5k. They get a running budding who also volunteers to run just the 5k with them and encourage them along the way. This last Saturday was the girls' 5k and it was so neat to see them run and accomplish their goal that they've been working so hard for! I loved getting to know these girls and it was a really cool experience to try and help them learn the importance of staying healthy inside and out. We're starting another session of Girls on the Run in March, so if any of you runners out there want to volunteer to be a running buddy and run the 5k with a girl, let me know! I'll need people around May :)

Happy Halloween!!

We got to attend a few super fun Halloween parties this year...of course, the Duckworth's bash up at their cabin, (which I have no pictures of!) as well as his mom's yearly party. She always does such a good job and makes it so much fun for everyone with her decorations, halloween dishes, (check out the menu below) and games for the kids. Matt and I dressed up as Office Space characters Bill Lumberg and Joanna, the waitress at Chotsky's! Amber came up from California as a burn victim, which everyone loved, and his sister Brooke and her husband were Nacho Libre and the nun! Great costumes, great food, great Halloween!

The witches brew :)

Amber...burn victim from southern California!

Brooke, Jed, Kaela, Jacob, and Janey

St. George Marathon!

Saturday, October 6th I ran my first St. George marathon! It was such a beautiful course, running through the canyons and the red rock. I was so nervous Friday night because the weather forecast said it was supposed to be cold, windy, and rainy, but we lucked out and had the perfect day. No rain, no wind, and about 60 degress! Debby Barney and I ran together for the first 19 miles, then I started feeling a little sick and slowed down a lot. She kept a great pace and rolled in at 3:47 and I came in at 4:02, after stopping for a little throw-up break at mile 25 in front of A LOT of people! It was a little embarrassing, but I felt SO much better after that, and had a good last mile of the race! As always, I was so very happy to cross the finish line and be done running. After the race, Amy Larsen and I went and got massage's, which was awesome. I think it speeds up the recovery process by a few weeks, it's only Tuesday and I'm walking totally normal :)


Almost to the end, can't wait!

Crossing the finish line and receiving my first St. George Marathon medal!



Grabbing some after the run water and gatorade...all of which came up about 15 minutes later!


Debby and I ran together most of the way...until I started feeling sick at about mile 19!

Finally finished...and SO happy about it!

It's Been Too Long...

I'm so sorry to all who have had to look at that stupid "Peroxide Uses" for almost 3 months now! I haven't posted in quite some time, so once again, I need to play a little catch up!

This summer has been so much fun...Matt and I have done lots of vacationing and playing and it's been a blast! Here's a few pics of what we've done! Enjoy!


Parrot Head in St. George...we ate there EVERY day!

This is on the wall at Parrot Head...I liked it ;)

Matt and Luke...skateboarding in St. George! We have the cutest husbands!

We've been playing a lot of Guitar Hero's! Matt is now on expert, along with Aizlyn :)

We had a little Garrett Family Reunion at Bear Lake which was SO much fun, I love that place! The weather was beautiful and we got to do a lot of surfing, wakeboarding, playing with all the nieces and nephews, and of course, good food!

Beautiful Bear Lake


Cute Amber and Matt...we miss you Amber!

Favorite Uncle Matt on the tube with all the kids!

Sister sister!

Amber and I trying to balance on the tube. We did great until Matt threw us off!