Summer Saturday

Has summer flown by for anyone else?? It's like I blinked and all the sudden it was August.  So once I realized that it was August and summer was coming to an end, I immediately made a Summer Bucket list to hurry and check off!

A few Saturdays ago we started on the list and I must say, it was a pretty perfect day! 

We started the morning off by driving up Little Cottonwood Canyon, past Alta to hike Cecret Lake.  Since my parents live at the mouth of Big Cottonwood I rarely go up Little Cottonwood and while driving up there I was just in awe of its beauty! I seriously can't get over how much I LOVE Utah, especially in the summer!  Our mountains are so amazing, I need to remember to not take them for granted! 

Fun, 1 mile hike (straight uphill) to a gorgeous little lake!

After our hike me, Al and Katie went to {finally} check out Saturday's Waffle. YUM! Why haven't we tried this sooner?!

Bud, Lize and Tommers met us there

I spent the day at the pool with my fam and then we met up with friends that night for my FAV, Pizzeria Limone then mini golf and batting cages at Mulligan's. 

TRYING to take a normal picture but we couldn't stop laughing

Love these girls!

Hike, waffles, pool, pizza, mini golf - it really was the perfect summer day!

Timp Half!

A few weeks ago I ran my second half marathon, the Timpanogos Half down American Fork Canyon to Lone Peak High School! I wish I had trained a little more but I still had a lot of fun and was happy with my time. 

EARLY morning on the bus!  We had to wake up at 3am to be the busses by 4:30!  The early morning and stupid bus rides to the start are the worst part about races!

Sara, Brittney, Eryn and me

So glad I had these girls to train and run with - I couldn't have done it without them!

Kylee, Keri, me and Linds

Loved running into friends at the finish! 

Man was I glad for the race to be over! At mile 10 I got THE WORST side ache and literally had to force myself to keep running for the last 3 miles.  Stupid cramp! If that hadn't happened I would've gotten a better time! Grrrrrr.

Eric, Tara, Me

Two of Al's cousin also ran the half and it was so fun seeing them at the finish! Cousins who run together, stay together!

We did it! 13.1 done and done!

I signed up for my next half solo and I am SUPER nervous.  I wouldn't have made it through this half if I didn't run next to Britt the entire time so wish me luck on having to run 13 miles totally alone {eeek}, unless someone out there wants to do the Big Cottonwood half with me in Sept?!

Jackson Hole

My very favorite trip of the year has come and gone and I am already counting down until next year - the annual Rawlings family trip to Signal Mountain in the Tetons aka the best and most beautiful place ever!

Our first day there we went on a hike around Jenny Lake and up to Hidden Falls.  We do this hike every year but this year the normal trail was closed so we took another one that none of us had ever done. It was fun and such a beautiful view of the entire lake. 

Hidden Falls

That afternoon we took the boat out of the first time this year. Ahhhhh my happy place! :)

Dinner at Leek's - our first of three times there this trip! :)

If this Pops of mine isn't the cutest I don't know who is?! Love his outfit! :)

Wildlife all around

Our days were spent on the boat with the gorgeous Tetons as our backdrop

One night we went into town for dinner and shopping

We love Jackson! :)

Me and Meg were each other's husbands this trip since neither of ours could come!

Lots of tube rides

We even got the old geezers on the tube! Dad and my Uncle Boyd

Bud and Chad showing off

Sunset boat rides out to Mount Moran - one of my favorite things to do there

Sooo beautiful!

I had a half marathon the week after the trip so I dragged the girls running with me! We started at the top of Signal Mountain and ran down - my dad followed in the car to save us from the bears!

Banana rides! 

Dinner at Leek's - again!

Our nightly routine - shakes and chatting at Jackson Lake Lodge

No filter needed on Jackson Lake pictures - the nights really are this perfect!

It was SUCH a fun trip, can't wait to be back up there in a month!