March 2013

Also not a whole lot going on in March. We were still doing the same old same old. At the YMCA we both signed up for the Lazyman Triathlon Ironman Challenge. We swam 2.4 miles, biked 112 miles, and ran/walked 26.2 miles. So we basically spent a lot of time at the Y. Chris also did a good amount of traveling as well in. He went down to Florida for a conference and Bloomington, MN as well. We also went to Sioux Falls, South Dakota so that I could get my bridesmaid dress for Valerie's wedding in September.
It was a crazy day in Sioux Falls. We had a bunch of things that we wanted to see but it just didn't work out because of parades and other town things that were going on. Here are some photos on the trip home. We ended up stopping at a bunch of different places on the way home. It was such a nice day out!

Here is a frozen lake on the way home from Sioux Falls.

Just thought I would through in a Merlin picture

Here is a Peanut Butter Brownie Trifle that I made for treat day at work. It was a huge hit, and super delicious!

January 2013

Wow since I am so far behind with this blog I am just going to start in January. Here are some things that happened in this month. To start off one thing that I absolutely love about Minnesota are the sunrises and sunsets. Here is a sunrise while leaving for work. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

About the only thing that happened in January was us going to the Mall of America. It wasn't as busy as last time that we had went, so it was a little more enjoyable. I believe that winter is the best time to go since it is so stinking cold outside to even want to do anything. Just going through my facebook status for January and at one point it was -28. 

We went over to the cities Friday after work and stayed at a hotel. In the morning we got up to go to the St. Paul Minnesota Temple. It was SO COLD that morning. Here is a lake that was at the hotel. 

After going to the temple we headed over to the Mall of America

I could not believe how big this mall is! Four stories of shopping

  

After having an enjoyable day at the temple and Mall of America we started our 3 hour ride home. We headed out a little early to have daylight on the ride home. We knew their was suppose to be some snow storms but we were thinking we were heading out early enough to beat the storm. Boy were we wrong!

 We got to experience our first Minnesota whiteout! I have been in whiteouts in Idaho, but this was just crazy. It had been perfectly clear and we turned down another road and BAM whiteout! It was just how the wind was blowing. So here we are with very poor visibility. We just kept going extremely slow. Country roads mean no shoulders, so we didn't have any other options. Once we got off that road it was perfectly clear as if nothing had happened.

 To the right is a picture of what the whiteout looked like once we were out of it. It was so crazy!

Chris was also called as a Branch Clerk, so church keeps us pretty busy. In our church we have callings, which is basically a job that we do in the church since no one is paid. Chris's job is to take notes at meetings and manage the money of the church. He is also their to help the leaders also known as the Branch Presidency. Here is a link to learn more about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day-Saints.