Tag...

So this is for Haley and I will have Ciara do it on email... And i will post more about my trip I have been so terrible about it sorry guys...

10 years ago i ...
1. I was 12...
2. Had a first fake boyfriend
3. went to my first school dance
4. Had the only true fight with my mom
5. I weighed like 75 lbs... wow

Things on my To-Do list...
1. Make it home for Christmas
2. Finish my shopping
3. Figure out my second half of the season
4. Slide well tomorrow
5. And sand my runners for my race :) way fun

5 snack i enjoy... I'm in Europe so this is what i eat now...
1. Snickers Cruncher
2. Prinzen Cookies
3. Milka Bars
4. Pringles
5. oranges

5 jobs i've had...
1. Photographer
2. UOP Tower
3. UOP Sport Services
4. Front desk at a gym
5. i had a paper route

5 places I've lived...
1. Umm thats it just Utah. Orem, Highland, and Salt Lake.

So there you go did it! Oh and mom you have to do this with Ciara!!

Updates...

So it has been a while since i last wrote anything and updated the things that are going on in my life... Team trials have been over for a while now and they were a little rougher than i had hoped for. The track was a little faster than all of us had imagined it would be and we were all smashing ourselves all over the place. I ended up losing my sled the 4th day of sliding in Shady. Boy did that one hurt! I was out for a couple of days and was still having some trouble with my arm, so i had to get an x-ray and nothing really showed up on it but something else was just not quite right... i ended up having a subluxed radial head (kinda dislocated part of my elbow) the trainers popped it back into place and the swelling finally started going down after that. Trials came and went and i was utterly frustrated with my sliding and could not figure out what in the world was going on so....my sled ended up being bent and there was NO helping it. So my dad and Randy being the best in the world pulled an all nighter in order for me to get my new sled for a race in Canada. It took some time but really enjoying my new sled very much so. The race in Calgary was interesting also. The first day of racing i pushed out of the groove and there was no coming back from that. I took 16th place the first day and also got the luckiness of my name being drawn for a drug test. Way fun!! The second day went a bit better i didn't pop the groove and got some good testing on my sled.

Onto family... There has been much excitement on that front. Matthew moved and a few weeks ago and will be getting married on the 3rd of January. He will be getting married in Midway, UT with an open house on the 17th. I get home on the 22nd so i will be home for the wedding but will be back over in Europe for the open house. Ciara is turning 14 tomorrow! I can not even begin to believe how old she and Bryce are getting. Time is really flying with everyone and i'm not sure that i'm ok with it. MaLese is due any day now with her first little girl :) I'm still not sure of how i feel about the either...but i'm excited to be an aunt in a sort of way! Micah i over a year old and getting smarter by the second. My goal before i left was to have him say my name... he is getting very close so everyone you need to practice with him so when I get home he can do it!

There will be more updates if not this week next week for sure!

Love you all! Mom, Haley, C-Babe... have a good week and keep me posted on thing!!

6 Insignificant things About Myself...

Haley tagged me in her blog to write 6 insignificant things about myself. I don't usually do these cuz i can never think of things but i'm going to really really try! So here goes...

1. Before i go on any trip i have to lay out everything that i want to take and then take at least one thing out of every pile. (that way i don't over pack because i know i won't wear everything i take)

2. Last Friday was the first time that I have ever actually hurt my arm and hand doing Skeleton. I always felt bad for people that have hit their hands sliding but now i really know how is feels and it is not so good!!

3. Every time i crash doing Skeleton i buy myself something to help make me feel better. I still have to buy something from my crash on Friday...but i'm still taking ideas... My first crash about 4 years ago i bought a bag. When i crashed in Altenberg i went to Dresden and bought a whole outfit! So my idea it that i don't really want to buy things for this particular reason so hopefully i don't crash very often...

4. I organize my closet by the length of things. (shirt sleeve length, skirts, pants, and jackets)

5. I get bored with my hair. So i change it quite often! I have not dyed my hair since March and that has been the longest time i have gone without doing anything in about 3 years.

6. When my watch battery dies for some reason i like to just buy a new one instead... therefore i have a lot of watches because i always like to change things.

Ok so that is that. I would 'tag' people to do this but the only people who read my blog are Haley, Steph, and my Mom and they have already done this...

Tis the Season

The season officially started yesterday, and wow it is bitter-sweet to be back.... I got to Lake Placid on Saturday after a long day of traveling and 3 planes. Sunday was a nice day off to just get ready and prepare for Monday. Kimber and i had breakfast with Kim in the morning, which was so nice to see her and catch up again! It is nice to have some home when i am here training. She is such a great friend that i miss so much everytime i leave here!!!

Today was our 2nd day of training and so far everything is going alright. I only have a few bumps and bruises so far (but it's still early) which is nice. My neck today got a little sore and tomorrow i'm sure is going to be worse! The game we play for team trials is so interesting every year. It's fun to have the whole team together every October, remember fun stories from years past, and just have fun at the track no matter the weather cuz that changes at a moments notice! This year has been good just spending time training in Chula and then having a few weeks home before coming out here. I didn't want to get too stressed before i even got here and successfully think i did that! Even now i'm just having fun and not over thinking things so far (hopefully i can continue that trend). We only have a total of 8 sliding days and then we race so it is good and bad. Good in that i don't have too much time to over think things, and bad in the same way that i don't have as much time to test things... Time is just flying here, and now i'm off the the gym to pump some iron HAHA

Summer flew by way to fast!!

Summer has faded so fast that i can not even believe it! It has been quite the adventure this summer... spending the first half at home and then coming down to Chula Vista to train for the second half. I was looking forward to coming down to get stronger and get closer to my goals for this upcoming season. Training has been better than i ever thought and the other experiences have been just as good. I have learned so much about myself and what i want. The people that i have met have made me stronger mentally and physically! I have been challenged in being out of my comfort zone many times. Everything, even the cold tub, were great! Our 'Sunday Beach Fun Day's, concerts, staying up way to late to watch the Olympics, getting stitches for the first time, and hanging out with Austin was so much fun.

I am sad to be leaving, but excited for whatever is to come next. Team trials are just around the corner and i can't wait to put everything that i have worked so hard for. I am so looking forward to going home and getting slightly back to a real life, at least for a few weeks. Here are a few pictures, highlights from the summer down in Cali...

More Training...

As the summer is coming quickly to a close training is still going strong!! We have a team camp up in Calgary, Canada this week. Today was day 2 of our team camp of pushing in the ice house. So far all we have are some pretty sore muscles. Which is not too bad at all. This summer has been such a different one for me than i have ever had before. It was nice to be able to work and be at home for the first part of the summer and then have the opportunity to go down and train in Chula Vista. It has been nice to be able to just focus on training and not have too many outside influences. So much has happened this summer and has had so good times and some not so good times.

Our family has had to really come together in the past few weeks and really be able to rely on one another to get through it all! It has been exceptionally hard for me because i was not at home for most of the events that have taken place. It was hard to be away, but nice that i knew things would be ok even though i was not there.

As this summer has come to an end much quicker than i was hoping!! It is now time to start the focus on the season... I hope that all of my training that i have done this summer will pay off and i will be able to achieve what i would like this year!!!

OUCHY!!!

So this morning i was having a great workout, but struggling a little on some of the technique of doing some of the lifts. So today i was really trying to get the movements of doing cleans and i have been having a hard time getting all of the movements together. I tend to totally over think things and once i start to think i get into my own head and thats is what happened. I was working on just getting the power up through my legs and shrug of my shoulders. Well i got some sort of an idea of how it was supposed to feel like. I had a little too much power in my legs and the bar came up and i hit myself in the chin with it. I had to go to sports med to just have it looked at because i started to bleed. I thought i was just going to need a little band-aid, but i ended up getting 2 stitches... This was my first time getting stitches :( After getting the stitches in i went back to the gym to finish my workout. I didn't do everything as my chin started to throb...
Here are some pictures to prove that it happened!!! Along with my sweet Sponge Bob band-aid