The dreaded 5K

The day after we got back from Utah we woke up and ran in a 5K!!  We ran it with our friends Sunny and Randy.  Randy and Jake ran in the 10K and me Sunny and the kids ran the 5K.  We were about halfway through the race and were going up a big hill and the kids were in the stroller.  We were most of the way up the hill and the stroller started to tip backwards so I tried to keep it from falling and the kids from getting hurt.  Needless to say the kids didn't get hurt but I ended up getting stitches in my lip and my face was scratched up and my hand was ground down pretty good.

Later that day we had a bunch of friends over for a BBQ and fireworks so it ended up being a fun day.

Cute kids before the race

Changes!!

There are alot of changes going on in my life right now. I am just about going crazy because I feel like I can't control anything in my life right now. I feel like I am on for the ride and everybody else has say in where my life will go and when I get to go there but me. As most of you know Jake has been working in Wyoming for about 6 months now. We have not lived together for SIX MONTHS. It has really been stressful. Our house had many offers on it but only a few that were even worth looking at. Then we accepted one and had to wait two months only for them to get denied. We started over. Lucky for us three days after being on the market we got another offer that we accepted and a month later we FINALLY closed!!!
Then we found a awesome house in Lander that we loved. After two months dealing with that we got denied the loan because the house had a Cistern instead of a well. (a cistern is a huge tank that holds water for your household use). That has been really frustrating. So now we were back to square one.
Jake and I did alot of calling and looked at a few places that just did not feel right. Then yesterday we found a house in Rawlins that we are really excited about. We get to move this weekend and after living out of a suitcase for a little over a month we get to live together again!! Thanks to my in-laws that let my family invaded their home for the last month.

So after all that has happened I needed to change something in my life, something that I could control that min. Something that nobody else had a say on when I needed to do it or what I could do. So I decided to change my hair. I have NEVER been a brunette before. I was a toe head when I was little and dyed it when it started to change to a dirty yellow. I love it though. Jake has not seen it yet so we will see what he thinks but I love it and mostly because nobody else could be in charge of my hair only me. So for this brief moment I had control!!!

On a side note Jake's awesome brother Creed got his mission call to the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East Mission. He leaves November 4. We are so excited for him and know that he will do well there and will love it. We love you Creed!