2014 Sochi Olympics

We love the Olympics around our house! When they are on we watch them 24/7 and get into all of the stories of all the athletes! We rep'd our home country by wearing our Canada mittens from Christal everywhere we went! It was so fun watching hockey and have a bit of rivalry with our friends the Flakes who were cheering for the US.

Ryan and Ryan Flake were arguing over a call in the Canada-US game... It got pretty heated.

Sorry guys.. Better luck next time? :)

My First Half

I have been wanting to run a half marathon for as long as I can remember but never thought I would be able to! I hate running and get bored (and tired!) really easily. But one night in October at about 2 in the morning I decided I just needed to commit! So I signed up for a half marathon in January and then ran to tell Ryan about it. I woke up up and told him that I signed up for a race on January 18th and that we needed to start planning our trip to St. George for my run. He went on to tell me that he had a conference that weekend and wouldn't be able to come with me. I was so bummed, I had always pictured my first half with my husband there cheering me on at the finish line. There was no way I was going to go by myself or even worse, just Cambree and I, to St. George for the weekend. (It's a four hour drive and what was I going to do with Cambree!) I was disappointed but decided I would just run a half another time.

Fast forward to the start of December I was telling some friends about the St. George half and they said that if I wanted they would come and we could make it into a fun weekend! Us, the Henries, the Donakeys, and Julie Tate (her hubby was gone at an interview for Pharmacy school!) ended up going down (even Ryan was able to sneak away early from his conference) and we made a mini vacation out of it. I didn't train a ton so my time wasn't great but it was such a cool experience and I loved it! I am definitely going to be doing more in the future!

I'm grateful to have such a great husband and friends who cheered me on the whole way. Julie even ran the last 3 miles with me and kept me going!

Working Girl

It's official!

I'm back to being a working girl! I got a job at Lone Peak Hospital in Draper and I couldn't be more excited!

Christmas 2013

We split Christmas between the Raslasks and the Bevans family which turned out just great. It was the perfect break, we spent our time eating, skiing, shopping and just relaxing with friends and family!

On Christmas Eve we were in Whitefish with my family and we went to a service at the local church by our cabin. They always put on a nativity scene every year and it's their moto that EVERY kid can be in the pagent if they want. So there was the typical Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, Shepards etc.. But then there was the extra kids. A pink poodle, a ladybug, a bear and of course Cambree, the bumblebee. It was adorable seeing her walk down the aisle up to the front dressed as a bumblebee present at Jesus' birth!

After the service we went out as a family for dinner and all took turns posing with Cambree by the Christmas tree!

After we got home from dinner we went ahead with our yearly tradition of opening one gift (Always pajamas.. surprise surprise!) before bed. After that we decided we might as well open them all since we had to leave bright and early the next morning.

Christmas morning came and Cambree was too preoccupied eating her sticky roll to bother looking at her stocking. After breakfast we packed up and headed to Cardston to celebrate with the Bevans'.

We spent a few days with Ryans family relaxing, eating delicious food and having fun! We played a game called "Heads Up" which was pretty funny. Here is Ryan and Rustin acting out a "moose".

We also were able to go and visit with some of Ryan's best friends from high school. We all had babies around the same time so we took another picture this year in the same order. I can't believe how much they have grown!

I am so grateful we were able to spend so much time with friends and family and have another wonderful Christmas together!

Family Pictures 2013

Xox Carly

We love Fall in Utah

Here's a picture recap of Fall 2013


We were able to make a trip out to Denver to go see our Bronco's 2013 home opener. To say we were excited would be a HUGE understatement!

When we got back from the trip Cambree had to unpack us right away. Obviously :)

I discovered a new addiction. Dirty diet cokes (Diet coke with coconut syrup) and Swig sugar cookies. Seriously, addicting. 

Our little mischievous girl!

Cambree loved cheering on BYU at every football game. We are already prepping her now to marry an NFL player once she's older. Preferably a Denver Bronco. Too bad Eric Decker is already taken..

We also spent a lot of time watching Ryan's football games. At one point he was playing in a tackle league and a flag football league, so we watched a lot of games!

And... we bought a new car! It is perfect for our little family!

Tates & Bevans take California!

We have made a lot of great friends since moving to Provo last year. The Tates are definitely in that category. They are also our neighbours and it has been so fun having them close this year. Cambree basically thinks of them as second parents and sometimes starts running towards their apartment like she's inviting herself over to their house to play! They were nice enough to take us home to California with them for Thanksgiving in November and we had a blast. Their family might have thought we were a little nuts for swimming in the ocean but we couldn't resist! Plus after having swam in glacier lakes before the ocean in November was nothing! I am working on convincing Ryan that we need to end up in Camarillo, California because it is seriously heaven there!

California 2013 from Julie Tate on Vimeo.

Julie was a rockstar and made this video of our trip! Which turned out great because I barely took any pictures! We are grateful to have such great friends and grateful to my mom who made a special trip down to watch Cambree so we could go have some fun!