Happy Easter. I couldn't write a post without acknowledging what a special day it is today. Today I miss Collin. I am sad that I do not get to celebrate Easter with Collin here. But at the same time I have joy because Christ is resurrected. He is Risen! We will be with Collin again. He is our son and always will be. This Easter day I am so grateful for my Savior!

On another note: Chris and I went golfing together this week (well not official golfing - just hitting a bucket of balls). I have golfed a bit in the past (by a bit I mean once or twice). This time I discovered a couple of things I must have forgotten:
1. Golfing is not as easy at it looks
2. Real golf is nothing like playing the Wii
3. I am terrible at golf.
I enjoyed playing with Chris but honestly I couldn't figure out the correct distance from the ground the golf club needed to be because I kept missing the ball. *I was using Chris's clubs - so maybe I'd be better with a set my size...right??
I have even more admiration for Chris's golf skills after playing.


One more thing: We bought a Wii. I never thought I'd say this ... but I'm actually enjoying it. It's surprisingly fun to play Wii sports every now and again. Plus, I dominate at sword fighting...not to brag or anything but I'm pretty much undefeated : )

26.2

We did it! We finished the Salt Lake City Marathon on Saturday!! We weren't speedy or anything but we finished together - it was such a great feeling crossing the finish line hand in hand knowing that we were done! We conquered the marathon together. It was definitely tough. This was my second marathon, I ran the Top of Utah Marathon in 2009 but this was different, this was something we conquered together. Chris is such an incredible husband - he never had plans to run a marathon (in fact he thought running a marathon was officially crazy) - after Collin passed away Chris wanted to be there for me and we wanted to spend more time with each other and so we decided to run a marathon together. I was a little emotional crossing the finish line. I thought about Collin a lot while we were running. I know he would be proud of his mom and dad! We ran this marathon for you Collin. We love you!
Anyways, here are some pictures. They are not glamorous but what can you expect ha. My family and Chris's family are so incredible and supportive. We are so grateful for them! We honestly have the best families! They were both there cheering us on at different points on the course. (We only have pictures of my family but both families were there supporting us).

Disney

We had so much fun on our Lindley family vacation!
We spent a couple of days in Florida going to the Disney parks and then went on a Disney Cruise for a couple of days. We walked a ton, ate a ton and spent a ton of time together and loved every second of it!








The cruise ship was amazing! We went on the new 'Disney Dream.' The shows each night were so fun and the food of course was delicious.
They even had a mini golf course.
And a firework show while out at sea
We stopped at Nassau and went to the water park at Atlantis. The water slides were so much fun, one even took you through a shark tank! We also went snorkeling with sharks and manta rays that were 10 feet long!
The other stop was at Castaway Cay, a private Disney Island
We went for a bike ride, snorkeled some more, had a free throw shooting contest and played a family beach volleyball game.
Sunday, before we flew home we were able to go to Sacrament meeting at a church near the airport.
We had a lot of fun and we are happy we were able to spend some great time with our family before we move to California.

Celebration

We have cause for celebration in our house. Chris took the GMAT last week and did amazing! I am so proud of him! I am very blessed to have such an incredible husband! Chris's parents took us to dinner at Rodizio Grill to celebrate YUM!


After the GMAT we got to celebrate even more by taking a vacation with my family to the world of DISNEY (in Florda) including a disney cruise. So much fun! I will update more about the vacation soon.

Rain, Snow or Shine

Rain, snow or shine we go running

Wednesday night was the worst. We were in South Jordan visiting Chris's family and went running up there. It was SO windy! And it started snowing. The last bit of our run we couldn't see anything - the snow and wind combo was awful!...we're talking my face and throat were frozen and Chris had snow frozen into his hair. But despite the weather it felt great to run. We've done pretty good sticking to our training schedule. Chris is the best for coming along even if he thinks I am crazy.

Collin's Headstone and Valentines Day

Collin's Headstone:
Here's a picture of Collin's headstone.
I think it is perfect! The picture to the left is our hands with his. I love it. I miss him so much. I remember holding his tiny little hand. I really miss that..

His headstone is really close to Grandpa Shetlon's and not right over the spot where he was burried, so Chris called and they are going to move it. We want everything to be perfect.

Valentines Day:

Valentine's this year was perfect! I have such an amazing husband! He bought me these beautiful roses. I love the white and pink! And also gave me coupons for back massages : ) He knew exactly what I wanted and I didn't even have to tell him. We went out for sushi at Happy Sumo. YUM! Sushi is both of our favorite foods and last night it was reaffirmed that yes it is indeed the most delicious food ever! We have a tradition of getting sushi every year for Valentines Day. I loved every single bite! After sushi we went to see Unstoppable. Such a great movie. One that I would definitely recommend.

I love you babe! Thank you for being my Valentine

I figured it was time for an update.
We've been busy
mostly with work and with training for our marathon
and a little basketball

I put together a running schedule. It's hanging on our fridge and I love the feeling of crossing out each box after our runs. We get one rest day each week (other than Sunday of course) I love that Chris is my training buddy. Thanks babe! On Saturday we ran up and down Provo Canyon (twice, because it was cut short by the snow packed trail). I love running on trails - it's 10x better than running on the streets and 100x better than the treadmill.

Chris and I both play church ball. Chris has played every year we've been married and so I figured I give it a try with the relief soceity bball this year. And I love it. My mom and sister play too. I played in China and loved it there but haven't really played since...so I'm quite a bit rusty but it is still so fun! It's also fun to watch Chris play.
And it's fun to watch BYU play...
especially when they beat SDSU!

Oh and one more thing. Collin's headstone got put in today! YAY! I'm so excited to see it! I hope that it's perfect. I love my baby boy