To start off with, our Kandace is growing up. She turned 23 this week, if you couldn't tell by the cake. (21 + 2= 23) We didn't have a three. She was a good sport for her birthday. Her birthday was the same day that we moved Grandma and Grandpa Haupt in with us, and the whole house was a little bit chaotic. We did manage to get her favorite ice cream cake made...Chocolate cake with raspberry chocolate chunk ice cream. Yummy! 
Kandace contemplating what to wish for....I am sure all her wishes came true. Although we were too busy on her birthday to do to much with her. I did make us an appointment for a pedicure on Friday, and we had a fabulous time! Here are the top ten things we love about Kandace. 1. She is FRIENDS to everyone.
2. She knows how to have FUN!
3. She gives AWESOME HUGS!
4. Her LAUGH, makes you LAUGH!
5. She likes to EAT...and will eat almost anything.
6. She shares her ICE CREAM with others :)
7. She wants everyone to be HAPPY!
8. She loves LIFE!
9. Her great SMILE and beautiful EYES!
10. She loves her FAMILY and would do anything for them!
We hope she had a Great Birthday!
After getting Grandma and Grandpa settled in we tried to get on to our normal lives. But, what is normal? This weekend it was running my first 5K since knee surgery. Courtney agreed to run the "Running with Angels" race with me this year, and so we ran on Saturday.
Here are a few shots of the beautiful course we get to run. We get to run in the gorgeous gardens at Thanksgiving Point. The downside part is, there are lots of hills going up and down, so I had to stop to walk down some of the hills so I didn't hurt my knee. All in all...it was so good to be out RUNNING again!
I always run back to get Courtney and run her into the finish line. She actually wasn't off far behind me this year. This is us where I found her. We walked up the wicked hill they put at the finish line, then Courtney RAN to the finish line. She did soo good considering she was sleep deprived from Girls Camp, and didn't feel too good. What a trooper!
Ahh...we did it! We were both soo proud that we had pretty good times. Kudos to us!
This is us after the race. We took time to walk around the gardens at Thanksgiving Point. After the race, we didn't stop. We came home, showered, did laundry, ate and then headed out to complete our checklist. Courtney will be going through the Draper Temple next Saturday, so we had to get everything she will need to go through the temple. The best part was that we had pre-bought tickets to see "Toy Story 3". So, at the end of our crazy day, we got to go sit and enjoy the movie. We were both surprised that the end of the movie made us both cry. What was with that...so, Andy has grown up and moved on from playing with his toys. Maybe we were just so exhusted, our emotions got the best of us. I am sure that is what it was. So, there it is, another week has flown by. We are excited to take Courtney to the temple next week. Hope you all have a fabulous week. :)
This is our first stop. We pulled off to look at the JORDANELLE. Such a beautiful view of the boats and the ski slopes. Here Steve is checking out how much this lot is selling for. Just 1.5 Million for the lot....Glup! Good thing we were just looking!
The next stop was at Bald Mountain. The top of the mountain is BALD, no trees. We are standing on the BALD part taking a picture of the amazing mountains behind us.
Just a closer shot of the view from BALD Mountain. We could see several lakes, and the tempeture dropped to te 60's. Cool, but felt wonderful after coming from the valley were it was high 90's.
Another picture of us with the bike on Bald mountain. A nice lady asked if we wanted a picture together, heck YES, Thanks nice lady!
We made it! This is us at Mirror Lake. Our great FRIENDS the Barth's were there having a family picnic. Mike snapped this shot for us. Mike is Steve's good friend that rode his bike up too. It was great to see them for a minute. The weather was quite cool, and I almost put on my jacket, but I toughed it out knowing we were headed back to the HEAT!
Connie snapped this picture of us as we were loading up to head back down. I know, you are all jealous of our great DO-RAGS! Hey, it least my head didn't get burned.
On the ride back we stopped serveral times for me to snap some pictures. This is Lilly Lake. What a beautiful world we live in!
I kept my camera in my hand and got some pictures of what we saw on the ride. I thougt you might all feel like you were sitting in the back seat checking out the view. It was soo fun!
This is PROVO FALLS. We took our family pictures here a few years ago. We love this spot. Because it was a Holiday weekend, there were soo many people here. We laughed when we kept seeing people arrive in their swim suits. The water is ICE cold, where did they think they were swiming? Sorry, personally I only swim in WARM water with sandy beaches.
Steve and me at Provo Falls. We ran into our neighbors, Dan and Paula and their boys as we were just leaving. Soo funny we ran into friends soo far away from home. On the way home we stopped and had lunch in Kamas at a cute grill, then Steve called Casey and had him get us tickets to a movie. We went and saw INCEPTION, I may have slept a little, but Steve really liked the movie. It was interesting, not what I expected. Then on the way home we went to COLD STONE. I got my Sorbet, and it was the perfect ending of a perfect day. I told Steve, I couldn't remember the last time we had such a FUN date together. I really did get the Best Guy ever. Thanks for BLAZING your own trail and letting me come along. Now I can't wait to have another weekend off together and sneak away for another BIKE TRIP!
Proud we made it to the WATERFALL!!
Mikie letting Olive feel how cold the water is. She loved it.
Cool Nephew JORDAN, King of the hill.
My two cute Nieces Rebekah and Hannah. They let me hangout with them until my family arrived on Friday night. 
Okay.....The HAUPT FAMILY TALENTSHOW. I promise you would be soo entertained if you could be there. This is Grandpa Haupt and Aunt Vicki with their rendition of "JABBERWOCKY" 
And then the talent that brought down the HOUSE!!! My soo COOL brother David and his kids did a SYNCHRONIZE swimming skit. Holy Cow. talk about too funny. 
I tried to download the video of this and it didn't take, so use your imagination.....laugh alot! It was GREAT!!! Courtney treated us with her harmonica and we all had to sing "Silent Night". This wouldn't download either. Dang, you missed some great talent!
After the Talent show, we all helped Casey and Kandace get settled in then it was time for the FIRE and SMORES! We all sat around for hours laughing our heads off at the crazy jokes everyone was telling....just ask Courtney to share one of hers.....well, maybe not.
Saturday, before we left, I talked my COOL brother David into taking me and my cousin Sandy on a bike ride, just a short 15 miler. (He normally rides 50 miles a day) Here we are on the most beautiful bike ride. It reminded me alot of the scenery in Germany. Breath taking. We had too much fun riding the tandem, what alot of work for two 29 year olds!
Taking a shortcut through the rice field. Elder Leavitt said that its saves alot of time to cut through the fields but when it is raining, it is quite hard to do.
