I Ran a Race!

Hello everyone!

Today I ran a 5k! And I got a medal for it! Woohoo! Anyway, I just thought I would share a little bit about the race with you lovely people because it wasn't a race just for fun, it was a race for a cause!

Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) is a non-profit organization that saves children from being sex slaves. The organization is fairly new (about 1 1/2 years old), but they have already saved over 300 children. I think they are doing an amazing job and I was happy to be able to be a part (although small) of their efforts.

Click here if you want to know more about O.U.R.

I only have two pictures to document the race, so here they are!

Steven got this one of me right as I was about to cross the finish line. He was such a good cheerleader!

My medal!!! I was so excited to finally get one of these! I have run in quite a few races, but this is the first one that gave me a medal at the end of it. It made me feel proud for completing such a difficult race (90% uphill in altitude so high I can barely breathe when I'm walking. YIKES). 

Thanks everyone!

- Shelby

Life Update

Hello friends! It's been a while since I've posted, so I thought I would catch you all up!

To start off I will talk to you about SQUARE ICE CREAM:

We drove to a teeny little town for this gem. Believe it or not, that is a "single scoop" WHAT?! It was giant and I couldn't eat the whole thing, but it was so good! It was cookie monster flavor and I'm not 100% sure what was in it, but it was so good! It was vanilla ice cream with peanut butter ripples, peanut butter cookie bits, and I think m&m's (maybe Reese's pieces?). 

Getting square ice cream was one of the things on my Idaho Bucket list, so it was so fun to finally do that! 

Next up, the Eastern Idaho State Fair (another thing on my bucket list)! The fair was so fun! It isn't like the fairs I'm used to (Pumpkin Show mostly), but it was really fun and I'm so glad I got to experience it! 

One of the first things we did (besides getting some delicious fair food of course) was the petting zoo! I love animals so much, so this was a real treat!

This was Alfie the goat from Blackfoot, so we thought that was cool because my sister Meredith's dog is named Alfie and he is from Blackfoot too! How fun!

I guess you can't really tell from this picture, but this horse was MASSIVE. Like the biggest horse I have ever seen. 

This is on top of the ferris wheel with a little bit of the fair behind us! So fun!

One of those beautiful Idaho sunsets we all love! No filter guys! This was the real sky! 

Lastly, a view of the rides at the fair from the ferris wheel! So pretty! 

That concludes our summer adventures! Now school is back in session and we are settling in to a normal married college student life. We are really excited for the fall season though! Our apartment has had fall scents and pumpkin cookies in it for a few weeks now! I can't help it, fall is the best! 

Steven was really excited to be able to wear some fall clothes without dying from heat! 

I got my hair chopped again (shorter than requested, but I'm getting used to it)!

We went to a David Archuleta concert with Steven's parents last week and that was super fun! It was his first concert in FOUR years!! Nuts!! It was fun to have a night out with family! 

Now that our summer is over and I'm in school not a ton has been going on! I've been going to classes, studying, and doing homework mostly! Steven is taking a few classes online so he can work while I'm in school full-time this semester. 

There you have it folks! An update on our life! I hope you enjoyed this post! 

Thanks for reading!! 

- Shelby

Wedding Pictures are Here!

So it's now been a month of marriage (WOOHOO)!! It has been great!

We are loving our new apartment and getting used to our new ward. We got our first married people callings and that's pretty exciting! I bet you can't guess what we got (answer at end of post)!

In other news, we finally got our wedding pictures!! AHH! Here are a few of my favorites:

Sorry for all of the kissing in those two, but they're pretty cute pictures!

Aww! 

I was so lucky to have a few of my good friends at the wedding in addition to my family! I love the ladies in the pictures above, they have been great friends and examples to me. 

It was so great to be able to have my family all together for the wedding, we don't get to do that very often because of how spread out we are. 

It was a long day. 

Here are the nieces and nephews from my side of the family. I love those kids so much! 

I love my cutie parents! 

I feel so blessed to have Steven's parents in my life! They are absolutely wonderful and it's been really nice to live so close to them!

My dad is the best. There isn't really a debate there, he's an amazing man and an amazing example. 

Since getting married I've been so thankful for all of the things my mom taught me when I was growing up. The things she taught me at home really prepared me to be a good wife and a good partner to Steven. Also she basically planned and executed the whole wedding and it all went flawlessly. I love you momma! 

I love having time to see my siblings. They're the best and they're always there for me when I need them. 

Melissa did my hair and makeup for the wedding and she did a great job! She's always felt like one  of my sisters and I was so glad she was able to make it to the wedding! 

This is when Steven accidentally dipped me by pushing me down by my throat. I didn't like that, but it made for a really funny picture! Dips are hard though. Props to Steven for doing it 500 more times for pictures after that first incident. 

Anddd here's the picture we were trying to get! 

Steven has an awesome family and I feel so lucky to be a part of it now!

Cora is such a cutie. 

Steven and the sibs! So precious. 

That's all folks! Thanks for reading! I love you all! OH also we got called to be ward indexers! Lookout Italian name records because we are coming for ya! 

- Shelby