California Trip

A.J., Ashlee (his sis), Grizzly the bear and I drove the 13 hrs to my parents' house is California. In TURRRlock :) Griz was actually really good in the truck, and thanks to AJ's friend's Sirius radio, the ride wasn't too bad.
Our first day there, we went to Alcatraz. My parents and AJ had never been, so it was pretty fun to get to go together. I'd forgotten a lot since I'd been there in the 4th grade. Then we went to Bubba Gump's for lunch and pigged out :) On the way home we picked up AJ's new motorcycle (Yes, I know, I'm the greatest wife ever). He bought it a couple months ago and had been really excited to pick it up, and he rode it back to Turlock. I'll post pics of it when I take some!
paper mache head made by one of the 3 prisoners who escaped

outside on the island
my dad checkin out a cell :)
The next day my dad and I ran a 5k together! We should have taken pictures. We both started off too fast (sorry Dad) but we finished it! And that's what matters. The cool thing was that I ran about a minute faster than my previous 5k, and I actually placed 2nd in my age group! I got a medal and everything–it was sweeeet. My dad finished a few minutes behind me, so I got to cheer him on :) Also, we got to see my old cros country coach JoAnna and her husband there. That was awesome! She's the one I told you about when I started crying at my friends wedding. Haha! Can't wait to see her again at my friend Heather's wedding this summer!

That afternoon we went to Moaning Caverns. Again, I didn't take pictures...lame. But I was feeling a little freaked out about the heights anyway so I probably would have dropped the camera. The cave is huge, and it's actually vertical (straight down) although from the outside it looks like you could walk into it, horizontally. When they were excavating it, they found a huuuge pile of remains. As in, bones from people who fell into it. Ew. AJ and my Dad rode their motorcycles up there, and it was a beautiful day.

Sunday was our chill day. We went swimming, but not for long because we're all wimps. ALL of us! Monday we (with my bro and his gf) met up with Jared and Jenni in the San Jose area, and we went to Half Moon Bay. I don't know why I'm always 10 degrees off when I plan for that weather. It was chilly. But we had lots of fun, especially watching Griz and Dinky at the beach.

Jeff and Griz. They look like brothers, don't you think?

Dinky almost got swept into the ocean!


Tuesday we drove back. It was a pretty short trip, but it was great!

New Moon trailer!

Yeah! Love the last few seconds...hehehehe...

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON trailer in HD

Strut Your Mutt

We were in California the last week, and we're back! It was a lot of fun, but I'll post about it later.

This Saturday in SLC at Sugarhouse Park is the Strut Your Mutt. It's a dog walk and festival to raise funds for No More Homeless Pets in Utah. It's gonna be awesome...pretty much because I love dogs. They do the huge walk, and then there's tons of booths and contests and entertainment. There's an owner/dog look-alike contest that sounds pretty awesome.

You register yourself and your dog, and then they give you a fundraising page where friends can make donations to the cause. If I reach certain fundraising goals, then I get free stuff.

So here's my page:
http://www.firstgiving.com/hilaryfrisby

Um, but don't feel pressured to donate. I'm still going to have tons of fun. But if you have a crazy dog-loving friend that may want to donate, you can give them my link.

I'm a nerd and I've met some other Airedale owners on Facebook, so hopefully I'll get to meet a bunch of them there. Airedales are just the coolest dogs, so I want to make some friends down there...PLUS who knows, maybe someone will be our dog-sitting friend if we go out of town.

Anyway, that's what I'm excited about. I'll post pictures of the event for all of you who are SOOO excited too. Haha.

twenny-fo'

Translation: "Twenty-four". That's how old I turned yesterday!

New developments in this year of my life: I have officially found 2 gray hairs on my head. That's officially 2 more than my older sister has. No fair! I think other than that, I'm biologically the same. Maybe a few more freckles, too, but I stopped counting–oh wait–I've never been able to count them. But thanks for asking, kids in my elementary school years.

It was a good day. A.J. had been gone for 2 weeks in Wyoming, and came back with a cold. I didn't expect him to pull out any huge surprises for me. But when he got home from work he told me we were going to play "hot or cold". Let's just say I was "scorching" a couple times so I got a couple gifts! Yay! AJ bought me (us) a new DVD player and Season 2 of Arrested Development! I looove that show. It's a good one to watch over and over. He hid the DVD player in the dryer and for a split second, I saw the TV photo on the box and thought it was a new TV! DUH Hilary. That wouldn't fit in the dryer.

As we got ready to go to dinner AJ started telling me about all the other things he thought about getting me, telling me how a manicure would have been $60 and temporary, etc. Well luckily he didn't blow any money on something most girls like :) His present was perfect, and I just thought he was SO sweet that he even researched other options. He's cute. I like him.

We went to The Firehouse pizza and pasta place for dinner. That place is good, but I usually leave feeling like I over-did it. They gave us a free Fazookie (sp?) which is basically a giant cookie with ice cream and junk on top. Woof. That definitely pushed me over the edge. The edge, as in the last moment of being able to walk up-right due to the over-stuffing of salt, grease, and sugar.

We had a pretty low-key evening and just enjoyed relaxing.

OH and earlier that day my friend Blaire took me to get ice cream. We went to the Aggie Creamery, and oh my, that stuff IS creamy. It was super yum yum. Thanks Blaire!

AND I had about 80 Facebook notifications in my e-mail inbox. Thanks for all the birthday wishes!

In other news, we're going to Turlock next week! YAAAAAAAYYY!!! Oh, and Grizzly is officially 7 months old today. Hehe.

Treat Your Mother Right

Friday madness

I did my research. I compared prices. I made a few phone calls. Turns out every single place's Chacos were $95. Now, I knew they'd be expensive, but wow that company really regulates those numbers. Zappos.com had them for a little cheaper, but not my size. WELL since I'm the bargain hunter that I am, I found my little pretties would be on sale tonight at Al's Sporting Goods during their Midnight Madness sale (ahhh! It's madness!). So I waited patiently all week. Well guess what suckas, tonight was the night! It was a little "mad" in there, but I got my sandals and got out. AND ONLY PAID....$57 !!! OH yeah. I'm so proud.

So here's a very unflattering picture of my feet. I think the camera adds 10...cm..to my long toes. Haha!

PS-After everything is tightened, the leftover strap is super long. Anyone else have this issue? What should I do?

And here's some special little pictures of Grizzly and Ashlee from when she came to visit us a couple weeks ago. You can see my puppy has grown, and that he likes to stick his feet in your face to say "good morning".
Mornin' Ash!

Another tag

5 Things

5 things I was doing five years ago:

Living with the 'rents while off-track
Working at In-N-Out
About to go back to Rexburg and meet my roomies at La Jolla :)
Writing a missionary (ok several)
Wishing I had a social life

Me and part of my mom 5 years ago, in our backyard. Probably the only picture I have of those bangs looking somewhat normal.


5 things on my to do list today:

Get dressed
Get a big chunk of work done
Walk Grizzly
Clean before AJ gets home tomorrow :)
Get my first pair of Chacos at the midnight sale!

What would I do with a million dollars?

Buy a big house with lots of land
Buy AJ his dream car
Pay off debt
Invest it...in something
Save in non-existent-kids' college funds

5 places I have lived:

Turlock
Rexburg
Logan
St. George
Phoenix

5 Jobs I have had:

Dishwasher
In-N-Out
Track coach
Graphic designer
ok just 4 I guess

5 Things I want to be doing in 5 years:

Raising chillens
Looking hot
Cooking with more skill and wisdom...haha
Designing...with more skill and wisdom
Defying "the 7-year itch"

5 people I tag:

Andrea
Lyndy
Jacquie
Kim
Ashlee M.