Living the high life in PC

So naturally as all couples have to do, we have to take turns spending time with each others parents. weekend with the in-laws continues as court and i went up to spend the weekend in park city with my family. My family found this amazing deal at this unbelievable hotel...we definitely didn't fit in there but we didn't mind. we had a great weekend full of snowboarding, eating good food, and of course playing yahtzee and doing puzzles with the family.

So here is some of the amazing food i mentioned... sadly, most of it was gone by the first night...mainly thanks to court and me (except the wine in the corner, we did not contribute to that...)

picture of the loby... livin the dream baby

The whole fam damily

In the loby they had these crazy deer statues. naturally court and i decided to ask some random lady to take a picture of us imitating the deer...perfectly normal. remember what i said about fitting in?

so this was the best part of the whole weekend. as we were getting on the gondala, we were reading the sign on the door warning us about getting extremedies stuck in the door. we laughed at the thought, wondering who would have to worry about that...

this picture speaks a thousand words. mom i love you. and no this was not on purpose.

Morman Tabernacle Concert with Natalie Cole

Back in salt lake the next morning... court managed to hook us up with tickets for the motab concert (she knows some people in important places)... ya... anyways the concert was amazing and of course we got to experience utah weather at its finest (wet sleeting snow), doesn't get any better than that.

happy to be here...will be happier when we are inside...

I love the conference center. i feel like im in a giant space ship...like star trek...ok im weird. ps: Lary, loved the christmas tie!

"What will i ever do with out court? good thing we will live together forever and be crazy cat ladies..." these were my thoughts at this point in time. little did i know what was in store for me in the next few months...

Weekend With the In-Laws

Courtney's parents were coming to town and we were both so excited! we had all of these fun activities planned...one of them was to take them to temple square to see the lights. we were running a little late that night, and to make things worse we got stuck in traffic in salt lake. the lights turn off each night at 10 pm and lets just say we had a few minutes to get there, park and walk around... it was an intense few minutes. we ended up dropping her parents off (aka telling them to get out of the car in the middle of an intersection while traffic was waiting for us) and then court and i went on to park illegally, sprint through the streets of salt lake, and get to temple square with only a few minutes to spare and see the lights.

victory. it was a lot of work... why is it that we are training for a marathon and still feel out of shape?

people thought we were so weird when we asked them to take this picture. they had no idea what we had been through...

courts parents didnt believe us when we were complaining about how cold it was in utah. now they did...

"the morning after" its not what you think people...

So just as Courtney mentioned we had to rise and shine bright and early the next morning to run our half marathon. here we are before the race, still feeling sleep deprived and somewhat nauseous from all the junk we ate the night before.

6am....what were we thinking again?

aside from the poor preparations the night before we not only did it but completed it in a very good time! especially court and ash considering they had never ran in a race before. very impressive. the best part of the day was yet to come however...when we all limped back to the apartment and crashed in front of the movie hocus pocus (again...)

finally, this post wouldn't have been complete if we didn't mention our running mate/driver (who might i add drove us all the way to redwoods mall in the dark with no lights) Brett. But we forgave him for risking our lives....in fact a small part of us was probably hoping we would crash so we wouldn't have to run the race... we couldn't have done it with out you buddy...ok we probably could have but it definitely wouldn't have been the same!

-Niglet

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Since Nikki made an addition to her my post of her first marathon, I thought I'd give my two cents on her post of my first half marathon...

Nikki and I came in together at 2 hours 2 minutes. That averages out to be about a 9 minute mile which I hear is pretty good for your first half. I don't know if I would have done so well if it weren't for Nikki. She's the one who inspired me to run in the first place, convinced me I could do a half, and then somehow motivated me to sprint the last mile of the race.

Thank you roommates for helping me accomplish this task I once thought to be impossible...half down, whole to go!

- Cooh

Black Widows - metaphorically, of couse...

This year Nikki, Ashlee, and I waited until a couple days before Halloween to decide on our costumes but our final product was well worth the wait. Last minute Nikki was inspired with the idea of black widow spiders and, with her brilliant brainstorming and my crafty creativity, we put together (as in hand made) the following outfits:

Thats right, we busted out the needle and thread for these babies and I'm sure you'd all agree that it was time well spent. Don't worry about the pose...it's a spider thing...


We treated our guests to a little pumpkin carving, sugar cookie frosting, Hocus Pocus watching, and, in typical 141 fashion, lots and lots of sweet consuming.


Some of our favorite lady friends were there helping us celebrate.


As was our favorite guy friend. He's the only man with guaranteed immunity from our "black widow-effect." We love him too much to cause him any harm. Can't say the same for the rest of the male species...


It was all fun and games till someone busted out the can of Raid.

Socially, it was a success - tons of people, treats, and dancing. Physically, it was a disaster. We loaded ourselves up with junk food and partied until 1am when we had to be up at 6am the next morning for a half-marathon. Oh to be young, single, and completely irresponsible :)

- Cooh

Apparently Nikki would like you all to see this lovely photo as well seeing as she added it to my post...

A Little Inspiration from Hocus Pocus

Lets put it this way...our favorite Haloween movie was Hocus Pocus and we will not mention how many times we watched it. so when the chance came to dress up like witches we jumped on it. every year Gardener Village hosts its anual "witches night out" party. everyone dresses up enjoys shopping, eating, dancing and of course attempting their best impressions of a witch cackle. we got a big group together and first went out to cheesecake factory before hitting up the big party.

Aren't we the most adorable set of witches you have ever seen? but don't be fooled by our charm and good looks...

Clearly possessed in this picture...no other explanation. this kind of thing happens at "witches-night-out"

here we are trying to see who has the best looking/most witch-like tongue... clearly ashlee's is the pointiest but we are not sure if thats an advantage or disadvantage in this competition.

Being witches is exhausting..and can sometimes make you a little crazy to say the least...you gotta love us though.

-Niglet

Pseudo Soccer Moms

so on the day of my birthday court and i flew off to arizona to start our new family...actually we were going to babysit/house sit for her sister and brother-in-law but close enough. even though these kids were about as amazing as they come they will never replace our own daughter at home (ashlee).

Like i said... soccer moms. this was one of our first adventures of the weekend. we had some minor mishaps such as lack of sunscreen but in the end we got it all figured out.

After a long but fun day filled with grocery shopping, frozen yogurt stops, naps out by the pool and making dinner, we went camping... aka got in our pjs and went outside to the fire pit to make some fabulous smores. sadly court and i had equal (if not more fun) acting like kids...eating our marshmallows than the actual kids did.

Here are Mackenzie and Stephen enjoying their mallows.

and dont forget about adorable Kol.

The whole gang together...obviously having way more fun than the average group of kids and pseudo parents...

when the weekend came to an end we were sad to return back to provo, but excited to see our daughter/third member or our trio ashlee.

-Niglet

Grow up, Nikki!

Nikki turned 22 this year. As the eldest of our apartment, I'd really expect her to be setting a better example for Ashlee and I. But no...instead she goes around initiating this kind of immature behavior and Ashlee and I follow suit trusting that, as our elder, she knows best.Though Nikki technically didn't come up with Ash's prego belly pose, I'm sure she's still somehow indirectly responsible for it.
The only way Ashlee and I were able to put a stop to all this immaturity was by luring her away with her birthday present.
Nothing gets Nikki excited like huggable hangers! (Except pretend balloon implants, but we won't bring that incident up again.)
In all seriousness though, I can attribute my survival of this last year to her friendship. I have watched a dramatic transformation in Nikki from the reserved and slightly anti-social girl she moved in as to the life of the party she is now. While I'd love to hold myself responsible for her change, I think she's been the one inspiring change in me. Nikki hasn't just helped me through the tough times, she's carried me. And, she's kept me extremely entertained the whole time. I refer to our time together as a series of adventures because that is exactly what it has been. I've always prided myself in being the least easily influenced of most anyone I know. And yet, Nikki has managed to spend her time as my roommate convincing me to hike at 3 am, ride themed trains intended for children, run marathons, eat practically vegetarian, cook, travel, and so on and so forth...and the craziest part is that she never actually even attempts any convincing! Of most value to me though is her spiritual strength. I am a better person since becoming her friend.

Roommate, Friend, Life Companion, thanks for making this roller coaster of a year such a pleasant ride!

- Father

Cupcakes for days...

You may or may not have noticed a switch in our apartment since the start of the blog. In August we made the switch but it wasn't until the preparation for Nikki's party that we finally put the finishing touches on our -work in progress- apartment.
If we're hosting a party, two things are guaranteed: 1) there WILL be food and 2) it WILL be done food network style. We opted for a buffet of cupcakes on this particular occasion.
The official roommates of our new apartment- still Ash, Nikki, and me.
The unofficial roommates of 141 - still the trio and Lindsay
My roommates are pretty.

- Father

The day Nikki officially became my hero.

Nikki set the goal of running a marathon before her 22nd birthday and, in typical Nikki fashion, she blew that goal out of the water. Not only did she run the dang thing, she completed it in 4:55 minutes.

And I was there doing what I do best, handing her gum balls, helping her switch out shoes, and cheering her on. It was the least I could do after all the times she carried me (figuratively, of course) during the previous 8 months of living together.
Little did I know that one day I would find myself eating my words from this weekend when I claimed that I was not a runner and that you would never catch me attempting such an insane accomplishment...

-Father

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I just thought i would add to this account. here is the proof of courtney fulfilling her E.C. duties. she was right there when i needed her (2nd pair of shoes in hand) when i wanted to chop my feet off because of my new shoes.

i just had to throw this pic in. this is the gang that ran it with me. such a fun group. also these medals are proof that i finished. i have never been in so much pain in my whole life. when i got to the finish line i had this very bizarre thought cross my mind (and for everyone who knows me you will see how crazy this really was). I saw the first aid station and i was in so much pain that for one second it crossed my mind to go over there and have them give me an IV and hopefully some strong pain killers... ya even i cant believe that thought crossed my mind.

-Niglet