Run, Drive, Sleep. Repeat.

This is the man I married!!!!
Let me take a few minutes to tell you about our weekend. Friday morning 6 AM was the start of THC's journey from Logan to Park City. The Wasatch Back is a 188.2 mile running race! Twelve runners take up the pavement and a few trails. There is exhaustion, sleep deprivation, loads of conversations, encouragement and laughter. This was my 3rd Ragnar Relay Race and Mitch Rocked #1!!
I am so proud of his hard work and perseverance! Mitch's first leg was 7 miles! He rocked it Hardcore! When the race was finished he'd totaled 13.2 miles.
(and the best part is he said he'd do it again!!)

This photo is Mitch hard at work during his second leg. It was a 3 mile run and ONE OF THE HARDEST because of the weather! The thermostat read 85 degrees but you have to add hot pavement to the temp. Great job babe!

Mmmmmmmm yummy soft bread and nutella. The in between run snack of champions!

Yes. Mitch ran up this hill. It was definitely work!

We had some amazing views!!

My first run. I still had a lot of energy!

This is Mitch and I after all our legs are done! The two of us totaled 31.7 miles.

This picture is of the big blow up finish line and the infamous Ragnar Relay symbol

And yes.... the wait was this long for the Honey Buckets ALL weekend!

This is Marcus sporting our Team Hardcore running shirts! GO THC!
(also special thanks to Marcus for getting the shirts and for being runner 12 and staying motivated to the end)

TEAM HARDCORE
(finish line photo!!)

Chilling after the race..

WE DID IT!!!
Mitch has informed me that he will continue wearing his medal for the next few months!! :) This was a fantastic experience and we give a special shout out to Team Hardcore for being so awesome! The preparation for WB 2011 starts now! So if you see us out running give us a honk or a wave!
And a very special THANK YOU to my husband Mitch for making me a promise when we were dating and sticking to it even after 'you have me'.
As they say it in the race,
'Couples that run together, stay together!'
Love you babe!

Graduation and Croquet

Congratulations Class of 2010!!!
The first class of Seniors graduated from Syracuse High School! We are very proud of them and we are very excited to be a part of the many more graduations to come!


And now... A quick shout out to Rochelle!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROE!!!
This last week we celebrated Roe's birthday. She turned 27! And along with a coveted Slap Chop (as seen on TV) we played a competitive game of croquet.

This is me trying not to hit Cindy's croquet ball. (all the girls had a secret pact not to send the others balls when and if we hit them)

THIS NEXT SHOT IS MY FAVORITE!!!
This is Mitch taking this picture after his dad sent his croquet ball across the street. :) So we are all waving to him! We will be having a rematch and we will keep you posted.

And lastly Austin and Lucy. The entire Arquette family LOVES this gorgeous, and loving dog! We are so glad you are home Lucy!

....In waiting....

We are TITANS!!!

This is the BEST news we've had lately!! As most of you know 3 days after we got home from our honeymoon Mitch was told that he wouldn't have a job as a teacher next year. A few days ago we received word that they were opening a new position at Syracuse and wanted to hire Mitch back!! So for the 2010-2011 year Coach Arquette will be back!! So all of you football fans plan on coming to see a game one Friday night this Fall.
(also a quick thank you for all the great thoughts and prayers for us that things would work out. We LOVE and appreciate you!!)

Onto Married Life

We have been trying to wait out posting a blog until we received our wedding photos, however I have heard some chatter about just getting a post up! :) Here we go!!
We have had a ton of things going on in newly married life. Being married is AMAZING!!! There are a million things we are getting used to. Some of the things we adjusting to is living with a member of the opposite sex. OK. This is difficult!! Mitch likes to make the bed, I don't!! I like my flavor of toothpaste. I love girl movies and court TV, Mitch LOVES sports center! :) Luckily no arguments have started over any of these silly things but it is fun to learn all these quirks about each other. :)

A few weeks ago we celebrated Mitch's birthday. We had yummy food, great company, saw a guy movie (Robin Hood) and out to dinner. Also, my favorite part of the night was the weenie hat and twinkie cake!! Talon (Mitch's brother) and Rod (Mitch's Dad) sported the hat after dinner and as we sang Happy Birthday to the birthday boy!!

HAPPY 29th my fantastic husband!!!

P.S. This is the infamous twinkie cake!! (thanks Cindy)