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)

Our Engagement Photos

I LOVE this first photo!! It is so boy meets girl and it makes me smile! Mitch and I had some interesting little conversations in between shots and Brooke was a sweetheart and talked us through a few.

In this next one I love that it is just totally us. Laughing and smiling because we feel like we are acting so completely ridiculous!
In the last one we're featuring today Mitch insisted that we take some pictures in 'church clothes'. Begrudgingly I took the photos in nice clothes and some of them ended up being my favorites!! (Don't tell Mitch)

For these shots Brooke took us to another abandoned house and we walked all the way around it. I am amazed at how she found these shots! All of them were taken on the grounds and we got some that look like Winter and some Summer. Looking over these with Mitch got us SO super excited for our wedding day! 3 WEEKS!!!
So we have lots of changes in the next few weeks but we are excited and ready to accept the challenge. New place, in-laws, new rules and lots of fun!! We will keep you posted as we start on these new and exciting times. 3 WEEKS!!!

Bridals

When Mitch proposed I asked him what he wanted for our wedding. He said, 'All I want is portrait of you in your dress.' Mitch hasn't seen my dress (due to tradition) but in this photo you can't see my dress so I knew I could post this for all of you!
Just to fill you in on how the shoot went. IT WAS FREEZING!!!! It was a cold day in February but the sun did manage to peak out for a few minutes. She took me to an old broken down home and we took a lot outside of it and then went in! There was a tombstone on the floor in the living room!! It was a little creepy! Then after a few pictures there we went to an old cherry orchard and took some there.
My photographer is wonderful!! Her name is Brooke Kinsey and she does an excellent job! Not only is she fun to shoot with but the work that she does is exceptional!! I am so pleased and more pictures are to come!!

Vegas Weekend!

Mitch and I went to Las Vegas a couple weeks ago. It was a much needed vacation. We turned our phones off and spent a lot of time together!! Ken took us to the strip and we walked around and saw some awesome things! We snagged a few photos and here they are:

(I LOVE this photo!!!)

Ken is showing us the airplane he is going to own someday!! ;) I can't wait to fly in it!!! Ken took us to watch the planes fly in. They come in SO close to us! At one point they were flying directly over us to land. It was awesome to watch Mitch kinda freak out a little and move out of the way of the plane flying in. It was awesome!! :)
So I made Mitch jump for this photo with me. I am a big nerd and I LOVE jumping pictures!!! Mitch is a great sport and is always up for trying new things with me.

So the point of this trip was for a coaching conference for the coaches at Syracuse High School. It was great! Mitch learned some great things for the team this year. He learned some new drills and a few new ways to execute some plays this year. (I don't really understand it all yet, but Im learning!) Also Mitch ran into an old coach. It was so great to hear him talk about it!! He was beaming about the things he remembered learning from him and he gave Mitch some great ideas! Just from all the football talk we are both super excited for this football season to watch the team play. Truth be told I LOVE watching Mitch coach, so I'm pumped. GO TITANS!!

28 DAYS!!

28 days until the big day!! We are almost completely done with all the wedding planning! The last things are our engagement photos this weekend!! We are so excited to be working with Brooke. It'll be great to have the last of our things checked off the list!

Also this weekend I get my bridals!! I am so pumped to see the photos!! I will post a few when I get them.

So we've had a busy couple of weeks and just a few more. Mitch has been super busy with school getting a business day going. The teachers in the group DOMINATED it!! And the students loved it! For this business day the teachers set up guest speakers from all different business areas and then they set up break out sessions for the students to go to. The teachers had to work really hard to get everything together but at the end of the day the students and the staff had a great time!!

Also Mitch was a part of the school pie eating contest!! (I wish I could've been there) It was 10 minutes of stuffing their faces with little banana cream pies with whipped cream on top. Mitch took 2nd! He ate 17 pies!!!!! Go team Mitch!

Also recently we went shooting black powder guns with my dad. It was SO FUN!! And Mitch had a blast!! Mitch has never been shooting before and I think he's hooked now. :) This first photo is the black powder that Mitch had spilled while loading the gun. (it wasn't just Mitch though, my dad helped a little)

This is my (trying) to look over Mitch's shoulder to see the target.

It's a lot easier to look over my dad's shoulder. :)

It was so fun! And both of these two shot great!!! I can't wait until the snow is gone and we all get to go again!! Easter Rendezvous is coming up so we will see how much Mitch loves it then. Posts soon to come!! :)