All Tied Up

I have had lots of balls in the air of late, but who doesn't? We mailed our wedding announcements Saturday morning, and it seems that many of you have already received yours. So, hooray! You're invited to my wedding. Sunday evening I got a little bored. I just needed a break. Logan was watching Lost Season 3 (or was it 4) all afternoon. By about 7pm I'd had enough. In the episode we were watching Charlie was all tied up by the two mean girls in the underwater station. We decided to test how good we were at tying each other up in a chair...just like Charlie. We wanted to stay true to Lost, so the first time around I tied Dave up (since it was a girl who tied up Charlie). Dave got out pretty easily, confirming our suspicions that Charlie could have easily escaped if it were real life, and not a TV show.
Logan then took his turn, he thought that he could tie me up so that I couldn't get out. This is a picture of me right before I slipped out of the ties that bound me. Turns out that double hitch, sailor knot (or whatever he called it) wasn't any better than my girl version. I think I should join the CIA, I'm so good at getting out of being tied up!

btw: school is fine. I'm just trying to finish up a bunch of projects before the end of the semester. It's old hat at this point.

Blueberry Muffins and Invitations

When I need a break from homework, this has been my project of late: addressing and stuffing wedding invitations. If only you could see what they look like--I guess you'll have to wait for yours to come in the mail!

Whenever I can't think of a side dish to go with a meal, my fall back is always Blueberry muffins. Tonight's menu: tacos and blueberry muffins, which makes me think of taco salad and cinnamon toast. That sounds good, too.

Pictures from the Marathon

I finished my leg, and Amanda is off!
Amanda's parents were kind enough to drive me from my leg to the end of the race.
L to R: Amanda, Bojana, Kathleen (ran the 5K) and me. We had just sent our last runner off...Giles! The one person who can run quickly. He did 7 miles in 56 minutes.
Whitney and Amanda chillin'
We were team # 2594, I ran the first leg.

Illinois Marathon

This past Saturday I was part of a relay team for the 1st annual Illinois Marathon in Champaign-Urbana. It was a lot of fun! The sun was shining and it was perfectly cool weather for a long distance run.

Now don't get all excited and think that I'm any kind of amazing distance runner. My leg of the marathon was 7 miles. I didn't train like I had planned so I ended up running for the first 3 miles and run/walking for the last 4. I still averaged something like 12-13 minute miles. So, I'm proud of myself for finishing.

Our relay team came in 181/192. Not bad, considering 3 out of our 4 runners aren't really runners. :) The race started just south of Assembly Hall (the basketball arena) and football stadium, and then looped through town a few times. I got to run past the FLB (Foreign Languages Building), where I spend most of my time, and run through Meadowbrook Park, a park with a nice trail where I usually train. It was a nice route to have.

My legs have been jello for the past two days. Dave has been really good about making sure I get enough sleep and pulling me up off of the couch and up and down stairs when I think my legs might give out. We're just practicing for when we're 85! He's been great! I love him so much!

I can't get a picture to post, so I'll do that as soon as I can.

Heritage Singers

Logan and I are in a choir called Heritage Singers. It was created by a few BYU grads who are here in IL studying choral music. It is full of people who used to be in BYU choirs...and me and Logan. I think it's a lot of fun to be considered an alum of BYU choirs.

So, anyways...the choir was started last semester. We did a Christmas concert at a local Lutheran church and also at the stake Christmas program. When we came back from break we started on an Easter program. That concert was tonight. We sang at the Lutheran church again. We have one more performance memorial day weekend, but I won't be there since I'll be driving to Utah for my wedding.