Home Sweet Home

We finally got a couch! No more numb bums for us! And the house is finally all decorated and finished, Eric is the best honey-do lister around!

We love our cute apartment and feel so blessed to be in such a nice place! Austin is feeling more and more like home everyday!

The biggest surprise for me in Austin was when we walked into Sunday school our first Sunday at church and who do I see? Shelby Pierson! What!!! Shelby was in my singles ward not to long ago and she is a sweetheart! She is on a mission, and in our ward double whammy!! Haha it was such a fun surprise and I keep forgetting to call her "Sister Pierson" she'll always be Shelby to me :)
We had "Sister Pierson" and Hermana Hopkins over for dinner this week. It is a fun blessing to have their spirit in our home and enjoy a fun evening with them. They are so great!

Sister Pierson, Hermana Hopkins, and I

The church is true and these girls are living it to the fullest!

Love,
The Peterson's

I took a little trip back Home this week to visit my family and big new....get my braces off! Yay, I'm a big girl now! Eric can now see what it's like to have a wife without braces haha

Yes I even voted :)

We have only been in Austin for 1 month and I couldn't believe how good it felt to go see my family! I miss them so much but am enjoying our adventure in Austin so much! Thank goodness for modern technology so I can talk to them everyday and do things like blog so they can stay updated in our lives! Love you Fam!

Eric was kind enough to let me stay longer so I could go run the Las Vegas Ragnar. I absolutely love these races and can't wait till I can have a van filled with my family, yes kids you will be running these with your mama one day so I hope you're lacing up your running shoes in heaven :)

This was the longest distance I've ever done. 26.1 miles. I honestly was a little worried I wouldn't be able to do it but I surprised even myself! We had quite the weather this time around. It was freezing cold and so windy for the first half! My first leg was a slight up hill 8.2 miler into the wind, it was crazy! I have never ran in that kind of wind before. It was like running while someone was trying to push me in the other direction. Needless to say it was a new experience. I had planned on it being chilly at night so I only packed 1 pair of long running rights and 1 long sleeve. I ended up wearing them the whole time and probably smelt so so bad!

Start line, it even started to snow for Shawn our first runner...poor guy

Good ol' Syd and the outfit I wore the whole time haha

This team was put together by Dr. Graf's family and they were kind enough to let me in on the fun. This was their first Ragnar and they did so good! They were such a happy and fun group! They do Ragnar with style, that's for sure! We had plenty of delicious food, a clean nice hotel, a luxury van (15 passenger vans are luxury in the Ragnar world), cow bells, and they were enthusiastic the whole time! A great group is what makes these races so much fun, after all your stuck in a smelly van with these people for 2 days straight! Thank you Graf's for ALL that you did for us! Go team Joggernauts!

I finally got my Saints to Sinners medal!
Look at the beautiful view!

I should note that I have the best husband in the whole world. He was willing to let me go do something I love so much and leave him at home in a new city. He always supports me in everything I do (even though he doubted me since my training wasn't up to par ;) but he still wished me luck and encouraged me) Honey, you mean the world to me and I hope I can be as good a spouse as you are to me. I love you to the moon and back!

XOXO

The Peterson's

Happy Halloween 2012

Halloween has come and gone. Being in a new city for such an awesome holiday was gonna be a bummer but we have the nicest ward. We got invited to a little pumpkin carving party with some couples in the ward. Having 2 days, being on a budget, and no great ideas, our Halloween costume was a cheap and easy one....thieves :)

Eric showing us his artistic skills

Of course I cant finish a blog without a food post, we are the Peterson's after all. While our friend Joel was staying with us we started a new tradition, "Sweet Saturdays" every Saturday we go try a new breakfast place. Our first stop was the crepes. Holy moly they were delicious!

Look forward to many many more Sweet Saturday posts :)

With all our love,
The Peterson's