More Adventures of Jason and Clarissa

Hello out there! How was your weekend? Well mine, was pretty fantastic if I do say so myself. It was one of the best ones yet since moving back to Utah :) I have been crazy busy with teaching, so I was very excited to finally have a fun and relaxing weekend with out too much work to do (don't worry there is always at least a little bit).

It all started once the bell rang on Friday for my kiddos to head home. Fridays are my favorite, simply because I get the day (after 1:30) to plan and get stuff ready for another productive week. Only thing is... Fridays I stay way late. Jason has class on Fridays and there is really no reason to be home doing nothing with out him. This Friday however, he came to my work after work and took me out on the town for a date! Kira my little sister was coming in town to watch me run the Top of Utah Marathon and run a 5k while waiting, so we took her on our date as well :) It was a date with lots of laughing, eating BK burgers that we got for free, and talking about our awesome plans for the weekend. Jason had to jet out early for class, but then Kira came to my classroom to help get more things ready.

When we finally pulled out of the school parking lot at 7:00pm I realized our next stop would be a boring trip to the grocery store. We had fun planning what we'd eat for the weekend though, and when we got home realized we had forgotten many of the things we actually needed. We soon forgot about that when my older sister Siehara pulled up and I was able to give her the grand tour of our beautiful new town home. It was awesome to have an hour or so with just my sisters until Jason got home and we were off running again.

See... The Top of Utah Marathon was actually in Logan and I needed to pick up my stuff by 5am. Instead of waking up at 4 to drive up there just so I could get my shirt (my doctor said absolutely no way could I run because of my knee), we would just crash at our friends house the night before. We packed our things, packed Kira and Siehara's things and jumped in our little mazda. We were pretty crazy to be driving all the way up to Logan at 11 at night, but we did it and got to see our best friends the Sanchezs, which by the way are the coolest most nicest people you would ever meet! We completely took over their living room with how many beds we needed, and showed up at their house at midnight! They were totally chill and still greeted us with happy faces.

Our friend Carlos is a talker and we love listening to him, so we ended up going to sleep probably around 130am! Carlos had to work at 7 and Jason and I were scheduled for a ride to pick up my shirt at 5:00. Needless to say we got very little sleep, but it was totally worth it.

Upon getting my shirt for the marathon (yes I had to at least get that even if I wasn't running), I wanted to cry. It was so hard not to get on the buses with the other marathoners. Maybe I'll learn from my mistakes this time and train smart so as not to injure myself.

I cried... someday I will run a marathon!

Anyways.... We went back for a little hour nap and were up again to go to the 5k. I was so jealous of Kira and Jason, but so glad I had Siehara to keep me company while we waited to run. Both Kira and Jason did an awesome job running! Jason missed placing in his age division by mere seconds. Sad thing was, I wasn't there to see him cross the finish line :( Siehara and I wanted to grab breakfast, and with a place only seconds away thought we could totally make it back in time. We didn't really think about all the roads being blocked off however, and I bawled when I say Jason was already done. He had been done for a couple of minutes too. I felt like such a horrible wife, but getting breakfast was kind of a good idea. After Kira crossed the finish line, I had to take Jason to his class super fast. I felt so bad about missing him that I gave him my breakfast and things were good :)

Before the race :)

Kira was super excited!

I was so glad to have this crazy girl with me!

The end of the race... I missed him at the finish line :(

While Jason was in class we had a girls day! The sisters were able to go to breakfast and walk around the town of Logan Utah. We ended up going to PetsMart, held some sweet little kitties, tried out some Down East couches and walked around good ol' Old Navy. Before we could fall asleep on some of the really nice couches, it was already time to pick up Jason and time to get to a BBQ.

The BBQ was so much fun! We had a group of us who are really good friends get together. We enjoyed delicious food, laughed hysterically, and played some beach volleyball. It was awesome! Although I'm kind of sad to find that I was a little sore this morning :P

We drove back to Roy after all of our fun, and ended up having a pretty early night. We were all exhausted from the lack of sleep and busy day that even a movie couldn't keep us awake. Sunday morning came a little too quickly, and before we knew it we were eating an amazing breakfast (that Jason made) and saying our goodbyes. I love seeing people and visiting, but the goodbyes always suck! Kira got to stay a little bit longer, so we went to church, met our new class (we are teaching the Sunday school class for 14-15 year olds), made a mouth watering dinner, enjoyed a delicious desert, and said our goodbyes yet again. Next time they come, we will be attending the BYU vs. Utah State game!! Ha ha, I can hardly wait!

The best baked potato soup of your life!!

Our delicious peach cobbler! We had it with yummy vanilla ice cream!

Well... it's time to get some rest in preparation for yet another crazy week. If I survive, I'll tell you about all the awesome things that happen. Until then.... enjoy the rest of the weekend. Monday seems to come so quickly.