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It's been a long time since I have blogged and I've had a few people ask what's going on? Well, a lot has gone over the past few 6 months. Really it's been that long - wow! So, over the next couple of weeks I will bring you all up to speed.

So, after my 2nd show things got a little crazy to say the least. I took 2nd in my 2nd show, but hoping for 1st - it was a really hard for me to accept 2nd. After feeling sorry for myself I realized I was be, well - STUPID!! 2nd is great!! My goal was to do 1 show, so doing 2 was an added BONUS! So, here are my photos from show 2!Looking back at these photos I think I was a little "nuts" haha!! But, truthfully, when you train this hard for so long you expect perfection and your mind gets - NUTS!! It was a really hard time for me to adjust to normal life again. I did good until my body started to look "soft" (which is normal athletic looking like you see in a shape magazines) and a girl took a double take at me at the gym. The last time she saw me was 2 days before my 1st show - she was a little shocked to see from 11% body fat to 15% body fat. Needless to say I have learned that 15% body fat is awesome for a woman and healthy.

So after this long not so fun journey, I returned to my old self and started to concentrate on other great things in my life .... like MY FAMILY :) Doing all of this training really takes a toll on your relationships. Mark and I took the kiddos to Oregon and we had a BLAST!! He even drove out of his way (another 900 miles) to take me to IN and OUT on the way back to Utah :) Love him!! Here are some fun photos of our summer vacation at the Beach House!

We also enjoyed some great boating trips this summer too! My whole family came out for a boating day and we had a lot of fun!! I seriously can't tell who had more fun, my kids or my dad!! He tubed for 4 hours straight! One thing I regret is we didn't get any photos of Mark - he was so worried that day trying to make sure everyone was having a good time!! Love that man!