St. George Half Marathon

Oh my goodness. I never thought I would be able to say this but I ran a half marathon on January 19th :) I wasn't the fastest person there but I finished! I didn't think I was going to be able to finish but I did it. Donnie, Scott, Dad, Melissa and I all ran it. I was the slowest of the bunch but I don't mind :) We had a little cheer section for us it was made up of Steph, Krysta, Abi, and Trent. They came and saw me about mile 6 and it is a good thing becaues I needed an extra boost! I felt a sense of accompishment when I crossed the finish line. I know it won't be my last race.. one day I will run a marathon. TTFN :) Jess

2012 in Review!

January *January is our anniversary month. We didn't really do much for this anniversary. It was our 3rd :) I had got Donnie some Zac Brown Band tickets so we went and saw them in concert and they were amazing!! :) We went out to P.F. Changs for dinner before. For our anniversary we stayed at home and ate cookies and watched "How I Met Your Mother". It was a nice anniversary!!

February *This is Donnie's least favorite month. (He isn't much of a Valentine's guy). But he suprised me with Lady Antebellum tickets for our anniversary and it was on Febuarary 14th (Valentines Day) :) We took the front runner down to Energy Soultions and watched the wonderful concert. We had so much fun and Lady A is amazing live!

*We also added a second dog to our family! :) Fudge! He is such a good dog and we love him to pieces. (Even when he marks things in the house) Sassy loves having a friend to play with.

*In February we also found out that we would be adding another niece or nephew to the family. (Cameron and Jamie found out they were pregnant) *I started my weight loss journey:) *My best friend Maurie left on her mission. (Miss her but I know she is doing wonderful work) March, April, May *I don't have specific memories of these months but I do know that we had a lot of fun starting to hike and work out together. We did go fishing a few times :)

June *In June our cute niece Kenzie turned 1 :) She was a party animal. It was so fun.

*Donnie ran a race in Provo with Scott (Our BIL) Steph, Abi & I watched and cheered them on. For some reason I can't find any picutres. *My total weight loss came to 32 lbs :)

*Donnie's Grandpa Read passed away :(

July *We weren't able to go to St. George for the 4th of July with my family and so we went swimming at the aquatic center. We had a lot of fun.

*We went on a family trip with all the HOWELL'S to the Granite Flats. We had a great time. Donnie and I caught some pretty cute little fish :) August *At the beginning of August I ran my first 10k in Ephraim. It was so beautiful. Donnie's phone erased most of the pictures so I only have a few of us fishing. We had a great time fishing. After the race we stayed and fished for a couple of days and then on the last day we went to Lagoon. It was a great little getaway.

* Our cute niece Abi turned 1 :)

* I started my last semester of school for my Bachelor's Degree!!!!!! September * We had a new niece born, they named her Brylee Marie Howell. She is just the cutest.

October * We celebrated Donnie's 26th birthday :) He is such a handsome guy. I just love him muchisimo.

* We had a lot of fun hanging out with our nieces on Halloween and seeing them all dressed up. Abi was Rapunzel, Kenzie was an elephant and Brylee was a cow :) * Donnie ran in the tough mudder :) He is a total stud! November * We celebrated Thanksgiving with family. * I finished my portfolio for graduation! December * Celebrated my 23rd birthday :) Went to Tepenyaki for dinner! Donnie suprised me with a beautiful locket! * Had our annual friend Christmas party.

* Graduated with my Bachelor's from Weber State University.

* Celebrated Christmas with friends and family!!! We had a pretty great year!! :) We are hoping that this year is just as good and hopefully a few things happen for us!! Happy New Year Love the Howell's!

Love, Jess

Budgeting/Goal Setting Workshops

My friend/classmate and I are going to be doing a two day workshop. The first day will be on budgeting and the second day will be on goal setting. We would love to see as many people there as possible. Read the fliers above and it should give you all information you need. If you need any other information feel free to text or call me at 801-389-5191. Thank you!! Jessica

Life in the day of Jessica & Donnie

Life lately has consisted of work, school, internship, homework and more school. This is life for me. Life for Donnie has consisted of work, more work and some fishing! He goes out fishing whenever he can. So as you can see school has started once again. I am liking it so far, but let me tell you what it sure kicks my butt. I am exhausted at the end of the day and end up falling asleep on the couch most nights and then my sweet hubby takes me up to bed. I was able to enjoy a fun girls night the other night (pictures to come soon! It was much needed and I actually think I am still recovering from it lol! :) Just a little life update. Hopefully soon I will be able to post some pictures of our little bit of fun we got to have this summer! We spent some time fishing and camping and even ran a little 10k race! (which we may have lost the pictures from :() TTFN!! Love, Jess