Polar Plunge and Valentines Day

Polar Plunge

So on February 8th I participated in the Cache Valley Polar Plunge in Hyrum. It was a fundraiser for The Special Olympics and I did it because I get credit for doing it in one of my community health classes. My mom and dad even came up to watch me and we went to dinner Friday Night at the Beehive Grill. It was yummy, then I went back to my mom and dad's hotel and we went swimming, and were going to hot tub, but the hot tub was surprisingly too hot. And we watched the opening ceremonies for the Olympics on TV. Pat had to go back to work after we had dinner.
Then on Saturday Pat and I woke up and went to Hyrum and got me registered at 10:00am and then we waited for it to start at 11:00 and for my parents to meet us. When I registered they gave me my t-shirt and I was very tempted to just run away since I had already received the shirt ha ha.
I got kinda nervous and didn't really want to jump in the freezing lake especially after I saw the size of the huge hole they had carved in the ice. But I was one of the first people to go. I just wanted to get it over with pretty much, since I hate the cold. Let me tell you it was freezing! Some people just jumped in and swam across and got out and acted like it was no big deal. I have no idea how they did that. It was super cold and I already started losing feeling in my legs and hands like immediately after I jumped in ha ha. Here's me walking the loooong walk to where you jump from.

And jumping. Longest second of my life while I was in the air. Or maybe half a second since I didn't really jump. I should've actually jumped. Further. A lot further.

And this ridiculous face pretty much accurately describes how cold the water was ha ha

So then after I jumped in and immediately starting losing feeling in my fingers and going numb, I decided I didn't want to swim all the way across the hole to get out. So I swam over to a rescue person and had them pull me out of the water ha ha. But hey I did it!

Valentines 

So our Valentines was a little low key this year since Pat worked in the morning and I had to work later that night and Olive Garden was crazy busy so I had a super long shift. (As far as serving shifts go of course) But I made some cookies before I left for work and then Pat came home and had bought 2 packs of Oreos, and had found me some cookie dough ice cream that doesn't even have eggs in. It. was. Awesome! Not extremely good for me though since I have been eating cookies and ice cream everyday since then, and I am supposed to be training for a triathlon. Oh well. It was delicious. Then when I got off work Pat was awesome and sweet and had cooked us up a nice steak dinner with delicious garlic cheesy potatoes. Love him!!!!

Our extravagant decorations

Heart cookies

What is better than a homemade card? :)

 And here's one to motivate me to train for my upcoming triathlon with my awesome bike that Pat got me last year for my birthday. I think it definitely needs to be in a triathlon. Although it is coming up way too soon I am excited for it!