May in SLC

May has been a full & exciting month for us as coaches! We finished up a successful track & field season 4 individuals & 4 relay teams making it to the State Meet at BYU. It's exciting to think where our team will be next year since many of the competitors are underclassmen, but it's also hard to say good-bye to the seniors! We really enjoy working with these athletes. However, there's little down time seeing as we've already had a parent meeting for the upcoming XC season as well as beginning XC practices after school.

Olympus Track Team at the Region Championships

At the Track Awards Banquet with some of our wonderful seniors

We celebrating Todd's birthday at the beginning of May. He wanted to spend his birthday outside--grilling & playing yard games. The Spence family invited us over to do just that, and the Moffatts joined us. It was a relaxing, sunny day. We just recently shopped for his birthday gift (Todd doesn't like surprises, and I usually don't get him exactly what he wants) and he picked out a two-burner car camping stove and the board game Carcassone. 

We spent the afternoon on Mother's Day helping the Moffatts pack up their apartment. We had a picnic in the park later in the week with all of our New Song Pres friends to say farewell to this wonderful family. We will truly miss Mark, Jenna, & Harper as they are moving back to South Dakota (luckily that's not too far from Minnesota). We are so thankful for their friendship and great times we've had!

I spent 4 days in Scottsdale, AZ for the annual CPSDA (Collegiate & Professional Sports Dietitians Asssociation) conference. I learned a lot as well as had the opportunity to meet some collegiate dietitians from around the US that I hadn't met before. A large group from our conference hiked up Camelbak Mountain on of the mornings we were there. Luckily we started really early since the weather was 90-100 degrees while we were there!

View from the top of Camelbak Mountain

Coworkers and I at the top

University of Utah Dietitians & Interns--Past & Present

Despite plans to camp at Capitol Reef National Park over Memorial Day weekend, Todd and I stayed home and tried to catch up on sleep & work instead. Todd's been swamped at work (and is very eager for this school year to come to a close). So instead of a camping trip, we had a BBQ with the Spences, spent some time at the Murray City Pool, tended to our garden box, and attended a graduation party for one of the seniors we coached. It was a great, refreshing weekend.

Todd building my garden box. It's now filled with salad greens, tomatoes, bell peppers, squash, & green beans.

Hope y'all are enjoying your weekend!