Church Callings

So a couple months ago Jeff and I got new callings in our ward and we have had a lot of fun doing them. Jeff does so well with the boys and I have a lot of fun teaching my girls.

In January Jeff took the scouts up to the cabin where they cross country skied and made snow forts. They had a lot of fun and jeff enjoys any excuse to go out and have a little fun with just the boys.

I have been teaching the 8-11 year old girls in primary and also doing activity days. A couple weeks ago we had them over to our house and had a pizza party. We played Disney's scene it and had root beer floats. It was a fun way to get to know each other.

Here are the cute girls I get to teach!

And here are the boys Jeff teaches!

We are so grateful for the church and all it does for our little family. I am also so grateful I have a husband that is always pushing me to be a little better, and what good example he has been in his calling so I can be better in mine.

5k In St George

So this last weekend we went to St. George so I could run my first race. I was pretty excited and little nervous. My Goal was to not stop and have to walk and also to run in about 30 min or so. When I was training I was running about 10 to 11 minutes a mile so I figured that was a pretty reasonable goal. So we drove down on Friday to St. George and then went and got our T-Shirts, numbers and chip(this is so they know what time you started and ended). Then as a tradition, we had to go Carb load ha ha. Not that we really needed it for a 5k but it was in the spirit of things. We to Brick oven and had their awesome pasta bar. Then according to my dad, we need to pin our numbers on our shirts the night before, so after dinner that is what we did. The next morning we got up about 8 got ready then, to the race we went.

All in all in my experience I had good parts and bad parts. The good parts were that I finished with out stopping and my time we 31:31. Yay! The bad part was that I got the worst side ache after mile 2 and I could not get it to go away. I felt like I was going to die! This was probably due to the fact that the first mile and a half I was running 8.5 min a mile, and like I said before i I was training at about 10 to 11 min a mile. But being the competitive, suborn person I am I was not going to let my side ache stop me. So needless to say I was about to pass out once I passed that finish line. But it did feel awesome after I could breath again ha ha. I am so grateful I had my dad there with me while I ran and to my husband, mom and sister Kirsten there cheering us on at the finish line. I did finished 11th place in my age group and 243 in the whole race of about 500 hundred, so not too bad for my first race. It was a lot of fun and I look forward to my next race in july.

Here are a few pictures from this weekend...

Me and my dad before the race

Me and my Dad after the race.. as you see i am about to pass out ha ha. But I finished!

My uncle Kenny was running the half marathon so we watched him finish when we were done! Good job kenny!

These were some of my dad's friends that ran the half, but because my dad is awesome he ran with me instead.

Britney lives in St. George so we hung out while we were down there and played some fun games with her and her really funny roommates.

Thanks babe for coming down and supporting me! I love you lots!

These were the shirts that we got for running the race. We didn't wear those because if you wore your it meant you were a rookie and I did not want people to think that. So we had to take our Victory shirts picture.

Thanks mom and Dad for all the fun!

Starting Over...

So for those of you who still check to see if I even update my blog, can tell that I have not been good at it. I have not been good at it since I started the thing. I think part of that is because I don't really know how to use it, make it look cute, or feel like i have anything worth writing about that anyone would want to read. So I decided that my attitude was not the best and that I needed this blog for me and for no one else. Why the new attitude you ask?

Well My Grandpa Herbert died last monday January 11, 2010. And he loved to write a journal, and he did it on his computer. So I decided that I have put off journal writing for so long that its time to get my butt into gear and write a few things down. So if anyone is reading this or not here are a few things that have been going on in the life of Jeff and Kimberlyn Allen:

Jeff is going to school at UVU and is taking physics, and two chemistry classes. He got a scholarship from UVU which paid for school last semester and this semester (That was a total Blessing!) He is not working too much right now because it is the off season for landscaping. He is so excited to start it back up in the spring. But school has been keeping him pretty busy so I am sure he is not too sad for work being slow.

As for Me, I am still work for Dr. Barry. Back in October I started running with my Dad. We are going to run a 5K in St. George this weekend and I'm so excited. I haven't really caught the running bug yet but I enjoy the extra one on one time I get to spend with my dad running so it makes it worth it. After this race I am going to start training for a 1oK and then who knows where I will be then.

In August we moved into a house in provo. We have 6 chickens in our backyard and I have not bought eggs since I moved in. Its been a lot of fun being on our own again and we are enjoying our new ward.

Jeff got called to serve in the young mens. He teaches the deacons and helps out with scouts. Other then the boys being a little loud I think he enjoys it. I am serving in the Primary teaching the girls from ages 8-11. I love my calling one because primary is fun and two because we also do activity days, which is a blast.

So that is pretty much the low down so far... until next time!

Happy New Year

Wow...I guess I have had a ton to blog about. I guess that is what happens when you are a month behind. So, for those who know the Allen family pretty well you wouldn't be shocked to hear we were at the cabin over the new year's. We always do fun things when we are at the cabin. But the new year's trip is the big snowmobiling trip. So we watch a lot of movies, eat a lot of food, the boys like to go hunting, we play on the snowmobiles, and play games. Its a lot of fun.

Me and Jeff right after midnight

We went shooting one of the days, which was fun.

These pictures are what Ty would call "creating fake memories" we weren't really shooting at the time but hey you got to get pictures some how ha ha.

Me and the little bug

Me,Kathy, and Kailey made a princess snow castle!

The whole gang

Jeff and Ty went hunting together and got six ducks!

Its the most wonderful time of the Year

Merry Christmas Everyone! Jeff and I had a great Christmas! We had a lot of fun hanging out with family and spoiling each other rotten. It was nice this year because we didn't have any parties on Christmas so we just got to relax and enjoy the day. We also got to talk to my brother corban for the last time before he come home from his mission in Oklahoma. So anyway we had a blast and hope for great Christmas to come!

All the boys got Bean-O for Christmas, the picture explains it's self

Christmas Eve

If you couldn't tell by my pictures we had Santa come to our Christmas eve party at the Carter home. He also brought his lovely wife Mrs. Clause :D This year was my first year not going to my grandma Herbert's for Christmas eve. Luckily Jeff's family does pretty much the same thing my family does for Christmas eve. We eat, do a little talent show, sing and Jeff's family does white elephants. It was different being somewhere else but still a lot of fun.


Even Kathy sat on Santa's lap

McKailey told Santa that she wanted a Dora doll with a pony.

Ty and Ali

Mr and Mrs. Santa Clause

The Barry Family Dental Group Christmas Party

I had so much fun at our Christmas party this year! We went to Noah's in Lindon. We had a good dinner then got to hang out and Ice skate on the roof. The people I work with are awesome and I am lucky to have such a great job. Thank you to Dr. Barry and Dr. Dave!


This is my Buddy Liz! She is Awesome.

The one and only Skyler!

Me, steph and same name!