Brandalyn Crapo

One more!

2009-08-19T11:51:00.001-06:00

So before I left for Boise I got my nephew drinking Mt. Dew. Everytime I would open one he would go get two straws and bring them to me and this is what we would do. I had him trained very well.... This is real love!!

I moved!!!

2009-08-18T22:39:00.003-06:00

That's right.... I'm a Boise State Bronco! I moved here for school and I'm lovin it! So from now on, i'm sure you'll all get to see lots of updates from Boise!!! I know you're all excited.... Go blue!Deven just hangin out at my apt after a long day of moving!

Or I guess I should probably say a long day of playing while I unpacked!

Cruisin campus findin where my classes will be!

No caption needed...... haha!

Ridin!

2009-08-18T22:31:00.001-06:00

Pictures of riding! Probably the last ride of the summer! Bummer.....Jase, Dylan, Me @ Fransens track

Pig Wrestling!!

2009-08-18T22:12:00.005-06:00

So I got a phone call from a friend, she said, "Oh have I got something fun for you to do! If you can get in a cage and fight you can do this so just say you'll do it and then I will tell you what it is." So me being me what do i do? I say Ok i'll do it, what is it?.... Pig Wrestling at the county fair!! That's right.... Pig wrestling. A team of four people, you have one minute to chase down a pig, pick it up and carry it to a bucket, then drop it in butt first. Sounds easy right? Well in knee high mud and a crazy pig, it's not as easy as it sounds...... Enjoy!

Bree, Denise, my sister Angie, & me... waiting for the go!

Here piggy piggy!

Me chasing after the pig

Yep, the pig dragging me through the mud. Go team me!

Supervising everyone else

A grown pig is not easy to pick up, at all!!

Trying to lift the pig

After time ran out my sister pushed me over then shoved my face in the mud... Nice

Me running after my sister trying to grab her feet..... Payback!

Me on the ground diving for her feet before she could leave the arena

Trying to pull her off of the gate

She got away, then i get pushed down AGAIN by Denise!

When it was all said and done..... I think i got the most covered in mud award!

My 21st b-day!

2009-07-21T15:39:00.004-06:00

Thats right, I turned the big 21.... Quite the eventful day, I worked for a few hours, hung out with lots of family & friends. Had a bbq and a little bonfire. Over all it was a great birthday. Thanks to all of you that called, wrote, or came & celebrated! It was a great birthday!

So here are a lot of pictures from throughout the day...

My parents close friends Garth & Bev came over with their two kids Gavin & Gabby. This is Gavin. For years now he has told everyone i'm his girlfriend and we're getting married. He's so cute... So i went to his party a few weeks ago, he showed me off to everyone introducing me as his babe and told me he loved me probably 100 times that day. So they came to my party and of course we had to get some pictures together. He turned 15, and he's already told his parents i am the first girl he will go on a date with in a year. haha!

What a stud...I dont have pics of everyone that came but here's Denik, Flynt & my dad

Enjoyin some food! As always...

More Birthday!

2009-07-21T15:26:00.002-06:00

Some more birthday pics.....

Pre-birthday Golf

2009-07-19T15:49:00.004-06:00

So we had a Stoddard family reunion, tons of people were there and I ended up being volunteered to be the photographer for it. It was quite the event... Only a few of the Crapo family showed up as you can see. But I just thought I'd post this pic of those of us who did. Left to right: Uncle David & aunt Patsy, my mom, dad behind me, me, Grandma Linda, Aunt Susan & Uncle Judd and Grandpa George in the front. Kind of a fun picture to have of me & some of the fam.

On to this weekend..... It's been a countdown since Saturday for my BIRTHDAY to finally be here! I can't believe I'm turning 21 tomorrow! Woo Hoo!! Only one more day! So Saturday after I was done coaching softball a couple friends took me golfing to start off the weekend. Here's a few pics. Let me just say i was pretty entertained. Amy "Tiger Woods" and Krista sure are good golfers! :) haha

Showing the big numbers..... 2-1!!!

Here I am with my Air Club showing Amy how to golf!

Krista

Look at that form

Relaxing in the cart from the 100 degree heat, and the dumb mosquito's!!

Me chillin in the cart

Friday night we went and rented some movies... The Haunting in Connecticut... DO NOT rent it. I thought it was the dumbest movie ever! Ate some Wingers... Today we've just relaxed with the family, hung out with my nephews and getting ready for the big day tomorrow! I'm not quite sure what the fams got planned but I'm sure something exciting!! Hopefully this rain goes away and cooperates so we can have some fun!

In Loving Memory......

2009-07-12T22:41:00.011-06:00

This will most likely be a long post, but well worth the time to read.....

July 12, 2006.... It's hard to believe it's been three years since the tragic accident that took a close family member. I still remember it like it was yesterday. What I was doing, how I was at a friends that day eating Spaghetti & playing cards. I stopped at Texaco on my way out to my friends to grab some pop for everyone and saw a high school bud gassing up his motorcycle. I stopped and talked to him for a second, said be careful, then drove out of the parking lot. A few hours after hanging out at Kristens I came home to one of the worst nights of my life.... My mom standing at the screen door waiting to tell me the news of Jeremys accident. I was stunned. Nothing would come out of my mouth. I remember sitting in my cousin Colbys pickup for hours crying with him. I knew when I heard he was in a collision with another local it was my friend that I had talked to at Texaco, Michael. It hit me the second my mom had told me we had lost Jeremy. Nobody knew for sure who the other kid was but I did. For hours we waited to hear who it was and when we finally did, i couldn't believe it. My own classmate, my own friend. I'll never forget hearing they weren't sure if he was going to make it either. I remember seeing him for the first time at Jeremys funeral all banged up, black & blue. It was one of the worst weeks of my life!

But onto the good.......

Jeremy was always such a gentleman. He could always make anyone laugh. I remember the time when him and Linds had just been married and moved into an apartment in Rexburg. Jeremy invited Colby & I over for a sleepover! I'm sure Linds loved that!! We went and got pizza and all crashed all the living room floor.

I remember seeing him drive by the house all the time in his brown pickup laying on the horn and sticking his arm out of the window making sure i would noticed he waved after i had given him a hard time once that he needs to not be so stuck up and stop doing the one finger wave when he drives by and i'm outside.

When Colby and I got to go to Minnesota to watch the Crapo Brothers Racing Team race their snowmachines. What a blast that was! Mall of America, hanging out with some of our favorite cousins and our role models. It was so cool to be with them at such a young age and get to tell everyone, yep, we're with them professional riders, they're our cousins!

Or the time I went out to the motorcycle track by my Uncle David & aunt Patsys. Jeremy was there with some other riders and one happened to be Garth Kaufman (professional sno cross racer for those of you who don't know) I kinda stepped back and out of the way and watched for a while. After waiting forever they drove off the track and went to go grab a drink. I took a few laps on the track then pulled over by them. Mind you that this whole time I had my helmet on the whole time and they had no idea i was a girl. I pulled my helmet off and Garth said, "Holy! You're a girl!?" Jeremy with a quick response said, Yep, and that's my cousin. Quite the rider for a little girl huh? With a big smirk on his face. That is one memory I will never in my life forget. I ended up tearing my pants later that day from my zipper to my knee, but we can keep that part of the story to its self.

Jeremy was such a good father. I loved watching him raise Taylor & Bridger. He was always so cute with them and so willing to teach them anything they wanted to learn. Such as riding snowmachines while they were probably still in diapers. They were his pride & joys and you could see that everytime you were around them.

Tonight in memory of Jeremy a few family members and friends rode out across the sands to where the accident took place and the little memorial they have for him out there. If you haven't been out there everyone needs to see it sometime. It's awesome! So here are a few pictures to show you the third year anniversary of Jeremys memorial....

Getting ready to head out to the memorial

The sign left out in the sagebrush for Jeremy. With his autograph & number 29

Uncle David helping Bridger put a sticker of Jeremy on the sign

Bridger finishing up with the sticker

Taylor, Bridger, & Kaitlyn placing flowers

Some of Jeremys nieces and newphews, plus kids. Holding up 3 fingers for the 3rd year

Uncle David with the kids
Taylor & Bridger at their dads memorial

Me Me, my mom & dad

It was such a beautiful night for us to be able to go out there. As we were headed in the temperature was perfect and the sunset was amazing.
Me by the lakes heading in for the night

And of course on the way out we had to stop at the end of the road, or the entrance to the parking lot and get a picture with the street sign that was hung for Jeremy.

You were an amazing child, husband, father, cousin, grandchild, friend, rider, and many more. You will always and forever be missed. You're in our hearts day in and day out. We can't wait until we will all be able to see you again someday. We miss you & we love you Jeremy!!

Newest Addition!

2009-07-12T22:22:00.004-06:00

So...... I gave in to myself, and got a PUPPY! I've been wanting to but wasn't sure if I would or not. Then some friends were giving eight away I believe so before they went to Walmart I ran over there and picked one out and here he is...... His name is Dew! Yup, like Mountain Dew. haha! I'm obsessed i know, but isn't he so cute!!

And here's a random of me, on my way to bag groceries at Broulims for a Softball fundraiser. I'm a pro! haha, but... I'll post more on that later.

i LOVE summer!

2009-06-30T10:16:00.005-06:00

MORE BOATING!!!!

Me, my sister Christy & her two kids, and also my cousins Brayden & Kenz got a few hours of boating in yesterday. It's official, someone out of our family FINALLY has a tower on their boat! Basically for those of you who dont know it's so the rope is hung a lot higher and it makes you fly farther & higher, and able to do a lot more. It's Awesome! So it's now official, I can jump the whole wake on a wakeboard... Yes, that is pretty far. So maybe i'm a little proud....... So What!

Jo Jo (that's Jakes new nickname) Me, & Tacy

Me
Me again
And again...

That's right.... That's me....... That is me in the process of a backflip

These next two I had to post cause they make me laugh. Me & Brayden have always been told we look alike and could be brother and sister instead of cousins and we've been mistaken for that many times. Check out the facial expressions...

Brayden

Brayden in the process of his backflip

Christy, Tacy, Jo Jo, & Kenz wakeboardin in the background

The 3 amigos

Brayden

Me & Jo Jo.... Yep, he had way to much fun. He was out!

Boating!

2009-06-19T21:38:00.006-06:00

Have I ever mentioned.... I LOVE BOATING!!!? Well today was FINALLY a good day so guess what we did when I got off work! Woo Hoo!!!

Headed to Ririe

Connor (Taylers nephew) & a friend Tyler jumpin in when we got to the dock. Me & Ty Ty go way back. Ok not really but we trained at the same gym and fought together.

Me & Kenz after I got done wakeboarding. Hint of why I look so rough...

Kenzie wearing Lexies glasses. HAHAHA!

So long story short, you would have thought there were drugs or somethin on our boat. This "tough" sheriff would not stop following us. They were actually kinda annoying but we sure got a kick out of the guy on the back tryin to look so cool.

Kat, Me, Krista

Connor, Tay Tay, & Lexie

I dont think we actually got a pic with everyone in it but here's a few peeps. There was 11 of us though, it was Awesome!!

Lexie & Tay catchin some air

Connor drivin the boat with his "aunt skip" He LOVES me!

Another one of us drivin

Last but not least.... Lexie, the queen of the tube. I have never laughed so hard. She will hang on to the tube for dear life and it takes forever to throw her off. She's banged up after today i'm sure! Here's a pic of the tube, ya can't see her but she was back there somewhere!!

Muddin!

2009-06-18T21:35:00.004-06:00

Well as you all know it was raining buckets tonight... SO.... Here's what we did to entertain ourselves. Talk about some fun! Only would this happen in our town... haha

Sweet picture right? Well here's how it started off, us nice & clean
I make it even more redneck in my SWEET muscle shirt....

It started off by running through puddles.

Then driving through the puddles....

Then Krista's brother Trevor came and met up with us, and I somehow ended up in the back of the pickup in the desert in the middle of no where.... Yep, as they drove through puddles.

It was quite the ride!

The Driver

Ya can't really tell but i'm soakin wet!!!

And a little bit.... Muddy!

Krista after her crazy ride!

Yep, that would be us sittin in a puddle in some random dirt road

So next time it pours, which will probably be tomorrow.... Seems like that's all it does around here anymore, now you all have an idea of what to do instead of sittin in the house being bored!

More Catch Up!

2009-06-18T16:33:00.002-06:00

A few last pictures of random things going on lately...

Two little stinkers, Tacy & Jake hangin out at grandmas!

Summer is here!! It's sand dunin time!!
Kaiden playin some baseball

And last but not least... Graduation! I can't believe it's already that time again! My cousin Carlie graduated from South, along with Kristen one of my good friends. So here are some pics of that.

Me & my cousins, Colby, Carlie, & Kenzie

Me, Colby, & Carlie

Me, Carlie & Kenz

Me & Kristen

Recent Birthdays

2009-06-18T15:55:00.009-06:00

Two of my adorable nephews both turned one! Jake & Devin! So here are a few pics from their parties.

Here's Deven before the party started. That'd be me in the white teasin him. I can't believe how big he is getting. That's his big cheeser grin!

Deven getting ready to have cake!

Me dishin up all the little kiddies at the party

About to dig in!

When it was all said and done....

Birthday boy with his two older brothers

His new ride!

Now for Jakey Jakes big day!!
Opening some presents
When he was clean...

After diggin in!

I didn't get quite as many pictures of Jake but I did get these recently while we were hangin out at my moms so I'll post them instead cause they're so cute!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the two little guys in my life!! Love you!

Catch up!

2009-06-18T11:15:00.005-06:00

Well it's been quite a while since I've blogged anything so I just went through & found some of the latest things I've been up to, so here we go.

Me & my momma, just a freakin cute picture!

Me & Tacy comin home from eatin at the Olive Garden! Jakey Jake turned one!!
Me & Jake supportin the hood look...

I recently had my sister Angie & her family move in with me. They're living with me until they get their house built. So needless to say I get to spend more time with three of my cute nephews. They know how to keep everyone entertained that's for sure. We have our good & bad days like any family with kids I'm sure. I am sure learning how to be patient with kids though! :) A baseball bat got thrown through my tv a few weeks ago and no worries, the two older boys are still alive.... Barely. Just kidding!! They got to bed before I got home so I had time to cool off. Probably a good thing right? Anyways, every morning it's a fight for the bathroom. And if I beat the little ones to the shower then they're usually in the tub while I'm getting ready. The joy of having one bathroom for six people right? We have lots of fun hanging out though, whatever we end up doing that day.

Rett & Devon Otter Pop time!
Grocery shopping.... It does get crazy at times!

Finally!!!!!! BRAYDEN IS HOME! I've been waiting for this day for a way long time! It's been so fun to have him home. He hasn't changed a bit! We've had quite the fun times together already and I'm sure there is plenty more to come!

I AM HEALED! Ok maybe like 92.7685% healed. I still have a little gimp, BUT no more boot or crutches or any of the junk! WOO HOO! It's been great. Here's a pic of my new hardware though! Pretty cool.....

Softball has officially come & gone. Now it's on to the summer league! I'll post pics of that later though.

I'm sure there's lots of other fun things going on in my uneventful life, but my cameras at home with all the pictures so I will post more later. Hope you all are doing great!

Bad Luck Saturday!

2009-04-10T10:37:00.005-06:00

Well, now that I've told you about the happy days of my life the past few weeks, here comes the bad news! That's right... Bad News. So on Saturday the 4th, I went outside and jumped on my dirt bike. No big deal, i do it all the time! I was going down the road from my parents, then came back. Went down a different road then came back, and that's when my day went wrong. I stopped at the four way stop, checked for cars, then started my turn left. I'm not sure if this all happened because my tires were wet, plus i had drove through sand or if it was just an operator error? But anyways, here's how it ended... I hit the gas as i turned left and the back wheel came out from under me. I caught myself and leaned to the right to bring the bike straight back up. Well.... I think i hit the gas a little to hard and my front wheel was going left to right back and forth way to quick for me to catch up with. And then BAM... There i was face planting it into the street, and rolling down the road. No helmet on, trust me though, I LEARNED & I've heard it from EVERYONE... It doesn't matter if you go around the block or not, something can always go wrong. So on with my story, i jumped up and my adrenaline was pumping! I had a hat on that flew off so i grabbed it then walked back probably 10-15 feet where the motorcycle was. There was a car coming down the road so I figured i'd better get it out of the way. Some nice lady stopped and asked if I was ok, and me being all tough said,"Yep i'm good!" So she left.... I somehow managed to lift the bike up, push it into my parents yard then i realized... My foot! No way was that just a sprain. I hobbled into the house and layed down. We ended up going into the Emergency Room probably about 45 minutes later. They did x-rays and a cat scan and sure enough. I BROKE MY FOOT! Not just some easy normal break, nope... I had to have surgery on it! Crazy i know. My luck seems to be running dry lately! So, here I am on the couch, with my broken foot. Surgery was on Wednesday so from Saturday till my surgery I just had to hang out until they could get me in to fix it. Rough weekend right!? You can see the tiny bit of road rash on my cheek, and I also had some on my left hand. But other than my foot, I'm just bruised up and sore!!If ya look close enough you can see the black mark my back tire left on the road when i turned and hit the gas.

When the motorcycle hit the ground the foot peg left this mark in the road. Glad i left my mark, proof of one good crash if I do say so myself!

As i was tumbling down the road the bike was tipped over and pretty sure i lost about half a tank of my gas! Here it is soaking up the gravel...
This picture is great... Not really though. My mom took this pic, she was standing right at the start of the black mark where I turned and I'm standing on my crutches right where the gas spot on the road was. But my body actually landed probably 10 feet past this mark. So basically what i'm trying to say is, I FLEW.

Now that the damage is done, I'll let ya take a look. Here's a picture of the engine, you can see it's a little scuffed up.

Here's me with my massive boot and crutches & obviously my un-lucky bike.

Surgery went quite well. Dr. Lee was impressed of how well it ended up going. I've now got some good hardware in my foot. Should be fun to have for the rest of my life. NOT! But i was probably more lucky than anything. It could have been a lot worse. I cant put any weight on my foot for six weeks!! It hasn't even been a week and I'm already sick of being laid up. I guess if anything i'll become a little more patience! For all of you that have called or come and visited or anything else that may have been done, THANK YOU!! You all mean the world to me and I'm glad I have such great friends and family taking care of me. Thanks again!!

Softball!!

2009-04-09T12:27:00.006-06:00

It's been quite a while since I've posted, so here is what's been going on. I'm the JV softball coach at South Fremont & I'm loving it! I've met a lot of new people that I'm so grateful they've come into my life. The girls are so much fun to be around, there never is a dull moment! Here is our practice a few days ago... Our field was wet from the bad weather so we let the girls soak up the water!

Here are the girls diving into the puddles!

Another one

14 of the 22 girls on the Softball team

As of right now the team is getting better day by day. We've got our goals set high and there is no doubt in my mind we won't be able to achieve them. Varsity has won 5 games and only lost one. JV hasn't got to play many games yet but hopefully we'll start getting more in. They've won one game, lost one game. This season has been a blast, even though we've had our ups and downs. I can't wait to see whats ahead of us!!!

Fun, fun, & more fun!

2009-02-25T05:04:00.011-07:00

Is Winter really almost over? This year is flying by! Here are a few things i did this winter to keep myself entertained! Besides working every night & sleeping all day i managed to have some fun.

Playing in the snow!! Attempting a backflip off the snowmachine

Backflip gone bad!Riding my Christmas present!
And of course, tipping it over....
Jumping my snowmachine!
You thought i was going to say crashing my snowmaching... Tricked ya!

And now that time has ALMOST come to put away our snow clothes, take down those winter decorations and get ready for SUMMER, Here's what we have to look forward to...
Boating!
And freezing when the wind blows!
Golfing!
My dad trying to show us what golfings all aboutThen my sister talking about who knows what
I love this picture.... So dad, what's the game plan?!
Going on trips with friends!! This sign reminds me of the movie Dumb & Dumber for some weird reason.... "I expected the rockies to be a little rockier than this! That John Denvers full of shiz!" And what am I doing in this picture anyways? Trying to put out the vibe?!

SKYDIVING!!! I'm so excited to do this again!

Well that's all of the fun things I found on my computer. Here's just a few pictures i found of me, myself, and I so when you are done reading this you have my wonderful smiling face in your mind :) I joke!

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!

100 random facts

2009-02-25T04:25:00.003-07:00

I was tagged by Mandy! So here we go...

Bold the items you have done:

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (Jr High & High School, Drums baby!)
4. Visit Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (If in your car counts)
11. Bungee Jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Been to the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa
20. Slept on a train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch Hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping (haha!)
27. Run a marathon
28.Rode in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagra Falls in person
34. Seen an Amish Community
35. Taught yourself a new language
36. Had enough money to be truly satasfied (Does this ever happen)
37. Visited the birthplace of your Ancestors
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung Karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful gyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Had your portrait painted
47. Gone deep sea fishing
48. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
49. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower
50. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
51. Kissed in the rain
52. Played in the mud
53. Gone to a drive in movie theater
54. Been in a movie (English projects count, right?)
55. Visited the Great Wall of China
56. Started a business (Photography, its startin to boom!)
57. Taken a Martial Arts Class
58. Visited Russia
59. Served at a soup kitchen
60. Sold girl scout cookies
61. Gone Whale watching
62. Got flowers for no reason
63. Donated plasma or blood
64. Gone Sky diving
65. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
66. Bounced a check
67. Flown in a helicopter
68. Saved a favorite childhood toy
69. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
70. Eaten Cavier
71. Tied a quilt
72. Stood in Time Square
73. Toured the Everglade
74. Been fired from a job
75. Seen the changing of the guards
76. Broken a bone
77. Been on a speeding motorcycle
78. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
79. Published a book
80. Visited the Vatican
81. Bought a brand new car
82. Walked in Jerusalem
83. Had your picture in the newspaper
84. Read the entire Bible
85. Visited the White House
86. Killed & prepared an animal for eating
87. Had Chicken pox
88. Saved someones life
89. Sat on a jury
90. Met someone famous
91. Joined a book club
92. Lost a loved one (Too Many)
93. Had a baby
94. Seen the Alamo in person
95. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
96. Been involved in a law suit
97. Been arrested (It was a joke to get asked to prom)98.
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Visited Italy

I tag Julie, Stacey, Carlie, & anyone else who is bored & wants something to do!

My big win!!

2008-12-25T05:56:00.008-07:00

Well since i've been slacking a little bit i decided i better get on here and get a post up before i leave work to go home and enjoy christmas morning! First of all i just want to say, graveyard shifts are kicking my butt!! Ok now that i got out of the way i thought i'd let everyone know about the fight before it's time to post about christmas!!! So here it is....

Here I am getting my ankles taped before the fight, looking pretty nervous!!

My biggest fans, my parents!

Julie (my cousin from Utah) & I

So the fight went AWESOME!! I fought a girl from Boise & I was pretty nervous but i felt so much more ready and confident this time. We started the fight and i threw in a little fake punch to see what she would do and she came at me swinging. She was all over the place so i threw one square punch right to her face! ouch! Her head went flying back, (I think thats my favorite part everytime i watch the movie) then we kinda twirled around trying to throw each other down, I finally got her down on her back and got another good punch in. Then i flipped her over on her stomach and i layed on her back. I snuck my arm underneath her neck and got her in a rear naked choke hold. Sounds kinda funny but that's what the moves called. So anyways, she tapped out cause i was choking her so hard. The fight lasted 30 seconds into the 1st round. (Most fights are 3 rounds, 3 minutes so it was really quick)

The girl i fought (Kayli) entering the gym

Me walkin into the gym

Me getting a good punch in!

Getting my medal after the win

Me after the fight relaxing

My brother Mitch, mom, me, sister Christy, & Dad..Missin a sister Angie, she couldn't make it

My Medal

People ask if i've had enough yet & i thought maybe after a win i would be done. But 30 seconds!!?? That's way to short of a fight for me. So we'll see whats in store...... :)

Fight this weekend!

2008-12-10T05:26:00.003-07:00

Well... Just to let everyone know, i'm cage fighting this weekend, Saturday December 13th @ Clair E Gale Jr High. (Mad Marvins Cage Fights) Doors open at 7:00 and fights start at 8:00. There are going to be some way good fights, including one girl fight :) That would be me! haha. Get your tickets and come check it out. You can get that at any Community Care or let me know, i also have some if anyone is interested. Hope to see you all there!!! Oh and start listening to Z103 if ya don't, they have a commercial about it and they talk about 2 guy fights, then they mention there will be a girl fight involving LOCAL FAVORITE BRANDALYN CRAPO fighting a girl from Boise. Ok so it's not really that cool, but kind of a surprise to me when i heard the radio & had no idea about it! I thought it was kinda cool. Anyways, Wish me luck! Hope to see ya there!!!!

My cute nephews & niece!

2008-11-20T05:54:00.009-07:00

Well, this week has been an eventful one! My sister and her husband are in Hawaii so my mom is watching 3 of my nephews, Kaiden, Rett, & Devin. It's been a mad house! If one set of kids is over, the rest of the grandkids have to come play. So i tried to occupy them so that my mom could have five minutes to herself. We went & watched Madagascar 2. So cute!! Afterwards when we got home i was playing with my camera & the all love their picture being taken, so we took pictures for fun! Here are some of them! To bad Seth & Connor weren't there!

Devin, Jake, Tacy, Rett, & Kaiden

My grandpa & his new wife Julie stopped by for a few hours from Utah so here the kids are with them!

Kaiden

Tacy, Rett, & Kaiden. Rett looks so thrilled!

Rett & Tacy

Jake

Jake & Devin

Devin

And the winner is...

2008-11-20T01:23:00.009-07:00

(My fight picture)

Well i said i would fill you all in on how i did @ the fights. And the winner is.. Not Me! haha. It was kind of a long brutal day. Weigh ins were at 3:00 in Idaho falls. As i was on my way i got a phone call informing me the two girls from Boise no showed and they were wondering if i would fight a girl from Idaho falls. I was a bit hesitant so they had me come to weigh ins to see her, decide how i felt and let them know. I was basically told she hadn't trained for very long either, which made me feel ok... So i decided i'd go with it. Well comes to find out she's been training for over two years. I was informed of that about twenty minutes before my fight. Angry, very! But whatever, i wasn't going to back out.

(My fam wore t-shirts. The front said "You can't cage this animal" and this was the back)

There were about 6 guy fights before my fight. They kept announcing the girl fight was getting closer and the crowd was going crazy!! Everyone was stoked to watch two girls go duke it out. It was finally my turn and i was ready to throw up. They announced the other girl and she walked out and did her appearance, then it was me. Can you just imagine, "Fighting out of the red corner, BRANDALYN CRAPO!!! then i come walking out pretending i'm all tough or something. haha!

(Me being introduced)

(Walking the cat walk)

Anyways, the fight started and she clocked me once in the face, i kinda lost my balance but luckily caught myself. Then i jumped in and took her legs out, we wrestled on and off around the cage for two minutes & forty somethin seconds. Everytime i'd do a move and get her on top half the gym would go crazy, then if she did something good the other half would go wild. It was fun. She put me in a move, and i got out of it. But as i was getting out she punched me way hard in the head and then another and they ended up calling the fight. We had a little meeting before the fight and since she had a little more of an advantage they said if anyone got a few punches on the other girl they'd call it due to safety reasons. So she won, i was bummed. But to say the least i think i did a good job. I put up a fight and worked her over. Got a few good punches in.

(Me on top)

The next day i could hardly walk. I had bruises up and down my ribs from her kneeing me over and over again when she had me in a head lock, but i'm guessing she had the same cause while she was doing that i was punching her in the ribs. So.... I've decided i'm going to fight again. Crazy i know but i have to redeem myself. So i'm training and working my butt off and either December or January i'm jumpin in the cage again! Hopefully get a win this time!

(Me holding her against the cage, this is when she was kneeing my ribs and i was punching hers)

(My coach taking the tape off of my hands after the fight)

The big first blog

2008-10-10T06:00:00.006-06:00

Well as i sit here at 6:00 in the morning waiting to get off work, i think to myself what would be exciting to write about for my first blog. Four days ago there was nothing to write about so i left it blank but i found something... So here it goes!! A glimpse of my crazy lifestyle. Randomly & out of no where i get asked to do a little Mad Marvins cage fighting. What in the world you may ask? Exactly what i said to myself. Who wants to be thrown in a cage with some crazy chick thats goal is to give you a broken nose and two black eyes, maybe a possible concussion? Well..... Me... I guess!
I wasn't going to do it, then i got the phone call some girl that was planning on it got hurt (who would have thought) so i was needed. I didn't really have a choice anymore, i kinda got thrown into it. So here i am 8 days away from duking it out with some crazy lady.
I've trained once, and let me tell you, props to the women fighters out there, it's tough! They put these 20 lb. boxing gloves on my hands and told me to start punching the bag. After about 5 punches my arms were hanging to my feet. KEEP GOING! um... excuse me sir, I'm a girl, i may seem tough but i just recently found out .5 seconds ago I'm not as tough as i thought. So give me a minute to rest, OK thanks. Ha! Not a good idea to say to a trainer. They look at you like you are a complete idiot.
So anyways, i finished up 2 hr session of training. I even have sweet gloves, and a mouth piece. Oh i look so tough. psh, please. And who would have though, the attire for the event be board shorts and a sports bra? TIME OUT! Um for those of us who know the crapo body, no sports bra for me. It'd be fine if i was like somewhat slender. But looking and us face to face it's like head, shoulders, small you know what, then BAM.... CRAPO LOVE HANDLES. (Che' knows what I'm talking about) I'm not about to go out in front of 300 people and show those off. A little embarrassing if ya know what i mean.
I've been running my butt off, and it sucks. I hate to run I've decided. Long distance to music, great. Sprinting back and forth with no music and someone yelling in your face, not so great. Whatever though right? I'm sore, i can hardly feel my legs. I can't lift either arm. But hey, only like 6 more days of training.
Not gonna lie, I'm a bit nervous. I've never just jumped into a ring and tried to beat some girl up. I've been in one fight in my entire life, but we don't need to bring that up. So I've just decided I'm gonna hop in there & pretend i know what I'm doing. Act like I'm a crazy maniac and jump on her back or something? Who knows.... Anyways, I'll be sure to let you know how it all goes. Feel free to buy tickets and come check it out if you want. It could be highly entertaining.

PICTURES TO COME SOON!!!