WannabeHealthyMom

Mass Makeup for the past 7 moths!

2009-12-19T13:54:00.004-07:00

Mike gettin ready to ride the mechanical bull at the Sate Fair!

Devyn's first day of Preschool! My baby is sooo big!

Dylan's First day of 1st Grade! All day school is AWESOME!!!

Backyard Campout for Mothers day, complete with Dutchoven dinner AND breakfast! Mmmm!

Double D's ready for Trick or Treatin!

So I'm getting all these updates telling me to look at their blogs...and when I do I notice it's been 7 months since I've done mine! Ahhhh! Once the babe comes, I'm sure it's gonna be even longer beofre I get to it again so here it goes!

Baby Drue will be here anytime between Christmas and Jan 12! Mike is shootin for the "Tax Break" and I'm thinking how hard it'll be to have to do a Birthday party right after Christmas (sooo many gifts in one month and NOTHING the rest of the year) But we'll take her when she's ready to come, as long as she's healthy!

The Girls are WAY excited for Christmas AND the Babe! In fact they give her hugs and kisses before I get any "Baby first Mom!" is what they tell me! I'll find Devyn in the Babes room (her old room) just staring at the crib and she'll ask me if she can sleep in there with Baby Drue! Soo sweet!

Happy Birthday Dylan

2009-05-18T16:52:00.002-06:00

Dylan just turned 6 on May 16. She was a good supporter and came to watch me run through the finish line of my Half Marathon. When I got up to her she ran out to me and actually ran the last couple of yards hand in hand with me, when I get the pics I'll post them! The announcer was teasing her cuz she was holding up her pants while running, and he gave her a high five for coming out to support me. I told him it was her birthday and he said "Happy Birthday" and Dylan was ecstatic!

Once we got home and got ready, she had 11 of her girlfriends over and we had a Spa Party! We made Sugar Scrub and massaged it onto our hands and feet, then we played spin the bottle with nail polish. Whoever the bottle pointed to, they had to paint one finger that color, and I had 6 different colors going! Then we put on shower caps and I had the girls pair up, one in front and one in back. The one in back had to put her arms through the one in front's armpits and apply eyeshadow, lipstick, and blush without looking! Then we had cupcakes and opened presents! The Sister Missionaries stopped by to bring a B-day card to Dylan and the girls LOVED that!!!

Sunday we had to family over for cake and ice cream! She got Heeley's (sp?) and Sketchers (twinkle toes), Hannah Montana stuff, coloring stuff and clothes! The last present she opened was wrapped about 10 times (gotta love Mike) and it was a book titled A New Baby is Coming! This was our way of breaking the good news to everyone! So all night long Dyl and Dev kept saying "Baby Brother!" (lets hope so) and hugging my belly!

I can't believe my first baby is 6 and going to be in 1st grade next year...time flies! I love you Dylan Kelley Carlson!!!

Feb/March

2009-03-12T14:45:00.002-06:00

I got an invitation to a friends blog and remembered that I had one and should probably update it! There is never a dull moment at the Carlson household! I've been busy building my home business and trying to share it with others! (Anyone know anyone looking for extra income working partime from home? If so...send them my way!)

I'm still teaching Yoga on Saturdays and now Mike has volunteered us to Coach Devy's Soccer Team! We just picked up the roster today and we're really excited...I had to hide her uniform so it doesn't get ruined before the season even starts!

Dylan is getting ready for T-ball, but in school they've been working on computers soo her new love is PBSKids.org. I'm working on finding a balance between computer games/wii/homework/playing with friends/playing with sister/and quiet time. Any ideas? She comes home everyday with new ideas, words, and friends, this girl amazes me!

I turned 28 in February and I still don't feel old enough to be a mom! I went out one night with the girls to Macaroni Grille and Mike took me out one day...all day shopping at consignment stores, it was a blast! That day was also Dylan's very first fieldtrip...AND...her first bus ride EVER! Mike and I volunteered to go, we went to Hale Theater and saw the costume closet, set shop and we got to walk on the stage :-) Dylan said it was boring :-( but she LOVED the bus ride so that makes up for it right?

This last weekend I went on a girls trip with my neighboor Katie and her girlfriends to Bear Lake. It was a REAL girls trip, we stayed up til 3 each night gabbing, we painted our toes, played some games and ate A LOT of junk and drank A LOT of Diet Coke! Doesn't get any better than that!

Happy Birthday Devyn!

2009-02-20T13:02:00.005-07:00

Devy Turned 3 Jan 23! I can't believe my baby is 3! Here are some pictures of her eating cake and wearing her fun birthday cake hat with 3 candles on it. She was extremely confused opening presents. Every time she opened one I would tell her who it was from...and she thought that she had to give it back to them...so she'd open a present and I'd say "Dev, that was from Grandpa, what do you say?" and she'd pick up the present and take it to Grandpa and hand it to him. We kept telling her "No, it's yours Dev!" and she'd say "Why?" and We'd tell her it's her birthday and she'd say "Why?" It was too cute!

Here she is in front of our measuring board! My sister and I came up with this idea one year and thought it was BRILLIANT! We remember haing a wall at Grandma and Grandpas where they'd mark our height each year...well they just sold that house and we had to paint over all the marks :-( So Deija and I bought some boards, painted them and put marks ever foot and thought we could take their picture on their birthday every year, schlack (sp?) it on and watch how they grow from year to year! Deija even thought about painting their hands and having them stamp their hands on it too...well I dunno about her but, all I've done is take their picture in front of it...that's it...I have good intentions right?!?

This is how Devy would do 3 with her fingers for about a week until she could get it with her thumb and pointer finger together (like Papa taught her)

Happy New Year!

2009-01-02T16:18:00.002-07:00

It's a new year and a time to make resolutions! One of mine is NOT to update more frequently LOL. Sorry everyone, I'm just gonna keep on updating as I can!

Some of my resolutions include, but are not limited to: Really Listening to my Heart and allowing that to lead me! Taking better care of myself internally (i.e. speaking kindly to myself and allowing forgiveness of my mistakes) Spending more QUALITY time with my family. Loving and Accepting everyone as they are...without expectations or judgment!

Physically...I'm gonna win the Stone Family Biggest Loser...and if I come in 2nd place again...it will be to Mike because I'm his personal trainer! I'm also going to train for a Marathon!

Peace and Love to all this fresh new year!

Ummm....I give up!

2008-12-04T13:10:00.004-07:00

Well I'm not quite sure how everyone else in the world seems to be sooo much better than me at keepin their blog up-to-date, but I'm super jealous of all y'all! Here's another mega load of pics and details of our life here in Farmington. I'm just gonna stop apologizing for these mass updates and just let you expect that I'll only really do this about once a month! So There! That'll show ya right?!? Now down to business!

We went to Thanksgiving Pointe and Saw Santa and his Reindeer and drove through the lights, the girls that it was sooo fun to see his actually Reindeer, however upset they were that Rudolph was not there cuz they didn't have a Red Nose, they had fun guessing which ones were there..."It's Dancer and Dickson Mom" Dylan would say, Devyn thought it was "Pancer and Dancer!"

Here are the Halloween Pictures I've been promissing since, well ummm...Halloween! Dylan was a Souther Bell and Devy was a scarecrow, they had a blast trick-or-treating and kept going even when it started raining!

Here is one of the Reindeer!

Here we were decorating our Gingerbread house and my girls after decorating the tree holding our poor lil mut Heirmosa!

Here's Mike gettting ready to fry our Turkey! He injected it with cajun/crole spices and it was soooooo juicy and yummy! Our first year frying a Turkey and I think we'll do it again! Mmm!

Here are all the grandkids at "The Compound!" watching the train run around the tree! My mom hates it when I call it The Compound, but I think it's funny! Mike came up with it. My Mom is living with her Mom (aka Grammy) and her Brother (Uncle Jeff) and my Dads sister (Aunt Susan) in this house in Layton. It's a great lil get up for all of them but we like to tease them about it!

So there ya have it....a nice lil recap of Oct/Nov/Dec all in one post! Hope you all enjoy it and thanks for being inspiring to make mine a lil better...one day I'll get around to it I promise :-)

Peace, Love and Joy this Holiday Season!

Early For November!

2008-11-07T14:12:00.003-07:00

Ok...so I know already that this month is turning out to be absolutely INSANE! So...I'm going to post early! Halloween was fun (I'll post pics as soon as I upload them) the girls had a blast! Devy was a lil scarecrow and Dylan was a Souther Belle. They loved trick-or-treating...even when it started raining.

I've started teaching Dance at Studio 1 in Farmington on Thursday nights. WOW...what a workout. Those girls have soo much energy I can't even fathom ever being like that! I teach 3 classes in a row so I'm going straight for 3 hours. By the end my body hurst in places it forgot was ever there, my voice is almost gone from counting a cueing, and I'm on a total high from having soo much fun and feeling 12 again! I can't wait for the recital to see it all manifest!

On Wednesday nights I'm taking an adult Spanish class. This is the second session and Senorita Mendoza calls it the "Advanced Class" I'm not as confident as she is! She only speaks in Spanish the whole hour I'm there. The first session we were allowed to reply in English...for the "Advanced Class" we can only speak Spanish....AHHHH!!! It's fun to learn a new thing and try to practice it with my brother Jarum the few times a month I've seen him!

Speakin of Jarum...he and Brooke just blessed baby Chase this last Sunday! What a cute lil bud he is! I've only seen 3 boy babies...and he is by far the cutest one I've seen! He's got the wrinkly forehead my dad has and he grunts and snorts when he's unhappy, which he hardley ever is when I see him!

We've attended 2 family picture sessions. One for the Carlsons and one for the Stones. Let me just tell you...I HATE family pics! The stress of getting the girls to look cute and happy and hold still for the pic is quite a process. One that ensues clapping, jumping up and down, making crazy noises and faces. I'm sure it's a ploy from our kids "lets see who can get mom to look like a crazy lady!" Gotta love it!

That's good for now...I promise to get pics of Halloween and our new Family pics up as soon as I can!

Love, Peace and Happiness to all!

Jenn

Missed a Month!

2008-10-11T11:28:00.003-06:00

September FLEW by this year! With Dylan in school everyday, working at Lonestar on Tuesday nights, Spanish class on Weds nights and the rest of life somewhere in between it's gotten crazy!

This month we had a surprise visitor in our backyard. Devy was out back playing with Mosa when she came in crying and bleeding on her finger. She kept saying "Unk bite me, Unk bite me!" Since I didn't know what "unk" was I kept pointing to things...dog, bug, bee, wood and she just kept telling me it was "unk"! I cleaned her up, bandaged the bite and had her come outside with me to show me where this "unk" bit her. She lifted up the BBQ cover and I saw a black tail scurry up inside the BBQ. At this point I knew what it was...with the news about the Mink farm being broken into by Animal Rights Activists, and all the minks they let loose, my neighbor had had one in his backyard the day before.

So I ran into the house to grab the camera and came out to see if I could get a pic! AFter I got a pic I called Mike to see if he thought I should take her to get a rabies shot and he called Animal Control. Animal Control was on their way and they said that since these lil buggers were born and raised in a cage, fed antibiotics they weren't worried about rabies, they just said to keep an eye on it and look for infection.

Well Oct 5 Mike and I hit 7 years! Woo Hoo! He tooke me out to Paris Bistro for a delicious dinner of Escargo, Duck, Steak, and cheese! We then me up with Shane and Jill Sparks and Wade to go clubing!

The next day we were off to Lava Hot Springs to swim in hot pools and play some Lotto! The house we rented had it's own Hot Tub so Jill and I sat out there under the stars while the boys layed on the couch and watched the boob-tube! That night I woke up at about 4am and saw a ghost sitting in the chair next to the bed....AHHHH! Then I made the mistake of telling everyone in the morning and I'm sure I won't live that down for a LONG time! Oh well...I saw what I saw!
Yesterday the girls and I went to the Pumkin Patch with Sophie and Anna! They ran through a hay bale maze, and eached picked a pumkin to take home. We came home and colored the pumpkins with markers and stuck flowers in them! How much fun!

Pics!

2008-08-25T15:28:00.005-06:00

Devyn with Goofy Teeth in!

Dylan in Park City at Park Silly...the Farmers Market. They have fun kids activities like this HUGE canvas on the ground that kids can paint on! We just bought that headband and she insisted on wearing like a bandana...my little trend setter!Devy painting away!
Here's Dylan with Hanna Scott, Maddie Stott and Eliza Roylance in front of the school waiting for their teacher to come out! This is just 4 out of the 10 kids, from our neighborhood alone, going into Kindergarten this year! Only 2 of the 10 are boys! Watchout!

Here's my little bookworm, falling asleep reading! I'm so proud! Thanks to Uncle Wade, who bought Dylan a 5 book series The Adventures of Captain Underpants, we read them all in a month! Dylan couldn't get enough of them!

We finally got to go on Front Runner! The girls have been buggin' us all Summer long. "When do we get to go on the train?" So here's Daddy and Dylan!
Here's Mama and Devyn, look at how excited their faces are! They LOVED it!
Here's the first day of school! Sophie Edgley, Dylan and Maddie Stott! All big girls with their backpacks on!
Here we are the school waiting for their teachers to come out! They were sooo excited they had to take a peak into the school! The blonde w/o a backpack is Anna Edgley, then Eliza Roylance, Dylan, Maddie Stott, Hannah Scott and Devyn!
Here is a video of Dylan getting her ears pierced! First side and Second side. Notice that she stopped crying as soon as she got to look in the mirror! :-)

Peace ya'll!

www.YummyYogautah.com

Once a month?

2008-08-15T14:36:00.003-06:00

Ok, so it's turning out that I'm getting on here to update once a month...not bad, not great! Yoga is going good! I just finished my 6 weeks with the Women of Safe Harbor and I was sad to leave them :-( It is my hope that my journey will take me across their paths maney times over! I am so grateful that they opened their doors and arms for me to come in and practice what I've learned!

Yummy Yoga is hitting a new wave! I've backed off mondays until after school starts! So I'm just teaching Saturdays for the rest of the month! I'm so grateful to Jean Taylor of Studio 1 for allowing me to use her beautiful facility! It's huge and beautiful! This is definately a learning experience! Check out Jean's website www.JTStudio1.com

Dylan is counting down the days until she gets to go to Kindergarten! We went on the train, last friday, into Gateway and the girls LOVED it! While we were there we got Dylan's ears pierced. It was really cute to watch her. The first ear she was fill with excitment and anticipation, after it was pierced she cried at the shock and pain. Then she steadily got ready for the second ear with courage and hesitation, squeezing daddy's hand super tight! She cried a little after that second one too until they gave her a mirror to admire her new addition. The rest of the day, anyone we passes she would shout out "I got my ears pierced today!" She was beaming!

Devyn is growing an inch a day (I swear!) Today she pulled on some of Dylan's shorts for fun...and they fit her! Aaaagh! My little Devy is turning into a big kid. Her sentences are getting longer, she's counting and singing and wanting to play with friends all the time. It's unbelievable!

Mike got his eyes lasered! No more glasses for Daddy! It's still a little wierd to see him. I keep wanting to remind him to get them on before he leaves for work in the moring! After work he's been super busy putting up a pergola in our back yard! We're one short step away from finishing! What an interesting summer project it's turned out to be!

Mega Update!

2008-07-16T12:00:00.002-06:00

So it's been a while since I've updated my blog...so my apologies to all of my frequent viewers! Here's a Mega Huge Update of what's been going on lately!

First, I just want to say that I've halfway completed one of my Life's Goals! I ran a Half Marathon Saturday July 12th in a little over 2 hours! Without the goal to run a marathon there's NO WAY I would have ever run the half marathon. 13.1 Miles down!

This is my cute family at my house watching fireworks on the 4th. From my driveway we could see Lagoon's, Davis's, and Clearfields fireworks...what a show!

This summer we had a backyard campout. We put up the tent, roasted marshmellows and forgot to turn off the sprinklers...so we woke up semi-wet! All in all, we had a BLAST!

Jill, Krystal and I going out to Celebrate Krystal and Mike's Birthdays! This was the same day as Jill and My Half Marathon...and we're still going! :-)

Day before July 4th we went to My Mom and Dad's house for a BBQ. All the Grandkids eating Icecream Sandwiches with Grandpa Brad!

Fathers Day we went to Liberty Park! Listened to the Hippies in their drum circle, ran through the fountains, fed the ducks, and played at the park...Doesn't get better than that!

Yoga in the Park!

2008-06-27T10:59:00.004-06:00

So I'm doing Yoga in the park to promote my new biz I'm starting! I'm super excited and hope it will turn out all right. I'm going to be handing out this flyer to anyone who shows up on Saturday!

Come join me...this Saturday June 28th and next Saturday July 5th at 9am Skate Park, Farmington!

As soon as I have more time I'll post more pics, I've been running crazy to get this up and going and I'm totally stoked to see where it takes me! Keep your fingers crossed for me and send this out to anyone who you think might be interested!

Namaste!

5k Pics

2008-05-23T16:29:00.002-06:00

Just crossed the finish line and prepping for my victory cartwheel!

Me and Jill!

Look what I can do!

Ok, the Zazoosh pics are finally in! Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Dylan

2008-05-22T14:51:00.004-06:00

Princess Shoes at the Party

Princess Devyn and Princess Dylan with Princess Cinderella!

Benihana

Her Rainbow cake

My little Graduate!

The Fam!

Well this has been a BIG week for Dylan! May 16 she turned 5! For Dinner we went to Benihana, she LOVES to see them throwing food, then Sunday we had a family BBQ and yesterday she Graduated from Preschool and Cinderella came to her friend party! It was all a little crazy, but fun!

Dylan is so big now, I can't believe that I've been a Mom for 5 years now. She's a mini Mike, so I've learned A LOT of patience to say the least. She LOVES to tease and hates to be teased. Dylan wants to make a game out of everything, she helps me remember to take life a little more light hearted. Dylan is also a social butterfly, she is friends with EVERYONE! She doesn't discriminate by gender or age. She'll go to Sophie's house and if she isn't home, she'll play with her 3 year old sister Anna and have a ball.

Dylan can be very selfless...she wants to make sure everyone gets a drink, toy, candy, whatever she's having at the moment. She'll remind me..."oh mom, don't forget to save one for so and so!" If we're playing a game she'll whisper in my ear "mom, so and so hasn't had a turn yet...let them go!" I have a lot to learn from her still, I'm very happy and proud to be her Mama! I Love you Dylee Dal, happy birthday!

My First Race

2008-05-18T08:45:00.003-06:00

Here's me and Jill at the Big Boss Man's house after the Race!

Aren't we the hottest Mama's you've ever seen?

Well I ran my very first race this weekend. I ran the 5k at Odgen Marathon May 17. It was so fun! I went with Jill Sparks and we kicked some serious butt! We started pretty close to last in line and we passed A LOT of people!

My official time was 00:27:24 I came in 66th out of 501 in the girls division,so I'm perty dern proud of myself! It was an amazing experience running across the finish line. Knowing that I've been training hard and to finally acomplish something. I know it's a stupid 5k and it was only 3.11 miles, but still, it was a start!

Here's the link...I'm on the first page of results for females in the 5k!

http://www.milliseconds.com/ResultsDisplay.php?pageNum_rsResults=0&totalRows_rsResults=501&varRaceID=1037&rgGender=F&varDisplayGenderDistance=5k%20%20&varRaceID=1037&rgGender=F&varDisplayGenderDistance=5k%20%20&varRaceID=1037&rgGender=F&varDisplayGenderDistance=5k%20%20&varRaceID=1037&rgGender=F&varDisplayGenderDistance=5k

I still have a 10k, a half marathon and a full marathon to run. I didn't get into the St. George Marathon :-( so I have to find another one to run! Wish me happy runnings!

Catch-up!

2008-05-15T10:11:00.003-06:00

Dylan crouched and ready for the ball with her pink mitt!

Posing for pictures before her first game! 65 Degrees outside Brrrr!

Dylan taking Devyn to the bases after her game! What a good sister!

Katie and Ricki Rian! Happy Birthday Ricki!

Wade and Shane helping Mike with the Auger (sp?)

Ok, so it's been awhile again since I've blogged and sooo much has been going on. I feel like I'm skipping out on so much info by adding all this information in one post, but what's a busy mom to do? Multi-tasking is a necessity for our breed so....once again here I go with a parade of our lives from the last couple of weeks!

Baby Ricki came into the world Weds April 30 in the AM hours! She is absolutely, amazingly beautiful! She has a head of hair on her that is to be envied by all new moms! On top of that, she wears it in a faux-hawk just like her cool aunt Jennie! She's a healthy lil angel, doing well. Katie has made a very smooth transition into motherhood, I'm so proud of her! I'm excited to get to share mom-moments with her, and get my "baby-fix" holding her sweet little thing! Congrats Katie!

Dylan has been having a BLAST at T-Ball! Our team is the Oriels and we're BRIGHT ORANGE! It's hard to miss us. Dylan has quite a few buddies from the neighborhood on her team....Sophie Drayer, Hannah Scott, Alex Carter, and Marin Boss are all from our lil corner in Farmington.

This last week she actually hit a ball from her coach (they pitch 3 balls to them and if they don't make contact then they get the T)! We couldn't believe it! The next inning a kid hit a ball right into her glove! It took her totally by surprise as she stared at that ball in her glove like "how did that get there?" then she woke up and threw it to 1st base! What a blast to see her out there having fun! I can't believe how BIG she is all of a sudden!

Backyard saga continues! We rented an Auger (sp?) to drill big 'ol holes in our backyard for our deck posts and pergola (sp?) posts. Now we made sure and called Blue Stakes so we wouldn't hit any wires and fry our brains, unfortunately, they don't stake off our sprinkler pipes. Needless to say 3 out of 5 holes we hit pipes and 1 of those 3 was the main water line! AHHHHHH! Mike got it all fixed up and now we have big 'ol holes in our back yard waiting for posts and cement. One step at a time I guess, we'll get there eventually!

YogaFit!

2008-05-04T09:36:00.003-06:00

I did it, I did it, I did it! I finished my Level 1 YogaFit Seminar. I'm not officially certified until I Community Teach 8 hours. I'm still trying to decide where I'm going to do that. I'm leaning toward the Womens Shelter in Kaysville! Any other ideas for me if that doesn't pan out?

I gotta tell you how absolutly AMAZING this weekend has been for me! It could quite possibly be the most UPLIFTING and EMPOWERING thing I have EVER done for myself. I know it was a Yoga workshop, but...I learned soooo much about myself, something that yoga is all about.

The very first thing that came out of Nicolles mouth (she was the instructor) was..."You are all here, in this moment for a reason, lets all Listen to our bodies and let go of all Competition, Judgement, and Expectations of ourselves and others and just be Present in the Moment!" How beautiful is that? Come to find out that's the Essence of YoaFit and we talked about that over and over and over again.

How Empowering is that? Think about it for a minute. Let's break it down. Listen to your body and let go of any competition you feel with you neighbor, sister, mother, magazine model etc. We don't have to be anything for anybody but ourselves, we're perfect just the way we are. Nobody can do you better than you can!

Next, Listen to you body and let go of competition. Life is not a Desination...it's a Journey! What are we racing for? Who are we racing? Let go...and LIVE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT! There's NO greater gift you can give yourself!

And last, Listen to your body and let go of Expectations. Live based on how you feel right here and now! Don't expect yourself to do EVERYTHING ALL OF THE TIME! Allow yourself to be human and recognize those moments. Those moments are part of who we are. Learning to listen and live in the Present Moment allows you to live minute by minute and take things as they come and appreciate them for what they are...part of your journey!

Now I could go on, and on, and on, and ON about all of this and not even come close to what I learned about in 2 short days! All of these things and more are pulled from the Workbook, from my own personal experience and from what was shared in class by the other amazing women (and Mark, the Token Guy), I shared that opportunity with!

I hope to take these things to heart and apply them, not only on my yoga mat, but in my life. I'm excited and eager to start teaching these concepts with others and I hope to continue my education of Yoga to the next level!

Hugs, Love <3 and Peace!
Jennie Carlson YogaFit Level 1 Instructor (almost!) :-)

Brag Blog!

2008-04-29T12:51:00.004-06:00

Dylan, Devyn, and Marshal stickin' their heads out of a log at the Zoo

Devyn helping Mama in the yard!

Mud Wraslin'

Dylan practicing T-Ball with Papa!

Oops, two of the same pics, sorry!

Devyn and Mama at Swim Lessons

Dylan at Swim Lessons

Check out that hole!

Ok, A LOT has been going on the last couple of weeks, hence the lack in posts! So, I'm going to just lay it all out here in this one post! Ready...Set...Go!

I'm up to running 7 Miles! Woo Hoo! I'm pretty sure that if Jill hadn't started running with me I would have quit, but she's been a great motivator! We're running 3x a week with the kids in strollers! Hoo YAH! We're super-moms! Our time is cut almost in half when we go solo, but we enjoy the thought of extra calorie burn. I read in Fitness Magazine last month that pushing a strollers boots calorie burn 20% Oh YA baby!

To go with the running theme, we registered for the Ogden 5k May 17 and we'll be pushing the children for that one! We're looking into the Farmington Half Marathon in July, and we've registered for the St. George Marathon Oct. 4. We will find out the first week of May if we were accepted since the race is a lottery and they only accept 7000 people.

Speaking of Lotteries...we entered Dylan into the Spanish Immersion program at Eagle Bay and she got in! So she's going to be speaking Spanish 1/2 her day from Kindergarten to 6th grade! She's sooo excited! We went to Orientation Friday and she met her teacher and played on the playround, she asks everyday when she gets to go to Kindergarten!

Devyn is growing up so fast I can't believe it. She knows most of her colors, shapes, and is starting to count..."One...Two...Six...Three...GO!" is what she says. She's become a little singer. She just sings and sings and sings where ever she goes, and it drives Dylan NUTS! :-)

I've been doing Boot Camp for 4 weeks and feeling stronger and stronger all the time. I'm starting to see definition return to my arms and legs! :-) If I get 2 people to join with me I'll get the next one half off...so I'm recruiting! Anyone interested? http://www.fitcorefit.com/ I absolutely LOVE it!

While Mike, Shane and Doug worked in the backyard Sunday to try and allieveate our flooding problem, Jill and I went to the Zoo! The girls just LOVE to see all the animals and trying to make their noises. Devyn was terrified of the giant Elephant Statue..."Scawey" she said and walked wide around him keeping her eyes on him the whole time.

Devy and I did a Mom & Tot class at South Davis Rec Center the last 4 weeks! Devyn is a fish and wants no help from me "I do it Mom, I do it!" Dylan seemed to have fun, I couldn't watch her since I was in the water with Devyn the whole time :-(

Dylan starts T-ball this week so we've been practicing! She only wants to hit the ball, not play catch! We're on a team with the rest of our neighborhood, so she's super excited for her first game Thursday!

Few...that's it for now! Katies in the Hospital Today, so hopefully we'll get to meet baby Ricki today, and I'll have more to blog about then!

Happy Earth Day!

2008-04-22T07:28:00.002-06:00

Isn't it such a beautiful place we live? I LOVE IT! I'm starting to be teased by friends and family about being a tree hugger, but let me say to you...I'm PROUD of it!

It all started when I was young. My Mom taught me to take care of the place we live in. Some of my favorite sayings were..."If everyone picked just one wildflower, there wouldn't be any left for our eyes to enjoy", "If everyone threw their litter on the ground, we would live in garbage", and whenever we went camping her motto was "Leave the place cleaner than when you found it" so we'd go around and do a garbage pick up!

Thanks Mom for instilling in me the desire to make our World a better, more beautiful place. Now even SHE thinks that I'm a little nuts about some things...like not using windex or clorox because of the chemicals. But that's my part to help out the next generation!

I want my girls to be able to go camping and swim in the lakes and eat the fish that we catch. So I've turned my house into a no toxic chemical zone (or I try, I'm still working on converting Mike 100%, every little bit counts)! I use all natural cleaners, laundry detergents, hair and body wash, natural lawn care and pesticides.

I know there's still more I could do, and I'm trying to think of new ways everyday! I challenge you to pick one new thing to work on a day, week, month or year, anything will help!

I LOVE YOU EARTH!

Potty!

2008-04-02T13:15:00.002-06:00

OK, so Dev decided she didn't want diapers anymore! After her nap one day she said "NO Mom, No diapers!" So I've officially started potty training. I was planning on starting next week since Sat is my last day of work. But when she says she's ready...I'm gonna take it and run with it! Today is my first full day since I worked Mon and Tues night. So far so good! I'm so proud of her being a big girl and wanting to do this, even though I wasn't fully ready! Go Devy!

Training update!

2008-03-20T13:38:00.002-06:00

I'm at the tail end of week 3 of 25 weeks and doing great still! I've only missed 2 days of the last 3 weeks and those were due to sick kids :-( I'm feeling stronger and stronger every time I get on that treadmill. I can't wait for it to be warm enough outside so I can take the girls with me and burn some extra calories by pushing them! Not to mention since I've started my training program for the marathon I've gone down another 5 lbs! Woo Woo!

I'm starting to think that everyon forgot that we're still in a contest for $400. I know my dad is still going strong, my mom said she's given up, Deija said Ben has kinda forgotten, I'm not sure about Jarum, so that leaves it to me and my dad by my calculations! He's a ROCK, he hasn't cheated once since we started in Jan, and I haven't been even close to 100%, but I'm still losing and that's all that matters to me!

Random Pics over the last couple of weeks!

2008-03-20T13:23:00.002-06:00

Wade bought the girls Build-a-Bear gift cards for Christmas and we finally got around to going the other day. Devyn picked out a cute little chick and named her Kickie (I think she was trying to say chickie, but not if we don't call her Kickie, she corrects us) Dylan picked out a 'Fancy Nancy' Dog and named her Fluffy Bones! Thanks Wade, we had a blast!

YAY! It's Motorcycle Weather! Devyn LOVES riding with Daddy! She keeps asking him "ride cycle daddy pease?"
Dylan and Daddy going for a Ride! Love the Barbie Helmet! We gotta find one for Devyn so Mom can breath easier when they're going around the block!
Random pic of me and my Cockatoo hair or Rooster hair....whatever you wanna call it...I think it's cute so I'm keeping it!
Daddy got the '55 Packard out the other day! I think this year he's really going to fix it up! He went and applied for a title, so I'm hoping that means he's serious!

Think Spring!

2008-03-07T16:32:00.003-07:00

Beau, Dylan and Devyn coming down the slide
Good sisters Share! How many times a day do you think I say that one?
Grandpa Brad and Devy

Ok, it's GORGEOUS outside today! It's making me crazy to get in the dirt and work on my flower beds, get in a swimming suit and soak up some sun, and run and do cartwheels in the sprinklers! I saw the new report and noticed that we're supposed to have another storm this weekend....what's up Mother Nature? Why are you teasing me like this?

Today for lunch we went to the park with Deija, Beau, Abby and Kallie. It was soo nice to soak up the sun and fill up my low reserves of Vitamin D. It was great for the kids to run crazy for a while too!

So everyone think warm, sunny, spring thoughts and maybe we'll get it sooner than later!

It's Official!

2008-03-04T13:49:00.002-07:00

It's officially official! (that's a fun sentance!) I'm in training for a Marathon! My 25 week program starts this week! Woo Hoo! So far I'm 100% YAY! It's still not too late to join me! Go to www.saltlakerunningco.com to get the 25 week program I'm using! It's gonna be a BLAST!

Childrens Museum

2008-02-18T12:08:00.005-07:00

We went to the Childrens Museum yesterday with Shane and Jill, and Rian and Katie. It was pretty fun! It was super crowded, but we survived. They were having a Sesame Street Exhibit that was pretty cute. They talked about bodies and how they work. There was a whole wall dedicated to how food travels in AND out of you body. That seemed to be the favorite part of the day...Poo. You'd push the button and it'd fart and you'd hear a flush then you'd see a log roll down through the tube. They thought that was pretty funny! Here are some pics!

Marshall an Dylan (aka kettle head) just standing there.

Sesame Stree!

Give me just one min. and your food will be all ready!

EVERYONE Poops!

Marsh, Dyl and Dev Drivin the Heli.

Ty, Marshall and Dev makin music, you can see Mike, Katie, Shane and Rian in the background!

Dylan, Devyn and Marshall playin with balls!

Dev and Marsh buildin!

All the kids driving the jeep!

Katie and Rian hangin out!

Go Daddy!

2008-02-08T11:38:00.000-07:00

Hey babe, this one's for you! I used the Title 'Go Daddy' for 2 reasons! I'm proud of my 'Big Daddy' for getting his dream started! Mike's always had a dream of starting an online biz, and he's had some GREAT ideas of what to do with it. Well no more is he just contemplating what he wants to do...he's started!

He officially has his own website that's going to get out there in the big World Wide Web! Here is the link for you to check out!

http://www.obesitees.com/

Good job hot stuff! I'm so proud of you! Thanks for helping make my world go around a lot smoother! Love you! xoxo

In Training!

2008-02-05T12:51:00.000-07:00

Ok eveyone...I'm officially training for a Marathon! Here's my 25 week plan so you can feel free to train along with me! :-D http://www.saltlakerunningco.com/assets/25week2008web.htm

Here is the link to the Marathon I'm going to run! http://www.saltlakerunningco.com/event536.htm

I'm super excited! I've always wanted to run a Marathon just to say that I have. I'm not a huge fan of running in general, but what an accomplishment it will be to say I did it!

Last night at I had dinner at the Petersons house and my family was telling me all these negative things about training for a marathon. I went away feeling like they didn't think I could do it. But today I stopped by and said "Hi" to Rick and Carol and Carol told me about her experience running a Marathon when she was 30. She said it was actually pretty easily do-able.

Carol said that as long as you have a program to stick to, it makes it a ton easier and a buddy to do it with helps out big time too! Wade is the only brave soul so far to agree to doing one with me! I'm hoping to bring on a couple more people so we can alternate workout days with each other.

Carol also said that she did it right after she had Kaite, and so I'm in better shape than she was and I'm younger. She says that I can totally do it! So I came home feeling pumped and ready to get my training on!

The training program I'm following is a 25 week program. I actually have 30 weeks. So I'm taking the first 4-5 weeks to get into training mode. Like I said...I'm not a runner so I gotta start with baby steps. I ran for 15 min yesterday. I was on the treadmill for a total of 30 so I had a nice long warm up and a nice soothing cool down period. Today was my Cross Training day! So I did 30 min on the Ellyptical alternating between high and low intensity and I did upper body strength training and core!

This is going to give me something to shoot for other than to just lose weight for our Biggest Looser Comepetition with my family!

Wish me Luck....or better yet, join me!

Human Rights!

2008-02-01T17:34:00.000-07:00

After re-reading that last post...I wanted to mention how proud I am of "We the People"! As far as the candidates go...I am very, very proud at how far we've come as a country. Human Rights have come a long long way! Where the two candidates are 1-Female and 2-Black! Who would have thought this could have happened even 10 years ago?

Go "We the People"!

Peace!

Ranting, and Raving, Politics!

2008-02-01T17:15:00.000-07:00

K, this one's for you Brookie! I honestly don't read much on what's going on politically in the world. My knowlege of politics is directly from ranting and raving e-mails sent to me by authors like Robin Williams and Jay Leno and such...all of which are pretty fabricated I'm sure. Still...given my little actual knowlege I do have some opinions!

I'm SCARED TO DEATH to see where the world is going with the lears we have to choose from. I believe that not one of the runners for office have the right frame of mind. I believe that they want to be Pres. for all the wrong reasons. I hate campaings. No one ever tells the truth. Didn't you learn this from Jr. High and High School elections when the would be Presidents swore they would get us longer lunches, better vending machines, and music in between classes? Seriously...they're just pumping themselves up.

I also believe that if they had the right frame of mind they would want to come together and solve the issues as best as they can. Haven't they ever heard the phrase "Two heads are better than one?" With that being said...Why don't all the canidates get together and talk about the things they like/dislike abour the country and what they think could be done to better it and then do it and not fight to live in the big White House with all it's perks.

Hilary Clinton. I don't even know what to say about her so I won't. Honestly...nothing comes to mind. Orak Obama (sp?) lets just think for a min what his religion tells him to do...Honest and true to AFRICA. Not the US of A. Some would argue that I can't discriminate based on his religion or his beliefs or that the above statement is more on his heritage than his politital views. What I say is...what if we were to come upon something in the future and he has to choose? USA or Africa that his religion and his heritage are true to. Will he defend us against them or will he choose his heritage/religion? What would you do? Laws of the Land or Laws of the Lord? Makes it a lil scarey don't ya think?

Like I said at the beginning though...I really don't know much. These are my opinions of what I have read, and I'm not even admiting that they are truth. But what is truth in Politics? So there ya go! I hope you enjoyed my ignorant rants and raves! :-)

PEACE!

Week 4 Results

2008-01-30T09:57:00.000-07:00

Ok, so another week of just so so commitment. The pounds continue to stay stubborn. I haven't lost anything since the first week. :o( BUT...I have lost another inch around the waist! YAY! So apparently I need to amp up the work out regimen and be a lil more strict on my eating habits.

I forgot to mention a few things about Dev's party. I did eat cake and ice cream. BUT...I made healthy cake and ice cream. For the cake I used Devil's Food Cake Mix and used Diet Coke instead of oil and eggs. For the frosting I used Fat Free Cream Cheese, Sugar Free Cool Whip, and Splenda Sugar. :-) For Ice cream I used Evaporated Milk, Fat/Sugar Free Vanilla Pudding, and Skim Milk. I wasn't a huge fan of Ice Cream. My mom really like it though! I didn't even save the left overs either. I threw it all away so I wouldn't be tempted with it for the next couple of days!

I took Dev's Dora 4-Wheeler Downstairs so she could start riding it and while the girls were runnin around I pulled out my old Rebounder! For those of you who don't know what that is...it's a small trampoline. I forgot how much fun that thing was! I got certified to teach Rebounding at Hill Air Force Base right after Dylan was born. It was a blast! I miss teaching. But pulling it out was a blast from the past for sure! The girls had a heyday with it too!

My baby's 2!!!!

2008-01-28T10:07:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we had Devyn's party! It was way fun! We had potatoe bar and lots of fun with family! Thanks to everyone who came and all the cute clothes you got that Devyn threw out of her way to get to the toys! :-) You guys are so good to us!

Shane, Jill and Marshal brought Devs first present, a Birthday Crown, Sash, Earings and Wand that she wore ALL NIGHT LONG! I was shocked! She was so proud to wear them and she looks soooo big I can't believe it!

Here are some pics of the nights festivities!

My In-Laws are cooler than yours!

Dev trying out her new 4-wheeler!

Katie and Dylan!

Dev and Marshal in her new tent!

Call me Tom Sawyer!

Dev in her Bday crown and Dyl in her Princess dress and crown!

Happy 2nd Bday Dev! What a big girl!

Proud Mama!

Mmmmm, that's good cake!

Grandma Gretch!

Week 3 Stats!

2008-01-23T12:53:00.000-07:00

Ok, so it's Week 3 in Biggest Loser Contest and I'm not winning...yet. I haven't lost any weight this week, same as last, but I aslo haven't gained any this week either. So...I'm maintaining which is better than nothing! Good news is....drum roll pleas......I've lost yet another inch around my waist! Woo Hooo!

I didn't do too hot with my workouts this last week. I danced with the girls and played on those fun balls with them a couple times last week and counted that as my work out cuz it is a work out! Then I counted work as my walking since I average at least 15,000 steps a night at work (I know cuz I have a pedometer :-) I haven't done any strength training or yoga this last week though and that's killed me I'm sure!

This week will be better. I don't work as much this week so I'll have more time/energy for strength and yoga! Wish me Luck!

What do YOU want to be?

2008-01-21T10:12:00.000-07:00

This is the Snow Princess that Dylan and I made! :-)

This morning Dylan asked me what I want to be when I grow up! How cute is that? I'm glad that she thinks I'm not a grown up and that she thinks I still have time to do what I want with my life!

Just this last week she's added yet another thing to her list of occupations. For the last year she's always said that she wants to be an Artist, Doctor and a Mermaid. For some reason she thinks she wants to be an Astronaut also. So her list grows!

When she told me the news I asked her about being a Mom and she just looked at me like I was stupid, "Well ya mom, I'm gonna have 2 sisters and 1 brother, but I'm still gonna be an Artist, Doctor, Mermaid and Astronaut." Silly me for asking!

Along with asking me what I wanted to be when I grew up she asked Mike if he wanted to be a Lion Tamer. :-) That's a little joke between Mike and I and she must of picked up on it because she asked him about it in all seriousness.

It blows me away that she's so perceptive at age 4. Some things that she remembers, I had forgotten already. She remembers things from when she was 2 and 3 that just flabbergast me! She still amazes me everday with all the things she's learned already in her short life!

Hey Ya'll

2008-01-20T12:57:00.001-07:00

Hey there! It's been a while since I've updated, yet again, I know! This week has been super crazy! Along with working Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri and Sat, my mom was in town! So the days were spent hanging out with her and my sister and sis-in-law and kids, going to lunch and movies. Needless to say I didn't get much done around the house. But I made a lot of money this week too! YAY!

I freakin LOVE my job! I feel stupid saying that cuz I'm a lowely bar maid/waitress, but I love it! I meet some of the coolest people and hang out with people that LOVE and appreciate me! It's so fun to go and be just 'Jennie' not MOOOOOMMMMMM!!! People ask me 'Please?' and they say 'Thank You', it's totally mind boggling to me sometimes.

I finally finshed my book The Pillars of the Eart by Ken Follett. What a good book! It makes me greatful that I live now and not back in the 1100's. Not only because of the modern conviences, but because of the injustice of the unknown. I'm not sure how to explain it so it kinda sounds dumb, but either way, I'm glad! In another way I envy the fact that your success was determined on how hard you worked and you values as a person, not just your title and what company you work for.

Now I'm looking for new books to read. Any ideas? I do have a list a mile long, but I'm not feeling them for some reason.

As far as the whole 'healthy' thing goes...ummm, no so much to report that's good. With Grandma Gretch being in town...we've been out to eat multiple times and I have a REALLY hard time ordering super healthy foods. Sometimes I make better choices between two options, but it's really just the lesser evil that wins.

It's a good think that being healthy is a long-term thing that always needs readjusting. If it wasn't I'd definately feel like a failure. I know that I've got more time and sometimes I use that as a crutch to lean on and justify eating the bag of Rolo's at the movie theater though. I've got to find a middle ground and be a little more firm in my resolutions. Like desert/treat everyother day or soda every other day instead of saying...'Hey I did good today I deserve a treat' it should be 'Hey I did good today AND yesterday, I deserve a small treat'! Maybe I need to sit down and redefine my goals for healthy living for when I'm eating out so next time I don't give in to free reign on my tastebuds!

This one's for u Wade!

2008-01-14T12:40:00.000-07:00

Pics of Hardware Ranch
Here's the one with the broken skull!

These are the Horses and Sleigh that take you out there!
Dylan and Tyren

Well the other night Wade told me my blog sucked :-( Since I'm still learning exactly what I'm supposed to do...I'm not sure what I can do to make it better. He said I just need to update it more often. So...here ya go Wade, a new update for you!

Yesterday we went to Hardware Ranch with Mike's fam (except Wade cuz he's too good for us!) It was pretty interesting. Other than the fact that it took at least an hour to get there. Once we got there, the whole thing only took like 30 min TOPS! So it kinda seemed a waste that way.

Well, anyway, Hardware Ranch is this place up a canyon in Logan that feeds Elk every winter. These Elk are wild, they just come for the food! You can buy a ticket and go on a sleigh ride through the middle of all of them and they tell ya cool things about them.

One thing I learned is that they have an ivory tooth...weird. No one knows why either...odd! There were about 500 there, this one had it's skull busted and it's antlers were sticking up opposite directions, one straight up and the othere straight down.

After that we drove back to Ogden for some Dinner at Jedediah's or was it Jebediah's? I don't remembmer, but the food was pretty good!

Oh...and I really sucked it up on my whole "eathing healthy" this weekend! Having dinner with the fam and then going to Del Taco after Green Street the other night...not too happy with it! Oh well...back on today and I need to go shopping.

Speaking of Green Street, it was fun! We went with a whole bunch of people from my work to celebrate Alisa getting out of jail (she was in for driving on a suspended license and not paying some fines :-( ) Carson brought his own flask, Mike and Wade were challenged to a Punching Game and Mike won, and I kept getting hit on by these 3 Mexicans, even after telling them no and pointing to Mike and saying "he's my husband"!

I guess some radndom guys came up and asked if they wanted to go play the punching game and Mike and Wade thought that they wanted to fight but said "ok" anyway then they realized that it was an actual game where you go and punch a bag and it gives you points for how hard you hit it!

Afterwards we went to Wades house and played Guitar Hero...which is WAY fun by the way! I didn't do too bad (for my first time ever) and Mike thought I sucked so he picked it up and got boo'd off the stage! Krystal wouldn't even try it!

What a Week!

2008-01-12T18:48:00.000-07:00

Well...this has been quite the week. I've been a little off and on with my eating. I figure I can splurge everyonce in a while, but this week seems like I've gone off course almost entirely. It all started with Cookies at Deijas. And if you've ever had Deijas cookies....you KNOW how imposible it'd be to say no to those. But I only had 1 and the rest of Devs. :-) Since then I've been out to Robintino's and I couldn't resist their delicious garlic bread.

All in all I've been great with working out. I've never had a problem with motivation for exercising, luckily. I LOVE IT! I know some people think I'm crazy because of it, but I really really enjoy the feeling of moving my body to music, weather it be the steady flow of yoga, or an upbeat kickboxing class to lifing weights. That mind-body connection is so soothing to me.

I think the fact that I've read up a TON on how our bodies work and respond to exercise makes me giddy with the feeling that I'm making my muscles stronger and longer, that I'm building up my endurance of my heart and lungs and releasing all those good-for-you hormones. I just bask in it!

Sooo...since fitness and health is something I've always loved, why not do something with that? My delima is what? What do I do with it? I want to do it all eventually. I want to own a gym, if not multiple eventually. I guess my real question is where do I start? Do I start with my Personal Trainer Certification, my Primary Group Exercise Certification, or Yoga?

The certification class that's closest at hand is Yoga! It's actually the weekend of my birthday
:-) so I'm hoping I can get a present out of it. It's $300 some odd dollars then I'd have to put in 8 hours of community teaching before I could teach at a gym. Then once my foot is inside that way it'll open up doors for me to get my certifications in the other areas.

I just want to get out there and share the passion I have for fitness with others!

Weigh In!

2008-01-08T13:53:00.000-07:00

Ok ok okay! Despite my crazy guilt trip, I did pretty good, no make that GREAT, this week! I lost 8 pounds! Woo Hoo! All from watching what I eat...complex carbs like whole grains, and snacking on fruit, veggies, and nuts instead of chips, cookies, and ice cream! YAY!

I'm also working out more steadily. I'm trying to do at least 30 min of light movement like walking, cleaning, playing with the girls, EVERY DAY! Luckily work counts since I'm always running like crazy back and forth from table to table to kitchen to table. 3 days a week I'm doing yoga and 3 days a week I'm doing strength training!

It's so fun to watch Dylan and Devyn do my workout videos with me. Espeically yoga! Watching them try to hit the pose and stay with it is hilarious. I have 2 videos of yoga for kids, and they LOVE IT! They're also eating healthier as a benifit from mom only having healthy food options. They snack on oranges and apples and string cheese instead of goldfish, cereal and candy. YAY for me again!

Big pat on the back for me! And the best thing is? I'm not depriving myself of things I love! How cool is that? Pretty darn cool!

Update on Resolutions

2008-01-06T15:41:00.000-07:00

Today is Sunday Jan 6 and I've been great since my last post. I'm feeling more energetic and optimistic about my eating habits. I've been doing yoga steadily for the last year and a half, but now I've added in some strength training and I'm seeing my definition in my arms come back.

I'm following the "YOU on a Diet" book. I love it cuz it's not about dieting...it's about making smarter choices and learning your hunger/fullness signals. I'm a BIG TIME emotional eater. So I'm picking up water, fruits, or nuts instead of ice cream, popcorn, and chips.

I haven't come up with a good system for rewarding myself yet...I'm afraid if I eat a piece of chocolate I'll eat the whole box. I know that before long I'm gonna hafta figure something out so I don't feel like I'm missing out.

I was telling Mike about my inner dialoge thinking I might be somewhat crazy...but according to him everyone does that. It's kinda like our angel and devil on our shoulders. I gotta learn to lay off myself a bit more though...Hey, I'm only human right? At least I hope so :-)

Resolutions!

2008-01-04T13:02:00.000-07:00

Ok, so it's 4 days in the new year and I've already messed up! Yesterday Mike had the day off so we were gone ALL DAY LONG!! To Costco, Toys'R'Us, Wild Oats etc. Since we weren't homne that meant eating out...yikes for my dieting....yum for my tummy.

For lunch we went to China Star and really the only thing they had that was semi healthy were Chicken Wraps. I made sure they didn't use MSG, but they didn't have low sodium soy sauce...I didn't dip, but the chicken came coated in sauce already and the lettuce...well it was iceberg (no nutritional value at all) But...better than nothing.

After all our errand were done we went to see the movie Enchanted (so cute!) but this means popcorn and sodas right? I prepared for this by taking a lil baggie of dried cranberries a pear and a bottle of water. No good, it didn't help with the smell of butter and salt and the os so fun feeling of crunch crunch in my mouth...I had a couple handfuls. Scratch that, I finished Dylan's lil box full :-( Since my water was all gone I had a sip or 2 (ok a couple of gulps) of Mike's Diet Coke and then...DUN DUN DUNNNN Guilt becomes me!

Here I am on day 3 and I've failed, what a war going on inside my head. It's ok Jennie, just be better the rest of the day, it's ok....no it's not, you know how many calories and sodium and fat are in that popcorn, I'm gonna hafta run 10 miles to work that off...no you're over exagerating...just play with the girls a little harder tomorrow and everything will be fine...no, screw it, I've already messed up, lets go get some ice cream...no, we're going to be good the rest of the day, just because I messed up once doesn't mean I have to throw in the towel, hey I'm only human give me a break...no way, you screwed up...it's the end for you, you'll never loose that last 15, just give up and enjoy your food and be happy with who you are....I am happy with who I am but I want to improve my healt is all....UGH!

I'd made up my mind that I'm ok, I can forgive myself the handfulls of popcorn and gulps of diet coke and make up my mind to just be better the rest of the day....until we go to Firehouse Pizza aaaaaaaaaaaaaa! It starts again, but I resolve to just get a salad and stick to it...but Mike and Edyie order a Canadian Bacon 1/2 combination pizza, so I forgoe the salad and eat the pizza and vow to start over again tomorrow!

So here I am...tomorrow...and I'm doing great! Now I just gotta stay strong through work tonight...no snacking on french fries or eating my salad drenched in the ever delicious Blue Cheese Dressing. Nope...instead I'm going to eat a delecious side of veggies and a yam with cinamon and drink lots and lots of water! YAY!!

LAST DAY!

2007-12-31T09:43:00.000-07:00

Alright everyone...Today is THE Last Day I treat my body like it doesn't matter. Starting 2008, I'm gonna be Great! Yay! I'm heading out to the Library to pick up some books on eating healthy...although I already know how...it'll be nice to figure out some quick and easy things to make for me and the girls when we're snacky...and make up a meal plan.

I really would like to go organic...the supply is just soo limited here in Davis County, I'd have to run into SLC to Wild Oats to be able to get the full option of healthy food! That Might have to be a choice I make to help my body stay healthy and strong...especially for my girls, their little bodies are so sensitive to all these preservatives and strange chemicals that are in their food.

I'm gonna simplify. That seems to make sense to me. Wish me Luck! Hope you make your 2008 Great! YAY!! :-D

Christmas Pic

2007-12-29T12:52:00.000-07:00

This was our Christmas Pic. I was too lazy to get it mailed out to everyone, but we did use this as our wine label! I thought we were going to do soemthing simple, like in front of the Tree, but Mike had this idea to go sit on the Packard...one of his many beaters. Turns out I really like it...other than we were staring right into the sun so we're all a lil squinty...oh well, it still looks cool, good thinkin Mike!

OK, another try!

2007-12-29T12:37:00.000-07:00

Alright, so I haven't made it back until my cute sister-in-law sent me her adorable family blog. Now I gotta figure this thing out to stay on top of what's going on.

We just had Christmas! It was soo fun, Dylan came running and screaming into our room at 7am MOM....SANTA CAME! And she was off back in the room with the presents! She got a Barbie Scooter and movies, books, and lots and lots of coloring supplies since she says she wanst to be a "Mermaid, Doctor and Artist" when she grows up! :-)

Dev got a lil trike, a baby, and books! I got a bunch of Yoga DVD's, a yoga Mat Carrier, and Laser Hair Removal! Woo Hoo!!!! No more shaving my armpits ever ever EVER again! Mike got a Sirius Satelite Radio and some stuff for our Home Brew!

So...I just got a letter yesterday from my parents. They want to have a Family Biggest Loser Contest! Ohh YEAH!! I'm soo winning this! They're putting in $200 and anyone else who joins will add $50 to the pot. Starts Jan 1, 2008 until May 2008...I don't remember the date in May!

First Post!

2007-08-25T17:25:00.000-06:00

Woo Hoo, Blogging world HERE I COME! This is my first of hopefully many posts, it's gonna take me a lil bit to figure out what everything is/means in this new world I've just entered. Wish me luck!