Our Weekend

On Saturday we went to a company party for Bryan's work. It was pretty fun and there was TONS of good food. If you thought it was hard not to buy desserts and snacks to have at home, try having in FREE right in front of you. It was to much to handle and I had a lighthouse cookie (my all time favorite cookie) They had a large bounce house for the kids, and some hula dancers to entertain. After their performance the hula dancers taught any kids who wanted to how to hula. Kaylee was the first to volunteer.

After only a few minutes of instruction they were ready to show off their new found skills (it was REALLY windy, so sorry that the camera had a little trouble holding still and staying in focus) I also had to cut the dance a little short because the wind blows a large "obstruction" right in front of Kaylee.....you will see) Oh yeah, if you look closely Trevor and Nathan are at times in the background.

As the party ended there was SO much left over food that everyone went home with steaks, chicken breasts, fresh pineapple, chips, juices, and pies. With all this we decided to have Barlow and Andrea over for dinner on Sunday, however they had signed up to feed the missionaries, so we had them over as well (that is how much steak and chicken we brought home...crazy eh?) We also had a fabulous green salad courtesy of Andrea, and a fruit salad with the pineapple and the strawberries from our garden (if you haven't checked make sure to see the pictures of our strawberries on the sidebar. They are growing like crazy!!)

Sunday morning was nice. Trevor had asked if he could fast this week so he started his fast after breakfast and did a great job. Trevor and Kaylee also bore their testimonies in sacrament meeting for the first time. They were kind of nervous, but went up together and did a great job. We love watching them grow up and make such righteous choices!

After dinner on Sunday we watched old family videos. We have NEVER gotten our video's out before so it was tons of fun to see Trevor running around as a baby, then adding Kaylee and watching the two of them play together, then we add Nathan to the mix. (we only have digital video of Ashton so we didn't get to see his addition) The kids loved watching themselves open birthday presents again.

All in all it was a great fun family together weekend!

Ten Years Down......Eternity to Go!

Well Bryan and I had our ten year anniversary on Thursday May 29th. Time has really gone by fast. For those that don't know...Bryan and I are really low maintenance type people. We counted our new play set and grill as our presents to each other and just planned a small date (dinner or something) It was a school night and Bryan usually does not get home from work until around 7:00, so we didn't plan much. However that afternoon he called to say that the afternoon at work had slowed down so much that he could come home, BUT they had carpooled so in order to come home, I would have to go pick him up. I had to think about it for about half a second and hopped in the car. Barlow and Andrea agreed to watch the kids a little earlier than they had planned and I went to get Bryan. Unfortunately when I got to the clinic I found him inside working on a patient on the floor of the clinics gym.? Come to find out she would have been his last patient and when she was doing her last exercise on the bike he was going to finish his paperwork so that he would be ready before I got there. BUT as she was getting on the bike, her foot didn't clear and she fell over. I guess she re-injured her almost healed leg, and hit her head, so Bryan was working on reducing the new swelling, then we had to wait for someone to pick her up because with her new injuries she could not drive. We ended up leaving there only a few minutes before the carpool would have left. Oh well.

We went out to eat and then went to see Prince Caspian (LOVED IT!) After the movie we stopped at Walmart to get the soundtrack to the movie (I love to listen to classical music in the house, I find it helps me relax). We also picked up the soundtrack to the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie. (Unfortunately the kids like to listen to crazy loud chipmunks louder and more often than classical music......it is not as obnoxious as you would think)

Anyway, we had a great time and look forward to the next ten years (by then our kids will be getting ready to leave home! Wow!)

PS. I spent most of the day trying to get my scanner to work so that I could scan in some of my wedding pictures, but alas, I could not get it to work, so I will leave it up to your imaginations)

Mobility?!?

Ashton is now 7 months old and has officially learned how to get around. His favorite thing is paper, and fortunately for him there is normally paper ALL over the house. I have been dreading this day, but alas it is here, and he is so cute that I find myself cheering him on! Go figure.

Poll Answer

Ok, whoever guessed 7 lbs (even you 5 lb guessers) are in HUGE trouble!!!! No one ever guesses that high for me and I was totally working harder than Bryan! Then there are those of you who always guess 1-3 lbs. Haven't you learned yet? Anyway to get to the point Bryan lost between 4-5 lbs. We have successfully removed all treats from the house so it is less tempting to break down and eat them. (for those of you interested I lost another 2 pounds) It feels great to eat better and get in shape, I am actually enjoying it! Thanks for the help.

Stimulating the Economy

We have been thinking about getting a playground set for the back yard for a while now, but when we got an unexpected check from the government we decided to throw caution to the wind. We looked around but of course found our best deal at Costco. We called up a friend with a truck and brought home six large boxes full of wood. Everything we read online said that these kind of playgrounds took a few days to build. We started that night and two weeks later we have a completed playground. It comes with the works, rope ladder, rock wall, slide, enclosed fort, tick tack tow game, steering wheel, telescope, picnic table, and a place for 3 swings (or two swings and a trapeze bar) The kids have had tons of fun and hopefully it will help out this summer.

Oh ye of little faith!

Well, the "POLL" worked (the pole was not to bad either). It is hard to say just how much I lost though. I started on Sunday morning last week, but this Sunday morning I forgot to weigh myself. When I remembered in the afternoon, the scale showed that I had lost 4.6 lbs, but I usually weigh in first thing in the morning because I weigh less then, so I decided to wait and see what I weighed in at on Monday morning, and when I did it showed that I had lost an additional 1.6 lbs!!! For a grand total of 6.2 lbs!! So it was one week plus one day, but still pretty good! I have been so hungry all week and have not had any simple sugars (except for my some birthday desserts....thanks to those who had birthdays :) Anyway, that means that I am now only .6 lbs away from my most recent low (I had gained back a little more than I originally disclosed) Thanks for the support. Bryan is convinced to be "good" with me this week and really watch what we eat and exercise more.

My house is not like a Zoo

Bryan was able to get last Friday off work, so last minute we decided to take the kids out of school and head to Portland, OR to go to the Oregon Zoo. Portland is about a 3 1/2 hour drive so we decided to get a hotel for Thursday and Friday nights. On our way there we noticed some signs showing a scenic route that passed by several waterfalls. Because we got a late start Thursday night we decided to wait and see them on our way home. When we got to the hotel the kids were so excited that it had a pool, so we had to check it out, even though it was 9:30. Luckily the pool was open until 11:00. We had a nice relaxing morning and headed to the Zoo. Trevor's favorite animal was the sea lions, Kaylee's was the "ringtails", Nathan's was the tiger (which is odd because the tiger was asleep and we could not really see him) Anyway, right after we stopped for lunch I realized how quite and peaceful it was at the zoo. The animals were mostly asleep, but even if they were awake, they just sat there or sometimes walked around. I have heard the expression before "wow, it is like a zoo in here" And have always considered my house to qualify for that expression, however it hit me when we were at the zoo, that my house is nothing like a zoo. I need a new word to describe it because the zoo was way to calm to be compared to my house.

Our hotel was only 2 miles from the Portland OR Temple so we made sure to drive past and show the kids. It is a really pretty temple.

Anyway, we had tons of fun at the zoo and went swimming again that night, and again the next morning before we left. The drive home took a little longer because we stopped to see all the waterfalls. At one of the falls there was a film crew there making a major movie. When we asked what it was, they told us it was called The Road. For more info on the movie click here. We thought that was pretty cool. We are so glad to be home though, trips are nice, but home is better!