Our trip

We had sooo much fun on our trip to Idaho. I miss my sister, brother-in-law and nephew but we plan on going back up in March so we'll see them soon. :)

here are some picks from our trip. These are not in order.

Juliet playing on Aunt Rina's Ipod...she likes them. she wants one of her own.

Juliet and Eric in front of the Rexburg Temple. So cute.

Seth making a silly face. He's so stinking cute!!!!!!

me and my cuteness...I'm an aunt for the first time on this side of the family. Makes me smile. :D

Juliet and her Cousin. she loves him. She was so excited to go see cousin seffers (that's what she calls him)

Rina totally passed out on the buss....awesome.

Juliet totally passed out on the bus...could be because I overdosed her on Dramamine...oops.

we had a fantastic time and it was a very special and memorable Christmas!

Just because

I got a new Iphone and honestly I loooove this thing. It takes the best pictures and I can email them to myself. No more waiting for me to download pics anymore. wahooo.

So Juliet came to visit me in the office today. here is a picture Rina took of me and her. I think we are pretty dang cute if I do say so myself. :)

hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

Count down

So most people would be counting down for Christmas. Santa, the presents, a big dinner with friends and family...don't get me wrong. I love this holiday, but this year is a tad different.

We are going to be on a plane come Christmas morning. Flying into UT, then on a shuttle for four hours to get to the home of my wonderful sister and brother-in-law and adorable nephews house. Then on Saturday we are going to the temple with them. Now what can be more joyous then that? I'm so excited I can barely stand it. This is probably going to be one of the best Christmas's ever!

small accomplishments that mean the world

As most of you know, I've struggled with my weight for a very long time! ups and downs, new diets, fad diets, home exercises, gym, life-style changes. You name it. I've done it.

Well recently I've gone through some major changes in my life and with those changes came the urge to really do something about it. So I've lost some weight. I'm excited about it and hope to lose some more. Yes the number on the scale going down is fun but its the small accomplishments that make all the difference in the world. Here are some that I just love!

I can rest my chin on my knee, which means my leg can fold all the way up and in!
I can shop in the regular size section and not have to look for the biggest size there.
I can cross my legs knee over knew and not calf over knee.
If I pick something out of my closet the fear is now 'oh that might be to big' not 'oh man, another thing I won't be able to fit'
I can wrap a towel around me and it covers everything.
When I go out...I actually dance because things don't jiggle as much as they used too. haha
when I look down....I can see my toes. :)

I know small things that most of us can do already. I'm just excited I'm able to do them now.
can't wait to see what else I can do when I lose more weight.

Snow Day!!!

Last night it started snowing. cool right....well this is what we woke up too and its still coming down! all the schools are closed and the Gov called a snow day, which hasn't been done over seven years. Nice

This is a chair we have in the back yard. It has not been wiped off the whole night/day its been snowing. :) see how much we got?

Frodo loves the snow. He was nice enough to stop and let me take a picture. Toby was off running like a maniac. They've had a really fun time running around in it and trying to eat it all.

You can see the running tracks the dogs have made. Juliet was out there for a bit but she got to cold and to tired before I could take a picture. Maybe later. This is her first big snow storm. :)

This is the front yard...You can see the slight indentation that kinda looks like an L.....that's our walkway. Ya so not shoveling that!

So here we are almost three and the snow is still coming down. I don't know if the Governor will call another snow day tomorrow but it was sure nice to have one today and spend it with my favorite Juliet, play on facebook and catch up on some laundry and dishes. :) Yay for snow days.

Doesn't work that way

Yesterday I woke up in the best mood. I was happy the air was crisp, the sun was out. Sure I had to go back to work but it is only a four day week and its good to get back into a routine. I fit into some slacks I hadn't been able to fit into in a while and I was feeling good.

I was ready to be on top of the world!....but I guess it doesn't work that way. Throughout the day my mood was slowly deflated with downers and reality checks. Some of them were just need to happens, like being told I needed to do something differently at work, when I thought I was doing well. It was brought to my attention that I needed to look at how I acted in certain situations, which is fine. I'm sure I needed to hear it. I was told I need to be cautious and reasonable in my expectations in other situations, again something that needed to be heard.

But frankly I just wanted a good day, I wanted people on my side...not showing me rational, legitimate reasons for the reality check. I quickly came down from the top of my world and although I deeply appreciate those in my life that tell me how it is and what needs to be done....I just simply didn't want it yesterday. But what can you do? Take it and run with it, so I guess that's what I will do.