Fun Times and a Baby Shower

L. to R. Tami, Vera, Kathie, Me, Kelli.

Karen, Susan, Laura.

These beautiful ladies are my cousins. I haven't seen them in years.

Susan is having her first baby.

She has felt yucky her whole pregnancy so far... dang it.

~Hope you feel all the way better soon Susie.

Me and my sis Vera at the shower.
Vera has always said that she was taller than me but this picture proves that I am taller ;)
I didn't have shoes on either, and she did!!
Are you shrinking V? or have I always been taller?

Vera, Me and Tami. Tami was the Hostess with the most-est!
She has a beautiful home!

Me and the mama to be! She is going to be a great Mom!!

This is Kathie, Laura, Vera and me with my favorite uncle Eldon!

Don't you think he looks like Doc off of Back to the future?

Girls night out!

Vera and I decided to go to a movie, so we called Loni and met at the theater. We saw Shopaholic. Cute movie. We had a great time together.

Love you sisters!

its got to be...its got to be....

i am pleased to announce that i discovered little elves that visit our house in the middle of the night and mess it up.

i have been wondering how our house gets messy during the day WHILE i am constantly cleaning it.

and here i thought it was my kids being slobs!

competition

Russ says he had a good birthday!

He got some much needed golf shoes, a compass for his truck, cologne, and some dark chocolate covered Altoids.

He loves dark chocolate.

He doesn't make a big deal out of birthdays.

But I did.

I made lasagna.

It was my first time making it believe it or not.

My mom was on the phone talking me through it.

It turned out pretty yummy.

Thanks MOM! Your the greatest!!

Russ informed me that Dugway is having a fat loss competition.

And the measure/weigh in is next Wednesday.

We are both going to do it.

So for the next week we will try real hard not to lose any fat so we can have more to lose for the competition.

Funny huh?!

It wont be that difficult of a task I'm sure.

I am glad it is a fat loss competition and not a weight loss competition.

We wouldn't have a chance if it was just weight.

So we are going to enjoy this valentines weekend with some good food!!

weigh in time...

So today, I hop on the scale....and it says......165!
That is one pound gain from last week. (muscle)
But 4 pounds lost over all.
So who knows how much fat I have lost so far.
The scale can be so deceiving because muscle weighs more than fat so if you are building muscle while you are losing fat....the scale will go back and forth.
I have lost inches but I am not going to measure until next Monday.
Tomorrow is Russell's birthday. 36!
Russ and I went on a date to the gym last Thursday and we played racquetball. He kicked my butt. It's like my feet wouldn't leave the spot they were in. We will have to play often so I can get better. I will never beat Russ but it is good fun to be beat by the one you love. The score was like 30 to 1. We were only going to 15 but I had to score once...so we kept going until they kicked us out at closing time. Luckily I scored once before we left!

The PRO!

Jarom is getting mighty good at scrubbing the floor!

If you look real close you can see the blue crayon.

Gotta love the Magic Eraser.

We use it everyday!! I could do a commercial for them.

Seriously, I see a mess on the floor, that I know Jarom did and all I have to do is give him the sponge or rag and he starts cleaning.

Good boy... well, bad boy for coloring on my tile, but good boy for cleaning it up!

Good Morning!

Do you ever wake up and just feel like crying?

This is what my little lady was doing when I woke up this morning.

She was super ornery for about 35 minutes and then she was fine.

I actually felt like crying this morning, but why is it not acceptable for adults to just cry for no reason?

I want to be a baby again.....somedays!

Happy Tuesday.

Update:

I still have been eating right and exercising.

In fact I worked out way too much yesterday and now I feel like crud.

I will weigh in on Monday.

Keep chuggin along...

perfect timing....

Is there a perfect time for a disaster?

This is what I was doing while Jarom was making a mess....

I have my R2D2 shop vac that I use to vacuum my whole house.

No carpet. (except rugs)

Wood and tile.

I plug in a large extension cord and start at one end of the house (I have a very long house....it's actually two houses put together....6 bedrooms...Army housing...need I say more?)

So while I started at one end of the house, Jarom had accomplished this mess.

Chips and Crackers.
Those two little turkeys always get into my pantry.

I said...."Okay, time to clean up!" and this is what Jarom did.

He thought, we were going to eat them all off the floor.