weigh in wednesday

Down to 159 pounds.

How much loss is that?

I can't remember what I started at at the beginning of the year.

It is 9 pounds lost since we started the biggest loser here on Dugway.

I haven't really gone down any sizes yet.

Still a size 12 in pants.

I feel and see the loss in my face, boobs, waist and arms......oh and my baby toe!

Yuck YUCky YucK YuCKY yuck!

So after Emma had the flu,

and the twins had the flu,

Carter got a mild case..no puking...lucky him.

guess who got it the worst?

That would be ME!

I am still recovering from the SUPER FLU!

Oh my, I don't think I have had it that bad in my life.

Thank goodness it was the 24 hour kind.

All I have to say is ewwww!

And.....that I HATE to be sick.

All in a days work..

Did Emma's hair
Got kids off to school
Made bed
folded laundry
started the washer
cleaned the bathroom
got dressed
dressed the twins
breakfast
cleaned rest of the house
did hair cut
wax
another hair cut
wax
made lunch
full set of nails ~~Allie pooped in her panties in the middle of doing nails.
glitter toes
glitter toes
glitter toes
Jarom got his arm stuck in front door
held him cause he was crying
he puked all over floor
cleaned that up
cleaned up lunch mess
Jarom puked on couch
cleaned that up...put couch cover in washer.
thought he was done puking....cause really how much can be in that little belly?
put him on my bed while I put more laundry away.
He puked on my comforter
put him in tub
put comforter in washer
started dinner
hair cut
Another hair cut
Emma yells that Allie just puked
just finished hair cut
cleaned up puke
took kids outside....(could they puke out there? NO!)
came in to check on dinner
Allie followed me
she acted like she was going to puke again
I ran her to the sink
Yay! we made it!!
Russ comes home from work
Has to go back because his friend left his keys there
we ate dinner without him
twins were begging for food
I wouldn't let them have anything but water
Jarom steals food 8)
Russ got home 10 minutes to 7
Carter has 4~H at 7
I volunteer to take him...cause I want to get out of the house...can you blame me?
Allie begs to go, it's just a car ride so I take her (I thought she was done puking, because really how much can be in her belly? Have I said this before?)
We are a little early for 4~H
Carter says lets go to the gas station, I have money.
We meander in and I am holding Allie looking at the movies
Allie lets out a little cough
I freak out and cover her mouth and run out of the store
Thought for a second that I overreacted
but then She puked again....outside thank heavens!!
told Carter we would wait by the van
Of course you can't go to the gas station or anywhere here without seeing someone you know
Carter's Basketball coach was there
offered to help
nice offer
I said, if you want to deal with puke, be my guest!
There really wasn't any need to do anything
But it was nice of him to offer
dropped Carter off
went home
cleaned up dinner
got kids ready for bed
watched dancing with the stars
re-washed comforter because it still smelled like puke
put kids in bed (hoping they don't puke in the night)
went to bed at 9:30
Allie woke up at 10:15
She puked in her bed
changed sheets
cleaned her up
went back to bed and crashed
Jarom woke up at midnight
He didn't puke...thank goodness
he was just thirsty
woke up to happy kids today
hopefully today isn't as eventful!

My Saturday ended how?

We were supposed to go to the temple and our babysitters fell through.

So I looked at Russell with big eyes and said..."Let's go for a drive."

He said..."Really?"

( I am usually out of my comfort zone on long drives)

I wanted to see what was south of us.

I know it is desert but what is out there?

We headed down a dirt road and started to see some wildlife.

Then we came upon the pony express station just south of Dugway.

We got out and played around the cabin and stuff for a while.

A man came riding up on his green motor bike....He comes into play later!

The kids loved it. It was kinda muddy though.


So then we headed to Simpson Springs.
We saw some water bubbling up through the ground.
It was cool to see.
Then we decide to keep going and we saw a sign for Dugway Geode beds.
We pulled over and looked for geodes for a good hour or so.

The kids loved it and so did I.
It was so interesting.
We didn't find any, it had been super picked over.
We need to take a shovel next time we go.
We are REALLY in the middle of nowhere by now.
We decided to keep going to Fish Springs.
Not a whole lot to look at but there were people living out there.
So far from civilization.
By then we saw a sign that said Tooele 105 miles. Wendover 104 miles.
So we decided to keep going and hit the main road (we had been driving on dirt roads for 4 hours by now. So we were so excited to see paved road.)
We came upon a little town called Calleo.
I don't think you can really call it a town because there are no services.
Just a handful of houses. Where do these people go shopping? Seriously they are hours away from anything.
They had a tiny little school too.
So from there we drove on a dirt road for about an hour while we all had to pee really bad.
We were laughing so hard because the road was washboard and hilly at times and that did not help the situation!
When we got to the paved road about 45 miles outside of wendover we saw that man with the green motor bike on the side of the road.
We waved and he kind of waved us down and said he had a flat.
We couldn't let him ride in the truck because we had a full house.
So we threw his bike in the back of the truck and let him ride back there too. It was either that or he was spending the night in the desert.
Thank goodness he was dressed for the colder weather.





We made it to mini Vegas with very full bladders.
By now we were driving for 6 1/2 hours.
We were still having fun though.
We decided to eat dinner at a casino buffet.
So I checked out a couple of hotels.
The one that had the least amount of smoke was the one I chose.





All you can eat food is....Wow! for my boys.
I had a salad.....and some dessert.














So after we ate, We decided to give our kids a lesson in Not Gambling. We pulled all of our quarters together, I sent Russ out the door with the kids and I went hunting for a quarter slot.
I had 2 dollars and I was sure I would loose my money in 30 seconds.
A lesson on not wasting your time or money is about to transpire.
I finally found a quarter slot and could not find where to put the quarters in.
I felt really stupid.
So I ask the lady next to me if you can use coins in these slots.
She said no, just bills or a money card.
Money card?
I am out of the loop folks.
So I went clear across the casino to the cashier to get 2 dollar bills.
It is becoming a pain in the butt by this point.
I get back to the slots where my new friend is losing dollar after dollar since I have been gone. After she helps me put my dollar bills in the right way, it took me about 15 seconds to loose 2 dollars!
Yay, my lesson for my kids just got even better than the 30 seconds that I thought it would take. The lady probably thought I had never been in the city before.
After I lost my 2 bucks, I sat there for a few seconds not sure what I should do.
I kind of looked around and then got up and slowly walked away.
When I got outside, the stench of smoke followed me.
In fact the whole 5 minutes that I spent in the casino embedded the horrific smell into my jacket, my hair, my scarf and my lungs.
I had black lung the whole way home.
Yuck!
I was coughing up a lung.
I could never be a smoker.
I am glad I don't have friends that smoke either.
I wouldn't tolerate it.
It is a nasty thing to be addicted to.
I never thought when I woke up that Saturday morning that I would be sitting in a smoke filled casino trying to lose 2 dollars as fast as I could.
Impromptu Saturday.
Haven't had one of those in a while.

There's something about it.....

There is something about a crisp white snow when you know Spring is just around the corner.
We have the most beautiful trees in our neighborhood.

This tree is in my front yard. It's huge.

The wind blew so hard yesterday. So this is the result of the wind blowing while it was snowing.

These are our indoor activities....trying on our winter hats!

Happy Birthday Vera!!

Happy Happy Birthday to my oldest sister Vera!

What do I say about V.........

She is so great.

So Creative.

So Smart

So Kind.

So Beautiful.

A Great Mom.

Fun to be with.

And just a great woman!

I love you Vera,

Hope you have a wonderful Day!!

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.

No more GUM?!!

I have been told to give up one of my favorite things.

GUM!

I have TMJ and chewing gum makes it worse.

My bite is all screwed up.

I was finally given confirmation that my sister Loni broke my nose when I was little.

I went to the ENT today to have my ears checked and he said that my ears are fine and diagnosed me with TMJ.

He looked in my nose only to find that my septum is deviated and said that it is from breaking my nose.

Yes, my nose is crooked!

I always wondered if I had broke my nose but never had it confirmed until now.

Loni and I were playing hands up stands up.......you know the game.

She kicked me in the nose.

I remember exactly where we were when it happened.

We were standing in the front yard on a warm afternoon after our ginormous (is that a word?) tree in the back yard had filled the front yard with shade.

Who knows if she did it on purpose.

You know how siblings are so who knows.....I could ask her now and she would probably deny doing it on purpose....I don't know,

however, I hold no malice.

She offered to pay for my nose job some day and I would now like to take her up on that!

So Loni.......pay up sista!

Just kidding, I wont make her pay, (and she didn't really offer) I will just rub noses with her every time I see her. ;)

Anywho.....

The doc gave me some exercises to do for my jaw.

Hopefully it helps!

This diagnosis explains the pain I keep getting in my teeth.

Kiera's having a birthday shout hurray!

My cute little niece turns 2 today!

My sister Loni made this amazing cake. Isn't it cute?

We had a fun party for her yesterday.

Happy Birthday Sweetie,

We LOVE you!

Kiss Kiss.

Date Night!

Russell's first time playing BINGO!

And guess who won?

Beginners luck.....of course beginners luck never happens to me.

But I am glad Russ won!

15 bucks!!

He took the money...instead of a prize.

Great Date!

Our Friday.....

Wake up
Get kids out of bed.

Sunrise.

Get to Loni's 2 hours later.

Allie and Keira are twinners today with their pigtails.

Oooo La La! My gorgeous sister.

We met my other sister at 'School Lunch'

Then we went to Roberts to shop.

Loni and Vera.

We hit the first day of 90% off christmas.

I saved over 250 dollars on all the stuff I bought for next year.

Me and my 'cat smile'

Can you tell we are excited for spring?

My beautiful neice Briea.

My other beautiful neice Kylie.

(I have no idea why it turned sideways. I am very curious about that.)

My other beautiful neice Keira.

At Loni's.

My brother Ben singing the alphabet with the kids.

He was saying....."V" when I snapped the picture.

I only put this picture on here to show you how mean I look when I am not smiling.

I am not mad, I just look like it.

So if you see me and I am not smiling, don't think I'm mad.

There, that's better.

Sunset.

We were all so tired, this is what time we went to bed.

Long day, but very fun nonetheless.