Painting a picture of me...Google style!

I saw this on my friend's blog, so I thought I'd try it out...

you go to google images search and type in the answer to the question. the 1st picture to pop up is what you are supposed to put on your blog...here it goes!

My first name is : SCRAP

My middle name is: HAPPY

My last name is: MOMMY OF 2

My favorite vacation spot: RELAXING, doesn't matter where!

How old am I? 28

Where I'd like to go someday: AUSTRALIA

Where I grew up: CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA

Favorite food: ANYTHING ITALIAN
Favorite treat: CHEESECAKE

Where I live now: SANDY, UT

Favorite animal: MONKEYS AND ELEPHANTS, split decision

Favorite color: BLUES AND GREENS, can't pick just one shade, let alone just one color!!!

Who I'm married to: TALL BOY

Describe Hubby: ALL MINE!!!

What do I do for work: MOM
Hope you had fun!

I've Been Tagged!

Tagged

1. Where did you meet your husband? In High School, at a church dance on New year's eve.

2. How long did you date before you married? 4 years to the day, minus the 2 years he was on his mission.

3. How long have you been married? 9 years this January

4. What does he do that surprises you? He cuddles up on the couch to watch shows together

5. What is his favorite feature? His eyes and lips, and his sense of humor

6. What is your favorite quality of his? Has to be the sense of humor

7. Does he have a nickname for you? Hon mostly.

8. What is his favorite food? Steak and baked potatoes

9. What is his favorite sport? Football..GO COLTS!!!

10. When & where was your first kiss? On our 1st date, leaning up against my friend's car. 3 perfect little kisses :)

11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Cuddle and spend time together in any form

12. Do you have any children? Yepper...1 boy 1 girl.

13. Does he have any hidden talents? He can do anything he puts his mind to, and he learns stuff super quick. He's also a math genius. He does math so fast in his head it makes mine hurt!

14. How old is he? 30

15. Who said I love you first? I'm pretty sure I did about a month after we started dating

16. What is his favorite music? Alternative, Pop, upbeat stuff

17. What do you admire most about him? His brains...I wish I had some left!

18. What is his favorite color? Blue

19. Will he read this? not sure? Hopefully? I love you babe!

20. Who do you tag? Alicia and Erka

Thankful Thursday

I saw something like this on a blog and thought I'd make it my own. Welcome to Thankful Thursday! There are so many wonderful things in our lives that we can sometimes take for granted. I decided to list 10 things each week (more if I am inclined) that I am especially Thankful for at that time. Drum Roll Please...............................................................

#1-Beautiful, healthy children
#2-My hubby who provides for us
#3-The true Gospel of Jesus Christ
#4-A living Prophet of God on the earth
#5-Personal revelation from God
#6-Answers to prayers (even if the answer is 'no')
#7-A roof over my head that doesn't leak
#8-Clothes to wear
#9-The changing of seasons, both environmentally and in our lifetimes
#10-Wonderful extended family who are willing to help, share, accept and love us

I could go on and on, my heart is very full right now. but I figure I'll need something to write next week! Hope your Thursday is full of Thanks!

Weekly Weigh in...

Wooooooooo Hoooooooooo! I did it again! Even with the conference party chow down, I managed to lose 1 lb this week! Really, I did it in 6 days, but who cares about that anyway...OH YEAH, I DO!!!! So the program is going well. I hope I can continue this trend and lose more and more weight. My ultimate goal is to be 160-170 for my 10 year anniversary in Jan 2010. I know it's far off, but I want to lose the weight slowly so my skin will hopefully adjust and I won't be left with yards of extra skin...Hopefully... anyway, that's my update for now!

I love conference...and conference parties!!!

I have this glorious tradition at conference time. You've heard of SuperBowl parties, right? Well, Hot Mama and I have Conference Parties! Usually we only have them for Sunday, but since both of our Hubbies were gone for Saturday, we decided that we would have another party on Saturday!

So, on Saturday, Hot Mama came to my house with her kids and an awesome conference packet! We scrapbooked and listened to conference while the kids did their packets. We were amazed at how well the kids payed attention and enjoyed their packets. We only had to pause conference a couple of times (Thank You TiVo!!!) And the kids watched both conferences! We had every kind of candy and yummy treats on hand for our munching delight. For lunch we had sandwiches and fruit salad. And for dinner we did a baked potato bar and more fruit salad! It was a wonderful feast of body and spirit!

On Sunday, I went to Hot Mama's house where we watched the 1st session of conference and then had our traditional lunch...Lil Smokies, meatballs, deviled eggs, 7 layer chip dip and more fruit salad (I made a very large one evidently). Then we watched the 2nd session of conference, but the kids didn't make it past the 1st 30 minutes, but they watched 6 1/2 hours of conference over the weekend! That's pretty awesome for kids ages 5,6 and 8! Anyway, I just loved the messages that were shared.

My favorite message was President Monson's address about enjoying the journey. It spoke so much peace to my soul that I am doing exactly what I need to do right now, be home with my kids and enjoy this precious time. I have a very strong opinion that kids come 1st, then whatever housework I do get done is just a bonus! I very rarely let my house get to the "thrashed" state, but when it happens, it's usually because I have been doing something amazing for or with my kids. What a wonderful blessing it is to see these little ones grow and progress!

Anyway, enough of the mushy stuff, I just had to share my joy. I found the blog of the woman who created the conference packet, she does a new one for each conference... so her's her blog address for next time!

http://coloroftheskyinmyworld.blogspot.com/

Hope you all had an enlightening and joyful weekend!

Autumn is in the air...and the trees!!!

Wee took a drive tonight and had a picnic in the mountains where we could see the fall colors. The kids made a leaf pile and jumped in it. They were also buried in leaves! They had so much fun! Gma and Gpa had a great time too. Sorry you missed out on the fun Tall Boy, but maybe you'll bring home a deer or elk for it?! :)

Hope you are all taking the time to appreciate this beautiful time of year...it won't be around very long!

The Weekly Weigh-In!

I weighed in yesterday at 219.3... I was really sad that I gained back some of the weight I lost from the previous week...DARN YOU DISNEYLAND AND TONY ROMAS!!! Anyway, I have been doing great at home. So great in fact that I weighed in again today and I was back down to 216.5! It's amazing the difference 1 day can make! So, only 10 more weeks and 8.5 more pounds to go! I really hope I do more than 8 pounds, but I set my goal lower so I could feel good about doing more instead of feeling bad when I didn't make the goal. I really should go into Psychology! Anyway, that's my news. no change from last week...I can't wait until next wednesday!

Disneyland and other happenings...

We had an amazing trip! We had so much fun seeing friends, family and going to Disneyland. We traveled to Anaheim on Wednesday night. We went to Disneyland on Thursday from 10am-3:30pm. We went out to dinner with my Aunt and cousin, and ate WAY TOO MUCH! I'll see tomorrow at the gym how much damage was done when I do my week 2 weigh in!!! We went to Disneyland California adventure on Friday morning at 8:30am for an hour or so, then it was back to Disneyland until 3:30pm again. Then we drove up to Pismo Beach and stayed with Tall Boy's cousin and their brand new baby! We went to a wedding celebration on Saturday from 10:30am until 4pm. Then we went back to the house and relaxed for the rest of the night. Then we went to church sunday morning at 9am for the baby's blessing. After the blessing, we took pictures outside. Then it was back to the open road. We started heading home at about 11am. Along the way we missed our turn off and didn't realize it until about an hour later! So we stopped at a hotel and stayed the night half way home. Then we finished our trip and got home Monday. Here is a slide show of our fun!

Along the way I read 4 books by Shannon Guymon..."A trusting Heart", "Justifiable means", "Forever friends", and "Soul searching". They were all really good and I recommend them all!

Then Superboy came home from school today with his 1st grade picture! Too handsome! Some wierd reflection happened when I scanned it, but it's still adorable!
Anyway, that's all for now, gotta go catch up on house work!

My weekly weigh in...

Ok, this post is not for the faint of heart. I am spilling the beans...I will reveal to the whole internet world my weight and my weight loss!

As many of you know I started the BodyBugg program a week ago. At my consultation with my personal trainer last wednesday, I weighed 221.5 lbs. I weighed my shoes today that I wore last week, and they were 1.5 lbs. So my starting weight was 220 lbs. today I weighed in (without shoes) at 216.5!!! 3.5 lbs in 1 week! My goal was only 1 lb per week! So I am extremely excited about my progress, and motivation. And to be completely honest, it wasn't hard at all! The worst is fighting the cravings for junk food (especially candy bars) but I can have one every now and then when I've worked out enough! It is so cool to see how many calories I'm burning while I do normal everyday tasks (especially blogging!!!) I think this program just might be the tool I needed to understand my body's needs and functions.

However, today, to my horror, I got an email showing me how to properly weigh...
I have been doing it wrong! So who knows how much I really weigh!?! Here's the email I received...

The Proper Way To Weigh Yourself...

Sorry if you thought I was serious back there. My mother in law sent this to me and it seemed perfect for this post! Hope you got a good laugh in, I know I did!

FYI...I just burned 35 calories writing this blog! Have a fabulous day and weekend, I'll be back monday or tuesday! Thanks for tuning in!

What's up...

I know...total slacker...almost a whole week between posts. It seems like everyone is taking a recess from blogging for one reason or another. I have been focusing on my BodyBugg program and working out. Anyway, I just wanted to let you all know that something fun is on the horizon! We are going out of town this weekend and going to DISNEYLAND!!! Wooohooo! Family Vacation! Anyway, we won't be back until sunday night, so i probably won't blog again until monday or tues (gasp...I know!) But hang in there! I will be back and with LOTS of PICTURES!!! Anyway...have a great weekend, I plan to!

I needed a new look...

So you may have noticed, I changed my blog background today! I love it, but let me know what you like or don't like about it! Thanks to my friend, A NEW BLOGGER, for having such a cute background that I had to get one!

My Latest Craze...

Ok, so for all of you who have seen me in person, you know I'm not a super model. I have been working out at my gym for 5 months now, and I haven't lost any weight. So I had a meeting with a personal trainer to try and see what the problem was. We decided that I should try the Bodybugg to see how many calories I'm actually burning throughout the day. Today is day 2 of wearing the armband, and I hope this will be the answer to my weight loss problems. My goal is to lose 1 lb per week over the next 12 weeks. I'll check in every week and let you know how I'm doing. I'll also let you know how I feel about this armband and how it's affecting my progress. I hope this blog inspires others to do the same. Get up, Get healthy! Wish me luck...I think I just might need it! :)

For more information about the BodyBugg, go here...

http://www.bodybugg.com/

Now get up out of the computer chair and get moving!

Just a funny moment...

Yesterday Super Girl had a speech evaluation and I am pleased to report that in the 5 months since her 1st evaluation, her speech has improved from the 14th percentile to the 95th percentile in expressive language! We saw the most drastic improvement in June after Super Girl got tubes put in her ears. Now we can't get her to STOP talking!

Anyway, while the Speech Therapist was at our home, Super Girl kept talking about her toe "my owie", her cat "meowy" and food "my yummy". Just before the therapist left, she said very seriously, "Was Super Girl born in Florida?" I replied, "No, why?" And the therapist said , "Because she sure does talk about Miami ALOT!" She was just kidding, but it was just hilarious to me! I had a good laugh about that all day whenever Super Girl would say any of those things.

Just thought I'd share a chuckle with ya!

yet another giveaway...

Most of the giveaways I see are cute little hair do-dads, but this one is for a cricut machine! So follow the link (click on the picture below) in this blog or on my side bar and read the rules...good luck to us all! This thing is expensive!

Super Girl's 1st visit to the Zoo and our trip...

Thanks Hot Mama for the referral to the Elephant Song...it's perfect!
Here's a slide show of our adventures at the zoo...

We had a lot of fun in Cali. We drove out on Friday. That pretty much killed Friday.

Saturday we were going to watch our nephews play soccer, but our car had other ideas. We had to replace our battery. Then we went back to the house we were staying at and cooled off in the pool until we had to get ready for the wedding. We went to Tall Boy's cousin's wedding (one that we thought would never get married). It was beautiful, fun and tasty! They had a candy table and little candy bags that said "who knew life could be so sweet". They also had a really cute cake, it was just a small cake on top for them to cut, then they had tiers of cupcakes below that! The food was pretty good, we liked the chicken and fruit salad. We got to see almost all of Tall Boy's family, and met the newest member, our 2 1/2 week old niece! During the reception I accidentally locked our keys in the trunk. Luckily the car was open and Super Boy just had to climb through the back seat to unlock the trunk from the inside. Anyway, that was Saturday.

Sunday we tried to go to our old church, but they were having a special meeting at another building. So we dropped by our friend's house, and they fed us lunch. Then we went to a birthday party at my sister's house. We got to see almost all of my family and meet my 6 month old niece! What a cutie pie! We swam and ate dinner. We had cupcakes and Super Girl opened presents from Gma and Gpa. We said our goodbyes and went back to the house we were staying at. i got to catch up with one of my best friends (and sister-in-law) We stayed up way too late (1:30am) talking about life and dreams and goals. It was so great to reconnect! I miss her already.

Then Monday morning we packed it all up and came home! It was so hot while we were there, I guess we are fully acclimated to the weather here! It was nice to be home again, but I'm having trouble getting back into my routine. I'm so tired! I guess too many nights of little sleep while we were gone (and since we've been back). Anyway, here's another slide show, this one of our trip...enjoy!

Yet Another Give away!

Wow...it must be give away frenzy month out there...I have seen so many!!! here's another with 3 sets of really cute ribbon hair clips to choose from...

http://christinecreated.blogspot.com/2008/09/great-giveaway.html

If you tell them you found the give away on my blog, then I'm entered to win a separate prize! How much do you love me???

Another Give Away...

Follow this link (click on the picture) to a cool give away. 6 winners will be chosen on Sept 16th. There are some very nice prizes to choose from!

You know you're getting old when...

Ok, so we went to California, (I'll tell all about that later after I download all my photos) and on the way home we were trying to keep the kids happy and playing games. Super Boy wanted to play a game show kind of game with questions we made up. So one of the bonus points questions I came up with was "how old am I" and Super Boy answered 29,I said wrong, but then gma answered 28 and I said wrong, I'm 27. Then about 1 minute later, my darling hubby gently pointed out that I am in fact 28!!! Even after the beautiful countdown I places on this glorious blog, I still couldn't remember how old I am! That's how you know you're getting old...too many birthdays to keep track of! Hope you enjoyed my tale of woe...until my pictures are downloaded and I have 30 minutes to myself to blog again...see ya!!!

Happy Birthday Super Monkey...I mean Super Girl!

Super Girl is in love with monkeys, dogs, elephants and cats...but I think her favorite is Curious George. So we did a monkey party on Monday for my little 2 year old girl! (I need to figure out what I can count down to next! My blog seems so empty without that countdown going!)

So for Super Girl's party, I did a monkey cake, we had jungle animal plates and napkins, white cups with various animal stickers on them, pizza and ice cream. The cake was adorable, and so was Super Girl when she saw it! She squealed with delight and couldn't stop yelling "ooo ooo...ooo ooo!!!"

We had family and close friends that we call family over for the party...8 kids, 8 adults! It was a lot of fun. We started out by eating pizza, crazy bread and Italian cheese bread from good ol' Little Caesar's. Then we moved on to the only game I did, a bean bag toss. I made 2 bean bags from some monkey flannel and made a cardboard cut out of a monkey. The kids got suckers for making it in the holes. I passed out the goody bags and monkey hats. Then the presents were opened. Super Girls cousins, the fab 5, each gave Super Girl a present that they picked out and wrapped! It was so cute! She got hand made jewelry, crayons, red flower fuzzy purse, and a monkey coloring book from her favorite cousin Super G, some froggy bath toys and a monkey purse from Super J, and an elephant toy, blue fuzzy hat, and a Super Sleuths book from Super L (sorry if I missed anything...I'm going from memory here). The parents of the fab 5 gave her this amazing doll that cries, coos, laughs and claps. Super Girl was ready to call it quits on the other presents...she just wanted that baby! So we forced her to continue opening presents while the baby was rescued from it's jail box. Gma and Gpa gave her some money toward a savings account (something we have severely neglected in this family) and a princess style dress up crown, necklace, earrings and ring. Our super close friends, hot mama and family, gave her a My Little Pony and a puppy in a purse. We gave Super Girl a flannel blanket, pillow, night gown, hair ties and even a blanket and skirt for a little stuffed monkey all out of the monkey flannel (I had way too much fun doing those, I used every inch of that cute flannel...all 8 yards!!! ). Then there was the throw blanket with a stuffed monkey sewed on it, some necklaces and bracelets I made, some jungle animal puzzles,and a monkey board book. Spoiled rotten, I know...but I just couldn't help myself! So then Super Girl got her wish, and the baby was freed. She spent awhile playing with it, then all the kids went outside for a bit.

After awhile, we called everyone back in and did cake and ice cream. I got the idea for the cake from www.pbskids.org under the Curious George Birthday Party Ideas. I made it with the traditional 2 round cakes instead of in the bowl like they suggested, and I think it was adorable...and VERY YUMMY!!! After that we all just hung out and chatted while the kids played. It was a great day! We kept our baby alive for 2 whole years!!! That surely is cause for celebration! The fun part is that we get to party again this weekend. We're taking a trip to Cali to see Gma and Gpa K and a few new additions to our extended family (a wedding and a couple of babies!) We are only going for the weekend, but a short trip is better than no trip. We'll be celebrating Super girl's birthday again with my family there. FUN FUN FUN! I can't wait! Maybe that'll be my next countdown!

Take care for now, and enjoy the slide show!

PS...I have another give away to tell you about! Go to http://girlydos.blogspot.com/
and leave a comment telling them you found the link on my blog. 3 different prizes, all fun hair stuff! Good luck!

Super Girl is spoiled...Super Boy too...

During the 1st day of school fiasco, I let Super Girl wear a Tigger and Pooh backpack. Then I had some errands to run, and I ended up at a bazillion stores. Among the lucky winners were Office Max, Sally's Beauty supply, and Michael's. At Office Max I found this really cute backpack with a monkey and other animals on it.

The whole collection was 50% off. So I bought the backpack ($5) 2 magnets ($1) and a key chain ($0.50) in the monkey, and of course I couldn't leave out Super Boy, so I got him the 2 magnets and a key chain in the elephant!

I picked up some donuts while I was out and made it the perfect amount of fun things for his 1st day of school celebration! While I was at Michael's, I found spools of ribbon for $0.50, so I bought the rainbow. I also found some cute white flowers ($1) and bought them too.

Then I went over to Sally Beauty Supply and got bobby pins and hair clips.

Then I worked my magic, and this is what came out!

I can't wait to do more of the hair clips! So of course I had to do Super Girl's hair and pick a blue outfit so she could model my creations!!!

First day of School!!!

Ok, so the school countdown is gone...and so is my son!!! Yippee!!! He had his 1st day yesterday, but it was just an hour to meet his teacher, get a tour, and have a reading assessment done. But today is his 1st full day!!! He has a couple of friends from preschool and kindergarten, and he is SO EXCITED!!! The only one not excited is Super Girl. She cried yesterday because she wanted her own backpack, and cried today when brother disappeared into the building and we didn't follow! She was calling his name the whole way home...it was so sad! Anyway, here are some pictures from yesterday and today!

Super Girl with brother's backpack...

Super Boy almost ready to meet teacher...

Super Boy on his way to the 1st real day...not at all excited...In front of his school...

Dum da duh dum! SOD!!!!

Hip Hip Hooray!!! The sod is in!!! Here are some pics!

Tall Boy pulling the kids on a ladder that did a great job leveling the ground for us...

The first 2 rows of sod...

Almost done

Putting on the last touches...Super girl, don't do it...daddy will be mad!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh..........what a beautiful sight!!! On to the next project!!!