Let's go fly a kite!

We have had the most enjoyable weather lately! Travis has been on spring break so we made a list of fun things to do all week, and we had a BLAST! One thing we wanted to do was go fly a kite. It gets super windy here, and makes for perfect kite weather. Owen loved flying the kite so high! He was Trav's little sidekick.
Lots of park days ahead for our family...

Love my boys!

TurboFire

This picture is my "before" picture
(Last Summer)

This picture is my "after" picture
(taken about 2 weeks ago)

I have been wanting to post about my weightloss journey for quite sometime...
I have learned so much and feel that I have finally mastered both the eating part as well as exercise. Both are CRUCIAL in weightloss. Here's my story:

It seemed as though I was yo-yo dieting for quite sometime when we moved to Las Vegas. I kind of hit a low point when we moved here and was gaining weight rapidly. I knew I had to do something about it and quick because I was just getting more tired, more unhealthy & more depressed. I was trying a bunch of different things. Diets I had done before and quick fixes. They were working but only temporarily. I had the exercise part down but just could not do the eating! About a month and a half ago some friends and I discovered a program called turbofire. It is a rigorous aerobic kickboxing program, as well as eating plan. I DO NOT look at it as a diet. In fact, the eating is soooo easy to follow. It came with a booklet of lots of yummy breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks. The program focuses on eating every 2 hrs, which is very NECESSARY and a metabolism booster. It also focuses on the importance of protein in all meals of the day. breakfast, snack, lunch, snack and dinner! I feel so GREAT!

Total Weightloss= 34 lbs.!!!!!

Feelin the love

Our Valentine's Day was pretty low key this year. Owen had a cold, Travis was super busy with school & life just got in the way! So I decided to at least have somewhat of a fun day. I got up early and made these cupcakes and fixed Travis breakfast before school. I got a few goodies and set them out for my 2 Valentine's! They loved the treats & goodies! I LOVE making holidays a big deal, cuz that's fun to me! Then Sarah & Jeff & that sweet baby Wyatt stopped in on their way back from Hawaii! They had a Fabulous time and I miss them already. Sarah was my valentine for the night. We went to dinner & had some sister time.
I am grateful for lotsa LOVE in my life!

Christmas with the fam!

My mom is truly amazing! She is the best Mom, grandma and friend! Just look at her handle all those kiddos.

This picture makes me laugh! Look how chaotic it is! Every child is doing something different! And my mom handles it with a smile! Still amazes me how she had 7 kids! :)

At Grandpa's Christmas party!

So cute!

The boys ready for a game of basketball! This has become a tradition now on Christmas Eve. The boys all go play while the girls stay home with bebes and have a good time.
(Minus Cason... He wasn't in town yet.)


Christmas in Utah was so much fun! It was nice to go home to snow and have a white Christmas.

Our Christmas Gift!

Santa brought us new bedding this year!
I LOVE IT!

Kardashian Kraze

Hello!!! It's been awhile. Until I have something blogworthy to blog about this will have to do! I have been a Kardashian fan for a while so I bought this book yesterday & the book itself is so-so but there are a few tips in there that are awesome! Like the nail polish color below. It is by ORLY called confetti. It is one of Kim Kardashian's favs and Khloe wore it on her wedding day. I bought a bottle and can't wait to try it out!

Blowing Bubbles

We haven't really seen much of Travis lately! He has been busy at his new home (school)! But, last Sunday even the smallest activity (blowing bubbles) entertained Owen for a while! I just sat back and snapped these cute pictures!