Just for fun

Playing with my new iPhone and I must say, I am having a good time! :)

BATMAND*

OBESSION: BATMAND (A.K.A BATMAN)
OWEN HAS TO WEAR HIS BATMAND JAMMIES EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
WHEN WE COME HOME FROM SOMEWHERE, DESPITE THE TIME HE WANTS TO PUT THEM ON!
HE IS SO FUNNY AND LOOKS AWFULLY CUTE IN THEM :)

Elder Jeremiah James Burr

Tomorrow will mark a week since Jeremiah went into the MTC! We have already heard from him once and he is doing so well! I could not be more excited for him!
Here are a few pictures from his setting apart, and day he left!
Isn't he such a cute missionary?

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.