ITS TIME!!!!!!!!!!!

So I have decided to actually try and lose some weight- and
I am putting it out in the open so that everyone knows and maybe
just maybe this time it will give me a kick in the butt to actually do
something about it. I havent lost that last 15 pounds that my beautiful
daughter decided to leave me with, and my body does not want to loose
its food storage very easily.And I don't know if it is just all those girl scout
COOKIES, or Im just getting older, So Today was the first day and it was tough but I
got through it and Im still alive- I have never had any problem with the
exercise part- but my eating habits are horrible. I found this website
called myfitnesspal and it is cool. You enter your information for the day-
and it helps you keep track of it and tells you what you need to be doing.
So if anyone of you out there is trying to also lose, I could use some good
recipes, tricks and some support. I cant seem to get past a week of dieting.
Its my downfall, that and DQ on the weekends. So each week I will post my little
calender of weight loss. And hopefully there is something to report.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR and I love It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sick and Tired of being Sick and Tired.............

Well this is what my family has been doing for the last
3 weeks. It started with Ashia and then to the rest of us. Not fun.
I was sick in January for 10 days with Strep. Then for the last 2 weeks I
have been real sick with fever, broncitis, and a Sinus Infection. After about a week a coughing

my head off. My husband forced me to go to the Dr.'s Probably because i have been keeping him up at night with my terrible cough. I told her that I seem to be getting sick a lot lately and that it takes for ever to get better, So she gave me a series of Antibiotics and took a few tests and found out that I have "MONO". I had it in highschool. ( Yea I know the kissing disease , RIGHT! ) and had a real hard time of not falling asleep where ever I was. I was so tired , I had trouble getting to school everyday. Good thing we didnt have RESTITUTION back when I was going to highschool or i would have probably had to have Summer school for all the days I missed or was late. Needless to say its back which is rare but in my case is probably chronic and I hope I can get over it soon. It just makes you super tired all the time and you can't seem to get over things very well. So thats my luck. A crappy immune system. We always tell our parents we have crappy genes- Its the joke in our family! So enough of my poor pity me party!

Yesterday, we went to St. George to the Cannery! We have went every month this year-
It has been kind of fun- my mom, and my two sisters went last night, Meg and Tanycia- I canned Sugar, flour, Spaghetti, and rice. Its been fun to watch our food storage grow. We have made a better effort to follow the prophet and I really feel like he has blessed our life. Of coarse my mom treated us
to Durangos salads after we went canning. I have to admit I have a great mom and she is always a great example of what a mom should be. I love you MOM!

Dam to Dam

Well I thought that this picture was so cute SO I just had to show it this girl loves bathtime. Today I took her clothes off and her diaper and turned around to get her water ready, when I turned around to pick her up low and behold their was a puddle around her feet and she was laughing.

This was her first hair cut! I just trimmed the back and round brushed it. It makes her look so old. The little stinker.

This was the Dam to Dam race. With me and my sisters and Sister in law Steph. We had so much fun. A couple of us were race bandits but hey it was still fun. I was so sick that day with the worst cough and cold ever but I made it to the finish line- Even though Im paying for it now.

Here is another picture of this little fart. She loves to climb in drawers and is always taking everything out of them. Everyroom I go in she has taken something out of each and every drawer. But she is so cute doing it that I just cant be mad

Well This really has been a crappy week. All my kids have been sick and now Ive got the cold, cough, sorethroat, . And to top that off one of my best friends mom just passed away. Most of you know keturah and that her mom Sheila passed away this week. It is so hard. Life really isnt fun that much and the trials we have to go through really are hard in this life. Keturah and I go to the temple once a month and we have went every month for 3 years now. ( She has helped me get there when before that I was only going once in a while) Plus we just have to stop and have lunch to make it worth our while. SO It has been really a hard to watch a friend have to go through what Trevor and I have went through with his mom. I found this poem and It really touched my heart.

"For each of us there is a journey,
a long road-
a time of trouble and pain,
a moment of sunshine and joy.
No one else knows the path,
for no one else has traveled there before.
We walk alone; courage our only companion.
We may travel in Darkness
or we may travel in light
it is our choice.
But meeting Christ
is the final destination of our soul!

Please pray for Keturah and her family, I know that they could use a lot of prayers right now. When something like this happens to you, you really realize why the Lord says in the scriptures to "Mourn with those that Mourn. Because we need all the help we can get in this life. Thank you to all my blogging friends and even those friends who I do occationally blog stalk. You inspire me everyday to do just a little bit better. Even through your trials and daily struggles I learn a lot. Thanks for keeping me going and striving to do better!

Prepare every needful thing

I have been thinking a lot lately about food storage and the need

to prepare every needful thing- I must admit I havent been the most aggressive

saint when it comes to food storage, but lately I have felt the need to do more and to

do a better job of actually listening to my prophets more carefully . And actually do what they

are advising us to do- whether its food storage or more temple attendance, (Besides my patriarchal blessing talks alot about food storage- so I guess i better listen) I know I need to heed their counsel more in my life. So I have been trying to do a better job of it. We actually canned about 40 cans that night. Just me and my 6 year old. The others only lasted about a 1/2 hour of work but KEEKERS was a champion . I also have a list of Non Food items that we also need to store- So if anyone wants it just leave a comment and a email and Ill email it to you- Its kinda cool you just put down let say how many toothpastes you use in a month and then you figure out how many you use in a year and you work towards getting all of them until you have a year supply then you move on to the next item. Ive been trying to look for stuff on sale when it comes. That way you can by more of them. Like I needed 12 dishsoaps and found them on sale at family dollar for .90cents and now I have my year supply . I also got a year supply of Shampoo and conditioner for less than $35.00- VO5 for .67cents a bottle- We have a lot of girls with long hair so we needed about 24 bottles of each 2 bottles a month. Usually monthly I don't buy Vo5 but at least I now have a year supply of it. So let me know if any of you want this list.

HAPPY BABY WITH THE CRAZY HAIR!!!!! This is where My Baby likes to hang out while im on the computer- She loves to crawl up under my chair and onto the printer- She doesnt like any toys she just wants to bother me all day. So She hangs out in her little cubby until Im off the computer. LOVE the crazy hair

Here is some more pictures of things that I have repainted and redone. for the tweens bedroom
this is shelf that was given to me and i repainted it- I got these cool picture frames and painted them the different colors of their new room.



Here is their Magnetic board that I repainted and
put the cute saying under the bottom of it. Hoping that one day
it will get through to them



Here is the desk that I repainted black. It was white and I bought it at the DI for 10 bucks. The chair was 5 bucks. And above that is the beautiful cross stich saying that keri made for me awhile ago- its so cute- I made the frame to put it in and added the pink ribbon to go with it. I love the saying:
What Lasts?
IceCream Melts
Flowers Wilt
The leaves of Autumn Fall
Sunsets fade,
Seasons change,
And children don't stay small.
Baloons pop
Snowfalls stop
Do summers last?
Never
Weekends fly
today will die
BUT FAMILIES ARE FOREVER!

VIVA LAS VEGAS !!!!!

Im a Yard Sale/ D.I. Junkee

I love to find old things and re-do them- I found this old chair for 5 bucks- it was brown -broken and had a black seat- I glued it painted it black and bought some material for 3 bucks and recovered the seat- I have redone my teen&tween's room by finding older furniture and repainting it-Ashia and I have been redoing her room for a young womens 10 hour project- We have Redone a black computer desk- this chair that goes with the desk and a tall book shelf and some other projects it has been fun!

Here is the girls at circus, circus-Anika with her cousins

Here is Ashlyn with her aunt B- they are 3 years apart and ashlyn is almost taller then B

Ash& little lady

Malasia & Keekers

Here are the girls at the Las Vegas Childrens Museum with clifford.

This museum is so fun for kids they learn so much about science and a lot of cool other things.

they had a blast it was really fun- GOing with the whole fam

to Vegas and staying in the timeshare. The kids swam, We shopped.

We went to PF CHangs, and just had a ball. Thanks hintons for the wonderful weekend.

I have a TEENager now! how will I cope

Can you believe I have a teenager? I am not old

enough to have a teenager- Ashia is now 13 and so

excited to be a teenager because it is closer to 16

little does she know when she gets to be 16 all she

will be doing with the car is running all my little errands-

Whoaaa Haaaaa Haaaaaa!

She is such a good girl- She has had straight A's for two semesters

(Probably because she loves the money we bribe her with) and she

only has two more projects to finish her YW Personal progress! What a good

girl I have- (Lets hope it stays that way)

Ansley got tired of waiting for me in the kitchen so she decided to

fall asleep- Its hard having only one kid at home all day- She has

no one to play with accept me and that isn't to fun!

We went snow tubing for new years day! it was a blast

cedar mountain was just the place. the kids had a blast- Addi

was the little dare devil. she went all the way to the top and came down. That

girl isn't afraid of anything.

Just hanging with the honey- He always makes me

go down the steep parts even when I don't want to, but I always

have fun.

The kids and their cousin Kenzie Beardall.

Here is our family at temple square- It was fun

we had never been to temple square in SLC to see

the lights before. It was very very cold!

Trev and I and Ansley.......

We stayed the weekend at Grandpa Rowlands
We had a blast. We always have such a fun time
when we go to visit grandpa and LottyAnn.
Great Food, lots of laughs, jokes, and just having
fun being together. Thanks guys, for having all of us over!



Snow Tubing in grandpas back yard! Trevor and Rick
are the biggest kids of all and that is why the kids love
to play with them. The Christmas season is over but
we are excited to begin a new year and get back into the
swing of things.....Hope everyone had a great season!!!!!