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Mini Goals Week 3

Ok...I Didn't do so well last week. I could give you all the excuses in a list, but I'll spare you! My heart wasn't in it and I didn't do well. Thank goodness these are only week long mini goals! I did pretty good keeping my first week goal, though I changed the time to 9pm instead of 7pm. Here is my goal for the week:
I want to pray "perfectly". Let me explain....The content may not be perfect, but it's the times we should be praying. We always pray at the table and are pretty good with our nightly family prayers. But I usually forget the morning prayer, breakfast, lunch, and nightly personal prayers. So, I WILL pray for EVERY meal (no matter where I'm at!), in the morning, before the boys go to bed (family prayer) and before I go to bed.

What mini goal are you going to be working on this week??

Wrestle Time...again!

The boys ask almost nightly if they can have wrestling time! On the rare occasion that Scott is home, we have wrestling time. It's not only fun it helps the boys in different ways. It's great bonding time with dad. It also help alleviate energy and negative feelings. When we first started doing this Brig's would just watch and every once in a while would start to cry thinking it was hurting people. Now, he has learned it's all fun and he joins in when he can. Scott first takes the boys individually and then by the end it's a free for all. Sometimes I even join in! Scott teaches then correct moves and strategies and they have all really improved a great deal. Surprisingly no one has gotten hurt, ever. You'd think with all these wild and crazy boys someone would...Sometime. But, nope. Thanks to Scott!
Nice jump Tyler!!

Nater

I sure am lovin' this cute new bundle of joy! So are the boys! Nathan is such a great baby. Sleeps great, eats great and smiling all the time! I can't wait for his little personality to develop and show!

Christmas Craft

Here is a cute little Christmas craft I worked on over the weekend and finished last night. (Sorry the lighting is a little funky!) They are small 5x5 boards painted with modge podge craft paper and wooden letters over. I glued Christmas ribbon onto the back and wa-la it's done. My friend how made her used huge 12x12 boards and placed then individually on easels and displayed them on her mantel.

The Master Cleanse

Some of you out there are wondering what the heck "The Cleanse" is. I tried it last year before I was preggers but I only lasted 2 days. Bummer. I am going to try it again when I am done nursing though. I have a bunch of friends in Cali that did it and do it twice a year. It's not a diet, though everyone loses weight. It's a cleanse. It totally cleans you out. There are three parts to this cleanse that you can do for 7 days, 10 days or longer! One, you don't eat any food! At all! The day before and for a few days after the food you're eating should be herbal teas, veggy juice, broth, orange juice (for after)....Not a big 'ol cheese burger! Two, you drink this lemonade drink which is pretty tasty. But again, I only chugged it for 2 days! It's lemon juice (from a lemon!!), water, organic maple syrup (high grade), with a dash of Cheyenne pepper. The mixture amounts are this:
1 tsp. lemon or lime juice (I just used a medium sized lemon for each tsp.)
1 tsp. maple syrup
dash of Cheyenne pepper (more or less depending on YOU! If I had too much it burned my insides!)
8 oz water

Besides making this like 10 times day, I made a pitcher of it and kept it in the fridge. So, 10 times the above ingredients. You can still work out, you can still do everything like you normally do with this drink. You will need to pee frequently.
Now, the cleanse part...Third, this is the part that was hard for me and pretty discusting for everyone as well. The salt water flush. By far the hardest part, but this is the real reason for the flush. This cleans you out!
Drink 8oz water with 1 tsp sea salt, then 8oz of regular water, then 8oz with 1 tsp sea salt and finish it up with 8 oz of regular water again. Stay close to the potty after this one. You will need to go , and go a lot. (Trying not to be too crude! But it is a cleanse!) Usually people do this first thing in the morning...Scott chose to do it at night about 8pm.
Scott did pretty well on his first cleanse. He chose 7 days and lost 18lbs.!! My good friend Loralie had 2 massages during her cleanse, colonic and a facial to help expel additional toxins from her body. Like I said before I want to try it again, it just won't be for a while!
If you have any more questions...here is the official web site:
http://themastercleanse.org/

I'm Famous!!

One of my friends here in Mesa, Brittney Walker, writes for a family magazine called "Raising Arizona Kids". She wrote up an article about ME!! Check it out and let me know what you think!


I'll be doing magazine signings later! :)

Mini Goals Week 2

Ok ladies and gentlemen...I did GREAT on my last mini goal. Which was no eating after 7pm....and I did it! It was actually really easy! There was one night I'm eating dinner and look at the clock and it's like 6:50pm. So that night I didn't get dessert!

My new goal of the week is.....drum roll please......

To do some form of exercise everyday. Break a sweat!!

(For Sunday's it'll be something like going on a walk with the family after dinner or throwing a frisbee around at the park.)

I have been pretty good with this one for the last couple weeks. I actually lost 7lbs. It defiantly helped not eating after 7pm too!

What is YOUR goal this week?

Santa's Trading Post

Here are some darling little ornaments I have on the kids tree. They are from my Gram's Christmas store she and Dutch owned for many, many years on the beach in Santa Barbara, California. The name of their cute little gift shop was Santa's Trading Post and it was located on Santa Claus Lane. How cute! I loved it there. My brother and I were practically raised out there with my Gram. She was the coolest lady you can imagine. I feel sorry for my husband and all my friends who never got a chance to meet her. She was a little pistol! She passed away when I was 12 years old, though it feels like just a few years ago. Anyways, these are some of the ornaments from her store. So they are REALLY old! But I love them!

Peanut Butter anyone?

I was in the office and Brig's was playing and then I heard nothing. You know they're into something when they're silent! So I start walking around the house trying to find him and this is what I see! He got it out of the pantry, opened it and began to feast!

How cute is that?

Decorating Time!

I love, love, love Christmas time! I love decorating the house for the holiday! When I am unpacking I always find something new. I love it! Our place is so small right now there is only so much I can do. I can't till next year when we're living on our HOME in Utah! Until then, this will do.

We have 2 different areas of the Nativities that we collect. Here and another area on the piano. More of the Nativities to come...

The snowman area.

The wreath on the front door I made last year that I added a little more to this year.

The Tree. This year the theme is Americana. You'd think I do that theme every year, but I don't. I always change it up. It's fun!

The boys have a tree also, but I'll do another post about that another day. It has a cute story to go along with it.

Good luck decorating your home! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Whose your Daddy?

To the best daddy in the world, I love spending time with you. I love when you wrap me up snug-a-bug and talk with me. Life is so wonderful with you in it. I love my family and I especially love you Daddy! Thanks for loving me, kissing me, changing my diaper and helping to put me to sleep. I can't wait till I'm older so we can play more with each other. You can teach me so many wonderful things. I am glad I came to this family, because of you!

Lots of love,

Nathan

Cookie Monster

I am usually not a fan of cakes, pies and cookies. Until now! I found these cookies at Target and man are they good. Actually they're better than good. They are THE BEST COOKIES I HAVE EVER EATEN! I feel like cookie monster because I can't get enough of these. They're just basic sugar cookies with some sprinkles on top and then the bottom of the cookies are soaked in chocolate! My mouth is watering just talking about them! I have bought and eaten so many, too many. Too many to even tell you about! I started buying 2 containers of them because my boys would want some. How dare they want to share my cookies, right?! The last time I bought them was on Friday the 30th, and of course they are long gone now. I did go to Target yesterday and didn't buy any. That is some real restraint!
Try them, they're great! But, only buy 1 package! They are addicting!

The day before...

The day before Thanksgiving the turkey goes in the sink to defrost.....The bread gets sliced up and placed around the kitchen to dry out to make Margene's Homemade Stuffing... Pies are baked...and crafts begin!

Nativity

I love nativities, I collect them. I try to buy1 new one a year. After Christmas of course when it's 50-75% off! :) This is a cute easy one our ward did. The vinyl is on a 6x6 tile.