Our Amazing Bodies!

Yesterday we were lucky enough to be invited to go to "Body Worlds" with my sister Whitney and her friend for her 18th birthday! That is what Whit wanted to do for her birthday! This was an amazing exhibit that was held at the Leonardo down town! I was just so fascinated with everything. I am amazed even more at this amazing bodies that our Father in Heaven has crated for us! There were babies form the 5th week of pregnancy and on up until 33 weeks. You were able to see the difference between a smokers lungs and a non smokers lungs, a healthy knee and one with severe arthritis, they showed the veins, organs, and muscles of the body and on and on and on. They also showed a healthy organ and next to that would be one with tumors. They showed obesity and so much more. This was so amazing to me. I was not grossed out at all, but more fascinated with our bodies and the precision that it must have taken in creating our bodies. The only down side to this was the 2 hour wait in line before hand, but it was worth the wait! I was truly amazed at the human body and am truly grateful for mine... even 20 pound over weight!

Totally Losing It!

So on Tuesday morning I had a young womens board meeting and we discussed all that need to be done to help our girls, upcoming events and the list goes on and on! I had taken my two sick kids which were little angels both of them. They really were soooo good. Molly wanted me to hold her more than she has in the last 2 years! Anyway I was in a hurry to get out of there because I had swimming, which is totally unmissable! So the day went on crazy and by bed time I was really ready for a good nights sleep. Wednesday seemed to be going surprisingly smooth and being as I had dinner figured out and tons of food, I invited Kris's parents and little sister Kerry! I didn't feel too rushed ether being as young women started at 7! We were going roller skating and the girls were sooooo excited (most of them anyway) I walked in just about 7 and got a really funny look from another leader and she asked what I was doing there. She went on to tell me that the beehives (me) were going at 6:30!!!! I was totally stunned! She was like you don't remember us talking about it at our meeting! HERE IS THE SCARY PART: I seriously have noooooooo recollection of that at all! Everyone I talked to was like... "ya remember they talked about how you guys wouldn't be there for opening exercises." I think the thing that makes me sooooo mad about all of this is that I'm a very organized person (ok i try) but I really could not recall this at all! It wasn't even like "oh I vaguely remember that" NO! I don't remember it at all! I really do feel like I'm losing it some times! I just can't believe that I was so dumb! That is so not me! Anyway that is my senior moment for my lifetime, even though I'm way to young to be having senior moments!

Out With 2008 In With 2009

We spent the new year at my parents and celebrated New York time so we were home and in bed by the real New Year. We also left my parents before we got to do your predictions. I've never been good at the predictions part, but I love when we write down some of the big moments of the last year and goals for the next year. Since I didn't get to do that I thought I would do that now.

Year In Review:
-Survived Pregnancy
-Stella was born
-Molly turned two
-Kris (with Cameron's help) built the downstairs entertainment center
-I lost 15 lbs
-2 trips to Lake Powell
-Got my Camera Nikon D80!!!!
-Got my bedroom furniture
-Kris and I only missed 4 days this whole year of reading the scriptures together
-Kris was able to got to TX to a Dallas Cowboys game. He also was able to go to spring training (baseball) both with his dad and brother.
-Went to CO to visit the Easton Family
-Barack Obama was elected president of the United States.


Goals For This Year:
-lose 25 more lbs
-Get birthday cards out to all of our family!
-Organize my life (Be on time) side note: I have always been on time till having 2 children. Now it seems like even when we are ready to go someone has a stinky diaper, needs to be feed again, or we have another 2 year old melt down, etc.
-Finish Basement
-Stretch myself (Be Daring)
-Reward myself for my achievements
-Not stress over things I can't control
-Be more diligent with our 10 min puck up every night before bed.
-Ame for 30 min of cleaning everyday to replace all other cleaning.
-Enjoy life more thoroughly

A look back on 2008:

Gadget Girl!

So I mentioned I was a gadget girl and I totally thought of my new favorite Gadget...

Ya this video is way cheese, but it totally works! My mom gave this to me for Christmas and I have used it 4 times already! It makes making stews and soups so easy, I hate to chop Onions and this is an awesome way to chop anything. Love it! Thanks mom!

Pancake Balls!

So I was at Target and saw this "Pancake Puff" pan and I had seen and heard about them before so I thought why not! The first time I used it I was wondering what in the world I was doing this for! Seriously! It took forever, and I am not the most patient person in the world (don't tell Kris, He doesn't know that I'm impatient yet! hahaha) Any way after the first round and not wanting to give it another try I forced myself to try one last time, and if it was still ridiculously hard this time I would opt out and DI the stupid sucker. I gave it one more shot and guess what? LOVE IT! Really I do. Molly loves it as well. She always asks for "Pancake Balls" and then she wants to dip them. It took me 2 times to master but it is seriously one of my favorite things to use, I'm totally a gadget girl! If your thinking about investing in the "Pancake Puff Pan" DO IT!!!!!!

Roll'n, Roll'n, Rolln'

Oh Man! My kids just seem to be growing toooo fast! I really wish that they would stay little longer! Stella has figured out how to roll form her back to her stomach and has been doing it for a little over a week, but these past few days she has truly mastered it. She is so fun. It takes her seconds to roll over, but then she hates to be on her stomach so she will only be on her stomach for a few seconds before she lets the ear-piercing cries loose, so then you help her go back to her back and within 3 seconds (really no lie) sometimes less she is back on her stomach. What a funny little thing she is! We are just loving and enjoying her screaming and all, and believe me there is plenty of the screaming! This little girl will be the high energy of the family the older she gets. That makes me excited and scares me to death all at the same time!

So we had only made one attempt at taking Molly sledding, she loved the first run, but wasn't to sure about the sledding after the 2nd run. It was really cold and she had fallen in the snow and was cold with no gloves. So when we decided to try a second time I suggested the hill in our backyard. By the time I had dressed warm and gotten Stella bundled I couldn't find Kris in the backyard. So I walked around the house to find him heading up the street pulling Molly on the sled up the sidewalk. Kris was so inventive. He said that they weren't getting any speed at all down our hill and was having to push with his feet to get them down the small incline. So there was still a lot of snow on he sidewalk and so that is where we ended up sledding and it was soooo much fun! We got some serious speed. I think the only one not really having fun was Stella. She was so bundled that she couldn't see out of her car seat and was bugged by that! But this was so much fun. The second time was definitely the charm!

The Video:

My Montage 1/1/09