Gotcha!

Our young men and young women are playing Gotcha! It is a fun week. Rochelle and I are both in the youth organization, so we get to play too. Everyone has a secret target, whom they attempt to get with a squirt gun before next Tuesday. My target is. . . well, I can't say, this is a public BLOG after all. But I am going to get her...I mean him. After I get my target, my target's target becomes my target. That was too many "target" in a single sentence.

As for other things, we are now the proud owners of two white, fluffy, kittens. I have always liked cats. I guess that's the result of having Kitty C, a Siamese tom cat, sleep with me in my crib. I still remember the day when Kitty C didn't ever come back home, but I digress. It was my idea to get the cats. The two things I have to watch out for are the clawing of the furniture and the hair flying about and sticking to my black pants. I can deal with those, I think. We have a good vacuum (which is currently broken) and we can always get the cats de-clawed.

On to my son. Christian is seven, and for the most part is quiet and shy. Until he gets mad, which seems to happen every afternoon. At that point, he hits, screams, rips things up, throws things, dumps out garbage cans, chases his sisters around the house with dangerous objects, and so forth. By the time I get home, it has usually passed, and he falls back into the quiet, shy boy again. I hope he outgrows the tantrums, and to a lesser degree, the shyness. Over all, I like him, and think we will keep him.

Now, I am off to get or "gotcha" my target. Maybe. Or, I am going to go to bed, because it is too late to get anybody on a school night.

Leaving work

Boy, I simply didn't have much time to write anything today. I'm getting ready to leave work, and go to my scout meeting. I am certainly glad that we are able to meet with the other troop because I think it will make the boys I oversee more excited about coming out to activities.
By the way, I am using my voice recognition software to make this blog entry. It has some flaws, but the really cool thing about it is that it can write out supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. I don't think I could even type that if I had to.

HELLOOOOOOOOO everyone!! It's been a busy last few days. My mom and little sister paige both had birthdays, and we had a fun birthday party until christian had to go to the e.r. and get 13 stitches in his ear from the trailor gate falling on him. My mom wrote more about it down in another post :) :) My cousin Jeremy just got back from his mission, and the whole family came from Wyoming to visit. We all spent a night at my dad's office which is on the parade route for the days of 47 parade. We all woke up and watched the parade and it was alot of fun. Then we all went to my grandparents house in Highland and had a welcome home/birthday party for Jeremy. Yesterday they had to leave, which was pretty sad because we didn't get to see them for very long but it was alot of fun.
Last night I stayed at my Aunt Dee Dee's house and helped her paint her house she is moving out of and going to rent out. We were up really late and then i slept in till noon :) :) Today we have all been kinda relaxing and my mom and sister left togo to a Tabernacle Choir concert with the Osmands :) :) fun fun fun! So theres somewhat of an update of how the last few days have been. :)

seattle tour

this is in Seattle while I was on tour :) This is everyone the groups Jammin' and Usa. I'm on the far left in the blue lol

It's almost August!

This summer has flown by....an I'm not ready for it to be over yet. Chelsea got a letter from her senate adviser with all sorts of activities she will be involved in, and Alyssa got her registration from Taylorsville high school. I can't believe our daughter is old enough to attend high school! The registration packet also included a notice about drivers education that said she could get her learners permit right away. Run for your lives. I mean it.

We are finishing up the month of July with a bang. Carlos' office downtown is right along the Days of 47 parade route, and so we went down and slept over night to watch the parade. The only problem is that in order to save your spot along the curb someone has to "sleep" outside. I put sleep in quotation marks because it is so noisy that no-one is able to sleep! I'm still recovering, but it was a lot of fun and we had a lot of family and friends show up to watch the parade with us.

Paige and I both had birthdays this last week. We had a rockin' party at my parents' house in highland, but right before leaving, Christian was playing out front and decided to open the back of a utility trailer. It was a lot heavier than he thought and it fell and squashed him between the gate and the road. We spent three hours in the emergency room where he was x-rayed and received 13 stitches behind his ear. This past week his arm has continued to hurt and yesterday Carlos felt really strongly that he should be x-rayed again, a little higher up on his arm. Sure enough, he had a fracture in is upper arm. Christian feels pretty cool wearing his snoopy arm sling, and is enjoying all the attention!

This next week I have jury duty. I tried to complain to Carlos about it, mostly because I had to cancel my appointment with Brandon (my nutritionist), but he said it is my civic duty to go and that I should be happy to do it. Yes dear.

I am really excited for August 4. Carlos and I will be attending the James Taylor concert at Usana amphitheater, and then I head up to girls camp. We get to go back up to the Heber Valley girls camp again, which is a blast. We had a bear in our camp last year, which tried to eat my ice chest, but it is a really great camp. Sleeping in cabins is so much better than tents! I have some new pictures to post and maybe even a video of the kids body-surfing at Newport, but I won't get them posted till tomorrow.

Diet Update-Just for you, Candi!

Today is day 16 of my diet. When I went to see Brandon (my nutritionist) a few weeks ago I thought my life was over. He weighed me and took my body-fat percentage and it was devastating! Granted, I'm still 30 pounds down from my top weight, but with my family history of diabetes, I think I was scared straight, so to speak.

The first four days were pretty difficult, but after that it got a lot easier. I also had a visit with Dr. Bagley, who gave me lots of supplements to give my body a good detail cleaning, and I started to feel better pretty quickly. I've been to see several doctors for the digestive issues and what I've learned is that many other health problems can be the result of what I'm eating.

The thing I'm finding that works for me is to make my meals very boring. Brandon gave me a list of foods I could eat, and limited it to two or three choices per meal. It was hard at first, but now that I'm not craving all kinds of sugary stuff, I actually have to remind myself to eat sometimes. My goal is to get to the point where I eat healthy 95% of the time and have a little treat once in awhile.

So far I've lost 11 pounds, and my metabolism has gone up about 50%. That is a true blessing. I walk 45 minutes every day and I'm able to have Jon Bon Jovi all to myself for just a little while! I have found that I quite enjoy my walks:> Monday is my birthday and dangit I am having a piece of cheesecake!

Candi, thanks for your interest, and for reading my silly blog! Love ya!

TTFN!

The Big Vacation!

We had a great trip to California last week. The first three days were spent at Disneyland, and the kids had a blast! (me too.. I love Disneyland) We went on every ride you can think of and then went on them again! Christian and Paige loved the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and Alyssa Chelsea and Carlos' favorite was the Tower of Terror. Alyssa has learned to love roller coasters of every kind, so she and Chelsea buddied up a lot. My favorite was the Grizzly River Run, because we went as a family!

California was hotter than ever. It was over 91 degrees at the beach, which if you know California, is pretty darn hot. After Disneyland we spent a few days in Newport beach, where we saw the temple, did a little shopping and went to the beach and the pier on Balboa Peninsula. I would move to Newport Beach in a second. It's a beautiful place. I even asked Carlos how hard it would be to take the Bar Exam in California. We won't be moving any time soon, though!

Overall, it was a wonderful trip, and it was so fun to get away with the family. I love making great memories with the kids. I'm realizing more and more that they will be gone all too soon! I am going to try and post some pictures of our trip, so hopefully you'll get a little taste of our fun week!