My New Blog

I've decided to start another blog to track my fitness. I am slightly obsessive about working out - not that I have to workout but in the fact that I LOVE to track what I'm doing and I love to do programs for different goals. Just ask Heidi, I always have my "plan" and my "notebook". I just love the feeling of checking off what I've done and then looking back to see what I've accomplished. So, instead of doing it all on paper I'm going to blog it. I'm in desperate need of motivation these next few months and I'm hoping this will keep me moving and I'll need it to get all the baby weight off too! Hopefully when Heidi's life calms down she'll join in as the nutritional expert and give tips and help do plans if people want them.

I'd love to see what you all are doing for fitness and swap stories to keep us all motivated!

*this picture is from the turkey trot last year and was Claire's first race!

Kids and Crack

We have some issues with showing crack in our family...not all of us but most of us. Tayson and Claire are especially bad and sadly they get this from me. It's not our fault it's the way our bodies are built. We have plenty of fat around our waists just none on our hips and rears to hold up our pants. Luke has the same cute, round bum as his dad so they never show crack. Here are some of my favorite crack photos of the kids. I will save you all and not put any pictures of my own crack on this post!!! (honestly I don't even have any because Todd knows I would kill him if he took a picture of that)


It always amazes me that she can show this much crack while wearing a diaper.


Not a whole lot of crack peeking out here, but trust me it is usually worse than this.


Tayson's crack while digging for bones at the Dinosaur Museum.


Tayson at 18 months helping me with a little project. He didn't like wearing shirts (and still doesn't) and he too can show crack while wearing a diaper.

Todd showed me this video on youtube about crack spackle that is classic and that I think I should invest in.

Oreo Cookies

Oreo's are one of my many weaknesses. I LOVE them and try to avoid buying them at all costs or I will end up eating most of the package on my own (not in one sitting though). Yesterday after church I was enjoying Oreo's and milk as a mid-day snack (the baby was really craving them) and I was thinking about how good they are dipped in milk and how my favorite way to eat them is right at the in-between stage of crisp and soggy. It takes a lot of practice to make sure you dunk your cookie for the perfect amount of time. If you don't dunk long enough the cookie isn't soaked through, if you dunk too long you'll probably lose your cookie to the bottom of your glass of milk.

So here it is....
do you love oreos?
do you dunk them in milk?
can you eat them without milk?
have you figured out how to remove all traces of evidence that you recently ate them (aside from triple brushing your teeth)?
do you like regular, double stuff, mint or golden best?

Are you Addicted?

I saw this quiz on Alice's blog so I thought I'd give it a shot...not too bad considering I work in the web industry I do have to keep up with trends (at least that's how I keep from feeling guilty about it).

67%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?

Quick Update

Last night when I was looking for flashback pictures I found the pictures of me with Peter Vidmar and Steve Young from 1984 so i added them to my Celebrities I've Met post.

Flashback Friday

I was looking through old pictures last night for something to post today and there are so many great ones....I can't wait to just keep posting embarrassing pictures and stories about myself.


Kathy, Sherry, Amy

This picture is of me, my sister Sherry and my cousin Amy. When we lived in California we lived by Amy so we got to play with her a lot. Unfortunately, I was always the tag along with the "big girls" and could only play if they let me. This particular day they were playing dress up. Notice their sweet outfits and jewelry, I'm sure they had high heels on too. In order for me to play with them I had to wear my black leotard and a red bandanna and I was the slave to the princesses (Sherry and Amy of course). Obviously I didn't mind back then the fact that I didn't get to wear the "fancy" clothes as long as I had someone to play with. I'm guessing that I'm about 5 in this picture so it would have been around 1977.

All the Small Things

It's Thankful Thursday again, so here I go...

Dinner with the Girls: Talk about something to make me smile. We call it a "book group" but honestly I can't get any of them to read the books and we never talk about books we just eat and laugh and have fun. I LOVE our monthly (or every other month lately) outings.

E-Mails from Mark: I love the weekly letters my brother Mark sends from his mission. He is always upbeat and says the funniest things. Plus, his crazy spelling always makes me smile. The only thing better than his emails would be if he was home...only 14 months left!

Tayson Riding a Bike: You can see my other post for details...but this put a huge smile on my face. What a proud moment as a mom and a biker.

Cafe Rio: All I need to say is yummy. We ate there for lunch this week and I just love the food.

LDS/Polygamy Blog Post: This post made me smile.

People at the gym: I get a kick out of the looks people give me in the gym these days since I have a big old belly. And it's not like there aren't lots of other pregos at the gym...they just look at us all funny I guess. Although my creepy stalker doesn't put a smile on my face....eeeek!

Ceiling Fan: I love sleeping with my ceiling fan on and Todd fixed it this week so that we don't have to unscrew the light bulbs anymore to have the fan on and the lights off. It's fabulous.