Jason, Chan, Conner, B, Jaxon and baby Krew

size 2 baby!!!!

2012-02-04T13:24:00.000-08:00

I don't know why, but I love this grandma sweatshirt. LOL Jason doesn't like it at all. and boy do I look tired!! probably because we went to bed at 2 and was up at 9:00.

My new outfit. Perfect for the summer.

I finally went shopping today to sepnd my birthday money from my parents. I really wanted to get Decor for our room but I just couldn't find anything, so I decided to go clothes shopping instead.
I have wanted pink skinny jeans for awhile now but never went out to look. My friend Steph told me American Eagle have them so I went and there they were!!! I grabbed a size 4 just to see if they would fit and they did. They actually fit perfect but then the sales guy told me they will stretch and plus I wanted to lose another 10 pounds so I thought I would try a 2 even though I knew they would not fit at all. But I was wrong they FIT!!!! I couldn't believe it. They are a little snug in the waist but not bad, they should fit perfect in the next few weeks. The crazy thing is, I have only lost 2 more pounds this week so it must be the inches because even my jeans are starting to get lose everywhere. I am almost done with my first week. 2 pounds is great but I would be more at 4 but there has been a few days where I ate to many carbs and yes even scone cutter. LOL but I will take 2 and continue to work hard. I'm not really that concerned about losing weight, I just want to be more tone. So from here on out I really need to bump up my exercise routine and get rid of my love handles. LOL

In the Zone round 2

2012-01-31T12:41:00.000-08:00

As you all know I did bodyMetrix and lost 21 pounds. My official last day with my coach was the week of Thanksgiving and I have to be honest, I haven't been 100% committed since then. With all the holidays and parties that came up I lost control and totally went out of my routine. Plus not seeing my coach every week for my weigh ins, I just gave up a bit. I did gain about 5 pounds back which isn't too bad. My coach said as long as you are steady then it's fine. But I still want to get to my goal of 125 so I decided to get "in the zone" again and kick some major butt. I've done it once and I defiantly do it again. It's only been 2 days but I have done awesome. I am back to working out like crazy and feel so much better. I want to "rock" a bikini this year and just be healthy and happy. So here's to round 2. I am hoping to be down to 125 in about 6 weeks, maybe a size 2 and so much happier. I am not a depressed person at all but I can totally tell a difference in myself when I am healthy and I like that "me" so much better:) I will still post my result every week since that always helps me.

The big 30!!!!

2012-01-24T07:32:00.000-08:00

The big 3-0 today

At Italian Village with my sweet family

Flowers, brownies and money from my parents. They are the sweetest people ever.

That's right, I am the big 30!! Wow 30. I can't believe it. I remember when I was little and when we moved to South Jordan. My parents were only 28. Crazy how fast time goes by. I am actually excited for my 30's. I know crazy. We had our babies in our 20's and always wanted to be done by 30 and we did. I am so excited to watch my babies grow.Every year on my Birthday Jason always says he has to work. He gets up early and leaves and is always home by 11:00. But this year he really does have to work all day. Microsoft is coming in so he had to work today. He also had to take Tinkerbell to the vet this morning to get spayed. He left around 7:30 this morning and we were all still sleeping. Then he comes back home with McDonald's breakfast for me. I am so lucky to have such sweet boys in my life.

Then around 9:00 B and Conner woke up. They both said Happy Birthday then B said. Oh Mom, we need to wake up Daddy and you need to go back to bed so we can make you breakfast. How sweet is that? I seriously love being the only girl in the house. I am always getting treated like a Princess.

And of course when I woke up I had a TON of messages on facebook. Seriously love all of you so much. Thank you!!!

As the day went by I started cleaning like crazy like I always do. Laundry, dusting, vacuuming and mopping the floors. Conner and B both said "oh Mom what do you think you are doing?" I said "what do you mean, I'm cleaning like I always do" "Then Conner says " but not on your Birthday mom, you need to be in bed." My boys are so sweet but I LOVE to clean. I love to turn the music up and clean away. It actually makes me in great mood:)

Then around 4:00 I get a knock on the door and it's my parents. My sweet dad has a dozen roses in his hands like he always does every birthday and mom sweet Mom had my gift and a box full of Schmidt's brownies. My parents are the best.

Then around 5:00 Jason was finally home:) Poor Tink was so sick from getting spayed. We got all the together and went to Italian Village for dunner. One of my very favorites:) After dinner Jason wanted to take me out for some ice cream but I was soooooo FULL that there was no way I could eat one more thing.

Oh yeah, Jason and the boys got me my bedding set that I wanted!!:) It's not here just yet but should be any day. I can't wait to redo our room.

Then this Saturday we are going to Settebello's. Now this is my very favorite. Steph and Brandon are coming with us so we can celebrate mine and Brandon's birthday's then we are going to a movie afterwards.

Thank you everyone for making my Birthday special. I am truly blessed and excited for my 30's.

Train show

2012-01-21T21:27:00.000-08:00

Jaxon's turn to control the train

B's turn

Peyton's turn

Conner's turn

Stephers loved the trains and wants to be a conducter. LOL

Jaxon won this pencil

Cute B

Conner won this hat

All made out of Legos. This is Thanksgiving point

All Legos. so awesome

Can you see the Tangled tower?? too cute

Jax, Conner, Peyton, and B.

A few days ago my friend McCall sent me a link about a Train show at Thanksgiving Point. I talked to Jason about it and we decided to take the boys. Steph, Brandon and girls also came. The kids had a blast!!! It's crazy how detailed these train sets and displays are. Our favorite were the Lego trains and B loved the big trains. The kids also got to control a train set and loved it. After the show we took the kids to Artic Circle for food and to play. We had such a fun night. Thanks again McCall for telling us about the Train show.

Boys are too funny!!

2012-01-21T21:22:00.000-08:00

It always seems like B is the one that say's the funnest things but lately it's been Conner so I decided I better blog about them before I forget.

Me: Conner where is this attitude coming from?
Conner: what do you mean Mom, it comes from my mouth

Conner: Mom, I decided I do not want to be a parent
me: and whys that?
Conner: Because I do not want to have to do dishes, clean and pick up the house and if I'm not a parent I wont have to do any of that.

Jaxon: The Hulk has strong nipples Mom
B: Yeah, boys have strong nipples and girls have long nipples.
me: dying of laughter. LOL

I'm sure there is a ton more but these are the ones I remember. Love my boys.

Nerdy, Dirty 30 trip!!!

2012-01-21T20:04:00.001-08:00

Me, Lace and Steph at the Zoo

Sushi night

We begged lacey for 2 days to get her face painted and she finally said yes!! She had to get it done right when the zoo opened. I wish we would have all done it. LOL

Steph, Me and Lace at teh Zoo

We were all so scared of the SHARKS!! LOL Except for Jason. LOL

Too OLD for Sea World. Lacey and her cat naps. LOL

Love Nicole. She is always so funny

My FAVORITE the Dolphin show.

Sea World.

Lace was my snuggle parnter every night

Our Whip

Love this!!! Dirty 30. Oh wait we arn't 30 we are 21;)

All of us!! Most of us have been friends for over 20 years. Love them

A few months ago my besties and I decided it was time for another friends trip since the last time we went was 10 years ago when we went to Hawaii and Steph and Jason didn't come on that trip. I figured since we are all turning 30 this year why not do a friends trip to celebrate all of us getting old!!

Jason lives in Long Beach California and Nicole's Aunt has a beach house in Carlsbad so we decided we would go there. All of us were able to make it except for Say girl:( We missed you Say.
Me,Steph, Lacey and Nicole left bright and early Friday the 13Th. Our flight was at 6:25AM so that means we had to be up at 3:30 to get ready and drive to the airport. Lacey was going to be picking up Steph and I at 4:00am. I have to be honest I was a little worried Lacey would show up late (haha oh lace we love you) So I called lace at 3:30 am just to make sure she was up and her phone only rang once. She answered by saying "Morning Chan" LOL She was right on time at 4:00am and we went and picked Steph up ad meet Nicole there.
Our flight was only about 1 1/2 hours but it seemed for ever for me for some reason. Probably because I was so dang tied since I only got 3 hours of sleep the night before. We arrived in Long Beach, got our bags and rental car (Mazda 6) and drove to a cute dinner on the pier and meet Jason for some yummy Breakfast. After breakfast Nicole, Lacey and Steph went straight to the beach house and Jason and I drove to San Diego (about a 2 hour drive) and picked up Jenny and Dawnita. they flew into the San Diego airport.
We finally all made it to the beach house which was AMAZING by the way!! The house is right by Lego land:)

After we all got settled we went to the grocery store and got some food for breakfast and Jason was going to make us dinner the first night. He made yummy cheese and olive enchilada, rice, beans and Nicole made Salsa. YUM We also went to the beach. We had lunch and walked around the beach and collected rocks and shells for my boys. Which they loved.
Saturday morning we we woke up early and got ready and was out the door by 9:00am and drove to Sea World (about 30 min away) I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Sea World. We had a BLAST and got to see everything and all the shows. It was FREEZING but we still had a blast. Probably my favorite part was when we all did the Shamu pictures. Seriously the best $70.00 spent. LOL After Sea World we went to this cupcake place called Sprinkles. They were packed!! Then we had dinner at Bj's. Lacey's favorite.

Sunday we woke even earlier and left he house around 8:00 and went to the San Diego Zoo. It was soooooo much fun!!! We walked for HOURS. Poor Nicole is pregnant and was such a trooper walking all that time. I don't think I laughed this hard in such a long time. I seriously have the best friends in the whole world!!! We are all so different in our own ways and we get along so well. We always tease each other by saying "brown friends" and " white friends" LOL Our group is awesome. We have a Chinese (Jenny Chan) Japanese (Nicole) Native American (Dawnita) and Laotian (Say) then all of us white people. LOL me, Lace, Steph, and Jason:) Ok back to Sunday. After the Zoo we went back to the house got ready and went out for some Sushi. It was pretty yummy and the CHEAPEST meal for me by far. my grand total was a whooping $1.75. LOL No joke. I got the cucumber roll and it was happy hour so I got it 50% off. After dinner we went back to the house watched t.v (Trannies with Knives LOL) Oh man we had some good times that's for sure! I'm sure you can only imagine. Haha.

Monday: Jenny, Dawnita and Jason had to leave. The had a early morning flight so Nicole dropped them off and Jason had school so he left early and went to school. Me, Nicole, Lace and Steph stayed at the house and did laundry and watched t.v We also went and got some In N Out for lunch then came back to the house got our stuff and left to long beach to meet Jason and Micheal and his sister for Dinner. We went to this really cute diner place. After dinner it was time for us girls to get to the airport. We had to find a gas station first and some how ended up in the ghetto scary area. LOL but we were safe and got gas fine and made it the airport just in time:)

I passed out on the flight home. I was soooo TIRED. We finally arrived in SLC around 10:25 pm. Lacey parked her car at the airport which was so nice so Jason and the boys didn't have to pick me up so late. So since we were in such a hurry the morning we got to the airport, we didn't write down where we parked and if you have been to the SLC airport you know the parking lot is HUGE!!!!!!! I pretty much knew where we parked but not 100% sure. We got off about 3 stops to soon and started walking. We were lost and it was FREEZING!!!!!!! And poor Steph was in flip flops. The girls wanted to go another direction but I knew the car was close to the entrance. the shuttle driver stopped and could totally tell we were lost. I asked him where the entrance was and it wasn't that far from where we were. And sure enough there was Lacey's car. THANK GOODNESS!!! We would have froze to death if we were out there much longer. LOL

I'm sure I have for gotten a few things but this pretty much sums it up. I LOVE my friends so much and can't wait for our next trip. We are going Tropical next time. Love you my friends thanks for the BEST Nerdy, Dirty 30 trip!!!:)

I will do another post of just pics soon. Between all of us we have over 600 pictures. I should have them all Wednesday night. We are all meeting at for dinner at the Speghetti Factory:)

Sure love Daddy!!

2012-01-09T21:36:00.000-08:00

Jason has pretty much been gone for the past 2 weeks now. We only get so see him maybe 2 hours a day if we're lucky. He has been working so hard on one of our Duplexes. He pretty much gutted out the whole place. Just a few more days and it will be DONE!!!! I took this picture I think on Sunday. Jason happened to come home around 8:00 (usually it's around midnight) and the kids were sooooo EXCITED to see him. As soon as he walked in the door they all have to hang out with him. We love him so much and are so thankful for all the hard work he does for our family.

This was the same night as well. Conner, B and Krew playing in the kennel with Tink. They always do this and she loves it. Some times all 4 boys are in there with her. LOL We are so happy that we got her. We all love her so much and she sure loves us. When we walk Conner to the bus stop she starts to cry because she wants to go with Conner. It's so cute how much she loves all of us. American Bulldogs are VERY protective of their family which we love.

Proud of Conner

2012-01-09T21:30:00.000-08:00

Look what came in the mall today? This awesome letter from Conner's Principal and his teacher. He is doing so amazing in school and really loves it. But I have to be honest. He gets pretty excited when it's time to be off track and the weekends:) He goes to school this week until Friday the 13th then will be off track until February 6th. He is counting down the days and so am I. It means we can all sleep in until at least 9:00 :)

I asked Conner if he knew what polite means and he said "yes Mom it's because I say excuse me to the kids that are in my way" LOL He is probably the politest kids out there. He has very good manners. Actually all of our boys do even Krew.

To celebrate we are going to take Conner out to get some ice cream a family favorite. Good Job Conner. Keep up the good work. We love you buddy.

BodyMetrix

2012-01-04T16:23:00.000-08:00

Here are all my pics while doing BodyMetrix. Starting weight 154. Ending weight at 6 1/2 weeks 132. I feel great and happy as ever.

Day 1 side view 154 pounds

Blahhh. Day 1

week 4 down 16 pounds

Week 4

Week 6 1/2 down 21 pounds

Final weigh in 132

The Flu has hit our house:(

2011-12-31T11:49:00.000-08:00

The day after Christmas (Monday) I received a text from my sister in law Tristen asking if any of us were sick? I guess her and her hubby had been throwing up all day and was really sick. I sent her a text back and said no that we are fine. Well..... on Tuesday my family started getting sick. First it was Conner. When he came up stairs for the day he told me that he had thrown up during the night but he cleaned it all up because he didn't want to wake us. I felt so bad and told him next time he needs to wake us up. I didn't go down stairs for a few hours because I figured Conner made it in the toilet. I needed to get some laundry done and went down stairs to get the boys clothes. As I walked into the bathroom I noticed that the garbage can was FULL of throw up toilet paper from Conner trying to clean it up. The bathroom looked clean to me but as I started to look around it was EVERYWHERE!!!! All over the door, walls, toilet, floor. I mean everywhere. So I got the Clorox wipes and clean the whole bathroom. Conner didn't throw up again but he did fever that day and was white as a ghost. Then around 7:00pm I started to get sick. My tummy was so upset. I finally went to bed around 11:00ish and was up every 45 minutes but never threw up. I HATE to throw up and will sit by the toilet for hours before I actually throw up. Then around 5:45am I finally threw up and felt a lot better and was able to sleep until 11:00. Krew also slept until 11:00 but he had thrown up in his bed. Then the same day B threw up 6 times. One of those times was in my car, and one of the times was all over himself, his bed, the floor and his curtain. Jaxon also threw up 2 times with an hour all over himself and bed. On Thursday between my 4 boys and myself, I ran 9 baths that day. I have done over 12 loads of Throw up laundry as well.

Jason has had this whole week off but has been working at our Duplex from about 8:00am-Midnight every day this week so I haven't had any help. My sweet Mom did stop by the other day with Ice cream, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, Popsicles and Medicine. So that was very nice of her. Thank goodness my boys are finally all better. I still feel a little yucky but better that's for sure. I just really hope jason doesn't get it. Oh and most of jason's family has this same flu bug as well as a lot of my friends. Fun times at our house. LOL I'm just glad the kids are out of school right now. My house is now germ free. I hope:)

New years resolution 2012!!!!

2011-12-30T14:28:00.000-08:00

Wow I can't believe it will be 2012 in just a few days!!! It really is sooooo SCARY how fast time goes by. Well, every year I do my new years resolution list and usually complete about 1/2 my list. I am sad to say that one of my main things I wanted to do in 2011 I wasn't able to do. Skydive. My Dad still needs to lose about 20 more pounds to go and he made me promise that my first time will be with him:) So I am going to get on his tail and help him loose his 20 pounds so we can do our long time dream:) But we both did go together and got our Concealed weapons permit this year so that was awesome. Ok so time to start my 2012 list.

1. BUDGET!!!!! We didn't do that great with budgeting this year so one of our main goals for 2012 is to really stick to a budget.

2. I am happy to say that this is the first time in YEARS that I don't need to lose weight. Thanks to BodyMetrix I got my weight off:) But this year my goal is to focus on getting more tone. BodyMetrix seriously changed my life. Thank you so much Matt and Dr. Hall.

3. Really want to cook more and to do a nice Sunday dinner every Sunday.

4. Get my Vinyl business going. I know, I know I have said this a MILLION times but really going to do it this time.

5. I am also going to focus on selling doTERRA oils this year as well. They are amazing. They are healthier for my family and have saved us hundreds of dollars in co-pays and meds for my family.

6. One of my goals last year was to run a 1/2 Marathon and I did but this year I want to run 2. I am running the SLC one in April and hope to do another in the fall. Since I have been doing BodyMetrix I am so much stronger and can run further and faster then before. Which is awesome. Oh wait!!!! I totally forgot I am running a FULL 26.5 Marathon in September with my brother in laws. I can't wait!!!!

7. Going to start using coupons and learn the system. I always use coupons but only save $5-10 dollars. I want to learn how to cut my grocery bill in half but I don't want to go crazy and take all items off the shelf. I'm not looking to get 10 bags of chips for $1.00. LOL Just trying to save money for my fam.

8. needs to start a food storage. I decided that every time I go to the store I will also get an item for food storage. even if it's one can of food. Food storage is always great to have when times a tough.

9. I MAY sign up for Karate or some kind of Martial Arts. I have wanted to do this for a few years now. We will see. Still need to think about it.

10. Would love to take our kids on the Disney Cruise this year. Jason and I decided that we will switch every year. One year a trip for just the 2 of us, then the next year a big family trip. We also take the kids to lake Powell and camping but we want to do a big family trip every other year.

11. REALLY wants to go to Yellowstone this year. I have NEVER been.

12. I am not a reader but really wants to start reading. I actually like to read but never take the time to read. So my goal is 1 book a month.

13. I did this last year but not often enough. Take each of my boys on a "date night" with Mom. Just me and 1 son at a time. I only did this a few times last year and really need to do it more. I think it's so important to spend one on one time with my boys.

14. More date nights with my love. Would love to go out once a month. We usually go out once every 2 months.

Well, that's my main list. there are many more but these 14 are my main things that I really want to do in 2012

Christmas eve and Christmas pics

2011-12-25T20:53:00.000-08:00

Look at all that CANDY!!!!!!

All 11 Grand kids on the Nordberg side

My parents and 2 brothers

Playing the player Piano and singing along

B's Wild West Set from Grandma and Grandpa Nordberg

LOL My Dad opening his gift from Jason and I. A gift card to the tanning salon:)

My Mother in law and Sister in law Tristen

Sweet jesphira

Look at Grandpa's new shoes:)

Grandpa's Cheerios

Melissa, Bella and Aaron. Poor Bella was sick

LOL. Enjoying some of Uncle Jer's Rock Star. Krew LOVES him

Tris and Jes. so cute

Keira and Kaders. They are all grown up

So cute. Hugs for Grandpa

Me all ready for Christmas

Jaxon with all his new Tractors. He was in heaven

LOL Jason and Jax

Krew loves his 4 wheeler and Cheeto's

Conner was so excited he got his Transformers

B wanted this game so bad. He loves it

Jaxon's Tractors

LOL Stupid dog was trying to bite the glass to get in the house.

Christmas Eve at McDonald's

My sweet family with Opa.

My sweet family with Great Grandma Nordberg

Watching Polar Express

Big hugs for Tink. We all love her so much

Andes mint cookies for Santa

SANTA CAME!!!!

Christmas Jammies

Christmas Eve and Christmas

2011-12-25T20:00:00.000-08:00

This Christmas eve Jason had to work the first part of the day. Then around 1:00 we went to my Grandma Nordberg's home to visit for a bit. She was really excited to see us and loved her Christmas card. After about an hour we left and went and saw Opa. We haven't seen Opa for a few months but had heard that he is getting worse and worse. When we walked into his house he was just staring at the floor while sitting in his wheel chair. It BROKE our hearts. He had no idea we were even there. You got right up to his face and it was like he couldn't see you. Jason, Conner and I all started to cry. It's so sad seeing him like this. I am so happy that we were able to spend a good hour with him even though he had no idea were were there.
After Opa's we decided to take the kids to McDonald's to eat and play. It was really fun. We stayed for about an hour then came home, opened Christmas Jammie's and the boys had a bath while I was making cookies for Santa. After the bath we all sat down and watched Polar express and ate some Andes mint cookies. YUM. Then around 8:00 we put all the boys to bed. Jaxon and Krew went right to sleep and Conner and B were sleeping by 8:45ish. It was so nice that all the boys feel asleep fast. Santa came and left our house by 9:00!!! Jason and I stayed up until about 11:30 (me anyway, Jason had to work until about 12:30) and we watched most of Lord of the rings.
I woke up for the day at 5:45. This was the only time I could get ready since we have so much going on, on Christmas. We woke the boys up at 7:00am and the were sooooo happy that Santa came.
Conner got from Santa:
Phineas and Ferb wii game
Charlie and the Chocolate factory DVD
3 Transformers (This was the only thing he asked Santa for)
Transformer Robe
Lego Transformer Optimus Prime
Optimus Prime Mask
Transformer shirt
Gnomeo and Juliet book

Braxton got from Santa:
Sonic Wii game
Super Hero Squad wii game
Ant bully DVD
Super Hero Squad shirt
Dinosaur Robe
A big Diamond
Camera
Bumblebee mask
Color Wonder Dinosaur train
Rock em, Sock em game
Tiger stuff animal

Jaxon got from Santa:
Elephant stuff animal
Dinosaur that Roars, walks and moves
A big set of Tractors
Outfit
Color Wonder Dinosaur Train

Krew got from Santa:
Cowboy Bedding for his twin bed
Outfit
battery 4 wheeler

Every year Jason and I get a family gift. This year we bought at new Xbox 360 with Kinet (our old one broke). Can't wait to play:)

Jason and I didn't go gifts this year since we have 2 renters out of our Duplexes but Jason did suprise me with the "Country Strong" CD and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!!!!

And they all got a bunch of Candy, chips and their favorite soda in their stockings.

Then at 8:00am it was time to go to Grandma and Grandpa Pehrson's House. We started off with Grandpa's Cheerios then we opened gifts. This year we all went in on gifts for Jason's parents. We got his Mom a new set of Pans and his Dad some pants and shoes. It was really fun seeing how excited they were.

Conner got:
Candy from Uncle Jer
Bumblebee Transformer from Gabe
Illustrated Book of Mormon Stories from Grandma and Grandpa (I am so excited for this book:)

Braxton got:
Candy from Uncle Jer
Trouble board game from Steven
Illustrated Book of Mormon Stories from Grandma and Grandpa

Jaxon got:
Candy from Uncle Jer
A Penguin batman toy
Hidden Treasures of the Book of Mormon flap book from Grandma and Grandpa

Krew got:
3 stuff animals from Uncle Jer
Shirt and Disney Cars toy with book from Bella
Reverence begins with me flap book from Grandam and Grandpa Pehrson

Jason got an awesome Jacket from his parents and I got a gift card to get a PEDI!!! I am very EXCITED and need one bad!!

Then 10:00 am it was time to go to Grandma Teresa and Grandpa's house. We started off with Breakfast burritos, Cinnamon roll, bagels and Hot chocolate. After eating a ton and sickly full, it was time for more gifts.

Conner got from Gma and Gpa Nordberg
Transformer wii game
Transformer watch

Braxton got from Gma and Gpa Nordberg
Wild west play set
Dinosaur

Jaxon got from Gma and Gpa Nordberg
2 Dinosaur train Dinos

Krew got from Gma and Gpa Nordberg
A huge picture for his new cowboy room
Cowboy picture frame
A cow stuff animal that has lavender beads that you can warm up and snuggle with

Jason and I got 4 different gifts cards to restaurants and a Gift card to get some groceries at Smiths.
After gifts my brother Brad and I jammed out on the Piano. It was sooooo much fun. we were playing tunes and signing. Then we decided to use the player piano rolls. We did this every Christmas eve at our Grandma and Grandpa Nordbergs house. The piano needs to be tuned a bit but it was still soooooo much fun. We sang a few Christmas songs and laughed so hard.

We finally went home around 12:00 and put Krew down for a nap. Jason also took a nap while I was trying to put stuff away and build Conner's Transformer lego (took me an hour)
Then around 2:00 it was time to go back to Grandma and Grandpa Pehrson's house for some yummy Dinner. We had Turkey, Ham, potatoes, corn, rolls, and jello salad. We also watched most of Christmas Vacation. We do every year:)

Then around 4:30 it was time to go to Brook and Kevin's house for Dinner and more gifts. We had yummy Brisket, Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Rolls, Artichoke dip, veggie tray, green bean casserol. After Dinner it was time for more gifts.

Conner got:
Toy Story 3 wii game from Hunter
$25.00 from Grandma Niki
$5.00 from Uncle Mike and Phil

Braxton got:
Mario shirt, Mario toy and a book from Kensi
$25.00 from Grandma Niki
$5.00 from Uncle Mike and Phil

Jaxon got:
a Monkey hat from Colter
$25.00 from Grandma Niki
$5.00 from Uncle Mike and Phil

Jason got a Impact Wrench from Brook. And I got a Gift card to Down east from Hope. We also got Money from G-Niki.

I am so thankful for my family and love them all so much. Can't believe Christmas is over. Time to get toys put away and Christmas decor down. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas. Love you all.

*I will do another post and post all our pictures:)

Sweet Conner

2011-12-24T19:28:00.001-08:00

For the past month or so Conner and his best friend haven't been talking. Conner says it's because his friend said some mean things to him. Conner is VERY tender hearted. He stop getting off at the same bus stop as his friend and everything. So yesterday his friend stopped by with a plate of treats for our family for Christmas. Conner said " Thank you and Merry Christmas" after he left I asked Conner if he would like to have his friend over. He thought for a second then said YES. He called his friend over and he came over. They both said "what's up dude" and started playing. Conner came upstairs and said "Oh my gosh Mom, I think my heart just grew 3 sizes bigger, so now I can be friends with Wyatt again" Oh my goodness it was the CUTEST thing I have ever heard. I am so happy that they are friends again and I LOVE how sweet our Conner is.

Update on the Pehrson crew!

2011-12-23T11:13:00.000-08:00

A few months ago I did a list of all the things our boys like and don't like and thought I would do it again to end the year since things have changed.

Conner 7
1. Loves Cheeseburgers with Ketcup only
2.Loves Ice Cream just like his Daddy
3.Loves Dr. Pepper
4. Doing very well in school. Reading chapter books
5. Loves Transformers
6. Starting to get into legos
7.Going to Grandma Teresa's house is his most very favorite place to be. Her house is FULL of treats that all the kids like. Cookies, Chocolate milk, pop tarts, soda you name it. Her house is a huge candy/treat store:)
8. Is doing awesome in Karate and really loves it. We took the month of December off but hope to start again in January
9. Loves having sleep overs
10.Loves to go swimming

Braxton 5
1. Loves Mountain Dew and Sprite
2. Hates Rootbeer
3. Starting to like peanut butter. Just a little
4. LOVES his school and is doing amazing. He can read over 30 words
5. Also loves Karate and doing awesome. He really wants to play Soccer
6. Also loves going to Grandma Teresa's house. His favorite thing to eat at her house is Pumpkin cookies and Chocolate milk
7. Loves to play Hide n seek and Tag
8. Loves to sing and dance. I really need to sign him up for acting classes. He was the only one you could hear besides his teacher at his Christmas program
9. LOVES the Pretzel bits at Pretzel time at south town mall. who doesn't?? YUM
10.Really wants to go to Mexico like Mommy and Daddy. We may take the boys on the Disney Cruise next year. Still thinking about it.

Jaxon 3
1. Loves school and all his friends
2. Is no longer in Nursery. He is now in Primary with me:)
3. LOVES Dr. Pepper
4.Is such a picky eater. Pretty much eats bagels, yogurt, nuts and meat
5. Also loves going to Grandma's house. Jaxon's favorite thing to eat at her house is Tootsie rolls and Chocolate milk
6.LOVES T.V. and watching shows. He likes pretty much anything
7. Still really into Dinosaurs (Dinosaur train) tractors, and super hero's like the Hulk
8. Daddy is his best friend
9. Loves to go shopping with Mommy
10. Loves riding in Daddy's race car and Monster Truck.

Krew 20 months
1. LOVES pepper (Dr. Pepper)
2. Daddy is also his best friend
3. Only takes 1 nap a day. But still a good 3 hour nap
4. Still the best sleeper. Goes to bed around 7:45 and wakes up at 9:00 the next day
5. Talking a TON. He can say everything. He is starting to put more words together like: "Mommy a dink (drink) peas (please) then he always says "thank you"
6. Is very interested in the potty. For the last month or so he always says " a potty" then goes to the potty (not really but he stands there naked) So hopefully he will follow his brothers foot steps and be 100% trained by his 2nd birthday:)
7.Also loves going to Grandma Teresa's house. His favorite thing to eat at her house is Hersey kisses and Chocolate milk.
8. Is hard to take shopping. He wants to walk and not sit in the cart.
9. LOVES stuff animals and calls them his babies
10. Still sucks his 2 left fingers and rubs his left nipple when tired. I know so funny!!!

Chan 29
1.I lost 21 pounds in 6 weeks and feel AMAZING!!!! Since the Holiday's I have gained 4 pounds back but after Christmas I am going to kick some major butt again and get down to 125.
2. I LOVE our Dog. she is the cutest thing ever. All the boys never leave her alone and she loves it. Everyone thinks she's a Pit Bull. But she's not. She is 100% UKC American Bulldog but they do look a lot like pits since they have the massive heads.
3. Going to redo my master bedroom for my birthday. Paint, bedding, decor everything. I can't wait. Time for a change.
4. Going to be 30 next month. So excited for my friend trip. We are going to California for 3 days:)
5. Still haven't gotten my Vinyl machine going!!! I know, I said I would so many times but time goes by so fast and I always forget!! But I will after the new year. I have a bunch of idea's and want to make some extra money
6. Also going to try and focus on selling doTERRA oils. Not only for the money but seriously they are the best things ever!!! I need to start going to classes and learning more.
7. Going to run a FULL 26.5 mile Marathon in September with my brother in laws. I can't wait.
8. I have always been a runner and can run a long time but since I started BodyMetrix and doing my workouts (weights), I can run even further and not even get tired. Before I could run 10 miles but I would be dying. Now I can run 10 miles and barley sweat.
9. Would LOVE to move. We really need a bigger house. Actually not really bigger just one more bed room. I would love for all my boys to have their own room. We do have an extra room in the basement but it's our workout room and that stuff needs to be locked up so no one gets hurt.
10. We finally decided we are done having kids. We kept going back and forth, but we decided we are done. We are so blessed to have our 4 healthy amazing boys
11. Christmas is my most favorite time of the year. The magic, spirit, traditions etc. I love how excited my kids get. Santa keeps Christmas pretty simple at our house. We have always taught our kids that Christmas isn't about presents and what we get, and they are actually starting to understand what Christmas is all about. Right now there favorite movie is the "Nativity" I love that they love Jesus and our Heavenly Father. They always fight ever night who gets to say the prayer (B and Conner) Looks like Jason and I have taught them well:)
12.I LOVE having clean bedding. If I could I would wash them every day but instead I do it once a week.
13.One of my most favortie things to do is eat a Shake in a HOT bath
14. I do not like mean people. Who does?? I have had too many people be mean to me in the past that I decided that I long longer will let them treat me that way. Life is too short to be mean and unhappy. Be happy and enjoy life:)

As for Jason, I'll have to ask him what he would like me to say:)

Well there you go. There is a little update on all of us. I will try and do this again in about 6 months:)

Cookies anyone???

2011-12-19T07:51:00.000-08:00

Finish Product. 6 more bags to go

My favorite mixer ever!!

Soooooo YUMMY!!!

Cookie dough :)

Every year I bake cookies for all of Jason's co-workers. I love to make a different cookie every year. I've made my yummy sugar cookies, Andes mint cookies (YUM my favorite), and this year I am making Coconut Chocolate Chip. I really wanted to make peppermint chip cookies but the peppermint chips are sold out and I need to get these done today. I'll have to try those next year :) I LOVE baking and don't do it very often because we are always trying to eat healthy, and I can't have "treats" in the house. LOL But..... I will defiantly try one or even two today:)

November 2011 School work

2011-12-12T07:22:00.000-08:00

Here is most of the Boys school work for November. As always all 3 are doing GREAT in school and all really enjoy it especially Braxton. He always talks about how be has the best and funnest school ever:) We are so PROUD of all the hard work you boys do. We love you.

Family Pictures 2011

2011-12-09T10:25:00.001-08:00

Jaxon age 3

Mommy and Daddy

Conner age 7

Braxton age 5

Krew 18 months

Me and my boys. Krew was not happy, he wanted Daddy

Our sweet family. This is my favorite family pic.

Daddy and boys

Our 4 boys. We are so very blessed

Here are our new family pictures for 2011. It was such a FREEZING day but they turned out great. My same Photograher Amber Goddard did them again. She always does such an amazing job and has been doing all my pics for over 3 years now. Jason 31, Chan 29, Conner 7, Braxton 5, Jaxon 3 and Krew 18 months. Enjoy:)

It's a GIRL

2011-12-06T21:20:00.000-08:00

Love playing in her kennel

They love her so much

This was the first night we bought her

Her today. She has gotten a lot bigger in just 2 weeks.

How can you not love that face??

For the past few months Jason and I (actually just me) has been thinking about getting a dog. Before we had kids I was a HUGE animal lover but once our kids stated coming I couldn't handle any animals. But now I really wanted one. I have no idea why but I just had this strong feeling that we needed a dog. Jason thinks it's because we are done having kids and I am usually pregnant at this point. I really can't tell you why but I just wanted a dog. I REALLY wanted an English bulldog but not only are they so freaking expensive but they are pretty lazy dogs which I do like for sure but I wanted a dog to take camping and running.

I have been looking at the pet store, Humane Society and KSL.com For a few weeks I saw an ad for some American bulldog puppies but they were way to expensive. Then on Thursday the 24th I was looking on ksl again and saw the same puppies for more then half the price. They were in a city here in Utah called Hooper. We ha no idea where that was so I googled it and saw that it was near Roy (about a 45 min drive) So we decided that we could go and see them the next day. On our way down we stopped at taco Maker in Layton. My VERY FAVORITE fast food place. I know so silly but I LOVE it and they don't have any by us anymore:(
We finally arrived to the house and saw the 2 female puppies. Jason and I both knew we were going home with one. They were the CUTEST!!!! We played with both pups and the Mom for about 30 minutes then left to go and get some money and decide which one we were going to take. we finally decided on Tinkerbell. To be honest they were both too cute and you couldn't go wrong with wither one but I just really loved Tinkerbell.
We have had her now for about 2 weeks. She is 99% potty trained, 3 1/2 months old (born August 18th) and about 35 pounds. She will probably be around 75 when full grown. Her Mom was 75 and her Dad was 120 pounds. She is such a great dog. So sweet, playful and very chill at the same time. Our boys can't get enough of her. They never leave her alone but she loves it. She is also kennel trained so that makes it so nice. I can't wait for her to be full grown. She will be one strong, big dog:) Our family is now complete and we couldn't be happier:) Oh yeah she is also a fully papered UKC American Bulldog. She is just the cutest!!!!

Thanksgiving 2011

2011-11-25T10:26:00.000-08:00

Kev, Bo and Brad

Me and Grandma Nordberg. So happy she decided to come.

Brook make these DARLING Turkey pops for the kids. she is always so crafty.

My amazing Mother-in-law, sister-in-law Tristen, Mark (Shauna's brother) and his Daughter

Sweet little Jesphira. She is a doll.

Most of the grand kids on the Pehrson side. Missing Kaden, Gabe and Bella.
Jaxon, Kiera, Leah, Krew, B, Conner, Jes and Steven

Oh man, where to begen. We are truely so blessed and thankful for all we have. This year has been a great year. Our boys are doing so well in school and love it. Krew is talking like crazy and starting to add 3 works together now. Jason and I have been kicking butt and losing some weight and staying healthy. Over all we have all been very healthy this year.. No Doctor visits thanks to doTERRA oils:) I am so blessed to have 5 amazing boys. I love them more then anything.
On Thanksgiving we went over to Jason's parents at 1:00 for some yummy food and family time. We all had a great time. I even took some pictures this time but only a few:( but hey it's better then nothing.
Then at 3:00 we went to my parents house for some more yummy food and family time. I only took 2 pictures:( I am the worst when it come to family parties and taking pictures. I get to busy talking away. I love each and everyone of one my family members (this includes all extended and Jason's side) You all mean so much to me.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and always remember to be thankful for what you have.

6 weeks and 5 day BodyMetrix results

2011-11-25T07:18:00.000-08:00

This is me today after 6 weeks and 5 days on BodyMetrix :)

RESULTS

Starting weight: 153
Ending weight: 132

Overall body fat before: 27%
Body fat now:19%

Measurements
Before neck: 13
today neck: 12.25

before shoulders: 40
today shoulders: 39.50

Before arms: 11.50
today arms: 10.50

before chest:37.50
today chest:36

before: thorax (rib cage right below Brest) 30
today Thorax: 26.50

before waist: 31
today waist:29.75

before hips: 41.50
after hips: 37.25

before thigh: 22
after thigh: 19.50

before knee: 15
after knee: 13

before calf: 16
after calf: 15

overall inches before 257.5
Today overall inches: 238.25

So in 6 weeks and 5 days I lost 19.25 inches!!!! I feel GREAT. I am the happiest I have been in a very long time. I don't have the final pics from my coach but as soon ans I get those I will post.

Losing the weight was the easy part. The hard part is try to keep it off and stay off forever.

Seriously if you want to lose some weight and get healthy you need to do BodyMetrix!! It is such an amazing program. Don't wait because it's the holiday's. Start NOW. If it's a holiday enjoy the day but get back on track the next day. I know we are all so busy. Kids, work, too tired, my body hurts etc. trust me I have said all of these excuses MANY time. But finally enough was enough. You can make time if you want to. if it's that important to you, you will find a way. The thing that worked for me was I had a very strict routine. I worked out at the same time everyday. I wouldn't plan anything until after my workouts. Was it easy? NO WAY. I have never seen or heard of an easy diet and exercise program. If there were on we would all be doing it. I had to make some big choice and I did it because I was sick and tired of being heavy and not where I wanted to be. For example every Halloween we have a family party and eat Chili, rolls, and yummy treats, but since Jason and I were on the program and wanted to do good we brought our own dinner. We brought Chick- Fil-a salads. And once you get to your your goal you can enjoy the parties and treat. But always remember to do good the other days. All I can say is I am one happy Mama and BodyMetrix has changed my life. LOVE it!!!

Broke down

2011-11-22T09:21:00.001-08:00

So every Tuesday is my "Sprint" day as well as Turbo fire. I am at the point now that when I sprint I sprint at 8.0 2 minutes on 3 minutes off. As I finished my sprint today I totally broke down. I just started crying. I have never pushed myself this hard. I have gone way above and beyond with my workouts because I wanted to get the best results asap. I finally got it together and it was time for my arm jerks. I am now up to 25 pounds. As I finished my left arm (15 on each arm) I broke down again. I am not an emotional person at all but I am so proud of all the hard work I have done that I just lost it.
Tomorrow is the BIG day (6 weeks 5 days) !!!! My final weigh in, measurements, and pictures. I can't wait to see my results. Jason and I are also going to do some Video 's telling about our experience with BodyMetrix so look out for that on their website:) www.bodymetrix.us.
As a reward for all the hard work we have done Jason and I are going to Settebellos on Saturday and you better believe I will eat my whole pizza and some Gelto. Trust me, we have earned it:)

Week 6 done!!!

2011-11-18T21:57:00.000-08:00

Today I finished up week 6. I lost 3 more pounds this week with a total of 20 pounds!!! Matt also did my blood work and my results were AMAZING! They actually were really good the first time since I was already pretty healthy but today they were the best results he has ever seen. He told me he has never seen anyone this healthy before. including himself who is a bodybuilder. The blood test checks:
TC
HDL
TRG
LDL
Non-HDL
TC/HDL
GLU

He was in shock and said I have pretty much maxed out and is as healthy as you can get. I was pretty excited to hear that. I have work so freaking hard especially this week. I have never worked out so hard as I did this week. I started out at 153 and today I am 133:) I would love to lose another 5 pounds but if I don't that is fine. I am fine were I am now, just need to keep working on getting tone. My last day will be next Wednesday. He will do my final pictures and measurements. I can't wait to see my results. I will continue to do the program for ever but on my own now. I have all the tools and know what to do. I can't tell you how happy I am. I am sooooo Thankful for BodyMetrix. Seriously if you are wanting to lose some weight and get healthy you need to do this program. I will still go in once a month for weigh ins. . My goal is to hopefully in a year or so to be in a Mrs. Fitness competition. I don't want to be all ripped like crazy but I do want to be very tone. I still have a long ways to go but atleast I got all my weight off. FINALLY!!!:) I will post my final result on Wednesday.

Here is the website if you are intrested in the program. Jason did the website by the way:)
http://bodymetrix.us/

Weight loss update

2011-11-12T09:51:00.000-08:00

I really wish I would have done a blog every week of my weight loss but I just spaced it. Oh well. I just finished up week 5. I lost 2 pounds this week with a total of 16 1/2 pounds. I feel amazing, confident and so much happier. I can't believe in just 5 weeks how much weight and inches I have lost. Remember at my 4 week mark I was so excited that I could fit in my old jeans? Now my old jeans are getting too big. I need to go shopping and get smaller pants:) I am down 3 pant sizes as well. I did take a 2 week brake. One for our trip and I was sick the week after our trip. During that time I gained 5 pounds. I was so happy that it only took me 1 week to get hat 5 pounds off. I am so used to my diet and exercise program that it just my everyday routine. I'm not dying of hunger and complaining about working out. I know what I need to do and I do it. I am only 8 pounds away from my goal weight of 128 pounds. I only have 3 more weeks then I am done for good and will be on my own. My coach wants me to up my exercise program these next few weeks so I can get some amazing results. So bring on the sweat and pain. LOL.

HaLlOwEeN~

2011-10-31T20:37:00.000-07:00

Look at all that Candy!!!

Sweet Krewey

LOL

Our Boys. Happy Halloween!!! 2011

Conner and B

Scary Conner. I wanted to put blood on his face and he said NO.

B's cute class

B I mean the "Hulk"

Halloween Breakfast. The boys loved it.

Jaxon ready for his school party

For a good month now Conner and B both wanted to wear their Karate suits for Halloween and I was going to paint their face like a zombie. Well this morning they both changed their minds. B wanted to be the Hulk which was fine because we already have the costume and Conner wanted to be a Vampire. I went to Target and found Conner's costume for $7.00. He was sooooo excited and loved his makeup and costume. B also loved his make up. When I was all done he said "oh Mom, you are the best Mom ever, thank you for my awesome costume" It was so cute. Around 3:00 I went to B's school and watched him and his class mates in the parade. B's teacher came up to me and said she did not recognize B and had no idea who he was. LOL Jaxon had his school party last Thursday and was Scooby Doo but tonight be wanted to be Tigger. He was so cute. And little Krewey was a Dragon. It was the same Dragon costume all of our boys have worn at his age.

Every Halloween we go to my Brother Brad's house for Chili, rolls and Hope always makes yummy desserts she also made home made Root beer that everyone loved.. We got there around 6:00, had dinner, and took the kids Trick or Treating. I can't believe how much candy my boys got!!! We all had a blast. On our way home B said "So Mom, Christmas is tomorrow right?" LOL I hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween. We sure did:)

Pumpkin time

2011-10-26T20:51:00.001-07:00

Krewey was not happy, he wanted the knife so he could carve.

My loves. Krewey was sleeping

xoxo

Conner, B, Jason, Jaxon and my pumpkins:)

Time to paint.

Jason is working hard. LOL

My pumpkin:)

Conner's pumpkin. He wanted Vampire teeth.

Working hard. LOL

Jaxon's pumpkin

Silly boy:)

B's pumpkin. He also wanted Vampire teeth.

Sweet Krewey

A few weeks ago we went to the pumpkin patch and let the boys pick their own pumpkins, and of course my battery on my camera was dead so no pictures:(

Every year we paint our pumpkins but this year the boys wanted to carve them. We had so much fun. Jaxon didn't want to touch the yucky stuff inside but B and Conner were all into it. They told me what they wanted and I carved their pumpkins and they cleaned them all out. I made a cute girly pumpkin and Jason did the awesome Hulk pumpkin. The boys picked his pumpkin out and of course picked the biggest one. LOL We had a few little pumpkins left and the boys decided to paint those ones. Even though I am still sick it was such a fun night. Just 5 more days until Halloween!!!!!

10 year Anniversary

2011-10-24T19:21:00.000-07:00

Tulum

This is my most favorite picture I took. Looks fake huh!?

It was soooo HOT this day.

On the boat on our way to Playa

MargrettaVill

Ready to go to Dinner on our last night. Jaxon helped me pick out my dress before my trip.

Isn't this pic amazing. This lake was full of Crocs but we only saw one. LOL

We climbed the top of the light house. It doesn't look very tall in the picture but it was touchier. LOL

View from the plane. AMAZING!!!

Our hotel. LOVE!!

Hotel grounds

Xel.Ha

Ready for Dinner and Dancing. Well, I danced and Jason watched. LOL

awww

I am such a nerd. LOL

Our Hotel

Our PIMP Mobile. LOL

One of the 2 pools at our hotel. We never got in this pool.

Main lobby of the hotel

More of the hotel grounds.

This was our first day here. The weather wasn't the greatest

Our room.

Lets rewind about 6 months ago. This October 22ND is our 10 year anniversary. Jason and I really wanted to do something fun and get away for the first time in 7 years. We planned a trip to Vegas. I was in the process of booking some shows and Jason came home from work and told me he had a surprise but wasn't sure if he wanted to tell me now. Off course I was super excited and wanted to know NOW. He told me he was going to take me to Mexico for our anniversary instead of Vegas. I was sooooo EXCITED! Right away I called my Mom to see if she could watch our boys for 6 days and of course she said yes. after a few weeks we finally booked our trip to Cozumel. Jason's uncle Chad talked him into. We still had at least 6 more months until our trip so it was kind of hard to get really excited since it was so far away. Finally it was time for our trip. oh I totally forgot that just 2 days before our trip my Dad was at work lifting a table and he some how hurt his arm. He went to the Doctors and found out he had a very bad torn bicep and needed surgery first thing Monday morning. I was freaking out and didn't know what to do with the boys. Thanks goodness my amazing aunt Brook and Uncle Kevin were able to watch our boys all day Monday while my Mom was at the hospital with my Dad. I was also nervous for when my Dad came home. I wasn't sure if our boys would be good our quiet but I guess they were amazing and didn't bother my Dad at all.

So back to Sunday. We dropped the boys off and my Dad drove us to the airport. We got there about 3 hours early and waited for our 12:55 AM flight. We got on the plane and landed in Atlanta. We had a 4 hour layover where we ate and took an hour nap. It was finally time for our flight and they delayed it about an hour. As we were all walking down the ramp to the plane the caption came out and said the flight is CANCELED until tomorrow due to weather. We were all so bummed. We waited in a 2 hour line to change our tickets to see when we could get to Cozumel the next morning. Of course they had no flight since they only travel to Cozumel a few times a week. They wanted to send us to Mexico city or to Cancun. We almost went home but decided to wait until the morning and see if anything changed. We got a discount to stay in a hotel in Atlanta. We went to a yummy Italian restaurant called Maggiano's then headed back to our hotel and passed out. Delta actually created a flight in the morning and we were off to Cozumel. When we arrived the weather was horrible. Very cloudy and so windy. We didn't care, we were just happy to finally be there. Oh yeah, we also had a huge mess with Jason's bag. The people in Atlanta couldn't find it and told us it's in the airport somewhere and it would be in Cozumel. We then found out that it wasn't there and that it was in Mexico city on it's way to Cancun. They told us that they can not send any baggage internationally with out the passenger but said they have some new people working so they must have not followed the rules and sent it to a totally different place. So we arrive in Cozumel and of course no bag. We filled out a claim and found out that it really was in Atlanta and it was on it's way to Houston Texas then to Cozumel and would get to us until Wednesday around noon. As soon as I heard that I started crying. It was such a mess. Poor Jason wore the same clothes for 48 hours and I had no makeup, tooth brush etc. They told us we could go shopping and they would pay for it. Well, in Mexico they don't carry big sizes. Thankfully Jason did find a pair of pants and it all worked out. And his baggage did come Wednesday. By Wednesday the weather was perfect. The sun was out and we were so excited. We took the fairy and went to Playa and went to Tulum and to Xel.Ha. Oh my goodness what a fun time. We saw Mayan ruins, snorkeled, walked on the bottom of the Ocean and got to swim with the fish and Sting Rays. We had a blast!
We rented a car and got to travel all around the island. We went to some amazing beaches. Swam, snorkeled, laid out, ate, and so much more. Our Hotel was in the Jungle. It was the most amazing place I have seen. Lizards everywhere. The people were so friendly but we weren't big fans of the food. Yes we could eat it but very bland. I had such an amazing time and can't wait to go back in a year or two. The water was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Straight out of the movies.
We are so thankful for my Mom who watched our boys. She is so amazing. Oh and all 4 boys got sick while they were there. They all had the pukes:( But my Mom is a pro and didn't care.

Jason and I were sad to leave but excited at the same time. We missed our boys so much. I missed my Mom duty's. Cleaning, cooking, yard work etc. It was great to be home.

Thank you Jason for our amazing 10 year anniversary Trip. I love you so much and can't wait for many more years of happiness.

I DID IT!!!!

2011-10-14T09:48:00.000-07:00

side view after

4 weeks later 139lbs

Side view BEFORE

BEFORE 153 pounds

As you all know I have been wanting to get in shape every since I had Krew. I have tried everything. Eating healthy (trying) and exercise on my own, HCG (ended up being allergic to it), the Juice diet, and the Mater Cleanse. Yeah I came to find out that I pretty much SUCK at diets. I love my carbs and treats way to much. I have always done really well with my exercise programs like Turbo Fire and running but I never really changed what I ate. Or I would do good for a day or too then eat like crap 3 days in a row. Finally enough was enough!!!! I have to admit going on our trip to Cozumel was a HUGE reason for my weight loss but I really haven't been happy with my body since I got pregnant. Never wanting to be seen in a swimsuit etc. Until now!!!! My brother in law Aaron told Jason and I about this really amazing program called BodyMetrix. Jason and I thought really hard about it and decided this was for us. My first day I had before pictures taken (BLAHHH) they took my blood to check everything, gave me a meal plan, exercise program to follow, Vitamins and Protein shakes. I was so pumped and ready to do this, no more giving up. The first week was pretty hard. Jason and I both did so well until the Circus. We finally cheated for the first time. I had some cheese fries and about 5 bits of ice cream. After I did that, I promised myself I would never cheat again and I didn't. Not even a tiny bit of anything or even licking my fingers. We did it all 100% and got amazing results because if it. I am proud and happy to say that I started at 153lbs and today, week 4 I am now at 139lbs. I am down 2 pants sizes, and down 15 inches total over all. I feel AMAZING!!! I still want to loose about 10 more pounds and get more tone. So after our trip I am back on the program. I can't wait to see even better results

Oh and Jason looks amazing as well. I am so proud of him!! It defiantly made things so much easier since the both or us were doing it. I love you Jason!!!

*If any of you are interested in the program I am doing call Matt Shoda at 801-694-7279. I PROMISE you will love it!!!!!

*Sorry the pictures are so small, I'll see if I can enlarge them later. It's kind of hard to see the results with them being so small.

September 2011 School Work

2011-09-30T20:42:00.001-07:00

I LOVE putting all my boys school work on the door, and they love it too:) This is most of Conner, Braxton and Jaxon's school work for the month of September. The paintings on the bottom are B's. He LOVES to paint at his school. Jaxon's little papers are so cute. Love all his scribbles:) And Conner has gotten 100% and ALL his spelling tests this year. So far there has been 8. We are so proud of all our boys. Good job boys, we love you all so much. Keep up the good work:)

The Circus!

2011-09-27T07:41:00.001-07:00

B's favorite part was the Tigers

Jaxon loved the Elephants

These guys were AMAZING

Start of the Show

Jaxon loves his Daddy so much, and Popcorn;)

Poor B was not happy because he wanted to sit by me. He did after I took this picture

Me and Jaxon enjoying the show

Me and my boys, all ready for the Circus:)

We bought Conner Circus tickets for his birthday this year and finally got to go on Sunday September 25Th. It was so much fun. We had amazing seats. Row 18!! We could see everything perfect. When we first got there we let the boys get a few snacks. They got a Pretzel and some Popcorn. Then during the brake they all got some Ice Cream. This was our boys first time going to the Circus. They did have fun but they also got board at times. I think they did way to many clown scenes but over all it was a lot of fun. The songs the guy sang were sooo funny. Jason couldn't stand it. I was lauging so hard. "Fully Charged" LOL I found a youtube video of the song and sent it ot Jason yesterday. Haha too funny:) My parents watched Krew for us since it was a 2 1/2 hour show and there is no way he would have sat in his seat that long.

Nightmare

2011-09-19T07:00:00.000-07:00

So this morning Conner was eating breakfast and I was making his lunch. I could hear one of the kids crying (not bad ) and thought they would come out to see me. After a few minutes I could still hear the crying but could hear it down stairs which means it was Braxton crying. When I went down stairs his light was on in his room. I asked him what was wrong and he said "Mom, I had a story" I said "A story? You mean a nightmare?" He said "yes, Daddy left me alone with all the sharks, the yellow Polar Tiger Sharks". Bless his heart, he is fine now. Love you B.

Conner is 7!!!

2011-09-17T21:28:00.001-07:00

Playing the Angry Birds game

Loves these movies.

Conner gave these cute Halloween straws to all the kids in his class for his Birthday. His teacher said no treats this year.

Enjoying his Cinnamon Roll:)

Loves his Angry Birds. He has one more the white one that he got later that night from Grandma and Grandpa Pehrson.

Angry Bird board game

He was so excited to get this game

Happy Birthday Conner!!!

Conner is 7, yes 7!!!!! I can not believe he is that old already. He said today was the best day ever. When we woke up he opened his gifts from us. He got "Donkey Kong returns" for the Wii, the 2ND Diary of the Wimpy kid DVD, an Angry Bird board game and all his favorite treats. After presents I made his favorite. Cinnamon roll. He loved them and ate 2 o them:) He then played his games for a few hours and we took him to McDonald's to eat and play. After we ate we took him to Toys R Us so he could spend his birthday money and get more Angry Birds. The Carter family gave him his first one (the red one) the night before and he LOVES them!!! He bought 3 more yesterday and Grandma and Grandpa Pehrson gave him another one. So I think he only needs 3 more to have the whole set. Around 6:30 Grandma and Grandpa Pehrson and Jeremy came over for a BBQ, Cookies, and Oreo shakes for Conner's birthday and to watch the very sad BYU U game:( Uncle Jeremy gave him a way cool Angry bird shirt. He can't wait to wear it to school tomorrow:) It was such a fun night. Oh yeah, Hunter came over for a few hours too. They boys had fun jumping on the tramp, eating, playing the Wii and watching movies. Happy Birthday Conner. We love you so much!!

*Oh I totally forgot, we are going to the Circus next week for Conner's birthday. I am soooooo ExCiTeD!!! So are the boys;)

August and September birthday's

2011-09-12T06:41:00.000-07:00

Look at how Darling this is!! It's from Brad, Hope and girls

Me and my Love

Me and my oldest brother Levi

My 2 brothers Levi, Brad, Jason and Aunt Brook

Hunter, my Dad, Conner, Kev, and Levi

Jaxon was sooooo EXCITED that Grandma Teresa and Grandpa got him "Dinosaur Train" B loves it too:)

Grandma Teresa and Grandpa also got him some toy story boots and some Sketchers

Cool shirt from Aunt Brook, Kev, Bo and Jed

Brad and Hope

Thank you Grandma Teresa and Grandpa. He LOES this game:)

Silly Krewey

Me and my Dad

Jed, Bo, Brad, Conner, Brinley, Bridger, Kensi, Colter, Brook and Jaxon

Yesterday we celebrated all the August and September Birthday's on my side of the family. We had it at Brad and Hope's new house. We had nachos for dinner and yummy Lemon Poppy seed cake and brownies. We celebrated Jaxon (3), Kensi (6), Conner (7), Brad (28) and Grandpa Niki would have been I think 77. We love and miss you so much Grandpa. They all got so many fun gifts. Love you all so much. Happy Birthday!!!

Enjoying our last few days of summer

2011-09-09T16:01:00.001-07:00

I can not believe summer is almost over. Today the boys and I decided to play outside and enjoy the sun shine. They rode rides, we played with bubbles and the best part of all we played with sidewalk chalk for a good hour!!! We drew Dinosaurs, Angry Birds, Witches, Ghosts, Spiders, Spongebob's and so much more. I love doing all this fun stuff with my boys. Just a few more months and we will be playing in the SNOW!:)

Poor Jaxon:(

2011-09-08T15:06:00.001-07:00

Today was Jaxon's second day of preschool. He has a hard time at first but his teacher said he is only sad for about 5 seconds. So today around 11:05 I get a call from his teacher saying I need to come and get Jaxon because he shoved a piece of hard straw up his nose. She said it was pretty far up there. So I was there within 2 minutes. Poor thing was so sad:( I took him home and thought I would try to get it out myself before I ran to the Doctors. She was right it was so far up his nose like by the bone. He was so sad and said it hurt. His nose also stated to bleed because the straw was sideways. I grabbed my tweezers but he was not happy. I tried to pin him down and couldn't do it. I thought I would try one more time before going to the Doctors. This time I had B hold his arms down (he sat on Jaxon's hands) and I held his body down. Jaxon was soooo scared but within a few seconds I got it out!!! I am so happy we didn't have to make a trip to the doctors. He is fine now but if you talk to him about it he says "Don't talk to me Mom" I think he's embarrassed. LOL
Oh and he has never put things in his nose before so I have no idea why he would try it. I'm just glad he is ok:)

Fun facts about our boys!

2011-09-07T10:41:00.000-07:00

I thought it would be fun to make a list of things my boys like, don't like etc. I want to try and do this twice a year:)

*Conner

1. Loves to eat Oatmeal with brown sugar every morning for breakfast

2. Loves to watch t.v. but HATES icarly. LOL

3. He does very well in school and is a great reader and speller. He has gotten 100% on all his spelling tests so far:)

4. not a big fan of homework but he still works very hard and goes a great job:)

5. LOVES eating ice cream. Oreo shakes are his favorite and we get them about twice a week.

6. Is really enjoying Karate and is on his 2nd strip on his white belt (same as B)

7. He is very independent

8.can stay up all night long if you let him (just like his Daddy)

9. Still HATES all Veggies.

10. He is soooo excited to turn 7. just 10 more days:)

11. Loves playing Angry birds.

*Braxton

1.Has to play with his friend Wyatt everyday.

2.Asks me to make Pancakes and bacon at least once a week. LOL

3.He tells me that I am pretty and gorgeous every single night before bed.

4. He tells me and Jason he loves us at least 5 times a day. It's sooooo sweet.

5.LOVES pickles and blueberry bagels with cream cheese. He and Jaxon can eat a 6 pack of balges and a container of cream cheese in 2 DAYS!!

6.He LOVES school and can't wait to ride the bus next year.

7.He HATES peanut butter and root beer

8.love playing Angry birds

9.B's new favorite show to watch is icarly and Conner HATES it. LOL

10. B wants a wolf for Christmas, and a REAL diamond. "Not the fake stuff Mom" LOL We MAY get a Siberian Husky

11. Still LOVES to sleep. On average he is up around 10:00am every morning and goes to bed at 8:30-9:00

*Jaxon

1. Such a funny kids always has a smile on his face

2.also loves to watch t.v His favorite movies right now are "Despicable me", "finding Nemo", "Curious George"

3.He has to give Jason ad hug and kiss every morning before he leaves for work. If Jason leaves before Jaxon wakes up he is sooooo sad and we have to give Daddy a call.

4. LOVES Dr. Pepper just like his Mommy:)

5.He NEVER has a shirt on when we are home. He loves to show off his muscles. LOL

6.He is a huge Daddy's boy. As soon as Jason gets home he is glued to Daddy:)

7.He is such a PICKY eater!!!! He pretty much only eats meat, yogurt, and nuts

8.He never wants to be home. Always want to be on the go even if it's just a car ride

9. He LOVES playing outside. He probably spends at least 4 hours a day outside playing in the dirt

10.He is TERRIFIED of the car wash. He's whole body shakes and his eye fill with tears.

11. Knows all his colors and has to tell you the color of everything:)

*Krew

1. Is probably the happiest kid alive.

2.Is the best sleeper.

3.LOVES his Daddy.

4. Loves playing outside with his brothers. He is at there just as long as his brothers.

5.He is talking up a storm and putting 2 words together. The other day he said "Hi Daddy" and today he said "wait, Mama" He can say no, yep, ball, B, Mama, Daddy, eat, milk wait, stop, buh bye, cracker, thank ya (thank you), cheese, what, toes (and points to his toes) and so much more.

6. If you ask him were his toes are he will show you and say "toes" he also knows were his tummy is and sometimes eyes

7.He is Mr. independent!!! He has to feed himself.

8. He loves trucks, balls and BALLOONS

9. If I can't find him and call his name he will say "WHAT" it's so dang cute

10.loves to eat dirt.

11.Loves to get his diaper and wipes and has to throw his diapers away every time.

*So there are some fun facts about our darling boys. Oh one thing they all LOVE to do everyday is crank up the music and dance with Mommy:) it's so much fun!! We love you so much boys.

Braxton's last year of Preschool

2011-09-06T11:00:00.000-07:00

Today is B's first day of his 3rd year of Preschool. He has been so ready for school ever since Conner started. He got to meet his teacher for some one on one time last week for an hour and said it was the funnest place ever. So ever since he has been dying to go. I took him school shopping and let him pick out a few shirts. Of course he picked an Angry bird shirt like Conner then he saw and had to get the "Rock star T-Rex shirt" It's an hyper color shirt. Remember those back in the day? It's a gray color but in the sun it turns blue. He LOVES it. I have always let my kids pick out their clothes and shoes for school even if it's silly. I think they need to be who they are not what I want them to be. They are only little once so let them be little:) B is going to a Montessori school this year and will be going Monday-Thursday 12:30-3:30. It will be crazy having him gone most of the day 4 days a week.

We love you B and are so proud of you bud.

Preschool time

2011-09-06T10:11:00.001-07:00

Isn't he the cutest!!?:)

Today is Jaxon's first day of his first year of preschool. I can't believe it. He has been so excited to start and has been ready for well over a month now. Finally the day is here. He has been so excited to wear his backpack. LOL. Me, Jason, B and Krew took him to school today. He was so excited. He knew more then half the kids because they are all in his nursery class at church. After a few minutes it was time for us to go. He then started to get really scared. He was sitting in his teachers lap and just looked at me with the saddest eyes ever. It just broke my heart. But he loved it. He said it was fun:)

We are so proud of you and Love you very much Jax!!

BOYS!

2011-08-31T08:13:00.000-07:00

Those of you who know me know that I LOVE yard work. I love my lawn short, no weeds in my flower beds and love planting flowers. My flower beds looked so good the beginning of summer, but now they look awful. B, Jaxon and Krew LOVE to play in them mainly because it's shaded. My flowers are food for their Dinosaurs. The shrubs and hiding spots for Dinosaurs, animals and trucks. And Braxton loves to climb trees. As you can see if this picture B broke a branch. He does this at least twice a month to different trees. But it's all good. That's what boys do. They love to play and get dirty. I love my boys so much!

A little set back:(

2011-08-31T07:47:00.000-07:00

I didn't post my 8 week turbo fire results because I stopped to do HCG for a week. I know I NEVER wanted to do this but I was in a rut and wanted to see if it worked for me. After only a short 7 days I found HCG is not for me. Not only was I starving and you CAN"T work out except for walking, but I also am allergic to it. For the past 3 days I am super itchy head to toe. I have had this same reaction after anesthesia. I am taking Benadryl and that has helped. So I am going to start turbo fire again today and will post result in 2 weeks. Why, or why is it so dang hard to lose weight? and why or why do I love to go out to eat? sigh.... Oh well it's life I guess.

Big boy!!

2011-08-31T07:39:00.000-07:00

Such a stud.

Look at him go:)

Good job B

When Conner first learned how to ride his bike with no training wheels I tried to teach B at the same time. He did do it a few times but still needed some practice. We have been super lazy and didn't try again until last night. I only had to help him twice and he got it. He is now a pro like his big brother Conner. We are so proud of you B!!! Love you stud.

August and September birthday's

2011-08-28T13:35:00.000-07:00

Cute cousins Krew and Jes

Silly Jax and Uncle Jer

Cool truck from Grandma and Grandpa Pehrson

Yesterday August 27th we celebrated all the August and September birthday's with the Pehrson family at Riverton park. We have done this now for a few years and LOVE going to the park. We each bring our own picnic then I made chocolate cake (Jaxon's request) to share with everyone. We celebrated Jaxon (3), Leah (13), Steven (17), Conner (7) and Jeremy's (34) birthday's. Jaxon and Conner got some great gifts from everyone. Thank you all!!! We had so much fun. We got there around 5:15 and left around 8:30. We love spending time as a family and can't wait for the next party:)

*I wish I would have taken more pictures:( I need to work on that;)

Look who's 3.

2011-08-22T20:58:00.000-07:00

Strawberry Lake

So pretty

I took this picture right before they crashed

Me and my boys at the top of the mountain

Going on a truck ride. I LOVE how Krew sucks his 2 fingers

I am such a NERD. LOL

Oh my goodness, look at how dirty B was.

Happy Birthday Jaxon

this is one of my favorite pics of Krew. LOVE it.

So much fun.

Birthday boy

Birthday gifts for Jaxon:)

This is Jaxon on his birthday. He had to sleep with his new truck and trialer. so cute.

Camp fires are the best.

Our camp spot.

Having fun.

Going for a walk. Me, Steph and Peyton

Our sweet Jaxon turned 3 August 20Th. To be honest I can't believe he is only 3. He seems and acts so much older. This year we went camping for his birthday. He was sooooo excited. Our boys love to camp. We went with our friends Steph, Brandon and their 2 girl Peyton and Devyn. We went up by Strawberry. This was by far my very favorite camping spot. It was sooooo nice!!! No dirt besides the road. The ground was some sort of soft weeds like grass. But of course, my boys still found the dirt and the fire pits and got soooooo DIRTY!!

We went up on Friday and came home on Sunday. Saturday was Jaxon's birthday. I brought up all his gifts and got him some of his favorite treats. Dr. Pepper, cashews and Hersey's chocolate. We got him a truck with trailer, Horton here's a Who DVD, and a few shirts. Our sweet friends got him a Truck with a trailer and 4 wheeler and Steph was so sweet and made him cupcakes. He had such a fun birthday:)

On Sunday Jason took our 3 older boys for a quick ride on our friends Razor. I guess when they got to the top Jason turned around and turned on his side and the razor tipped. Jason thought fast and moved Jaxon's head out of the way and the razor feel right on Jason's wrist. He saved our Jaxon. Jason also said his helmet saved Jaxon as well since the razor hit him on the head. Conner was fine, B got a scratch on his hip form his seat belt, Jaxon has a scratch on his forehead and a bruise on his shoulder and Jason's arm is all torn up. I thought for sure he broke it but he went to the Doctor tonight and they said it was fine, just very bruised and sore. I am so thankful everyone is OK. Jason was very calm when he told everyone but when we were alone he told me it was soooo scary and he just prayed Jaxon was OK. He knew the other boys were fine. I love my family so much and am so thankful everyone is OK.

Our big 1st grader

2011-08-16T13:35:00.001-07:00

Conner is offically a 1st grader!! I can't believe it. He has been sooooo excited to start 1st grade for a few weeks now. A month or so ago he lost 3 teeth and learned how to ride his bike with no training wheels. Conner said " OK Mom, looks like I am ready for 1st grade now" It was so cute:)
I let him pick out his shirt and shoes. He LOVES Diary of the Wimpy kid so we had to get this shirt. And he had to have the Sketcher night rider shoes. LOL He wanted to use his same Mario back pack and he picked out his lunch bag. I also took him to the store this week to pick out all his favorite stuff for lunches.
Last night I decided to make Conner one of his favorite meals french dips and brownies. We then went on a very long family walk/bike ride.
I woke Conner up this morning at 7:20. He woke right up and was so excited. I made him Cinnamon sugar toast for breakfast and made him his lunch. He wanted a turkey sandwich, Cheddar cheese popcorn, a gogurt, 2 piece of taffy and juice. He got dressed and we all walked him to the bus stop. He was so excited to see all his friends and they all LOVED his shoes:) It was so cute to see how happy he was.
Conner finally got home around 3:40 today. He had a HUGE smile on his face and said "Hey Mom, 1st grade isn't so bad" He said he had so much fun and can't wait for tomorrow. I asked him if it seemed like a long day and he said "No" he sat by one of his good friends at lunch and said his food was yummy:) Oh yeah I forgot to add that Conner has the same teacher he had in Kindergarten. His teacher decided to teach 1st grade this year and Conner got her again. I think there are 4 or 5 kids that were in Conner's class last year.
I am so happy he had such a fun day. Now it's time for some homework!!!!

Lagoon!!

2011-08-11T09:23:00.001-07:00

After we rode the Hydro Luge.

On the Train

Dippin Dot:)

Yeah, we got soaked!! LOL

A few weeks ago while we were driving to Logan we drove past lagoon. Conner saw it and saw Wicked (a big fast roller coaster) and said "Oh Mom can we please go there!!?" I thought for a second and said if you are tall enough then I will take you." A few days later he saw a commercial about lagoon and he got sooo excited. Braxton on the other hand was scared. He said he doesn't want to go and any big rides and that he would watch us. So I decided that I would only take Conner. We finally went yesterday. We got up and got ready and I dropped our 3 other boys off at my Mom's house around 1:45 (Jason picked them up around 6:00 after work) We were finally off and on our way. We got there around 2:45 and by the time we parked and got inside it was about 3:00. I was actually surprised at how busy they were. The first ride Conner picked was Dracula's castle. Conner really liked it but he did say "oh mom, that was a scary ride" Then we went over to Jet star. I thought maybe he would get scared since this is a fast roller coaster but NO he loved it. We rode pretty much all the big rides. Every roller coaster which he LOVED. After we rode the Colossus I had to call Jason and tell him. Jason wouldn't ride this ride until he was in 9th GRADE, and I had to tell him our 6 yearl old son did it and LOVED it. LOL There were 2 rides he couldn't ride at all. The Cliffhanger and the Rocket. He was a little bummed he couldn't ride those. We went on all the rides that get you wet and boy did we get wet. The Hydro Lude was the 3rd ride we rode and we got SOAKKED!!! Oh and SOAKED and rattlesnake rappids as well. It was so much fun:) This was probably the best time I have ever had at Lagoon. Most rides we waited 10 min or less. The log ride, train and wicked we waited about 20 min. I am so proud of Conner. He didn't complain once. LOVED all the rides. In fact, he wouldn't even go to the kid area because it said it was for babies. But I did talk him into going to the new rides in the kid area like Bombora, OdySea, Jumping Dragon. I missed my other boys and thought of them a few times and how they would have had fun but at the same time it was sooooo nice not not have to worry about everyone, if they were scared or too hot, tired etc..

Conner kept telling me that Lagoon was the funnest place ever and he is so happy it was just him and I that went.

We were almost home and Conner said "Mom, I had such a fun time, but I am so excited to get in my warm bed and sleep. it was a fun but long day Mom" LOL

Thank you so much for coming with me Conner. I had a BLAST and can't wait to go next year:)

Cracking up!!

2011-08-06T20:52:00.000-07:00

I just love how honest kids are:) I thought I would do a post tonight on some funny things my boys have said. Mainly Braxton

This was tonight.
me: B it's time for bed we have church tomorrow.
B: Oh I am going to sleep in really late so I wont be going to church tomorrow Mom.

Jaxon: "You not the boss of me, I the boss"

Braxton: Oh Mom, looks like you have another baby in your tummy. (yeah he said this a few nights ago. LOL)

OK so that's all I can think of for now. B says something funny almost everyday. I need to start writing them down.

4 week results

2011-07-30T20:35:00.000-07:00

This is my BEFORE picture. I know sooooo out of shape:(
155lbs
Biceps- 11'
Thigh-21 1/2'
waist-40'
chest-37 1/2'
stomach-35 1/2'
calves-15'

And this is me today at my 4 week mark
152lbs
Bicep-11'
thigh-19 1/2'
waist-38 1/2'
chest-36 1/2'
stomach-33 1/2
calves-14'

*Overall I lost 3 pounds.
Biceps stayed the same
Thigh- lost 2 inches
waist- lost 1 1/2 inches
chest- lost 1 inch
stomach-lost 2 inches
calves- lost 1 inch

So today is my 4 week mark of doing "Turbo Fire" I really wasn't going to post pics because I am soooooo embarrassed but..... I am posting them to motivate me. I work out 6 days a week and missed 3 days total in the 4 weeks. I didn't eat the greatest:( I have been eating better that's for sure but I still would cheat everyday and would do HORRIBLE on the weekends so my results aren't as good as I hoped for but I am still proud of my results:) My arms are more toned, I can squat lower, jump higher, punch harder and overall stronger. I still have 4 more MONTHS so I will try harder to work on my eating habits:) See you all in 4 more weeks with more results.

Road Trip!!

2011-07-30T18:21:00.001-07:00

Look at all the Gold Fish crackers:)

12 cases of Chocolate milk:)

Yummy cheese. The Pepper Jack block was only $1.13. Cheese Curd was $2.15 and the swiss and provolone slices were only $2.50.

Once a year we take all the kids and head up to Gossners in Logan. They have the CHEAPEST cheese and boxed milks. Since Conner is starting 1st grade this year and will be eating lunch at school, we thought it was time to get Chocolate milk. We bought 12 cases of Chocolate milk and some cheese. The cheese is so yummy and cheap. The block of pepper jack in the photo was only $1.13!!!! Then after Gossners we decided to drive another 12 miles to the Pepperidge farms factory and stock up on gold fish crackers. This was our first time going and I couldn't believe how CHEAP the crackers were. Each package cost $.90-$1.40!!!! I bought all the snack packs they had. I thought these would also be perfect for Conner's lunches. Each box of the snack pack had 9 packs and it was only $1.40!!!! These are almost $5.00 each at Smiths. Oh and the best part of the whole trip is they had a TACO MAKER!!!!!! my very favorite place ever!!!! They all closed down by us and the closes one is in Layton. It was soooo YUMMY!:) We had such a fun time and can't wait to go again next year:)

Conner lost his 3rd tooth

2011-07-19T07:31:00.001-07:00

Can you see his Adult tooth?

Conner lost his 3rd tooth this morning. Actually the Dentist had to pull this tooth. His adult tooth is fully grown and the root from the baby tooth was gone so there was no way for the baby tooth to get loose. About 3 months ago it was a little loose and we didn't work on it enough and so it planted itself back and didn't get loose again. Conner was so brave and didn't even care. He played video games the whole time. Can't believe how big he is getting.

The new me!! (I hope)

2011-07-14T18:16:00.000-07:00

For the past 1 1/2 weeks I have been doing Turbo Fire. I am trying sooo hard to get in shape and get this baby weight off. So far I have lost 2 pounds. I LOVE these workouts. It is by far the hardest workouts I have ever done. I think it's harder then P90X (which I have done but only for a week or so) I am also eating pretty well but can do better. I did take a before picture and measurements but I will post those at my 4 week mark. I really want to do the full 5 month program. So far so good. If you like kick boxing then you will LOVE Turbo Fire:) I have never sweat so bad in my life even when I run 13 miles I still don't sweat as much as I do with Turbo Fire. I seriously sweat head to toe. I LOVE it!!! I really want to look good in a Bikini when we go on our trip.

Boys and BuGs!!

2011-07-13T10:03:00.001-07:00

Lady Bug

There is a rollie pollie in there with 3 tootsie rolls. LOL

Our boys LOVE bugs especially Braxton. He is always in the dirt trying to find worms, rollie pollies, etc... Yesterday Braxton came in the house with 2 rollie pollies and wanted to put them in a cup. Then all of the sudden he said, "oh Mom I can't find them. Yeah, he dropped them in the carpet and only ended up finding one of them. LOL Then a few hours later he came running through the house and said "Mom look" He had found a Lady bug. I need to go to Target and get him one of those bug cages. I seriously love boys. So much fun:)

Big day for Conner!

2011-07-13T08:34:00.000-07:00

Lost his 2nd tooth.

So a few weeks ago we tried to teach Conner and B how to ride their bike with no training wheels. They really didn't get it so we thought we would try again later. Our boys are always on their scooters so that's why they are learning so late to ride their bike. Well, yesterday I deiced to take the boys to the Stake Center parking lot and try again. Conner got out of the car and I asked him to hold his bike while I get Krew out and all of the sudden Conner was off!!! I couldn't believe it. He was riding his bike with no help. I was freaking out. I was so proud of him. I was shocked that he just took off. So now he is a Pro:) B did OK. He is so close. He needs to work on his balance but I'm sure he will be a pro this weekend:)

Then last night Conner lost his second tooth. He has another tooth that should be coming out soon as well. I can't believe how big our kids are getting. We love you so much boys!!

Look who's walking!!

2011-07-11T17:37:00.001-07:00

Our little Kuz is FINALLY walking!!! For the past month or so he has been able to take 5-20 steps but this past 2 weeks he is full on walking. He will still crawl when he falls but he is walking more then crawling now. He is such a fun little boy and super smart. He was in the pantry today and walked over to me with a bag of crackers and said "Mama this?" no joke he really said that. Then I was making Jaxon's bed today and Krew looked at me and said "ni, night? ni night?" He is so much fun. I can't believe he will be 15 months in a few weeks. We love you little krewey:)

Lake Powell

2011-06-24T07:54:00.000-07:00

My sweet family. Krew was sleeping in the house boat

The whole gang

Krewey loved the water

Conner and B love jumping in the water. B even went offthe bog slide off the house boat.

Our House boat

Conner has grown up so much. He really didn't play with the other boys. He wanted to hang out with the Adults and he was a BIG help

Me and my love

Me busting out a 360!!:)

Little Krewey watching my on the knee board

Brian, Kiera, Shauna, Kaden and Me.

Me, Brian and Kiera swimming in a cove.

Family Boat ride. My favorite thing to do in Powell

So amazing!!

Gabers and I barried B in the HOT sand.

Layin out:)

Me and Krewey

LOVE

Cheesy Kuz

Conner was such a big help t his trip. They needed him to help under the house boat.

Krew driving the boat with Daddy

Best Buddies. Cousins.

Sure love Grandma Pehrson

Laurie and Mike

Look at all those boys:)

having fun with Uncle Jer

Can not believe how strong Conner and B are.

B driving the Boat with Uncle Jer

We left for Lake Powell on Saturday June 18Th about an hour later then planned. Jason got a call from work and needed to get a few things done before we left. Finally around 12:00 we were on the road. Our boys did AMAZING in the car. Didn't fuss at all. We did stop once in Price and had some lunch at McDonald's and let the kids play for about 2o minutes. We finally got to Powell around 5:00. The house boat was already at the dock so we were able to unpack our car and go straight to the house boat. Oh boy, this was a VERY fun but STRESSFUL Powell trip. We had so many issues with the house boat. I felt so bad for the men because they spent so much time trying to get the house boat fixed.

Sunday- We knew there was going to be a storm on Sunday so the men made sure all the anchors were all nice and tight. The wind started to pick up but it wasn't too bad at the time so we decided to go to the Marina and get some ice cream. The ride there wasn't too bad but the ride bad was sooooo SCARY!! We had to go very slow because the waves were so bad. We were all getting soaked and the water was freezing!!! I am so surprised my boys didn't cry. Even Krew got soaked with freezing water and he just sat there. We were finally to the house boat but the wind was so bad we couldn't tie the boat up. Then the nose of the boat went under water and we had about 3 inches of water come into the boat. Then Finally we were able to get the boat tied up to the house boat. I am so thankful we got there safe but it was sooooo SCARY.

Monday was perfect. The water was finally warm and the temp was in the high 80's. We swam and played in the water and sand. We were going to leave on Tuesday because Conner is still in school but we decided to stay one more day.

Even though this was probably the most stressful Powell trip we have been on, we still had a great time and our boys were all very good. Krew did have a rough night the first night. Conner and B woke him up around midnight and he wanted to play until about 4:00 AM. I told Jason that we were going home the next day. But we put Krew in his own room and he slept great the rest of the time.

Oh and we have been back for 2 days and I am still "rocking" as if I am on the house boat.

Look who lost his first tooth!!

2011-06-12T19:10:00.000-07:00

For about 3 months or so Conner's 2 bottom adult teeth came through but he still has his baby teeth. I took him to the Dentist worried that he may have to get them pulled so we didn't have to worry about braces and the dentist said it was fine and to just work on getting his teeth out. He said if they were not out by July then we would need to bring him in so the dentist could pull them out. Anyways, Conner's one tooth has been hanging by the thread for about 2 months. We have tired and tried to get his tooth out but it really scared him. He would let us wiggle it for a second they say NNOOOOOO. It was so frustrating but we could understand why he was scared.

We had a family party tonight at my Mom's and my sister in law Jamie tried to get his tooth out. She used floss and tried 3 times and it still didn't come out. We had to bribe him with Money, sleep overs, video games, swimming etc but he didn't care, no one was going to touch his tooth any more. We finally got home around 7:30. I gave the boys baths and decided to try the floss. He was brave and said "OK Mom" I tried the first time and it didn't work. He then said "OK Mom we are done" I asked him if I could try one more time and he made me pinkie promise this would be the last time. I pinkie promised tied the floss around his tooth and out it came. He was soooo HAPPY and EXCITED!!! He didn't fuss at all, and it barley bleed. He is sooo excited for the tooth fairy to come tonight. He also gets to sleep over at his cousins house in 2 weeks so he is very excited about that:) We are so proud of you Conner. Now time to work on the second tooth.

Organic? Yes please!!!

2011-06-11T23:36:00.000-07:00

Jason and I have always wanted to see "food inc" and we finally saw it tonight. Oh my goodness, we have now decided that we will only buy Organic Meat, dairy, produce etc... EVERYTHING!!!!!!! Yes it cost more but my family's health is more important. I wish we had Trader Joes here in Utah. LOVE that store. The Sunflower market is good too, just wish we had one closer to our house. Oh well. Here's too healthy eating:)

He's all BoY!!

2011-06-11T17:48:00.001-07:00

Our little Krew is so much fun and all BOY!!! He loves to wrestle with the boys. He loves to make a mess with toys, food and his new thing is to spit his drink all over the place. I took the boys to Wheeler Farm today and Krew and Jaxon were in the double jogger and Krew was spitting his water all over Jaxon and was just laughing. LOL. This morning he was playing with B's Dinosaurs and was saying "RROOAARRRR" It was sooo cute. He is so much fun. He is almost 14 months and still not walking. He is very close though. He is talking a ton as well. He can say: Mama, Dada, bye bye, hi, boo and sponge bob. LOL He is still the happiest little guy. We love you Krewey.

Braxton's friend party!

2011-06-10T20:05:00.000-07:00

All of B's friends that came to the party

Little Kuz making a big mess. LOL

Pinata time

Sweet Bella and Kuz

Present time. His friends SPOILED him!!

Me and my best friend Steph

The boys.

B wanted a Superhero Squad cake, and it had to be Chocolate with chocolate frosting.

Singing "Happy Birthday"

Superhero Drinks

Some of the girls coloring

Bud's

Today was B's friend party. He has been waiting all week for this day. He had 12 out of 19 friends come. They colored, ate some Nachos, Chocolate cake and Superman ice cream, jumped on the tramp, chased each other and did a Pinata. I think they all had a great time. It was pretty windy but over all it was fun. He got SPOILED by all his friends. I couldn't believe all the gifts he got. Thank you all who came and for the awesome gifts:)

Our Braxton is 5!!!

2011-06-08T14:51:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to our Braxton. I can't believe he is 5 today. He has been so excited and waiting and waiting to turn 5. LOL. Last night I went down stairs to check on the boys to see if they were sleeping and I heard B say"Oh Conner, I am so excited to turn 5 tomorrow. I am so EXCITED!!" It was soooo cute:)

He woke up early for once today. Right around 7:30. I had all his favorite treats and his gifts on the table. We got him "Diary of a wimpy kid" a Dinosaur Wii game, Dino Shirt and a soft blanket. he was so happy with all his gifts. We finished our night at "Pizza Pie Cafe" We had a BLAST!! It was so much fun and the food was pretty good. In 2 days he is having a friends party and Sunday we are celebrating with my family.

Poor Jaxon

2011-05-22T23:09:00.001-07:00

Our little Jaxon has been VERY busy this past week. He's been in the garage getting in my van trying to find gum (which he knows he can not have) He's been going into our bathroom and getting into Jason's shaving cream and gets it everywhere. This is so not like him. Well today I noticed I hadn't seen Jaxon for a good 1o minutes so I started looking for him. The first place I looked was our bathroom and sure enough he was in there. The first thing I saw was Jason's razor sitting on the counter. Jaxon turned around and looked at me and I saw that he had shaved his face and cut his top lip. He didn't even know he did it. He was all smiles. I picked him up and sat him on the bathroom counter so I could clean his face off and all of the sudden he feel over the counter and some how hit his chin and his tooth split his gum pretty bad. Didn't go through his lip but it did leave a mark on the outside of his chin and a very bad cut in the inside his mouth, not enough to get stitches but close. This one hurt him. Poor thing. I felt sooooo bad for him. I think he was more upset with all the blood then the actual pain. I took this picture right after it happened. It now looks so much better. In fact, you really can't even tell. His top lip is just little red. We love you Jaxon and so sorry you got some major owies today:(

AAAAHHHHHHHH

2011-05-21T21:04:00.001-07:00

I have done post after post after post on how enough is enough and I am going to get in shape, and get to my goal weight etc. Well guess what, I never really did anything:( I am so disapointed in myself. I haven't gained any of the weight I have lost, (10 pounds) but I can tell I have gained inches and just feel YUCKY!!! I was doing really well when I was in training for my race but my race was about a month ago and I have done HORRIBLE ever since. Not so much with my diet but with exercise. It's like I just don't care but I really do!!!!!!! We are going to Lake Powell in 4 weeks and I am soooo not ready to be in a swim suit. I knew I wouldn't be at my goal weight by then but thought I would have lost another good 10 pounds. NOPE!!!!! I am in a RUT and need to gt out of it ASAP. I also don't like to do any 'fad' diets. I am all about eating healthy and exercise. I really need to just do it!!! Not only do I like the way I look when in shape but I feel so much better!!! .I am really thinking of posting a before picture on my blog and take a pic ever 4 weeks just so I can see a difference. But not sure if I will be brave enough. LOL I have taken pictures before thinking it would help but it never did. But if post them on my blog where I know people can see them maybe it will work. LOL hmmmm not sure I'll keep you posted if I decide to be brave.
Isn't it funny how it really isn't hard to lose weight. Just eat healthy and exercise. But why is it sooooo HARD. Something so SIMPLE is so HARD!!!

So here's to another post on how enough is enough!!!!!
I CAN DO THIS, more like I NEED TO DO THIS!!!!

Jesus

2011-05-21T06:48:00.001-07:00

After Braxton's preschool program we all went over to our church to play in the bounce houses. After about an hour or so Krew stated to get fussy. It was his nap time. I took him out in the hall trying to calm him down. As we were walking he started pointing to the "Jesus" picture hanging on the wall. He was all smiles, talking and super happy. I walked right up to the picture so he could touch it and Krew seriously had a sparkle in his eye. He looked so happy and in love. You could tell that he knows this person. I truly believe that we are all children of our heavenly father and that babies do remember who he and Jesus are. It was such an amazing experience. I defiantly felt the spirit. We also had the a smilier experience when Conner was a baby. If I remember right he saw a Jesus statute and started saying "Jesus" and we had no idea he even knew who Jesus was and that he could even say his name. Pretty amazing it was that's for sure.

2nd year of Preschool done!

2011-05-20T13:42:00.000-07:00

Jaxon's turn

So much FUN

Best friends:0)

All of B's best buddies (missing jordan not sure where he was lol)

Conner, Jordan and B

And B

There's Conner

Getting ready to start the program

Today was Braxton last day of his 2ND year of preschool. I can not believe that our little guy will be 5 in just 2 weeks!! He is old enough to start Kindergarten this coming school but we decided to hold him back 1 more year so that way he will be the oldest in his class.

For his last day, the kids had a super cute program filled with fun songs. Then after the program we went over to our church and there were 2 HUGE bounce houses. Well one was a slide the other was a house. They kids had a BLAST!!! They got to play for 2 1/2 hours and had yummy cake and ice cream. We LOVE Ms. Brittany so much and are sad that she isn't teaching an older class next year, but our little Jaxon will be going to her preschool this August:) We love you so much B and are so PROUD of you. good job buddy!!!!

Jaxon

2011-05-16T21:35:00.001-07:00

Jaxon is ALWAYS in his under wear. LOL

Oh my goodness, our Jaxon has got to be the funniest kid out there. He says and does the funniest things. Today he walked in his room and noticed that all his bedding was off his bed. He looked right at me and said "Mom, what did you do to my bed, you don't touch my room, you don't Mom" I could not stop laughing. If you know our Jaxon, then you know what I am talking about. He gets these angry eyes, stomps his feet and growls at the top of his lungs. But he does it to be funny. He's not an angry or mean child by any means. In fact, he is the happiest kid ever. He will look at me with his angry eyes and say "that's it, you talkin to me?" or "you not a good boy, you grounded" or "that's it, you go to the Doctors to get shots". or "I STROOOONG" and he's flexing his muscles and yelling at the top of his lungs. haha oh he cracks us up!!! I need to try and make a video of him doing his funny angry faces and such. And the funniest part is he is only 2 1/2!! What a little stud. We love you Jax.

Loving this weather!

2011-05-13T15:35:00.000-07:00

We love you Great Grandma Nordberg Little Krew LOVES the swings

There's Jaxon

So happy Daddy came:)

We have had some amazing weather this week. I LOVE the spring. Sumner not so much. As soon as it get in the 80's or higher that's too hot for me and our boys. I hope we get a long Spring this year:)

Yesterday was our "first" park day. The boys love going to Riverton park. As soon as we pulled up Jason was there. He wanted to surprise us:) I did tell him we were going but had no idea he was going to meet us. He stayed for about 15 minutes then had to go back to work. The boys had a blast!! Even little Krew. He LOVED the swings. We stayed for about 2 hours then went over to Great Grandma Nordberg's home. We try and visit her about twice a month. She lives in a little asst aid living home. Her room is so dang cute. Our boys know that they need to be very quite in there and they always are. Every time we go and see her, Conner just stares at her with a big smile on his face and holds her hands. It's soooo SWEET. Yesterday Conner asked Grandma how old she was. She said "56" (she is actually 76) and he said in the sweetest voice 'oh Grandma, looks like you will be going to Heaven soon" I was in shock. I looked at him and said "Conner" really I was speechless. My Grandma looked at him and said "you are right Conner, I will be going to heaven very soon. I am ready to be with Heavenly Father." I am so thankful my Grandma didn't get offended. I love how sweet and Innocent kids are.

As soon as Jason gets home tonight we will be going back to Riverton Park to play and enjoy our picnic. Hope you all have a great weekend:)

Mother's Day from Braxton

2011-05-13T15:15:00.000-07:00

Our 4 year old Braxton made this super cute Recipe holder and this card for me in Preschool. The card says:

I know my Mom

My Mom is 3'tall
My Mom is 20 years old.
My Mom came from my house
My Mom's favorite thing to say is pick up your room.
My Mom's favorite thing to do is the lawn
My Mom's favorite thing to eat is everything
My Mom's favorite thing to make is Chicken
My Mom's favorite color is Pink.

I just thought that was way too cute. He was so excited for Mother's day. I have no idea if he learned about it in preschool or what, but on Mother's day he kept saying "Mom, it's your day" Jason made breakfast and I was helping picking up the dishes and B said " No, Mom it's your day, let Daddy do it" then we were at my Brothers house and B asked for a drink. I told him sure I would get one for him and he looked at me and said "No Mom it's your day remember? Dad has to get my drink." He is so dang cute. I love my boys so much and so thankful I am their Mommy. xoxo

Fun facts about ME :)

2011-05-13T13:47:00.000-07:00

I thought it would be fun to write a list of fun facts about me:)

1. My husband and I have been dating since I was 15 and he was 17. We are TRUE High school sweethearts

2.We lived in Naples Italy for 4 years. We got to travel all over Europe and our first son Conner was born there.

3. We lived in Rio Ranch New Mexico for 2 years. I LOVED it. Jason, not so much.

4. I absolutely LOVE being a Mom. I love my boys more then anything in this world. I love to spend every second with my sweet family.

5.I LOVE being pregnant and labor and delivery. If we could afford it we would have more babies.

6. I had all 4 boys 100% natural. I wanted an epidural with Conner but since I had him so fast I had to go natural. I am so thankful because I LOVE the experience and so I decided "natural" child birth is the only way to go.

7. I also breastfeed all 4 boys for 1 year. oh wait, only 11 months with Krew. He decided he was done.

8. I am probably the happiest person you know, and super hyper. But Jason and my boys are the only ones that see that side of me. I tend to be pretty quite around others.

9. I ALWAYS have to have chap stick with me. If I can't find one then I will go straight to the store to get some. I have always been this way. LOL

10. Now that I am done nursing for ever I enjoying drinking Dr. Pepper and frozen Mocha's a few times a week. (Mocha's a few times a month)

11. My family LOVES Lake Powell trips. I have been going every year since I was about 5. We are going in a few weeks and we can't wait:)

12. Jason and I haven't been on a vacation by ourselves since we had our first son. We always talk about going but we would rather go with our little family:)

13.I LOVE yard work. I do it all at my house except for edging. I don't know how to do it. I try but never can get it right. I mow the lawn twice a week and weed once a week.

14. I very rarely buy myself stuff. I am always trying to lose weight so I wont buy clothes. (maybe a 9.99 shirt here or there) I still have a good 20 pounds to lose to be at my goal weight. As soon as I hit my goal weight I am going on a shopping spree. I need clothes bad!!

15. I LOVE music and love it very load with the base bumping. My TV is never on because I am always listening to music. All 4 boys even Krew loves music. We dance all day long. Or if the music isn't on they will say "hey, Mom lets dance" It's so much fun and Jason loves watching us.

16.I do however love to watch TV at night. I am a huge reality junky. I love American Idol, Storage wars, Gold Rush, Chloe and Lamar, Kardashions, Kendra, Rob Derdek fantasy factory, Biggest loser, Survivor, Bachlorette, The Bachelor, The Celebrity Apprentice, whale wars, and so on. I LOVE them all. LOL

17. I LOVE cleaning. Laundry, mopping, dusting, vacuum etc.. I love it all.

18. I love going out to eat. If I could, I would go out to eat every night. Can you see why I can't lose my last 20 pounds LOL

19. I get more excited about going to the Zoo, farm,Aquarium, park etc then my kids do:)

20. I LOVE the sun. As long as I have my sun screen on I can be outside all day long.

21. I love to sing and have a horrible voice but I will never sing in front of anyone except for my kids. LOL

22. I love to host parties at my house especially in the summer.

23. When I graduated high school my whole family bought me my boob job. I am also getting another one as soon as I can get to my goal weight. I had an apt. on May 4Th but decided to hold off until I get in the best shape I can. I'm thinking this fall or the first of the new year.

24. I love running and have been running for a few years now. I just finished my first half marathon and boy was it a lot of work. I took a good 3 weeks off (I did run a few small miles here and there) Last night was my first long run since my race. A little over 4 miles. I guess that's not long at all actually. LOL But I am going to start running again about 3 days a week. I want to run another 1/2 soon. My goal is to run at least 2 a year.

25. My Dad and I are going Skydiving this August and I can not wait!!!!

26.I am a big bargain shopper. If I find a good deal for a family member and their birthday is months and months away, I will buy it. I never pass up a good deal:)

27. I started using doTERRA oils for my family and LOVE them. They are all natural oils. I haven't had to take my kids to the Doctors or give them any meds. When sick I use the oils. They are so amazing. and they work for everythink not just when you are sick.

28. One of my new favorite things to do is get a Pedi. I remember thinking how I would never spend $30.00 to get my toes done until my sister in law Tristen took me to get my first one. Now I am hooked!!!

29. I am addicted to facebook. LOL I check it all day long. I do have a computer in my kitchen and that is where I spend most my day so I get to be on facebook even more.

30. Every time I leave my house I have at least 1 person ask if my hair is real. Seriously every time I go somewhere. I went to the mall today and a GUY of all people stopped me and asked if my hair was all mine. I told him yes. and he said "really! it's not extensions. Jason laughs all the time when he hears people talking about my hair.

31. I HATE spiders!!!! If I am doing yard work and see one I'm ok, but if I see one in someones house I freak!! This is why we have pest control come to our house every other month. It's been a few years since I've seen a spider in our house. LOVE pest control . LOL oh and the spiders that get in our house boat are sooooo HUGE and YUCKY. I really hope I don't see one this year. ewwwwww.

32. My little family LOVES going to the movies. We take our boys to all the kid movies that comes out, and we all really enjoy it.

33. I am not a big meat eater. In fact, I may eat meat once a month. I have always been this way. I did love hamburgers when I was pregnant with Conner and it wasn't until just a few months ago that I stopped eating them. I don't love them anymore.

34. A friend of mine and I are starting our own business very soon. We will be doing "Advertising" for company's. Vinyl, brochures, Banners, tickets for events, and so on. My friend works with Jason and is very smart with computer so I'm not really sure what I will be doing. LOL.

Ok I am going to stop here. Hope you all enjoy some fun facts about me:)

Mother's Day

2011-05-11T14:30:00.000-07:00

I LOVE Mother's Day. It is probably one of my favorite Holiday's. I always get treated like a Princess from my husband and boys everyday and even more so on Mother's Day:) I got a bunch of flowers for my yard, a shirt and dress. Jason was so sweet and made Pancakes and Bacon for Breakfast. It was so yummy and he cleaned up all the mess. Then we had Church and after church we went to Brad and Hope's house for a yummy BBQ and to celebrate Ellie's first Birthday. It was a ton a fun with YUMMY food. After their house we went over to Jason's parents house and had YUMMY Navajo Tacos. I LOVE them. I am soooo bummed that I only took a few pictures:( Every family party, I always say I am going to take a bunch of pictures and I NEVER do:(

I am sooo Thankful to be a Mother. It think it's the best gift and blessing in the whole world. Is it a hard job?? YES for sure but so worth it. I love my boys more then anything and so grateful that I am their Mommy. I am also so thankful for my own Mom and my Mother in laws. I have learned so much from all of them and love them all so much.

I hope all you Mother's out there had an amazing Mothers day.

The best gift of all is to be a Mother. xoxo

Krew's Birthday fun.

2011-05-11T14:07:00.000-07:00

Enjoying his Birthday Ice Cream Cone

Krew's first kids meal

The Pehrson gang.

Loves his new ball from Grandma and Grandpa Pehrson

All the yummy Dessert

Ready for a bath. LOL

Messy face.

What's left of his cake. LOL

I LOVE this picture. and no he didn't get sick at all.

As a tradition in our little family, we have always taken all of our boys to McDonald's or Carl's Jr. on their first birthday to get there very own kids meal. So for Krewey's 1st birthday we took him to McDonald's. We got him a chicken nugget kids meal with Fry's and chocolate milk. I thought for sure he would eat the whole thing but he only had 1 chicken nugget all his Fry's and he really didn't like the chocolate milk. LOL Then that night we took him to get an Ice cream cone, and he loved that.

On Easter I had my whole family over for a yummy Italian lunch and we also celebrated Jason, my mom's, brook, G-Niki and Krew's birthday. He got money, and some really cute outfits. He also LOVED his smash cake. He ate half of it. LOL

Then on Saturday May 7Th we had Jason's family over for Krew, Gabe and Steve's birthday. We had Cake, Ice Cream, mint chocolate chip cookies and popcorn. The weather was PERFECT!! We were able to spend all after noon outside. Krew got some fun toys and outfits. He was such a fun day.
He had his 12 month appointment May 10Th. He is still a little guy just like all of ours boys.

19.7lbs (6%)

29.04 inches (21%)

His Doctor said he is perfect and healthy:)

He can now climb up ALL the stairs and fast too. He hasn't figured out how to go down yet. We haven been trying to teach him the last few days. I can't wait until he can master the stairs so we can get rid of the gate. He still isn't walking but I think he will in the next month for sure. He is starting to let go and balance for a few seconds and he is walking around everything now.

We love you so much little kuz.

I DID IT!!!

2011-04-30T10:49:00.000-07:00

My medal and bid number

Almost done. Yes I am crying, I was so worn out.

For the past 3 months I have been running my butt off to get ready for my first 1/2 Marathon. 13.1 miles!!! I have always loved running and was so excited for the Big Race. Today was the day. I woke up at 4:58 (I couldn't sleep I was so nervous) got ready and left my house at 6:00am. It was sooo COLD. Snow was everywhere. I was so bummed but once I started running I thought the weather was perfect. The race was supposed to start at 7:00 but it didn't end up started until about 7:15. Finally it was time. I started running at a pretty good pace. I felt great. Then around 4 miles I started to get a little tired. This run was super HILLY!!!! Oh my goodness I couldn't believe it. Even the smallest hills hurt your legs. I was finally at mile 12. Just 1 more mile to go and I was done. But let me tell you, that 1 miles seemed like 5 miles!! I wasn't winded or out of breath, it was my calves. The were so TIGHT. A few times my legs went numb. They were screaming at me. As much as I wanted to run my hardest the last mile I couldn't I walked a lot of it. Finally I could see the finish line. At this point I got a TON of energy and ran as fast as I could. I heard my Dad's voice and Jason's voice cheering me on, but couldn't see them. I was so in the zone. I finally finished. My time was 2 hours 16 minutes. I was a little upset about my time. I was really hoping to finish between 2hours 5-15 min. But I'll talk the 2hrs 16 min. This course was HARD!!
I am so happy, tired and super sore. I came home had a nice warm bath and shower and got in my sweats. I am going to rest and chill all day long!!!!
Oh yeah, Jason forgot the camera:( I had it all charged and ready to go for him but he was so busy getting all the kids ready and making it on time that he forgot. Oh well, he can take pictures next time. Speaking of next time, I want to try and do another 1/2 Marathon in the next few months. Who's going to do it with me??;)

*My nephew Hunter took that pic of me when we got home.

My baby is ONE!!!

2011-04-26T21:39:00.000-07:00

I can not believe that our baby, yes our baby is one today. Time goes by way to fast. I am going to rewind a bit. I remember when we found out I was pregnant. We were so excited. Since this was our last baby, Jason thought it would be fun not to find out what we were having. At first my first thought was no way. What if it's a girl we wouldn't have anything. After thinking about it for a while I thought "why not!!??" Do you really have to have a nursery ready right when you have your baby? NO. Baby sleeps in our room for the first 3 months anyway. Then if we were to have a girl I know that family and friends would make sure we had a ton of girl clothes. So I didn't stress about it at all.
It was finally our 20 week Ultrasound. This was when we could find out what we were having. We had so much fun with the tech and told her how we didn't want to find out, but a piece of me really did. But we were strong and didn't find out. Even though this was our 4Th pregnancy, it felt like it was our first. Everyone was so excited and couldn't wait until we had the baby to see what it was.
Around 35 weeks I got Maternity pics done. It was so much fun and I am so happy I did it. I wish I would have done pics done with all my boys. Oh wait, I did with Jaxon at Kiddie Kandids.
My due date was April 29Th but we decided to get induced on the 27Th. I was soooo nervous to be induced 2 days early. I had Conner 7 days late, B 6 days late and Jaxon 1 day early. Anyways, we get a phone call first thing in the morning to come in. I think around 7:00. I was so excited and couldn't believe we got to go in so early. So Jason and I went straight to the hospital. I got admitted and after about an hour my Doctor came in to brake my water. For those of you who don't know, I have all all 4 babies 100% natural all the Doc does is brake my water and I go on my own. No pitocin etc.. So he comes in gets everything ready to brake my water and asks if I tested positive for Group B. I told him no, but I did have it with baby 2 and 3. He thought that since I had it my last 2 pregnancy's that it would be best for me to be treated for it just to be safe even though I tested negative. I agreed with him, but was so bummed at the same time because that meant I it will be another 4 hours until he could brake my water. We called our families and told them the news. Finally the 4 hours were up. My Doctor came in and broke my water. If I remember right I think I was at a 3. My longest labor was with Jaxon and it took 6 hours. I thought that this baby would probably take about the same or less. Boy was I wrong. Hour after hour after hour passed and still no baby. Baby was fine were he was. I wasn't in any pain just so board. We had been at the hospital all day long!! Finally around 7:00pm my Doctor came in and asked me if I wanted to try Pitocin just to see if it would speed things up. Baby wasn't in stress at all. I really didn't want to and thought about it for about 30 min. Finally I thought I would try it and the nurse checked me fast and said I was already at an 8 and there would be no reason to have Pitocin. I was so happy. My Doctor went home (he lives 5 min aways) about 20 minutes after he left I told the nurse it was time. It was crazy because I really didn't have any painful contractions so I was so surprised that I had the urge to push. She looked at me and said "try your best not to push" she called the Doctor and he was there within 5 min. Right when he walked in I had to push. He said that was fine. I had Jason, my Mom , Dad and Mother in law in the room. They were so excited to see what the baby was. Oh wait I totally forgot a HUGE piece of this story. As I was in Labor, getting checked, water broke etc. Jason was updating my status on facebook like every 10 min. It was soooo crazy to see all the comments I got from everyone. I swear I had hundreds.

OK back to me pushing. I pushed for about 1 minute and out came a baby BOY. Little Krew was born at 8:34pm. He was our smallest baby weighing 7lbs 10oz and 20 inches long. I was so happy and so in love. My baby was here. He was perfect. One of my favorite things is when I deliver my babies they give me them right away so we can bond. I was looking at all of Krew's hospital pics and it seems just like yesterday I delivered him.

My Sister in Law Jamie is a CNA at Riverton hospital and was able to take of Krew. She actually wanted to be there for the birth but she was getting every they needed to for when he was born. She walked into the room about 1 minute after I had him. But she did she me deliver the Placenta. LOL We loved that she was able to take care of him.

Krew is still the sweetest happiest baby ever. He always has a smile on his face. every morning when he wakes up he is the happiest. He sequels and giggles when I pick him up. He isn't walking and probably wont for another month or so, but he is pulling him self up to everything and starting to let go at times. He loves to eat. Has 8 teeth, can say Mama, Dada and hi.

We love you so much Kuzey Kuz. (Yes, we have many nick names for him LOL)

Easter

2011-04-24T20:05:00.001-07:00

We had such a fun Easter. Our boys were up bright and early at 7:30. They were so excited. Conner got a Batman Wii game and a Super Mario Bros DVD (80's movie) and a outfit. Braxton got some Hulk toys and outfit, Jaxon got a Doodle pad and outfit and little Kuz got an outfit. They were so excited to find all the eggs the Easter Bunny left.

This year I was having Easter at my house, and we were also celebrating my Mom's, Jason, G-Niki, Aunt Brook and Krew's Birthday's. I decided to make an Italian Easter lunch. I make Penna Alfredo, Parmesan Shrimp, Caprese and Brushutta. My Mom made the chicken and mushrooms for the pasta. Brook made steamed broccoli, green salad and deviled eggs. Jamie made garlic bread and brought drinks and Hope made YUMMY dessert. Better then Sex cake and Peanut butter bars. It was all sooooo YUMMY!! I wish I would have taken a picture of everything:( Oh well. After our lunch all the little kids went outside for an egg hunt. The weather was a little chilly but still very nice.

Then at 6:00 we went over to Jason's parents house for Dinner. We were still so full from our lunch that we didn't eat, but his Mom had a ton of yummy food as well. Turkey, rolls, and salads. We are now home relaxing after a very long and fun day.

Too FuNnY!!

2011-04-21T09:12:00.001-07:00

He always has to flex his muscles when I take a picture. LOL

Conner and B were suppose to clean the basement last night. B decided that he didn't want to help clean and just play, so we told him he had to clean the rest of the basement himself. Is was getting late so we put them to bed and told B that he needed to clean the basement right when he woke up. He woke up around 8:30 and knew he needed to get cleaning. Around 9:30 he come up stairs and tells me that he is trying to clean but his brain wants to play and not pick up. I couldn't help but laugh and said," Well you better tell your brain it needs to start picking up now" He looked at me and said "Mom, I told him that but he's not listening" Oh my goodness, I couldn't stop laughing, and he was being so serious. He wasn't trying to be funny. So it is about 10:15 and it's still not clean. By the way, it wasn't even that messy, maybe 20 toys MAX and should only take him 10 min but I guess his brain is not listening today and wants to play instead of clean. LOL

Spring cleaning

2011-04-18T11:53:00.000-07:00

As you all know we have 4 boys. I sear we have every single boy toy out there. I have never gotten rid of our toys because I figure we can pass it down to our next son. Well, after 4 boys, birthdays, Christmas, allowance etc.. our toys have gotten out of CONTROL!!! So for the past few weeks I have been trying to go through the toys and get rid of the ones they really don't play with. Every time I try Conner, B and Jaxon get all sad and say "noooo Mom" so I put it all back. I was talking to Jason the other night and telling him that I have tried but the boys get so sad. So he suggested that I tell the boys that we are going to give these toys to boys and girls that don't have any toys, and how sad it would be if they didn't have toys to play with. As I was explaining this to them, Conner and B both look at me and said "OK Mom, lets go through them" then they both said "Oh Mom, that is so sad that some kids don't have any toys." It just melted my heart. So we started to go through all the toys. I was so surprised at how many toys they were OK giving away. Conner and B are both getting to the age were they don't play with toys a whole lot. They will time to time but they are mainly into video games, Movies and playing outside. I am going to take them with me and Donate the toys so they can see what a great thing they did, and how they are going to make so many boys and girls happy. We were able to donate 8 bags FULL of toys. And don't worry, we still have a TON of toys. Infact, it doesn't even look like we got rid of anything. LOL

Krewey is Standing

2011-04-14T07:50:00.000-07:00

Krew has been able to pull himself up to standing for a few weeks but only on things that aren't very tall, like his pinao, toy table, fire place etc.. but the past 2 days he is pulling himself up to everything. Chairs, couch, shower, bath tub etc.. Everytime you look over at him he is standing. He also is starting to let go for a few seconds. Looks like our little Krewey may be walking soon?? As soon as I take some pics of him standing Iwill post them:)

Swimming Lessons

2011-04-13T14:44:00.000-07:00

Conner with the swim board.

B with the swim board practicing his kicks

Back stroke. Conner was having a hard time keeping his chin up.

Practicing blowing bubbles

Conner's turn

Back float

Practicing his kicks

B was so COLD. The first thing he said was "Hey Mom, you said the pool was going to be warm"

Monday was Conner and Braxton's first swimming lesson ever!!! They were sooooo EXCITED!!!They have been begging and begging to take swimming lessons, but I was waiting to sign them up for the D track lessons. Finally the day came. It was Monday the 17Th and my boys couldn't take it any longer. B's class is first, starting bright and early at 9:30. It was so cute watching him learn all the techniques. He had a blast. His favorite part is when they get to go to the "kiddie" pool because it's a lot warmer then the big pool. So B just stayed in the little pool while Conner was in his lesson.

Conner's class starts at 10:00. He was so excited as well. In fact the lifeguard got after him a few times because he wasn't sitting on the steps. He was just way to excited and wanted to swim and play. He did so well in his lesson and also loved going to the kiddie pool.

Today was their 2ND lesson. It was pretty much like the first lesson but his time I dropped Jaxon and Krew off at my Mom's house so I could actually sit down and watch my 2 older boys swim. Braxton LOVES to swim under water. He is always doing it in our big tub at home and was so excited to do it today in the kiddie pool. He doesn't have to plug his nose. He does so well with holding his breath. Conner on the other hand isn't a big fan of going under water. He will for about 2 seconds and plug's his nose. He had tubes put in his ears when he was 3 and he couldn't get his ears wet for about 1 1/2 years, so he got use to not going under water and forgets that it is OK to go under water now.

We are so proud of our boys and are going to keep them in Lessons from here on out. We can't wait to do swimming lessons outside this summer:)

Shin Splints :(

2011-04-11T20:15:00.000-07:00

So the other day I was waiting for Braxton to get out of school and I was talking to a friend about running. She is training for a Marathon and I was telling her that I was in training for a 1/2 Marathon. She asked me if I had had any injuries and I told her no. Well guess what!?? After my 12 1/2 miler last week, I developed some awful shin splints in my left leg. I have had them before but not this bad. I was soooo sad:( I so wanted to keep running but knew if I did I would damage my leg and end up with a way worse injury. So I decided to take 6 days off. Tomorrow will be my first run in 6 days. I am soooo excited. It will only be 3 miles but it's better then nothing. I run another 3 Thursday and 6 Friday, and depending on how my legs are feeling, I will run 10 miles Monday. This has been so hard for me. I loved that I was in a routine, I felt great and now I feel like I haven't worked out in months. I can't wait until tomorrow morning for my run:) Just a few more week until my big race:)

12 1/2 miles done!

2011-04-04T09:19:00.000-07:00

For the past 2 months I have been in training for my half Marathon. It has been so much fun, a lot of work and very tiring. Today was my 12 miler. I was a little nervous for this run. 10 miles was the furthest I have ever ran. I woke up at 5:45 got ready and started my run by 6:00am. As I was running I noticed that my Nike chip was having issues again!!!!! For some reason the "pace" has been so off my past few runs. my pace on average is between 8.30-9.30. Well this morning it kept saying my pace was 24, 17, 16, 13 etc... It was so frustrating!!! I felt like crying. Here I was at 1 hour 37 min and my chip said I had only ran 7.75 miles!! I was so upset. I can do 10 miles in 1 hour 37 min. But I knew that I needed to get my run done. I was getting really tired. My legs felt like they were going to give out on me a few times. This was my first run that I stopped and walked about 4 times for 30 seconds to catch my breath and to have a drink. I finally finished. My end result was 12 1/2 miles even though my Nike chip said 11.48. I was going to try and do 13 so my chip would say 12 but I couldn't. My legs were telling me enough is enough. It was such an emotional run. As I was running toward my van just about to finish, I started crying. I was so exhausted and so proud of myself. I think I have 2 more 12 miles I need to run before my race. So just a few more weeks until the big race. I am so excited. This is something I have always wanted to do. And to top it off I have lost 5 pounds in 6 days!:) But I'm sure it's because I'm not breastfeeding anymore.

Motivation

2011-04-03T08:40:00.001-07:00

These pictures were taken of me in Greece back in 2003. I was 21. I soooooo want to look like this again. I would need to lose about 26 pounds and tone up to hopefully look like this again. So I am posting these pictures as motivation for me to get my butt in shape:) I have lost 3 pounds this week. I really need to start using weights but want to wait until after my big race.

2nd grade sight words!!???

2011-03-30T19:10:00.000-07:00

That's right! Conner who is in Kindergarten is on 2ND GRADE sight words!! We are so proud of him. I cannot believe how well is doing in school, and his reading is awesome! When ever we are out he will read all the signs, and more then half the time he gets them right. Looks like we will be getting some ice cream this week to celebrate. Good job Conner, we are so proud of you stud!!!

Look who's 11 months old!

2011-03-27T18:19:00.000-07:00

I can not believe that little Krewey is 11 months old today!! He is getting way to big too fast. He is still the happiest little thing. Jason and I lucked out and had the happiest and easiest babies. I hope they will all be great teenagers as well:)

Krew now has 7 teeth. 4 on top and 3 on bottom. It looks like he may get another bottom tooth very soon. He isn't walking yet and I don't think he will any time soon. Our 3 other boys were full on walking between 11-11 1/2 months. Krew is pulling himself up on things but just too his knees. He hasn't stood up yet. He will stand and hang onto the table, couch etc if we put him there. But that's OK, I am in NO hurry for my little man to be walking. He still is a great sleeper. Goes to bed around 7:30 and sleeps until 8-8:30 and still takes 2 naps a day.

About 2 weeks ago he started to "sit up" on his own. He has been able to sit up since he was about 5 months old but he couldn't go from laying down to sitting up on his own until about 2 weeks ago. It's so cute walking in his room to get him out of his bed and he is sitting up:)

I also stopped making baby food:( I still have about 3 weeks worth in my freezer. As soon as that's gone, I will feed him what ever we are having. I am so happy that I was able to make his food. It was so fun and saved us so much money. I also have 1 more month of breastfeeding. It's bittersweet for me. On one hand I am sad that I will never nurse again, but on the other hand I am excited to get my body in shape, and enjoy a nice large Dr. Pepper here and there:) I nursed all 4 boys for 1 full year. I am so happy I did it, but so happy to be done at the same time.

Here are a few nick names we call Krew :)

Krew

Krewey

Little Kuz

Kuzzy Kuz

We love you so much Kuzzy kuz

Toys, toys, and more toys

2011-03-19T14:57:00.000-07:00

Our boys have to clean the basement spotless every single night. This is how it looks every day

Toys in the bath tub

Random toy on the floor

Random toy in family room.

Do you ever get so frustrated when you just picked up the house and not even 5 minutes later it's a mess? Conner and B and usually pretty good about keeping the toys downstairs but Jaxon is always bringing them up. After the boys were done taking a bath I started to clean up the toys in the bath tub. I stopped, looked at the toys and just smiled and thought how silly it is to worry about a clean house all the time. Our babies are only little once. Before we know it the toys will be gone (until we have grand babies) our kids we be grown and to little for toys. Of course I still want a clean house, I'm just not going to stress about it as much. So everyone enjoy all the toys all over your house, because they will all be gone before you know it. I love you so much Conner, Braxton, Jaxon and Krew:)

Happy St. Patty's Day!

2011-03-17T14:41:00.000-07:00

Hanging out with Great Grandma Nordberg

B and Jaxon combing Grandma's hair

Special treats for Grandma's, Grandpa's and Great Grandma's

Little something for our boys

When our boys woke up this morning they saw that a Leprechaun came to our house while we were sleeping. He left his foot prints and magic glitter on the table along with a pot of "gold" treats. Our boys were so excited and couldn't believe it. Conner said "Wow, we must have been really good boys!" Too cute:)

I had made a few treats for Grandma's, Grandpa's and great Grandma's. The boys were so excited to see all grandparents but Great Grandma Nordberg was the only one home. This was the boys first time visiting Great Grandma in her new house. They were so sweet and quite. They loved her room and loved the yummy cookies she had in her room. They also wanted to do her hair today:) It was too cute. Grandma sitting on the bed while the boys combed her hair.

Hope you all enjoy your St. Patty's Day!:)

High School sweethearts

2011-03-09T13:57:00.000-08:00

Wow, it's time to go way back in time. LOL. Jason and I became friends the summer before my sophomore year. We hung out almost every single day!!! We soon became best friends. He was dating one of my friends, and I was dating one of his friends. We both realized that we liked each other more then friends. So he broke up with his girlfriend, and I broke up with my boyfriend and we started dating. I was 15 and he was 17. Yes only 15, and how in the world can a 15 year old fall in Love!!?? Well, we did. We were inseparable!! I only went to High School with Jason for a few short months, because he had to go to another high school (long story lol)

When I was 19 and he was 21, he was working for Sisco and I was the Assistant Manager at Copper Rivet. Jason got contacted a few times from a few different companies to possible work for them but in another state. So we would tell our family, that we may move to Texas, or here or there. It soon became a family joke because in the end, Jason never got the jobs. Well, this one day he got contacted by another company. I so remember this day. I picked him up at work and we went to "Taco Time" for lunch. We ordered our food and he told me that a company is very interested in him but he would need to move it ITALY!!! Yes Italy in EUROPE!!!! At first I thought, "OK, this is another one of those, where he may get the job then he doesn't get it. So anyways he was telling me all about it and my heart sunk. I started to panic. I had to keep my cool, because it wasn't 100% First of all Jason was only 21 at the time and they did the interview over the phone!!!!! But guess what!? He was the man they were looking for. He got the job!! And not any job, this was an AMAZING job. So we told our family's and Jason had to leave 2 weeks later!! We knew that we needed to get married ASAP. We always knew we were going to get married but in the next year or so. Anyways before he left he and I went dress shopping. I know they say it's bad luck for the groom to see the Bride, but I don't believe in that stuff. LOL. So we went to the first store. I tried on 3 dresses and found the perfect dress. Jason bought it for me and we were off to show our family's. The 2 weeks were up and it was now time for Jason to leave:( We said our good byes and off he went. He actually arrived in Italy on September 11Th!!!! It was a horrible day. I didn't know if he was OK, if I could fly to Italy. if he was stuck there or what. Of course he was fine. So my Mom and I were planning the wedding since Jason had to work. We only had 6 weeks to plan and have the wedding!! But we did it. Jason arrived in Utah just 2 days before our wedding.

Wedding day: October 22 2001.

Our wedding day was PERFECT!!!! Oh wait, I forgot we did have a dinner the night before with our family's. OK, so bad to the wedding day. My best friend Nicole came over and did my hair. She did such an amazing job. I had a few people ask me if I was wearing a hair piece. that's how perfect she did it. We walked down the isle said "I do's" then it was time for pictures. It was a little chilly and getting a little dark, but they all turned out so pretty. After pictures it was time to start the Reception. It was a ton of fun. We had so many family and friends come. Now it was time for Cake then time to leave. Jason and I both changed before we left so we didn't have to deal with the Dress and Tux. We walk outside and there is a Excursion Limo waiting for us. It was HUGE!!!!!!! Jason's brothers and cousin Brandon got this for us. It was awesome!!! Then we were off to our hotel. Levi and Jamie got us a room at the Anniversary Inn. We stayed in the "Swiss family Robinson room" By the time we got to our room we were soooooo HUNGRY!! We didn't eat at the reception and didn't have a car, there wasn't anywhere to walk and we didn't want to get a cab. We had $5.00 and got a bunch or junk for the venting machine. LOL

It was such a fun night. Our wedding was such a magical day.

So, only 4 short days after our wedding we both went to Italy. This was the last time we would see our families for a very long time. It was sooooo HARD!!!! Neither of us have ever moved out of our parents house before. We both were so young. I was 19 and he was 21. In 6 short weeks, Jason went to Italy, I planned a wedding with my mom, quit my job that I LOVED, had the wedding then we were on the plane to Italy.

Blast from the past

2011-03-09T10:49:00.000-08:00

This week I am going to do a bunch of post from things in the past. Dating, wedding, births of all 4 boys, living in Italy etc... I am starting to forget a few things/details so I want to make sure I write it down before I forget everything. Hope you all enjoy :)

Grnadma's China

2011-03-08T09:15:00.001-08:00

When my Grandma Nordberg was a little girl she saved all her baby sitting money and would buy 1 piece of China at a time. She LOVED her china. It is so beautiful. It's all hand painted and from Germany. I don't know very many little girls who would save their money to buy China at such a young age. But my Grandma did:) She said it's the whole set. She gave me all her China last year for my birthday. I was so happy. I love it!!! I just didn't have a spot for it. So I bubble wrapped it all and put it in a box in the basement. How sad is that to have all this Beautiful China and having it sit in a box:(

This Christmas Jason surprised me with a beautiful black corner piece. He did such a good job. At first I was going to put all my Willow tree dolls in the black cabinet and put some of the China in my kitchen where the willow trees were at. But Jason suggested that I put the China in my new cabinet. I loved that idea. I went to Hobby Lobby last night and bought a few easels and put 1/2 of it in today. I LOVED how it turned out!! I will cherish her China for ever!!! Thank you and love you Grandma!! xoxo

1/2 Marathon

2011-03-07T15:23:00.001-08:00

So one of my "goals" this year is to run a 1/2 Marathon (13 miles) I signed up for the Thanksgiving 1/2 Marathon and will be running on April 30Th. When I paid my fee I was excited and super scared. I knew I could finish it but I want to be able to RUN the whole 13 miles. I don't want to walk or stop. I started my training 6 weeks ago. I have done pretty well. This morning I ran 6.27 miles with an average of 9.20 per mile. The other day my fastest mile was 7.09. I was in shock. As of now I run about 18 miles a week. Each week I have to increase my miles. So yesterday (Sunday) I ran 3 miles, 6.27 today, 3 miles Thursday and 7 on Friday. I LOVE running, and love running outside. If I run 6 miles on my treadmill my average mile is about 10.40. Such a big difference. Since I started my training I have lost a few inches, and only 3 pounds:( But that's OK. I can't complain at all!!! As soon as my race is over I want to start weight training and I will also be done nursing. I STILL have about 15 pounds of baby weight to lose!! It's been really hard this time. I have lost 2 inches on my stomach, 2 inches on my hips, and 1 inches on my thighs since I started my training. I'm hoping the pounds will start coming off next.

Go Braxton:)

2011-03-03T22:05:00.000-08:00

Braxton finally got his Alphabet badge today. He was so excited!! He has actually known all his letters and sounds for over a year now. However, he did have a hard time with a few lower case letters. We have been working with him and he finally passed it off:) We are so PROUD of you B!!! I also started to work with him and teaching him to read. He kind of gets it. He will sound out each letter but can't quit figure out what the word says. He will be going to a Montessori preschool next year. We decided to hold him back 1 more year so he is not the youngest in grade school. I checked the Montessori school out and all I can say is WOW!!! It was amazing!!! He will be going to school Monday-Thursday 3 hours a day. It's amazing what they learn in Preschool. Jaxon will also be starting Preschool this school year. He seems too little. I love his teacher. Ms. Brittany is so cute. My boys love her. Conner went to her his 3rd year of preschool. B has gone to her 2 years of preschool and soon Jaxon. She's not doing an older class this next coming school year so that's why B will be going to a different school his 3rd year. Can't believe how fast my babies are growing.