Somebody turned FOUR!!!!

Hadleigh turned 4 on Thursday the 25th.  She is becoming quite the young lady.  She loves pink.  She loves dresses, even though I make her wear shorts underneath.  She loves animals.  She loves princesses.  She loves fairies and playing dress up.  She loves dinosaurs and dragons.  She loves our dogs.  She likes to "make" food for us to "eat".  She likes having her nails painted.  She is smart.  She picks up on things so quickly you have to watch what you say.  She likes motorcycles and four wheelers.  She is learning how to spell her name and the correct ABC's.  She can count to 20 when she wants to.  She is learning to tell time.  She is learning the days of the week. She loves church and learning about Christ.  She has a great imagination and comes up with the silliest stories.  She wants a big brother or sister... how that's going to happen I dunno.  She is warming up to babies.... one yr old are more fun.  She is an amazing helper- she loves to do dishes, dust, clean the bathroom, baseboards and doors, feed the dogs and take them for walks.  She is our little Jungle Baby.

 She loves fruit and juice.

She loves swimming and water.

She loves climbing in trees.

She loves to be barefoot.

She loves to be outside.

So we had a Safari themed birthday party for her on Saturday the 27th.  We BBQ and had smores for dessert. But I also made cupcakes so she could blow out the candles.  She likes anything with sugar so we were OK with smores.  Plus roasting marshmallows is always fun for kids.  The kids decorated visors before the party and then after they painted masks.  Boys had Lions.  Girls had Elephants.  We had so much fun.  I hope that everyone else did too! Your thank you cards are in the mail!! Happy birthday Sweetheart.

With that said.....

 My baby girl isn't a baby anymore! I know I said that last year but it is becoming more of a reality to me.  And it makes me sad.  I love having her home with me (most of the time) and enjoy our time together.  I don't know what I am going to do when she is in school full time in 2 years!  The thought of her starting preschool next month brings tears to my eyes. It is so bitter sweet.  The 2 hour break, 2 times a week will be nice "me" time, but it also means she is growing up and needing me less.  If we aren't able to get pregnant again and she is our only child what will be my purpose once she starts First Grade?  Our house isn't big enough to need cleaning everyday and it's hard to find a job during school hours only so what will I do with my time? I guess I could start massaging again (which I love doing!) But that means gaining clients (which I already had but referred to my friends when I was pregnant) and that is hard in a small community like Pocatello where there are already sooo many great Therapists.  Maybe I will go back to school.  I was thinking maybe cosmetology so I could do Massage Therapy and Facials?! I dunno.  Would that even be a good idea?

Let's Get Together Yay Yay Yay!

Over the weekend we got together to celebrate Al and Carole Clark and their family.  It was fun meet some of Jordon's family that I had never met before and to see those that I did know again.  We met in Lava Hot Springs.  We went swimming and ended up meeting up with almost everyone!  We all surprised each other there! It was so fun.  Then we went to eat lunch.  It was delicious! Fried chicken, fruit salads, and yummy desserts.... I ate so much! then we headed back to swim for the last 2 hours it was open with Hadleigh and Mya.  I am so lucky that I married into such a fun family that I get along with so well!!!

Jake came into town for the reunion and he brought a surprise!  He brought his girl friend Haley.  They are so cute together!  She lives down in St George and goes to school in Cedar City. Hadleigh loves her and Jake of coarse.  It was great to meet her... I just hope that we didn't scare her too much!  It was great seeing them 3 days in a row!!!  We need to plan a trip down to St. George soon to see them again... before maybe an exciting announcement is made!!!

Getting Healthy, Let me explain my "diet"

I started a "diet" back in May just b/c when I would look at myself in the mirror naked I didn't like what i saw.  I was picking myself apart and calling myself fat.  One day I heard Hadleigh say she was fat and it knocked the wind out of me.  She isn't fat. Not at all! She is GORGEOUS! She is STRONG.  She is PERFECT! Her little body is all muscle and I love it.  I decided when she said that, that I needed to change mt life for the better for myself and for her.  I want her to know she is perfect and never doubt that.  So I started working out everyday in the morning and at night.  Don't worry, I'm just doing body weight exercises like push ups, crunches, jumping jacks, reverse crunches, burpees... you get it.  I haven't seen a huge change but I know my body is changing b/c pants that were a little snug are now fitting perfect! And my cellulite on the back of my thighs is almost gone.  The best part is that it's become a family thing.  Everynight we work out as a family and it is so fun. I love watching Hadleigh do jumping jacks and planks and donkey kicks.... not perfect but so cute and pretty good for a 3 yr old.  I just need to start running to really see some slimming results but I HATE running! Plus I dont have an inhaler for my asthma so I am kinda nervous to start.

I do drink slim fast in the morning b/c I am not a breakfast person at all but to jump start my metabolism I drink one in the morning and sometimes at night if I eat really bad at lunch.  I try not to eat out very much or drink too much soda (need to cut that out) and I try not to eat past 8pm.  I have been calling it a diet but really it's a life style change to be healthy.  I don't want a "thigh gap" and I don't want Madonna Arms and I don't want to be a 2X4.  I want to be like Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, and Carrie Underwood.  I want to be healthy and a little more defined.  I want to be confident and stronger than I am now.  That's why I'm doing it. To be healthy,  strong, confident and feel sexy.  I DO NOT want to be skinny. I WANT to be stronger.
Let me know if you have some secrets to stay motivated and how to switch up your workouts.

Schedule:
Mon: Arms, Back Nightly routine
Tues:Legs, Abs Nightly routine
Wed: 5 10 15 from pintrest Nightly Routine
Thurs: Arms, Back, Nightly Routine
Fri: Legs, Abs Nightly routine
Sat: 5 10 15 from pintrest Nightly Routine
Sun: Rest

If I miss a day I just start on the day that I missed and go from there and workout on Sunday to make up for it.  I figure it's not at a gym so it's ok and it bonds the family so we are ok doing it...

Sea to Shining Sea

The 4th of July week was great! Actually the first 9 days of July were great! Here is a break down of what we did.....
1-2 Jordon gone on a guys vacation with Spencer before his baby came.  Girls at home cleaning!
3 Jordon work only 10 hours and not 12!!
4 Up early, breakfast, parade, lunch at my Dad's, Blackfoot for fireworks
5 Up early, Hogle Zoo
6 Sleep in, lazy day. Blackfoot Pride Days, see Maugers
7 Church, Dad's for dinner, hot tub
8 Jordon School, Rent Movies, Walk
9 Jordon School (passed his class!!) Jordon work outside, YW

Now we are back to our normal schedule of 3 on 3 off 12 hour work days and trying to figure out what us girls at home are going to do.  We sat in the hot tub yesterday and pulled weeds and did laundry and napped while we were in a power outage.  Today we are folding laundry and putting them away and hopefully wedding more and maybe get lunch.  Tomorrow who knows! Probably grocery shopping and swimming... we will see.