Family Pictures

Saturday was the day we took family pictures with my mom & Rick! We haven't taken them since 2011, since right before Brynne & Blake got married. So time for some new ones, since we have Emily & Keaton in the family now, and I have lost some weight haha. I started out my day with some puffy eyes... This has been going on for a few days and I am SO ready for it to go away! No idea what's causing it but I'm trying to clean my eyes out really good at night, and I cleaned my make up brushes really good.

I look like I'm winking, but I'm not haha

Jake and I laid in bed for a few hours and watched TV until I got up to workout. Jake mentioned that it might be a good workout to go shovel the driveway, so I changed into sweats and got ready to go shovel. He thought I was kidding but I really did it! I figured I would look pretty dumb shoveling in my hot pink pea coat so I borrowed Jake's duck hunting coat.

Do I look like maybe I'm Jake wearing pink sweats? Or can you tell it's me?

Looking stylish

Rockin my shades with my shovel

Jake taking pictures of me from up in the room above the garage

Max watching my shovel. I have a cute puppy huh??

After shoveling, I got my workout in. I did Fire 45 EZ from Turbo Fire and it was an awesome workout, like always. I did stretch 10 afterwards and it was very relaxing to stretch my muscles after having been bent over to shovel haha. Last time doing Turbo for 9 weeks :( But it'll make me that much more grateful for it!

Proud of myself for working out on Saturday!!

After my workout it was time to get ready for family pictures. I am excited to get them back and see how they turned out! We had pictures taken at Provo City Library because of the snow. I figured I should post some old pictures from last time we had pictures so you have something to compare them to :)

Can't believe how different I look compared to this...

And this...

After we were done with pictures, Jake & I stopped and picked up Cafe Rio and then went to Yogurt Bliss to get my Frozen Yogurt. Yes, it was freezing cold. Yes, it was snowing. And yes, I still wanted Frozen Yogurt. People, I LOVE ice cream. I want it ALL THE TIME. I went in, so excited to get my peanut butter yogurt and they DIDN'T HAVE IT ANYMORE!!! So I settled for coconut. Pretty good. But not anywhere near as good as peanut butter. Hopefully they bring it back!!

So excited for my Frozen Yogurt!!

It was an awesome Saturday. Can't wait to show you guys our family pictures once we get them back!!

Sarah's Mission Farewell

Yesterday was my step sister's farewell! And guess what? I am blogging about it at a reasonable time haha! I finally got the pictures from Clint's homecoming onto my computer but for some reason it didn't transfer to my blog and I am at work so those will have to wait until later on I guess. But here are the pictures from Sarah's farewell!!

Her farewell yesterday was at my parent's ward, at 11 AM. Love 11 AM church PS. She did an awesome job on her talk! Afterwards, we came back to my parents to eat some food!

Lunch was sandwiches with all the trimmings, a bajillion kinds of chips & a LOT of different kinds of salad {I gotta pretty cute hubby if I do say so myself}

Another view of the food

View of the table and the food over there

Her cake and a picture of Sarah :)

That cake was yummy PS. Love Costco cakes!

Mom & Rick



Few different shots of people getting food...

Richard & Chris

Blake, Jake & Josh eating some food

Jake's making a cute face right? Haha. Eating with Sam & Popper







Jeannene and Matt & Emily's son Keaton. He's our step nephew :)

Isn't he so cute?!

Right before we left, I took a few pictures of Sarah. I was playing around with the lighting on my computer afterwards, since they turned out SUPER dark. I didn't realize that while I was taking them. Good thing to check next time!

And then Jeannene took a quick picture of me & my mom.

It was an awesome day! I'm so glad we got to support Sarah before her big day! I am so excited for her! Spokane, WA get ready for an amazing missionary!!

PS Rick got sustained and set apart yesterday as the 2nd Counselor in the Elders Quorum Presidency. And because Blake & Jake were there, they got to help set him apart! That means it was Jake's first time getting to use the Melchezidek Priesthood!!! I am so proud of him, and Blake, and Rick! Talk about an awesome addition to yesterday's already exciting events!

Fit Friday: Slow & Steady

I can already tell this whole "Fit Friday" post thing is going to do wonders for my motivation! I have been thinking about this blog post all week long!! First things first: weekly weigh in. 171 pounds. So still 7 or 8 higher than my all time low, but it's 5 lower than last week, and 3 lower than the week before! The weight I gained after taking my 4 day weekend off of working out isn't falling off as fast as I thought it would, but its not glued there - it IS coming off!

I bombed last weekend though - I'm telling you weekends are where I struggle. Starting Sunday though, I rocked it! I ate about as perfect and clean as it gets. Stuck to my calories, had a caloric deficit of at least 750 calories every day {for a 1 pound a week loss, you need a 500 calorie daily deficit}. Did all my workouts, minus abs one day, and rocked them ALL! Lifted all 3 times this week, my muscles were FEELIN it this morning - I could barely do the last 3 push ups in my workout haha. And that's why the scale moved - I was super dedicated!

Last Friday, about an hour after I posted my Fit Friday, I bought Insanity & Shakeology again. I'd been thinking I wanted to go back to Shakeology, because it worked before and if it ain't broke don't fix it. So I was about to buy it and thought hey lets get a new workout too, since it's cheaper to buy them together. So I'm looking at the workouts and I talked myself into getting Insanity. I have been very clear, for a very good while, that I would try P90X some day or Les Mills Combat but NEVER Insanity. It was just too much. And that's why I got it. Because it's the one thing I thought I couldn't do. And I'm gonna do it. Because I can do hard things.

And because Insanity delivers Insane results. And I am ready for the last 20 pounds to come off and see more of my muscles. That'd be pretty insane in my book. It is supposed to be in my mailbox when I get home...



So goals for this week are:

1. Stick to my calories all 7 days.
2. Write down everything that goes in my mouth.
3. Do Insanity all 5 days next week {M-F}
4. Work out tomorrow {Saturday}

#1 thing for me to work on - watch what I do in the kitchen!

Jake & I have decided we aren't going to eat out much, if at all, anymore. Well I decided that's what I want, and Jake is coming along for the ride. He agreed though - I'm not demanding it of him. And like I said in my last post, I do bring him home pizza if I want something that he doesn't want to eat. The exception to that rule is ice cream. I talk about ice cream all the time. You know this. I straight up love it. And this lifestyle change I am doing is just that - a LIFESTYLE change. For life. So saying no ice cream is not realistic for me.

So new plan - on Saturdays, if I work out, then we are going to go to Yogurt Bliss for frozen yogurt after dinner. That one day a week, it's ok. That's my cheat meal. Especially since Yogurt Bliss just got Peanut Butter yogurt. I am literally counting the seconds for that tomorrow - I cannot WAIT to go get some!! I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER!!! Oh it's so bad that I am so addicted haha. I might need an intervention. But it's frozen yogurt, so it's healthier than ice cream, and its my cheat meal, and I have to do something to earn it. It isn't just given to me. I can totally do that. It gives me something to look forward to. It's not limiting me and saying "no more of this ever again". And I think that's a huge factor in how I lost 5 pounds this week - all week I knew that I didn't want to mess up and use my cheat meal during the week because I wanted to save it for my PB Yogurt Bliss. Don't worry - it'll be photographed for next weeks blog :)

Found this and loved it. LOVE it!

Love this one even more - this is SO what I tend to do! Great perspective on it!

Slow & steady is gonna win this race - losing a couple pounds at a time. Bite size pieces. One week at a time. And this week, I nailed it!

Lastly, just wanted to post some pics of outfits this week. I have a very real addiction to clothes haha. Not as severe as peanut butter by any means, but real nonetheless. Pinterest isn't helping either... I saw this picture on a blog the other day...

And decided to re create it with clothes I already have...

And I am pretty dang proud of how that turned out! I literally had all the clothes already - don't remember the last time I wore that scarf or that yellow shirt. And I don't keep clothes I don't wear. But I love how bright they are, and then I found a way to wear them together! Gives me hope for spring!!

And I loved this outfit too - got the shirt at Maurice's for free. Yep, free. Because I bought a pair of skinny jeans & an ADORABLE new cardigan, I got 2 shirts for free! And the two things I bought were 40% off. I am quite proud of that. And I NEVER wear this cardigan, and now I got something {once again, for FREE} to wear with it so I can utilize more clothes in my closet! Which means I can start buying less clothes!! Haha yeah we'll see how that goes. And I love my hair straight. It snarles easier and I straightened it WAY too fast so it didn't stay straight all day, but at least it looks good here right?

Can't wait to tell you all about Insanity next week!! And to post losing at least another 2 pounds. I am well on my way baby!!