Cascade springs

We went up to Cascade springs with my parents and My Sister's family and in laws. It was a really nice day and i enjoyed being out in nature. It was funny to watch Daniel. He really wanted to just run the whole trail and he dragged My sweet Mom behind him. She was holding his hand trying not let him get away by himself. The rest of us kept stopping or walking slow to look at fish and things but Daniel didn't really want to stop. I remember going on hikes with my family when we were young and running down the trail. I didn't care too much about stopping to look at the view. I just wanted to race and see who could get to the end the fastest. Funny that Daniel is the same way.

I told him to take off his glasses so I could see his eyes.

Leah and I enjoying the walk

Cool burnt tree I had to take a picture of.

Change of Goal

So I decided to change my Goals a bit and start the Flat Belly Diet with my Mom. I decided that I needed something like their four day jump start to well...get a jump start. It has been a while since I posted. The week before last I pretty much took about four days off and ate whatever I wanted. I did work out though.
I started the Flat Belly Four day jump start last Tuesday have been doing pretty well since then. I think it helps me to have a set plan of what I am going to eat and when. And I like that I can still eat things like Chocolate and nuts on this diet. It seems to be working for me so far. I've lost five lbs since Tues. can't complain about that(most of it was probably water weight but I'm hoping to keep that off too.) I have pretty much been exercising every day and I am getting to enjoy it. I do a mixture of strength training, Jump rope, pilates, and walking. I like to change it up to keep things interesting and to keep my body from getting used to any one work out. I hope that every one else is doing well with their goals. Let me know. I would love to hear how you are doing or if you are re starting like I did.

five day update

So here is an update on my diet exercise week. I did pretty well on Monday Tuesday and wed. Thursday I ate a couple of Annies ginger thins because Mom bought them and they are my favorite. I also had a piece of Lemon cake at a friends B-day party and Didn't exercise (Unless you count Mopping the basement floor. It did probably take an hour.)

Friday I did nothing but read a novel and the bare minimum of work(ie feeding kids and changing diapers...) Not my best day. It was a good book though. The Hourglass door. I did not exercise and I had dutch oven chocolate cake after dinner. My eating was ok for the rest of the day though.

I probably should have checked my blog before today. If I would have known that people were actually interested in doing goals with me, I probably would have done a little better.

I've been thinking about creating a separate blog for every one who wants to do this or maybe using sparkpeople.com Then it might seem more official or something. What do you guys think. Thanks for being interested and good luck with your goals!!

Health and Fitness Goals

So I am trying to commit to being Healthy. I am having a really hard time doing it. I pretty much like to eat junk food whenever I am bored, frustrated, tired etc. So I decided that maybe if I posted about it and made a bit bigger of a commitment where people could see weather or not I am sticking to it. That it would be helpful too me. I want to loose about 15 to 20 lbs but I'm not really too concerned with what the scale says. I am more concerned with how my pants fit, how flexible and strong I am, and not looking completely gross in my swim suit(or actually being brave enough to wear one in public:) So here are my goals.

1. Eat 4 to 5 small 350 to 400 cal meals a day with A veggie and lean protien
2. Do some form of exercise six days a week for 30 min
3. No White flower, refined sugar

Three rules. Now that shouldn't be to hard right:) So I am going to try to give a brief update once a week about how things went. I will also try to have more interesting posts with it so you all don't get bored. I would love support so if any one wants to have some kind of a contest where we see how long we can stick too our goals(whatever they may be)That would probably help me to have a better attitude about the hole thing and it would be fun to see how you guys progress in your goals as well. Let me know if your interested:)

Mothers Day Weekend and getting caught up.

Considering that my little family all have a pretty bad cold and couldn't go to church. Mothers Day turned out very well. Jon and Daniel went shopping on Saturday. Jon let Daniel pick a present for me and he picked a box of Thomas the Train board books. Jon had Leah give me a 12 lb. medicine ball to work out with and Jon gave me the newest Fablehaven book. Jon tried to help Daniel pick something that I would like a little better but he was determined that what I wanted were the Train books. Jon made strawberry Crepes for breakfast and Kung Pao Chicken for dinner on Sunday. It was really great. He made food for the whole family. Every body enjoyed it. Jake and Ashley came up and taught our primary class so I didn't have to find a sub. And they just got engaged so we had a fun time talking about wedding plans. James and Macie came up too and we got to talk to my brother Jordan in New Zealand. Then Grandma and Grandpa Jensen and Brenda and her kids came over and we played the new game that James gave Mom for Mothers Day. It was probably the best Mothers Day I have had. Jon also took care of the needs of both of my kids which was really a feat because he was cooking all day to. I am so happy to be married to such a thoughtful wonderful man. It really was a nice day.


My favorite.





These are my Mothers Day pictures of My awesome husband and two beautiful kids.(notice the clean kitchen in the back ground. Yeah he cleaned up too)



This is my favorite picture of Leah Lounging on the tire swing and Jon's brother Justin's house




Eden and Leah Being cute on the green grass.



Eden and Leah Learning to fish



Making the rockets




Shooting the Rockets
Jon's went the farthest. He had to jump two fences to find it stuck two inches into the ground(glad it didn't hit anything)




Just Cute. Daniel was making faces and wanted me to take pictures of them. This one is my favorite.



I was trying to take a picture of me and the kids. This one turned out pretty cute.

Oops. I forgot...

I forgot to mention that Leah now has three teeth! She got the two bottom ones last week and one top broke through yesterday! She is feeling much better now. She was quite miserable for a few days, hopefully the rest of them won't be so bad. She also started taking about three crawling steps at a time today. I can't believe how fast she is figuring things out. It is so fun to watch her try so hard and finally reach each little mile stone! How amazing! She also says Mom and Da Da. The funny part is that she usually Says Mom when she is really mad and babbles Da Da Dad when she is rolling around and happy. Hmmm. Daniel is such sweet brother(most of the time) He even shares his cars with Leah. He usually lets her play with Mater when she is sad or needs a toy.

Oh what a beutiful Baby!

Leah loves spaghetti. It was really fun giving it too her for the first time. Leah really loves to eat. When I put the spaghetti on her tray though she started to reach for it and then pulled her hand back as if she wasn't so sure about how to go about picking up such strange looking food. She feigned grabbing a handful a few times until I fed her a little on a fork and she decided that it was worth the risk. After the first few handfuls there was no more hesitation. Leah loves spaghetti.

Here are a bunch of pictures from a Leah photo shoot that I did back in February. They turned out pretty good.