Wednesday update

Well.. April hasn't been a great month for weight loss. Eric and I didn't lose any this last week, but we didn't gain any either. Holding steady. *sigh*

Wednesday update

Well.. April hasn't been a great month for weight loss. Eric and I didn't lose any this last week, but we didn't gain any either. Holding steady. *sigh*

Happy Anniversary to Us!

Saturday, April 26th was our 12th wedding anniversary. We have great plans for the day, but the plans were railroaded by Jon's throwing up most of the day. *sigh* Rachel did come and babysit after he had gone to bed, so I am praying that they don't get whatever laid him low. We went to dinner at Chili's and did some shopping at Waldenbooks and Wal-Mart .(yes, I know, very very romantic)

Nobility of Motherhood

I was talking with Rachel this morning and she mentioned that they are "out" of diapers for another month until the baby is born. Abi is finally potty-trained. I realized at that moment that I haven't been "out" of diapers for the last 9 years and 8 months. I have always had someone in diapers, and sometimes two in diapers at the same time.. Here's a rough estimate, counting at least 5 diapers a day, which should average out the newborn stage and the potty training stage a little.

Braden in diapers 3 years - approximately 5475
Emma in diapers 3 years 5475
Adam in diapers 4 years 7300
Jon still in diapers 2 years 1 month 3800

So we have used at least 22,050 diapers in the last 9 years and 8 months. I think that it's probably closer to 25,000.

Yes, I'm feeling distressed because Jon has a stomach thing going on right now and I have changed his diaper at least 10 times already this morning. *sigh* I have also discovered a worrying trend in the length of time in diapers of each child. ARGH!

Hershey Track Meet

Today is the Hershey Track Meet for Braden's grade at Art City Elementary. All the 4th graders in the district go to the High School to compete in a mini track meet. He competed in the 400 meter race, the 200 meter race and the softball throw.

The video is Braden coming in 3rd in his heat of the 200 meter race.

Visit to Grandma's house

We spent Spring Break at my parent's house in Nampa, Idaho. Both of my brothers and my sister were there, which made for an exciting week of cousins and play. The adults spent the evenings practicing our hot dance moves with Dance Dance Revolution. (darn, no pictures) We also celebrated three birthdays. Enjoy reviewing the week with me.




These are pictures from the Princess Tea Party, where handsome princes are invited to attend. The tea features pink princess bread and pink princess hot cocoa with mini marshmallows.

This is Grandpa with some of his girls.

We went to the Discovery Center of Idaho, which is an interactive children's science museum. The kids LOVED it!




These are pictures from my niece Lauren's 2nd birthday. We had a breakfast party, with pink pancakes and strawberries instead of dessert cake. :)

We also spent a lot of time at the Rec Center where the younger children played at the Play Center and the older kids played basketball while Eric and I exercised. We also went swimming there almost everyday. http://www.nampaparksandrecreation.org/reccenter/index.aspx

We had family portraits taken. By the end, we were all acting so goofy that we decided to buy the rights to the pictures, just to make sure that they didn't get out to the public.

Another event was the appearance a stray dog who adopted the family. We named her "Lady". The kids loved her.

We had a great time, and the children are really looking forward to Grandma Davis' visit to our house next week for BYU's Women's Conference.

Just cute pictures

You may have noticed that I am catching up from the last four weeks or so.. Here's something cute to look at..

Back to the 80's

Every year, Eric participates in his Junior High's Spring Musical. He plays in the orchestra and is the Assistant Orchestra Leader. This year, the musical was "Back to the 80's", which I found very amusing and so did Braden and Emma. (Even though they had no idea why the adults were laughing so much) Here is evidence of Eric playing in the orchestra.. yeah the football jerseys are... amazing.

Science Fair

Here is the information I promised much earlier about Braden's science fair project. He choose to do a project on paper airplane wing span. He had a great time doing it, and that enthusiasm was evident in the 100% he got on the project.

Wednesday update

Today is the weigh-in day, after missing a week due to our trip to Idaho. We have discovered that traveling isn't conducive to good weight loss. I managed to stay the same weight, but Eric was up two pounds. I really think that Eric's gain is due to the muscle that he put on working out at the Nampa Rec Center. He was there every day of our vacation, and he really worked hard. We'll see what happens next week. So I'm down 22 pounds and Eric's down 16.

Silence is Golden

We are currently at my parent's house in Idaho having an amazing busy time. I'll post more later.

Twilight update

OK.. Entertainment Tonight did this blurb on Twilight..

Here's the link to a YouTube site..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8q3l6L1ZDA

Wednesday Update

Today was a great day. After the weigh in last week where I was up a pound, I am pleased today. I am 4 pounds down from last week. Hurray! I have lost 22 pounds in 14 weeks. Eric was down 3 pounds which puts him at 18 pounds down. He is now wearing a 34 pant. YEAH!

Jon-Jon's Birthday

We celebrated Jon-Jon's 2nd birthday on Sunday, March 30th. Rachel, Brandon and Abi came, as well as our friend Karen.

Here's video of the candle blowing. Yes, he sounds like an elephant. No, he couldn't actually blow the candles out. I had to help him there.





I had to add this video clip as well.. He's so cute when he says "YUCK"!

Easter

The Easter Bunny comes on Saturday morning. This year, he brought candy, books and bubble wands for each child, with a bi-plane kite to share. Unfortunately, we haven't had the time to take the kite out yet. Here are some pictures.


After breakfast, Rachel, Brandon and Abi came over for an Easter Egg Hunt. We were also joined by Mom and Dad Ferrin. We then had a nice lunch.

Late Wednesday News

I didn't feel like blogging yesterday. I had gain a pound and Eric had stayed the same. I felt really bummed, but this morning, I got on the scales and I was 2 pounds down. So we'll see how next week's weigh in goes.

Braden and I have been working on his science fair project which involved paper airplanes. I'll blog more about that tomorrow.