Vegetables

The update on the Blue Team is that we haven't been able to keep losing the 12.5 each week like we did the first week, but we are having a lot of fun. Sometimes it is frustrating when you try really hard and don't lose any weight, but we just have to keep reminding ourselves that we are doing this for fun and to be more healthy. I think we have lost around 16 lbs. so far. (which I think is still really good) This weeks challenge is to eat 5 cups of veggies a day!! We are excited to try and do this, but you can only eat so much celery, so if any of you have any great ideas or recipes for yummy veggies, send them my way!! 

So Blessed

Something happened last night that made me feel very blessed this morning. Spencer and I went to Smith's at about 11:00 PM and then we watched TV till about midnight. We went to bed just as we always do, but when I went to leave for work this morning our garage door was wide open!! My heart dropped and I thought "we totally forgot to close the garage door last night!" Spencer is so good at double checking everything before we go to bed, but somehow we just overlooked that last night. Needless to say everything was still there. A goal of mine ever since we moved into our home is to not leave the keys in the cars, but I am ashamed we both had our keys in the cars (in the ignition) and Spencer's ipod was just sitting in his truck. As I am writing this I am still freaking out a bit! All I can say it that I feel so blessed this morning for being watched over. This is a huge lesson learned for us. I will never again leave the keys in the car, no matter what, and I'm sure we will triple check the garage and all the locks before going to bed. 

My Quirks: Prepare to be Amazed

I have been tagged by my good friend/co-worker Megan. This is a fun tag because it gives you insight to the quirks that we all try to hide in person, but feel brave enough to write about on our blogs. I was tagged about a week and a half ago and I have been taking time to decide which of my many quirks to let you all know about, so here goes nothing:

1. I am a total neat freak. It has gotten to the point where it really annoys me sometimes. I hope to be able to conquer this quirk sometime during my lifetime.

2. I am a total watch fanatic. I don't know why, but I just love watches and I always have. Right now, I have 11 watches up and running. (well almost all of them are running) And yes, I wear them all. Although, I hate thinking about all the watch batteries I go through.

3. Whenever I make food, I have to clean everything up before I begin eating. This puts a little bit of a damper on the temperature of my food once I get around to eating it, but hey, at least the kitchen is clean!

4. I love all the pure sugar candies that everyone loves as kids. I absolutely love candy corn, conversation hearts, and cotton candy!!

5. I don't think I have ever eaten a full candy bar by myself. I just don't really care for chocolate. I know all of you are probably freaking out right now, but it's true. This doesn't mean I won't eat chocolate, it just means that I would rather have something else.

6. And for the weirdest of all: I am left-handed, therefore, I always have to be on the left side of Spencer whenever possible. For example, I sleep on the left side of the bed, I have to sit on his left side at church, on the couch, at the movie theater, at the dinner table, even on rollercoasters. Scary I know!

I am now tagging Steff, Emily, Lindsey, Shaylee, Annie, and Katie: Lucky you!!

The Long Awaited Vacuum

I never thought I would be saying this and I'm kind of embarrassed to admit it, but I am way pumped about the new vacuum we got yesterday. It's a central vac!! I have been waiting to get this vacuum since we moved in. Our house was plumbed for central vac when we moved in, but we didn't realize how much the actual hose and vacuum cost. The hose is where they get ya, you can't vacuum without a hose. :) Anyway, yesterday Spencer went down to the Beam store in Bountiful and brought me back my long awaited vacuum. Yay for vacuuming!!

Another successful Bear Lake trip

Last Thursday we left on a short family vacation with the Richins family. We were able to go up to Grandma and Grandpa Bitner's condo for the weekend. It was a blast. The weather was way nice. We golfed, swam, rode bikes, played games, and watched movies. It was nice to be able to get away and relax for a weekend.

Weigh in #1

The Blue Team had our first weigh in yesterday. I was a little nervous, but it went way good. I'm sure my team wouldn't appreciate me telling you how much weight each of them lost, but I will tell you that as a team we lost 12 pounds!!  We are all really excited and motivated. Now it's onto week two!!

Parents of 5

Noah Skateboarding

Oliver getting out of the bath

Henry (Soulja Boy) playing the computer

For the last eight days, Spencer and I have been parents to 5 little boys. Oliver-5, Henry-8, Noah-10, Cole-13, and Jace-14. The Wilkes boys are our absolute favorite, so we agreed to watch them while Clay and Marie went to Lake Powell. Today is our last day, so I thought I'd post some pictures (of the 3 youngest, at least). Can I just say that it has been crazy going from zero to five kids all at once!! Now I know why they come one by one, or for those who are lucky enough to have twins :) two by two. All in all, it has been a fun week. I have been able to work from their home which has been nice. Now I know how working moms feel and I don't encourage it, unless you want to constantly be going, going, going. Anyway, its always fun to stay with the Wilkes. Never a dull moment here.