Weekend of Excellence!

Rulon Gardner, an Olympic gold medal winner in wrestling speaking about overcoming the obstacles in our lives! What a powerful story he has!
Me, My sister-in-law Carol and cousin Jolean! We had such a good time and truly were enriched as people this weekend!
Me and beautiful Carol! I love her!
Me and Jolean partying at the training! This weekend was absolutely amazing guys! I went for a few different reasons! 1- I'm always looking for a way to grow my business, 2- I wanted to get to know those members of my team better, and 3- It's so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!! The information I learned this weekend, I truly don't think I could find that quality of information anywhere that didn't have the spirit follow it! It was all about taking care of yourself and KNOWING who you are! I've decided I haven't figured that out yet! I am on a search within myself to figure out who I can become and what potential I hold! I'm truly on the path to better myself and I'm going to take anyone that is willing to go through the difficult obstacle of finding yourself with me! I truly think that this company and product is exactly what I needed to find myself and empower myself. The thing that I love is that I can do this from my home guys! I get to be a mother to my beautiful daughter Lily AND make a paycheck! I don't feel completely hopeless! What an amazing weekend guys! I can't even EXPLAIN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beware of the Posts!

I just put up a bunch of posts, I've been meaning to put a few up but it hasn't happened for a while...

The Evolution of the Facial Hair

Half way there!
SICK SICK SICK SICK! I wouldn't even kiss him like that... so gross!

Much better!!!!!!!!!!! We were so tired of his facial hair! It was so nice when he shaved! He looked so much better, yes a little different than I had been used to, but I liked it a lot better! As you can tell....

Fun at the park!

Oh look a camera!
Playing with the playground piano!
She loved that car! It was better than one in front of a supermarket!

Our Vampire

I don't think I have told you about Lily's teeth, but when her teeth came in, her eye teeth came in first so she looked like a little vampire. This is actually a family trait in my family so I was happy it happened with her. This past week her middle teeth cut through so she doesn't look like a vampire any more, but it was fun while it lasted. If you look close in this picture you can see her teeth. She wouldn't let us take a picture of it because she likes the camera too much!

Halloween

This is about as much as we got into Halloween this year. Lily was sick so we didn't take her out, which made me sad because I worked really hard on her costume. Oh well maybe another baby can wear it sometime... She was a parrot if you can't tell. Todd was the pirate.

Time to get REAL!

Alright y'all, I've decided that it's time to get real with all y'all! In this virtual world of blogging and facebooking and whatever else there is, I try to show that I'm a happy, carefree person who loves every aspect of her life, and wouldn't have it any different, but you know what, I'm sick of doing that! Now I'm not saying that I hate my life or I want to leave or anything drastic like that, but I am going to say that I need to do some adjusting!
The past week or so, it's been rough for me! I realized that I have no real big goals in my life to accomplish. There is nothing right in front of me to grab or work towards and I don't know how well I can handle that. I've always been a person that has pushed herself and wants to feel accomplished. This time last year it was learning how to be a mother. I had to just get through the day without crying. Then in January it was finishing my degree. I had to work towards each assignment or day of class. Being away from Lily wasn't easy, but for me it was worth the hard work! Within that time, I decided that I was going to better myself and lose weight! That has been a journey of it's own that I'll talk about later. Once I got the degree then it was time for rest! I needed to take time out for me and that's just what I did.
Well now, I have NOTHING! What am I working towards?! I have no deadline to keep me going! If I don't get something done one day, that's fine I can just do it tomorrow. I keep doing that until before I know it it's been a week and it still hasn't been done. I have just been laying here on my couch, lonely, tired, bored, and completely and utterly unmotivated! Lily has been sick and I've been taking care of her, but I have also used that excuse to not do anything as well. I can't seem to get myself out of this FUNK! Todd comes home and asks what I did today, well nothing... I can't answer him when he asks that. It's tough being home all day with a one-year-old. Don't get me wrong, I love being a mother! I love being the person that Lily wants to play with! I love playing with her! But for some reason I don't feel accomplished in that aspect.
Since it's been getting colder, it's been harder for me to get out of the house. I used to go on a walk every day and I think it's been at least a month since that has happened now. I get bored doing workout routines in my house. I like to add spice to that and there's only so much you can do on your stairs for a workout! I felt empowered when I first started this journey! I loved being active and getting into shape, I still love the feeling after a good work out, but I still lack the motivation to TRULY push myself into working hard at what I am doing. I've been trying to find crafts or something to that effect to do, but that can get expensive and I'm not very good at finding my way around the store and I usually only leave with about half of what I intended to get in the first place. I need to boost myself up and become the person who I want to be again! Am I the only mother who feels like this?! Because honestly that's how I feel!

Memoirs of a mother with a sick child!

Lily has had a fever the past two days and it is AWFUL! Last night she woke up with a fever of 103 degrees and it scared me silly! We called Todd's aunt who is a nurse before we freaked out and took her to the ER, since we don't have any insurance on her. Luckily within an hour it went down a few degrees and helped me sleep without worry. Today, she has taken INCREDIBLY short naps (10 mins if that) and she just looks exhausted and absolutely miserable! And of course she is still smiling and talking to me. I love how positive she is all the time and the spirit she brings into our home. She truly is a happy baby! It's sad because she hasn't really eaten either and I've been trying to get SOME food into her but she'll take maybe two bites and be done. If any of you have any suggestions on how to get her to eat I would love to hear them! She's also had a bad cough and has four teeth coming in right now. So I think it's all coming at the same time and she's been such a trooper! Oh I hate it when she's sick!

Carving Pumpkins!

My Pumpkin, it looks a lot cooler up close!
Todd showing his intimidation face...
Lily did really good at carving her own pumpkin... she worked that knife just right! hehe
A family shot! We went to a friend's place tonight and carved pumpkins and ate pumpkin seeds. It was a lot of fun! Todd and I haven't ever really been too much into that, but I had bought three pumpkins to decorate our front entry, so I figured we might as well carve them! I'm glad we did! It was a lot of fun, and I think they turned out quite awesome!

Why even buy toys?!

My dad took us to Costco on Tuesday, and while I was cleaning up the boxes from our purchases, Lily decided she wanted to play with them. I had some really old fruit snacks, and she seriously played with those for at LEAST an hour. She was so funny! I don't think I'm going to even buy her any more toys, just boxes from Costco!

The Cruise

The Ship The "Elation"!
Waiting to embark in San Diego! Oh it's so beautiful there!
The view as we took sail! Talk about beautiful!
Elegant night! We looked good!
Ensenada, Mexico!


La Bufadora, a blow hole located near Ensenada. It was so cool, but it was REALLY difficult to get a good picture of that.
Todd and a 100% native of Mexico. He had some cool dancing and music going on!
Playing massive Chess, Todd tore it up!
The infamous folded towels. We had a seal the first night, an eskimo the next and then this dog the last night we were there. It was fun to see the different things they had.

We had such a blast! We fell in love with being on a cruise. The price was right and we are already planning our next cruise! It's been way to long since Todd and I spent that much time alone together. It was much needed and such a great trip. We definitely missed Lily, A LOT! She was excited to see us when we got back, which was great! If you guys are ever thinking about going on a cruise, DO IT! But you want to go to in like September or October because it's MUCH cheaper!

Family Pictures!

My awesome friend Bridget took our family pictures1 She was so fun! I thought they turned out great especially considering the fact that Lily just doesn't do well when it comes to taking pictures! Thank you Bridget! They are beautiful!

Lily's Party!

It was so funny, she was really fussy until we brought the cake in and started singing, I think she knew all the hype was for her! Her personality is so funny!
The beautiful Princess Cake! I loved it!
Her demolishing her cake! Man it took her a second to really figure it out but after a few bites, man she started shoving it all in her mouth! It ended up being quite the mess!
She drank almost this whole thing after the cake! All that sugar caused some internal freaking out I think!

This was here enjoying her spoils! She got a few other things that she absolutely loved! It was a perfect party and was a lot of fun! Most of her friends were here and had a blast playing with the balloons and her toys as well! We definitely had fun with her first birthday party! Her birthday isn't until Monday, but I just want to post some things about her for my sake!
*She LOVES jewlery! Especially diamonds, her poor future husband!
*She is still just crawling and doesn't seem too interested in walking, but hopefully her new toy will assist her in that
*She loves playing with friends and is a very social little girl.
*Her new favorite toy is her dancing toy from Uncle Kris
*She LOVES to read books! Whenever she is fussy, I can read her a book and she would be completely content!
*She can go up and down stairs and even knows to turn around before she starts.
*She will eat about anything you put in front of her, which I am happy about. Some of her favorites is green beans and ice cream. hehe
*She has four teeth, two bottom and her two eye teeth on top. She looks like a little vampire! (Hopefully it'll stay that way til halloween)

Labor Day Weekend!

Lily in the car, she was so happy... ha ha
Todd having a hot dog eating contest with our Cousin Cole!
Lily in the swing! She loved it!
Out on the 4-wheeler! Oh I love going with family who have ATVs. So much fun! Lily was a fan!
She was sagging a little, but happy all the same!
My Dad's family and their spouses! It was our family reunion because on the 15th of this month, it's my Grandma's 80th birthday. From L to R goes my mom and dad, Uncle Butch and his wife Debbie, Uncle Pete and his wife Deanne, Grandma, Aunt Ann and husband Ron, and Aunt Kathy and her husband Dave.
Lily checking out her candy from the reunion! This weekend was such a blast! We had a really good time and a great end to a summer!

The house!

The front room! Yes it has a bay window, we love it! We're getting furniture at some point hopefully soon!
Our kitchen, it's messy right now, but I still love it!
The back yard! Holy Cow we have a lot of work to do this picture doesn't even do it justice!
This is our entertainment room! Like the fence? We sure do!
Our laundry room. With our beautiful new washer and dryer! Thank you earnest money! hehe
The front view of the house! I love it! It's wonderful!

We're in!

Well it's official, we've moved! We don't live in apartments any more! YAY!!!!!!!!! I HATE living in apartments! It's so nice to have something to call my own! I don't have any pictures because I don't think I have unpacked my camera yet, but when we get there, I will take pictures. Plus we're getting new furniture but it'll probably be a month before that gets here too, so even if I do take pictures, it won't be the finished product. We're loving all the space and are still figuring out all the stuff we have to do that landlords just took care of before now... Well Lily just woke up so I should go get her, but if any of you are headed down this way and need a place to stay, we're open! hehe