Halloween Party

My friends and I went to a fabulous Halloween party last night. We had a complete blast and met a ton of really cool people. Although, not the smartest way to meet someone, I will never recognize most of the people I met last night. My friend Monika and I went as witches and my friend Christy went as a piratess. I have to admit we looked fantastic!

Halloween at Cornbelly's

Fall and halloween are two of my favorite things. I love the weather, the pumpkins, the fall leaves, the color orange...I thought it would be fun to celebrate the season by taking the Utah nieces and nephew out for a day at Cornbellys. So I got Carter, Allison and McKenzie out of school early and we headed to Thanksgiving Point. There were a ton of fun things for the kids to do.

We jumped on the big trampoline mat thingy (whatever ) we went through this really horrible haunted house (can you say pitch black) and we went down slides and up playhouses and then we walked through the corn maze that was cut out in the shape of david archuletta's face.

We had a lot of fun and really enjoyed the beautiful fall day.

P90X Two Weeks Later

Can I even tell you how much I am loving this workout program!! It is so incredibly hard, but so incredibly rewarding at the same time! I have learned over the last two weeks, that it does not take long to get physically fit. I am not saying that I am going to show a photo and it will be different, but in two weeks time, I can do way more of the program than I could when I started!! I am lifting more weights, doing more repetitions, and able to stretch before and after way better!

Another incredibly great benefit that I wasn't expecting, is that when you are exercising that much, your endorphins make you so happy! I think I was a happy person before, but now I just can't stop smiling, and I feel way more positive. What an absolutely fantastic benefit!!

I am honestly really excited about this program. I will keep you posted along the way.

P90X Weight not, Want Not

So, my sister Brooke and her husband have been doing an exercise program called P90X. Brooke kept raving about how much she loves it, and told me I needed to do it. Today, Oct 13 was day one for me of this workout program, and to be honest with you, I hate it.....but I love it.

Basically it is a 90 day program that he assures you will transform your life. So, here I go!! I am going to do it. Six days a week for an hour to an hour and a half a day for 90 days. Whew!! Let me tell you how hard that is after working 12 hours, but I gotta do it! My new motto is going to be 'just push play, everyday.'

I am posting this on my blog, for two reasons. First, if everyone reading my blog knows about it, then I will really have to do it......can't let everyone down! Secondly, like my title says.....'weight not, want not'....I gotta get in shape and get rid of unwanted weight.

So, I am committing to everyone out there in cyberspace that I am going to do this. You just wait for my 90 day photo! This photo is of me chillin in Mexico. Maybe when I am done with the program I could do another photo op in Mexico.......sounds good to me.

Babysitting

Since I am a free babysitter, my sister and her husband decided to take the opportunity to go on a date last night. They happily left me with their four little children and headed on their way. As they are walking out the door, they say to me, "Noah wouldn't let us put a diaper on him, so he is wearing regular underwear, good luck with getting a diaper on him".

After dinner, as we were all playing around, Noah kept acting like he needed to go pee. So, I took him in the bathroom, and he just screamed bloody murder so I did not do anything. Well, after a little longer, he acted again like he had to go. So I took him in the bathroom again and tried to put him on the toilet. Screaming like I was abusing him, I try to put him on the toilet, but he stuck his feet in instead. So, I put him in the tub and we cleaned him up. (Thank heavens Isaac is sleeping at this point and the other boys are playing playstation). After that fiasco, I decided to put him in a diaper......which did not work. He literally threw the biggest fit I have ever seen. So, I put the underwear back on him.

As we were all in the kitchen unloading the dishwasher, several things happened at once. Baby Isaac woke up screaming and incredibly hungry, Noah decided to pee in the underwear all over the kitchen floor, and Chase (who is still unloading the dishwasher) kept walking through the urine.

As the baby is screaming, I pick up Noah and take him to the tub again! He got another bath (3rd of the night) and then afterwards, finally consented to have the diaper put back on him. I then had to go out and clean up the floor and feed the baby and told Chase to go in and clean his urine covered feet. What a crazy night! It was so funny. Kids can be chaos!

Baby Isaac is so handsome

Is he not just the most handsome little baby you have seen? He is so sweet and so tender hearted. He is so easy going! I absolutely love this little guy. He is so much fun to be around. Such a complete joy!

Halloween Cookies in the AZ

I have been in AZ since Wednesday playing with my cute nephews. We have had a complete blast! On one of the days, we made Halloween sugar cookies. What an adventure! My sister is very ambitious! Making cookies with the help of three kids is not the easiest task. I know you all think I was there to help, but in truth, I was just there to take photos. We were able to make ghosts,
jack-o-lanterns and black cats. It was a ton of fun. I really enjoyed every moment and laughed a ton.
The kids had a complete blast as well, but as you can tell, not all moments were complete bliss.

All is better now! Sugar makes children happy....and crazy!