The Dreaded Machine

For an early Christmas present, Jedd and I decided to splurge the day after Thanksgiving and buy an elliptical. I was able to talk Jedd into getting this over a treadmill (I don't really like to run on a treadmill, actually I just don't like to run period.) So after some convincing, we bought this elliptical machine from Sears. And so begins the dreaded feelings towards this machine. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love this thing! And in just a few days of working on it, I feel so much better and can feel a difference in myself. But at 5:00 in the morning when I get on this machine, I hate it! And so began my New Year's Resolution. My resolution wasn't to loose weight (which it normally is), but to feel better about myself and if some pounds came off, that would just be an added bonus. Like anything else, you have lapses during the week and then you start all over again. But I am loving this machine and the way it makes me feel when I actually use it. It amazes me how much more energized I am when I get to school and how much better I sleep when I exercise. We right now are keeping our elliptical in our basement and thanks to my mother, we have a soft piece of carpet that we put it on. It seems to work really well for us. Because I talked Jedd into getting an elliptical, I decided to give in and let him get one of these with one of our gift cards we received from Target for Christmas. (thanks sis!) I have to say that I have NEVER EVER had a scale in my house for one reason: I DO NOT want to know my weight. I gauge my weight by how my clothes fit, but Jedd likes to work towards a goal so we picked this beauty up. And let's just say that every Saturday morning when it is our 'weigh in' time, I hate this stupid piece of plastic as well. But I am learning to like it and to use it as a tool, rather than think of it as a pure enemy of mine. So here's to feeling better about myself this year! Hopefully it lasts longer than my other resolutions (which usually last about a month!).

This Day 2 Years Ago....

January 19th, 2008 proved to be one of the most influential days of my life. For on this day, I met my best friend, and husband of mine. A blind date, that neither one of us was really truly excited about, was the beginning of our story. A date down to California Pizza Kitchen and then off to a bowling alley in Bountiful was where the magic began. Ending the date on a note that neither one of thought was good, we said our good-byes and both thought we would never see each other again. We both have our own versions of the story and what actually happened, and both of us feel pretty confident our story is the correct version. But I think there was help from above that brought us together. Now 2 years later, we are happier than we ever imagined possible.

I love you Sweetie! Happy 1st Date Day!

Disneyland 2009

BE AWARE.....BLOG OVERLOAD AND TONS OF PICTURES!! (don't feel bad if you just scroll down to see the pictures, or even if you don't finish I won't be hurt!!)

Our December was filled with parties, and tons of fun. We went to Disneyland the middle of December with Jedd's family and we had a blast. We were gone for about a week and I felt like when we got back, that I had missed all of December. Needless to say, when we got back I had a ton of shopping to do!
In December, we had family parties galore and had so much fun. I mostly decided to not take pictures of things this year, mainly because I wasn't in the mood, but we had a great holiday. Our Christmas was pretty much our trip to Disneyland and so here are my pictures of that. Sorry, I don't have pictures of anything else. ENJOY!!

First stop....Seaworld.

(Me trying to be a Flamingo with the flamingos behind us.....so stupid!)

Next stop....Disneyland!!

(Pretending to ride the tea-cups. They make both of us nauseous.)

(He swears he is strong enough to loosen this!)

(Of course you have to ride Dumbo! Luckily, Kallee wanted to go with me!)

(On the train......LET ME OUT OF HERE!!.....not really!)

(Look how fun it is decorated for Christmas!)

(Enough said.)

(In front of It's a Small World.)

(Nattie and I waiting to go see the princesses.) (I wanted to get a picture with Snow White too! I've decided in my next life, I am so going to be a princess at Disneyland. I could totally pull off Snow White!)

(All the older girls getting their picture with the princesses.)

(Waiting to ride Indiana Jones. Way fun ride.)

(Ya.........I rode that!)

(This is in California Adventures.)

(Look how fun, all decorated.)

(Yes, I was brave enough to ride this twice....TOWER OF TERROR. It was a blast!)

(Awe......so cute!)

(Bug's Life props. We pretended like I was getting in a wreck, Jedd's preparing for the hit.)

(Waiting for the Disneyland parade. It's a small world all lit up behind us)

(Probably one of my favorite pictures. The castle looked AMAZING!)

(The big Christmas tree.)

THE END!

We had such a fun time on our trip. We would totally go to Disneyland again.