A Little About Nothing

Painting Together

CHEESE!! Silly Smile

Ready for Church

Playing Together

Well it is the end of January and I can say that there hasn't been much going on this month worth blogging about. I am tired of the cold, yucky winter with hardly any snow and so I am anxiously waiting for Spring to get here. I think the kids and I are especially tired of being inside all day every day! I have still been faithful at going to the gym each morning. Although I am not really seeing the results I was hoping for. I have got the working out part down and I feel good about that, but I guess I just can't get the diet thing together. I have been trying really hard to eat smaller portions, but it isn't working and I just am getting frustrated with the whole weight thing. At least I feel a little healthier!

Church has been SOOOOOO Chaotic the last month, so much so that I really have to force myself to go each week. We have about 5 new sunbeams that are so young and out of control!! 2 little girls that are in that class are like perfect little angels and sit and listen and try and sing and if all the kids were like that Primary would be so great!! But it isn't, we have a couple of kids that just want to run around and be noisy and get into things, so we are all like referees trying to get them and all the other kids under control. It makes is very hard to feel the spirit and to teach a sharing time. I hope it gets better soon, I don't know if I can handle it much longer!

Paige is beginning to talk a lot more. Her most favorite word to say it "No" and she says it with this nasally voice like "Nnnnooooo" and she says it to almost anyone that talks to her with this furrowed brow too. She has developed an attitude and I think I am in trouble!! Other words that she says are:
Mommy
Daddy
Bapa = Grandpa
Mama = Grandma
ink = Drink
dank u = Thank You
peees = Please
Kaka = Parker
I yu you = I love you
Bye Bye
Hi
Those are pretty much the majority of what she is saying. Everyday she surprises me and does something or says something and I think "Where did you learn that?" She is purely girl and I love it!!!

Paige's 1st Haircut

Before


After

I have been thinking for quite some time about cutting Paige's hair. I wasn't sure I wanted to cut it short, but I was tired of it always being in her eyes, and she is getting to the point that it is really hard from me to get her to sit still to put elastics in. So today I had had enough and decided to cut it in to a little bob. I gave her bangs and cut the back and side to match the length of the top layers. I didn't really cut a lot off, but just evened it out and made it look fuller and thicker. She has such fine hair that before it looked all straggly (is that a word) and uneven. But now I must saw it is adorable. I was kind of sad to cut it knowing that as soon as I did it would change her from looking like a baby to a little girl. But she sure is cute and I think it will be so much better and easier to take care of. I will still be able to put in an elastic or two to make pigtails, but it won't be constantly in her eyes! She did really well holding still for the most part. I put in a Tinkerbell Movie and let her watch that while I cut it. It took about 5 minutes to cut, not very much hair to deal with. It was after the initial cut that she started being naughty. She did want to sit still for me to dry and curl it. But I had to finish the cut, so I could see how cute it was and most importantly to make sure it was even. There may be a few pieces her and there that aren't quite even, but for the most part it turned out great. What can I expect from a 21 month old! I can't believe how big she is getting! Time is going by so fast!

Sledding

Matt and I took the kids sledding on Monday. Parker really wanted to go last weekend when the snow first fell and was fresh on the ground, but Matt's work schedule didn't allow us to do that. So there was still enough snow that hadn't melted to take the kids out. We went to the Moreland Gravel Pits and we were the only ones there. The hills had been well worn in with other sledders from the weekend so the hill was like ice. I went down first and boy was the ride fast! What I couldn't see from the top was that someone had made a jump at the bottom so I flew over that and about fell off the sled. It was a wild ride, too wild for Paige. So we found a smaller spot to take her on. She wasn't quite sure about it, but seemed to like it when she was riding with me. She even got laughing while watching Matt and Parker go down the hill. Parker couldn't get enough and wanted to stay there "all day." It was really pretty chilly and we only stayed about 1 hour, long enough to get a workout from climbing up and down the hill. We are definitely planning to go again if the weather permits and gives us some more snow!

New Year!

I can hardly believe it is 2010! I was just getting used to writing 2009 and now I will have to start writing 2010! I am a little slow in getting started with posts for the new year but better late than never! There are a few things to post on so this may be a little lengthy!

First, I had set a goal back in December to try and be on the list of the top 20 gym users for the month!! I really worked hard at trying to go 5 to 6 times a week. It was really hard at first getting up at 5 in the morning to go. I had to go this early because of Matt's work schedule, and I decided it would do me some good to get up and get going before the kids woke up. I really struggled the first week because I was so used to sleeping in, but after that I was waking up some mornings without the alarm clock. Some days I am more tired in the afternoon and if I sit still I end up taking a nap, but I think that is alright every once in a while. Well like I said, I worked really hard and went to the gym regularly and I am very happy to say I MADE THE LIST!!!! This morning when I went in, my name was on the list!!! YAY!!! I was so excited, now I am going to set a goal to be on the list every month!! It will be a challenge, but it is really exciting to see my name on the wall.

Along with working out regularly I have set some goals for the coming year. A friend of mine posted about her goals for the year and I liked the idea that if you write a goal down you are more likely to achieve it. So that is what I am doing. One of my biggest goals goes along with the gym, I would like to loose some weight (along with most people this time of year) I had lost a lot of weight after I had Parker and gained it all back with Paige. It is so much harder to loose after I had her. So my goal is to get back to where I was before I had her. Also along with that I want to loose about a third of that weigth before my sister gets married. I don't want to be the "fat" sister!! Some other goals for me to work on regular personal scripture study, eating better, and being more patient with my kids. I would also like our family to work on more frequent family home evenings. I would also like for Matt and I have to have a "date night" at least once a month. It is so easy to get busy with life and not spend time with one another. I really want to
be able to go out with him and have an evening to our selves. Another goal for our family that we are going to be working on for a while, probably the next few years, is getting out of debt. I have been trying really hard to save money grocery shopping and only buying things when we need them. I am building up our storage and that is a great feeling. I know that some of these will be harder to accomplish than others, but I am excited to look at this poat throughout the year and remind myself of the things I need to do. I hope at the end of the year I can look back and check them all off the list!! I hope you all have a great new year and are able to keep some of your resolutions as well!