Vacation

Last week we drove to California to visit my grandma. We spent 8 days there. Two days in I got bronchitis and was sick for most of the time that we were there. Amir also got sick one of the days. I got a few pictures out of it to make the trip worth it. :)

 My little Chef.

 Wii boxing. Woo hoo!

 Giant doughnut!

We came home the day after Valentines day. Rich surprised me with roses, sushi & chocolate covered strawberries! YUM!

Check & Check!

Well its finally happened. Amir is POTTY TRAINED! WOO! Yes, there is still the occasional accident during the day and most of the time we put a pull up on him at night. He has actually been doing really well the past couple of weeks. I don't know what happened but whatever it was, I'm thankful for it. I was going completely crazy. I love when he yells "I gotta go potty!" while running to the bathroom with his pants half way down. :) Cute.


In other news, the duct work in our basement is FINALLY complete! We will be moving on to the framing & drywall in the next couple of weeks. Yipee!!!!! 




Thats two resolutions complete!!! YES!

Here We GOOOOOO

I thought I would take this time to announce that I have officially started Triathlon Training....

Yep, Running, Biking, Swimming. Believe me, I know that I'm crazy. I'm really looking forward to it and being SKINNY again! I am still undecided on whether or not I will actually do a Triathlon but we'll see how the training goes. :)




 In other news.... In June, Rich & I (with a couple of friends) are doing the DIRTY DASH. Its a 5k obstacle course in MUD!

Amazing right? I am SERIOUSLY excited for that!

Castle Cake

Yesterday was the twins birthday (nieces) so their mom and I did a huge castle cake for them. It turned out REALLY well!

This one was super fun to make. It took about 2 hours to do which is pretty good. The girls loved it. 

2011?! Happy New Year!

Here we go again. 2010 is out and 2011 is IN! I think its time to reflect on 2010 before I talk about whats to come in the new year. 


First, lets take a look at my resolutions from last year:



Lose Weight
Eat Healthier
Finish the Basement
Give blood 
Do More to Help Others


I thought that these five things would be easily done. Not true. The first one, lose weight - I'm happy to announce that I lost about 25 lbs! WOO! The second, eat healthier - was also achieved although certainly not on a daily basis. That is still something I need to work on. Third, finish the basement. HA! hahaha. HAHA! After plumbing issues,redoing plumbing, redoing duct work, moving the furnace & water heater and changed minds we have one less wall finished, another no longer exists & the ceiling is ripped out. Which means more gaming room but less "finished". *sigh* Fourth, give blood. Didn't happen. Lazy+Scared=Procrastination.
Fifth, do more to help others. I'm not sure that I did but I really felt like this was my year to find myself and I really got myself out of the 'rut' I was in. Even though I didn't know I was in it until I was out. :)
2010 was the year that my baby turned 3 & celebrated my 3rd anniversary of marriage to my great husband. <3 I read more books this year then I have in a long time. I finished the entire series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Muah ha ha! I discovered Dexter & my love for neat monsters. I started dance classes. Traveled. Saw my brother off to his mission. I had a successful garden. Maybe a little too successful. I still don't have to heart to give the cats away. So we still have them. I successfully sewed & was more crafty. I decorated cakes for money. :) & we made it through December with a Christmas Advent Calendar with only a few tears shed. 


I feel really good about 2010 & I hope that 2011 is as good or better!




Alright, so here are my resolutions for 2011:


Lose more weight (I have about 20 lbs left to lose)
Gym (mostly my Zumba class)
Diet, Rich & I are both doing it!
Basement - at least have the framing up & the layout worked out. 
Have a potty trained child!!!!!




Wish me luck!!!




*Note: For those of you who have been wondering; We are still working on having another baby but due to my angry ovaries I'm not sure when that will happen. We have been trying for over a year so maybe with a little luck we will have one by this time next year? We'll see. :)