~9 of 365~

Tonight Jon made our family Prime Rib for dinner and it was absolutely delicious!

Then he made his famous garlic mashed potatoes. It was a meal fit for a king.

~8 of 365~

Today was kind of a lazy day. I loved laying around snuggling with my hubby watching tv and catching uo on our shows. Jon went and got us Pizza Hut and we played the kinect for a little bit. Then we made cookies (ok so we just put dough balls on a pan) and watched "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" with the kids. It was nice to just be a bum!

~7 of 365~

Today when I took Tukar to school, instead of going to work out... I snuck away in my car and read my new book Awakened for 2 solid hours! It felt great to have that much time completely silent! I got to chapter 11 and fell right back in love with the characters from this series. I almost don't want to finish because the next one doesn't come out til November!
Later we grabbed our mugs and headed to the District to see the movie True Grit with Dave and Amy. We grabbed some food and the ultimate necessity popcorn and headed in to find our seats. It was a great movie. I wish it would have ended a little better... maybe your typical Hollywood Ending... but it was a fantastic show. Who thought you would laugh so much during a western?? And Matt Damon as a cowboy?? Whooda Thunk! Good flick though!

(that is sooo not us in this pic)

~6 of 365~

Today was a great day. I ended up organizing our pantry for about 2 1/2 hours, went and worked out with Jon, stopped and had a roll (SUSHI) then it was off to Dave and Amy's to put my "Project Life" to LIFE. This is such an exciting project for me to do. I may not live the most extraordinary life, but it is MY LIFE!

(my flash wasn't working so the pic is kinda crappy)

~5 of 365~

Gotta love basketball season. Well today I went to watch Sydnie cheer for the Rockwell High School Varsity basketball team. I would have never imagined that my daughter would grow up to be a on eof those girls called a cheerleader but she breaks the stereotype of the ditzy, dumb, rude, stuck up, slutty girls that we all hated in high school. She is a straight A student, she is one of those type of girls that wants everyone to feel liked, and she has really good morals. She even refused to do a sexually provocative cheer because it wasnt what she standed for. She makes me proud.

~4 of 365~

I love when I get to get together with my Bunco girlz! It was so much fun this month because we added some new girlz! My mom was one of the new ones (even though she pretty much comes every time anyways) then there is Natalie and my cute Kelly Becca! I am gonna love having her in our group! It was a lot of fun! It was MEXICAN FIESTA night! We had Cafe Rio salad with rice and MARGARITAS!!! Thanks Layne for a great night and Thanks to my girlz too!! I know Bunco nights will always be full of laughs!

I smell a little like Limes and worms...

~3 of 365~

Monday came and it was the end of Christmas break. Back to routines, back to school, and back to working out. The day pretty much consisted of organizing pictures and TRYING to get them to download on to the external my hubby bought me for Christmas.

~2 of 365~

Day 2 consisted of hanging around the house while Jon was at work at the station. So Tukar and I bonded with some X-Box. Lego Indiana Jones 2 to be exact! It is so funny to play with him.

~1 of 365~

A sweet friend of mine gave me a wonderful idea to do this thing called "Project Life" by Becky Higgins. You have a picture of everyday of your life for One full year. It can be anything about your life. So here it goes....

On January 1st... we welcomed in the year 2011 with a bang! This man is the love of my life and I am so glad to have him.

OOPS!!!

So in the midst of revamping my blog... I LOST all my contacts! Please oh please I would love to check out what is going on with you! Please leave a comment on here so I can add you!

The word "I"

You know "I" is such a tricky word. You use it in so many sentences but really forget the context of it's meaning. If you use it too much, you become selfish. But if you don't use it enough, you forget who you are. It is hard to determine how much the word should be used. This is the start of a New Year! I am going to play into the whole hype about what "I" am going to change about myself this year. I have done a lot of growing and changing this past year because I wasn't happy with who I was. I had hurt people, made them feel less than worthy and took too many things to heart and ended up holding a grudge. I didnt feel healthy, or happy. But in the process of changing... I lost a bit of myself. I know that change can be good, but only if you are changing the parts that really need some work. Well after learning to let go of things that I could not change, of people that I could not change, or to just give into life, I forgot who I really was, what I was really about and the things that I loved to do. I want to do the things I love because I love them. Not because anyone else loves them or not. So things I am going to work on this year...

I am...
*going to try and be a more patient person. Not only with my family and friends but with strangers as well. (I tend to be a bit of a road rager)

*going to spend more one on one time with my kids. I would love to find something that we love and do it together. Like take a cooking class with Brekyn, and go work out with Sydnie. Tukar and I have our time together everyday and I need to spend some of that time making memories with him.

*going to try and be a better wife. I need to be more understanding about what my husband goes through on a day to day basis. I want to be more supportive and appreciative of him. I know he works so hard everyday so that we can have things for our lives.

*going to get back into scrapbooking and preserving the past. Scrapbooking is so much fun and relaxing to me, but it is also important to help preserve the past. Memories are all we have of things that have shaped us into who we are. I want my children to grow up and remember the things that happened in their lives. I am going to do the Beggy Higgins Project Life. It is a photo a day of your life. I dont claim to have the most exciting life, but I do have a busy one. I want to look back in a year and see what I did with 365 days of my life.

*going to try and become a more organized person. I have become so scatterbrained in my day and I forget to do the simplest of tasks. Maybe it's an age thing. I have to have notebooks around me and calendars to remind me of what I have to do. I need to implement the task of everything has a place and every place has a thing. Maybe I need to start doing Fly Lady again to help me keep up on things. It helped a lot when I was doing it before.

*going to dedicate the time to becoming a healthier me. I have had a regime of working out 3 times a week while Tukar is at school. While the kids were out for Christmas break... I didnt make the time to go beacuse things were so hectic. I started to get into a funk and become depressed and awnry and I realized it was because I havent worked out. I am not happy with my myself so I want to change that. I am the only one with the power to do so.

*going to try and be better at saving. I want to cut down on my shopping and try to be completely debt free (well besides my house) by the end of the year. That means I have to get rid of those pesky little things called CREDIT CARDS! They are really good at sucking you in. I want to save up for a vaycay. A time to get away! A time to regain myself. I know we will aways have bills, but I want to be more on top of them! I guess that falls back in to the organizing part of life!

*going to read more. After years of blaming my dislexia for me not reading, I decided that I would try it. In these last couple of years I have learned to enjoy reading so much more. I does take me a little longer than others, because of the dislexia, but I am learning how to adjust to it. Last year I read about 10 books. So this year... my goal is to read at least 15!!! I have to go get me a new one today! My new Vamp book comes out and I am excited to start reading it. It is the 8th in the series! So my goal... READ MORE!


*  going to BLOG MORE!!!  I really let this bog thing go last year and I HAVE to take time out to do it! It is like my fmaily journal. I also want to keep up on my craft blog, scrapbook blog, and my personal journal. I know... TO MUCH BLOGGING! I can do it though.

*going to work on starting and FINISHING my YW Personal Progress. This is something that I never did as a girl partly because of where I lived, and partly because I didn't have the support to do it. Well since Sydnie has finished hers (way early too) she inspired me to work towards getting mine. So this is something we are going to work on together. I can only do it while I have daughter in YW so this is the perfect time to do it. Plus I think it will help me grow spiritually and help me become a better wife, mother, and daughter.
Here Wishing everyone luck for this wonderful New Year!

Christmas 2009!

Christmas was a lot of fun this year. Tukar starte dto understand what Christmas was all about (well the Santa part at least) He did know that it was Jesus' birthday ("Happy Birthday Baby Jesus!!")

Let's GO JAZZ!!!

I haven't really been into the Jazz for a few years now. They kept changing players and it got frustrating. Well this year was a bit different. We have had the awesome opportunity to share season tickets this year and it has been a BLAST!!! I have gone from not knowing anyone on the team (except Wiliams, Boozer and Korver) to knowing all of the players and their numbers (thanks Kimmie for that). I have learned so much about the game too. I have loved going to games and being able to take my kids to a couple of them. We have made some fun friends up there too. I hope we get this same opportunity next year! Now I am addicted (I even watch the away games at home- well most of them!) I have my faves including Kyle Korver,

and Little Fes (okay so he's not so little!)

Ok I will like DWill a little (but just for u Kim)

Here are some fun pics of our trips to the games so far this season!

Me and Kelly with our autographed Jerseys! Go Iverson and Korver (thanks Boden)

Random Pics

Here is some random pics from our lives.

Tukar

Blackmail pics (thats what sisters do!)

Leslie and Scout

our fan (Syd took a pic for Photo- pretty cool!)

Brekyn picking out her hampsters

Brentin

Leesa and Les!

Lisa using Jon as a pin cushion

Jon and Leesa

Halloween 2009!

This year was full of fun, parties, and spooks! Our family did Toy Story this year. Now what are we going to come up with for next year???

Brekyn's Bday Party!! AARRRGGG!!

For Brekyn's birthday party, she wanted to go to Pirate Island. ever since the first time we had gone there, she fell in love with the place! So we made invitations using a treasure map and putting it in a bottle with sand, a couple of swords, some beads, and corked it off! They were so much fun to make. She invited her friends and we all met at our house to set sail for Pirate Island.

The scallywaggs! Katie, Megan, friend, London, Brekyn, Brianna, Madisyn, Tukar and Kennedy

Brekyn and her cake

I want to play catch up on here!!

So here is my little tid bit! My goal is to have this blog updates by the end of the week! Now that it is written, it is a goal I have made to myself!!!!!

Happy Birthday Brekyn!

I want to wish my sweet Brekyn Happy Birthday. 10 years ago today we welcomed a sweet new baby girl into our family and she had made our lives so happy.
Brekyn,
We love you so much and we love the way that you can always look at the good side of things. We love the random things that you always come up with. You have a wonderful sense of style and you are so sure of who you are. You are so smart, talented and creative. You can make anything look beautiful. You love to giggle and talk about EVERYTHING! You are a wonderful sister and you help Tukar so much.
We love you so much and love the light-hearted person you are and the joy that you bring to our lives. You are such a beautiful girl and so sure of who you are. You personality will get you far in life. We hope you have a Happy Birthday!

Love Mom, Dad, Syd and Tukar!