Up Date..

I have been so happy to be on this journey. Some have asked me Shelly why is this time different? I always say "I have no idea why it now has clicked for me. If I knew I would Patton it". It's just been a better time for me this time around. Do I have weeks that I have gained? YES!! but I do not get down , or be hard on myself. "change from before" I try to stay positive. Steve helped me make the decision I DO NOT WEIGH THAT I DO NMYSELF... I only weigh in at my Weight Watchers meeting once a week..

FOOD--- I eat what I want in smaller portions. I do not eat sweets every day. The only low fat things I have put in my diet are.. I can't believe its not butter- and Greek Yogurt. I do eat lots of Veggies , fruit, and I drink tons of water. If I want a Soft Drink I do. NOT DIET.. The sugar in Diet Drinks makes you crave sweets. So you end up drinking more or eating other sweet. "I can have that cookie, I had a Diet Pop". I do go out to eat. I have an App on my phone that helps me pick Healthier options. I do not really eat fried foods anymore, but may once in awhile. When I cook for the family I cook what we normally ate. I just tweak it a little. I also look at web sites for Healthy Cooking Ideas.

Exercises- I used to go to Snap Fitness at night. I started to notice we just had to many things going on at night. I now go every morning "early" this helps me feel Focused, gives me energy, I am happier, I feel more accomplished. and it really makes my day.

My Weight Loss is 26.2 Pounds and I have lost more then Two inches all over. Some places lots more..

I would love to have your Ideas on food and encouragement.

Keep it up!! That's what I tell myself every day..

Avery Had a GREAT 10Th Birthday this year.

She had a Sleep Over. Way fun.. We played the WII. They loved the Birthday Party Game and Dancing Games.

I made her Favorite cake. Strawberry with white Icing and sprinkles.

One of her friends gave her 10 big boxes of different kids of candy. She got purses, make up, jewelry. money and much more. Her first sleep over party was a great success.. They had so much fun out side with Avery's horse SHADRACK. Brushing him and watching Avery work him out. He had a hurt leg at the time so no rides this time around.

Avery loves going to school everyday. She has tons of friends and is always invited to a party. As she gets older we see some of Shelby in her. We see a lot of Travis in her too. She is Funny, Happy,Smart, Smiles all of the time, Crazy laugh, likes to bug her brothers, loves to help outside, loves to be outside, she really cares for People and Animals, hopes to join 4H, wants to be a Rodeo Queen, wants to do Barrel racing. and much more..

We could not be complete without her in our life's. We love you miss Avery. We hope all of your dreams come true.

She also got to have her First Chuckee Cheese party. We all had a BLAST!! Sam's Club did this AWESOME CAKE. This place is sooooooo fun and has soooooo much for the kids to do. Her cousins, Aunts, Uncles, Friends, Grandparents and Sibling all came for this special day. To help us celebrate another great year.

She is now in the 5Th grade. I can not believe it sometimes.My BABY is growing up way to fast....

Love you GIRL,, XOXOXO

My Journey!

BEFORE PIC...


I started Weight Watchers this Summer. It is the best program for me. I did take two weeks off, but we all need to do that sometimes. I was very happy to reach my 5% two weeks ago. To do this I had to loose 15 pounds, i lost 16 pounds. I have lost in inches too. People have been asking me if I have lost weight. I was surprised! I thought for sure I would need to loose 30 or 50 before anyone would notice. As many of you know I have a very bad back & knee. Every time I start to loose weight and start to exercise, my back goes out. (UGHH) I have had very bad days,but the good days are far better then before. I have been feeling better already. I am able to bend better, get out of low chairs better, and I am even running a little on the tred-mill. It is going to be a long road. I just tell myself "remember, you did not gain all this weight in a few months". Also I tell myself "YOU ARE WORTH IT". I have a hard time spending the monthly fees for the W W program and to the Gym. Steve has told me it is time for me to put ME first. I have always lived for my family, Doing what they need first. I know now if I don't loose weight I won't be around for anyone. :) I will be blogging about my journey to a new healthy me, and I will post a new pic in October.







I am grateful to my husband and friends for all of your love and support. When I get on that plane to go see my new grand baby, no seat belt extension for me. OH YA BABY!!!

Dinner Conversations.

I love when we are not running crazy and make sure we sit at the table for dinner. Last night dinner was running late. We had to get school supplies for the boys. High school is so different from Elementary school. They tell you what to get the first day of school and you need it the next day. Plus they supplies are way more $.

Anyway, dinner was ready @ 7:oo pm. Set the table and time to eat Chicken Alfredo. YUMMY.
As we sat the kids talked about the day they had at school. I new we needed to do FHE "Family Home Evening" so I tried to rush everyone. As I looked at them telling about their day and laughing I realized I wanted to sit and here more. FHE could be another day. We had a friends daughter over who said to me " Shelly I like this" I just smiled.

Avery talked about how much she likes her teacher. She also told us about a boy who already wants her to be his GIRL FRIEND,, say what?? oh no! not on the first day. Lord please help me..

Travis talked about his Teachers. His friends and girls. He also wants Time release for Seminary. LOL 6 am comes early.

Aaron was not happy to have a different lunch then his buddies. I asked him if he wanted me to get them to change it, he said no he is fine. Then the truth came out "GIRLS" he is setting at lunch with two girls..

As the kids put food away. We talked about the Teachers they have all had, Ones they loved and ones they don't. It was so fun to here Shelby and Aaron talk about the Teachers Travis has that they have had, Laughing and yelling WHOOT WHOOT!!

I then looked at the clock and it was 9pm. I was happy we took the time to just hang. I never leave my dishes in the sink but I did last night. As your kids get older you are sad but then as they get older you can still have great times. It is priceless moments like these that you hold onto.

I am Grateful for my family. I am Grateful for the Gospel. I know that having the Gospel in our everyday life's helps us grow stronger as a family and with it we can get through ANYTHING.

Softball

Avery loves to play Softball. She has so much fun doing it. Her team came in 3rd place. They all got along so well.

Avery likes to play 3rd base and also outfield. She was catching for a while. She says she still likes it.

Watching her reminds me of my Softball days. I love this game and I am so happy she enjoys it as much as I do.

Avery loves to be out side so this is a great sport for her.

She asked me if they could still play? I wish I told her. We should have Fall ball here.

Loss

My good friend asked me if I would be with her as she was loosing her baby. In no way was I going to let her go through that on her own. The Doctor said she had a hole in her sack and was loosing fluid. They did not think it was going to be a good outcome. They also said because of how far along she was , she would go through labor and it would be a still birth. After that weekend at the hospital she went home. She then asked me to go back with her the next Friday. The Doctor would induce labor at that time.
I also lost a baby and it brought back many memories for me. Some new feelings as well. It was scary and very spiritual as well. As a mom you feel your baby move, you start to think of what it will look like? Will it be a boy or girl? What will the name be? The last thing you think of is having a Still Birth My baby was just a week younger then hers. I did not have great nurses that helped me, hug me, sat with me or even explained anything to me. I never got to hold my baby, give it a name or take a pictures of it. This was the opposite for her. She had very caring staff that helped with everything. She got to hold her baby, name her baby and take pics too. I was so happy for her. It is hard to go through this and not having closer was very hard for me.
We cried a lot, but smiled too. We talked about Heaven and being able to one day raise are babies.
I do believe that one day my "Little Girl" or "Little Boy" Will be in my arms. I will give him or her a name. I will kiss and hug him or her a lot. Make memories, and Love every minute of it.

PLAYING in the SNOW!!

I love when we get to do great family time stuff. Winter is such a fun time of the year. I can remember going down the sled with my dad or sister and cousins. We always had so much fun doing it. So now doing the same things with my kids brings such joy to my life.

It was a cold day but tons of fun too. Travis was Snow boarding.. Shelby and Melissa having fun!

I have so much hair that i can hardly keep my hat on my head. LOL

OH NO!! I For got

Family Christmas 2010

I never posted pics from Christmas this past year. We had a GREAT TIME. We Played games, had FABULOUS FOOD and the best part was we got to be with FAMILY..

My dad is in the pic with my sister RaeAnn. My family loves to play games and have fun. As you can see my DAD is way fun. As a kid we always had so much fun with my dad. He always played sports with us. My DAD is the BEST DAD in the WORLD. He loves the Grand kids and is always a hands on Grandpa. He has played all kinds of sports with our kids. Golf, Basketball, Baseball, Softball and even comes to every game that the kids play that he can. He has even taught them how to shoot Guns, use a Bow and Arrow and work in the yard. I am very lucky to have such a GREAT DAD and I know my kids feel the same way.

Travis and Shelby are in the other pic. How cute are they??? WAY CUTE!!!

Valentines

Steve is working tonight so we had our Family valentines dinner Sunday night. We had Steak, salad and yummy potato's and rolls of course. We had so much fun talking, laughing and just being silly. I started to tell my mom about the talks in Sacrament. Avery took over. I loved that she new about the talks and the stories they told. Travis got in on them as well. Travis said (well the theme was family) WOW! I thought to my self , they do pay attention. Avery said, mom, would you sacrifice things for your kids, like the man in the story? Shelby then said, mom always sacrifices for us. She stays home so when we come home from school she was here to help us and feed us. She is always at our schools helping out. She does a lot. Then Travis said, ya mom lets me use her socks and never has seconds so we can have more food. Ya she does said Avery and that's why we should always do what mom wants us to do. I was so happy to here them. As a mom you wonder, are they getting it? They just kept on going about stuff I do for them. it was a WOW!! moment for sure. Shelby then started to talk about moving out. A part of me likes this idea but 70% does not. I started to get tears in my eyes and Shelby said mom whats wrong. Nothing I said. I have a dream that I want to come true. WHAT? she said. The night before you get married you have to stay with us and you , Avery & me will cuddle on the bed a talk. She just gave me a big smile and said OK.. Best Valentines dinner ever...

Turning 40 ...

This last November i turned 40 years old. People asked me how I felt about turning 40 ( this is us at the Miranda Lambert concert) Steve got tickets for my Birthday. It was so much fun!! I am really good with urning 40. I look to my future and see a new me. When I was turning 35 that was very hard on me. I knew I was no longer going to be having kids. I LOVED, LOVED being pregnant.
What was i going to do? Avery was going to all day preschool and I was lost. I new i was still needed, I knew I still had tones to do around the house. I would just look in the mirror and say WHAT IS Wrong with you? GET A GRIP? But I could not get out of that feeling of depression. I was no longer going to play groups at the park. I no longer fit in with the stay at home moms MIX and Mingle lunches. But to me I was still a young mom. All I ever really wanted to be was a GREAT MOM! Yes, i had dreams of being a Nurse or doing Hair, but really all I wanted was a great husband and lots of kids. I still sometimes have a hard time with this. I now I am a good Mom.. I am very involved in the schools they attend. It just is not the same thing as looking in at the baby sleeping in the crib, holding on with excitement when you know for the first time they are going to say MOMMY! So now as I look into my future and see how my kids are growing up to be fabulous people and how we hold adult conversations. I am great with turning 40 and hoping that soon Ty and Kylie will be having a baby. How I look forward to holding on with excitement, because my Grand baby is going to say NANA..
So to all of my wonderful young mom friends, don't rush, cherish every moment. It really goes so fast, but don't think as I did. That you don't know what your purpose in life will be later on. Because as i have learned, a Mother is always needed, no matter the age of your child and you will have those WAHOOO moments or moments of excitement no matter the age of your child..

I had a baby.. J/K

The kids and I have been wanting another Dog. I have been looking for a long time and then a friend of mine txt me and said they have PUPPIES... I asked what kind? She said a Chweenie! I said WHAT? LOL It is a Chihuahua and Wiener Dog mix. I said I am coming over..

Steve and I went to take a look. I fell in love with her as soon as I saw her. Se has Pretty green eyes and has Golden brown hair. She loves to snuggle and play.

Avery and Aaron tried to come up with a name, I let them pick. They could not decide so they started to think of dog names from movies. They love the movie 8 Below and really like the name Maya. She is part Hispanic so the name fits her.. HAHA


She is doing GREAT!! She started to sleep through the night two days after we got her. For the most part she Potty's out side. Maya can Sit, Sand up and stay. She is learning very quick.

Maya on Christmas day at Muga and Papas house. She loves her bed and did not potty in my moms house once that day, WAHOOO!!


We take her everywhere. She goes shopping with us. Avery takes her for walks.
When I go to the schools she goes with me. They love her.
She even goes on play dates to see her sister Peevie. LOL The herbs got her sister too,

I have always loved animals and she is a great dog to have.

So wish us luck.. It is now the CHEWING STAGE..