34th B'day Celebration

                                     yep, i finally hit the big 20!
                       what?

all that matters is how you feel right? and i feel.........20. lol brandon & i took a much needed quick trip to park city utah for some fun in the snow. yep, i said fun in the snow. i love to snowboard and that was my present from brandon. i was treated to p.f. changs..yummy and some cheese cake from the best place on earth. no, he didn't sing happy birthday like he told me we would, but it all made up for him leaving the morning of my birthday without even saying goodbye, let alone....happy birthday. not a good start to my day.
after some seriously fun snowboarding @ the canyons and dinner @ p.f. changs, we had some time to spend with eachother on temple square. we went to watch the movie @ the joseph smith memorial building....joseph smith- the prophet of the restoration. before entering the theater we sat next to this large statue of joseph and hyrum smith. i have a small hand carved statue of the same on my piano. as we waited...i felt bad because we had the giggles...but we were having fun taking totally random pictures of ourselves! so funny. see i told you i was only 20.

well i really enjoyed the movie and especially spending it with the love of my life. i learned alot about the prophet joseph. i cried. i felt the spirit testify of the truthfulness of the events depicted in the movie. i can't phathom living in those days. the pursecutions, trials, temptations to give it all up. but he didn't. what a testimony builder for me. look at all he went through and he never faultered.  


the next day we went to brighton and did more boarding there and that was so fun. i even got the guts to jump. and i landed it. maybe not a professional jump. but hey, who thought a 34...i mean 20 year old mom could do that. not me. so, all in all it was a fab 3 days with a fabulous man! thanks baby! 

I know that my Savior Loves ME!

so, back in june i was called to be the ward primary chorister. i knew i was going to be called to this through much prayer on my part. not only did i want to do this again, but i needed a change as i was the 12-13yr old sunday school teacher for 2.5 yrs. fun, but over it! i just want to share my random thoughts as i am preparing my music for this next sunday. the song we are learning is "i know that my savior loves me" and it is from the friend. i love original music as the primary childrens songbook is pretty outdated to me. i am always looking for fun, spiritual music to teach these kids. i am quite the emotional primary leader...lol. maybe just an emotional person in general, but music does something to me. i just get it. the message that is. i understand things so much clearer through music. i always feel a spirit about good music. christian, lds, pop. as long as it has a great message....i love it. ok...back to my thoughts.
the song says..i did not touch him or sit on his knee, yet JESUS is real to me. i know he lives, i will follow faithfully, my heart i give to him. I KNOW THAT MY SAVIOR LOVES ME.
i am so very thankful for my knowledge that he is real. that he loves each of us reguardless of any faults, that he never leaves us, that he loves us. i really am excited to meet with him one day and with so much excitement embrace him. i am excited to introduce my family to my sister. my kids always say 'it isn't fair, i didn't get to meet becky' i say....your right it isn't fair but the Lord needed her more then us. i can't wait....k...maybe i can, but you know what i mean.
the reason why i thought of becky was on a blog i follow for primary choristors the activity was so cute and it brought back some funny memories of becky. have a person with a cell phone stand in the hall and call your cell phone as you are getting ready to sing the first song. i am supposed to act surpised when the other person asks specifically for a primary child. they will tell them they are so proud of who they are and tell them to ask me to sing 'I feel my Savior's love' i will then continue that and again the cell phone will ring to ask for another primary child and so on. i will tell them this is just like speaking to Heavenly Father & Jesus. they are our friends. so the memory of becky comes into play. most of you never met her, but she definetly had a mind of her own, you couldn't tell her she was wrong either. so, the one year she attended seminary, lol, the lesson was on prayer. her instructor likend it to talking to the Lord on the phone. like we talk to our friends, we should have that kind of relationship with him, to pick up the phone and he is there.....she wasn't havin' it. she ran her mouth for a few minutes about how stupid that analogy was and low and behold the phone in the church hallway rang. the instructor looked at becky and said...becky, it's for you. she didn't think he was funny. he told her it was the Lord calling her to talk. it was funny when it happened, probably not so much now, but i just thought of this moment of becky.

day two of xtreme workouts

day two
500rep workout:

prisoner squat-50 reps. hands behind head and go as low as you can*pictured*

sit ups- 50 reps. regular sit ups with arms above head at finish
forward/backward lung- 50reps. go into a front lunge, back to standing postions, into backward lunge.
reptile- 50reps. plank position bringing one knee to elbow at a time(pictured)

turkish get-ups- 50reps. holding a bottle of water or low weights, start in standing position with arm above head, go to lay on back *like a sit-up*, and the get back up to standing position again. (pictured)

side V-crunch- 50reps. exactly what it says!
split pushups- 50reps. one regular/one tricep repeat
jump forward squat w/ 2 jumps back- 50reps. like a long jump then hop backward 2x. harder then it seems.
reversed plank knee tucks- 50reps. pictured

finished in 43:12. harder then it seems!

weights
arm:
cable handled single curl-ss/3x  5pds/15reps
close grip bar culs- ts/3x  20pds/10reps
burpees- 10reps
rest- repeat 3x
kickbacks- ss/4x  7.5pds/12reps
skull crushers-ts/4x 15pds/12reps
rest-repeat 4x
single cable push downs- ss/4x  10pds/10reps
wide grip bar curls-ts/4x  20pds/15reps
triceps pushups-4x 10reps

done!

xtreme workouts

so, i have been working out to the extreme lately and wanted to remind myself 6 months from now when i look back and read this, what kind of workouts i am doing. so pardon the blog, but this one is more for me.

Day one
3 rounds cardio kick:
burpee w/ pushups-20reps
side lunge jumps-50reps
jump rope jacks-50reps
pull ups-5reps
hanging straight leg raises-10reps
ninja jump tucks-10reps
repeat 3 rounds!

weights: leg day
walking lunges-ss/4x  10pds/15reps
drop sits-ts/4x bodyweight/20reps
leg extensions-45pds/15reps
rest 60sec inbetween-repeat 4x
pump lunges-ss/4x bodyweight/10reps each leg
ham curls-ts/4x  35pds/15reps
jump lungs pop squat-3x bodyweight/10reps
each color represents the block combination. all in the same color are done in a round, then rest between sets.

done! this was so hard. i wanted to throw up in the middle of the cardio session alone. it took me about 35min to complete the cardio part and another hr to complete the weight session.

food
meal 1- 4 egg whites/ww toast
meal 2- protien shake with 1/2 orange juice, 1/2 ice-water. taken right after workout to help muscle growth.
meal 3- 4oz chicken breast, ww toast
meal 4- 6oz. salmon, asperagus
meal 5- protien shake before bed

water intake was about 90oz of water!

Oh My, Oh My, Oh My.....

Where do I begin again. I have missed so many months from lack of motivation, that i don't even know where to begin. I started blogging to keep my parents, who were on a mission for our church, and friends and family who are far, up to date on the family happenings; but I feel so guilty for not keeping up on this that i feel like I just need to start over. I don't really want to do that because i have taken so much time making this blog and it would just go away. Oh my, what to do?! Call Millisa.....great idea. My blogging buddy! She is amazing at what she does and I have made a call for help. I can't wait for the telephone call tonight!! I really am so excited. My parents are on another mission and I feel so sad they haven't seen us in a while, nor could they if they tried because my blog sucks! lol. I promise to do better. I need this outlet too.
I will be posting more pictures in date order in the future so look for new posts in date order! thanks for being patient.