to feel outstanding again

I'm in good shape, I am at a comfortable place. But I want to be in HOT shape. Sooo I think about doing no sugar again, and....maybe I'm going to start working out,too...(sigh) Just thinking about it makes me tired though. I do this yo-yo thing in my mind. So much effort when I'm already mostly happy with where I'm at. But there are those days when I remember feeling outstanding, when you don't need anyone to tell you that you look good. I'm almost ready to feel that way. But am I ready to do what it takes?? Soccer is over, so I have a little more time nowadays. All I need is a plan. A start, deadline, proper motivation, etc. What gets you going???

Soooo not good at blogging these days!

Sorry people. We've just been busy! Soccer is over next week and I am so happy about that! I have been baking brownies like a mad woman! Testing different combinations of frosting, sheet cake frosting...yeah, they're really good. So the box mix I like the best is Betty Crocker. I haven't gotten the frosting part down yet, but my friends are enjoying my challenge, since I give most of them away. :) I do know where the best powdered sugar is now, and I plan on toying with dark chocolate cocoa.
I did find a vacuum, its a little Eureka dust buster on wheels with a long handle. It is doing the job quite well. My only complaint is that the cord is about 3 feet too short, so I have an extension on it.
Also, I can't find my cord to download my pictures! Driving me a little crazy.
We still haven't decided where we're moving, but its getting closer. 9 more months and we'll be gone!

Looking for a vacuum!

My sweet little vacuum died! I got it 7 years ago and now they don't make them any more. It was a little GE model with a retractable handle, a little dust buster came off of the front, and it had a brush roller on the bottom. So I'm looking for a replacement that is small, zippy, can get chunks from under the table and do corners well. I am completely open to suggestions. Please let me know if you have one that works really well!

a few more Utah vacation pictures

Adam and Eve :)

Mary and Esther Truth

We put the kids to bed and had a fun dinner!

Utah -Bean Museum, Treehouse Museum, dinner with Mom & Dad

Bean Museum: Kimmy & I and the kids.









Treehouse Museum -We went with Kiri, Adalyn and Jacob











Hanging out at Kimmy's house!
This is how the kids slept almost every night!

The boys before church.

Dinner with the family! We missed Allen, Christi, Scott and their lovely families that night!


















More to come! Enjoy these until I get a few more minutes! I have so many pictures to post!

Denver

We started our vacation by driving 13 hours to Denver, Colorado. This is everything we packed in the car. After I took the pictures, I remembered to put the pillows in the back. Not bad for 2 1/2 weeks!



We stayed with David's sister Rachel and her family for a few days. She and Ryan were wonderful hosts! We stayed up late, ate good food, played games and had so much fun playing with the cousins, Mia and Lydia. David's parents and Grandma Sparks were also visiting for Grandma's 85th birthday celebration. It was a lovely reunion!!
Here we had a mini birthday celebrate for David. :)





David with Grandma Sparks