Camping on Memorial Day

The Friday night before Memorial Day we decided to go on a little camping excursion. We went overnight and stayed in a cabin at Three Island Crossing at Glenn's Ferry. It was very nice and clean and we enjoyed it...except the kids would not sleep!! I was this close to taking them home in the middle of the night and throwing them in their beds (it's about a 2 hour drive?). It was probaly about 12:30 before they went to sleep, the little stinkers!! It rained on Saturday morning so we cooked up some scrambled eggs and little smokies on the gas griddle and let the kids cast their fishing poles a few times then headed home. It was fun and just about right for a camping trip!

Our Cabin

Dinner...hot dogs cooked on the smokey campfire!

Inside of the cabin

Breakfast on the swing

Fishing in the rain

Wellness Challenge

As many of you know I am on a quest! A quest to loose a ton (no, not literally) of weight. I have lost 30 pounds already this year and have a goal to lose 50 more. I was doing really good at first, those first 20 lbs came off pretty fast and easily. The next 10 were a little more stubborn but still came off. I have recently hit a plateau and no weight has been coming off and I have been a little frustrated. When I first started taking the weight off I had the incentive of a fitness challenge at my gym, I didn't win but it was still fun and challenging. I recently got an email from a lady in my ward telling me about a wellness challenge she was hosting and wondering if I could help spread the word since I host the ward Relief Society blog. I decided right then that I was joining her challenge because I knew it was what I needed!! I need accountability, I need a goal, I need someone to work on this with me so I talked my mom and best friend Linda into doing it with me also!! My first week I got 67 out of 70 points. Not too bad! There are 10 goals you work on every day and you get a point for completed each goal every day. You do get a free point for each goal each week so you do have a "cheat day". The site for this challenge is http://youcanbethebestyou.blogspot.com/p/blog.html in case you want to check it out for yourself. I'm excited to do this!!!! Oh, and before you think I am totally bummed about the weight thing...I have been going to the gym 3-4 times a week and can now fit into clothes I was wearing pre-pregnancy! Yay muscle, boo-yah!!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to our favorite daddy!!

Emmett Cherry Festival

Today we decided to go to the Emmett Cherrry Festival and have fun (and dad told them they could ride some rides!!). We didn't actually see that much to do with cherries but that's okay. They had a classic car show, fair rides, yummy and very bad for you food, a petting zoo (complete with mating alpacas), and the standard booths that try to sell you all sort of things you wouldn't normally buy.

  We all had fun and the kids can't wait to go back...unfortunately they'll have to wait until next year!!

What are we up to?

A LOT!!!! I am very behind on my blog and am hoping to catch up...some day!! So here is just a little of what we've been doing!!



Ben built a pergola with some help from a few friends in the Elder's Quorum.

A & E graduated from Preschool.



We visited Disneyland, San Diego Zoo, and SeaWorld!!

We visited the zoo a couple of times.



We visited the Boise Aquarium where I fed fish, shark, and rays by hand while the kids watched.

 Here's just a little of what we've been doing and hopefully I can get more blogged later. We have been having a fun summer already and are excited to do more fun things as the summer goes on!