My 2007 Blog Book

Yay! I'm finally done! (actually I've had my book for a couple of weeks...just procrastinated the post) Making my blog into a book was tons of fun and I think everyone should do it! This is the reason I'm such a diligent blogger...I love having a fun way to keep a "journal". There are several things that I will do different for 2008. Starting with not doing slide shows, and making sure I print a copy of the book out before I publish it. (the program recommends this but I thought I was above it...should have done it...I could have caught several mistakes!)

Total Cost (for those of you who are wondering) 8X11 Hardcover 110 pages about $37.00

Now I get to start working on 2008!

Karate Man Meltdown

Both of the boys had Belt Promotions last night. Jace was up for his white belt purple stripe and East was getting his brown belt yellow stripe. As you can see Easton got his new belt! We are so proud of him!Where is the photo of the little brother? Here's the story: (for posterity) As we are driving to the Karate school Jace asks me "Mom, do you think we could go buy some Pokemon cards after Karate?"...I gave the typical mom answer of "We'll see."

As we are getting out of the van Jace says "Mom, I forgot my shoes." "Oh well, I say...but we won't be able to go to the store without shoes so we'll have to go another time." WHAT??? followed by a major melt down!

So...I drag the kicking and screaming child into Karate so that I can try to calm him down in time for him to get his new belt (which by the way he has been anticipating for weeks!)~only to drag him back out kicking and screaming 15 minutes later...minus the new karate belt! AAAHHHH! So now...if you'd like to feel sorry for the poor little guy....his life is feeling pretty empty right now without a new Karate belt OR some new Pokemon cards! I would be willing to bet that my guy takes the cake for the most stubborn child!

It's a good thing I love him so much!....isn't Karate supposed to be helping me with this!!??

Aren't they cute!?

Weigh In

Emmy was weighed again today and is down to 11 lbs. 9 ozs. Yippee! Way to go Emmy!

I realize it seems like I take my dog to the vet everyday! This time it was for 'excessive itching' (like waking us up in the night 'excessive itching!')....apparently the dog groomer nicked the inside of her ears and they have turned into huge scabs...Poor Puppy! :( But, hey at least we got a good weight report!

Cool School Of The Week

The kids' school was featured on Good Day Utah this morning on Fox 13 News as the "cool school of the week". They had several segments. Camry was featured along with her choir group The Musical Express. It was fun to see the kids on tv. We LOVE our school!

Click on the link to our school to see Camry perform. She is in the 4th segment.

Grandpa's Paintings

Camry and her new painting

My Grandpa is an artist. His garage is full of his oil paintings. Camry and I were in the garage checking them out and she mentioned that this fruit bowl was her favorite. I thought that was pretty cute, so I had to tell my Grandpa. Low and behold this was his very first painting! I hope Camry knows how special she is that she is now the proud owner of her Grandpa Greats very first painting! ~ I was also given a painting to take home (which I LOVE), but my camera battery died...so I'm going to post it later!

Thank you Grandpa! We love you!
Thank you for a great time Grandpa and Grandma!

Spring Break In St. George

The kids and I took a quick trip to visit Grandpa and Grandma Great in St. George for Spring Break. Although the weather was MUCH cooler than we expected, we had a great time! Camry and Grandma made jewelry (Grandma knows the way to this girls heart), Easton got to go golfing with Grandpa and some of his golfing buddies (he is still talking about how much fun he had), and Jace and I just had a good time hanging out and visiting with Grandma and Grandpa!

Jace, Grandma Great, and Camry
Grandpa Great and Easton

Being A Woman Is A Curse!

A Healthy Weight (View From The Top)

An Overweight Pooch (View From The Top)

The curse of the female genetics continue! My poor little puppy had to go in to the vet yesterday to have her teeth cleaned, and to get one of her baby teeth that had never come out removed. As always, when she goes to the vet they take a weight first....

As many of you know Emmy and I have been on a diet. I say 'Emmy and I' because it is incredibly hard for me to tell the poor little starving thing no! She has been reduced to 3/4 cup of food a day (down from an unlimited supply), she has been limited in her snacks (down to one small beggin' strip a day), and has been completely cut off from people food...including our nightly snack of popcorn!

At her last visit she weighed 12 lbs 7 ozs and I was told that "if I loved my dog she needed to lose about 3 lbs."

Fastforward about 3 1/2 weeks. She weighs in at 13 lbs! What the ???? All of that hard work?? Seriously? I'm not gonna lie either! The very minute I sat down with my mini bag of microwave popcorn tonight I SHARED! We are officially off the wagon!

I'd like to take a vote....I realize she is laying down in this photo, but I personally think she is just fine!! She may look a little bit more like the pooch in the second photo...but then...who really cares!?? What do you think? Emmy and I would love your support!