I have a problem.

I LOVE FOOD! All food and especially treats. I always have to have something sweet at the end of every meal. I have struggled with this problem most my life and have tried numerous ways to help myself overcome, however, I always seem to fail.

My favorite time to indulge in my sin is while the boys are both napping and the house is quiet and I can really enjoy what I'm eating. Or at night. Kev can attest that many nights I get a need for sweets. I have done better on this though, since nighttime eating doesn't agree with my weight plan. (I seemed to add a 'few' pounds when we were first married due to late dinners)

I run, and I like to run, but I also HAVE to run because of my bad habit. Perhaps if this weren't such a struggle I might lose weight, instead of maintain. That's a crazy concept!

If anyone has any tips or tricks on how I can beat this, please share!

Happy Birthday Jordo!

Oops, this is a little late. Jordan's birthday is really the 18th, which was last Sunday, but I was waiting to get pictures of all the presents in action and then I was waiting for time to update. So here it finally is!

I can't believe he is already one! I don't think you can help but think about how life was one year ago, when we were waiting for him to come, in the hospital and all the events that led up to his birthday. It has been a fun year and he is a fun little boy. He has so much personality and is just dying to keep up with his big brother, which won't be too long.

We decided, since Jordo didn't care, we would just do a few small family celebrations and save the big stuff for when we have a house that fits everyone and when Jordo actually knows what is going on. Here are the highlights....

An Elmo sprinkler! Hurray for things to play with outside this summer. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Shaw. After blowing out his really big candle. Ty helped the first time, then we let Jordo have his own turn.
Putting the sprinker to good use. (I don't know why Jordo is pinching his tummy?) The were a little unsure about the freezing hose water.

This is what Jordo really thought and Ty was just as cautious as Jordo. I bet as the summer goes on, they'll get used to it.

Blowing out the not-so-big candle on the second cake, this time at Grandma and Grandpa Gay's.

Opening another present, a bath toy. So after they play outside and need a bath, they'll have just as much fun.

Testing the waters, to make sure this wasn't some cruel trick.A little more into it, but still not quite as crazy as I thought he would be.

Ty with Jordo's bath toy. It had been a long day for Jordo and he was in bed early, but Ty loves it just as much and played with the bath foam too.

Happy Birthday Jordo, we love you!!!

Mother's Day!

This Mother's Day started out great with Kev getting up with the kids and making a wonderful waffle breakfast. Then they surprised me with a gift. I told Kev to count San Diego this year, so I really wasn't expecting anything. He had arranged for my little brother, Todd, to take Ty and Jordan to Color Me Mine while we were gone. They made a plate and a light switch cover. They turned out so cute! Thanks to my perfect family for making this a memorable Mother's Day!

SAN DIEGO!!

I know we just posted, but I didn't want to wait too long before showing off our amazing trip to San Deigo. Kev and I celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary (a few months early) and took off to San Diego for a few days. We left the day after Kev's last final, and he started summer semester the day after we got home. It was basically our only window of opportunity.

It was so fun to go and leave everything else behind, including our two darling little boys. We missed them, but they were in very capable hands (Thanks a million times, Mom and Dad!) and it was just a big party for them. I don't think we were missed much with how much fun Grandma and Grandpa are.

We got into San Diego Friday morning and our first event was that night at Petco Park for a San Diego Padres game. When we get old, Kev wants to travel the states visiting MLB baseball parks, watching games and eating hot dogs.

We were sort of high up, but still had a great view of the game. The only downside was that we were apparently in the crazy high school and drunk college student section. As people cleared out below us, we moved down a few rows to avoid getting beer spilled on us. But the game was awesome! The Padres couldn't pull a win for us, but it was still fun watching and eating a delicious ballgame dog.

Saturday morning we went to the San Diego temple. We were able to do a session and help with some sealings and it was really neat. It is always fun to see different temples and admire their design and detail, and this was no exception. In fact, Kev and I both agree that this may be our new favorite temple. Everything was so beautiful. If you ever get the chance to even walk the grounds of this temple, do it. It is amazing!

Of course we had to hit the beach. (Neither of us are in this pic, so don't look too hard.) This is actually a picture of the cove that was at the part of the La Jolla Beach that we went to. We didn't brave the freezing waters, but hanging out in the sand and watching the waves was good enough. This was inside the cove.

Monday was Sea World!

Who doesn't love a day watching dolphins and killer whales jump and flip out of the water?

Pretty cool, huh? We even went on some new rides that they have at Sea World which were a little wet but a lot of fun. Except the virtual helicopter ride through the Arctic. That made me a sick, but the others were great.

Then Tuesday we went home. It was fun to go and have a break, but we missed our boys and had to get back to real life. Ty gave us a warm welcom at the airport, running right to us . It was nice to know he still needed us. Jordo actually wanted to stay with my dad for a while, but he came around pretty quick.

Maybe Hawaii for #10?

Cadavers anyone?

Well, many of you may know that Kev has been working non-stop this past semester on his anatomy class, all in hopes to pass and leave it behind him. At UVSC, the anatomy teacher is known for his ridiculously hard class and basically failing everyone. Whoever fails the best, gets the A. So all semester, quiz after quiz, test after test and cadaver after cadaver, Kev kept going, not ever knowing his grade. Then the time came for the final. He studied and studied some more and then was done. There was nothing more he could do, just wait and see how he did. We left and spent five perfect days in San Diego (another post soon!) and all this time not knowing if he would have to retake anatomy or not. He did a very good job of not worrying though. The very next day after we came home, grades were posted. And in the other two classes he sailed through, both A's. And anatomy?

B!!!!

All his hard work had paid off. He wasn't even close to retaking. He wasn't even borderline! He passed the class with flying colors and could happily move on with his life!

Congratulations to Kev and he definitely deserved it. We should have kept track of all the hours he spent studying, testing, in the lab working on cadavers and studying some more. Way to go! Now on to physiology- Good luck!