Here I go...

I have been struggling with my weight forever. I haven't ever been very satisfied with how I look and I would love to feel great about myself, SO...Here I go! I am putting myself out there and telling you all about my 14 days late "New Years Resoloution". Honestly I don't like to call it that because most people that have resoloutions quit them by Valentine's day, but I guess with it being the time of year it is, this is mine.

I am going to lose 30 pounds by my 22nd birthday on August 7th. I realize that 30 lbs is pretty ambitous, but I am ready and 6 1/2 months is a healthy time frame to lose it in. The reason I am telling all of you (if anyone reads this---hi, mom!) is so I have people that know about my goal and hopefully check in on me. I'm definitely not going to post how much I weigh...ok maybe in August I will post my "after" weight so if you'd like to, you can do the math...YIKES! However, I will absolutely post my progress along the way (ie: this week I lost 3 lbs, or I am down 12 pounds!) as well as yummy recipes I find and little workout tips and favorite fat blastin' moves! Wooo! Are you gettin' pumped? I knew you were, so here I go!

I thought it was time for an updated picture of us so....here is an updated (sort of) picture of us. This was a few months ago when we went to the Ogden temple. Boring post...shorter hair. Who knew?

Cruise Countdown!

I am sure this sounds silly, but I am a little jealous of myself....so try not to feel bad when you start getting jealous of me :) We are going on a cruise for our 1 year anniversary in December! The current countdown is 24 days to go! We fly out of Salt Lake to Miami on Dec. 13th and our cruise leaves the next day. It's a 7 day Eastern Caribbean cruise that ports at the Bahamas, St. Maarten, and St. Thomas. I am even more excited because this time we are cruising with 3 other couples. I have never been to Florida either, so I am happy that we are staying there for a night before and a night after the cruise. I will most definitely post tons of pictures after we get back (just to make you sufficiently jealous)!

Ben's Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!

Ben just turned 27 on the 13th of November. We went over to my mom and dad's house for an early birthday (where this pic was taken) on Monday. I love this fake half smile picture...wow :). He got some pretty sweet games for our Wii and tons of clothes. I hope you had a good birthday...I love you Ben!

Halloween

So I stole this picture from my sister-in-law Kelli's blog...hope you don't mind Kel:) This is my family on Halloween...well part of my family. The top row is my sister Michelle, my brother Matt, my mom Julie, and me. The bottom row is my neice Marisa, my nephew Dylan, my sister Katie and my baby sister Kelsey. I went trick or treating with my sisters and my neice and nephew and ended up carrying Marisa for half of it! It was a pretty fun Halloween but I wish Ben hadn't been working that night. Happy Halloween!

Old Navy Denim

So as many of you know, I work at Old Navy a couple times a week and now that my friend heard a commercial for the sale on Saturday on the radio, I guess it's ok to talk about. This Saturday, August 23rd there is going to be a huge sale on most Old Navy denim! Men's and Women's denim will be $12 a pair and Kid's denim will be $7 a pair! Way great, I know. They are saying it's a limit of 3 per person but I think if you have kids with you, they will count them in your limit. Lame example here...Ok say I went shopping with my little sisters Katie and Kelsey, I would be able to buy 9 pairs because 3 people at 3 per person (3x3=9!). Anyway... I just thought I would let ya'll know about it and hopefully it won't be too crazy that day! As far as I know, this sale is at all Old Navy's. We open at 9 AM on Saturday. Have fun shopping!

Lime Ricki

So I found this fun site called LimeRicki.com and I love their cute mix of fabrics! Plus the swim tops are long so they don't ride up and make the suit uncomfortable. The one I got is called "Greta". I love the tie in the back-so fun! They are pretty reasonably priced as well and they are here in Utah so I got my swimsuit in the mail the next day! I would definitely recommend them to anyone!