...and the award for Worst Blogger goes to...

...ME!
I haven't blogged in over 2 months!!! Holy Geez! Sorry friends. I royally suck. After having three different friends tell me I suck at blogging, I decided I better get my butt in gear. So here's some fun random tangents:

*I LOVE summer! School got out like June 4 or 5, I can't even remember! I've put it so far in the past! HA! I miss my school kids, but I L-O-V-E summer and being home with my Topher Gopher.

*Next week is the end of my 99 day challenge. I've lost a total of 24 pounds and am now wearing clothes that I haven't fit into in like 10 years. LOVE it. I still have about 20 more pounds to drop before I'm back to high school weight, but I can do it! I have to go in to the radio station next Tuesday to take final pics, then everyone will get to vote. Hopefully I get a lot of votes so I win the Florida trip!

*I gave Topher a haircut. Yikes. BAD. He looks like a monkey. Unfortunately NOT a cute monkey. A funky monkey. Hopefully it won't look too bad in a week or two.

*Topher is teething. Sigh. He's getting his fangs. I hear those are the worst, most painful teeth to cut. So it makes sense that he's been a complete beast the last couple days. Poor kid. Hopefully it's just about over.

*My brother Russell and his wife Cindy and their three year old TJ came to stay with us last weekend. We went swimming at the Lehi Legacy Center and went to the zoo and had tons of fun. Pics to come later.

*ECLIPSE. Twice. Went on opening night at 9pm with my friend Karen and her family. Then went the next night with Jay and my friend Kristin. I am ridiculously obsessed with Jacob. It's scary and sad and wrong. But I don't freaking care. Bella is a total moron. Nothing against Edward, but seriously... I'd choose Jacob in a heartbeat. I've always been Team Jacob, ever since I read New Moon for the very first time.

*My house got attacked by our neighbor's trampoline. Like 90 mph winds blew it over the fence and crashed into our kitchen windows. Crazy and scary. Sooo glad Kristin was there so one of us could stay calm. I was a mess. Jay was gone and my neighbors were out of town, so I just ran next door and screamed for help. It's all good now, we got our window fixed and bought a new light fixture (the other one got ripped off). How many people can say they witnessed a trampoline attack? Now that it's all in the past it's pretty funny.

*My friend Natalie had her baby!!! YAY!! A boy named Camden. She was three weeks early! Wasn't due until July 22! But baby is healthy and all is good. Can't wait to meet him! My teacher friend Melissa had her baby too, on June 22, a boy named William. It must be baby season! :)


That's all I can think of. I'll try to blog more often, but I'm not promising anything.

Blogging takes time and energy...

...and lately I haven't had either of those. Sorry it's been so long. Life is good. Topher is learning new words everyday; so far he's really good with mama, dada, uh-oh, nanana (banana), and he's close to getting the word up.

We've been out of town for the last three weekends, so my house is a mess, we have no clean laundry, but we've had lots of fun!

We spent Easter weekend in Cedar and St. George...
We spent last weekend in Mesquite for the Sigma Nu White Rose Formal (leaving Topher overnight for the first time ever, and I didn't even cry!)
We spent this weekend in Spanish Fork...

It's good to be home.

School is in the busy-freakedoutteacher-phase, so who knows when I'll have time to jump on here again, but just know that no news is good news and all is fine.

I've taken a bajillion cute pics lately; I'll post more someday. But for now, enjoy the cute one of us with the Easter Bunny.

99 Day Challenge Top Ten "Before" Pics!

I went to the radio station last Thursday to take "before pictures". I am the biggest girl in the competition! I couldn't believe it! I actually think that's a good thing for me, because I'll be able to make a really drastic transformation and my AFTER pic will be amazing and maybe that will help me get more votes and win the Florida trip!!!

To see all the "before" pics of the ten contestants, go here:

http://www.my995fm.com/pages/99daychallenge/

I'm the very last picture. Not very flattering, but it's my "before" pic so it's not supposed to be cute! My "after" pic is the one that counts!

Guys, I am SOOOO EXCITED!! I went to the gym yesterday morning and worked out, and signed up to meet my trainer Monday morning at 5:30!! You all know that I am NOT a morning person at all, but somehow this competition has made me be able to overcome it! I know it's only day 3, and I still have 96 more to go, so hopefully I'll still be this enthusiastic the whole way through.

99 Day Challenge!!!

A few weeks ago I heard a contest on the radio...

http://www.my995fm.com/pages/99daychallenge/

So I entered. In my entry form I wrote about how we just spent all our money for Jay to have gastric lapband surgery and how he's lost 40 pounds since November and I've only lost like 4!! About how I'd love to go to the gym but we don't have the money and how I'm jealous of all the attention Jay is getting for his weight loss and how I have some catching up to do, etc. etc.

I know there were at least 60 people who entered... they were going to pick 5 men and 5 women.

And guess what??

I GOT THE PHONE CALL TODAY FROM THE RADIO STATION!!!!
I'M IN!!!! Wooohooooo!!!!

I am so flipping excited!!! So I automatically win a year membership to Golds Gym and a duffel bag full of stuff. Then if I have the "biggest transformation" (a.k.a. get the most votes!) after 99 days when they post my before and after pics, I win a trip to Florida!!!!!!

I go in to the radio station Thursday to meet the other 9 contestants, get interviewed, learn all the rules/deadlines, and take "before" pictures. Then comes 99 days of intense working out, eating right, and changing my physical appearance!!!!

Did I mention I'm FREAKING EXCITED?!?!?! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Wish me luck!
I'll be sure to keep you posted all along the way!!

Parent Teacher Conferences:

I SURVIVED!!!

Parents didn't yell or be mean to me or anything!!

WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Topher's 12 month checkup

Last Wednesday I took Topher to his 12 month check up. Good thing, too... here's what we found out:

He has a double ear infection.
He has a pretty bad cold.
He has all four molars cutting through.
He has a heart murmur.


All of that sounds pretty awful, but it's really not so bad. He had a double ear infection in the fall too, and the dr said that's pretty typical of young kids, so as long as he's not getting them every month, he's fine. He's had a cold for awhile, we have the humidifier going in his room, but it'll just take time. All four molars cutting... well that just sucks. He hasn't been too particularly fussy, but he does have his rough days. As for the heart murmur, the dr also said not to worry. He said it's not uncommon in babies and they normally grow out of it. He just wanted to make me aware of it in case I ever have to take Topher to the instacare/ER and another dr notices it. Just so we all don't freak out.

What a week. I love my Topher Gopher and I'm sad he has to deal with all this mess at once, but I guess it's all part of raising kiddos and the good stuff totally outweighs the bad stuff so we'll just have to grit our teeth and make it through.

If...

We've all heard this question: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?

What do you think? Opinions?



Also, my blog feels lonely. If a girl blogs but there's no one there to read it, does it make a difference?

I guess it's my own fault for going private, eh? Grrr. But it was a change that needed to happen so I guess I have to deal with it.