House Pic's

See DJ, You are not the only one who still needs to decorate. And at least you have an excuse, you just moved in. I have no excuses.... It's just so hard, I'm being so picky about everything and I still need to pick out fun paint colors and paint. All in time I guess. :)

My Laundry room

Master Bath, I finally have a tub! :)

Master Bedroom

Spare Room (Shabby Chic Girly room!) :)

Spare bath (decorated for all my nieces and nephews who love to come and stay!)

My Family Room, still waiting for my Entertainment console to hide all the wires. Soon.... :)

My Office that I spend all day everyday in.

My Kitchen.

My Dining Room, can't wait for my new Kitchen Table that fits more then four people! :)

Pictures that I promised and more to come!

My Bowling Shoes! (Just for you DJ :) )

Bowling scores (I have the highest! :) )

Our make shift fridge on Christmas day b/c I ran out of room in my fridge.

Our home on Christmas Day with lots of snow! I think my first White Christmas ever.

Our Big Baby, Abby :)

I don't have much time to write, but wanted to let everyone know who reads my blog that I will be back up and writing next week. I also got a fabulous new camera for Christmas so new photos will be coming soon (including my bowling shoes- DJ :) ).



I am in Montana, and I have always loved coming here. Life is so much slower (especially in Great Falls, where I have been the past two days) and it gives me time to think and reflect on everything that is going on in my world. Today I have had too much time to think and reflect, so I am excited to get into Kalispell tomorrow and hopefully be distracted from my thoughts.



2008 has been a year of growth for me. And although many great things happened in 2008 ( I bought my first home, grew closer to God.) I am very excited for it to be over. I am looking forward to 2009 with hope, I have a feeling that it too will be another year of growth for me, but I know that Jesus will be by my side.



Until next week, take care and I hope you all have a Happy New Year!

Wii :)

It is so beautiful outside with the snow falling. I just love the cold weather and being stuck in my home. It's so cozy.

Last night I got an early Christmas present from my Husband, sort of by accident. I have these points at work where I can order free stuff and they are being discontinued so I needed to use them up right away, I asked for his help to try and figure out what I should use them for. Right away he said, why don't you get the Wii fitness program, and I said, 'yeah, but first we need the wii system to use the fitness program on.' I thought he didn't understand, LOL, so then he had to eventually tell me that he bought me one and that he tried to buy me the fitness program to go along with it but they were sold out everywhere. So I used some of my points to order the Wii fitness. :) Since he told me he bought it we ended up pulling it out and playing it with our friends (Adam and Khayla) until midnight last night. Boy am I tired, and my right arm is so sore that I can barely move it. The boxing and tennis seriously give you a workout. I LOVE IT! Such a wonderful early Christmas present. Thanks babe! xoxo :)

this and that...

So Dan has stopped betting me in bowling because I keep beating him (which I secretly LOVE) :) And my name was listed on all of the monitors last night for having the highest score the week before and I think I'll be getting it next week too because I rocked it last night! I guess I better not jinx myself. :) Bowling is fun, but so much more fun when we win.

I have my little niece with me tonight, Ryah Michelle. She is watching the Polar Express and she is so excited about Christmas, children make the holidays so special. I hope and pray that God will allow me to have a baby someday, what a wonderful gift that would be.

I got my Twilight novel in the mail today, I am so excited to start reading it. I have a bad feeling that I will be so engrossed in it that I won't be able to put it down until it is finished. (Just ask my Mom what I'm like when I start reading a book.) LOL

Okay, I better get off of here, Ryah is coming into the office and trying to peak at her and everyone elses Christmas presents. Goodnight! :)

Just a little personal.....

So I just finished watching last nights episode of the Biggest Loser and I cried my eyes out! For many reasons:

• Because Renee had to be sent home. :(
• Because I was so happy that the Mother Daughter relationship between Renee and Michelle which was once broken, is now mended and I am so happy for them.
• Because the one person I want to go home (Vicky) is still on the show.
• Because I'm watching the BL and I'm so inspired by there weight loss yet, I am sitting on a couch not working out when I should be.
• Because I have gained so much weight this year and don't feel like myself anymore. :(

And then, because I am obsessed with the show and have to try and motivate the last remaining black team member (her name is Michelle also) I sent her a message on her myspace so hopefully it will push her to defy the odds and win the 250k and beat out VICKY! :)

When I was on her myspace, I read a blog that she had posted titled, 'Why do YOU?' and it was about why do you work out? because you have to? because you want to? because of all these other reasons?? and it got me thinking..... Why DON'T I? Why do I not care enough about myself, my health, my happiness to work out and stop the cycle of obesity in my family? Why do I never know when to stop eating? Why do I reward myself with food? Why do I eat even when I am not hungry?

I have an ENTIRE closet full of clothes that I can not wear and it kills me. I am not as happy as I could be, and it is not because of other people's thoughts or feelings about how I look, but about my thoughts and feelings about how I look. I don't feel good about myself anymore, and I want to. I need to quit making excuses and putting off changing my habits until a 'Monday' or a certain date on my calendar. I need to make changes right now! Today! And they need to be life changes, not just goal weight changes, this has to be something that I am going to work at for the rest of my life. I am given only one chance on this earth and I want to be the best I can be on the inside and on the outside. So today I am making this promise to myself to stop the cycle, today I am going to answer the question that Michelle posted in her blog, 'Why do YOU?'

• Because I want to be happy
• Because I want to be healthy
• Because I want to be an inspiration to others
• Because I want to do this for myself!

PS- on a side note, I am very happy that America gets to Vote for who is the third person in the finale on the BL, and I kicked butt in bowling last night (best I have ever done 165 and got a turkey-for those of you who don't know, that is 3 strikes in a row!), even made a bet with my Husband and WON!!! and he actually held up his end of the bet! :)

Cameras, Software, Pictures and Battery Chargers......

I FINALLY searched through five boxes in my garage and found the software so that I could download my pictures from my camera to my computer. And of course I am now able to download my pictures, but now my camera battery is dead :( and for the life of me I can not find the battery charger ANYWHERE!!! :( So I will be on a mission tonight to search for it, even though I've already torn apart my whole house looking.

So here are a few pic's of my nieces and nephews that I think are just so cute. The ones of all the kids in the tub I took this summer when everyone came out to BBQ and Dan set up a homemade slip-n-slide for the kids, and then they all decided they wanted to take a bath! The one of Kendall (my niece) in our sink was taken about two weeks ago when Dan and I were babysitting. She was fascinated with the water in the sink so it was Dan's idea to let her get in and have some fun. Someday he is going to be a really great Dad!

DJ, I promise I will put pic's up of my house, my tree, and my bowling shoes once I find my charger and am able to take more pic's.

Mom, I know your going to ask for the below pic's of the kids. JUST BE PATIENT! :)