Running!

Ok, so far the wieght loss has been very slow and well just hard! I have been doing weight watchers but I have not been working out. I am not very good at working out. Me and working out are just not friends, but on the long drive to Chinle for Christmas I had some time to think. I decided that I have trouble working out because I have no goals. So I decided that I am going to run a 1/2 marathon. That is right 13 miles! To prepare for this I am going to first train and start with a few 5k runs. Then work up to a 10k and then end with my 1/2 marathon in Logan, UT in September. So I started today and I walked about a 1 3/4 of a mile and ran 1/4 of a mile. I have not ran in a very long time so it was not easy, but it felt great to actually start! So I will be posting my progress as I train for my races! If there is anyone that would like to run with me that would be fun! If you have any tips I would love to hear them! I have seen running change peoples lives and I am hoping that it will help me to be more healthy! So here is day one! Today was good, I am sure tomorrow will be bad, and the next day ugly, but I am going to keep on going!

Christmas time!

We are sad becuase our good friends Steph and Justin moved to Idaho. We are happy that they found a job, but way sad to have them move so far!

We went with Tser and Danny to their ward Christmas breakfast. Sammie was way tired!

Sammie sure loves Tser! She will go to Tser even if she is grumpy or sad.

For our FHE on Monday we made homemade Christmas trees! We had lots of fun. Eric and Tracey got creative and made some snow men out of marshmallows! I love this time of year! So fun!

Sammie can walk!

Birthday Cake!

Sammie's 1st Birthday!

We had such a fun day! All of our friends came and Von's parents and brother came, and then my sister Melissa came. We had a bbq. It was way nice weather. Sammie had so much fun opening her presents and eating her cake! She was really good at opening her presents. She would take the tissue out of the bag and look for the present inside! She was also very good at taking the wrapping paper off!

My friend Tser took these pictures and made them all cute for me!

She got way messy! She loved her big cupcake!

I bought her this cute hat but she did not want to wear it!

The Big Top cupcake pan made an awesome giant cupcake! My sister helped bake and frost all of the cupcakes! It was so fun to have her here! She was such a big help! I can hardly believe my little baby is one!

Von's new look!

For Halloween Von shaved off his facial hair so he could be a creepy clown. He also just cut off all of his hair. He has been growing it out since April. He originally was growing it out until after his brother got home from his mission. Josh was supposed to be home in August but he extended till September so then Von decided to just keep growing for Halloween. It was driving him crazy though so after Halloween he dedcided to chop it all off! So now he has no hair on his face and not much on his head! He looks very different, but I think he looks good no matter what!

Clean shaven for the first time in four years! It is also the first time I have ever seen him without facial hair! I did like the smooth skin!

Halloween!

I was Hermione this year and Sammie was Dorothy from the Wizard of OZ. We went to our ward's Trunk-or-Treat. It was fun. Sammie loved seeing everyone in costume.

We also had a Halloween party at my house. Here are some of our friends!

Here is Von as the ultimate creepy clown. We made him a life size Jack-in-the-Box. So kids had to look in the box for candy and when they opened the lid there was Von. He scared so many kids. One kid jumped into his dad's arms and ouwln't get down again! Von had a great time!

Here is all of us! We had a great Halloween!

Here is Sammie trying so hard to get to her candy! Her efforts paid off. She chewed so hard on the Starburts that she got through two layers of wrapper to get to the candy inside! Sammie ate a lemon starburst! It wasn't until I smelled the lemon that I realized she was eating candy! She is very sneaky!