Workout funk =(

Ok so I was doing awesome and my running was coming along, and then I went out of town. Yeah, this week has been horrible. My house has been torn apart and I have been having to leave every day. I have not worked out this week at all. I am just struggling to get motivated again. I am also really struggling with the weight loss. It just seems like as soon as I lose weight then I gain it back. I am just so frustrated and don't know what else to do. Diet and excerise are not working so what else is there?

Vernal

Here is Linds and her cute little boy Austin! He has gotten so big! he has the chubbiest little cheeks! You just want to squeeze em!

Here are Aidan and Kadren. They love to be silly. The only way I could get them to hold still long enough to take their picture was to take a silly one!

My cousin Kris is a lot taller than me. She is just standing there and yes I am not bending down, I am just that short!

Brandon, Kris, and Melissa. Although we were gathered for a funeral it was still fun to be all together.

Sammie and Von just hangin out. Von was a real trooper he chased Sammie all day long. He let me talk with my family while he was busy trying to keep an eye on Sam. She is so busy. She is always on the move and always into something. She is really fun though! We love her so much.

My Grandma Grape(Gray)

Ok so today is a sad day. My sweet little Grandma died today. It is also her birthday. My grandma has been sick for a long time now, so we knew it was only a matter of time, but I am still going to miss her so much. This is the last time I saw my grandma. We went to visit and let her meet Sammie. We sang for her at the nursing home. My grandma loved music! She loved to dance and listen to music. Every year at Thanksgiving when I was a kid we would pack all of my dad's P.A. equipment and take it to Vernal so that we could put on a show for Grandma.

When I think of my Grandma I think of how I used to call her Grandma Grape when I was little. I actually thought that was her name! I didn't know it was actually Gray till I got older. I also remember her sitting in her yellow kitchen drinking tea and doing her cross word puzzles. She loved to do cross word puzzles and play tivial pursuit! She had a great memory and would kick everyone's butt!

I also remember that grandma loved to do the laundry. She would wash the clothes and then go hang them on the line out back. She also loved cloudy skies. Nothing made her more happy than a nice cloudy day. She also loved to people watch out her front window while she washed the dishes. I also remember that Grandma made the best food. It didn't matter what she made, it always tasted soo good. I loved it when she would make breakfast for me. She would always go all out. She would make french toast, bacon, and eggs. She made sure you left that table with a way full tummy!

My favorite memory of my grandma has got to be when Jeremy and Gabe decided to cook a quail in grandma's kitchen at 10:00 at night. They made this smelly marinade to go on it and it stunk uo the whole house. Grandma was already alseep when they started cooking it. The nasty smell woke up grandma and when she saw that they had messed up her nice, clean kitchen she was more mad than I have ever seen her. She stormed into the kitchen with her hair all crazy from sleep and yelled, "What in the Sam Hell do you think you are doin? You better clean up this mess of I'll tan you're hides!" The best part was that the rest of us were watching and trying so hard not to laugh! We knew that if we laughed then grandma would get after us next. After grandma went back to bed the rest of us laughed till we cried. I love my grandma and I will miss her dearly. I am sad that my kids will not get to know her like I did.

New Year's Eve

My brother-in-law Josh came to visit. While he was here, we dyed his hair green with purple highlights.

For New Years we went to a friend's house. They had a fire pit in the back yard and that is where we stayed most of the night. I got so cold that I sat right next to the fire, in fact I sat so close that I caught my shoes on fire!

Von and I. We don't really take very many pictures of the two of us any more.

Von and Josh. It is funny that once you get these two together they revert back to their teenage days! They were being pretty funny! Hope everyone had a great New Year's! I also hope that all of your New Year's resolutions are going well. So far mine are going well. I am working hard every day to get ready for my 5k. Running is a lot harder than I thought it was going to be!

These are my cute little nephews, Keith and Lavon. They have gotten so big!

Here is all of the family! We were only missing Heather's husband Joe.

Sammie is opening her Christmas presents. She got pretty spoiled!

We hardly ever take pics of the three of us, so I thought it would be nice to get one! Sammie was not really in the picture taking mood. She was tired, you can tell because when she gets tired she sucks her fingers! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

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!