Sophia Honor Roll 2nd Semester

Sophia 1st grade Honor Roll for 2nd semester 

Some of the other classmates that earned Honor Roll

Sophia has done really well so far this year in school. For the 2nd semester in a row she has earned Honor Roll! She loves school, learning, recess, and her teacher Mrs.Kimm.

Great job Sophia!

Brothers!

Seriously, these boys rock my world! 

They love each other so much!

During Sophia's soccer practices the boys and I like to play at the park. I love watching them be so big! Jack, who is 2, thinks he's 5...just like Nick! He doesn't slow down for nobody! Nick loves having a little brother that follows him around and tries to do everything he does.
I REALLY love taking lots of pictures of my kids, especially now that I have discovered Instagram! For those of you who don't know what Instagram is, it's an amazing ap that you can down load onto your phone for picture heaven!

LOVE being a MOM to these beautiful boys!

Happy New Year!!!

Hello Blogging World! It's been awhile since I've been blogging. One, I'm super busy, Two, I spend more time on Facebook, and Three, I have been having issues with my blog layout, so I've been trying to get that fixed- It's almost fixed! 

I'm so excited for the new year! 2012 is going to be a great year, I can just feel it! I always love setting new goals and dreams for a new year. This year I've set a couple new goals and dreams for this year (notice how I'm not saying the BIG "RESOLUTIONS" word?!?! That word just sets me up for failure, so I'm going with Goals and Dreams now)!

Some of these goals and dreams are:

• Pay off Dave's school loans.
• Purchase a new family vehicle and pay it off this year.
• Move into a bigger place.
• Run a full-marathon.
• Stick to our family budget (this is critical in order for those first 2 goals to happen)!
• Be Happier!
• Be Healthier!
• Smile More!

I have a few others, but those are the ones I'm sharing publicly with you! :) The other goals you may find out along the way if I can keep this BLOGGING thing up this year!

I hope you all have made some of your own goals and dreams to work towards this year!

Hope you're 2012 is one of the best years yet!

Happy NEW YEAR!

Enter to Win the New Scentsy Cupcake Mid-Size Warmer

Hey Bloggy friends! I need your help!

As you know I am a Superstar Director with Scentsy.

I have a fun Scentsy blog that I update with all things Scentsy, and do Scentsy giveaways.

This month I'm giving away the new Cupcake mid-size warmer.

I need more visitors on this blog, and I'd love for you to go and enter to win.

The more people that visit my Scentsy blog, the more popular it becomes with Google.
Please click on the link below and enter to win, follow my blog, and help me out!
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Scentsy Trip to Walt Disney World!!!

Scentsy Spoiled us once again this year on an all expense paid trip to Walt Disney World Florida!!! I of course had to work my butt off for the trip, but it's Scentsy-it's not THAT hard! :)

This year I took Sophia as my guest. It was a full week of her and I time at the most magical place on earth! We visited all the parks, partied till 1am, met lots of fun characters, ate lots of yummy food, and made memories that will last a forever!

Here are a few pictures from our trip (more can be found on Facebook, where most of my life is posted)!

Eating in France at Epcot

Hanging at the Animal Kingdom!


Beautiful Sophia at Epcot!

Meeting new friends!

San Diego Marathon Weekend!!!

For those of you that have been reading...you know that I was training for my first full marathon, training hard- never missing a run, eating super healthy, improving my time and starting to actually LIKE running...then came the injury, a torn Adductor muscle that required numerous doctor visits, and MRI, medications, and 3 days a week Physical Therapy. The injury occured about 6 weeks before the Marathon. The Marathon soon became out of the question. Most days I couldn't even walk without intense pain, let alone run.

Me, being none other than ME, I was devestated about this...having trained so hard and having paid a large entrance fee to the San Diego Marathon, I could not give up all hope that something would work out for me. I tried to give in...and up, saying it was over, even posted here on my blog about how my dream had burnt down. All the while my husband was telling me to stop beating myself up about it. He insisted that the "house" hadn't burned down, and was confident that I'd be back on the pavement in no time.

I decided that I would still attend the Marathon weekend, but do the half-marathon and just walk it. I wasn't sure if you could 'walk' a half-marathon, but I was willing to give it a try.

Sophia was also signed up to do the 1/2 mile kids run, so we were going for her experience as well.

Here is Sophia and I at the Rock N' Roll Fitness Expo. Lots of fun freebies, and shops!

Sophia with her medal for finishing! She did awesome, running the whole time, and staying totally focused! She loved it!

The day before I was getting really nervous, how was I really going to "walk" a half (13.1 miles) considering my leg still hurt, and what in the world was I really thinking!?!?

So the night before, I asked Dave for a Priesthood blessing, and we had a family prayer. asking that I would be able to perform to my satisfaction, that I'd know my limits and that all would be safe and well. The kids learned a lot about Priesthood Blessings that night and I felt peace at last about the next day
Here are my 2 best friends, Emily and Doorly the night before our run. It was Emily's Birthday so we splurged and ate at The Cheesecake Factory! It was AMAZING!!! Later I found out that her birthday wish when she blew out her candle from the dessert was that I would be able to run!

So the next day, bright and early, I woke up and was in moderate pain...but I was still going to "try". When it was our corals turn to start running, I started running very slowly with Doorly, I felt pain, but not the "have to stop" kind. I just kept running, telling myself, if it was to get anymore painful, I would stop running and walk. I continued running, and 13.1 miles later, I had finished the half marathon! My time was surprisingly not that bad, considering I was running very slow, and at times felt like I was running on one leg instead of two! I felt peace the whole time I ran, felt Heavenly Father's presence as well as others with me as I ran. It was an amazing experience!

Doorly and I with our medals!


Now I am resting...going to give myself another 6 weeks before I run again.

I'm already signed up for 2 more runs, but they're not until the winter...so I have time to heal.

I am not sure where this "running" thing is going to take me but for now, it's something that I feel blessed to be doing.

Nick Graduates from Preschool (yr.1)

Nick graduated from his first year of Preschool!

This year he was in Busy Bee Preschool.
He loved his teacher Mrs. Bybee and all of his classmates.

He learned lots of fun things, and enjoyed every minute of learning!

Congratulations Nick! You're Such a BIG boy!