SHE IS AMAZING!

I had yet another oppertunity to see the amazing Celine Dion in concert last night. This was my third time seeing her the other two where in Vagas and each show I have seen has been absolutly wonderful! I love her music and I love her performances you can feel how much she puts her whole heart into what she does!

So Nate bought me the tickets for christmas in 07 yea I sad 07, the concert was suppost to be in Nov. 08 but was cancelled untill yesterday. It was well worth the wait! Nate was going to go with me but at the last minute we decided to sell the tisket to my sister Tracy her and I went to dinner first and then went to the concert Tracy had never seen Celine in concert and she was very impressed, she kept saying "I never knew how good she was no wonder you love her!" I couldnt say anything I just smiled. I am in aw to how incredible Celine Dion is, She inspires me and her music gives me chills! Thank you Nathan for the great gift! I hope to one day see her again!

Happy Valentines Day!

We had a great Valentines day! We celebrated on Fri. the 13 we started the night off with a awesome pedicure that was so relaxing. It was Nate's first time getting one and I had to talk him into it, but when all was said and done he really enjoyed it. We then went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. We new it would be busy, but we never thought it would be a 2 1/2 hour wait. So while we waited we shopped around the mall. Dinner was great I think they have really yummy food and good service and of coarse amazing cheesecake! We took our cheesecake home and when we got there Nate surprised me with a video he had made for me on the computer. It made my eyes fill with tears and I just love him so much! I posted the video for all to see even though some pics are way embarrassing. I am so grateful for a whole day dedicated to showing those we love how much they mean to us. I am very blessed to have such a wonderful husband who shows me all the time how much he loves me! I love you Nate, thank you for the best gift and fun date!

Our First Date

Nate and I went on our first date on Jan. 26, 2002. This date was 7 years ago and that is when the love affair started not with eachother, but with the UTAH JAZZ!! We went to a Jazz game for our first date and we have gone to a game every year since. We always try to go around the 26th or at least with in a week or so. This year we went on Feb. 2. We also watch pretty much every game on T.V. We have a little joke going because we have NEVER been to game that the Jazz have won so we say it is because we are bad luck, Well Ladies and Gentlemen the curse is over they won last night!!! It was so fun we always have fun when we go, but it was way more fun to go and win! We were a little let down when we found out just before the game that Darin wasn't going to play since he does carry the whole team, but all in all it was a great game! I am so grateful that Nate and I went on that first date because he is the love of my life! I am looking forward to many many more Jazz games to come!

The Starting line up.

My Boys winning the game!!!

Super Star!

Sky loves to sing and preform he is just like his mom. We can not get him to stop singing Christmas songs and yesterday he discovered the guitar from guitar hero he thought it was pretty cool to "play" while singing! He kept singing this song over and over and over so I had to get it on video!

Having things put into Perspective!

I have been having so many deep thoughts the last few days and I cant get them off my mind, so I thought I would write them down were all can see! My sister Amy has helped me put things into perspective. First off I want to say that I love my Mom and Dad!

I have tried to break the cycle of negative thoughts I am a true believer of what you think is what will happen and if you have negative thoughts you will have a negative out come! As most of you know I grew up in a negative environment, not that I was abused or anything, but the atmosphere was not the best! I have had bitter feeling about this my whole life and I want to stop feeling this way. I remember when I first discovered that my mom was an alcoholic and not just the weird/funny mom that everyone thought. I was 13 and I became very angry with my mom. I was embarrassed and grew very distant from her! Growing up my mom would drink every single day and this wasn't just a drink it was until she could not function any more.
I never new how to deal with it and so I ignored it as best as I could and now that I am older and I have children I feel sad that I cant take my kids to see her because her house smells so bad of cigarettes and I would never trust her to babysit my kids. I would give anything to have a normal relationship with her and be able to visit her, call her on the phone after 5:00 with out wondering how drunk she will be. It makes me mad at my mom for the choices she makes every day to drink her alcohol and smoke even when the Dr. has told her she is dying because of it. They have told her that her organs are hardening and it is only a matter of time before it takes her life and not even this has made her stop with her addictions. Growing up with this was very hard also because I didn't have the other parent there to help us get through it my dad is an AMAZING man, but he was never home. I now realize that it was hard for him to face reality and was easier to be gone all the time. I was taught to be angry at life and that nothing was good enough, these thought have brought nothing but trial into my life and I have decided to STOP! I want to tell my parents I love them and I am not going to hold this anger anymore. I am grateful for all that they have done for me. I am also grateful for the relationship I have with my sisters, They are my BEST friends and I would never been able to get through all the hard times with out them!

Random

This is just a random post of a few thing that have been going on!

First a old friend of mine came to visit he lives in Oregon and hasn't been to visit for 8 years! It was kinda crazy to see him again, but so fun to catch up! He met my family and we went to dinner and then he came by on his last day to here to say bye. I am happy we got back in touch because he is such an awesome person and I hope we can remain friends!

On another note my friend Jamie who lives in Utah is moving to Arizona and we had a girls night to say goodbye. We went to Red Robin for dinner and to a movie it was so nice to get out and hang out with girls I had a great time. Then when it was time to say bye we all remember what we where there for and it was sad to say bye to Jamie, She is one of the sweetest people I have ever meet and we will miss her very much!

This is an update of my diet! there has been a change of plans L.A weight loss closed all there centers in Utah and transferred us to L.A on the go which is where a counselor calls you once a week to see how you are doing well needless to say that is not what I paid $500.00 bucks for. I had lost hope and the light at the end of my tunnel was now dim and I thought this was the end of getting healthy and I would be FAT forever!! So me and a lot of other people asked for a refund and we were assured that we would get it!! Well here we are 3 months latter and no one has gotten a refund or been able to get a hold of any one at the office for that matter! I kept in touch with my old counselor form my center who felt so bad that thing had gone so wrong and it was out of her hands, but she decided to start doing diet coaching, So I am taking a different approach to my diet I am seeing a personal diet coach and it has been great so far I like this allot and I am so excited to succeed I am down another 4 lbs this week and there is more where that came form! Thank you for all your support and love.

A new year and fun in the snow!

We hope everyone had a fun and safe new years! We sure did! We started it off with me learning how to sow. I got a sewing machine for Christmas and really wanted to learn how to use it, so my sweet sister in law came over and helped me figure out what the heck I was doing and you wont believe it I made 2 pair of pajama pants for my nieces. They actually turned out great I am very proud of my self. Then we played games monopoly and I won yeah me! I was going to let Sky stay up, but he feel asleep at 11:00. Nate and I haven't stayed up on new years for like 3 years Nate feel asleep at 11:30, but we woke him with a noise maker it was hilarious. I always try to make resolutions this year I only made a few.

1. Be a better mom have more patients with all the kids!

2. Be more diligent in my scriptures and prayers

3. Stay on a budget and get out of debt!

4. and of coarse get healthy and loose more weight!!

So my kids got snow pant this year for Christmas and they are obsessed with playing in the snow they are out there every chance they get! Nate is usually out being a big kid with them. Here are a few pics of them playing in the snow with one of the day care boys Levi who we just love to pieces!!!