Brianna

So this yr Brianna turned 5. I cant believe she is 5 yrs old. Time has sure flown by really fast. We had a birthday party for her and invited her friends from church. Here is a picture of her with her cake.

She loved all the presents she got. At Christmas Taylor got a Jopurney Girl doll and Brianna would play with it all the time so we got her one for her birthday. She really loves it and her and Taylor play together with it all the time. Her Granny bought her some outfits also for her doll.

We did a little bbq with her friends and I sure hope they all had fun. It was great seeing all the kids having fun.

Summer

So I have tried to do a post bit for some reason it would not let me publish it. A lot has gone on since summer has begun. At the begining of June we went to Ut for Bryans cousins wedding, well while we were there we took Taylor to the dr.s thinking maybe she had a uti. Nope her urine did not have any white blood cells in it but it had a huga amount of sugar. What does that mean? Well it means that she has diabetes. She is doing so awsome. We did have to cancel her plans to go to DisneyLand with her Aunt Beth, Aunt Amy, Ben and cousin Eliza but she was a trooper through it all. We did end up at Primary Childrens hospital for 1 1/2 days so that we could get the training we need for her. It is so much easier then I thought it would be. It does take a little bit more time getting meals done due to having to check sugars, counting carbs and gettig her shot ready but all in all we are getting the hang of it. We did have Brianna tested and hopefully those test come back fine. We really havent done to much witht he kids just let them hang out with thier frinds and play outside.

Random Happenings

So I havent posted in awhile not sure if anyone really reads my blog but I will blog anyway =). Well in Oct (yes Oct) Bryan and I decided that we would start a new project well that project enatailed redoping the bathroom. We had a crack in our tub so we hadnt used the tub for over 1 yr. So we had a little extra money and dived into this project. Here are some pics of the bathroom, before and during. We still arent 100% all the way done. We still have to put the toilet back in, finish the tile and put the fixtures on the tub. So cant wait till I can take a shower in my upstairs bathroom.

Thanksgiving

I know I am obvioslly a little behind but I finally loaded some pics for Thanksgiving. For Thanksgiving we went to UT to visit family. We spent Thurs and 1/2 of Fri with Bryans family. I feel bad but I forgot to take pictures there but we had lots of fun. We went to his sisters house and had dinner and played bingo. On Fri afternoon we left and met my family at the aquarium.
I had never been there and the kids seemed to have lots of fun. The next day the men stayed home and watched the BYU Utah game while the girls took the kids to the planatarium then later the men joined us at Temple square. I havent been to Tewmple square for ever. I really enjoyed going there and seeing the lights. Most of my family got cold so they took trax to dinner while me Bryan and my dad stayed and looked around some more.

Disneyland

Our family took a week long vacation to Disneyland this yr. We had a lot of fun. We went with Bryan's family and it was so fun to be with everyone, we are talking about doing another vaction in a few years with his family, I also want to do one with my family again. So we got there on Sat and we met up with his sister Casey and went to the beach. It was so much fun, I didnt have batteries in my camera since they were in the car. But the kids had so much fun. Bryan got in the water with them. Brianna would not go in the ocean at all, she later told me it was cause sharks live in the water. Ben had her so scared it wasnt even funny. She would even hold our hand to go in. Then on Sun we drove to San Diego and met up with Kim and Nate and Mike and Roni, and went to Sea World. We saw the Shamu show it was really neat, the trainers dont get in the water right now cause of the accident in Florida but it is still fun to watch the trainers interact with the whales. Then Mon we went to Disney with just me Bry and the kids. It was fun just having some time to ourselves. It was a lite rain while we were there so it wasnt to bad.
Brianna went on a lot of rides with us but later said she would not go back on them. She even told me today she would not go back on splash mountain. She was a trooper though. Her favorite ride I believe was Heimlichs chew train. She called it the ride where we helped him find food. SInce it was rainey the whole week we really didnt get to see alot of characters. We did get to see Tinker Bell and Mickey. When we were able to see Minnie Brianna was so tired she told me she didnt want to see Minnie or any other Characters. She was done. We were able to go on Soarin this time and not only did we do it once we did it 7 times. The kids loved it. Brianna's favorite part was when Tinker Bell shows up at the end. She said Tinker Bell came just to see her. It was way cute, she said that every time. Bryans parents showed up on Tues and they seemed to really enjoy it. Mike has become quite the pin collector now. He had to find a pin for every ride he went on.

The first picture is of the kids, and a friend they made in line. We ended up going on a few rides with her. Her mom went in one of the rides and was probably wondering what she was thinking. There was lots of screaming from 3 little girls.

Weight Loss Journey

Here are our most current pictures of our weight loss journey
Our family picture at the beginning of this blog is our before picture.

Weight loss success

So right now I dont have any pictures on the computer of me and Bryan. When we came home from a family reunion in June we both decided it was time for us to go on a diet. I was the heaviest I have ever been minus being pregnant. So we decided to go off of sugar. Bryan has stayed completely off sugar since we came home, and I have done decent. I started going to t5he track everyday. My goal was to run a 5K by the end of summer (which didnt happen) but I was able to run at least 2 miles. When schol started I was unable to go to the track due to time constraints so I quit playing volleyball and now 5 days a week I go to the church and do insanity. I love the work out. I sweat so much doing this but it is great.
So you are probably wondering what I have lost. I have lost so far 31 lbs and want to lose at least 10 more. When I am down that 10 I will re evaluate and see If I want to go down 5-10 more lbs.
Bryan who hasnt really been able to work out but tries to get moving more at work has lost about 1/2 his goal weight. He looks so awsome. I feel so much better myself.
Pictures will come soon. I promise