15 years together

For our 15th anniversary (and my Birthday) we went to Cali. for a week. We had such a wonderful time with just the two of us. That doesn't happen very often. Our favorite thing that we did was whale watching in Newport. It was amazing. 2 1/2 hours on the ocean. It was fabulous! This is a blue whale, which is the largest mammal on earth and has been for a long time. He showed himself off to us 3 times.

We passed these California Sea Lions maxin' and relaxin'. They were very acrobatic and doing tricks for us.

We went to Hollywood one evening. It was really fun. We walked on the "Walk of Fame" and saw a bunch on interesting look a likes. I felt like I was in NY. The streets were crowded with people at nine o'clock at night.


We stopped for ice cream just off Hollywood Blvd. -Coconut pineapple! Yummy!
We spent a day in Disneyland. One day was actually plenty. We got to ride everything that we wanted to a couple of times. Right now they have Halloween decor up. It was cute.

This trip was well worth it. It was great spending time with Erica's family.

We have been together for 15 years and many more to come!

The girls were pretty excited for the first day of school and a bit nervous! Three of them had to go to a new school this year. Des is at RHS, Karly at RHMS, Avery is at Pahvant, and Gracie is at Ashman. Gracie was of course excited. She loves school and being with her friends. Getting her to read every night is a chore though. She is in 1st grade with Ms. Christensen. Avery loves school too. Our two youngest our more the social butterflies of the four. Ava is very smart and loves to learn. She is in 3rd grade with Mrs. Christensen. Yes Av & Grace both have a Christensen. Karly was more excited than nervous. The night before school started she had orientation and I think that made her feel better about finding her classes and being able to open her locker. She loves the middle school. She is in 6Th grade with 7 different teachers. Desiree was really worried about going to RHS. She said before taking her to school the first day, "Don't be surprised if I come home crying!" Well guess what? She came home smiling and was so excited. Thank Heavens!

Desiree's New Style

Most have you have seen Desiree since her new do, but I thought I would post how cute it was when she got it cut, (well I should say "since SHE cut her hair". It is funny how mistakes have great results. You're gorgeous Des!

Well, it is good to get our girls back. It is pretty boring with out them. Thanks Clara and Jennifer for your help with them. They loved playing with Seth and Carter. They said the jam was great!

Does anyone have any good ideas on how to get over my two month plateau? I am going to do Zumba only three times a week (Mon-Wed). Then I am going to run the other nights. Any other ideas? Hopefully mixing it up will do the trick.

Only ten more days until school starts. We will have one in every school. Kinda crazy. It will be nice to have a regular schedule again. I still have to figure out afternoon carpool. It will all work out.

I just want to tell you all that I love my family SO, SO much. Our girls are staying the week with G&G Jenson this week and I miss them already. It has only been about 6 hours. I love being a wife and a mom. I can't imagine life with out family. Life would be so incomplete!

So I decided that I need to get back in gear and getting back to my goals of losing weight. Yes, I have lost 30 lbs, but that was not my goal. Maybe if I go public with it, it will help keep me on track. I think I will post my weekly loss ( or gain) and keep a running total on my blog. That should be great motivation! Some of you might think that is weird, but what ever helps right? Lindsay my sister wants me to train for a Marathon that is next year. That is 26 miles. I might be insane but it gives me a great goal.