{The A B C's of ME!}

Here is one more reason for me not to get anything done at work today! haha

A- Amy is my name
B- Billy Madison is my all time favorite movie
C- Chocolate is something I have to eat everyday
D- Diet Coke (Need I say more?)
E- Elizabeth is my middle name
F- Fourth of July is my favorite holiday
G- Garrett talks a mile a minute!
H- The Host is what I am reading right now, it's getting good!
I- I am in love
J- Joan is my mom, I miss her!
K- Kiwi is yummy
L- Laundry is something I hate to do.
M-McKay is a very coordinated kid
N- Never trust a fart (What movie?)
O- Onions make me cry
P- Princess is what my husband calls me (I love it)
Q- Q-tips are my FAV!
R- Random things people say make me LAUGH
S- Scrapbooker (not say I am the best but I LOVE to do it!)
T- Teressa is my sister and I can't go a day without talking to her on the phone
U- Ultraviolet Rays make me tan, I like being tan
V- Vacation is what I need so bad!
W- Walking is what I do everyday to burn the FAT!
X- Xerox machines are what I fix almost daily (how hard is it to make a copy?)
Y- Yes, I am a sarcastic person
Z- Zucchini is my favorite veggie

{Happy learned how to putt, UH-OH! }

I told my kids that if they are good this summer I would take them to do something every Wednesday. Today was Minature golf! We had a good time but it was SOOOOO hot!

{Bowling}

For my nephews birthday we went bowling. I just took the pictures off of my camera and thought they were funny. Gotta love our form!






One thought. Don't bowl with flip flops, I about landed on my face but my knees and hands caught me. Flip Flops don't slide...LOL But guess who got the highest score? MEEEEE!




And what would be bowling if you didn't have lip gloss.

{Wednesday Weigh-In}

Weigh-In
154.5
23.5 pounds lost
19.5 lbs to go!
1 pound gained from last weeks wiegh in

Another bad week with my eating! Ugh, I do so bad on the weekends. It really is sad that splurging 2 days a week would effect your weight so much!. I did work out 5 days out of 7 so that was good. I need to buckle down and get out of this rut I am in. I will eat better this weekend for sure and of course work out.

{Memory Tuesday}

SHARE ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE SUMMER MEMORIES


I don't have just one memory that stands out. As a teenager we had SO much fun in the summer. Every night we got together with the neighborhood kids and played night games or just sat in someones yard and talked until parents started calling or driving by.

TONS of sleepovers, toilet papering, crusing state street and no stress! Ohhh....Can I be young again?

{Happy Birthday}

2 Birthdays today!

First my niece Joanna. She is such a sweet girl and the biggest helper to her mom. She is the only girl out of 5 boys.

And my nephew Isaak. This kid cracks me up! What a stinkin cutie!!

{Wednesday Weigh-in}

Weigh-In

153

25 pounds lost

18 lbs to go!

.5 pounds lost from last weeks wiegh in

The week wasn't that great for me. I didn't workout much and I splurged on a few things. (the paradise pie was SOOOOO worth it). I am just happy I didn't gain any weight.

{Memory Tuesday}

Describe your first paying job. What was the salary?

My first job I ever had was at NuSkin. I was 17 years old. NuSkin is a direct marketing company that has it's corporate offices in Provo. My brother's girlfriend worked there as a secretary and suggested I apply. I got the job and went to school in the morning and worked part time making $6.00 an hour in the afternoon. When I graduated from High School I went Full Time. I worked at NuSkin for 11 years. Most of my years were doing secretarial work but towards the end they were laying a lot of people off which I was really surprised that I wasn't a part of that, instead they moved me down the totem pole until I was taking phone orders. That position didn't allow me to have very much flexibility with my kids and when we moved to Heber I wanted to find something closer. I found an incredible job in Midway and I have been working there ever since.

{Happy Father's Day}

I just want to say Happy Father's day to my dad. We can always count on him to fix anything around the house or outside. Growing up he taught us a great work ethic by bringing us to Midway every weekend to work in the fields. We complained about it a lot but now I am so grateful for those experiences. Thanks for everything Dad, I LOVE YOU!

And of course happy Father's Day to my husband. He is the most amazing dad and I couldn't have asked for a better man to be married to. We can count on him for EVERYTHING! They say you marry someone similar to your father and it is very true in my case. Anything I need fixed he can figure it out. He is a hard worker and does so much for us. I could never live without him and I'm positive McKay and Garrett would be lost without him. They watch him very closely and act just like him!

{Father's Day Weekend}

My sweet husband wanted to go camping this weekend, nothing was going to stop him and how could I tell him no on Father's Day. LOL. So we loaded everything up and headed out. We went up to a great area just 20 miles from our house called Strawberry Reservoir. No established camping spots, you find an open space you like and call it home sweet home. This was a great place to ride our 4 wheelers, the boys (yes that includes Dave) were in heaven!

This is us getting ready to go for a long adventure

This is the boys having fun in the mud! As a mother it is nice to watch the boys get muddy for once and not ruin their fun by being worried that they are going to track it in the house!

Father's Day wouldn't be complete without a new grill. We got him a camp chef and he LOVED it! Guns, Guns, Guns, What is it with boys and guns?

Camping really brings out the redneck in Dave!

The boys started building a tepee and did a great job, But.......Dave had to help them make it bigger and betterThe kids are getting very confident and brave with their 4 wheelers. I couldn't believe the air they were getting off of these jumps.

This is my 10 year old!

This is my 7 year old!

It was a great weekend of camping!

{Scrapbook Crop, WEST SIDE!!}

When you can get together with a bunch of girls and act completely stupid then you know you are with some good friends.

Every month I get together with a group of girls, we make kits for each other and swap so we end up going home with 7 new layouts. These girls are so talented and I am honored to be a part of it. I sit there every month and wonder why they want me in the group, my layouts are so not up to par with theirs.

We had some visitors this time, Midge and Madge! I love these girls. We made a run to Chili's for Paradise Pie at 11:30pm. They close at 12:00am so needless to say the servers were not excited to see us. Oh well, We sat and talked and laughed and gorged ourselves in desert. YUM! Then we froze our butts off on the way home because the sprinklers came on and we were in Madge's jeep with the top off, her jeep was soaked inside and out!

Anyway, when it is someones birthday we are known to go a little overboard and this month was no exception. Happy Birthday Jamie! There is a little joke between us that she grew up in the hood in California so we had to have a gangsta party. We found a bunch of great things at the store that fit this kind of a party. Grills (metal teeth), Chains, earrings, rings, etc..... This is how we ended up looking gang signs and all!

And it wouldn't be complete without my girl M.C. Slice and me, Whitee Tightee (not sure where that gangsta name came from) getting ready for the dog fights! Oh my goodness, we were laughing so hard. Her MC Hammer pants are to die for!

Wednesday Weigh-in

One thing that I have avoided blogging about is my weight loss. It has been such a big part of my life for the past year and it's going great. I didn't want to be one of those people that talk about it every chance they get and it consumes their life. Not sure why, maybe fear of failure, or I just didn't want to jinx myself. Lately I have been slacking, so maybe posting this for the world to see will get me back in gear!

Wouldn't you think that when summer comes it would mean being outside more and being more active? And with that comes more weight loss? I have the answer to that, a big fat NO!

Yes summer does get you out more but it also means more BBQ's, More vacations and weekend excursions that change how you eat and exercise. Example: When we got back from Lake Powell I weighed myself, I gained 5 pounds in 1 week. Are you kidding me! It takes me 5 weeks to work 5 pounds off! Oh and Dave being home more, how do you cook and feed the fastest metabolism ever!? Well I can't just cook yummy food and not eat it. When he is out of town the kids and I are such simple eaters. Kids eat Spaghetti O's, Macaroni and Cheese, Sandwiches etc... I eat lean cuisines and we are all happy. The boys actually are disappointed when they know I am cooking when I get home from work because they are hungry NOW and don't want to wait. Fine with me! Less mess and work.

ANYWAY!!! I think the venting helped with me making excuses and complaining. Now maybe this Wednesday Weigh-in will get me motivated.

The moment that made me decide it was time to lose weight was when I was walking through Lane Bryant (a large woman clothing store) picking out a size 16 pair of jeans. I thought to myself. I am buying the smallest size in this store, that means I am not so bad that I can't turn it around and change. Later that week I bought myself an elliptical and started working out.
I love food and didn't want to starve myself so I do portion control. It takes longer to lose the weight but I'm not deprived.

Here it is. No turning back now
14 months ago I started working out. I was at 178lbs. As of today I am 153.5. My goal is 135 and a TUMMY TUCK! Giving birth to 2 kids really did a number on my stomach, no stretch in my skin what-so-ever! You would think losing 24.5lbs would change your jean size but only a little for me, too much skin to fill it all in. Oh the muffin top!

I have no desire to get back on my elliptical so I am taking advantage of the nice weather. Sunday night I walked 5 miles and about killed myself! Monday night I walked 3 miles, Perfect! The boys rode their bikes along side me and when we got home on Sunday McKay said "Lets not do 5 miles again"
Tuesday I did my Hip Hop Abs video that my sister gave me for my birthday, LOVE IT!

So every Wednesday I am going to post my weight. Good or bad. I'm not ashamed! GAME ON!

{Memory Tuesday}

Was there any place in your house that scared you? Any place where you felt especially cozy?

Our house growing up was a sweet little 3 bedroom 2 bathroom rambler. Not many places were scary except for the BASEMENT! I hated going down there! Now let me say this wasn't just your regular basement. It was cement walls, cement floor, basically made for storage, not to live in. First of all the stairs to it were outside. It had a rusty metal railing and gate. You had to push really hard and lift up on the gate or it would rub on the cement when you opened it. Going down the cold, dark, spiderweb stairs. In the basement was another room. Oh this was the worst room ever! The only way I can describe it would be like a mine shaft. It was full of rocks and dirt. It was a crawl space so you had to get down on your hands and knees. I really don't know what the point of that room was but I hated it and I never wanted to go in.

Inside was a different story. Our mom made the house so warm and inviting. The place I loved the most was in the family room. We had this long cabinet against the wall, oh let me tell you about the cabinet. This thing was the coolest. It had 2 doors that opened up, pull the handles and this long, wood accordion thing comes out. Then you have all these wood panels that you snap together and wahla! You have a table that seats 12. ANYWHO! Got off track there for a minute.
At the end of this cabinet on the floor was a heating vent. Prop a pillow against the cabinet, get a blanket and sit over the vent. I could lay there for hours and watch TV or sleep. I'm sure it drove my mom crazy that we would turn the heater up just a little more so it would run longer.

{Memory Tuesday}

IF YOU HAD TO EAT THE SAME MEAL OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

I would eat MEXICAN FOOD!!! Fajitas are one of my FAVS! And of course Cafe Rio's salad. If I lived next to that place I would eat it everyday! I'm not lying :)

{Birthday Party}

Birthday party with friends will be on Friday but tonight for McKay's birthday he wanted to go to dinner at the Chinese Buffett in Orem with his Grandma Horlacher and his Aunt, uncles and cousins. Life is so busy the only ones that could make it was Tara, Kelly and Taijun.

The boys were SO wild at dinner. I decided we can't go anywhere public with them!



Grandma gave him a shirt and shorts and Tara gave him some new shoes. He loved it. Thanks so much!

{My Birthday Boy!}

I cannot believe my oldest son is 10! TEN YEARS OLD! Are you kidding me!? Oh how the time flies.

I went to the hospital in the morning because I was having some cramping. I wasn't in labor but my blood pressure was sky high so they decided to induce me. 14 hours later he was born. 6 pounds. He was so tiny and fragile. So sweet!

Here are some pictures of him growing up. I only have digital pictures from 2003 and older.

{Diet Coke}

It is really crazy how Diet Coke can control so many people's lives! While my sister was in town we couldn't pass up a trip to Sonic! My sister and Diet Coke!!! I couldn't ask for a better day. Oh yeah, scrapbooking. That would have made the day complete!

{Party Weekend}

This weekend has been a lot of fun. My sister is in town so it was a perfect time to plan a BBQ. We got together with my family at my dad's.

We ate good food and had a great time.

Kent planned a bunch of fun games for the kids.
sack races, Tie legs together race and dig for gummie worms in whipcream! Oh and lets not forget the great game of kickball.




Then on Sunday we went and let the Heber Creeper squish pennys, ate at Grannies and played at the park for Tyson's birthday. Happy Birthday Tyson! The boys have such a great time with their cousins!