I DID IT!!

This year I have been working with some family and friends on a weight loss blog- where we can have people to report in to as we work on loosing weight and making more healthy choices. This was my post from this morning:

Well today was my weigh in and I DID IT!!!So I lost 2.2lbs this week to reached my 50 lbs!!! in fact I reached 51 lbs lost!!! This gives me a total % lost since Jan. 26.53% lost!! That is a quarter of me!! Wow! I have 1.2 lbs to get to my year goal of 140 and I am so excited to get there! I never thought I could but one pound at a time one day at a time I did it! HOpe everyone else is moving forward on their weight loss goals- if not do it now- it is a choice to improve your health- JUST DO IT!!

Kelsi's Engaged!!!

I just wanted to let everyone know that Kelsi is Engaged! She announced it to everyone Nov. 20th! She has a beautiful ring and a great fiance! Emil Cluff if a great guy and we are so excited to welcome him into the family. They are getting married Jan. 22nd in the St. George Temple. It has been so fun to start planning a wedding again- at least for me I am only involved in all the fun stuff- wedding dress shopping, brides maid dress shopping, picking out colors :). Well I want to wish Kelsi and Emil the best in all to come!!

Taylor's cuteness!

This week Taylor has started to put full sentences together (which is huge, he has had therapist working with him for the last year to help him get talking) and has said some really cute things. These were a few that I thought were really funny.

I was cleaning out the car and pulled out a bag of m&m's- Taylor pointed at them and said "m&m's! I love m&m's!!

Taylor was placed in time out and he yelled at me "Your not being nice!" over and over again. I had to leave the room because I was laughing.

While changing Taylor's diaper he pointed to a staute of Christ and said "Look mom, Jesus Christ Amen!" I thought this was so adorable!!

A couple more picts. of John

I just liked these picts alot too so I thought I would throw them up. These are pictures we used for thank you's for his birthday party:

My little boy is not so little anymore!

These are John's 5 year photos I snapped of him and one I grabbed of Taylor because I couldn't leave him out. I can't believe how grown up both of them are. John officially started kindergarted and is loving it! I let him ride the bus home and he loves that too! He is all of a sudden afraid of being alone, being in the dark, and afraid of monsters. He used the word "whatever" for the first time the other day- that was fun! He loves to be Taylor's rule enforcer- which is also fun :). He is on a soccer team and is doing amazing! His last game he scored three of the four goals! He wants to start basketball next and I not too sure he will be as good in that sport- I will keep my fingers crossed for him though. Anywho just had to brag on my growing boy for a min.

Family Vacation August 4-7

Wend Day 1-
~Traveled to Lehi
~Stopped to have a Picnic in Nephi and stretch our legs
~Checked into our hotel
~Headed to Sandy to have dinner at the Myan
(Watched people dive off rocks at the Myan- the Boys loved this- didn't so much love the food which was very expensive)
~Boys kept requesting we go back "home" meaning the hotel and go swimming.
~So rented a red box
~Went to get into the pool and 5 min. in saw lightning so we moved our swimming into our hotel room. Kids got into the tub with their swimming suits and swam in there.

We got hit by a major hail storm- pretty crazy- we thought our cars windows were going to be knocked out but luckily they held up.

~watched a movie

~went to bed

Day 2 of our fun coming soon...

A Mom's Favorite Thing...NOT!!

I got a call today from "Lins Market" saying that John had won the Coloring Contest he entered in and to stop by the store for his prize. So I was thinking a bag of candy or a balloon... Yea not exactly:

John's Coloring Contest Prize! This thing is not light either- it has to be at least 20lbs! John can barely carry it, pretty funny to watch actually! :)


Don't worry we made sure "Chick" the chicken (the name John gave it) was safe on the way home! :)

An amazing video for moms:

An amazing video

This is an amazing message I came across while reading LDS LIVING magazine. We really need to appreciate our bodies for what we have- we need to try to recognize the devine role of a mother. I just have to say wow- I hope you enjoy the video as much as I did.

My New Life

I love Yard Sales!!!!

I got all this for $15.00~~~





Here's what I got:
-14 articles of clothing:
2 jackets $1.50
1 skirt $.25
1 pair of comfy pants $.25
7 shirts $2.00
1 scarf $.25
1 Halloween Cow Costume $.50
1 24m. outfit $.50
-New Spiderman Backpack and Luch Box $3.00
-Cute "Green" bag $.50
-Transformer Toy $1.00
-Hanging folders $1.00
-Song Bank - w/ cd and pictures $3.00
-Sandals for Taylor $1.00
-mini childrens Song book for- $.25
The rest of the $15.00 went to buy some popsicles for the boys and whatever change I had left I donated to a fundraiser yard sale- I think I may have to go back out tomorrow!!

Teona's Weight Loss Results:

I have been doing a blog challenge with some friends and family and it just ended. Here are my final results:



I will go ahead and post my final results: this challenge I lost 9.8lbs for 6.06% loss. Since Jan. I have lost 40.2 lbs for a 20.92% loss.

Not only have I lost 40lbs but I ran a 5k- something that I have trained for since Jan and always wanted to do: I finished 6th in my age group and 18th overall- I ran it in 31 min- which means I ran 10 min miles! This was my fasted time! I am just so excited to finally be taking charge of my life and my body and doing things I have always dreamed of doing.

Personalized Towels

So I saw these on a blog - a lady was selling them for $15 or $7 if you bought the towel- I decided to give it a try and see if I could do it myself. I think they turned out pretty cute!

Charity Bake Sale

Our Bake Sale in front of Lins in Cedar City:


I had a friend ask me to help her put on a Bake Sale for some friends of ours in our ward that have been out of work for awhile now. I agreed and it is ALOT of work to put on a bake sale. Luckily- our ward is awesome and they jumped in and helped out- they made alot of great treats and we were able to raise $400! We were both really excited about this! I was so grateful for the opportunity to serve. Here are some picts of the yummy treats we had: (We had so many great treats- these are just a few)

Great Bargins- Yard Sales!!!

Anyone who knows me knows I love to yard sale! I love to find great deals and new treasures! Well today I wasn't even yard saleing just stopped by three on the way to home depot and got some awsome deals! Just had to share!

So first great deal was I found this play set for the kids:

Here are the kids watching a movie today- so much fun!


The other great deal was I got a nebulizer and a humidifier for $13.00!!! Nebulizers are SOOO expensive! I just hope it works, you always take that chance when taking people's word! We have rented one every year since we have had kids and now we own one!

Saturday of Easter Weekend:

 

Saturday morning we went to an easter egg hunt in Cedar City then we headed to Quail Lake for a day of sun and fishing! We met up with all of Wayne's family that afternoon and had a picnic and afterwards hung out. Some of us fished, some sun bathed, some played in the sand and some played in the water. Later the mom's put on a little easter egg/candy hunt for the kids. Not that we needed anymore candy but it was alot of fun for the kids. We wrapped everything up around 5 so Wayne could head over to the Priesthood Session of General Conference. What a fun Saturday!

Friday of Easter Weekend:

 

Wayne and I decided to go and check out Silver Reef in Leeds, a co-worker said it was a really neat place to go. So we packed a picnic and headed out friday morning. We invited Telsha and her kids to come join us. We found a great little spot off the road and enjoyed our day. Wayne, John and Skylee climbed up big rocks and Telsha, Jaston, Talor, and I hung out and enjoyed the sun- probably a little too much. We all ended up with pretty pink faces when we got home. After our picnic and hiking we decided to drive up the canyon more and discovered a childrens trail, it was fun. We walked the trail and along the way there were signs identifying the plants and trees along side it. At the end of the trail we came across a kiln. John is already been asking when we can go back.

Teona's Final Weigh in Results!

Our first set of compitition is done and I wanted to post my results, this is what I blogged on my weigh in blog- just copied and posted.

Well here it is... drum roll please.... this week I lost 3.8lbs! this gives me a % of 2.25% for the week and a total of 27.2lbs and 14.15% I also lost 1 1/2 inches- the whole inch around my belly- thats where I need it most. Man oh man did I kick my butt this week but it feels great especially after gaining last week. I can't wait to see everyone's numbers!

Teona's Before/After Pictures:

I can't believe what 25 lbs has done and I can't wait to get 25 more off! What a hottie I will be ;)!

These are the only picts I could find of me before we started.(I am always taking the photos) The one with me in the blue shirt was for Wayne's Birthday Jan.3 - so right before we started. I wore this same outfit later in my after photos:




These are my after photos- I took these last night. The first one is of me in the exact outfit I wore above. The pants no longer fit :)- the second is me in some pants that do fit:

Isn't Josh so cute!

Welcome Josh

My dear friends Nick and Paige have been trying to adopt for awhile and today I found out they have a new son- Josh. I just wanted to congratulate them and welcome them into the parenting world! Josh you are so lucky to have the parents you have and you a blessing from heaven.

Weight Loss

Well I haven't been around for awhile because I have been busy with another blog. I am doing a weight loss challenge with some of my family. We have to post on the blog daily to report how we are doing and with this I have not had time to work on my own blog. So far I have lost 12.84lbs wich is a 6.76% loss. I am also training for a 5k in May (Boulevard Home Furnishings does a 5k each year anyone that wants to join me I would love the company)- I can now run 2 miles. It just blows me away because when I started I could barely run 90 sec. before I thought I would die. Well that is what is going on with my life right now. I will try to get caught up soon. The other delay is Wayne bought me a Cannon rebel camera for Christmas and I have not been able to get the picts on my computer. So when we figure that out I will have some picts to go with some posts. Hope everyone is doing great! Talk to you soon.