Tracking

The last few days have been a real eye opener. On my qwest to lose this weight I have been tracking my calorie intake. I had no idea how many calories I have really been eating when all along I thought I was eating healthier. I heard about this website from my friend Ivy. Shes been doing really well with it and there so happens to be an app. on the android market for phones. I love this website, it tracks not only your calories but your daily vitamins, exercise and water intake. I also love that I can put my personal recipes in and it will calculate serving size and calories for me! I entered my height, weight, age and how much I want to lose and it calculated my goal of 1200 calories a day. Its been a little difficult being aware of everything little thing but I think its really helping! I can't wait to weigh in on Monday just out of curiosity. If you want to take advantage of this FREE website it's www.myfitnesspal.com I highly recommend it!

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Check out my new ticker!

So I am DETERMINED to lose this weight!!! My goal is 55lbs. but I would settle for 40. This is it, I'm doing it! So above is my ticker and my motivation to keep seeing it move to the right!

Boys and Bubbles

Wow, two blogs in one day,.. I must have a lot to say today! :)
So my favorite time of day is when I put the boys in the bath at night because they love playing together and for a few minutes they are clean! I just had to blog about my bubble bath. WE LOVE how many bubbles this Avon Bubble Bath makes. This is a picture of how many bubbles there still was in the tub after the boys had been playing for at least 15 minutes.

Look at that cute face!

Yes, he barely got out of the tub and already has food on his face!

If you want to look into the bubble bath I use here is a link: http://shop.avon.com/shop/product.aspx?pf_id=37487&src_page=PromotionList

Lunch

Don't judge me until you try it! One of my favorite things for lunch is grilled cheese with jelly on top yum yummy!!!

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Picture Update!

So for some reason I haven't uploaded pictures in a very very long time. Here are some of my favorites from the past few months. As I was loading them I realized there is a ton of Thiago,.. ooops! :)

Thiago is so goofy! I love taking pictures of the many faces he pulls!

Couldn't figure out how to rotate this one but isn't he so handsome in his uniform?

Our annual ugly sweater party, (of course we won with these home made eye sores!)

Help!

Ok so I need every one's help! I desperately want to redecorate and my first order of business is making the kitchen space more efficient! We currently don't have a dining table because our apartment is so small and I haven't figured out where to put one. After much consideration and a lot of blog stalking I have decided to be inspired by this high chair I found last summer at a yard sale. I absolutely love this high chair and how old it looks. I also love the colors and that it even looks glittery! I searched the tag and tried to find out exactly how old this was and was unsuccessful with google. On the tag it self it says something about 1929, if it's really that old I don't know. Anyway, I need some ideas of what I could do to bring this style and colors to life. Please feel free to comment links to websites with pictures! Thank you!!!

Happy Sunday!

I know Sundays are suppose to be a day of rest but I do love me an accomplished day! The boys and I went to church today for the first time in 10 months! WOW! I can't believe I let it go that long. I was a little nervous to go by myself with the two little ninjas but they were surprisingly very well behaved. I'm so glad we went!
I also made dinner in my mom's NuWave Oven and I absolutely loved it! I now want one so bad,.. hopefully my mom will let me borrow it for a while until I can buy my own :)
And last but not least I folded about 6 loads of laundry and washed and changed our sheets. I can't wait to crawl into my fresh clean bed, best feeling ever!

I'm obsessed!

I am so obsessed with my Avon business. Go visit my website!
avon.com/lclayson

Chicken Soup

On our qwest for a better year we are determined to start cooking and eating at home more. This alone will do two things, one, save us tons of money and two, help us get healthier! Sunday I did so good and wrote out a menu for the week, wrote all the ingredients I would need and made sure our week was well balanced and healthy.
Last night I made a conscience effort to have enough energy to go grocery shopping after Dana came to pick up her kids, I need to prepare myself mentally to have more energy because by this time of day I'm extremely tired :) So anyway, because we have all been so sick I decided to make my Magic Chicken Soup (it's got MAGIC healing powers!!!) I love cooking for my family. Tonight, Carne Asada, can't wait!

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My Top 10 Resolutions:

I want to change so many things to make mine and my family's life better,.. I came up with my top ten.
1. Be more patient- I find myself too caught up in the days stresses that I become short with people (aka the ones closest to me).
2. Make a different meal (we've never tried) from online recipes or a cook book at least once a week.
3. Enjoy my kids more- They are growing way too fast and it makes me so sad.
4. Take more pictures!
5. Reserve Friday nights as date night for Thayne and I.
6. Reserve Saturday nights as FAMILY date nights.
7. Focus hard on Avon.
8. Post more on my blog.
9. Remind myself that I alone can not solve everyones problems, I am only human.
And last but not least
10. Go to church whenever possible!
Notice how it does not say anywhere in there "lose weight" :D I am determined to GET HEALTHY this year and will be blogging about it on my other site.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I know I have been the worst blogger ever but,.. This is on the top of my resolutions!
2010 was such an amazing year to us compared to 2009, I can only hope that 2011 will be even better.
I haven't decided for sure what my resolutions are yet, I want them to be real good! But I will post them as soon as I figure them out!!!
I hope you all had a wonderful and safe New Years Eve! XOXO

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