What do we do now?

We have had a houseful of FUN company this last week. Kelly's family left yesterday and now the girls and I don't know what to do! We all went to bed crying last night.Taylor came in after crying for about 1/2 hr and wanted to lay with me because she was so...sad. Thanks Mom & Dad Allred for always making our times together so much fun! We love you so very much and appreciate ALL that you do. I have the BEST in-laws EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mike, Steph and little Kaden we love you too! You are always such a joy to have around. Kaden we miss you already and will buy some otter pops just to remind us of your visit.( I think the boy eats 6-8 a day) What do we do now is the big question? MOVE BACK HOME!!!!!!!!

My new best friend!!!!!!

I wanted to introduce to you All my new best friend! CLUB SODA! This stuff is great at getting stains out of carpets. We just got our carpets cleaned last month and can I tell you that since then the kids and the DOG have trashed them. Well a friend told me about this Club Soda thing and so I was desperate to get pink marker (hot pink) out of the carpet that the dog got a hold of. Well 3 days later I got some club soda and I just now poured in on the carpet let it sit for about 1 min. Then took a dry rag and blotted it up. I didn't even scrub. Well The pink marker is no longer there! AMAZING!!!!!!! So my tip for the day is treat yourself to some CLUB SODA ( the small bottle's so you can save it and keep the fiz) The best part about it is that it only cost me 69 cents.

What about the BLOG!

I can't beleive that it has been so ....long since I have last updated my blog.(at least I'm not the only one!) I even have pictures to post. I just have not had 2 seconds to do it. And I am not even doing it now because my camera is in the car and I don't want to go get it at the moment. I just thought that I would take a few minutes and update. My life has been BUSY, BUSY, BUSY the last few weeks. Seems like something every single day and night. And now I am getting ready for company to come in. Which I am so....excited for! So to my family and friends, I am so sorry that I have dropped off the face of the earth. Now that school is out it will be better. I have been working for Kelly's company making phone calls each day and having your husband for your boss really sucks when he is nagging you to get the work done. So that is how I spend the mornings. And then by the time I get my household morning started it is almost noon. The kids have been busy with dance and gymnastic recitals. Thank goodness that is over for the summer, but now we start baseball and cheerleading and still gymnastics camp so it still never ends! I will do better at blogging when life slows down ( will that EVER happen )

Fitness Update.......

Come on girls! Where are all your posts? Are we ALL still in this together? I have lost a total of 12 pounds and am VERY excited! I feel great. I have even bumped up the exercise from just walking to now step aerobics. Wow does that kick your butt! Keep up the good work everyone. We can do this. Summer is almost here! Have a great week and Go BLAKE LEWIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on Blake Lewis

Come on everyone! It is TIME TO VOTE!!!!!!!!
Blake is so awesome and so fun to watch. I would LOVE
to see him in concert. Okay, so we ALL have to VOTE
next week. Party at my house, anyone that wants to
come and vote for Blake may come! Just kidding, you
can still come, I just may give you a hard time if you are
NOT voting for Blake. He's the man!!!!!!!

Happy Mother's Day Mom

I just want to wish my sweet mother a "Happy Mother's Day". I wish we lived closer to spend this day together. I have been thinking about her alot the past few days and thought that I would blog about her and all of her wonderful qualities. I will list a few of the MANY things that make her so wonderful:

1. She is BEAUTIFUL
2. ALWAYS has cute hair
3 She loves jewelry
4.Has the BIGGEST jewelry box (if you can call it a box) ever
5.She always has on cute clothes
6. Even when she's working in the yard
7. She has a TON of clothes
8. She has about 25 white t-shirts (I saw all of them)
9. She irons her jeans
10. She even irons her sheets everytime before putting them on her bed
11. She has the most beautiful beds ever seen
12. With lots of pillows and lace
13. She does Interior Design
14. And is AMAZING at it
15. Always has a CLEAN house
16. That smells really good all the time (even my husband says so)
17. Always has a candle lit
18. And nice music playing
19. Loves to plant flowers
20. And do window boxes
21. Loves to watch movies
22.Loves Days of our Lives
23. That's how I got hooked on it (thanks mom)
24. Loves to watch the news, even though it makes her mad
25. Loves to be with her daughters
26. She is a very generous person
27. She loves to go snow mobiling
28. Loves to spend time in Victor Idaho with her Aunt
29. Who is her BEST friend
30. Loves to pick huckleberries
31. Loves Chokecherry syrup on her pancakes
32. She LOVES waffles and a big glass of cold milk in a freezer mug
33. She loves music and loves to sing
34. Also loves to play her baby grand piano
35. Has a wonderful husband (Bud)
36. Who simply adores her
37. She is a very good listener
38. Loves to play games (but very, very competative)
39. Is the oldest of 8
40. Has 18 grandchildren just from her own 5 children
41. Loves to have fun
42. Loves to read books
43. Doesn't really love to cook anymore
44. Loves a really good hamburger
45. She just quit drinking diet coke
46.Always very thoughtful when giving gifts
47. And wraps them so......BEAUTIFUL
48. Loves Christmas time from the time we were small children
49. Hates her birthday
50. Has 5 children who love her dearly
51. She is thoughtful, kind, loving, generous, sensative, forgiving, loyal

Happy Mother's Day Mom, I love you so........much and wish I was there with you today. Just know that no matter how far away we are that you are in my heart always and especially today!

MONDAY fitness update

Well this week was going great until I got on the scale and saw that I had lost NONE! I was feeling VERY discouraged because I did great with my eating, NO cheating, and lost no weight. But I do notice that I have lost inches because I bought a shirt and I went a size down. I was happy about that. After counceling with Meg about the whole scale issue, I do feel alot better, but it is still discouraging when you don't see that number move at all! I WILL continue on and hopefully this week I will see some numbers drop along with the inches. I am happy to say that I made it through the 2 week phase. Man that is HARD!!!! I am excited to add fruit to my diet and whole grains to one of my meals each day. Today it will be a sandwich for lunch! YUM!!!!!!!!! Keep up the good work everyone !