"Prince Charming"

Every single day for the past 3 or 4 days this beautiful little princess keeps asking me "When Prince Charming will get here?" I have to keep telling her that I don't know or that he called and said he couldn't come today. On Saturday I told her that she needed to pray to Jesus for Prince Charming to come, so she got down on her knees and said "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Prince Charming, Prince Charming, Prince Charming!" I pray that her "Prince Charming" will come someday too, but I think 3 years old is a little too early for him to come!

Viva Mexico!

I know that I am a little late getting this post up, but our office has been occupied in the basement by framers, electricians and drywallers for the past couple of weeks.

Monday, January 4, was the beginning of our week long vacation to Mexico to celebrate 5 years of marriage. We flew from Kearney to Denver on Monday, this was an adventure in and of itself. Our flight was supposed to leave just before 5 pm, but was delayed until sometime after 6 (not really sure what time we got off the ground). The Kearney Airport has nothing to offer other than vending machines for a snack, but we stuck around just in case the flight coming in was earlier than expected. The plane we flew in was the noisiest thing I have ever heard and the smallest plane I had ever been on (19 passenger). After arriving in Denver we stayed the night at the Embassy Suites (Morgan's favorite, for the free breakfast, personally I think they have the worst beds ever) so we would be well rested for our flight the next day. I am so happy that we didn't try to do all of our flying in one day, because we probably would have missed our plane in Denver with the way the Kearney airport seems to run.

Tuesday, our flight left Denver at around 10 am and we arrived in Cancun sometime after 3 pm. Our hotel was in Playa del Carmen so we had about and hour ride. Our resort was wonderful, we had a swim-up suite, that would have been great had the pools not been cold, but we did have a ocean view. The food was the best we have ever had on vacation, at first we weren't so sure, but the last night we were brave and tried the French restaurant that was on the property, we had the best steak anywhere (except for the ones that come out of our own freezer). The resort also had a coffee shop that served pastries all day as well as had chocolate fountains going from lunchtime on, it was great (my waistline might disagree). We didn't do anything too exciting just mostly relaxed, walked on the beach and spent one morning shopping on 5th Avenue.

We had to leave our kids for a week, but it was well worth it. We spent some much needed time together and got re energized. Our trip home we thought would go off without a hitch, but we were wrong. We returned to Denver on Sunday, January 10 and once again stayed the night. We were supposed to fly back to Kearney at around 10:30 am on Monday the 11th, but the airline decided to cancel our flight (they called it mechanical problems, I call it there wasn't anyone on the flight that was supposed to return from Kearney once we arrived so they cancelled it), so we were able to get on the 2:25 flight that left about 30 minutes late, oh well we spent 4 extra hours at DIA and we got a whole whopping $15 in food vouchers (they had the nerve to tell us to make sure we used them all in one place because they don't give change, I wondered where that would be that I wouldn't spend at least $15 for a meal of my own at the airport let alone feed my hubby too). We had a wonderful time all in all and were so happy to get home to our beautiful kids.

30 Day Shred is Over, for Now!

Today I completed the last day of the 30 Day Shred, while I didn't get exactly the results I wanted, I got results. To me the before and after pictures don't look that much different, but my body feels different (more toned) and my clothes fit better. I didn't officially lose a pant size, but with a little more work I think I could get there, my jeans are looser and look better on my body. I only started taking my measurements on day 12, (kept forgetting to buy a tape measure, Ha!) so I lost about 4 lbs total, and from day 12 to day 30 I lost:

• Bust: - 1 inch
• Waist: - 1 inch
• Hips: - 1 inch

So if I would have started my measurements at the beginning I am sure the loss would look much better. I would have also gotten better results if the Holidays hadn't fallen in the middle of this and I didn't have a deep love for all things sweet and chocolatey. I will be starting some other videos of Jillian Michael's and then might come back to the Shred. Hopefully, I am on my way to a life long love of excercise, too bad excercise doesn't taste like chocolate!

11 months old

Today Jacob is 11 months old, I can hardly believe it. So what has he been up to this past month??

• Jacob can now crawl like a champ and pull up to standing using anything and everything.



• Jacob weighs about 22 lbs and wears clothing sized anywhere from 12 to 24 months.



• Walks while holding Mommy's hands.



• Cruises along the furniture.



• Jacob still loves to follow his sister everywhere.



• He has mastered going up the stairs, not even close to going down the stairs safely.



• Jacob has started to eat more real food instead of baby food.



• Sleeps from about 8pm to 5 or 5:30 am, sometimes waking in between, and taking two short naps each day.



• You celebrated your first Christmas and loved everything about it.

We can't wait to see what the future holds for Jacob and Brenna, we love you both so much!

New Puppy

Check out the new puppy at our house. We just call him Jake.

Christmas 2009

So, I know this post is a little late, but we had the most wonderful Christmas this year, except for the weather. We had lunch on Christmas Eve with my father-in-law's family, we ate lasagna (the first time I have had lasagna for a Christmas meal), this goes back to the bad weather, we canceled our get together to start off, then it was back on because the weather wasn't so bad. Christmas day we stayed home, just the four of us because the weather once again got worse. We opened gifts with the kids and ate pancakes for lunch and meatballs for supper. We got Brenna a princess castle as you can see in the pictures as well as two princess dresses and a Tag Jr. reading system. Jacob got a Fisher-Price toy (I can't think of what it is called), a pretend toolbox (tools, including a rattle saw and hammer) and two trucks. It was a great day to spend as a family.

On the 26th we finally had Christmas with Morgan's parents, it was a great time. Brenna got a Barbie 4-wheeler and a set of Disney Princess Barbies (these were the two favorites) along with many other gifts. Jacob got the most precious rocking horse and toy box, and many other wonderful presents. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for the wonderful gifts!

On Sunday the 27th we had Christmas with my mother-in-laws family. Brenna and Jacob had a wonderful time playing with their 2nd cousins (maybe 3rd or 4th, not really sure the technical term, Morgan's cousin's kids). The kids received many wonderful gifts from Great-grandma and Great-grandpa and from Great-aunt and uncle. I love spending time with family, this coming Sunday we will have Christmas with my family and then we will be done with Christmas for this year, but hopefully we will remember all year that Christmas is about the birth of Christ and a season for giving!

First Haircuts

On December 19 my mother-in-law and I took Brenna and Jacob to get their first haircuts. It was actually quite a fun experience and we had very few tears. I know that it is hard to believe, but we had never cut Brenna's hair in 2 1/2 years, I thought that it would be traumatic for me ( I did okay, we only cut a couple of inches off). And Jacob being a little boy needed his first haircut much earlier, 10 1/2 months. Hope you enjoy the pictures of our wonderful little experience.