9 AMAZING Years!!

Michael and I celebrated our 9 year wedding anniversary this past weekend!

Michael and I met in highschool at the end of my freshman year at a mutual friends birthday party. He was so funny and we literally could not keep our eyes off each other. We talked on the phone after that for several days and then I finally built up the courage to ask my parents if it would be okay if he came over for dinner. I was only 14 (turning 15 in a month) and being that I could not date until I was 16 we sat on the couch in the living room every weekend until I was 16. My parents figured that if he stuck around that long, he must have really loved me, so I was able to go on group dates at that point. My parents loved him just as much as I did. He was such a gentleman and was so darn funny (still is, he makes me laugh constantly). He actually is ALOT like my father and the weird thing is I am alot like his mother, weird how that happens, huh? Eventually we were able to go on single dates and the love kept growing stronger and stronger. I went to summer school every year, so that I could graduate a year early and start college, so that we could get married. Michael and I both worked 2 jobs and went to school while saving up for a down payement so that we coluld buy our first home. In December 1999 we did it! We bought our first home. It was going to be done in April of 2000, so we planned a April 22 wedding and we were able to move into our home on April 24..talk about perfect timing. It was a little depressing leaving my home that I grew up in, but I was so exited to begin that journey that I had been waiting for!

We were married April 22, 2000! I have completley and truley been blessed! Michael is beyond an amazing husband and father. He has been a wonderful provider for our family. He is such a hard worker and thrives each and everyday to make our lives the best that he can. I really could not ask for anything more.

I truely feel like I am the luckiest girl in the world, Michael. I love you so much.

HAPPPY 9th Anniversary!!!!

(I tried to put our wedding pics up, but for some reason my scanner is not working)

"Mans Day"

The boys were each able to spend a day with Daddy and pick what they wanted to do. Jake calls this "Man Day". I thought that it was cute. Here is what the boys chose to do on their special day.

Jake chose to go see Dinosaurs Live at the IMAX and Game Works

Caden chose to go fishing and to the Library.

These were all the picutres they kept sending me through the camera phone, too cute!

Thank you Daddy for a wonderful "Man Day".

The Harts...

Michael had to go to San Diego for some Army Buisness and was able to get to spend sometime with our precious neices and nephews. I cannot believe how big they have all got just in the short time we saw them last!

Yes, We are super jealous you got to share hugs with Uncle Mikee!!!

Mathew, Kylie, Uncle Mikee, Leila, and Ashton

We miss you guys!!

Kylie and Leila--They cut their hair! Aunt Amber LOVES the new DO!

Hopefully we will get to play at the beach with you guys this summer!!

We love and miss you Hart Family!

The Results are in.....

I got on the scale yesterday and I have LOST 6 pounds!!! I am super exited!

After having Adysen I have had the HARDEST time losing weight! I mean super hard time. I finally went to the doctor when Adysen was about 4 months old and had my blood drawn cause no matter what I did I was just not losing ANYTHING. All my blood work came back normal and the doctor just said that sometimes the older we get and the more babies you have your hormones are out of wack and could take up to a year for everything to fall back into place. I was immediatley like, "WHAT! I cannot wait a year!" So i kept trying, kept working out, and then around the holidays I was just like well I am still not losing weight or inches, I might as well enjoy all the goodies this year, so I totally slacked on exercising pr eating healthy.

So Adysen turned one in Janurary and I think I had just lost hope and gave up. I was really starting to feel depressed, still had nothing to wear, didnt want to do anything anymore cause i was totally just not feeling good or feeling like myself. I was afraid I was going to run into someone who was going to see me looking this hitious, just all those horrible feelings. I have always been the athletic type and it was and has been very hard on me.


By the time April came I just decided that it had been over a year since having Adysen and I
was just going to give it my all again, I was tired of feeling like this and started working out HARD again and back to my eating 6 small meals a day and by golly the doctor was right!! I have lost 6 pounds!!! I have 67 more pounds to go...isnt that just gross! I wont even tell you what my body fat percentage is, that will really make you vomitt. haha.

Thank you Brady for all your encouragement and advice! I know you say dont worry about the numbers on the scale, but I just had to share this! It is finally happening!!

Thank you to Jill as well! You have totally inspired me to run! I have never been a runner, but seeing all the runs that you have done for such great causes and seeing you out in the mornings running just has inspired me that much more!

Angelica! Thank you for being such a awesome work out partner!

Krystal! We need to start doing step again! lol

FINALLY....

I GOT TO SEE TWIGHLIGHT!!!

After missing out on many trips to the movies with friends and family, I finally got to rent the movie and sit down and watch it last night! It was AMAZING!! I LOVED it. Everyone says the book is even better, so I am so exited to find the time to read the book, hopefully sooner than later!