Weight loss goal!!!

This year I saw my weight loss goal come and leave again!  It has been frustrating, but not much I can do right now.  I feel myself slowly coming back, and I feel real soon I should be able to get back in there, and lose the rest so that I am back at my goal!  Here is some recent pictures:

I know huge difference right?  I can't wait to get back down to my goal weight!  That will be one happy day! 

Prayer

My daughter who is now 4 almost five has been asked to say more of our prayers.  One day she asks me, "Mom, how do you know what to say?"  I told her, "well, you talk to him like you talk to your friends".  It dawned on me right then that my dinner prayer, and family prayer was almost always the same.  It had its variances, but for the most part always sounded the same as if it was rehearsed.  Although I LOVE that my kids love to pray, I don't want them to think that there are certain things you HAVE to say each time.  {Does that make sense?}  Otherwise, I don't want thier prayers to be rehearsed.  I found this picture this week on an LDS site I was on, and it spoke just those same words to me.  So we printed one for each room in a 8x10 frame.  So now, right there on thier bedroom wall, is the answers {along with tons of artwork, scribbles, etc}  Thought I would share!!! 

Ashley Sweet 16

Can it be, that sweet girl is now 16 and ready for the road?

YES, it can be...  Time goes by way too fast!

But as it be, she turned sixteen in April {I know a little late on getting these up, but my Aunt Cyndi would appreciate these}.

She really wanted a fun birthday, filled with friends, and memories, because this was supposed to be the last year here {BTW, plans changed and we are here for another year!}

So we went with RAINBOW everything!  That seems to be the trend that she is sporting right now anyways.  She LOVES anything rainbow!!!  So I went with these cute little handmade invites, and rainbow colored decorations, and food!  But we of course, stayed in style with a teenage life!!!  Didn't want it to look to kiddish, after all she is 16 {Yikes I still shudder at that thought}. 

this was the base for the invite, then we put party details along the side, in neon green writting!!!

These were the decorations:

As for activities, we got rainbow colored t-shirts and lots of t-shirt paint, and let them go at it...  We played twister, and then I got this wall sized peice of paper, and let her friends draw all over it, so no matter where we go she can hang it up and always remember them!  I think that was her favorite part!

you gotta love these guys!!!  They are all so adorable!  We had so much fun!  Thank you for celebrating Ashley's sweet 16 with us, Brad, Sarah, Amanda, Zane, Corey, Zoe, and  Jake!!!