Happy V-day

So really I think that Valentines is just a Halmark holiday. If you love someone you should let them know everyday not just emphasize it on one day. Who needs chocolates that my butt will thank me for later or stuffed animals at my age?  My husband thinks differently. He called me up at work and told me that I needed to kill 15 minutes before arriving at some spa place. He does these special little treats for me all the time. While out running errands, he will stop by and schedule an eyebrow waxing or nails or something fun like that that I actually need. So I go to this place and get pampered and when I get home i'm already dreading that I have to clean up the kitchen before I start dinner just like any other day.....Well to my surprise my sink is EMPTY! Counters are CLEAR. So unheard of. BEST PRESENT EVER!! Since they all surprised me with all these wonderful gifts, I surprised them with a special treat.....

This "valentines box" is all cake

My broken heart

                                                        My lil Bekah w/ cake & cakeballs

Jeffrey & Riley enjoying their gift

Jakey stole a couple when I wasnt looking

               My 4 babies (plus Moose peeking in the window)


Oh and I did get a box of chocolates by the end of the night.....

Victory is empty without struggle

Today I read an email from a friend. Actually it was more of a devotion but it has changed my perspective a little. I don't usually get caught up on material things. I've struggled my whole life. Don't get me wrong, we have never gone without & I had a great childhood. We've never lived in the same place for more than 6 months when I was a kid. Life was pretty unstable but my mom did the best she could as a single parent of 3 kids. And to me that is something to admire. So anyways back to the email. It was all about chapters in our lives. One chapter might be better than the next you just have to read thru it and make it to the next page.....In my life I do know what my ending is going to be. And I know that it's going to be a happy one. Not everyone can say that. Not everyone has what I have. This is not material things I'm speaking of, of course. But I just got so focused on the fact that I have to give up MY big house and MY big closet, everything that is MINE. I can't talk to Jeff about it because he feels as if he has failed me in some way because he knows that I don't want the life I had for my kids. I want stability. Who wouldn't? We decided that with the economy the way it has been that if he was laid off again we should start downsizing and cutting back where necessary.
So this all being said, I've decided to refocus and be more positive. Jeff is very excited about this house. How can I destroy that for him and point on the negative. I am blessed to have found a house, I have a job to where I can pay for it, my children have food, none of my kids are sick, and I am happily married. So even though this is a rough chapter for me I can't wait to see what God is writing for me next.

If at first you don't succeed....

Try, try, try AGAIN! Right? I was looking at this chicks website and was still determined to make those cakeballs!  There are so many other things that she makes and it would be fun to experiment with for my kids birthdays besides the traditional cake. So I tossed the directions that I had printed last time and started over and did it my own way. This was my ending result.......

I've never tasted them before so I have nothing to compare them to. Watching Jacob sneak up and grab one let me know that they must have been good. If the kids like em then thats all that matters :)

Go play on the freeway!

OK so I've heard people say "Go play on a freeway" but I've never thought much about it.

Bootcamp day 12- Well needless to say after day 11 I needed to take a break. Really I could have used a few days but I sucked it up and went. It was Cardio day. Still hate running but thats where the weightloss is. I arrived at the park and I could already tell that this one was gonna be different. The plan was to run all the way to the top of College Dr. where it meets the desert. Then come halfway down and run up to Lance Burtons home. We sprinted up and down his driveway a few times. I could only imagine what he was thinking if he was watching from his window.
After, it was decided that we would run all the way to the underpass of the 95 & College.
Very exciting.....
Well not really. We ran up the side of the underpass, down the side, up backwards, & down backwards. Pretty scary because it was pretty steep. Now I can say i've played on the side of a freeway.