Weekly Ten

1)Tues. I drove Kylee, Maddox, Lyla & I to St. George. Lyla had been having a fever for the last 4 days and then she had some red spots show up all over her body. I talked to a woman at pilates & she said it was probably Roseola, but I still wanted piece of mind. I left Evelyn with my mom and Kylee was down visiting for a little over a week. She wanted to come with to get them out of my moms house, I wanted the company. So off we went, I headed to Redrock Pediatrics because I am on the lookout for a new place to take Lyla. I found it, holy amazing. Really nice office and really professional. I had been taking the girls to Mesquite they have a doc in a clinic there, but I wasn't too impressed. Lyla was almost her normal self that day. I was excited because she had 2 BM's that day, she finally started to eat and drink. The doc said that he was Jeff Keel's Uncle I loved it. She did have Roseola and was on her way to being fully recovered soon. I will be going back from now on. Thanks for the recommendation Annie!! 2)We went to Inside scoop on Mon. I took just Evelyn cause Lyla was sick. We met up with Kylee and Maddox again. Had a fun time together. Afterwards we walked into Home Hardware and while walking out the door Evelyn thought it would be fun to take a paintbrush and not tell me. When we walked outside I asked where she got the brush, "I took it she said". So, I had to go knock on the door, (they were closing) and tell the lady what happened. Evelyn felt bad and the lady got after her....Um excuse me but I am the mother here not you. I was more annoyed with her than with Evelyn. 3)We played with Breya, Nolan, Kinley, and my sister Elliah. They were down from St. George for the weekend. They had a blast outside by the horses. 4)Elliah mainly came down for me to do a photoshoot of her Kinley who just turned one in March. Here are a few pics from her shoot. It was lots of fun. 5)I finally got my fitness mic back for my class. Oh I love love it. After waiting for a month, it was worth it. They gave me a brand new mic, there fitness version. It rocks and I love being able to blare my music again and not have to yell. 6)We went to the Stake 100 year celebration, it was really neat. The displays there were so neat to look at. The history of this valley and stake is very cool. Evelyn had fun playing games and we had fun seeing lots of people. 7)I broke out my sewing machine & got a little sewing lesson from my mom. I made a fabric camera strap for my camera, in teal. You can see it in this reflection pic of me. BTW I am loving my new camera and lenses. Upgrades are so much fun. 8)The girls got to play a lot this week with irrigation water. Here are the pics to prove it!! Lyla's new work of the week is ya ya. You ask do you want this? Ya, Ya, Ya, it is so so funny. I love it, she also says purple too. 9)I am addicted to my supergreen/protein Sunwarrior shakes. I have one every day and have lots more energy. This guys who owes a health food store here in Overton came up with a fabulous protein shake mix from vegatables, I buy the vanilla one. But, chocolate is great too, when I went to fill up on the protein powder I discovered a new supergreen powder. Someone there suggested I put the supergreens into my protein...and Vaboom....I have one healthy meal. Plus I feel better when I don't get all my green veggies the supergreens are full of them. 10)Our whole neighborhood is changing so much. The Hawkins just sold their home. Very sad because I love Leslie she comes to pilates and is such a treat to be around. We still have nobody across our street in the Cambell's old house. Rumor is a retired couple is gonna move in there, we really need some young kids on our street. But, really like the quiet of retired people too. We shall see.

Our Year Mark!!

The 23rd of April this month marked the day we moved to Overton, NV. We moved the day after Trent graduated from BYU, to a house that was draping plastic on the side and bugs flying everywhere in it, for months. It took about 3 weeks for them to complete the new part of the house. Then we had the daunting task of priming and painting it all. After all the hard work, it looks great. Here are some pics I took right around when we moved here of the house. Hope you enjoy them. Sadly I am the worst at taking before and after pics of what the house looked like before we fixed it up. I know I am lame, happily we have got all of the major projects done that we wanted to get done. My goal was to do them before the year mark, wahoo. It feels so good. I thought I would have a really hard time leaving Provo, UT and moving back home. I thought it was really fun to be up there on our own, and in the school zone of life. But, now I love being close to family and having our own place here, it really feels like home here. I love the quiet feel of a small town. I remember when we first moved in one thing we loved was our huge yard, the girls could really explore and we didn't have to worry about a car hitting them, our road in Provo was so busy and people would fly down it. Trent and I would wake up to bullet bike races at 2 AM, I wanted to shoot those dumb boys, trying to show off for probably the girl riding on back of them. (I h.a.t.e. bullet bikes, and think they should be outlawed) Now we go to sleep to quiet. Ahhhh. So, glad to be here but miss Provo sometimes. So grateful for our house and family & that I can teach pilates & Trent has a job with his dad. I don't know what we would do without that.

I, I, I, I Work Out!!

I searched for and found a friend of mine I had met at the Gold's Gym in Provo Utah. Her name is Wendy Chatfield and she taught a pump class and a yogalates class. I started attending workout classes when we moved to Northern Utah five years ago. I loved working out in a class setting. It really was so much easier and funner than by yourself. It forces you to work oh so hard, and keeps you motivated. Whenever I would attend classes I thought how cool it would be to teach a fitness class. All the instructors were getting paid to work out, how cool was that??? Very. plus they were inspiring/helping others do that. They were the freaking bomb in my eyes. I have always been passionate about working out. My sister in law Annie Leavitt and I went to the gym sometimes together. We knew we were both heading back to the valley after our hubbies were done with construction management to take over their Dad's Electrician business. We talked about how much we loved to work out, and how screwed we were when we moved back to Moapa Valley, NV. We joked how we should both teach a class to stay in shape. Life moved on she moved back and started teaching her Zumba Class, oh man I was so excited for her, and excited I would at least have her class when I moved back. Then I thought oh wait I want to do this, if Annie can do it so can I. Then I thought about what I wanted to teach. I had really liked pump and pilates classes. Pilates mostly, I loved how well it toned you and balanced your mind out. So, I looked into it and certified myself. I was stoked to move back and now had something to look forward to. Now I have taught pilates for a year here and am so happy doing it. It completes me and my week. It gets me through my hard days and a mother/wife/woman. Thanks to Annie & Wendy Chatfield for your support and inspiration!! Annie I've said it once and I will say it again...."We rock for both teaching and changing this fitness of Moapa Valley. We are the coolest chicks around!!"

Our Week In Ten ....

1)I finally received my new camera a Canon 60D. Oh boy, it does video and is such a huge upgrade from my old 40D, that just stopped working after it getting fixed twice. Some of these pics are taken with it.....ahhhhhhh so so excited. 2)It reached over 100 (102) here today in NV. I am not ready nor prepared for the hot triple days ahead. UCK 3)Took a Mesquite trip with my sis Kylee, her son Maddox & my Mom. Best part is we all fit in the Denali, it was great. We went to Walmart, got Subway and went to the park there, which is so well kept and taken care of. Soft grass and a covered play area...if I lived in Mesquite I would be there a lot. Not fare our town doesn't get squat!! Then we went to the REc center which wasn't that cool, plus Lyla was so overtired. 4)Speaking of Lyla she has been a monster this week. The past 4 days have really been hard with her. She has been teething teething teething, and she won't eat, has had a fever for about 3 days, and her gums are so swollen and red, I can see the sharp teeth trying to make their way through. I have been trying to have patience with her, but can't take much more days like this. I need my sweet happy Lyla back. 5)Evelyn has had a pretty good week, minus the major talking back. I just keep telling myself I can do the Positive Parenting Thing.....I think I can I think I can, I know I can I know I can! 6)Today just Evelyn and I made it to church. I had to do sharing time and Lyla still wasn't happy. I had fun with just Evelyn and I and felt like we were able to have a connecting moment during those few hours today. In sacrament I told her to sit reverently and put her feet down, because Jesus is watching and wants us to be good in church. Her response.."I just asked Jesus and he said it was ok!" I couldn't help but laugh out loud clever clever girl. 7)We went to visit Ty & Annie and the girls all played in the water and mud. They have this water slide thing full of awesomeness!! Evelyn loved it and Lyla played in the water with her feet only. Those girl cousins have fun together. 8)We had some dead limbs cut off from the trees and I helped Trent move them what a chore and process, the trees look so much better. 9)Trent also mowed down our lawn, I really wanted to use the good weeds we had to take pics, he doesn't not mow just for my photography needs, dang it. 10)Today we had a bday party for Trent dad Rod. We had great food and amazing cinnamon roll cupcakes my adorable sis in law Taryn made. They were the best part of my week.

Just The Weekly Ten...

1)We attended the Clark County Fair. It was the funnest I have ever had. We went Thursday and my mom came along with us. Danielle Terril invited us to hook up with them to ride the rides. We showed up and tried to get their wristbands on for Lyla & Brielle. They weren't exactly 36 inches tall, but Danielle had a great idea, just tell them they were tall enough. It worked...they had so much fun on the rides together. We found Ashley Bowler on the way and she joined in with the rides. The more the better, they girls had a blast. We need to meet up every year Ashley and Danielle, that was a blast. Trent came after we got off work, (his mom found us as well) and we ate dinner and showed the girls the rest of the fair, Evelyn got to ride a pony, and get her face painted, we didn't spend the extra money for Lyla to ride the pony because she won't remember it. My mom paid for Evelyn to get her face painted. I picked up a cute new wallet. I ate yummy mexican food....and had a Texas Twister Drink. 2)I went to Mesquite with my brother Ty Friday to buy him a graduation/birthday/mission gift. A new digital camera. He got a Canon cause that is the best out there in my opinion, and he loves it so much. I think it will treat him great in Australia. He is gonna be gone so soon, I am getting sad about it. He is such a great and polite person, I am proud to be his sister!! 3)Trent finally got his engine installed in the Mustang, problem is now the hood won't fit on now, so he has to get a new hood. Go figure, putting a 2012 Ford Mustang engine into a 1967 Mustang is a little hard to work with. If anyone can figure it out then it's Trent he is so smart when it comes to figuring out gadgets. 4)Lyla's new word for the week is Moddy...we aren't sure what it means but, I have a hunch its between Mommy & Daddy...she says it when she is upset. 5)Evelyn pointed out something really true this week. Lyla was throwing a fit and Evelyn was getting frustrated over us not getting her a snack at the moment and so she looks and Trent and says "Why is everyone always so crazy?" LOL. 6)We have been wanting to prune our trees in our yard, but put off renting a lift and actually doing it. But, the other day some Wheeler Electric Employees showed up with a big lift and did it for us,it was awesome and they look way better now. We are grateful that happened for us. 7)I have been sitting on pins and needles this whole week waiting for two things to arrive at my house...1)My wireless mic headset for my pilates class. It is under warranty therefore I have not bought a new one. Class isn't the same without it. It's just depressing me. 2)My new 60D Canon Camera and 2 lenses with it, HOT DIGGITY DOG I AM EXCITED FOR THE UPGRADE!! 8)I spent my whole Saturday putting contact paper on the shelves of our kitchen cabinets what a job...looks so better and will be easier to clean. 9)The Denali is pretty dirty from rain and mud. It kills me to ever have/see it dirty. That thing is my baby and I want to keep it as nice as I possibly can. I don't care if I am extreme about it. When you pay a good amount for a car like that, and it was one I have been drooling over for a while. It's worth the effort to me:D 10)I started reading Heaven is here, I borrowed it from my sister in law Annie, and well, I don't ever read books, but this one is really good. I just wish I could have more free time to read.