Update

This is the most recent picture of me. From September 22 to October 22 I made a pact with one of my co-workers to not eat chocolate. WHAT!?!?! I can't believe I was crazy enough to think that there was a possibility that I could go that long without it. Well I am proud to say that there was only two times that I actually broke the pact but I did AWESOME!
I cannot believe that I am a mother of a two year old. I cried when he blew out his candles. I am going to be one of those sappy moms. I am ok with that. I have never been happier in my life then to be a mom. And what makes it more special is that I get to raise him with a man who I love!!!!
It is getting to be blanket season again.... I love blankets!!!! I am obsessed. Maybe its because I remember when I was little that I used to pile on the blankets and tuck them in on all sides but where my pillow was and then I would wiggle and crawl into my cocoon of blankets to fall asleep. Ohhh I love that feeling. I am happy that my son loves blankets.I am working on my husband. :)
My Morgan had surgery last week. She had her tonsils removed and she is doing amazing. I am so lucky to be the aunt of seven very beautiful nieces!

Bouncy Place

I was told that I am a facebook junkie. I wish I enjoyed posting blogs as much as I love checking out whats going on in other peoples lives on facecrack. By request of a fellow junkie, here is one of many videos taken of us at the bouncy place on Saturday. We went with a friend of ours and the kids had a BLAST. Lucky me I gave Karl the camera and this is what happened as a result.
We have been busy, but not too busy lately. I have no excuses for not updating this more often, but I will try to do better. On a side note, my baby boy turns 2 in 12 days. I am alittle (OK ALOT) freaking out about it.

APPLESAUCE!!!!

This last weekend my sister and mom made my grandma's applesauce. It was so time consuming and exhausting but it was so worth it. We ended up with 30 jars of applesauce and I still wanted more. Karl is happy that I finally used the equiptment that he bought me a few years ago. I just never had the space to can and now I am still itching to make more.
I made applesauce with my grandparents a few years ago and when I came back with my load everyone in my family wanted some. Don't worry I shared, but now my mom and sister know how to make it so everyone can make as much as they want. Thank you Debbie, Mom and my beautiful nieces for making the sauce with me!

My talented friend

I got this in the mail today. I was so excited to see what creation was made for me for my birthday. I am so proud of my friend, you know who you are, for using her talents and creating this bracelet that I love. Thank you!!!!!!!
We also celebrated my birthday by going out to Ocean Shores. It was AMAZING. I loved every minute of it. Even if it did cost me an extra $500.00. Anywho. I forgot that the pictures are not on this computer so check out my facebook pictures, Karl got beautiful pictures of the beach and ocean with the camera. Thank you to everyone who made my birthday special!!!!!

New Smile, Old Smile

New Smile.

Old Smile.

Back when I was in the Merrie Miss Class, over 15 years ago we played the trust game at church. I was blindfolded and I was directed around the church. At one point I was walking asking when I was supposed to stop or turn and then all the sudden I hit the wall and my front tooth broke in half. I had a cap put on the tooth and just recently my tooth started to have problems again. I went to the dentist and he said that there was no way to save the tooth. He pulled it and then gave me a retainer with a fake tooth on it called a flipper. I think that it looks better but my mouth still hurts.

Goofy pictures. Goofy smiles.

Relaxing days. Hanging out with family.

My brother Louie came into town and we were busy visiting with him and his little family. We spent alot of time at my parents house, I fell down and twisted my ankle. I had a nasty bruise on my arm. We also went to Snoqualmie falls. Ty and I went down to the bottom and then back up with Debbie and her girls and Louie and his girls and Mel. My parents waited at the top. I should have just waited for everyone to come back up but I wanted to be with everyone as much as possible.

We have been so busy the last few days. My brother Louie came into town with his family. We have been trying to get as much sleep as possible but we have not wanted to leave my parents house. I have been not doing much lately up to this point. I have no excuse, but I haven't done much with my time besides bake and clean my house. If you want to go do something together, just call me and we can get together.

Only because you are my sister of another mother.

Yes its me. I was caught climbing in the big toys at Mcd's and I had to accept the fact that my picture would be taken and I was also told that I had to post it on my blog. Its not a bad picture, mostly because LJ is "conveniently" hiding my flab. Thanks for the proof that I am still young at heart.

My life

Lately we have been consumed with Tyler which is totally normal and natural. But in the midst of that I have changed my focus. There are things that I try not to worry about anymore. People make choices. I make choices. I have a hard time with change, so in my head my baby is NOT 19 months old.
On another note. I went to the doctor a few weeks ago and he found another VERY small tumor. It is totally normal to have small fibroids, but in my case all I have know is my big boy charlie tumor. SO when the doctor told me I was normal I bawled. He asked me what was wrong and I voiced my concerns and he proceeded to tell me that my last tumor was totally abnormal and it was very rare for them to grow at the rate that it grew. Long story short, I am going in for another ultrasound in august to see if this itty bitty tumor (less than 2 cm) will stay the same or grow (Charlie grew to a hefty 8 cm). I will keep you posted as I try to consume my life with more things that are more precious to me, such as my husband, tyler and my friends and family.

My brothers

I don't know if you know this, so I will tell you. I have the coolest brothers in the whole world. I am so lucky that I ended up being older than my brothers, because then they would be able to pick on me more than they already do.
Louie is the best dad to his two beautiful girls. He lives in Arizona and I miss him all the time. We are not as close as I wish we could be but life happens. He still amazes me with the things he has overcome in his life. Don't mess with him, he will get you back. Matt and I have the best jokes between us that nobody else appreciates as much as we do. I laugh so much with him and have had alot of good times with him. He is an awesome uncle and he will make a great dad some day.
Chris, aka Bub, is not a teenager anymore. He is wise beyond his years and never ceases to amaze me with the things that he has dealt with. Chris turned 20 on Sunday and I remember when he first came to live with us. I loved his line "Ya'll are not my friends!" what a funny boy.
All I know is that I am very proud of my brothers and who they have become.

Pictures

There are alot of pictures that have been taken with our camera and most of them have been of Tyler. The pictures of me just disgust me and gross me out. I can't believe how ugly I look to myself. I know that there are parts of me that I like, my hair, my eyes, my hands. I see the fat in my face and on my body makes me want to delete all the pictures I have. This is one I like.

Tyler and I made Karl a birthday cake. It was Tyler's first real experience cooking with momma. He was so weirded out that I took the gate down and brought a chair in the kitchen, and THEN asked him to come in and help me. He was so worried he would get in trouble that he didn't want to even stand up on the chair. In the end the cake turned out GREAT. I was so proud of our work on the cake and Karl loved it. Happy Birthday Karl.

Weightly matters

I have done really good the past few days. I have lost weight more this week than I have in the last few weeks.My weigh in is not for a few more days but I check it everyday out of habit. Its nice that my jeans fit looser.

Easter Brunch

I just love Tylers hair flip... He looks like he just got out of bed :)

Tyler thought the best way to get what was in his bag was to swing it.

For Easter this year we went to my parents house and had a big brunch. I asked Morgan if she could take some pictures of what was going on and these are the ones she took.

This is the talented photographer.

My dad drinking my favorite soda!!!!

My Morgan got a picture of me in there too.

We had a pretty quiet Easter. The Easter bunny didn't hide eggs at our house because we forgot to get them ready. We did help Debbie and the girls with their eggs though. We hung out with Karl's mom on Saturday and then saw my family on Easter.

April 11, 2001

Eight years ago today I entered the MTC. It was the
scariest, most exciting time of my life. Up until this point I had family and friends surrounding me and I knew that I was loved by them. On April 9 I flew out to SLC and met my friend Amy Dopp whom I had met at the Auburn Singles Ward when her and her family lived up here. We went to SLC and went to the temple there to do a session and then wandered around Temple Square. We went to the screening of the Testaments, it was a Book of Mormon movie and it was a depiction of the life of the people in the BoM during the time of Christ and after he died and was resurrected. It was wonderful. In Utah when you go on your mission Sizzler gives you one meal for free, so we ate there.
I am so thankful to my Heavenly Father for giving me the oppurtunity to serve my mission. I am a better mother, wife, sister and friend because of the time I spent on my mission. I was not perfect by ANY means and I am still continuing to try to be a better person.
I remember when I was in the MTC, I wanted to be around my MTC district forever. I thought that it wasn't fair that we didn't have MTC reunions, only on the mission. My companion in the MTC was Sis. Harvey and she was from Toole, UT.
Most of my companions were from Utah with the exception of Sis Kartchner, who was from St. David, Az and Sis Oyunchimeg who was from Mongolia. I served in Fayettville, AR, Branson, Missouri, and Henryetta and Grove ,OK. I served in every state that was possible for a sister to serve in. It was the best time of my life.
This morning I got up and went to the Temple. I was supposed to go with Garnet and her hubby but they slept in. It was WONDERFUL!!!

Weigh -in

This weigh in I gained 2 lbs. I was not surprised and I was glad it was only two pounds that I went up. We had a birthday party to go to last week and then on Sunday we had a wonderful bbq at my parents house. it was SOOO good. We did have lots of salad and fruit and veggies. But nothing is complete without ranch for my veggies and we found this cream cheese fruit dip that was WONDERFUL.
In the other parts of my little world...... I am tired. I think that I want things to e more in order but it is exhausting to me to see chaos and change it to order. I will find a way it will just take thought and then action. That doesn't mean to the junk food isle either!!!!

weight loss up date

I weighed in today and according to my home scale I lost 7 lbs. According to my work scale says I lost 9 lbs. I am going with my home scale. For my first week I kicked trash. It was the easiest start to a diet that I have had so far.

Tomorrow... tomorrow I'll love me tomorrow

Tomorrow is my first weigh in of this weight loss round. There have been days where I thought that I would never get myself motivated to do this again and this week has been so easy! I wanted to work on the food portion first, because that was what was holding me back, oh so many times. Then this weekend I bought my own step aerobics stepper and dvd set. (Its only $30.00 at walmart.) I did the workout it came with. That will take time for me.
Oh yeah another little scary secret. Not many of you will believe this, or at least, I hope, not all of you. When I had my baby shower on September 15, 2007 Superwoman measured my belly and I still have the roll of material here. Well this weekend I wanted to compare where I was at. Karl asked me first if I was sure I wanted to do that, I did it and I am just about the same size as I was on the day of my baby shower. Don't worry about me now. I wasn't too shocked. I know that I plumped up after I had Tyler. It was more of a motivation for me to lose the weight again.
My other HUGE problem is that I like to weigh myself everyday. I know I have lost but I am not going to officially post it until I weigh myself in the morning.

Update

Sooooo, I quit the gym I was at. I wasn't commited enough to go there on a regular basis. I know the talks I had with people I know it was important and I know it would be a good example for Tyler for me to go but I felt so guilty going for the cost and not being with Tyler. My calling at church keeps me busy enough right now and when I would go to the gym I felt like I was dragging myself away from Tyler.

I have also been sick more this month than I have since my tumor. It started out with strep throat and then I had a bad tooth pulled. The meds didn't work the first round from my tooth so I got a new prescription. Then as a result of being on antibiotics for about a month, I have been fighting the effects of taking those pills. It has NOT been fun. I got a call today from Superwoman and she asked me if I needed a blessing and of course the tears came falling. Superman and my home teacher came out and gave me a blessing. Now that I have drank 64 ounces of cranberry juice. Taken my pills for my tooth (tomorrow is my last day!) and took tylenol and another pill for pain I feel like I am going to pass out. I HATE being on drugs.

I am ready for my close up

This is courtesy of Booga. She took this picture and thought that she was so cool. I am still struggling with the weight thing. I told Karl I was going to cut out soda and chocolate but I thought about it today and I can't do both at the same time so I am going to cut out chocolate and slow down on the soda intake. I know that I have said this before and I feel like a broken record and I feel like I am not getting anywhere but I will get there.
On another note. I have been worried about what was going to happen at work. There were a possibilities for change and just did not feel right about it. My boss said that she was ok with how things are for me right now and that if there were anymore changes, it would make it more stressful for more than just myself. I am totally ok with this.
This is a picture that was taken at our reception. It will be 5 years this Friday. I can't believe it. Karl has put up with my drama and has loved me despite of my imperfections. I am so lucky. I love you babe.

6 of 6 Tagged by Sunny

Rules:
1. go to the document/ my pictures site on your computer
2. go to your sixth file
3. go to your sixth picture
4. blog about it
5. tag 6 people

This is a picture of Tyler just after his new haircut at my sisters house the night we were baby sitting. He was on the rocking horse right below the TV while everyone else was playing Rock Band.

I tag: anyone who wants to do it. I know some people have been tagged multiple times.

I worked out yesterday

I met with a personal trainer yesterday and he had me doing squats and some other thing where I hold a pose. It was probably really cruel yoga! I am so SORE. My thighs up to my bra line hurts so bad. I even had Karl give me a little massage seeing if that would help it go away alittle. Now its time for some drugs!!!

New Membership

Karl and I have been discussing memberships at a gym for the last few months and with our tax return we just got I was able to sign up for a gym and I am glad I have some where I can go to. The place here is ok except they have to close early Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights. That makes it hard on me to only workout wed, thur, friday nights and Saturdays. So I got my membership at Mieko's. Its smaller than the more lavish gyms but it will serve its purpose. Yeah for me!

My Rant

If there are any guys reading this, I caution you ahead of time, its not a conversation that I would have with a guy but I need to vent. My thoughts are driving me crazy.
As many of you know I had a tumor, named Charlie, by Liz, when Karl and I first got married. This tumor loved me and I HATED him. He caused me so much heart ache and trials. I have said too much about him already but I wanted to remind you of him because when I was pregnant with Tyler it was the most wonderful experience in my life, up to that point. After he was born it was worth it to deal with Charlie for over a year and a half and I am thankful to my doctor for doing the surgery that he did NOT want to do. Tyler has been the best blessing in my life, close to my husband of course.
I feel dumb and embarrassed when I think that I am pregnant again. I had dreams about it, Karl had dreams about it. Even in my dream this morning a woman was telling me that even when the test says negative that I am still pregnant. SO today was the day that I would take the test. Yesterday I woke up in a panic because nothing was going on down stairs. When I got up I took the test and then realized that my visitor came. Then I saw the test was negative.
If we were pregnant we would have been VERY unprepared. Number one I need to LOSE weight and number two we need to get RID of bills. It was completely logical to not need the stress of bringing another itty bitty into our family, but my LOGIC goes out the window. Did I meantion Karl STILL loves me despite this. I wanted to hold another baby in my arms that was a part of me and know that my Heavenly Father was trusting me with another precious child.
Then as I was mulling over ALL my feelings I heard Tyler in his room waking up. I went in there and there was my beautiful baby boy waiting for me to take care of him and love him and play with him. I am so blessed that I get the blessing EVERY day to have my son and husband with me and are there to help me remember that I am loved and Heavenly Father does know my needs and he will bless me when he knows I am ready.

Weight loss round who knows anymore

I have had one heck of a hard time losing weight this round. It seems that I have more cravings than I thought I have had in the past. I usually go walking outside but its been too dang cold so I thought to myself that I would wake up early in the morning and workout. Well all that that has done is make me too lazy to get out of my warm bed.
I know I can do this. Tyler needs me to do this to stay healthy. I will try harder. I need to.

8 Things

8 Things

Liz tagged me, so here I go:

8 Shows you watch:

1. The Biggest Loser
   
2. Private Practice
   
3. Greys Anatomy
   
4. The Office
   
5. Lost
6. The Mentalist
   
7. As the World Turns
8. Ghost Whisperer
   

8 Restaurants I love:

1. Red Robin
2. Olive Garden
3. Cheesecake Factory
   
4. Subway
   
5. Wendy's
   
6. Taco Time
   
7. Gia Como's in Oklahoma
   
8. Claim Jumper
   

8 Things I did yesterday:

1. Fell asleep feeling loved
   
2. Played with my son
   
3. Checked email
4. Watched The Office with Karl
   
5. Changed my sons diaper
   
6. Called my sister
   
7. Gave away banana bread
   
8. Went to work
   

8 things I look forward to:

1. Watching my son grow up
   
2. Having another baby
   
3. Going back to college
   
4. Moving into a house
   
5. Talking to Tyler when he gets older
   
6. Giving gray hairs to Karl
   
7. Getting out of debt
   
8. De-junking/getting organized

8 wishes:

1. To keep my friends close
   
2. Go to Disneyworld
3. To have faith in the world
   
4. To not worry about money
   
5. For good health
6. That I could go visit all my friends
7. I can lose weight and be happy with my body
   
8. Tyler grows up healthy and strong
   

8 People I tag:

1. Sunny
   
2. Rachael
   
3. Julie
   
4. Jennifer
   
5. Morgan
   
6. Rachel
   
7. Jennie
8. Rachael
   

Post 51, 51 things about me!

I had a great idea after Superwoman posted 100 things about her and her family that I would do the same at my 50th post, because I don't blog as much as her 50 was pretty reasonable. What I didn't realize on my last post is that it was the 50th post so I will do it on this one. Enjoy!

1. I have 7 nieces 5 of them are red heads.
2. I met Karl 4 years before we got married. Poor Karl.
3. The farthest east I have been is Branson, Missouri.
4. I wanted, when I was little, to marry a twin and have two sets of twins, so I would only have to be pregnant twice.
5. I love to do pottery, but it is expensive.
6. My first friend when I moved to Washington, in second grade, was Amber Baird.
7. I loved being in Oklahoma but I am terrified of tornados so I will not live there.
8. I love the feeling of complete relaxation right before I fall asleep.
9. My first phone number that I remember is 276-1444.
10. I only had my first cell phone for two weeks, then I cancelled it because I decided to go on a mission.
11.I will forever be teased by this by my sisters, but my first boyfriends name was Bo-Bo.
12. I love Pendleton Oregon.
13. I like cats and frogs but you will not catch me wearing apparel with animals on them.
14. Rascal Flatts is my favorite country singing group.
15. I want to be more organized but I feel lost getting there.
16. I love football when nascar is on but I will not ever miss nascar. (Sorry Superwoman)
17. I love being in nature.
18. I love waking up when the snow has just fallen and no one has messed it up.
19. I have eaten menudo.
20. I love Dr Pepper.
21. I love being a mom, its the only job I want to have, where I don't get paid in monies.
22. I don't like nuts in brownies or banana bread.
23. If I could have a piece of chocolate, big or small everymeal I would.
24. I have been to see Savage Garden, Rascal Flatts, Toby Keith, Bill Engvall and Kenny Chesney in concert, 3 out of five were with Superwoman.
25. My favorite childrens movie was Mary Poppins, I used to have the record and I would play it and dance in my room to it.
26. I have always wanted to know, not just meet, but know my fathers mother. She fasinates me.
27. I am proud of the fact that I can budget pretty good. Just need more money to budget.
28. I don't like to leave Tyler with other people because I always feel like I am going to miss out on something awesome happening.
29. I am the second of five in my family.
30. I turn 30 this year.
31. I like strawberries and I like bananas but I do not like them combined.
32. I am most comfortable in sweat pants and a t-shirt.
33. I have a scar on my forehead from when I had spinal menongitis when I was a baby.
34. I cannot fall asleep in a car.
35. My grandma is a wonderful painter, if I could decorate my whole house in her paintings I would.
36. I am scared of being alone.
37. I always know what I want to spend my money on when I don't have it, but when I do have it I forget.
38. I drove a moped when I was little up a tree stump and got stuck.
39. Karl and I fight over who's turn it is to cook not because we don't want to but because we do.
40. When I was little my heros were Strawberry Shortcake and Rainbow Brite, not the new version.
41. My nickname in 4th grade was caves, it was when I learned the ability to flare my nostrils.
42. I have a secret handshake with my brothers.
43. The snow falls best when I do the snowflake dance.
44. I was born in the same hospital as my brother Louie, they tore it down afterwards. No more Peterson's could be born there :(
45. I broke my toe, or just severely sprained it, on my mission while playing soccer.
46. My feet are huge, I have to wear mens shoes to be comfortable.
47. I don't wear any makeup, it feels too thick on my face.
48. I have to have music on when I am in the shower. The silence drives me crazy.
49. I played the clarinet in junior high, I wish I didn't quit.
50. I have always wanted to play the piano but my piano teacher moved :(
51. When I was little, like 5, I remember being mad that men could take off their shirts outside but I could not.

If you had $100 to spend

If I had a hundred dollars to spend in my current situation I would want to use it to pay off bills. Spending money specifically on fun things makes me feel guilty all the time I mean ALL THE TIME. Karl hates it when we go grocery shopping because I always ask him if he really needs the name brand, yes I will admit name brand tastes better, but I have resigned myself to store brand things because I can use my money for other things that lasts longer than food. This argument works on everything food related except for dr pepper and chocolate, don't get me started. Anyway so we were given $100 to spend but it had to be on something fun. We did go out to Jimmy Mac's last night and it was nice to see our friends and I explained the situation and how nice it was for the person to think of us and give us the money, but it was still hard for me to justify spending the money on something fun. It was Sunny's birthday so Debbie, my bestest sister, watched Tyler while we went out. After dinner we all decided to go to walmart, to find something fun. Well it didn't serve the whole purpose, but Karl and I did enjoy spending time together, we bought a new scale, hopefully this will jump start me on my diet, which starts tomorrow. The only sad thing is is the scale I was using at home before was 20 lbs off. This makes me very sad.I am starting off higher than I thought I was and it makes buying more clothes more difficult.
Thanks for reading my rambling, thanks to you for the $100. We loved the time we got to spend with my friends.

My New Years Resolution

I am going to lose weight AGAIN. I know I have done this many times and it does seem to be a yo-yo effect sometimes, but the fact is I HAVE done it so I know I can do it again. When I lost weight before I lost 30 lbs. I weighed myself last Saturday and I have gained 10 lbs back. I was surprised that that was all I gained because it seemed like more.
I am very sad because my most favorite pants are broke! I have worn these for years and for most people it would be time to get rid of them but they lasted so long that they became my favorite.
I am excited and nervous about this round of weight loss, but I have a goal to lose 70 lbs by August 21, my 30th birthday. I can do this.

ZooLights 2009

I love this picture. Tyler is completely bundled up. Two pairs of pants, a onesie, long sleeve shirt, coat, hat and two blankets. It was a very cold night.

Karl was having fun with the camera and he got a picture of Sunny's favorite tree.

We went with Superwoman and her sidekicks to the Point Defiance Zoo. We bought the tickets a LONG time ago but then the white stuff happened and it was pushed back until last night. We were supposed to have more come with us but Jennifer had a baby earlier this week so that didn't work out for her.
It had been a long time since we had gone to the zoo and so I was just going by my memory and that proved to be wrong. Thankfully it didn't put us too far behind. Tyler had a lot of fun looking at the lights and clapping his hands at random things. When we were in the shark aquarium room Tyler just wanted to climb the stairs until we caught his attention with a giant shark going by.