It is finished...

So the last bedroom in the basement was set aside to finish for an exercise room and guest room. We have been working on it now for a while and I have finally finished putting together the weight machine given to us by my mother in law. That was the last piece of equipment needed in the room so can move the daybed out of Piper's room and into that room. We are thinking with the daybed down stairs it is another bed for guests and Piper will have more space in her room to play and to put the glider rocking chair in there. The room is finished and the equipment is placed, now starts my official work out schedule. I have been walking daily for most of the summer but now along with my walks I will be lifting weights and other fabulous exercises to help improve my well being and hopefully my waist size. Please excuse the water spots, we took the camera swimming and have not gotten the water spots cleared up completely.




Since the closet is not being used in this room we have decided to use it as a food storage closet. so far I have gotten the buckets of flour moved in and Wes carried down a shelf we had in the garage.
This is the corner that the daybed will go into. It has a trundle under it so we will be able to have even more people come visit and sleep on actual beds.

Today I walked with Leslie and the kids in the hottest part of the day. We figured we walked about 2 miles and then let the kids play in the sprinkler. I also had to try out the weight set and did some reps of presses, pull downs, butterflies, crunches, and a few other things. Yesterday we walked twice, Piper and I went into town to get the mail and then when we were almost home we ran into Leslie and Mark just coming out of a meeting so we walked for a bit and put the kids down for a morning nap. Later that afternoon we went for another walk and let the kids play at the park. Monday we walked around the long way and went about 3.5 miles

videos of Piper learning and having fun

We had FHE at the Stevens' house and Piper found out how Philli likes to play with her toys.

Learning about down hill slopes and riding a bike.

Piper and I this summer

We have had some fun this summer. Wes and his dad are here working on fixing a sprinkler next to the road after someone ran over it. We just had to get a laugh out of the sight of the two of them.

Here is Piper in the swing at Mom and Dad's house during the Ellis reunion.

My first rose bushes, Wes gave me one for mothers day and the other one we bought to put some color in the yard. These pictures are the first of the many flowers that have bloomed. Gotta love the color!

Piper really enjoyed her first goober, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, then of course she wanted my camera.

Every time we go out side or walk around the community Piper finds the neighbor kids bikes. We bought this one for her at a yard sale for $2.00. she has figured out how to make it move but her legs are to short she can't reach the pedals yet. I keep telling her when she can prove that she can ride her current bike we will see about getting a bigger bike with training wheels.

who does she look like now?

I finally found a picture combination that says Piper looks more like me than Wes. People still tell me she looks like her Dad but I like to think she got something from me.

week 1

My dear friend Leslie and I have been going on walks every day wheather and children permitting. We put the kids in the strollers and off we go. Around the corner, down the road, to the park, or just around the block. Depending on the day we just walk to the park which is about a mile away and let the kids play. I have really enjoyed the time outside, the fresh air, the exercise, and the time spend together to visit and teach the kids to play together and share.
Monday we walked about 3 miles, Tuesday we went to the park then I carried weights up and down the stairs and worked on putting the weight machine together. Today we walked for about 45 minutes and will most likely go again with our neighbor Roberta and her new baby Jace. I am still working on that weight machine and am looking forward to being able to tuse it and the other 3 pieces of equipment in the room.

I have joined...

The enough is enough group. Okay so it is not so much a group but people who all want to lose weight and feel better about themselves. I am committing myself to 5 days of exercise a week. i really want to get back to what I weighed and looked like when I got married so anyone else who wants to joins us please feel free to do so. I will try to post about my feelings and how things are going. Hopefully that will help in keeping me commited to doing what I need to do.

The Harold and Merilee Waters Reunion

We went to Salt Lake City the night of June 29th to July 2 for a fun filled reunion with the majority of my siblings and my parents. We drove down after Wes got off work and arrived at the hotel around 11:30 pm. After unpacking the car and visiting for a little bit we decided it was time for bed. Piper had been awake for the most of the trip and I knew she was tired. Silly me thinking I could just put her to bed and she would be out for the night. Oh, how I was wrong. I layed her down with her bottle and she instantly started screaming. She screamed for about 45 minutes and nothing would console her. My parents and the younger kids were upstairs trying to sleep. My sister Cheary and her husband were right outside the door of our room on the pull out couch. No one could sleep due to the fact that my darling baby girl was no willing to go to bed. Finally around 1:30 am I decided she needed her tubby. I thought we could forgo the tubby since it was so late. Piper is so very stubborn that she calmed down as soon as I turned on the tub water. She splashed in the water for about 10 minutes and then was out for the rest of the "morning". I did not take a picture of her at the time because I was concerned that the flash might wake her and we would be starting all over again.

Any way, she sleeps in her pack and play much the same way as she is sleeping in this picture. She also is known to roll over bury her head and sleep with her bum in the air.

Then Tuesday morning we went to the Salt Lake Temple to do a session with my sisters, brother-in-laws, and my parents. I was quite the enjoyable time and I do not have pictures of that.

That afternoon was the part the kids were looking forward to the most. We went and spent the rest of the day at Lagoon.

It was so warm the Wes and I decided we were going to the pools to cool off and we knew that was what Piper would enjoy the most. We floated the lazy river.

Then Piper found the water volcanoe. She really found the stairs and she always liked climbing the stairs so that is where she went. Once climbing to the top of the stairs she found the water pouring down from above and the many slides that would take her down. Upon finding the slides she insisted on going down each one of them multiple times. So we took turns with the camera and going down with her.

This was her first trip down, she decided it wasn't so bad. We pretty much spent the rest of the evening in the water and then she was so very tired that we each went on a few rides.

Then time for refreshments with Grandparents, Thanks Mom and Dad for playing with the kids!

Wes and Dan took her and our neice Kaylin on the train and she was out.

More of our adventure to come later, now is time for bed.

Good Night!