Last week

Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins

I made breakfast for my Mom and Sister. Blueberry Muffin, Parfait, and a Poached Egg

Joshua teaching Emma how to fold socks :)

Sampson

Last week was crazy! Saturday we had dinner with friends. It felt great to talk with the adults:). Friday was my day to volunteer at Jacobs school. I basically spend the whole day being the teachers aid. It is a lot of fun and Jacob enjoys me being up there. I am the only mom who will play tag with the kids on the playground. haha. Thursday was my work day. I am a Independent Beauty Consultant for Mary Kay. I absolutely love my job and all the products! Thursday evenings our unit has meeting to motivate and encourage us. We had the honor of having National Sales Director Cindy Williams come and give us encouraging words. I really enjoyed her she is such an amazing success story! . Now I can't remember as far back as Wednesday so we will stop there. Our diet is still working out great! I am finding some really fun low cal. recipes. We have been running like crazy, there is a 5k coming up in town soon I think we will be ready to kick butt in no time! Here is a look back at the week...

Juliet Marie Smith

Juliet and Grandma Lori

Precious

Aunt Molly and Juliet

Juliet and Mommy

My niece Juliet was born last night at 11:56! She is 7lbs. 2oz 21inches long. She is so precious and so beautiful! She looks so much like her mommy. I am so proud of my brother-in-law Eric! He did so well with the whole process and is such a trooper! His wife Tricia spent 18 hours in labor and just bounced right back! I went to the hospital this morning at 9 and got the chance to hold Juliet for 2 hours! I am very proud to call them family! Such a cute one too!

Monday, Monday

Josh had the day off ! 30 mile an hour winds today. YIKES! There is no way Josh could be on top of a roof today. (Did I mention, Josh is a roofer? I guess that was a given.) I was super excited to spend the day ALL ALONE with him! I made an amazing breakfast, poached eggs, turkey bacon, yogurt and mixed fruit. Everyone loved it! Josh and I decided to take the kids to school together and go for a run. Jacob is always the first one dropped off. We got to school and we all said "bye Jacob". I noticed as he was running in the school building, a  bright red mark on his cheek. I parked and went inside to check him out. You see , a month ago Emma had a mark very similar to Jacobs. I took Emma into the doctor to find out she had broken out into hives as a result of 5th's disease. A childhood illness that is apparently very common, like the chicken pox. I had never heard of this virus, which also meant I never had 5th's disease. Emma's virus ran it's course and two weeks later I received it. Now we get to why Jacob had red marks on his cheeks...HIVES. Ugh not again. Josh and I ended up spending the morning at the doctor's office trying to get a note for him to go back to school. Although it was not the day I had planned, Josh and I got to spend the morning with Jacob:). He finally went back to school around lunch time. We also had a parent teacher conference with Emma's Kindergarten Teacher today. She says Emma is doing great!!!! She is reading so well, and her attitude is improving every day. She is such a happy little girl and plays so hard! There was one small concern of the teachers, Emma talks all the time. "WHAT?" Not my child? LOL of course she talk all the time, so does her mommy. We had a little talk with Emma and she has agreed to not disturb the other children. We will see.
Joshua and I started dieting last week. Sometimes it is difficult to make a low calorie low fat meal. For dinner I made grilled Tilapia, roasted asparagus, and pasta with a cream sauce! Yummy!  For desert  I made fat burning cookies!! I love them! We also had coffee with my twist of low calorie cream and sugar! Now it is time to relax! Good night all!

Grilled Tilapia, Roasted Asparagus, Whole Wheat Noodles, and a Cream Sauce

Coffee with Protein Powder, Skim Milk and Truvia Also
Fat burning Chocolate Cookies

Emma's Art Work After Her Shower

Jacob Wanted Some Camera Time After He Was Clean

One Year Already?

Yesterday Joshua and I celebrated one year of marriage. For our anniversary weekend  we revisited the honeymoon area. We stayed on a ranch in Gonzales, Texas for two days. At the ranch we fished, rode atvs, shot skeet, relaxed, and ate some great food! Not to mention all the fun we had with Joshua's cousins! We had a blast! I realized about half way through the trip, I forgot the memory card for the camera. No pictures sorry .On our trip, Josh and I remembered one year ago when we became a complete family! We celebrated the best year of our lives so far. I know there are so many more to come.

To my amazing husband:
I love you Joshua always.

Joshua, Me, Jacob and Emma

My family, with my new family

Joshua's Family