A great Saturday with the Folks!

So last weekend, Steve and I were out of town, and then we had a lot of things to catch up with upon returning. One of the best parts about living in Davis County has been that we get to see our parents and parents in law on a weekly basis. Well since we hadn't seen either set in about two weeks Saturday was spent catching up on that.

First we went to lunch with Steve's Parents at the Olive Garden, it was great to see them, and Steve's Dad ended up giving me some much needed advice on my Relief Society Lesson.

Then for dinner we joined my folks at Little America, which is always fun, and then we went with them to RC Willey (always a fun store to wander in) while they bought a new washer and water heater.

We didn't have any pictures from yesterday, but I thought it might be fun to post a few from a trip we took this past summer with both sets of parents to Mt. Rushmore, and while that may sound like a disaster in the making it was actually a really fun trip

1) Steve's Parents at Badlands National Park

2) Yes that is a donkey sticking his head in our jeep, in Custer State Park South Dakota

3) My Dad and I hiking through Lehman's Caves

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The Cabin

The Cabin

So last Thursday Steve and I headed up to my Grandma Johnson's Cabin, it is such a peaceful place, and we are so grateful that we get to spend time up there. On Friday April, Justin and Carson joined us and then on Sunday, Kim, Dave and the Kids came up, most of the weekend was spent playing games, sleeping, and eating... as most cabin weekends are spent, but there were two afternoons of sledding that also turned out great below are some pictures.

April and Jill getting ready to hike up the hill, Jill at the end of a ride down the hill.

Steve Making a snow angel... doesn't he look peaceful ?

Perry trying to climb out of the snow.

Today Jill sent me an e-mail with a link to another person's blog where they had this clip of this commedian talking about how spoiled we all are today. I hate to say it, but this guy hits the nail on the head with some of the things he says. Enjoy! Click on this link to view the video clip: http://barefootmeg.multiply.com/video/item/56

Superbowl - Birthday Party

So the celebrations of Steve's birthday continued throughout the weekend, culminating with a family dinner at our house on Sunday followed by the Super Bowl. Below are some great pictures from the evening - Steve and I in our 3-D glasses for the commercials. By the way I never remember them giving me such a headache as a child.

Grandpa and Perry watching the game

Blowing out the candles, turning 38 and all Steve needed a little help from his nephews.

As everyone left that evening Steve and I were saddened to see the Cardinal's lose the game in the last few minutes, as we typically cheer for the underdog. We reminisced a bit about last years Super Bowl, we were on a trip in Boston for Steve's birthday and the New England Patriots were playing the New York Giants there were nice televisions in the lobby of the hotel, but since we were rooting for the underdogs (the Giants) we watched on the small television in our hotel room, as the Giants won, and we cheered quietly so that none of the fans in the main lobby chased us down. It was a great evening a year ago and a great evening last night.

Happy Birthday Steve

Happy Birthday Steve !

Yesterday was Steve's birthday, and I was so glad that I got to celebrate with him. We both had to work during the day, and then we met my family for dinner at Chinese Kitchen Express (Steve's choice). When we got home, we had a slice of cake that I had picked up earlier from Nordstrom's. Since I am not sure how to make carrot cake it just seemed simpler to buy one slice so we didn't overdo. I am so lucky to be married to such an incredible man, and I hope that he had a great day! We're getting together with Steve's family on Superbowl Sunday to do a combined Superbowl Party / Birthday Party. I'm guessing Steve won't mind stretching the celebrating out for several days.

Happy Birthday Evan

Happy Birthday Evan - 5 years old

Yesterday our nephew Evan turned 5 years old, we all celebrated at his house with mini-turkey burgers (they were excellent) and then presents and cake.
The best part was after finishing unwrapping all of his presents, Evan was sitting with his cake and turned to the adults and said, "Can I open the real presents" after thinking it over we figure he meant he wanted to open the actual packages to the presents. One of the great parts of the evening was watching how excited he was by the whole experience if only all of us adults were as excited by our own birthdays.

Evan and Steve - Steve's birthday is next week, I hope that he shows as much excitement at his party.

Goals & Wii Fit

So right after Christmas I decided that for the rest of December and the entire month of January I needed to work out every day, in an effort to get back in the habit. Steve and I purchased a Wii Fit last summer and mostly I am a big fan, you can do aerobics, strength training and yoga, I don't think that the balance games included count as exercise. Anyway the wii really focuses on your form while doing exercises as shown above. The other useful tool especially in my efforts this month is you can check in and be weighed every day and you get a stamp on your calendar etc, even though it reminds you every day that you are "overweight" I usually rave about the Wii Fit to anyone I can.

But, tonight it just made me mad, I have been so proud of myself every night since I set the goal I have worked out, sometimes on the wii fit, sometimes on the elliptical or sometimes elsewhere. Last night though I got home late from book club and so I decided I would do some push-ups, crunches, planks etc. and then just head to bed rather than checking in on the wii fit. So today when I stepped on the first thing it did was say "so too busy to work out yesterday eh Jill!" It was so irritating, how does it know I didn't work out, just because I didn't check in!

So I guess the lesson of this story is 1) I am pretty excited and suprised I have continued with my goal, 2) Most of the time I think the Wii Fit is a great tool, but 3) Sometimes it is just an irritating little machine.