Micah - Belated Birthday Celebration & Easter Egg Hunts



Micah with new Zhu Zhu Pet Elevator & Garage



Saturday morning, Steve and I went to a Weight Watchers meeting in Layton, then to Eli and Mary's for a tasty breakfast.  We gave Micah his belated birthday present since he was in California on his birthday.  We were glad he enjoyed the Zhu Zhu accessories.  Then we were off to the Clearfield Easter Egg hunt.  You wait and wait for it to start....then it is over in 1 minute!  It looked like the children had fun picking up the eggs.

Micah @ Clearfield Easter Egg Hunt

Next, we went to the Clearfield Aquatic Center.  They had an Easter egg hunt in the pool.  They did it by age groups.  Here's Micah in the 7 year old group. Of course there were more children - I just happened to get a shot with just Micah.  They turned their eggs in for a bag of candy and treats.

 Here's the cheering section!



Steve, Eli & Chyna (with camera)




Steve, Mary & Chyna



Famililes are great and we are sure glad they invited us!  Then Steve went to Cole's (brother-in-law) to work on the ATV trailer, and I mowed the lawn and went to the gym.  I love Saturdays!  (Did you notice I figured out how to rotate the pictures so you didn't have to lean sideways to see!)

Ladies Night



Deanne, Colleen, Margie, & Connie with her Fat App on her phone

Friday night, we had a ladies night out.  This time there were 5 of us.  We had dinner at the new Brick Oven restaurant in Layton.  Connie had a new app on her phone that would take a picture, you would shake it and it would put on 50 pounds to your face.  She was showing our waitress the latest victim.  Luckily, when you shake it again, the face goes back to the regular size.  After a yummy dinner and sharing luscious desserts, we looked around the Tai Pan store.  Then, we went to Connie's house to see her new Xbox 360 Kinect.   We had so much fun doing the dance video, the sports video (ping pong and volleyball), and a couple video games.   It was quite the workout too.  We laughed and laughed and had a great time together.    I am blessed with such great friends!

EXCITING NEWS!!



Steve's Exercise Clothes

(Sorry - I don't know how to rotate the picture.)  THIS is SO exciting!  Steve and I decided to exercise at the Roy Complex.  We get a great discount from Riverdale City, so we both joined for a month.  $13.50 each for a month is a great deal!  Steve bought exercise clothes and we went for the first time Saturday afternoon.  Yeah us!  We may have done too much the first time, as we are both sore today - but a Happy soreness.  This facility is great.  They have treadmills, stationery bicycles, elipticals, and weight machines.  I saw two machines that I used to use at my physical therapy for my knee.  I am excited to be able to do things again to strengthen it.  They also have a pool and a walking/running loop above the basketball courts.  Awesome deal.  They also have a Zumba class that I may do at some point, as I have heard it is fun and great exercise.  Maybe we'll do water aerobics sometime.  We plan to go 3 times a week and I am SO excited to do this together with Steve!!!!!  

Wonderful Weekend

BYU Ballroom Dance Company

This has been a wonderful weekend of activities.  Friday night, I met my sister, Ramona, at the Marriott Center in Provo and we watched the BYU Ballroom Dance Company perform "Imagine."  It was terrific to see the beautiful costumes and visual effects.  They were amazing and beautiful to watch their precision dancing and great formations.  My favorite part, though, was visiting with my sister.  She is a wonderful person and a great friend.  I have looked up to my older sister my whole life.
     Then, I spend the night at Denise's house, my younger sister.  It was great to visit with the 3 of them (her husband, Charles, and their son, Ben).  Again, my favorite part was visiting with them.  I am richly blessed because I have two great sisters and I enjoy being friends with each of them.  Denise is awesome also and I learn a lot from her example!  Saturday morning, I went to a Weight Watchers meeting in Provo, and then attended the BYU Easter Conference.  My brother-in-law, Charles Swift spoke as one of the 3 speakers.  Personally, I think his talk was the best!  They published the talks from last year and from this year, so here is another place he has published.


BYU Easter Conference

The drive home was VERY long, because there was an accident at Centerville and they closed the freeway.  A drive that normally would have taken 1 hr 15 minutes, took 2 1/2 hours.  I was grateful to get home safely, as it was snowing.  (Will Spring ever arrive and stay?).  THEN, I was able to spend the evening with my grandson, Jeremy.  We visited so I could get caught up on the things he is doing.  Then we watched a movie.  I stayed overnight to be there, especially as Tyler, another grandson, arrived home at 2:45 am after he worked late at Wendy's.  They are both terrific young men. 
     I am very blessed to have the family I have!

Weight Watchers

On February 5, 2011 I attended my first Weight Watcher meeting.  I was the heaviest I've been in my life. 

Today, after 8 weeks, I have lost 15.4 lbs!  No more pictures until I lose some more.  This has been a wonderful adventure for me.  I'm going to list some of the changes I've made.  Eating breakfast (1/2 cup Grape Nuts with 1 cup fat free milk) before I go to work.  I never used to eat breakfast and would be hungry all morning at work.  I make a sandwich and snacks (grapes and carrots) to take with me for work.  I never used to take a lunch at work, but now I eat my sandwich and then go on a walk.  There is a park right across the street at work.  There is an inside concrete path around the park.  I walk around 4 times in 30 minutes.  I drink lots of water with Grape Propel (it has lots of vitamins and tastes great).  Tracking the PointsPlus of everything that goes into my mouth really makes a difference.

 I LOVE the exercise I am getting now.  I feel SO much better.  I am very excited to start feeling better.   My pants are getting loose on me.  Right now I am enjoying the feeling of not busting out the seams of my pants, so I revel in feeling them loose.  Pretty soon I'll have to buy smaller pants.  My sister, Ramona, has been a great sounding board and encouragement for me as she is doing WW also.  She weighs in on Friday and I weigh in on Saturday, so we keep tabs on each other.  She shares great recipes with me also.  Here's a picture of something I never thought I would drink, as I LOVE 2% milk.....

There.  My FIRST blog post.