EM/SS Fire

June 21st some target shooters in our area started a wild fire.  At first is wasn't really bad, but by that Thursday night it had spread onto our side of the mountain and by Friday Morning it was pretty down low on the mountain.  We weren't really ever in danger and the firefighters got it under control on our side of the mountain pretty fast on Friday.  It was finally under control by Sunday and no homes were damaged!  So very thankful for the firefighters who worked so hard to save our houses and area!

In SS on Pioneer Crossing before it got out of control on Thursday

Firefighters sleeping

Our Mountain, Before & After

Dump Fire at night

The Zoo - Part 3 - Phone Pictures

This post is all the zoo pictures we took while riding the carosel and train.  Greyson had a rough time on the carosel, he didn't really like it.  Gavin loved riding it and wanted to keep going.  We then went to the train and Gavin liked looking at all the animals and waving at all the people we were passing.  Greyson was just content to sit on my lap and ride.  The zoo was such a fun experience, I can't wait to go back again and again!

Train Ride

Train Ride

Carosel

Carosel

All Tuckered Out

Worn Out!

The Zoo - Part 2 - Our Pictures

Of course while we had to get pictures with the stuff there for rights of passage and Memory keepsakes, so here they are.  Enjoy!

The Zoo - Part 1 - The Animals

On Memorial Day, Mike decided he wanted to do something fun as a family. We decided to go to the Zoo. Mike took our nice camera and took a lots of pictures of the animals. Gavin and Greyson loved being outside and looking at all the animals. Here are some of our favorites and highlights!

One notable story to mention.  When we are going to ride the train we lost Gavin. He had walked around the corner where he thought he saw me walk.  When we found him he looked at me like, hello, I have been here the hole time.  Glad we found him safe and sound!

Update

So we are back from vacation (Jackson Hole), I haven't posted in FOREVER, and have LOTS of posts to catch up on, but I thought I could post a quick update post/things that are on my mind for all you interested.

Gavin, Greyson and I just got back from Jackson Hole on Saturday.  We left on Thursday and it was hard by myself but it was so much fun and I am thankful for my family who helped me a ton.  Gavin and Greyson both loved camping and I think we will do it again.

Greyson is now down to nursing once a day :)  I am going to try to wean him of that before bedtime nurse in the next week or so (FREEDOM!)

The boys are now sleeping in the same room :)  (MORE FREEDOM!)  I am thankful for Camping and the insite it gave me that the boys would be fine and do great in the same room.  So far it has been amazing!

Starting the diet again.  We are doing a 30 day Biggest Loser at work and we are starting today ending the 31st of July.  Back to the diet grind :)

I only gained 2 lbs on vacation, so really I need to lose another 5 lbs to get down to my goal/prepregnancy Gavin weight.  Not to shabby :)

I will restart the 30 Day/300 Rep Ab Challenge.  I forgot I was going on Vacation, and had a rough weekend before, so it kind of stopped.  I am back on it! :)

As soon as I am done nursing, I am going to do that 7 day cleanse.  So excited to do it & lose these last lbs I have.  Check it out here!

We are still going through our basement and selling things on the EM 24/7 Yard Sale FB page or EM Odds and Ends FB page.  Maybe one day the downstairs will be ready to be finished.

I guess since everyone else knows, I should just put it out there that we are done having babies.  So thankful for my 2 little guys!

I am taking my blog off private.  I don't know why, my babies are older now, Mike isn't doing anything with the Navy, we live in BFE EM, so I think I feel comfortable as of right now to take it off private.  If that changes I will let you know.  (maybe more people will read it & comment now) :)

I think that is it...Stay tuned for the Zoo posts, Jackson Hole posts, 4th of July posts and I am sure many more to come!

Pinterest Challenge

So I have been on Pinterest for a while now, and pinning away lots of different desserts, workouts, holiday ideas and Teaching and learning ideas for the boys.  I have also been pinning "Good Eats."  Dinner ideas that looked and sounded good to me.  Well, I wasn't using these ideas and we were still making the same things for dinner week by week.

A couple weeks ago I decided that what is the point of me pinning all these new recipes if I wasn't using them.  So I started making a new, different dinner every night (Sunday-Thursday) to try out some new things and see if we can start adding flavor and new recipes into our weekly menus.

Today will be day 14 of this "Pinterest Challenge" I have issued to myself.  Some of the things we have had haven't been as good, but others have been AMAZING.  If you haven't started using the recipes that you are pinning, I suggest you start.  There are some great things out there.  I am going to keep this up until there isn't anything else we can try.  Hopefully this will help with the age old question "What's for dinner."

One of the amazing recipes we have tried.

Melt a stick of butter in the pan. Slice one lemon and layer it on top of the butter. Put down fresh shrimp, then sprinkle one pack of dried Italian seasoning. Put in the oven and bake at 350 for 15 min. :)

Time to Lose the Weight

I guess it is time to do the weight loss post.

On April 16th I started my new eating and exercise lifestyle.  Tomorrow will be 60 days since that date.  Whoa, that is a long time.  If you didn't know or couldn't tell from the Myfitnesspal weight loss tracker on the side of the blog, I have lost 21 lbs.  I have hit pre Greyson pregnancy weight & I am looking at about 9 more lbs to lose to reach my goal weigh & pre Gavin pregnance weight.  This week, I am not going to lie, has been rough.  I am getting back into it though and will be back on the saddle again.

I am eating 1200 calories a day and working out with Wii Zumba, Wii Just Dance, Wii Active, The FIRM episodes on Hulu Plus and lots and lots of push-ups, sit-ups and stuff like that.  We are also taking lots of Family walks.  We are eating lots more veggies and fruit and trying to eat more healthy as a family.

Tonight I am starting a 30 day Ab Challenge.  I took a belly picture for day 1 and will so this for 30 days and we will see how I shake out after the 30 days.  I will keep you posted.

Look at my picture on the side from Last November for our Family Photoshoot, then look at the Mother's day picture below this post.  YAY for weight loss.

Mother's Day

My Mother's Day picture with my boys!  It was a week late but hey, we got one!

Annular Solar Eclipse

On Sunday May 20th, there was the Annular Solar Eclipse.  I tried to get a good picture of it with our camera but couldn't get it.  Gavin loved looking at it and Greyson just liked looking outside.  Some friends of ours went to Southern Utah & got these great shots of it so I though I would share so we can remember we were here and saw it.

My Camera's crappy attempt

The Bennions great shots!

Outside Water Fun

A couple weeks ago when it was starting to get SO HOT, we decided to break out the new water toy we got for a great deal.  The boys (Mike included) had the best time ever!  Gavin and Greyson were SOAKED by the end of it!  They can't wait to break it out again!