Jillian Michaels

So I started the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred today. I am still alive. Barely. My legs were like jell-o for an hour after. It was only a 20 minute workout. Shows how out of shape I am. Wish me luck over the next 29 days.

Newport Beach photos

just playing

lovin my daddy

my own mary poppins

this is what sunscreen in the hair looks like

Potato Mountain Hike Photos

someone actually brought potatoes up to the top

view from the top

family pic from the top

family pic from the midpoint plateau

my happy girl who loves the outdoors

start of the hike

I am proud.

I completed my first knitting project! I made a little beanie for my Sophia. It is super cute if I do say so myself. :) I started on Sunday and finished on Friday. Not bad for a few hours a day. I made a few mistakes but I think they give it character! I am actually really enjoying it. I have started on a matching scarf for me.

Happy Birthday to my hubby

TJ's birthday was on Sunday. We went to dinner at Acapulco on Saturday night with our neighbors. TJ really loves the way they sing happy birthday so I thought it would be fun! The servers all mostly hispanic so they sing "happy birthday" in Spanish and English. He was totally surprised and didn't have a clue. It was a great night. Then Sunday night I threw a little surprise party with a couple people from the ward. Kathleen and I made cupcakes at her house so he wouldn't know. We made german chocolate cupcakes (his favorite) and red velvet cupcakes. It was a super fun night and we were able to hang out with some friends.

Happy Birthday to my wonderful hubby! I hope you had a great weekend. Muah!

85 degrees, beach, and Cafe Rio

So yesterday was about 85 degrees at the beach so we decided to head on down to Newport. Ahhhh, soooooooooo nice. It was a beautiful day. It was the first time putting sunscreen on the baby and so we tried to spike it. It is pretty long so it looked silly. She just vegged under the umbrella most of the day. Later we went for a walk to find seashells for Kathleen to make some chimes. It was a great day! I love the sun! After the beach we went to Cafe Rio. In California! Crazy! It was super yummy. I love when TJ has vacation. We've got to soak up all the sun we can before we move to beachless, mountainless, ice storm, tornado Illinois.

Hiking

Today we went hiking with our ward. It was Sophie's very first hike. She really loves to be outdoors. She was great the whole two hours. She didn't cry once. I whined a lot though. We went to Potato Mountain. When we got to the very top we found three potatoes. It was kinda funny. It was steep, at least to me. But all in all, it was super fun. It was a beautiful day with a nice cloud cover so it wasn't hot. I am glad we went, even though we had to wake up at 7:30 am! I will post some pictures when I get them from our friends.