I have a lot of goal for this next year. Last year was all about surviving 3 kids, now that it has been almost a year it's time I start to work on some other things too.


My main goal is to become CONSISTENT. I always start something do really well for a couple of days and then go back to the way it was before.


One thing I am determined to do this year, hopefully by September before our Mexico trip is to lose the rest of my baby weight! It has been 3 years since I have been my normal weight and I miss it so much. I have 27 pounds to lose to get to my goal weight of 140. After having Johnny I lost 25 pounds and then got pregnant with Allie. I have finally lost all of the weight I gained with Allie so now I'm working on my Johnny weight. LOL, 2 years later :)

this was our Hawaii trip a few months before I was pregnant with Jackson. I weighed 134, probably the best shape of my life. MOTIVATION.

Last week I made it to the gym 4 times!!! Monday step class, Tuesday step class, Wednesday weight class and Thursday kickboxing class. I'm going to try 4 days a week now and once it gets nice out I want to go on runs and start adding family walks or adventures on the weekend.

from one of our walks in the early summer

My eating is another big thing I need to work on. I know how I should eat, but I really don't like to cook and meal planning is a big thing too, but I really don't like doing that. But this year is the year I'm making changes and I'm going to try and be CONSISTENT and start to cook my dinners and meal plan. Tomorrow I'm starting the 21 day fix meal plan and I've already planned the week and will be going shopping today. Wish me luck. I'm ready to kick this weight!

Keeping the house cleaner is another thing I'm going to work on. My husband is a neat freak and it drives him crazy how the house is never clean. It's not that I don't clean, it's that we have 3 small kids who mess it up like it's nothing. I'm going to try and do something everyday after I get home from the gym, either a load of laundry, pick up toys, clean the bathroom ect. so that it doesn't all fall on my days off.


I really love this and wish my husband was more about this cleaning style :)

I also want to do more for myself. Maybe I can finish a book this year...or work on my scrapbooks more. I want to learn how to design this blog better and I've also got a lot of classes from the brit + co I want to take.


here is one of the classes I'm waiting to take when I have some time!

I'm also going to be going through my scrapbook room and turning into Allies room this year. I was going to wait until she was older, but I have no time to work in there and when I try the kids follow and make a bigger mess then it already is. I've decided I will spread all my stuff through out the house in all the closets and work on my stuff on the dining room table. That way I am where they are and I might be able to do a lot more of my crafts that way! Also I can't wait to put Allie's room together this will be so much fun!


So that is what I'm going to be working on this year. I know I can do it, I just have to be CONSISTENT!!!!

Five on Friday

This is my first Five on Friday!

ONE. I really want to get this book and see what it is all about!

TWO. I'm on a mission to lose the rest of my baby weight this year! I would like to lose 27 more pounds. I'm going to try the 21 day fix meal plan...we will see how well I can stick to it. and I've been going to the community center. I went 4 times this week, that's my goal for now and once it warms up I would like to add some runs. We are going to Mexico in September for a friends wedding so that is my motivation!

THREE. essential oils, I've been using the doterra for awhile now, but I still don't really know how to use them. My Mom gave me the onguard for Christmas in the big spray bottle to clean with. I used it in the tub and liked it. This year I'm really hoping to learn how to use them more efficiently . I've been ordering some every month but they just sit in my box. I really like to follow grapefruit gold on instagram, but it's for young living so they have some different ones.

 

FOUR. I'm having craftyorina on instagram make custom flower crowns for me and Allie to wear in our next family photos. She sent me a sneak peak and I'm so excited to see them finished.

 

FIVE. I'm wrapping up with a cute picture of Allie at Target and my #bestnine from instagram.

 

New Years and more

Happy New Years! I had to work New Years Eve in the morning, that night we went to dinner with my sister and her boyfriend and niece to The Rock our favorite place to eat. After dinner she came over with my niece and played guitar hero with Tim and I fell asleep watching them play. They woke me up in time to do the count down and then I fell back to sleep. I ended up have New Years day off which was nice. I don't really remember what we did, probably cleaned.

This is what the kids saw when they woke up Christmas morning.

 

I was taking pictures of Allie and Johnny wanted his taken, such a ham.

 

The boys got a TV for Christmas, Johnny is all comfy watching it in his room.

 

New Years Eve with Christmas lights :)

 

Happy New Years!

 

Just one picture...

 

The best thing to happen in 2016 was this girl!

 

Me and the hubby, how I love him so.

The Holidays

On December 17th we went to our friend Meghan and Boston's Christmas party. Here is a picture of me and Allie from that. She is just too cute :)

This was Christmas Eve, they never really want to take a good picture unless I'm trying to take some of Allie, then they want one too.

 

 
Here is my little model baby. She was done taking pictures, but this one actually turned out pretty well.

They didn't want to give me a smile one, so I got a whole bunch of making face ones.

 

Christmas morning. Daddy decided it was a good idea to put baby powder all over the floor and make it look like Santa walked in it... Allie threw up on Christmas Eve :(

 

Johnny wasn't having it Christmas day when we were at my parents house. I did forget his blanket so that was a big part of the problem. we were there from about 10:30am to 6:30ish I believe. A very long day.

Oh baby girl how I love you so <3

 

That sums up our holidays for the most part. They were sick for a lot of this month. I'm hoping we can go to celebration lane tonight,it's the last nigh. I got to watch about half of my Christmas movies, I kinda got my Christmas jammie pictures of them. Maybe we will do zoo lights tomorrow night. We will see.

Happy New Years. Hoping for a even better 2017!

Our holiday bucket list...

Here is our Holiday Bucket List and some traditions too!

• Decorate gingerbread house
• Santa Claus---we've already gone once. we have an appointment to go with Ruby on December 12th and we are hoping to fit in one more time with Ruby, Paisley & Bradley...our yearly tradition.
• Snowflake Lane in Bellevue
• Zoo lights either Seattle or Tacoma
• Watch all of our Christmas movies

 

 

and I think that's pretty much it. I don't think we could do much more since I work so much. We will be going to Tim's work party, Camden's 1st birthday party & Meghan and Boston's Christmas party this month. We have to miss out on Shana and Kurt's ugly Christmas sweater party because it is on the same day as Tim's work party & Camden's 1St birthday party which we only get to stop by for :(


On Christmas Eve we will have my family over for a ham dinner and open up some of the Christmas presents. Christmas day we will open the kids presents and then go to my parents house where my mom's side of the family will be over and we breakfast and do presents. I'll bring coffee for my family in the morning from Starbucks, it has turned into a tradition! In the evening my grandma, my dad's mom will come over for dinner.


I'm hoping to get some fun Christmas jammie pictures of the kids and I have some really cute outfits for Allie to wear too, she just started to walk too so it's hard to get her to sit still. boo. Wish me luck.


Oh I love the holiday season. I'm not sure what we will do for New Years, I will work the next morning so nothing too crazy.

Never enough time...

Lately I've been so overwhelmed with life. Keeping the house clean, running errands, me time, husband time, kid time...it just never really feels like I have enough time for all. I feel like I'm losing myself because I always put my family and work first. I'm losing my creative side...all I want to do is read a book or work on a scrapbook. I can't even go into my craft room anymore, it is so messy, but one or all of the kids are always following me in there and then makes it worst then when I started.


Being a Mom is hard work especially when you work full time and commute. I try to keep up with everything but I get TIRED. I know it's all worth it to have my sweet babies. They are my everything and I wouldn't trade them for anything. I just need to learn how to balance it all better. Do I choose to get up a couple hours before them on my day off or do I sleep in? Do I start enforcing a bed time?


And my biggest flaw of all that only brings me down is comparing myself to my friends, to the ladies on instagram and to my old self. Even to other blog Moms...I suck I know. and now to get back to work :) thanks for letting me vent

Family Photos

We did our pictures November 12th 2016 in Tacoma at Wright Park. We've got some great ones, not my favorite of me but I'll take them :)