I'm going to Mexico

OK, so I am freaking out. Last night was Dave's company party and at the end they did a drawing for some awesome prizes. The grand prize was a 5 day 4 night trip to Mexico to an all inclusive resort(I think that is what you call it?). Dave and I never win anything, but Dave's ticket won. I seriously was freaking out. After the party was over a girl came up to me and said that my reaction was soooo awesome. So I think that means I made a fool out of myself. I am so excited. If any of you know Dave taking time off work and going on vacation is a hard thing for him to do. He is a workaholic. So afterward I thanked his boss and told him that this was the only way I was going to get to go on vacation with Dave. We have to wait until rates go back up til we can go because Dave is going to be so busy for the next little while. But heck if it means things are good at work I think I can be a little patient. I am hoping to meet this man in the picture above as well.

Biggest Loser

I absolutly love the show the Biggest Loser. Those that know me well know that I am constantly on a diet and love to work out. I had fallen off the wagon lately and then I heard about Jillian's book from the biggest loser so I thought I would give it a try and I love it. It is a 30 day challenge called making the cut, anyway so me and my sister started it the week of Thanksgiving and it has been great. I have lost 7 lbs in 2 weeks. Not bad. The workouts are pretty hard but a good challenge. Anybody that is looking for something new I highly recommend it. It is fun to watch the show while you are undertaking this challenge and see how hard she works out those people. It makes me greatful I don't have her in the room when I do her workouts because I think I would end up hitting her. Camie and I have been getting up at 6:30 every morning so we can workout with no kids. I know we were crazy to start right during the Holidays, but for once I would like to end Christmas not having 10 lbs as a extra present.

Crazy Week

Last week was so much fun. I am so thankful to everybody that has a camera right now because I still have not replaced the one that Jack ruined so I always have to borrow other peoples cameras right now. So thanks to my friend Meg for having hers last week. I am hoping that I get a camera for Christmas and that should help me keep up on my blog a little better. Anyway last week we had our monthly Bunco night and as always it was a blast. We have such a fun group of girls who play. The next night we went to the Jazz Game with Meg and Kaleb who we always have tons of fun with no matter what we do. Then on Saturday we had our Girls Night out Christmas Party which is a highlight of the Holiday season for me. We have so many great people that surround us which make our lives so much fun. I had so much fun that on Sunday I ended up with a cold. For some reason if I don't get enough sleep I almost always get sick. But it was worth it.

New Family Pictures

We just got back our family pictures which I am really excited about. Jen's sister- in-law Danille took them and I think she did a great job. My only complaint is that I gained a few lbs that I was trying to hide but I have to say I didn't do such a good job. But I think it gave me some motivation to start dieting again. I got so burnt out having to loose all of my baby weight from Jack that I have fallen off the wagon. So don't be surprised if you see one of those weight tracker things on my blog to help me stay motivated. Anyway here is a few of my favorites. If anybody needs a family photo I highly recommend Danielle.

My husband is crazy

Another ski season is upon us where I have to worry every time if my husband will come home alive. He likes to ski out of bounce which terrifies me especially when I watch the news and see how people get caught in avalanches for doing it. So last night I threaten him that if he was to die for doing something stupid on his skis that I would get remarried right away just to spite him. So he drew up what he calls an official Will and had me sign it. It says that all of his money from the life insurance would go to Parker and Jack and not to a freeloading dirt bag(those are his exact words). Some how I don't think it will hold up in court.

Playing in the leaves

I love living in Utah. On Wednesday we woke up to snow, and Parker was outside playing in it all bundled up until it all melted. Then today it is nice and warm outside so Dave raked up the leaves with the boys. Only in Utah can you go from Fall to Winter back to Fall in a matter of days.

Halloween

I got Jack's costume in the mail and it ended up being to short for him so last minute we decided to make him Tom Cruise from Risky Business. I think he pulls it off. Look out Hollywood!!!!!!

Dave's 30th Birthday

So today is my wonderful husbands 30th Birthday so I thought I would list 30 things that I love about him.

1. He is a great Dad
2. He supports our family and lets me stay home with our kids
3. He has the best personality
4. He can always make me laugh
5. He loves his lawn and takes great care of it.
6. He can fix anything. We never have to hire somebody
7. He always acts like he is so tuff
8. He cares about my opionion
9. He is super hot when he skis
10.He is a tight wad
11.He always smells good
12.He is loyal
13.He wrestles with the kids
14.He will pitch the ball to Oti for hours
15.He is always talking about his kids to his friends.
16.He lets me have my hobbies and watches the kids for me
17.He is always supportive of me
18.He is the hardest worker I know
19.If something is important to me he does everything he can to make it happen
20.He like to hang out with me. He always wants me to come with him everywhere
21.He put in my fence and my yard for me and the kids
22.He gets into the Holidays with me
23.He puts up with all of my annoying habits
24.He lets me buy "cute" things for my house
25.He lets me drive the nice car
26.He is the most amazing man I know.
27.He is so patient with the kids. He always lets them help him mow even thought it takes him longer.
28.He is super hot
29.He is the love of my life
30.He is not scared of anything.

Happy Birthday Babe!!!!!!!!!!

No rest for a great Dad

I loved this picture. Dave got home from another long day at work and here he is sharing his dinner with son. What a great dad!!!!!!!!

High School Musical

I don't know if I should admit this but we took Parker to High School Musical on Saturday. Parker loves High School Musical. He perfers to only wear Boat shoes and calls them his Troy Boltons. I have to say that it wasn't that great. I love the first 2 but this one was a little too cheesy for me. But hey Parker loved it so I guess that is what matters. Dave and I got a lot of funny looks talking a 3 year old boy to see this movie, since the theater was filled with girls. I think Dave should get Dad of the year for going to see this with his son.

Fall Fun

It has been such a fun fall. I love this time of year. I actually even still like football in the fall. By the time the Superbowl is here I hate football. We took the kids to the scarecrow festival at Thanksgiving point which was so crowded I don't know if we will do it again. but they did have fun. Jack loves all of the farm animals and loves to stick his entire hand in their cages which I was a little nervous of. We went up to Snowbird with some of Dave's brothers families and rode the tram. It was so beautiful, and there was some snow which was so exciting for Dave. After Snowbird we went to 5 guys burgers and fries which I highly recommend. It is in Sandy and it was by far the best Hamburger I have ever had, and I am not a big hamburger fan. Parker's preschool went to the pumpkin patch so we tagged along with that and once again Jack had his hands in trying to grab the goats. Our Ward Halloween Party was last night and it was a lot of fun. Both of my boys Halloween costume ended up being too small so they both have floods on, but hey at least they are happy right. We took family pictures just last week which is always so much stress and I haven't seen if they turned out yet. We had so much fun at our friend Jamie's annual Halloween Party. We inherited from the white elephant game a new pet named Chester which is a stuffed female pheasant(sp?), that Dave had duct taped the tail back on and has made a Ninja headband for. Our boys love it. Parker is constantly playing with and taking care of our stuffed bird Chester. We are excited for Halloween and for the holidays.

Curtis and Jessyca's wedding

We had such a blast this weekend in Wyoming for Curtis and Jessyca's wedding. There was horses and cows everywhere which Jack was fascinated with. They had this river walk that we went on and the boys just loved throwing rocks in the water and crossing the bridge. For me it was a a great weekend because Parker was so well behaved. I hope this means a breakthrough. He played so well with the kids and we only had a few minor battles with other kids. We went swimming in the hotel pool, and Jack was running and jumping into the water to Dave while Parker was hanging on to me for dear life. That shows the differences in our boys. Jack is fearless and Parker is scared of everything. The wedding was so nice. We are so happy Curt found Jessyca and are excited she is our new sister in law. She looked beautiful. Dave even danced with me at the wedding which I loved. It is not something he really likes to do but he did it for me. Thanks you Babe.

Some of the things we did this summer

Jack riding 4 wheeler

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Summer Time

I haven't blogged in a long time mainly because Jack poured water all over my new camera and it no longer works. This summer was a crazy one. I have to say I am ready for fall. The highlight of my month was I went to girls camp and it was a blast. I love my calling in Young Women's. Our girls are awesome. I was in charge of our lip sync which is not really my strongest talent but the girls helped me out and it turned out to be a lot of fun. Dave and I also went to Park City for the weekend for my birthday. We went to an outdoor concert up there which was fun to just be outside in the mountains with my husband. We went to 2 awesome weddings this month. My favorite cousin Kyle and our good friend Joel. They both found awesome girls and we are so excited for them. Parker went to a summer Preschool Camp and he absolutely loved it, which was a relief to me because we tried Karate and Swim lessons this summer and he wouldn't leave my side to go even try it. After the summer camp he officially started Preschool with his cousin Lexi last week and they both are having tons of fun. Jack is at such a fun stage right now. He loves any kind of ball. He will kick it all over the yard and shoot baskets. Dave loves it. Dave also plays lots of baseball with Parker which is fun for me to watch. We also had a small Kocherhans reunion this month which was fun because a lot of the cousins I am close to were in town. We rented the Pleasant Grove pool and had a big breakfast afterwards. I know Dave gets overwhelmed at these events since my mom has 11 kids in her family and I have 76 cousins but as for me I absolutly love the cios.