Weight Loss Update

So i know all of you are dying to know how my journey to being skinny is going ha ha!! but i am going to update those of you who really do want to know. No pictures so don't get too excited!!! Since i have had max i have lost a total of 32 lbs. but 20 of those lbs. has been since the beginning of this year. I still have a long ways to go i have about 50 more to lose but i am fighting and have a sign up sheet for a sprint triathlon ready for Sept. 19Th that i will send in as soon as allowed. There is my update for those of you who were just oh so curious you couldn't stand it anymore!!!

Happy Birthday Paul!!!

Today is My Hubby's 28th Birthday I will post pictures of the day at another time, but I wanted to devote this post to why I am so very thankful for the birth of my hubby and how wonderful I think he is. There are pictures to go along with each reason. I Love Paul very much and I am so glad I have him in my life.
Beware: This post may get a little mushy!!! (p.s. these are in no particular order.)

Reason #1-He is an incredible painter. Would you look at those perfect lines and if you could get closer and see they don't bleed at all and they are amazingly straight. Paul is very talented and miticulous(spellcheck) when it comes to painting which gets him lots of work doing it and makes us a lot of money. So thanks to his mom and dad who not only gave him life, but taught him how to paint. Also along with this is the hard worker part. Paul is the hardest worker I know and because of that our family has all the wonderful things we have.
Reason #2-Paul was born into a wonderful family. They are all so loving and so fun to be around.

Reason #3-He honors his priesthood and is able to go through the temple. I am so grateful for this in my life. He is such a wonderful man and loves the gospel so much. I know that for the rest of our lives he will be right there in the temple beside me and able to give me and our children blessing whenever we may need it.

Reason #4-He likes to be goofy with me!

Reason #5-He is an amazing kisser :)!!!

Reason #6- He is a handy man. He remodeled our whole house single handed. and he can fix just about anything. He is so good with tools and so smart it is ridiculous. I am so thankful to have a husband who is able to do stuff around the house and do it right. And he doesn't look to bad using a saw! Oh and his butt looks cute when he has his fire gear on!! (well it looks cute anytime but a little more so now!!!)

Reason #7- He looks the best in and out of uniform of any guy on his department ( I may be a bit biased on this one) but seriously look at these guys on his shift and tell me that he is not the best looking one. I just love my man in uniform!!! Remember when you were younger and you saw hot firemen and you were like oh I totally wanna marry or date or whatever a firefighter one day. Yeah well I did so eat your hearts out :) Just kidding!!!

Reason #8- He smiles all the time and is so happy with life, and he is so handsome in this picture I love it. But back to the being happy part. Nothing ever gets him down he is so positive and upbeat I love being around him and his positive energy!He should be the spokesman for the saying when life gives you lemons make lemonade!!!

Reason #9- He looks good in a tux and even better in a tux while riding his Harley! Isn't that the coolest wedding picture ever? Thanks uncle Kevin!!!

Reason # 10- He is always willing to help anyone in need. He is so service oriented and very rarely says no to anyone who asks. This is a picture of him helping an old friend paint her salon and install everything all for no charge and with a smile on his face. He is truly amazing!!!

Reason # 11- He is a great dad to Max. He plays with Max just like he was a little kid himself and Max loves him for it. Max lights up every time he hears Paul's motorcycle coming down the street after he has been at work for 24 hours. And I have never seen him laugh so hard as he does at Paul. Max looks up to him and loves him so much and that is how it should be. I love watching them play together and interact and I am so thankful I found a wonderful man to raise a family with.

Reason #12- He loves me with all his heart, might, mind and soul. He tells me everyday that I am beautiful, and he is so understanding and helpful to me. Not a day goes buy that he doesn't tell me he loves me and is happy. I am one lucky girl!!!

Reason # 13- He is a great dad to max (did I do that one already :)) I guess that is one is worth 2 in itself huh!!!

Reason #14- We make the cutest babies in the whole world would you just look at these two? there is no way with two looking good boys like this that I could ever not be so proud!!! Don't they look so much alike in the picture I love how their cheeks ball up underneath their eyes. Probably one of my favorite things about Paul and I am so thrilled that Max inherited it.

There are many more reasons why I am grateful for the birth of my husband and why I love him but these are just a few of the big ones. Happy Birthday Paul I love you and Max and I can't wait to celebrate many more birthdays to come!!!!

Happy Anniversary & St. Patty's Day!!!

On St. Patricks Day 2007, Paul and I got married in the St. George Temple!! it was the most beautiful perfect day and my hubby looked super hot in his green vest! I loveSpring and to marry my best friend on what was the most beautiful day of the year made that the best spring of my life!! Here are some of our wedding pictures that were my favorite! Paul thanks for being so great and wonderful! you are such a great husband and amazing dad! thanks for asking me to marry you! Here is to the next 3 years and many more to come!!!

I Hate the System!!!!

This is a venting and complaining post so if you dont want to hear it then don't read it!!
So a few months ago i was told about this program through the state that will help max with his speech and i was told that because he was born with a cleft there was no question of wether or not he would get in. It is an early intervention program so i figured duh they will totally take him because they want to get a jump start on problems like this right!
okay before i go on i am not terribly worried about Max's speech capabilities yet but i know that someday he will have a few and i just want to give him every opportunity in life and do my best to help him succeed the kid was born with a cleft speech problems are inevitable!
Anyway so i put in a refference to this program and got a call three weeks later, they were going to come do a home visit this afternoon and play with him assess him do whatever they do right. well at about 10:30 this morning the lady calls me and asks if i can come to her office because she wants to do a hearing test on him.... no problem so i go to her office she does her assessment (p.s. the lady was very nice and interacted very well with max) anyway at the end of the assesment i am told he does not qaulify because he has to be in the 50th percentile which means Max would have to be at a 9 months old level to get any kind of assistance. CAN YOU SAY LAME?!!!!! okay i know there are kids with way bigger problems and i am being a sissy about this but those kids aren't my kids and if there is an obvious reason that this kid is going to have speech problems like i don't know a cleft maybe then maybe just maybe they should consider helping with speech maybe 1-2 times a month at the least. i just wish the system wasn't so screwed up and people would tell you before you put in all of the time and effort of paperwork and phone calls that your child needs to be in the 50th percentile in order to qaulify! And i am done!!! Thanks for listening!!!

ALL IN ONE!!! (Beware of picture overload)

So i have been a major slacker in the blogging world lately, my apologies but i have been busy! So here is all of Feb. in one post (hence the title). First we went to Phoenix for Baby Tyler's blessing sadly i have no pictures from that and the only ones i have from Phoenix is Paul trying to pull Ethan's lose tooth. From Phoenix we went to San Diego for some fun in the sun and on the beach and some Jones family time! It was a short trip with a lot of driving but still tons of fun! There are also plenty of random pics of Max just cuz he is so stinkin adorable and also one of his latest hair cut which used to be a mullet which Paul wanted to keep but i won the battle!

Here is Paul, Max and I with Grandma and Grampy Jones!

Grandma and Grampy Jones at dinner!

Paul & Max at dinner!

One of my favorites!!

Okay all the pictures at the beach are my favorites!!!

are they not the cutest!!!

I love how these turned out!

Max and his cousin Hallery!!

Her is ethan with his tooth tied to the doorknob will it work?

Fail!!!

And Max's Hair cut!!! Paul and i bought clippers and did it ourselves i thought we did a pretty good job!!!

Before!

Here are the Random Pictures but they are oh so cute!!!

Tyler & Tanner Smith (My new nephews)

THIS IS TANNER WILLIAM SMITH MY SISTERS NEW ADDITION!!!

And this is TYLER GRAHAM SMITH 21 DAYS OLDER THAN HIS BROTHER!!!

Brooklyn kissing her brother Tyler!!!

Brooklyn kissing Tanner!!!

Tyler & Tanner