On the Road

Yesterday we drove from Meridian to Vancouver, British Columbia. The scenery was so beautiful, i'm glad we drove during the day so we could see it. Sam was a real trooper. He really didn't enjoy being in his seat forever and cried a little bit, but he doesn't have a loud cry so it was all good. We stopped a couple of little towns along the way and when we finally arrived in Seattle for dinner we realized how glad we were to live in Meridian. We forget what it's like to be in a big city with tons of people and traffic. Kind of made me homesick, but we love ID. So we needed to exchange currency so we went went downtown and barely made it to the bank before they had locked the door. We weren't positive to where it was and we called and the employees helped us out. As I ran in, they all knew it was "the currency girl" and they were making bets to whether or not i would make it or not. So luckily we got canadian money and no fee because it was our bank. We then went to a restaurant called Red Mill Burger. Joe had seen it on some show and has been lusting over it for months. We got there it was packed but our wait wasn't long and it was really great! We finally arrived at the border around 9:30 and got through around 10. Joe almost said something stupid to the border guy. He took our ID's then our birth certificates and asked why we were there, where we were going and how long. Did we bring any weapons and then Joe hesitated and I knew he getting ready to say something stupid. In my head I was saying, "shut up, shut up, shut up" what seemed like forever, but was only 2 seconds, he finally said no. The officer lets us pass and I hit Joe. He started laughing and i asked what he was wanting to say. He didn't realize i knew he wanted to say anything and then said he was going to tell the officer, "besides my wifes butt I don't have any weapons" Luckily for joe's life (because i would of killed him) he restrained from saying what he wanted. We got to our hotel and love our room. I got a great deal on priceline, so we feel a bit spoiled. We have a king size bed, lounger, desk, 2 robes, microwave, fridge, free internet, and free covered parking. So in an earlier post i said we were doing the medifast diet. well i didn't know we would have a microwave so i didn't bring oatmeal or soups, so know i'm so sad. i really look forward to breakfast and lunch. bars and shakes aren't very awesome all day long!! so dinners look even better now.
Joe is now at his class so Sam and i are relaxing in our room. So fun! :)

Take Shape For Life

In Joe's office they have a weight loss program for their patients and Joe asked me to be a health coach for him. So i'm taking a 4wk course and reading alot, so i can coach his patients. He also asked me to do the diet so i would know what every person is going through. So i started this last Saturday and I have to say that though it was mentally hard the first 3 days i'm am really enjoying the change. I have great energy now, last week before i started I was really dragging and couldn't get any energy. My crohn's is doing really great on it too! So it's a bonus!!! Joe has lost a lot of weight as well and i'm so proud of him. If anyone is looking to lose weight check out Joe's website called Take Shape For Life, the link is to the right of this.

Pinewood Derby

It was Pinewood Derby time and the boys were pumped for this years race. Of course we procrastinated on the making of the cars. The sunday before, joe and the boys started carving and sanding out the cars they had picked out. Doug wanted a skateboard and Ken wanted a cop car. Our friend Darron helped out Sunday and gave some great advice. Then next few nights were spent painting, sanding, painting, sanding, and so on. Joe actually got advice from a few dad's who recently had their pack races, so he had a ton of knowledge. Long story short, Doug's car broke when joe was putting the wheel on and ken's car had some minor damage minutes before we were going to leave for the race. I spent the afternoon fixing doug's car and we had to hot glue ken's car. we were truly hoping the boys would just win 1 race so they wouldn't be disappointed. the girl's and i were late and to my surprise our boys had luck on their side. They both had wins under their belts. They won race after race. Doug was finally beat by Ken then his friend Trevor. The other scouts kept wondering who had the skateboard and cop car. So it was time for the results and for some reason they put Ken with the webelos, the 11 yr olds,(Ken isn't an official scout yet, the leader let him participate because he's close to scout age). So Ken got 1st and Doug got 3rd, Doug's friend Trevor Ball was 2nd, it was a Hall-Ball sandwich:) After the scouts raced the Elder's Quorum had their own derby race. Joe decided he would enter in Ken's car since he did some(alot) of the work and with luck on his side he got 2nd. So he did some trash talking and next year we will be trying to defend ourselves against the Ball's again:) I'm glad we have some laid back dad's in the ward! I heard races can get a little ugly at times.

Race #1

I had a great time running the Race for the Cure. I can't wait for next year, I hope to have a big team of runners!! It would be even better if I was running "The Race for Crohn's"! Man I need to create that race!!!

Sam and Jetta

Sammy loves Jetta. Loves to sit on her, lay on her, kiss her, hug her, and play fetch. He also loves to play in her kennel. As soon as we let her out he will go in. He's a silly dude!

Joe lost some hair!

We love you Brady!