The South Beach Diet

Kyle and I started the South Beach diet 2 weeks ago. We're now entering the 2nd phase of the program. I had my second weigh in this morning and I'm proud to say I've lost 9 pounds in 14 days!!! I believe Kyle's lost 13 pounds. I'm so excited, I already feel and look better. We've been doing a lot of walking/jogging too, so that's been helping. The first 2 weeks are the hardest and have the strictest guidelines, but now that we're in phase 2 we have a lot more options. Believe it or not the person that got me into this diet lives thousands of miles away, I wanted to thank her for sticking by me and believing in me. "Thank you Andrea, I love & miss you so much!"

9 down, 11 to go! Wish me luck!!!

Superbowl 2009

Okay the Cadinals didn't win, but we still had a nice day. I'm so lucky Kyle isn't one of these guys that gets pissed off and angry when their team doeswn't win. Instead he was so bummed! I swear it looked like someone ran over his dog, I felt so bad for him. All and all Arizona put up a good fight, it was a great game! Kyle's sister & brother-in-law had a superbowl party, so that's where we spent our day. It was fun, JT bbq'd carne & chicken, the kids had a blast in the bounce house and everyone just kicked back and relxed.

JT bbq'ing

Natalie loved the bounce house

Jake's favorite part of Superbowl was the watermelon!

Aidan - this kid was an angel all day!!!

poor Larry, he played a good game

"GO CARDINALS!"

Superbowl 2009

Good-bye KW. I'll Miss You Pam!!!

Well after 7 long years at my job at Kelly-Wright Hardwoods I had to say good-bye today. With the way our economy is right now the company had to do some lay offs. I was one of the ones that had to go. The worst part of this whole thing was saying good-bye to everyone, I had made some very good friends there & I will miss them terribly! On the upside I think I was ready to leave, so really this is a blessing in disguise. It was time for me to move on, time for the next chapter of my life. I worked at Kelly-Wright for a year and a half in high school and then went back after teaching preschool for awhile, I've worked for the company for a total of 8 1/2 years! I had some good times and some bad times at Kelly-Wright but overall it was worth it, I got the opportunity of meeting one of the most amazing people in my life.

"I love you Pam, I will treasure our friendship forever! Thanks for everything."

Chase & Emma - Jan. 27,2009

I went over to my friend Becky's house on my lunch break today to take pictures of her baby and my friend Amy's baby, they're 2 weeks apart. As usual I went overboard on the picture taking :) I love babies, so you can only imagine how ecstatic I was to have TWO newborns in the same room! I'm not "technically" their Auntie but I love them like they are my own niece & nephew. Spending the afternoon with these two beautiful babies made me want one of my own even more.

"Chase & Emma, Auntie Julie loves you!"

A day of Cameron & puppies!

On Saturday Kyle & I went over to my brother John's house to see my nephew Cameron. We haven't seen Cam in a long time so it was really nice to get to spend some time with him. My brother's dog had puppies 6 weeks ago so we got to play with them too! It was a really nice day...

Our nephew Cameron

Auntie Julie & Cameron

Cameron & the puppies

Cameron & his Dad

Cameron & Uncle Kyle

Cameron & John "being silly" (oh and the dogs in this picture are Alister & Truffles)
Cameron and the doberman/labordoodle mix, that's right these puppies have a doberman mom and a black labordoodle dad!

My Bucket List...

If you've never seen the movie Bucket List with Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman I highly recommend you check it out! As I was sitting at my desk today (bored out of my mine) I started to think of all the things I want to do & see before I die. Here's a few things I came up with...








-I really want to go up in a hot air balloon some day
-go to NYC and see the Statue of Liberty & Ground Zero
-go see Arlington Cemetery
-go on a African Safari
-see the Great Wall of China
-give birth to my children & be the best Mommy ever!!!!!
-see Niagara Falls
-go down in a shark cage
-witness the Northern Lights
-take a cruise to the Bahamas
-stay in one of those "over water bungalows" in Fiji
-drive across the country (road trip!)
-go to Yellowstone National Park
-go on a sleigh ride in the snow
- be in a movie (okay TV will do)
-walk up the steps at the Lincoln Memorial
-travel to all 50 states
-see the Eiffel Tower
-travel through Europe

I'm sure there are a million other things I want to see & do in this lifetime but those will do for now LOL. The main thing I've always wanted to do my whole life was swim with dolphins and luckily my dream came true on our honeymoon in Cancun, what an experience!!!!!

*Think about it... what would be on your "bucket list"????

Update on Ace...

A few weeks ago I mentioned that my friend Tana's baby boy was going in for open heart surgery. Well I just got an e-mail from her, baby Ace is at home and he's doing really good! Here are a few pictures she sent...

Thank you for all of your prayers, I know Tana and her family really appreciate it! It's amazing the strength these little babies have. We love you Ace, get well soon!!!

The CARDINALS are going to the SUPERBOWL!!!!!!!!

The Arizona Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Eagles yesterday! I don't usually watch football, to be honest I hate football! But I knew this was an important game to Kyle so I sat and watched it with him. And I must say it got kinda exciting towards the end. Kurt Warner & Larry Fitzgerald ROCK! I'm so glad the Cardinals won, Kyle was so stoked yesterday. GO CARDINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is for you Leslie...

I was on my friend Leslie's blog this morning and she did a list of her 10 favorite things. Little things that make our lives fun! Not necessities but things we like to spoil ourselves with every now and then. So I thought I'd share a few of my "favorite things" (not in any particular order).

-Ugg boots, okay not actual "Uggs" because I'm too cheap to buy the real ones. But I love Beach Feet from Tilly's
-Pro Active by Rodan & Fields
-my Tiffany's oval chain necklace that I wear almost everyday!
-Victoria's Secret hoodies & sweats by PINK
-Lipton's Raspberry White Ice Tea
-bare minerals make-up by Sephora
-Victoria's Secret Body Rush Spray (candy)
-tinted lipglass by MAC
-Vanilla Bean Noel lotion from Bath & Body work
-Shimmer body powder (pure seduction) by Victoria's Secret


These were just off the top of my head. Sorry the pictures are kind of blurry.

What are some of your favorite things?

some of Kyle's favs are (not in order):

-Pepsi (not coke, it has to be Pepsi)

-Arizona Cardinals

-Levi (his yellow lab)

-dirt bikes (okay really anything to do with dirt bikes)

-Bud light

-Old Spice High Endurance deodorant (pure sport)

-Finesse Shampoo & Conditioner 2 in 1

-Crest whitening plus Scope toothpaste

-Edge shaving gel with Aloe

-Salt & Pepper pistachios from Costco

See how simple guys are compared to us "complex" girls. It doesn't take much (or a lot of money) to make Kyle happy.

It's just hair!

Anyone who knows me knows that I always "change" my hair. After all "it is just hair", it'll grow back & can always be dyed. People always have to make a comment when I change my hair, sorry but I don't always like looking the same. What can I say I like change. Last year I went really dark, and now I'm slowly trying to go blond again. I don't really like using bleach on my hair so the process of going blond means I have to go through a "golden" stage, hopefully by summer I'll be back to "my" blond color. Last week I went and had 3 to 4 inches cut off (which was hard!) and had my hair lightened (again). I really like the cut and I'm happy with how it all turned out. When I change my hair it's like I reinvent myself , it's kinda fun!

So remember "It's just hair!".