I got both of these for FREE today! Well sorta free..I bought the twine ($1.00) for the ball, but I found the ball in my parents garage and then I spent a LOT of time covering the ball with the twine..and the ginormous jack was purchased with $$ I got from returning a sports bra my Grandma didn't want and said I could have the $$ if I returned said bra..I was really hoping it would be a lady working returns today, but of course it wasn't, but I really wanted the jack so I just returned the ginormous bra to get my ginormous jack!

3 weeks worth of flowers from Joe

Lilies, Irises, and Roses..plus a LOT of filler!

And my cute little Lily!

First off, thanks to the stomach flu, I had a jump start in weight loss...5lbs down 15 to go! ha

Lily this morning...this girl is either going to love shopping or hate it when she is older. She gets to go with me while Ella is at school. Its much easier to just take one! Even if it is the more difficult of the two!
These are just some older pictures that i'm pretty sure I haven't posted..

Lily wasn't too interested in anything in her Easter basket this year..

she did like her blanket though

Easter quilts!
Lily is so silly!

Ella was pretty happy! But mostly just wanted the puppy in Lilys basket.. It doesn't matter what I get that girl, she wants Lilys! So after a trade she got the puppy she wanted :) Good thing Lily is still pretty agreeable!

Little pet shop from Grandma Lyn

Lily got birdies from Grandma Lyn

Light spinning things

My favorite Easter candy!

After we did easter baskets we watched the morning conference session, then headed off to pick up Taylor for the afternoon. First stop was out to Woahink where my Mom braved the rain to get a couple pictures of a rally that was going on..I stayed in the car with the girls! Then we went to Freddies..they were having a couple Easter activities..Bunny ear making and a cake walk, sadly we didn't win a cake :( ha After a quick lunch at McDs we came home to play with the easter stuff the girls got..now everyone is winding down, Lily is napping and Tay and Ella are watching New Moon..ha great movie for little girls eh? Ella loves when the boys change into the dogs.

The girls Easter spread..the easter bunny comes to our house on Saturday

We took the girls over to Eugene Wednesday to see the Easter Bunny. Ella was totally freaked out and she made Lily nervous. I don't know how the lady managed to get Ella to smile and this was the only picture where Lily wasn't arching her back to get away! But we have one for every year so screaming or not, I was going to have a bunny picture for this year even if it meant I had to be in it! :)

these are from before we went to see the Easter Bunny..Ella looked in the mirror and said she looked like a rabbit and Lily looked like a unicorn!

My flowers for this week..the ones from last week are still holding up so I just added my new lilies to the mix! I don't know why my eye looks so freaky..

and its been stormy today..very stormy! Here is a piece of hail (a smaller one!)

In other news, I finally got my car back after two weeks in the shop. I now have ONE really nice headlight and AC that works, but no knob to adjust the temperature..nice At first I hated driving my Moms little SUV but now I think I want one for my own!!

I also found out that if Joe is stationed in the states he will be done with his schooling about a month sooner then if we are going out of the country..so keep your fingers crossed we stay here! And I find out where we will be going in 6, yes count them 6 weeks! I am so excited!!

20 in 20

I don't usually post weight loss stuff on my blog, because..well I don't..and if i don't lose, its just embarrasing! haha, but I decided to just do it..my goal is to lose 20lbs in 20 weeks (well i'm actually down to 18 weeks..the time Joe has left at AIT) I figure a pound a week really shouldnt be that hard..It took me the whole time Joe was at basic (roughly 10 weeks) to lose my first 10lbs so that is pretty much on target with my pound a week. For that first 10 weeks I didn't change eating habits at all, I just added 30 min of elliptical each day. So for the next stretch I am going to try and eat a bit healthier so maybe i'll lose a little faster!

So here I am, 20lbs heavier then I'll be in July...hopefully :)

Oh and if you have any tips on how to have a butt, I would glady accept them!!

Notice Lily behind me with the bowl on her head I didn't see that until just now..hahaha