COMPETITION TIME

So, I have to start this short little post off with a warning....I am probably going to get into a LOT of trouble for posting this. But, I'm a total REBEL and I think it's pretty amazing, so I'm going to post it anyways. Taylor has signed up to do a body building competition in April and has started his diet for that. He will have to eat perfectly clean for 12 weeks with absolutely NO cheating. For those of you that have tried to make even small dietary changes, you know how much self discipline and dedication this is going to take. A few months ago, he did a "mock run" of a competition diet for just 5 weeks and this is what he looked like after it was done. I am so proud of how hard he works and he would never do this himself, but I can brag if I want to about my HOT husband. Seriously, I could teach an anatomy lesson just from these pictures:)



Pretty amazing huh?

FYI: I did update our blog with a recent Christmas blog, so please keep reading!!!!

Christmas 2010 Blog & Lately

So, I have come to realize that no matter how good my intentions are, I can't seem to blog more often than every 6 months or so. I know, I know....I'm a total slacker! Anyway, since I last posted in the summer, I figure that it's time for my semi-annual blog post. I want to post some pictures from our Christmas trip home to visit our families. Hey...better late than never I guess! We started out our week off at my parents house and then went to Tay's parents house. We had such a blast spending time with everybody and ate WAYYYYY too much food. Seriously, I am going to have to spend the next year working to undo the damage I did on that trip. I felt like a sugar addict that needed to detox after that! I blame it on my mom's amazing Christmas candy making skills:) Okay, so here are some pictures in totally random order because I'm so not smart enough to figure out how to get them in a decent order on the photo uploader here.

At Texas Roadhouse with Devin and Shay. This is Tay's FAVORITE restaurant.

Seriously, does it get any cuter than that?
Here's my cute little mom and I hard at work!
Through the generation with the women in our family.
Can you say GODIVA?!?! Tay filled my stocking with my favorite chocolate. He totally knows the way to MY heart is through Godiva:)
Silly picture! Who even knows what Shayla is looking through!
Call us crazy, but we took all 3 of our dogs! They did better than we thought they would though.
Zoe is getting so big!
Okay, so now on to the visit at the Petersen house....we took family pictures and I LOVE the way they turned out!


LOVE THIS PICTURE!!
New Year's Eve with good food and lots of good company!
I just loved this picture of Nicole and Marley...they are so cute!
So, we made candy canes....I have never done that before and it was so much fun!
Here are the crazy boys doing a pile-up. I don't know if poor Kent will ever recover from this one. I'm sure there was permanent back damage done!!!

Okay, so since we have gotten back, it has been business as usual. I am back at work and am SUPER BUSY! Who knew so many people needed health care in such a small town! Tay has started back in school and has 3 semesters left before he is done! Our 3 crazy dogs keep us pretty busy and we are both teachers in the Young Men and Young Women. I love my calling and am amazed every day by the Young Women in our ward. They are so talented and amazing! It teaches me a lot to be around them!

Taylor is also getting ready to do a body building competition in April and has started his diet for that. I'm so proud of how hard he works and really admire his discipline. I'm going to post some pictures of him because he did a little "mock run" with a 5 week diet and looked AMAZING. However, I'll have to do a new post for that because I can't figure out how to get the pictures at the bottom. P.S. Don't tell him that I posted his pictures after his diet or he'll be soooo mad because he's pretty humble about it!

We love and miss everybody and hope that all is going well for everybody!