THF - Total Health and Fitness

So Many of you know I have been doing a Fitness plan with a company called Total Health and Fitness....

They have this new way of doing consultations as a group so that the prices are much cheaper. My consultant asked me if I would like to host one at my house, where people could come, hear about the program and see if it is something you would want to do.

I am a little hesitant about it, but figured it is free for anyone who is interested just to see... so I thought I would put this on here and see who might be interested.

If you are just leave me a comment and I will let you know if and when I will be hosting the group program, but I thinking about doing it on the 22nd or the night of the 24th... (august)

I don't have all the details, I just know that you will get a lot of the education, and access but that you don't go in every week to get measured, just once a month you meet together and get measured, but you have access to the meal plans that really work.

You can go to their website and see success stories, but this is one that is on there... it shows you how they keep track of things and what you can expect, the programs are always about body fat loss, not just weight, and about toning your muscles and looking more fit.




If you areRachel Olson
12 WEEK STATISTICS
Start Weight: 141.00 lbs.Start Body Fat: 30.00%
End Weight: 123.00 lbs.End Body Fat: 14.00%
Muscle Gained: 7.00 lbs.Fat Lost: 25.00 lbs.Body Fat Lost: 16.00%

Lake Tahoe 4th of July!!

So after working for Marriott as an advisor over Lake Tahoe for 6 years, I FINALLY made it over there!!!

This is the famous Emerald Bay, and it is where some of the most famous things in Lake Tahoe are...


We had so much fun - and my favorite thing we did was to rent bikes and ride along the trails!




We thought the kids would have a ball too, but after 8 1/2 hours of car ride, I don't think they were exstatic to sit in the carrier for 3 hours.... :( oh well ;)-


I loved it, and it had been sooo long since I had ridden a bike, but it's like they say - You Never Forget!



We also took a Paddle Boat ride across the lake to Emerald Bay, which was a great way to get out on the lake and see around. The lake is really choppy, so boating can be a little crazy!Timber Lodge had this fabulous restaurant called "Fire and Ice" that was soooo good. You would select what food off the ice you wanted and then take it to the grill and stand and watch them cook it for you!

It was all you can eat so we were sooo full!!!

But the coolest thing we did was pay to be at a private beach club to watch the fireworks over the lake. The barges that set them off were right in front of us and the fireworks went off right over our heads. They also did them to music so it was really cool!

Here we are waitinig around at the beach and in the dark for them to start.

The lake is gorgeous and HUGE!

We hiked up to a waterfall - we thought we would do a lot more hiking, but NOT WITH KIDS :)-

They were done after 10 minutes,.... next time we will go alone!

There is also a lot of bordering lakes around, and they are just as pretty and more secluded. This one is a small one off the beaten path called Lake Lily.

It was great to finally see the property and lake. It was a wonderful place to visit!

Catch Up!!

We went through the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house a few weeks ago with our kids, and after having been through the Draper Temple, they new what to expect.

We gave them a huge lecture on "They better be good, quite and behave... OR ELSE"

And it was so cool, they really were better, they new to be quite and not push through the line and try to run around.

McKelle still tells us almost every day that, "Mommy, we have to be quite in the Temple!"
And she tells us out of the blue, I guess we really made an impact on her! ;)

We went to the Zoo!

Always an adventure :)

Lance loves this guy, he has a picture of him as a child by the Lion water fountain, so everytime we go, we got pictures by it too!

And it has been a little while, but -

Lance and I had our 7 year anniversary! Woo Hoo, lets see if the itch goes away! J/K, no I know that this man and me fit together like a hand in a glove!

We tried out a restaurant up by the canyon called Trio, it was Italian, but with a mediteranian flare, it was really good! I would recommend it!

And of course we got 2 desserts, Creme Brulee' - My FAVORITE, and some tart thing too.

Peonies!! This is for you Nikki!

All those days in training, and now you finally no why I was obsessed with learning about how to grow these lovelies!



From the time I first started to learn about plants, I fell in love with Peonies, and have planted numerous around my house.






I love these shots and they really show you how this plant can be so powerful, I just wished they stayed longer. They come in June for about 3 weeks and then are gone until the next year :(





This was the first year I was able to really get a good show with a ton of blooms on a plant. I was soooo excited!!

Sping To Summer - My Gardening

Early May.............................................Late May

You can see my magenta creeping phlox is dying out, along with my white

Candy Toft, but isn't amazing how the other perennials are filling in and closing

in the space! This will be my first year to have the garden full, and the plants

touching, so the space flows!

This is just another angle!




This was late spring - I love the way this combination works.

It gives you bright color, right at the beginning of the season!



And this is really late (obviously these tulips are gone :) - But when they all were finally in bloom together, they really were a nice addition.

I go GAGGA for BLUE!!!

I love blue flowers, and I would have a whole garden dedicated to blue if I could find enough that were TRUE BLUE like these Forget Me Nots!



I also planted pots this year, with much more attention to detail.

I hope they last during the summer and do well... this is my 2nd attempt at

pots, but 1st year actually dedicating time to learn and plant them

correctly... So we will see what a month brings :)

So in honor of my new passion I created a blog just for my gardening

(but I will still post some on this site too ;)

The address is:

http://gardeningfeverblog.blogspot.com/

So for all you flower lovers out there... come visit, I will post about whats going on in the garden, and what I am working on, I will also post a lot of information I have learned from all of the reading and research I have done over the past few years!

He Said Yes!!

So, Have been waiting for this day to arrive for almost 3 years!

McKelle is potty trained!

So why the title you ask...

So I think this is so funny and totally fits her personality...

I had to share

So I get her to do the #1 duty just fine, and I am not kidding waiting helped because seriously in 3 days completely trained, (she only had 1 accident and that was my fault- out in the yard) She was doing AWESOME! SO then we were trying to get the 2nd duty, and of course she was waiting until nap time and doing it in her diaper, or first thing in the morning...

I would sit her on the toilet and she would say,

"He says no mommy,"

meaning the poop is not coming out ;)

Well I caught her at a good moment, and I played along and said "I see him" ( why it is a him - I don't know) ha ha.... Anyways, she looked at me and had this oh... and got this surprised look and she goes "HE SAYS YES MOMMY!!" -

And sure enough, he did say YES!

So now everytime, I get a play by play of what her poop is telling her, Yes or No!, and this might be more info then you would like, but so funny, she now says if it is a baby, or a mommy, or a daddy, based on size. ;)

SUCCESS!!

We are out of diapers for the first time in 5 years!!