Big brag moment!

I only have a minute to blog, but I have to post this! Yesterday was Marks awards banquet for work and the was awarded Rookie Officer of the Year!!! I am so proud of him! He is so deserving of it, I was really hoping he'd get an award. One quick story on him: He was called to pick up a teenage runaway, when he went to where she was supposed to be she was already gone, but he had a prompting that she was hiding inside a building under construction so on that feeling he went to look for her (in the pitch dark) and sure enough, found her in there, she had been cutting herself with a razor blade and had made some very deep cuts, and covered in blood. He and the officer he was training were able to get her medical attention and saved her from bleeding to death. He has gotten many commendations and positive calls and feedback from the people in his community, he is always respectful of everyone and people have really responded to that. He works lots of overtime to make sure shifts are covered, and makes sure he is not just an extra body on hand, he is very pro-active even when he is just filling in. Not only that, he still has made time to keep attending the temple almost once a week, and go to church as much as humanly possible, even in his completely exhausted state, and do his best at his huge calling. Here I am, the lady behind closed doors, and I am totally amazed at how he does what he does and still stays cheerful and grateful for everything. He truly deserves everything good that comes his way. I am seriously married to the best guy EVER!!

Wedding cake weekend!!!

Today I baking my brains out, making my SIL's little sisters wedding cake. OOOOH the pressure!! LOL So far its going really good, except that I messed one of my edges up with the knife when I was releasing it from the pan, so I have to redo one. Luckily its not the biggest layer. I still have to get a few things, but today is just the baking and trimming and stacking, the frosting I will do Saturday night so it will have time in the freezer before monday when she picks it up. It a really nice peaceful day, Its been actually relaxing because I am watching a movie while making it. Into the Blue with my lover Paul Walker. He's my #2 celebrity crush :D

Things are going well with all the activities, I am just taking one thing at a time, and it is working well so far. Of course, major car drama with Marks PT, I'm trying not to stress, its hard but something will work out.

My mom sent me some of the plans for the weekend I will be gone, holy cow I am so excited! Lets just say: Snow, Bed & Breakfast, and Hot Tub. I seriously cannot wait.

Grrrrrrr

OK I really want to update, I really do, but I just have way too much on the list in front of computer time. Thanks for all your comments, I will try to put something else new up. For now, a fitness update......I am down 10 pounds!!!! A combo of hard workouts every day, eating small (very small) frequent meals-I finally found some self control, and diet pills and TONS of water. I'm starting to deflate! YAY!! Mark has a police banquet on the 30th and I am on a mission to look awesome! Plus I barely sit down anymore I am so busy, so I'm staying active allllll day and into the evenings. I'm getting back into my skinny jeans by Thanksgiving!!!!!

Its long but there are pictures :D

This week was CRAAAAAAZY!! This weekend is only a little less pressure but it will all be fun so that makes it better. I am really looking forward to monday already. I don't have a plan and I think thats what I am excited for. So heres just a tiny bit of what I've been up to. I have been very domestic and creative, its fun to do that sometimes.


First up, the card I made for Coopers teachers birthay. I'm the room mom so I have to figure this stuff out. The best part was that I just used a bunch of scraps from some recent scrapbooking, I only had to cut about 3 of these patchwork pieces. I would have liked to use some ribbons or silk flowers, but I forced myself to just stop with this. It is a jumbo card, it is a piece of posterboard folded in half, so that was fun. I took it to recess today and had the whole class sign the inside. She liked it (I think). had another mom bring cupcakes for the kids and we had a candle and sang to her. It was fun, and the kids loved it of course.




I also made her her favorite soup(which doubled as our family meal last night-I was multitasking!) It is SO SO yummy, potato cheese. The kids hated it, I have managed not to eat very much but it is hard to resist.




My other project was Cade's football birthday cake. It was a little late last night when I finished it, so the yard lines are WAY off, but the concept was good. The boys all thought it was cool, so thats all I cared about. His party was after school today. It turned out really good. A couple of the kids couldn't come, but the ones who did had a blast. They are a bunch of football junkies. They would still be playing now if the parents hadn't come pried them out of here. Football and pizza, every man's dream, starting at about age 11, right?? LOL He got nice presents and Mark reeally went over the top and got him a PSP, which I think he never dreamed he would get. He is in watching Ghostbusters on it right now. He is really loving it. Cade is such a cutie.



THis is him opening his PSP, he has never had a nice electronic before, so it was HUGE!



I can't believe my kids are getting so big. 11 years old?? I swear there is no way he is that old. Some of his friends are so funny. His cousin was there tonight and most of the boys don't know him very well because he going to a different school. So Cole asks "who's your mom??" He pops right back with "Oh, you're too young for her" Mark and I were cracking up. I couldn't wait to tell his mom what he said. She about died, it was so funny. Of course his mom is a cute little blond thing. I swear, the older they get the more they can crack me up sometimes. Especially when they are interacting with their friends. I'm sad Cade is growing up so quick, (he gets the puberty talk this year...YIKES!) but I'm trying to just enjoy it!