One more night with brownies!

Tomorrow our new biggest loser competition begins and I have been enjoying myself this weekend. Its been a little over a month since my last competition ended and I have not been doing weight watchers. Getting "back on the wagon" (or horse) has not been so fun to think about. This weekend though I've had a great time : ) Saturday night I went out with Becky Bunting and Elizabeth Dover. We first went to the adult session of stake conference to find out the new ward boundaries (I already miss seing all you guys in the new Laurel Hills ward) and afterwards we went out to Red Robin and piged out on their YUMMY stake fries. We had the waiter bring us all different kinds of dip and just had a great time talking and LAUGHING until it hurt! If the fries weren't enough I decided I needed to make that last box of brownies in the pantry today so I wouldn't be tempted during the competion. The girls and I had a great time and if you need proof just look at Ariana! Yes brownies are delicious and I love to eat the batter too even though you aren't suppose to.

Ariana's Frist day of Dance

Ariana loves to dance. Last year when Alexis would go to dance class Ariana wanted to dance so bad to that I finally borowed a pair of tiny tap shoes for her to wear while we watched Alexis. To be in Miss Lori's dance class (I LOVE Miss Lori!) at the Whitney Ranch Rec Center you are suppose to be 3. I know Lori has made exceptions before so I thought I might let Ariana start in January. By the time the session starts Ariana would turn 3 about 6 weeks after. Well dance started for Alexis on Friday and it was like Ariana was being tortured to not be in the room dancing too. Miss Lori's classes didn't fill up for the fall because of a registration problem with the rec center and she being the kind woman she is offered to let Ariana come try out her 3 year old class the next week. If she did good I could enroll her now! I was so excited and she was too but at the same time I was worried that she wouldn't listen or dance once she was in class. Well dance is over and she did GREAT! She listened to Miss Lori and even tried doing all the dance steps. I'm really proud of her and that for being so little (she's only 2 1/2) she listened and tried so hard. Thanks Miss Lori for letting Ariana start dancing she loves it!!

George and Catrina's Visit

My brother, George, and his girlfriend now fiance, Catrina, came to visit this past weekend. For a while now I have been trying to plan with George how was going to propose and he decided that he was going to do it while he was here in Vegas. Thanks to my previous post asking for suggestions George thought it would be perfect and unique to propose with Catrina standing in both Nevada and Arizona over the state line on Hoover Dam, so they could say they got engage in two states at the same time. Thursday night I drove out to Hoover Dam to "check out the scene" for George. I've never been out there before so that was neat even though I ended up not turning around in one of the look outs and had to drive for awhile in Arizona.

Catrina standing in Arizona and Nevada

Aren't they soo cute and happy?

We had a great time together this weekend and I think Catrina will fit well into our family. While they were here we had a pizza night that during the middle of it George got to talk to my parents and tell them that he was engaged and getting married October 25. He was very nervous and stressed about what they would say but it all ended up ok.

George on the phone with my parents

Our pizza party while George got to talk on the phone : )

Alexis had fun taking some pictures too!

***ANNOCEMENTS***

Its said by some that bad things come in three well I think good things come in three too right now. I have three exciting announcements:

1) My brother is getting married!! I got to meet his totally cute girlfriend, Catrina, this weekend that now gets to be my new sister-in-law Oct 25. Thanks to everyone who helped with ideas for how George could propose. He decided that proposing in two states was really cool so thanks Karen for the suggestion. As soon as they send me the picture I will post it with this announcement this is a picture of the ring set though.

2) Ariana is wearing panties!! HORRAY!!!!! Potty training this time has been SO EASY. She is still getting the hang of pooping in the potty but she holds it really well and normally waits until she is in a pull up or diaper which means she can wear panties without me having to worry to much about a big mess. I'm so proud of you Ariana!!! Also fun news for Ariana is Miss Lori (our dance teacher) said that Ariana can start dance this week even though she is only 2 1/2 and you are suppose to be 3 to start. What a great reward for being a big girl.

READY FOR THE LAST ONE?
3) We are starting a new biggest losser contest!! My friend Jenny has decided to organize another round of motivating weight loss. Anyone is welcome to join. It starts Monday September 22 and to get in is $20. You can loose weight how ever you like, you weigh in on your own scale each Monday and the person with the biggest percentage of weight loss at the end of the competition wins all the money. Even though I lost the competition during the summer it was the best $20 I've ever spent on getting healthy. If you didn't see my post on the results from the summer I lost 9.14% last time! I think I might start a blog for anyone to publish on for support who would like to join. Just let me know if you are in. I totally am especially since Catrina (my brother's finace) asked me to be a bride's maid in the wedding in 6 weeks.

Enjoying our Last Days of Summer

I am normally the person who is ready for summer to be over but I am actually sad this year that it has ended. We have had such a great summer filled with fun outings and vacations. August especially has been so much fun being filled with family and travel. I love teaching preschool but have been really stressed with trying to get everything together for the start of this preschool year. These pictures are from the last week of August and Labor Day weekend. I'm glad I had these last few days of summer to be with my girls and family. I think we really did make the best summer possible this year!

One More Trip to the Water Park

Aren't they just so cute together? I love that Alexis will hold Ariana's hand and they had so much fun playing ring around the rosies together this day.
Labor Day Weekend Trip to Utah

Everyone had fun playing rock band and Ariana LOVED the drums!

I did it! I've been growing my hair for a long time to donate to Locks of Love and I finally got it cut. I donated just over 10 inches. My curls are all natural too in the after picture with Alexis. I know they kind of look like I took a curly iron to my hair but all it took to get my hair like this was some curl moose and twisting it slightly around my finger while it was wet and whala Nancy has ringlet hair!

Please I need Comments!

Ok, here's the deal my brother is coming in this Friday specifically for me to meet his girl friend soon to be fiance. He wants to propose while he is here and since he is not familiar with Las Vegas wants me to help him pick where he does. My brother, George, is very casual and wants to do it on something as simple as a walk. Where do I send him? The best in the area I am at is this hill, which I love walking because of the city/mountain views and because it is so quiet but the landscape is well... Las Vegas. Any other ideas would be sooooo appreciated so please leave comments!! (I have also told him that I can set up a little table or leave flowers at the top of the hill but so far that is the best I've come up with)
p.s.-If you know my parents please don't tell them because my brother wants to surprise them after he proposes.

Sad news Bounce U is closed...

I was going to take my girls and Rylee to Bounce U today. I got the feeling this morning that I should call because they were closed. I pushed that aside and off we went. Well not only was Bounced U closed for today it has gone out of Business! I'm soo sad and so are my girls. We love Bounce U, it was such a great place to get out of the heat and burn off all that energy. To help not make the day a total let down the girls and I decided that going to McDonald's instead would be ok. They ended up having a great time and by the end there was not one word about Bounce U. (I'm still sad though)