Thursday, May 27, 2010
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK!
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Luella's 6 month check up
I went in for Luella's 6 month check up this week, I can't hardly believe that already half a year has gone by. It just seems to be flying by, and I just have to remember to enjoy it . . . all of it.
So we went in and Luella is growing like a weed . . . . .
Posted by The Rich's at 5/20/2010 01:08:00 PM 1 comments
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
ADDICTED
K I have a confession. I LOVE the biggest loser! I think it is such a great and inspirational show. It has great tips for everyone and seriously, it saves so many people's lives. It gives them a second chance on a better way of living. So that is the first part of my confession.
The second half is that I LOVE chocolate, actually anything sweet! I'm totally addicted. As a side note, just to give you an idea. Ben had 4 candy bars in the fridge the other day. He came home and I told him that there was now only 1, that's right just 1. I had a great day of eating healthy, playing with the kids, making it to the gym and then by 4 0'clock I really needed something. And by 7 when Ben got home, I had eaten 3 candy bars. (do you know how many calories just 1 candy bar is? K do the math for 3 of them, not so great right?!) So when I'm a little stressed I like to reach for chocolate. I've always said that if I was a drinking woman I would start around 5 pm. And seeing how I don't drink, I choose to go for the chocolate instead.
So back to my addiction to chocolate. I love it so much that it seems like lately I've wanted/needed a candy bar every single night after dinner. Sad right?! Well it is really true. And here is a big confession, I have a stash of peanut m&m's and hot tamales in the drawer of my night stand next to my bed. Really sad! So now you know that I have a serious problem. But an even more serious problem is that I can't seem to stop. I have to tell Ben not to give me candy as presents, or leave it in the house because I can't seem to find the self control needed to not eat it.
Now, I love watching the biggest loser and I love chocolate. Can you see where I'm going with this? I love watching the biggest loser and eating chocolate. Tonight we were getting ready to go turn on the biggest loser and I realized that I didn't have a treat to eat while watching. So Ben made a run (he was craving an icee himself), and got me my fix of chocolate. So now that I am set with my twix I can sit and relax and watch my favorite inspirational show. Then I can hit it hard in the morning like I have been every day at the gym. I'm hoping that I can gain some selfcontrol and won't need a candy bar a day, or more.
Posted by The Rich's at 5/11/2010 08:14:00 PM 1 comments
PICTURE UPDATE
I have taken all these pictures in the last little bit, but not posted them. There are so many cute ones of my monkeys that I had to put all of them on here.
Even with this funny hat she looks adorable!
Mason's new thing is to take his shirt off and just hang out without one.
He gets so over heated, he takes his shirt off and either asks for a "cold"
shirt or just doesn't even put one on.
Doesn't Rebekah look so cute with these little babes?!
Posted by The Rich's at 5/11/2010 10:57:00 AM 1 comments
Monday, May 10, 2010
MOTHER'S DAY
I got up and started to feed Luella and Ben was up making his usual breakfast, eggs in a blanket. He makes this anytime there is something special going on.While Ben was cooking he was giving Mason some coaching to come over and give me a hug, a kiss and say "Happy Mother's Day". The first time he came over it was a hug and a kiss. The second time it was another hug and a kiss. The third time it was another hug and kiss. And the forth time it was him putting his cheek next to mine waiting for me to give him a kiss. It was so dang cute. Every time he would go back to Ben and give high five and Ben would tell him good job. It totally melted my heart. Then cute Sam got up and gave me a good mornin hug and kiss. There was lots of love at our house. So once I was done feeding Lu, we all sat down and had breakfast together. Ben had the kids give me a little card and a present. Ben is always very thoughtful in his very own way. I totally appreciate it. He let me take my time getting ready for church with no distractions. It is a rare thing when I can just hang out in the bathroom and dink around getting ready, so that was way nice.
We headed to Joanne's for dinner and hung out there with the family. Now that we are all Mother's at the Rich's house the men all helped out by setting things up for dinner and cleaning up and playing with the kids and letting us women just sit back and do what we do best; chat.
Then we headed up to the Ballstaedt's to wish my mom a Happy Mother's Day. Everyone was up there jumping on the tramp and playing the bean bag toss game. I love just playing in the backyard and laughing together. The kids had a blast jumping on the tramp. It is the newest fun plaything at Grandma B's house. But after so long, the kids got really tired and we really needed to head home and get them in bed.
Now that I am a mom I more appreciate what my mom did for me and is still doing for me. I'm thankful for the great job that my mom did in raising me and Joanne did in raising Ben. They are both such great mom's and great examples of what a mother's role is. I love them both and am greatful to be able to call both of them Mother!
Thanks Ben for making it a great Mother's Day, taking care of the kids and jsut letting me relax.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MOM AND JOANNE!!!
Posted by The Rich's at 5/10/2010 08:38:00 AM 0 comments
Friday, May 7, 2010
IT'S OFFICIAL
Well, after thinking and thinking about what to do I finally called the 1-800 number and got the cuisinart mixer. There wasn't really a choice since I had a gift card to Dillards and they sell either the Kitchenaid or the Cuicinart. Even though I've heard Bosch is amazing, Dillards doesn't sell it.
It's pretty and the main seller for me is that it is 7 qts!!!! I was making a batch of cookies today for a graduation party (yay for Matt!) and I was mixing this enormous recipe with my hand mixer. Pretty sure I burned out the motor. Besides having to mix FOREVER, the cookie dough was a bit dry cause I had to mix it so long and my wrist was sore. So I remembered how nice it was to just put the ingredients in and let it mix itslef. This even has a little timer that shuts off automatically, nice right?! So now that main problem will be to not make tons and tons of yummy treats. But the main test will be for me to have some SELF CONTROL. It is kinda hard to have self control while making chocolate chip cookies, these are one of my major weak spots. But the good thing is when I make a batch I roll them into the ball shape and put them in the freezer ready to bake. Then when I need a cookie I don't have to make a whole batch. I just throw a couple cookies in and call it good. Wish me luck on my new large purchase that it works just how it should. Mainly that it mixes the cookie dough and it holds everything. After all this recipe calls for a whopping 6 cups of flour. But they are the tastiest cookies!
Posted by The Rich's at 5/07/2010 04:31:00 PM 1 comments
Monday, May 3, 2010
Back to the Gym
So I haven't been able to go to the gym, that is until this morning. Now that Luella is 6 months I can take her to the kids care at the gym. I got the kids up and started getting them breakfast and then I was having second thoughts about going to the gym. Problem #1 it has been a really really long time since Sam and Mason have been and what if they don't like it? Problem #2 It will be right before Luella's nap and maybe she'll get tired and fussy and won't stay Problem #3 If we are there too long then Lu will miss her nap and then she will be off and grumpy the rest of the day So really all signs were pointing to not going. But I really did want to go. I want to get back into the habit of getting my kids in bed early, getting up and having breakfast and off to the gym at a decent hour. So we all loaded up and set off to the gym. We got there and it was like Sam and Mason had never left. They went right in and just started playing and having fun. I handed Luella off and headed out to work out. It was so great to have over an hour of just "Whitney" time, listening to music and focusing on my workout and just not thinking about anything. AWESOME!!!! So I got back to the kids care to pick my kids up and Sam and Mason were so excited to go. They brought me Luella and she was totally fine. She was more than fine, she had gotten tired (it was about nap time) and she had just fallen asleep. So all my fears of earlier, I was worried for nothing. So I will definately be back often, very often.
Just so you know, Luella taking a nap at the gym, this is just so typical of our little Lu. She is such a heaven sent baby. She just fits right into our family. She sleeps when she is needed, adapts awesome, and we all just love her! She really is my little piece of heaven here in our house!
Posted by The Rich's at 5/03/2010 10:44:00 PM 1 comments