**************** Flash back 10 years, what were you up to? ***************

so this past weekend was my 10 year high school reunion, i cant believe its really been 10 years. it honestly feels like only yesterday i was worrying whether or not arron would ask me to prom. haha.. anyway, i thought this would be a fun time to pull out the scrapbooks and go down memory lane, and i decided to take you all with me.... enjoy the journey back to 1998!!

arron, my girlfriends and softball were pretty much my whole life...........if you cant tell.

senior trip to hawaii and lake powell.

i taught swimming lessons and was a life guard all through high school.

2008- right before the high school reunion. Its been an amazing 10 years!!!! GO VIKES!!!!!

**************************************BeaR LaKe 2008***********************************************

another fun filled week at the cabin comes to an end!! :( its always sad. We have such a great time, boating, playing tennis,eating, playing games, reading (yes i read the whole twilight series again while laying on the beach) watching movies and just being on vacation. I love hanging out with all my nieces and nephews they are so fun, and i'm pretty sure i'm their favorite aunt. haha. Well the pictures pretty much say it all. So until next post...

~catch ya on the flip side.

.....................................................In Loving Memory................................................................

My good friend James Taylor passed away this past Friday, he was the only survivor of the medical helicopter crash in Arizona, but died 6 days after the crash, when his family made the impossible decision to take him off of life support, and let his struggle end.

James and I went through nursing school together and both had the goal to one day work on life flight. He recently got the job of flying with the medical team outside of flagstaff, AZ. He was soooooo excited and called to let me know that he got the job, i was so jealous, but so excited for him. He will be missed, he was a great nurse and a great friend. Although this is a tragedy, I'm glad he was able to accomplish a life long goal and die doing something he loved......

We'll all miss you James, thanks for making those long 2 years in school more bearable!

******************** Boating, Maddox and GLITTER TOES!! ********************

FINALLY!!! its seems like so long since we last went boating, and believe me my body thought the same thing the next morning, i couldn't even hold up my head i was so sore (more from wrecking then anything), but it was nice to get out on the water with our good friends ryan and amber and enjoy the nice weather. We went up to mantua, our favorite lake - don't worry that there is a sign up that says, "no swimming by order of the health department" we think they are kidding. :o) any ways after a 4 hours on the lake we went to Maddox for dinner, YUM!!! is all i have to say about that.
~ it was a perfect day!!! ~


~~~~~~~~~~~lisa~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~arron~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lisa & arron~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~amber~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ryan~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ryan & amber~~~~~
then this past thursday, amber and i went to this spa up in alpine and got glitter toes, they are acrylic and last about 8 weeks, you can get any color glitter you want, i got cotton candy, and amber got simply silver, they are awesome, the picture does not do them justice, they sparkle so bright in the sun, i heart glitter toes!!!!
~Until next post, catch ya on the flip side! :)

********************1/2 way......HOORAY!!!!********************

So i've made it 1/2 way through my 12 week program. my goal over the 12 week program is to lose 30 lbs, so i'm pretty much right on track. I've lost 14.7 lbs but i like to round up to 15 :o) it sounds better. It hasn't been easy, let me tell you, i'm sore most of the time from the work outs, and even though i'm not ever starving, and i have pretty much lost any cravings for candy or sweets, i still pine away for a piece of Robintinos pizza. :) so that will be my first stop on July 31st. HAHA.
Until next post~peace.

week 3 update!

so i'm not going to do a new post everytime i weigh in, i'm going to keep track of it on the side bar to the left, under "my quest for success" :)
and this week is why i question my thought process on posting my results.
I didnt lose 1 stinken ounce!!! but i did lose .6% body fat, which translates into 1.13 lbs of fat. so thats good.
needless to say, my trainer kicked up my exercise routine, so i will reach my first goal, of losing 10 lbs. by next week!!!!! hopefully. ;)
~peace

******************** IF AT FIRST YOU DONT SUCCEED.....********************

so i've debated whether or not to blog about this but then i thought to myself "self, this pretty much consumes your thoughts right now, so do it." so we come to this point.......
i've hired a nutritionist/personal trainer, so for the next 12 weeks, (well 10 weeks now) he tells me what to eat, when to eat, how much to eat, and exactly what exercises to do everyday. I LOVE HIM. (not in love, just love)
Every week i go in for a 45 minute consult, he changes my diet, work out, and then the fun begins, he weighs me and then checks my body fat % and measurements. So i'm going to report my results on my blog every week, so if i dont, then you (who ever may be reading this) can call me out on it, so i have no choice but to stick to it. But to be honest, it hasn't been that hard. i feel great, and i have more energy then i've had in a long time.

I'm so excited about this, my whole family is doing it and they have all had similar results, who knew by eating healthy and exercising you could lose weight? ;) haha.
thanks for reading.

*************************** 3 posts in 1 ******************************

has anybody seen the t-shirt that says... "bite me edward" ? well i need one immediately. ;)

anyway, i just got this link sent to me from my dear friend amber, and i immediately sent it to all the girls in my address book, but for my peeps in my ward who LOVE the twilight series. here is the link to the trailer...hooray for 12.12.08.

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=33429578

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if i was oprah and i could have a "favorite things" show and give my favorite thing to all of my friends, this would be my #1 item. I fetching LOVE my new intelli-gel bed, it has changed my life, i have a bad back, (scoliosis) and i would wake up 10-15 times a night to switch positions. not anymore my friends, i gladly welcome the bed head that accompanies me to the mirror every morning, because it means that i spent enough time in one position and got some decent sleep!!!

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happy cinco de mayo....

for cinco de mayo me and arron went to LORAINAS mexican restaurant with some of the dudes that live next door. We love them, they are great neighbors. Happy cinco de mayo to everyone.

***************************** YOU WANT TO SCUBA? ******************************

Today we went on 2 dives, one was a ship wreck dive and we got to actually go in the boat and go through 3 different rooms, it was a little creepy to be inside a boat 70 feet under the water, but still really cool. Then we went on a shallow reef dive and saw 2 big sea turtles and 2 eel. So to sum it up, it was a great day of diving in Hawaii. When we were leaving the dive site, the cast of LOST showed up, they were going out to shoot a scene on the ocean, they never came out of their trailers while we were there, but it was still pretty crazy.
Then to top off the evening we watched a firework show on the beach after a delicious dinner. :) What a great day!!!
~ALOHA~

******************************HARD AT WORK IN HAWAII*************************

LISA'S TO DO LIST: RELAX, EAT, RUN, DRINK (VIRGIN PINACOLADAS), GAIN WEIGHT.



ARRONS TO DO LIST: WORK.


I HAVE THE BEST HUSBAND IN THE WHOLE WORLD. We both are having a great time (arron has fun when he is not working) and today is arrons last day of work and then we get to spend the rest of the trip together before we have to come back to reality. :( untill then.... ALOHA!!!

**************************************BEAUTIFUL HAWAII*******************************************

So this is how the conversation went-

ACT 1- in the hotel room
arron- "Lisa did you bring some SPF 50 sunblock for me?"
lisa- "no, we need to go to the ABC store and get some. i just brought 30 for me. "
arron- "yeah i need 50 cuz i dont want to burn and then peel. "
(so we go the abc store, get the SPF 50 for my white husband)

ACT 2- at the beach
lisa- "did you get the sunscreen EVERYWHERE?"
arron- "yes."
lisa- "are you sure?"
arron- "oh, i need you to put some on my calves"
lisa- "OK " -lisa applies sunblock to arrons calves.

ACT 3 - 10 hours later.
arron- "oh crap, i forgot to put some on my back."


nope thats not his G's, its his butt!!!!

******************************bummin around*******************************************

So the day we checked in they put us in a room with 2 queen beds, i asked if they had a room with a king available, they told me to check back tomorrow and they would see if one opened up. I know your probably thinking, why not just sleep in a queen bed, well i wiggle like crazy and i hate being touched when i sleep. So thats why!!! So the next day i went down to the front desk and asked them if any kings had opened up, and they said the only one they had was on the pent house level....so i was like... "a OK" so i was so excited. RIGHT!!! well..... dont worry, the room is exactly the same as our other room, but it has a king bed.. hahaha i was so excited for a big fat nothin, but i still like getting in the elevator and pushing the penthouse button. haha, i feel high class, but dont worry we still have the same great view of the "ocean" :)

Anyway today was really fun and relaxing, we slept in then went to breakfast. after breakfast we went to hilo hatties (a big warehouse store with hawaiian stuff) and looked around, took funny pictures, (see picture to the left) and looked for some fun hawaiian souvenirs . :) the rest of the day we spent at the beach, reading, soaking in the sun and playing in the water. We didnt have our camera at the beach, thats why i havent posted any beach pics. we're having a great time, but i am missing my own bed. :) until next post, catch ya on the flip side.......ALOHA