PS3

Aubrey wants a PS3 for Christmas.

Any reviews for it?

What makes it better than a Wii or any other game system?

Tell me everything you know on the matter will you?

Workout

So Thursday nights are when I teach Buns and Abs and Step at Blue; Adult Dance and Fitness. Tonight was focused more on buns but it went really well and we were able to get through all three step combos before time was up.

Here is what we did for Buns and Abs:
Buns-
20 Right leg lunges at 90 degrees
20 right leg lunges with extended step (So taking a bigger step forward with your right foot and then bringing your left to your right).
10 Curtsy side lunges to the right (face one direction the whole time. Start with feet together, step to the right, position the left foot behind the right as if you are going to curtsy, now dip down or squat, and then bring your feet together again and repeat).
10 Curtsy side lunges to the left
10 side lunges to the right
10 side lunges to the left
Squats- While standing in a squat position we assign four different difficulty levels. 1 being legs slightly bent and 4 being legs bent to the point your thighs are parallel with the ground (always keep in mind to NOT let your knees pass over the point of your toes).
10 Squats to level 1
10 Squats to level 2
10 Squats to level 3
10 Squats to level 4

Abs-
30 Second plank
30 second reverse plank
Crunches for 1 minute
Reverse crunches for 1 minute
Full sit ups with legs straight for 1 minute
Always finish with 10 V sit ups.

Our Step workout consisted of the following combinations:

Knee Repeater 8
Knees around the world 16
2 Reverse V-Steps 8

2 Side Steps 8
Chug Kick 8
Over the Top 8
Knee Walk 8

Turn Step 4
Over the Top 4
Corner Knee 4
Over the Top 4
Repeat

Well there you have it. A sample of what I teach every week! Try it out you won't be disappointed and for your viewing pleasure:

P.S. I think the girl who took this picture photo shopped my butt. I can't decide if that would be a good thing or a bad thing. haha

Final Grades!

I have finally gotten my final grades for this semester and I was glad to see the grades I earned. My friend Kendra posted her grades on her blog cause she was proud so of course I have to strut my stuff as well. : )

That's right- a GPA of 3.71! Sorry to toot my own horn but I'm not making you read my blog.

And I'm not going to lie I am proud of myself. This semester I took 16 credit hours on top of just having a baby, having a two year old, and teaching fitness classes. Not to mention my calling and being the best wife in the world.

Next semester I'll start the teaching program and I think I'll walk in May because I need only one more class to complete my major but I won't finish the teaching program until December of 2011.

Have a good day!

My baby is all grown up!

Leila wore this outfit the day she came home from the hospital.




She was small then.... she is small now.

No Post?

Think I forgot to post on Sunday? Think again.

I don't want to sound preachy or holier than thou but I will explain reasons why I don't use the computer on Sundays.

1. My hubby is a computer programmer. He spends more than half his week on the computer.
The sabbath is a "holy day ordained by God for us to rest from our daily labors". I NEED my hubby off the computer at least one day a week. If I want him to stay off than I better stay off too.

2. Family time is more likely to happen when we don't have the world at our fingertips (internet). There needs to moderation.

3. The computer is generally a one user at a time machine. Excessive computer time can often isolate one from others.

4. Personally, I am on the computer doing what? Checking facebook, my email, homework, and reading blogs. All that stuff can be given a break for at least 24 hours out of the week.

5. Knowing my computer is not an option forces me to do things I maybe wouldn't normally do on a regular basis. It gives me another reason to make Sunday "a day of worship".

Notice at the top of this post I wrote, "reasons why I don't use the computer on Sundays" and I write that to let you know I won't hate you or think you are being sac religious if you use the computer on Sundays but at this time it is necessary for me and my family that we just take a break from the computer and lots of other things too.

In the future the computer may be included in our family time on Sundays to become closer to our Heavenly Father and Savior but right now it feels right for us.

Black Eye?

Do I beat my child? No she gets into my makeup almost daily. Can't wait for our master bathroom to be done so I can keep her out of it. But it's cute enough I have to snap a picture.

Boutique!

Well the boutique was tonight and I am beat. Mainly because I worked my legs and buns way too hard yesterday at Blue. I made some neighbor gifts to sell and none did. Why?

I didn't stay by my table.
I didn't really make them to sell.
Who else knows why.

They are really cute. They turned out well and I filled them with teddy grahams, pretzels, coconut, butterscotch chips, muddy buddies, popcorn, gingerbread flavored marsh mellows, and Hersey kisses.

Anyway it was fun and I made money from hosting the thing. And I still have my neighbor gifts to hand out. I don't have a ton because I didn't start collecting them soon enough but it will work for this year.

Side note- If you have any formula cans at all, I would be more than happy to get them from you instead of you just throwing them out.

So we ended up with about 11 vendors and there were supposed to be more than 20 but some didn't show for various reasons. It turned out pretty well though and some made more than 200 dollars!

I bought a hat, tutu, a book, and two hair bows for each of the girls and Jenny let me keep the headband I wore tonight.

What to do next year?

Collect fees in advance to ensure commitment.
Plan a layout based on who has paid.
Find vendors that are more of salesmen and advertisers.

and.......
for myself, find a dang craft that people may want to buy.

I think I will take some pictures now so I can show you my amazing product that did not sell. hahaha Lame

I think my sign looked pretty good too.

My gifts complete with tags!

Mmmmmmm, the butterscotch and powdered sugar made everything smell really good.

Our little entrance.

Next task....... move all the furniture back into my living room.

After that? I'm painting the hallway ceiling and trim so I (Aubrey) can finally wallpaper!

See you tomorrow! I'm on a roll.