30 Day Shred

Well after dealing with the disappointment of the lack of results from my daily biking, I decided to switch gears. I had bought this 30 day shred video months and months ago, but sadly never tried it because I was intimidated by it. Everyone I knew that had tried it, reported that they were hardly able to walk the 2nd day. I bought it knowing this, but thinking that must mean it gets results!

Josh and I decided to do this together and started our first 'day' last week. Boy oh boy is this a workout!!! Every muscle in my whole body feels like it was worked out; literally. Its only 20 minutes long, but because of that, it is INTENSE. I don't really buy into the idea of losing 20 lbs in 30 days, but I'm just hoping to see results in inches lost. To track that, Josh and I are taking our measurements weekly. We'll know in 4 more days if all this muscle pain is working!

Here's what to expect:
The video is based on a 3-2-1 interval component. 3 minutes of strength training (push ups, lunges, squats, butterflies, ect.) , 2 minutes of cardio (jumping jacks, jumping rope, butt kicks, punches, ect.) , and 1 minute of abs (standard crunches, reverse crunches, bicycle crunches, ect.) repeated 3 times in addition to a warm up and cool down. You do level 1 for 10 days, level 2 for 10 days and level 3 for 10 days. The only thing I have found disappointing so far is that out of all my muscles, the abs feel the least worked out. However, I am told that will change in levels 2 and 3. Now that we are on day 4 I can see that level 1 is getting a bit easier and soon we will move on to level two. But I am sure as soon as we start level 2 I will want to go back to level 1 again! (or so I am told ;) )
We have exactly 30 days to go until our vacation in Florida so wish us good results!!!

Halloween

For family night the Monday before Halloween we carved Joshies pumpkin, unfortunately it went soft before Halloween night. So sad, but we kept it out anyway it just looked more like a sad Jackolantern. Haha. Here are some pictures from carving night.


Avalinea


Avalinea coloring her pumpkin, I forgot to buy paint so markers had to do. It didn't work very well. But she was more interested in coloring the paper towels anyway.


Joshie scooping the guts out of his pumpkin


His carving! Great job bud!

Halloween Day
We took the kids to the ward trunk or treat that was held on one of our residential streets and they had a lot of fun. Great food (chili, nachos, hot chocolate) and of course Loads of candy!


Aunt Alayna the cowgirl with Minnie Mouse and Jack Sparrow




Avy is ready to "go!!!"


Arrrrrr matey!

Kara and Andrew's Wedding, October 10th, 2009

On October 10th, Josh and I were able to attend Kara and Andrew's beautiful wedding in Sanger, CA. There was a man made lake that was the backdrop to the reception and guests could take boat rides on it as well. We really had a really great time and we happy to be a part of their special day.


Formal pictures by the lake


Pretty flowers that lined the aisle


Vows


Presenting Mr. and Mrs. Riordon!


The cake! Kara and Andrew went to Disneyworld for their honeymoon.


Taking off the garter......with teeth!! ha ha too cute


Throwing the bouquet. I really should have gone to one of these before I got married. I always want to jump in, but can't now that I am an old married woman.


The happy couple!


Kara and I


Josh and I right after our boat ride


Eric and Rachel dancing to their wedding song

Thanks Kara and Andrew for inviting us! It truly was a beautiful ceremony and a great party afterward!

Visalia Pumpkin Patch

While we were in Visalia we got to take the kids to the pumpkin patch! It was so much more fun that picking them out at Albertsons. :) Joshie enjoyed the games, animals and riding on the train in addition to picking out his perfect pumpkin.


Riding the "train"


Posing as a Turkey


Now posing for Mom on the hay.


Avy and Uncle Jake


Avy picking out her perfect pumpkin


Joshie picking out his perfect pumpkin. (my hair looks like this for the wedding later in the evening, crazy i know, it was a little "big" for my tastes.)


Look how tall we are Mom! We will get to go on loads of rides at Disneyworld next year!

Kelly's Baby Shower

While we were in Visalia, Stacy and a friend of Kelly's, Danielle threw Kelly a baby shower. I was glad that Avy and I got to be there with her for this fun occasion. We had great food, played infamous baby shower games like identifying the melted chocolate bar in the diaper, and got to watch Kelly open all her cute gifts. Baby Lily is sure going to look great 24/7!


The shower decorations consisted of butterly patterns in pink, purple and green.


The Cake! Looks really slanted here doesn't it? And this was the 2nd cake because we made them redo the first one which was even worse than this one! Costco is usually much better than this..

Kelly and her best friend Danielle, and Danielle's baby Jayla. Danielle co hosted the shower with Stacy and brought lots of delicious food and fun games!


Kelly and Stacy with the baby blanket that Stacy crocheted for baby Lily


Me and Kelly with the bedding set Josh and I bought for her. It was called the "Kelly B. Butterfly Garden" set, could it be more perfect? Lets just hope that Lily likes it too!


A pretty pic of Kelly at 34 weeks, almost there!


Avalinea enjoyed the shower too, but mostly just looked for peoples shoes to wear!

Kids at the "Zoo"

We took the kids to a local attraction the other day called Kangaroo zoo. It is basically a giant room filled with bounce houses. It is really cool, because you can let your kids run and play while the parents just sit back and relax. Joshie had a lot of fun, he keeps talking about wanting to go back. Avy on the other hand wasn't so sure, but we think she had fun too.

Our Weekend Project (Two weeks ago)

This is what Chelsea and I did one Saturday afternoon to alleviate some of our storage issues. The shelves are 16 feet long and 7 feet tall. Unfortunately as you can see we have filled it all up already, granted this is not as organized as it could be but we really need to have a yard sale. :)

Anyway it was fun to do and I was able to finally use my circular saw that I got some time ago. Fully awesome.