I DID it, it's Done, Now I Have to Do it!

In my ward this past Sunday we had a sister give a great talk on GOALS and how to do them so you can achieve them. Well it really got me to thinking about my Goals List and why I don't finish what I start. Because they're several things on that list that I've started but don't or haven't finished. So I did it......On May 29th I signed up to do a Sprint Triathlon. It is a 600yd swim (in a lake), 17.2mile Bike ride, and a 3mile run (flat, no mountains). I've wanted to do one of these every since I accompanied (drove) Billy to his first Half Ironman. I loved it! The people were awesome and so encouraging. I felt like I could win the race and I hadn't even trained or even signed up for it.

So I decided that most of my goal setting problem is I don't have a time frame with an ending result. So I have until May 29th to get in shape and train for this Triathlon. I have plenty of books that I've been reading to teach me how to train. I have Billy who is a plethora (oh my English teacher Miss Bodily would be so proud) of knowledge. I just wish he could be here.

And now I've expressed this to my blogging world (there's so many of you j/k) so I have to stick to it. So wish me luck!

I Shot a Gun.....and I liked it!

So just before Billy left I asked him to teach me how to shoot a gun. We went to an indoor shooting range here. The nice looking, NRA supporting gentlemen at the range gave us bullets and safety tips before we headed into the shooting range (which was freezing by the way). Billy helped me load the Beretta (I think that's what it was). Then he taught me how to hold the gun and position my arms correctly. He then tells me to get comfortable and shot the gun. So up until this point we had been in the shooting range all by ourselves. Just seconds before Billy tells me to get comfortable a nice gentleman comes in with a huge gun (I think it was a shot gun). He goes to a stall 3 or 4 down from us. So as I'm getting comfortable and ready to shoot (my nerves already jumpy). I'm slowly about to squeeze the trigger, "BANG"! It scared me to death. The nice gentlemen down a couple of stalls shot his gun right at the same time I was going to shoot mine. His gun of course is much much louder than mine. Billy laughs and says, "It's okay, now try again." Needless to say I jumped back on the horse/gun and started to shoot. It was actually quite fun. I really need to do it more often to get more comfortable with the gun. But even Billy said I shot better than he thought I would.

Raising Arizona

After dinner tonight we had ice cream for dessert. I told Zona, "Zona do you know you're dripping ice cream all over the table?" He says, "Yes!" I said, " Do you know you're making a big mess?" He says with a big smile and a sneaky laugh, "Yeah I'm supposed to it's my job!" I love this crazy kid!

No New, New Year Goals! No New, New Year Goals!

So for as long as I can remember every new year means you have to set new goals. Well this year I've decided I'm not going to make any new, new year resolutions. I'm going to finish the ones I've already made. A couple of years ago I decided to make a list of things I wanted to complete. So this is my Goals List:
1.)Lose Weight (this has been #1 goal ever since having kids)
2.)Get Organized
3.)Run a 5k (which I have done twice)
4.)Cook alive Lobster and also Crab Legs
5.)Run a Marathon
6.)Sand and Stain the Kitchen Table
7.)Plant a Garden (It would be nice to live in one place long enough)
8.)Scrapbook all the kids pictures
9.)Quilt my own blanket
10.)Go Sky Diving (Yeah I don't think this one is going to happen)
11.)Learn to ride a motorcycle
12.)Learn to shoot a gun
13.)Learn to rock climb

So tonight I thought I would start on some of my goals.
Crab Legs (I'll wait for Billy to be home to cook alive Lobster)
I have to tell you they turned out pretty great. The kids all ate the crab meat (and played with the claws). It was quite easy and fun! Billy you would have loved them.

Tree Miss Hap

We had a very understanding neighbor. Tommy even helped us pull the tree down (on his cover and the corner of his house). Out of this BIG miss hap the kindness and reassurance of our neighbor made me very blessed to live next door to such nice and kind people.

Raising Broc

So a couple of days ago Zona was being a stinker and I said, "Zona don't ruin Christmas!" From the other room Broc says, "He can't Mom the Army already did!" We all had a great laugh.

Merry Christmas

Sorry it's been awhile! Billy has been on leave for the past 2 1/2 weeks. So we have been trying to squeeze everything into the short time we had left with him. We've gotten family pictures, cut trees down, cleaned, organized, and pretty much worked on the house. This Christmas for us has had a dark cloud hanging over it. We knew Billy was going to be deployed but WHEN was always the question. So this past week has been an emotional roller coaster. He was supposed to leave Sunday, then Monday, then Tuesday, and finally after what felt like a million goodbyes already he left Wednesday. We did have Christmas which started Monday night with Billy reading to us out of Luke. I love hearing the story of our Savior and what his earthly parents went through to get him here. Tuesday morning we all got to open our presents. It was a very nice and peaceful day. Having Billy here made this week fantastic. We our so very blessed. Thank you for your prayers and love!