What would I do?

I have been thinking a lot about things I would do in certain situations (mainly because I think about random things all the time). I've really been thinking about the TRUE meaning of Christmas. Whenever someone asks me what I want, all I can think of is "nothing." I honestly don't care to get anything because I'll just buy it if I need it. This year especially I really wanted to do something with the money we would spend on presents and do something unusual. Seeing all these kids getting ALL these presents kinda made me a little irritated. So then I had to think "If I had kids, what would I do? Would I get them 10 presents?" I hope I get them 1 and we do other things for other people. But, we'll see what happens when I have kids....

But since it was Christmas, here's what we got:

Heather: 3 nice kitchen knives!! a knife sharpener, and a hibiscus flower bracelet.

Michael: 3 bamboo backscratchers, truck tie downs, 2010 calorie counter, Stargate Atlantis season 5 and bubble bath.

It was a great Christmas and fun to hang out with Michael while he was off!

Happy New Year to all!!

Let's get physical

Mike and I have been exercising for the past 3 months. Every morning we wake up at 5:30 am and get to the gym by 6 am. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays we do a 30-35 min walk/run and then lift weights. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and sometimes Saturdays we walk/run for 45 min.

Mike has signed up for the Isagenix body challenge. He could win a total of $10,000! Woo hoo! What great money to go towards adoption! He is half way through and has lost 85 lbs! He is doing so well! So keep your fingers crossed...

We raced in a 5K in the middle of December. I always thought that people were crazy running every day. But when you do a race, it's WAY more fun! I still don't like running during the week, but running for something makes it a little more fun! SO.....

We just signed up for two triathlons. The 1st is on May 15th in St. George. This will just be a sprint triathlon (.5 mile swim, 20K bike ride, and 5K run). The 2nd is on September 18th in St. George also (Kokopelli). This one will be an Olympic triathlon which is double the distance of a sprint! Are we crazy? I think so....

Lots O' Fun!

Talk about being at the right place at the right time! I took my neighbors some goodies I made so I didn't have them in my house anymore and it just so happened she is a scuba diver for the Le Reve show at the Wynn. She had extra tickets for that night and she gave them to me! Michael wasn't feeling good and had to work in the morning so I took Liz. It was way fun! We also got free flat bread pizza at a little restaurant. We were able to walk around a little and the floors were awesome! We decided to start collecting all our extra broken plates to turn our floors into masterpieces!

On Thanksgiving day Michael played football with ours and Mountain's Edge ward. He is so funny. He can push you with one finger and you'd go flying. So that's what he did with one guy and they guy flew backwards and fell. It was kinda funny.

After that game Michael and I went to play football with our friends. It was fun...and we won! Then we hung out with Michael's mom, her husband Chris and his mom. It was nice hanging out with them.

After that we went to my family's house and hung out with them for a little bit. It was a nice Thanksgiving!

Then on Saturday we were able to go to the UNLV vs. SDSU game. Michael never likes to go to or watch the games because he thinks he is their curse. Well not this time. WE WON 28 to 24! Go Rebels! Maybe Erik and Amy cancelled out the curse...

Oliver Creations

Check out our new craft blog at www.olivercreations.blogspot.com or click on the link to the right. We are selling these items to raise money for adoption! If you want to purchase them, e-mail me at 00heather@gmail.com.

Crafts Fair

MARK YOUR CALENDARS....

The craft fair & cook-off is SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009 FROM 10 AM-2 PM.

Located at: Reedom Elementary School
10025 Rumrill Street
Las Vegas, NV 89178
or Check out their website: http://www.reedompta.org/

If you have volunteered to donate some crafty stuff, please get it to me before then! You guys are ALL the best!

PLEASE COME and show your support!

Oh yeah - check out our NEW blog with complete updates on all the things I've been making!
http://www.olivercreations.blogspot.com/ (or click on Oliver Creations in the upper right hand corner)

She's Crafty!

I have begun my journey of trying to be crafty. It is hard work, but I feel very accomplished! Here are some of the things I've made so far:
Drawstring bags for kids (perfect for church items)
Picture Frames!

Hot/Cold rice bags for those pesky headaches or muscle aches.

This is one of two quilts. The second quilt was getting ready to be done, when cute little Tippy came along and decided to eat the batting in the middle! She ruined 3 of the squares and I had to change the pattern because I didn't have enough of one fabric. Needless to say, I am done making quilts and will focus on the other items instead!

Garage Sale

Mountain's Edge is having a community garage sale Saturday October 3, 2009. We will be participating in it. So far we have: TONS of baby girl clothes (sz. 0 months - 4T), women's clothes (mainly S - L), men's clothes (pants & shorts size 34 and M & L shirts), a girls bike, a chair, barstools, TOYS, crock pot, bed sheets, an animal cage, picture frames, books and MORE! Please let me know if you have anything you would like to donate to us so I can come and pick it up! Or come and visit us during the sale! I do realize this is during General Conference, but Mike and I are going to record it and watch it later (and I know many of you do the same)!
We're also going to be making things (bath salts, hot/cold rice bags, baby blankets, toddler bags and stuffed animals) and selling them at Reedom Elementary Schools Arts & Crafts Festival on November 14. Come on down and get your Christmas presents early!