Good HEAVEN to betsy!!!

Before I start this post, let me explain...


It may not help, but oh well.


I am a seller... HA HA. I sell EVERYTHING. It started with the kids clothes on eBay. Now everything gets cycled threw. I love new and different and this is a way for me to do it for next to nothing. One of my biggest obsessions is Bags/Purses/Diaper bags...mainly coach.

When Henry was born I think I was with this...




Sold it and went with this...





Sold that and went with this...





Then Sam got me this for Christmas...

Then I sold the 2 above(for a profit of course), and I got this...

Then I...You got it, sold that. I then purchased my favorite yet...
It had baby blue leather though...sigh. I loved her!

Then I wanted to down size....So I sold favorite for this little ditty.


She lasted about 3 months and I decided I really only needed to keep diapers in the car and carry this...


I love her. I can throw everything in it and carry it on my wrist. But with Summer coming I needed a little more.
I went with this fun little number.

I know I am missing a few, I can't think of what they were. Did I mention Henry is 2. People think I am nuts, but let me say. I have yet to lose money on any of them. The last one will flip at least 20.00 profit.

I do the same with the kids clothes. I know my mom thinks it NUTS when Sophie is in a 60.00 dress at church (she would die if she knew that some were even way more then that), but I always sell it back for at least what I paid and most of the time more.

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are too busy...

Monay~Science center with 16 kids. Can you say shoot me now? LOL
Don't mind Henry's fly being down...



Yes, there are 8 siblings in there. The oldest is 10. Their mom Christi is my idol. I don't know how she does it.

Tuesday was the zoo and swimming at Papa's.
Wednesday I cant even remember cause I am so tired.
Thursday we swam all day. The Erdmans came over for a BBQ and swimming.
Friday was the beach, then slip and slide at home.

I soooo am gonna take a nap this weekend.

I was going through some old photobucket pictures and ran across these...

This was at my parents when Sophie was only 6 months...


Look at my SUPER HOT husband...(he's gonna kill me.)


Sam and I have very few pictures together. We forget cause it's all about the kids.


I don't have babies anymore...:(


My kids are growing up really fast. I mean Henry can out run us now.

Apparently I have been busy!!

Man, I am not finding the time for blogging like I would like.
It was a full week. School got out and the kids have been sucking me dry.
I ran like a mad woman all week and my body has paid for it. I ran/walked 8 miles on Monday!
Wuuuuuuweeee! That's too much running for this chubby body in one day.
We had a garage sale on Saturday that was great. We had some really good stuff. I know everyone says that. But I had NEW IN BOX cabbage patch kids. HA HA! I had paid $6.73 for them and sold them for $10.00. I had so much that was New, or never used. We made $300.00 and my goal was $150.00. Sophie made a killing with her lemonade stand. She made 45.00, but $30.00 was profit. She had said it was for a new chair for her desk. She decided build a bear was a better idea after all. When my dad came to drop off some stuff at the garage sale she asked him if he would like some lemonade, then proceeded to tell him it was $20.00. That's my girl. My favorite sell of the day was 2 Christmas quilt and sham sets I had got at target after Christmas. They rang up at .97. HA HA HA. I sold them for $8.00. Gotta love the resell value. It's my life.
After the garage sale we cleaned up and treated ourselves to a dinner at Cheesecake Factory and then headed to build a bear. Sophie made her bear(with the UGLIEST outfit in there), and then shared the wealth with her brother so he could get his first build a bear.
Sophie named her bear Teresa. Uhhhhh, yeah we have no idea.

Hey, Uncle Chad...

You are my idol!

Week in review!!

Busy times have kept me from keeping up as much as I'd like to.

Monday~got everyone up, dressed, fed, back packs, dropped off neighbor kids at school, had a solid 2.5 mile run (ankle getting a little soar), Henry to bed, showered, cleaned house, worked on computer and eBay stuff, picked up kids from school, picked up Jack, meet Cara and kids at McDonald's for play time, Family Home Evening, play wii fit, got everyone in bed, and laundry.

Tuesday~got everyone up, fed, dressed, back packs and so on, dropped off Neighbor kids at school, Sophie preschool, another solid 2.5 mile run, shower and got ready, Henry to bed (had a sitter, can you hear the angels?), took Cara to Purple for her birthday, ran to the mall for a gift, pick up kids at school, took kids to the park, dinner, baths, bed, ran back to the mall for Janie and Jack season finale sale.

Wednesday~got everyone up, dressed, fed, dropped kids at school, dropped kids at Stevie's while I went to another Janie and Jack season finale sale, pick up kids, lunch, bed, rode the exercise bike(leg hurting), took a shower, did 5 loads of laundry, dinner, Sam went to Young Mens, baths, bed.

Thursday~you know the morning drill, right?
ZOO day! We went with Sophie's class to the Zoo.
EVERY animal was out and very friendly, it was so much fun!
This picture is the perfect snap shot of mine and Cara's life with the kids.


Let's go to the zoo.


The 2 Sophie's and YES, my children are a foot taller than everyone else. Amazon babies!








We got home and got everyone down for naps, and I cleaned and worked on the computer till we had to get the kids, took Sophie to dance dress rehearsal, left her to get the kids, went back to the rehearsal to get Sophie, came home, dinner, baths, I went running with Stevie for 4 miles, got kids in bed. Ankle is now swollen over my shoes. Not GOOD!

Friday~ the normal morning routine, than I told the kids we had to stay home and have a day of "get our lives back in order." We cleaned, and cleaned, and organized and did I mention clean? We picked up the kids from school and went to the train park. After dinner the kids went with their dad to drop off some tools so I could gather my sanity. They came home with movies and treats. Thank heavens they were gummy bears...YUCK!

Saturday~Went for a run with Stevie, (ankle a little better), showered, went to a baby shower, came home, got Sophie ready for recital, dropped Henry at Cara's, went to recital, picked Henry up, went to dinner with mom and dad, came home, ran to get stuff for sharing time, came home, remembered I forgot stuff I needed for fathers day, went back to the store, washed laundry, folded laundry, and fell in bed.

Sunday~ Too tired to remember and it was yesterday.


I wrote this so when If I have more kids someday and wondered what I did will all my time only having 2, I will know. You know like when you wonder what you did with all your time before you had kids?


logged 13 miles this week and down 11 lbs.

A week already???

Time flies...It's been a week!

So I am down 8 lbs. Can we say SLOOOOOWWW? It's OK. I just want it to come off.
I ran 13 miles this week, did the hill once, and walked my butt off all over town trying not to use gas.
I also realized that the no carb thing is not for me with running. I thought I was going to pass out after I would run. I am doing Weight Watcher points now and I'm just not giving myself the extra work out points.
We also welcomed the Wii fit into our home today and that is a WORK OUT!!! I almost chucked it out the window when it told me how fat I was and Sam laughed. But I was younger in Wii fit years then him. I was 34 and he was 50 or something. Whose laughing when there are dead first. HA! It really is a good work out.
Oh and Jeff is down like 18 lbs or something. What a butt!

We took the kids to see Kung Fu Panda last night at the Imax. Sophie likes to call it Kung Pow Panda. It was good, not great or fantastic, just good. Sam loved it for all the fighting, and Jack Black is pretty funny. The best part for me was watching Henry and Sophie with there eyes wide open, snacks all set up and loving every minute of it. We let them get some kid combo deal and I thought Sophie was going to pass out she was so excited. Henry couldn't decide if he wanted to stare at this tray of heaven on his lap or at the action in the movie.

Need I say more?

Jeff 14.5
Yours truly 5

This is not fair. I'm still plugging along. Sigggghhhhhh..........

Primary activity at the temple!

Sophie had her first Primary activity at the temple yesterday. She was so excited. She invited Jack to come with her (Cara's Jack).




Some of my favorite pics from the day...

Man church on Saturday is tough...


a girls gotta look good at the temple...


Caught texting during the lesson...ooops.


Hold on guys, I've got to fix my purse...


She is so cute in primary now...