it's your birthday!!

I just want to give a shoutout to my awesome mama....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

My mom is pretty much the greatest thing that has ever lived. She is so selfless and caring and will drop everything in her life to help her family! She is beautiful and kind and is the greatest mom anyone could ever ask for! I want to grow up and be like her.

I love you mom!

xo

lauren

ps. exactly four months until the big day!! :)

the challenge

This past week was my dad's 46th birthday and the gift that we all decided to give him (purely out of love) is P90X. If you are unfamiliar with it, here's a little video...

The entire package came with 12 workout DVD's, a step by step fitness guide to show you which workouts to do which day, and a nutrition guide to help you follow and maintain a healthy diet. The whole program is based on different combinations of workouts to create muscle confusion so as to keep your body from hitting plateaus. Kind of intense...I know. 

Chris, myself, and my whole family have decided to take on the challenge! (I thought it was necessary that I join in and do them here at my new house to be of moral support to my dad...and because I tried to do JUST ONE pull-up and failed miserably.)

So, yesterday we all went through the process of weighing ourselves, getting our body fat percentages, taking our measurements, and posing for ridiculously humiliating "before" photos. (I will spare you those images) 

It is now time to get P90X'ed, my friends! I will let you know how we are all progressing!

xo

lauren

ps. I just had to let you know that I have not had soda (not even Dr. Pepper...my fav) for 1 month...I feel very accomplished! 

weekend fun

This weekend we celebrated Chris's 20th birthday!

On Friday we went to Training Table for some delicious food, and then had a night in to watch movies and relax!

On Saturday we spent the day in Orem where we went to In-N-Out Burger and to the movie theater to see Date Night! Later in the evening we had delicious home-cooked spaghetti made by Chris's dad, and then went to the symphony for Pictures at an Exhibition! The show and the food were both fabulous!

After the movie

At dinner

With Christopher's dad before the symphony

On Monday we went to dinner with Chris's mom and sister! We went to Texas Roadhouse and it was delicious to the maximum! Pure awesomeness.

Such a fun weekend! Happy Birthday Christopher! I hope it was awesome!

xo

lauren

happy wednesday!

A couple of things to note...

I had a job interview this morning...keep your fingers crossed for me!

It is my dear friend, Rachel's, birthday today...Rachel and I have been friends since we were in diapers! I love her oodles and pounds! HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL!!

Today is wednesday...that means we're halfway done with this week! I LOVE the weekend!

xo
lauren

another celebration...

Yesterday was Spencer's 16th birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY STRETCH! So I would like to take a little time to once again celebrate a birthday and tell you 16 little tidbits and reasons why I love Spencey...

1) He loves to sing...whether in the shower, doing chores, or just walking around
2) He has a great sense of humor and constantly surprises me with his clever comments
3) He has such a passion for music...especially the piano
4) He makes awesome chocolate shakes
5) He loves basketball and is a really talented player
6) He dominates at pretty much every video game
7) He is a good student...although sometimes a procrastinator
8) He is the social butterfly of the family and has a plethora of friends
9) He is an awesome wakeboarder and is always willing to push himself to try new things behind the boat
10) He loves lake powell and the beach and would spend every waking moment in those places if he could
11) He can put away food like it's nobody's business...I like to call him the human garbage disposal or vacuum cleaner
12) His height comes to be of great benefit when I cannot reach the top shelf
13) He comes and kills spiders for me in the middle of the night
14) He can quote movies better than anyone else and loves to throw those quotations into everyday conversation providing much comic relief on a daily basis
15) He doesn't mind my silly singing or dancing around the house
16) He is lots of fun to be around and is always concerned for those around him

I love you so much Spencey! You are great and you will always be my little brother no matter how many more inches you grow! Happy Birthday! ...yesterday

xo
lauren

a day to celebrate

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dear friend Katie Fredrickson! I love her so much! Katie turned 19 today so I would like to take a moment to share 19 reasons why I love her...

1) She is a nerd just like me
2) She sings in the car at the top of her lungs with me
3) She is such a fun shopping partner
4) She loves her friends and is always supportive of them
5) She will eat like crazy with me...especially when it comes to junk food
6) She is such a beautiful girl inside and out
7) She and I can play video games for four straight hours
8) She can eat a Bob's Brainfreeze multiple times a day and never get sick of them
9) She and I can have fun at Dan's
10) She loves to take silly pictures with me
11) She knows every word to the Pokemon theme song
12) She dominates at Mario Kart
13) She has such a good work ethic and finds the time to juggle two jobs on top of school and homework
14) She is awesome at debate and has even won awards for being so awesome
15) She loves to connect with her inner child and watch cartoons and the disney channel
16) She always has awesome music
17) She is always there for me when I need her
18) She will dance around in a massive fish outfit on the corner with me
19) She is such a strong person no matter what difficulties she faces

I love you so much Katie!! I hope you had a wonderful birthday! MUAH

xo
lauren