I LOVE CHRISTMAS BECAUSE OF:

CUTE NIECES AND NEPHEWS

WOODHEAD'S

WOODHEAD'S

WOODWARD'S

PINNOCK'S

NOT PICTURED: WILLIAMS

They were here!!!! 

GRANDMA AND GRANDPA WOODHEAD 

were greatly missed

SIX MONTHS AND COUNTING!!!!!

I love when the family gets together on 

CHRISTMAS EVE.

 We all always enjoy great food, fun games and lastly the Nativity. 

Good times Good times

CHRISTMAS  2008 now a great memory!!!!!!

NO SANTA PLEASE!!!!

We are having so much fun this Christmas season with Keeli. She loves the tree, the stockings, Frosty the Snowman and Santa Claus. She was so excited when we told her we going to see Santa. She was telling everyone she saw at the mall all about Santa. Evidently, she is all talk. As you can see in these pictures she wanted nothing to do with Santa. It looks like we will stick to the pictures of Santa. The real thing is way to traumatic.

CUTE CHRISTMAS HELP

Randy has a little Christmas helper. 

Make room for me!

Get out of my way!!!!

Finally, I am king of the ladder

We have found that Keeli has no fear. 

She climbs on tables, countertops, beds and even ladders. We have to watch her constantly as she is always looking for a fun adventure.

Happy December Everyone

 I am singing Christmas carols, eating Christmas candy and online Christmas shopping.

Life is Good!!!! 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

MY TWO BRO'S

MY GORGEOUS SIS AND HOT LITTLE D

THE FAB FOUR MINUS ONE 

LIS WAS IN D.C. WITH HER KIDS

THE COUSIN CLAN

PIES PIES AND MORE PIES

RANDY AND PIE!!! 

IT DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER

KAREN AND RY RY

STEVE AND MARLIES

JUS AND THE GIRLS!!!! 

WE THINK HIS NOSE IS BROKEN FROM WRESTLING. 

WE FIND OUT ON WEDNESDAY.

THANKSGIVING 2008 was the BEST!!!!!

Steve and JaneAnne hosted one great party!!! We thoroughly enjoyed their warm inviting home, the fabulous food and lastly, ONE GREAT FAMILY!!!!!!!

We stuffed ourselves until our stomachs were overloaded. We told great stories and enjoyed being together.  Our Thanksgiving tradition is to eat, eat and eat some more and then head down to Jordan Commons for a Holiday movie. "Four Christmases" was the holiday pick this year. I enjoyed the first forty minutes. Keeli was not interested in a Christmas show and wanted to explore. I told Randy after the movie that I felt bad I missed the show, but how fun it was to chase a toddler around. So WORTH IT!!!!!!  Thanks Woodhead clan for  a very fun day.

DIP PLEASE!!!!

Seven layer dip is my boys all time favorite snack.  Anytime there is a big sporting event on T.V.  you will find a bag of chips and dip nearby. The boys seem to have passed on their love to Keeli. She totally digs that she can dip her chip into sauce.  Justin was not too happy that she was dipping straight from the dish. He has a germ theory.  You better not double dip or eat from a serving dish or you will have the wrath of Justin upon you. He also is not too fond of sharing drinks. We just sneak our double dips and sips of his drink when he is not looking!!!! Justin you know we love you!!!!!!

DIP DIP DIP

YUM YUM YUM

MY RACQUETBALL CHAMP AND CUTE KEELI!!

I just had to add this picture. Don't they look alike????

HALLOWEEN 08

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

It is HALLOWEEN once again. That means miniature candy bar wrappers in all my sweat pant pockets. It means time to get together with friends  and dress up in silly costumes and enjoy each others company. It means caramel, chocolate, covered apples, pretzels and anything else we can find in the kitchen to dip in chocolate. It means taking Keeli to the Pumpkin Patch. (That was fun. It has been a looooong time since we visited a pumpkin patch.) It means dressing up Keeli as a ladybug and taking her trick-or-treating.  

HAPPY FALL!!!!

Unbelievable. Excellent. Adventure.

JUSTIN RULED ON THE TENNIS COURT

LOVE LITTLE LUKE

WATERFALL OF FUN

AUSTIN AND MELISSA STRIKING A POSE

U.E.A. BREAK!!!!!

We packed our bags and headed South to St. George to enjoy a fun-filled week-end with great friends!!! We indeed had an UNBELIEVABLE, EXCELLENT, ADVENTURE. We started our trip with our usual visit to the Pizza Factory for Calzones and Never On Sundae dessert.  Lucky for us, we were able to get stand-by tickets to Les Miserables at the Tuacahn. It was fabulous!!! What an unbeliavable theatre. 

Day two had more adventures to fill up our days. The boys headed to the mountains with their dirt bikes in tow. Rosie and Melissa got the girls' day started with a walk-run workout. I was getting very excited for the rest of our day. Today was my younger sister, Tricia's,  MAKE A WISH dream come true. All the girls got dolled up and headed to Vegas for J.T. and friends at Planet Hollywood. I talked Randy into being our driver.  Also, I wanted to enjoy the concert with my guy! We made it to Vegas and the car somehow ended up at the Fashion Show Mall. Randy slept in the car as we girls spent our wad on cute over priced exercise clothing. Planet Hollywood was our next stop for a never-ending buffet of food. Lastly, we made our way into the huge theatre to enjoy a little Justin Timberlake, Jonas Brothers, Leona Lewis, Boys 2 Men, Rihanna, Adam Levine, Fiddy Cent, Lionel Ritchie and more Justin!!!!! This concert was AMAZING and did not dissapoint. Lucky for us, this is now going to be an annual event!!! We piled in the car at 1:30 a.m. and headed back to St. George arriving home at 5:00 am. Thanks Randy for driving five sleeping girls, that were dreaming of Mr. Timberlake, home.

We spent day three with our very good friends from Chiropractic College, the Russell's. They are very nice as they made a bunch of young girls very happy by letting us all swim at their club. This is not any club. This club was where the High School Musical gang hung out and filmed their movie. After a day of  swimming, tennis, pickleball and sun we headed to Don Pedro's for a mexican dinner of food, laughs, laughs and more laughs!!!!

Sunday arrived and Rosie, Randy and Austin headed to church. Someone had to stay home with a tired baby. I kindly offered and Justin seemed to think that it was a two man job. Later in the day we got the gang back together and spent the rest of the afternoon and evening at the Russell's enjoying their beautiful home, croquet, wonderful family and great food. 

What a great Adventure of fun-filled memories!!!! Thanks Trish for sharing your Make-A-Wish with all of us.

THE GIRLS ARE ENJOYING THE HSM POOL!!!

MY TWO HOTTIES

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRISH!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRISH!!!!!!!

TWO MORE DAYS!!!!!!

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

AM I CRAZY????

I broke my arm in July. Because of the broken bone I forgot my way to the gym. I forgot to watch my calorie intake. I forgot that my weight explodes when I do not exercise. I have to say that I have had a very enjoyable two months. Zingers, Diet Coke, M&M's plain and peanut, Diet Coke, chocolate chip cookies, Diet Coke and gummy bears, oh, and did I mention Diet Coke! I was on a two month binge. Suffice to say, I lost all control. It is definitely time for an intervention. That is what my mind kept telling me as I stuffed Halloween candy in my mouth.

It was time to dry up and get rid of my carb cravings. "How was I going to do this?" That is the question I asked myself every day. I decided to try an eleven day cleanse. This cleanse consists of a shake in the morning, 2 cups of lettuce and 4 oz of protein for lunch and another shake for dinner. Oh, I forgot to mention to drink water, water and more water. Yep, it is true, no Diet Coke or anything else except water for 11 days!!!!! There is more to this cleanse. On day 3 and 4 you drink this awful tasting cleanse with water, four times a day. NO FOOD. I do get ten almonds and these awful tasting scooby snacks. I am on day 3 right now. After the two day cleanse you go back to what you did on Day 1 and 2 for five days. Lastly, the home stretch is another two day cleanse on day 10 and 11. I am CRAZY!

The only thing that is getting me through this is trying to decide where I am going to eat on Day 12! Porcuipine Grill's, Chicken Nachos; Iggy's, California Chicken Sandwich; Training Table's, Turkey Sandwich with Cheese fries, AND ONE, LARGE, HUGE, DIET COKE!!!! People tell me after this is over my taste for these yummy foods will dissappear. I am hoping this is the case. I am totally aware that crash diets do not work and the key to weight loss is diet and exercise. However, when my self control left I needed to take desperate measures. So, when I finish this long, painful, two weeks I will be back to the gym and hopefully have a better eating pattern.

You never should start a new diet without a buddy. I coaxed my younger sister, Trish, to do this with me and my neighbors, Angie and Adam. Adam does not really count because he does the cleanse his way. That means Ginza for lunch, and a salad for dinner. He is on the half-cleanse plan. When one of us is weak and ready to throw in the towel the other one boosts us up. Having a buddy helps HUGE! We are all on the Crazy Train!!!!!

So day 3 it is and 8 more to go!!!!!

KEELI IS IT!!!!!

WE LOVE HER SO MUCH

Seriously, she is so cute!!!!!!

CABIN FUN!!!!!

We had a so much fun  at Lance and Angie's Cabin over Labor Day. The girls got their crafting fix at Swiss Days. The boys got their four wheeling fix riding the trails. We all got our food fix eating, snacking and eating some more. Lastly,  I can't forget our President games every night!!!! 

Good times, Great friends, Excellent Memories!!!!!

POLITICS ANYONE?

I had no idea how addicted I was to all the political shows until they were taken away from me. We went up to our friend's cabin over Labor Day Weekend. It did not occur to me that we were in the mountains and there was no cable. "What? No Hardball? No O-Reilly? No Hannity?" How could I go for five days with no information about the presidential race? I was a little sad. O-kay, not too sad that I missed Obama's grand speech at the DNC. I was more sad that I missed the pundit's reaction to Obama's speech. I would have to suck it up and just settle for the local news to get my fix. I asked my friend, Angie, if I could go watch the news to get my daily political briefing. She looked at me and replied, "We don't have T.V." I commented, "I know I just want channel two, four or five to get the local news." "We don't have two, four or five. We don't have any T.V." she exclaimed.

How was I supposed to know how Chris Matthews felt about Obama's speech? Oh silly me, I don't have to wonder. I know how he felt. I am sure he got chills down his leg. What about O-Reilly; he is fair and balanced, or Glen Beck? I went to bed a little lonely without these men telling me their opinions. Oh wait, I forgot these are not opinion shows. LOL

It was a rough and long night, but I made it through. The big day had arrived. Who was McCain going to choose as his running mate? Lucky for me, Angie had XM radio in her car. It is not as good as seeing it but at least I can hear the latest political buzz. "Sarah Palin", Who is she? Where is she from? Why did he pick her? I had so many questions. I really needed my shows to let me know about this new V.P. pick. I was a bit perplexed over this pick. No Romney? Is she capable of becoming President if needs be. I made it through the weekend with no political buzz. I am back to my political forums every night. I have come to like Sarah Palin. I am confused about Obama. I still don't understand why he won't put his hand on his chest during the Pledge of Allegiance. I wonder why he states he is Catholic but when he took the oath for office as Senator he put his hand on the Koran. He took the American Flag off of his airlplane and put a picture of himself. I am confused why half the country wants this man to become President. I understand that our country and world are having problems and a change in leadership is needed. But, are we that desperate for change that we will accept any type of change or anybody that says he stands for change regardless of their lack of experience and being unproven? I am not claiming to be a political analyst, but these are simple questions that need some explanation.

So, for the next couple of months we are on a political roller coaster. I have found through my nightly news shows that if you are an Obama fan, MSNBC is the station for you. They love the man! If you are a McCain fan, Fox is it. If you are on the fence, CNN is the station that has the most balanced coverage. It took some time to warm up to McCain but he will be getting my vote.

SO LONG SUMMER!

Summer went by way too fast! It is hard to believe that the kids are back in school, the pool is closed and I made my way back to my favorite place the gym! We made some great memories this summer. We found our new little piece of heaven, LAKE POWELL!  Here are some pics of our new favorite place.