DATE NIGHT

Fortunately, Tyler and I have made it a lovely habit to make it to the temple every month. Unfortunately, it's usually toward the last of the month. We have been doing initiatories the passed couple of months and it has been a lovely refresher for the both of us of the blessings we are promised. Tonight, the sunset was unbelievable in the west and the clouds were as pink as could be in the east.

*Special birthday shout-out to my super awesome nephew Cody living far far away in the MD.

WEIGHT LOSS 2.0

Today starts off my diet. Yes, the same diet I did last year and lost all that weight. I'm a tad ashamed to admit that it has definitely come back and then some. My Dad and I have decided to do it together and get healthy. This time is going to be different because I have painfully learned my lesson. Also, I'm sorry for such an exposed picture of my body, that I am so sure you wanted to see. But last time I didn't do a before and after picture and this is the ultimate motivator.

FILIPINO MOOLAH

Last night after our company left, I became quite ill. I'm not sure what was wrong, but I felt pretty yucky. I slept all day and missed church. In the evening we ran some things back to my parents' house and then went over to Tyler's parents' house for crispy corner brownies and souvenirs from Matt. He gave everyone a set of the coins they use over there. My favorite is the one with the hole, why don't we do that here? He also found reversible ties for all the boys; Tyler picked a pretty sweet one. The night was then finished off with, you guessed it, more LOST.

OUR LI'L NINJA

Tyler went into work this morning, so I decided to do some cleaning up from my birthday. Remember one of the lovely presents Tyler's parents gave? Well, I got it out of its box today and set it all up. Yes, those are three blades; that's the beauty of it all. After my diet consultation this morning, we saw fit to start the diet on Monday instead of today. I will be using this blender a lot in the coming days and Tyler is going to start to bulk up so he'll be using it too. It takes up a bit of room on our counter, but I strategically placed it in front of our KitchenAid; we definitely wont be baking anytime soon.

LAST SUPPER

Today could not have come any sooner. I worked from home, which was heaven. There isn't much to do the first week after conference—it's a bit of a lull. I started some side projects here and there, but nothing too post-worthy. As I was cleaning off my desk, I found $45 in cash and declared to Tyler via text that we should have Cafe Rio. You see, tomorrow I am going to a diet consultation with my Dad so we can slim down and get healthy. So, as a last meal, you can't go wrong with a pork salad. While we ate we watched some good ol' LOST; we are currently in the middle of season 4 and I am lovin' every minute of it! We started season 1 the beginning of June and are determined to finish it at the close of summer.

NOT SO SCRAGGLY

He has returned! I left work early again today so that we could greet Matt at the airport. Tyler dropped me off this morning and then picked me up, so we only had to worry about one car. Traffic was outrageously anger-causing for only being 4 p.m. We missed our exit and had to dash from the parking lot just to get there on what we thought would be on time. Alas, we arrived to see Matt standing with the fam at baggage claim. We took him home to see all the changes made to the house during the 7 months he was gone. The basement was the most rewarding, as he had no idea what we had done for his arrival. Once the tour had sunk in, we went for his favorite pizza to fill our tummies.

WHAT THE DUCK

Oh boy what a sight to see! While I was in Nashville last week, Tyler told me of a tale: almost thirty white and brown ducks had taken over the little yards of our apartment complex. As of late, they have taken comfort on the small patch of grass that lies in front of our door. I don't mind the quacking but the 'barnyard smell' has gotten stronger and stronger every day. On a not-so-lighter note I had my follow-up appointment at the urologist today for my kidney problems. My infections seem to be gone after the lovely cystoscopy I had done today. Yeah, that was a fun time.