Sweet Summertime

Ladies and gentlemen, it is finally summer in northern Utah!  (At least for today it was, tomorrow could be different.)  So we took advantage of it!  Isabel, my parents, and I sat outside for a looongg time.  I played with Isabel until it was time for her nap and then I sat under a big umbrella and listened to music and read a book for almost 2 hours.  It was A-MAZ-ING

I kind of have an issue though..... at the beginning of every summer, I put myself through serious amounts of pain in order to get the slightest amount of color in my legs.  My arms toast pretty nicely, my legs on the other hand.....not so much.  After sitting in the sun for about an hour this is what my legs looked like...

That's it.  Why did only that part burn?  I don't know.  There was no shade, I didn't cross my legs, nothing.  My legs just hate my guts and want to be alabaster forever.

This was before Isabel's bath time last night.  I'm teaching her to take cheesy photos in the mirror.

(And yes, we have Labradors on our bathroom wallpaper.  Just more evidence of how redneck my family actually is.)

Can you see the tan lines on Isabel's arms?  That was last night.  You should see her now that we spent more time outside.  And she was even wearing sunscreen.

I forgot to tell you last week that my little brother went to PROM!  He has been in love with this girl since like 8th grade and they've been friends since they were like 5.  Does she like him too?  Good question.  I think YES because why else would she be hanging around?  He hasn't even kissed her.  Not even for prom.  (We give him a lot of shit about it)  And I know he's not just lying about it because he's the worst liar in the world.  If he had kissed her, I would know.  (Besides the fact that her mom and our mom are best friends and she has 3 sisters, so if he had kissed her, word would have gotten around by now.)

Did I mention she even goes fishing with him?!  He bought her a fishing license for Valentine's Day.  Romantic right?  Most girls would have given up by now.  My brother is a really nice dude, but he's a weird one.  I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how this goes though...

That's all for now, people!

Weightloss Challenege Monday.....again

Woo-hoo for the Weightloss Monday Check-in.  I think I call it something different every week, but whatever.  You get the gist.  I was going to make a vlog for ya'll today but it kind of turned into a poo on toast kind of day so it's not gonna happen.  

Sorry, I know you're all REALLY disappointed.  

I haven't actually done that much exercise this week, but I've lost a couple pounds because I've been really grumpy and when I'm grumpy I don't like to be around people.  Therefore, I don't go in the kitchen, and obviously that's where we keep the food soo.....there you go.  The times that I have actually eaten though, I cut back on my portions.  And I can't remember the last time I had a mountain dew (cause I've been broke for a long time). 

I have gone to the soccer field 3 days this week though, and I played soccer with all the little kids while their dads were practicing. 

(The whole time I'm thinking.....Why didn't the kids just stay home with their moms???  Whatever.) 

And of course playing soccer while holding an almost 1 year old isn't what I would call easy sooo maybe all that helped me out a little.  I did actually start doing sit ups before I go to bed and I'm starting to feel it.  I guess you could say that I am doing better than I have been and I probably have the warm weather to thank.  

During Utah's 7 month winter I get sooo lazy because I hate being cold, but if it's sunny and at least like 45 degrees I'm outside.  

Saturday I took Isabel to the Health Days Parade. 

LAME SAUCE.  

It was probably the worst parade I've ever seen.  

Seriously.  

It's just turning into an advertisement.  There were maybe 10 floats and then like 60 trucks with some cheesy logo on the side and people walking around handing out fliers.  

Isabel got a freaking tan.  The one thing I will never be able to pass on to anyone, is the ability to tan.  Lucky for her, her dad is a very, very brown Mexican and the combination of our skin colors is pretty amazing.  

We may not be together anymore, but we made one beautiful kid.  

I got an awesome sunburn, which has moved into the itchy stage.  

FML.  

But I only have to put up with one or two miserable sunburns at the beginning of the summer, and then I'm usually okay.  Anyways, that's all for today.

This is me and Isabel pre-sun.

She puts her hands on her head whenever someone says 'Oh my goodness'.

It's a good thing she's pretty, cause she's gonna grow up to be a weirdo like her mama.