New Pics of Quay

Adorable, little squirt. He is barely 3 months old, but looks much older and is VERY strong.

Busy, yet not so busy weekend.

So, this was one of the last "free" weekends in a while, and even it wasn't so free. Friday we were able to refinance our car for an interest rate of about 2.5% less that will save us about $3000 over the life of our loan, so that will be nice. I was supposed to go out with one of my friends that night, but her plans ended up changing, so I convinced Andy to stop at Red Robin for dinner. We shared some nachos and fries and I had a margarita. I couldn't quite convince him to go to a movie, so we went home and fell asleep on the couch at 6:40! This wouldn't be so bad if it were just a nap, but we didn't wake up until 1am and that was just to move to the bed. I finally got up the next morning at 7:40!!!

Then Saturday, we went over to Candace and Bob's. Candace had made some homemade pizza dough and we all made personal pan pizzas...Mmmmm, it was sooo good, but it seems so odd, cause last year, Candace wouldn't even set foot into the kitchen, but she has turned out to be a WONDERFUL cook!

Finally, Sunday we didn't do anything but play games, at least until about 4:30, then we logged off and both worked on homework while we watched the Oscars.

I have been using my new PDA for keeping track of my schedule, etc, and boy have I needed it. I don't have a free weekend until the 29th of March now...and the only reason it is still free is because it is so far away:

3/1 - Birthday dinner for Christi
3/8 - Birthday party for Colton
3/15 - Girl's Night out with my sisters & potentially others
3/22-3/23 - Roadtrip to Eugene

Then I can skip a few weekends and then on 4/19, MS Walk (I really need to get to fundraising for it).

Anyway, that's all for now, at least, that's all I can think of.

MS Walk 2008

Ok, so it is that time of the year again! On April 19th, I will be participating in the MS Walk here in Boise.

My aunt has had multiple sclerosis (MS) for as long as I can remember, but the disease hadn't affected me much until 3 years ago when my oldest sister was diagnosed. Now I am reminded all the time of the effects such a disease can have on someone.

The first time I saw my sister walking with a cane was when she was only 29 years old. Can you imagine having to use a cane when you hadn't even hit your 30th birthday yet?! Although there hasn't been a cure developed, doctors are getting closer and closer every year.

If you would like more information on MS, please look at the local Idaho Chapter's webpage.
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=IDI_homepage

Otherwise, please help me by making a donation or participating in the walk yourself! You can donate in my name at my personal fundraising webpage.
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/allasley

Also, there is a link to sign up for the walk on that webpage as well.

Thanks guys!

Andrea

Small Update

So, I realized that I hadn't made a serious post since the 8th. I really don't have much that is new, my life these days is pretty monotonous. Same thing, week after week.

I took two tests last Thursday for school and got my scores back yesterday. I got a 91 on my Business Statistics test and then a 96 on my Operations Management exam.

We had both my oldest nephew, Tristan, and my younger brother, Kyle come and stay with us this weekend. It was their chance to get away and play games for the weekend. We picked them up on Saturday and then took them home on Monday morning. I really think they enjoyed themselves.

I also started going to the chiropractor. I have always known I have back problems, but I was able to ignore it for the most part. That is until I got this spot parallel to my shoulder blade, about an inch in diameter and it wouldn't go away, though it was sometimes worse than others. So, I went to the chiropractor and I had 2 vertabrae in my neck that were twisted, two in my upper back (one of those also caused a rib to be out of alignment, therefore causing the painful spot), and my pelvic bone and tailbone were twisted, so I am set up on a schedule to get myself corrected.

I got Candace hooked on the Twilight Series (thanks, Sharlee!), so she had borrowed the first book last week and finished it yesterday and wanted the next, so I ordered some pizzas and Candace, Bob and Quay came last night a hung out with us. We watched the Biggest Loser and although I didn't work out or get any homework done, it was nice hanging out with them.

The last bit of new would be that I cut my hair. It really needed it and is now soooo healthy...YAY! It is what is classified as medium length, but by my standards, it is short. It's cute though, at least I've been told.

My New Pretty!!!

Yay!!! I got my new cell phone today!

Moto Q 9c

The Pictures I Promised

Most importantly is the pictures of our new bedroom set:




The birthday boy, Trayton.


Cace.

Tajjer, doesn't he look handsome?



Kurston, holding her son, Cohen.




Kurston, still holding her son, Cohen. Now that's what I call talent.


Kira hugging Carson.


Kira again. She wasn't too sure of so many people around, but adorable none-the-less.

Justin

Jason, being a BIG dork!

Colton.

Ryan

Jason...dork again...but hilarious!

My mom, grandma and Connie.

Carson.

5 lbs lighter!

This last week or so hasn't been too busy, but I do have a couple things to report.

Our bedroom furniture was delivered last Wednesday and although it didn't fit in there like we would have liked, it still looks very nice and spiffy.

This last Saturday was Trayton's birthday so we all headed to the homefront and went bowling at good, ole' Sunset Lanes. It was a lot of fun. Everyone managed to make it, including my cousin Eric, his wife and their 3 kids. Then afterwards, we all headed to Kyle's bball game. He played AWESOME! He had a crazy number of rebounds...like 17 or something like that. I would probably say that he is the best basketball player out of all of us. It was pretty funny, since all of us were there, we took up almost an entire section of bleachers! I felt like everyone was starring at us and most of those people haven't seen me since high school, and I have put on about....oh...100 lbs since then, so it was a HUGE motivator to finally get serious in losing weight.

Good news! I have lost 5.5 lbs since January 1st!!! Woot! 1.25 lbs of that was last week. I am getting serious and I hope this to be the norm for a while. My goal this month is to work out 4 times/week. I hope this is doable, but sometimes my schedule hinders this and other times I am soooo tired, but 4 out of 7 days shouldn't be too tough...I would like to surprise myself and make it more, so keep your fingers crossed. I will keep things updated on my battle. I also have lots of pictures from this weekend that as soon as I get them on my computer, I will post.

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!