I just realized it's been almost a year since I last posted. In my last post I was talking about how we were going to start working out and whatnot, and I definately have been working out! I work out 5-6 times a week, one on one with my personal trainer once and I take a bootcamp type class with my trainer twice a week. When I started working out, I was 250 pounds, and now I am 196.5 pounds. My ideal weight is 172, so I'm almost there...although I want to get down to 169 so that I can be under 170, even if it's only for a day! I didn't take picture when I started working out, and I haven't really taken any progression pictures, but I do have some pictures so that I can see the progress I've made. I'm going to start taking a picture every 10 pounds for the last 30 pounds so that I can really see a difference. It's amazing how much better I feel about myself now. I know that I still have work to do before I'm in super good shape, but I'm much more confidant in my body, even though I still have work to do.

August 2011, 250 pounds

March 2012, 220 pounds

May 2012, 207 pounds

July 2012, 197 pounds

It's been a rough couple of months since my last update. We have been pretty busy. Dom is still working lots of overtime every week and I've been working overtime for the last 3 months of so. I'm really tired and burned out, but I like the money, so I'm going to keep working it. After months and months of talking about it, Dom and I finally joined a gym. We drove around all afternoon on a Sunday because Dom wanted to see all the different gyms and find out how much it would be and whatnot. He finally decided on a gym that isn't too far from our house and along with joining the gym, we decided that we were going to get a personal trainer to help us with our weight loss goals. The gym also has a nutrionist who put together a meal plan for us so that we can lose even more weight and start to eat healthier. I'm prefectly fine with what we are supposed to be eating, but Dom has been struggling a bit, although it is getting better. We are both doing well with our workouts. I totally kick Dom's butt when we are working out with the trainer, it's kinda nice!
I was able to go to Idaho for a long weekend in August and it was a lot of fun. I flew into Boise and mom and Kailee picked me up. Then we had a bbq at D's house. Kai is just about the cutest little girl ever. I love her so much and she is so stinkin cute. She's also incredibly smart, it's amazing! Saturday morning we got up and drove over to Ririe for a Ririe family reunion. It was held at my great grandparents house that my aunt and uncle have recently finished restoring. They have done an AMAZING job on the house and it is just beautiful. It was really nice to be able to see a bunch of my family in Idaho. The last time that I was in Ririe and saw most of those family members was at my grandma's funeral 6 years ago. It was fun to stay up and talk with family and have my uncle Ron's fabulous pancakes on Sunday morning. Uncle Ron makes the absolute BEST pancakes ever! Hopefully I will get to go back to Idaho sometime soon and Dom can come with me. I really miss southeast Idaho, it will always feel like home to me. Mom, Andy, Amber, Austin and I were all flying out of Salt Lake City and so we stopped at Mrs. Cavanaugh's Chocolates before we got to the airport. I have been very good about the chocolate and I actually still have some in my freezer. I've learned that if I put chocolate in my fridge or frrezer I'm less likely to eat it!
Other then that, not much has been going on. I'm still working at home and just found out that I made the cut to stay home for at least another 3 months. Dom has been carpooling with a friend for work so we both wake up early. He gets up and gets ready and I make his breakfast. Then I usually go back to bed. We don't really have a lot going on in the coming weeks either. I've been struggling with some stuff the past week or so and am just throwing myself into work and working out...and hopefully that helps!

My Oh My

It's crazy how fast things in life change. So I went to Disneyland with Dom's family and it was fun for the most part. I got irritated with his mom, but that isn't anything new. The girls had a lot of fun going on all the crazy rides. Dom was very sad that he didn't get to go and told Serena and Aria we should all go next summer. Serena will be in either China or Italy with Dom's parents, so Dom told Aria we would take just her. I was not a huge fan of going since it was summer and it was way busier then when we usually go during the winter, but we'll see what ends up happening.
Over the last week, our plans to continue with fertility treatments has come to a streaking halt. We are no longer going to be doing 3 more fertility treatments. We aren't pregnant, since it's an impossibilty for us to get pregnant at this time. We are off the baby train for probably about 3 years, then hopefully we will be able to do an IVF cycle that will work, but who knows. So Dom and I are both feeling that we probably won't ever have any kids, and we are both coming to terms with it.
We are just working like crazy, Dom is going to a million doctor appointments, and our puppies continue to be spoiled rotten. It's been almost a year since we've been in our house and time sure has flown! I am going to Idaho for a long weekend in August for a family reunion. I'm very excited to get back to SE Idaho since I haven't been there since Sept 2005. I LOVE Idaho and I'm really excited to get to see my family, grandma's house, the Ririe house, and to go to the cemetary. I told Dom that I will also be stopping at Mrs. Cavanaugh's, which makes me a very happy girl!

Crazy Busy

Life the last few weeks have been kinda hectic, and it's not gonna slow down anytime soon. Over Memorial Day weekend, Dom went to the Indy 500 with my dad, 4 brothers and 2 brothers-in-law. He wasn't that excited about going, but he ended up having a good time. He has since decided that he is going to go every year and that auto racing is his new sport of choice since it doesn't look like football is going to be coming back this year. (I don't know if he's joking or being serious, and it's kinda scaring me!) While he was gone, D and Kailee came down from Boise and we spent the weekend at Amber's house floating in the pool. Kailee is such a cute little kid and she's so much fun.
We got to hang out with Desi again this past weekend, which is always fun. She and Dom had a couple of tea parties, we took her to see Pirates, and she cracked us up while we watched her play the Kinect. She and Dom also did some fighting with their light sabers, and she got a kick out of him letting her jump on him to wake him up from his nap. Then they kept 'fighting'. Dom called me yesterday to tell me that he finally realized why he was so sore...he got beat up by a 4 year old. It's adorable to see the two of them together, it just makes my heart melt.
This coming weekend, our nieces, Serena and Aria, are coming down from Seattle for a little over 2 weeks. We're excited to see them. We saw Serena last summer since she went on the Europe trip with Joe and spent a couple extra days here, but we haven't seen Aria in 3 1/2 years. Joe and Richard have a lot of activities planned while they are here, one of which is Disneyland. Joe asked Dom and I to come along, but Dom doesn't have anymore vacation time available, so just I'm going with them. I'm pretty excited about it cause I know I'll be spending a lot of time with Serena, Aria and Celine since Joe and Richard don't like the roller coaster rides. Plus I can run around with the girls if Joe and Richard need a break.
In 2 weeks my brother Rob and his wife Allison are coming to town for Allison's Dirty 30. I'm very excited to see them since I don't get to see them often enough. We get to stay at a resort here in town so it should be lots of fun.
Then it's 4th of July and the month of birthday's begins. We have 8 birthday's in July, it's crazy! David is the 4th; mom is the 7th; Benjamin, Randall and Pierre are all the 15th; Dom is the 19th; Amber is the 24th; and Andy is the 26th. I think even if we weren't doing fertility treatments, I would always try to plan on NOT having a kid in July.
We will be starting the 1st of our final 3 fertility treatments in July, so hopefully one of them works!

The fun never stops...

Dom cracks me up! Dom always likes to go bowling...and I suck at it! I think he likes to go because he knows that he can beat me. So we took Desi bowling on Saturday because there is a cheap bowling alley close to our house. I did really well for me the first game...I got my highest score ever of 112 AND I beat Dom. Which is a first...and will probably never happen again. Then everything crashed during the second game...I bowled a 68...and Dom bowled a 164. Desi even beat me, and she's only 4! Dom and I have often said that we should join a bowling league...but I don't want to until I'm a little better. I think instead we are just going to go bowling a few times a month. The alley by our house has really good summer specials so it's cheaper then us going to a movie!

Dom and Desi

So Dom and I had most of last week off since he has vacation time to burn. Desi came over on Thursday night and Dom planned for it to be a Star Wars night since Desi wanted to watch the movies with him. I have always refused to watch Star Wars but Desi asked me to watch with her, and I can't say no...so I've finally watched them. While we were watching, Desi crawled up on Dom's lap and told him that he's her favorite friend. It was so cute! We went bowling on Friday and it was hilarious that Desi wanted to bowl just like Dom. Dom seriously throws the ball down the lane, so Desi kept trying to throw the ball, so funny! Desi is coming over again on Friday and she's excited because the Justin Bieber movie comes out and Dom promised to buy it for her since he refused to go see it with her in the theater. He is all into it! It's hilarious becuase he's trying to make it something special for her. He is so adorable with her, I love it!

The Little Things

So yesterday Desi called me. I love that little girl. It's only the second time I've gotten to talk to her since she went up to Utah. She used to get so sidetracked when she was on the phone, and now she doesn't stop talking! After I got off the phone with her, I called Dom to tell him that I got to talk to the little one. He was incredibly jealous. When he got home last night he told me it wasn't fair that she calls me and not him, but it's not my fault. He misses her like crazy. She's going to come spend the weekend with us in 3 weeks and Dom can't wait.