Giveaway

If you know how to use twitter......my friend Devri just started a website that has backgrounds for it??!!!  And she is having a giveaway to get things started.  Hurry over HERE, you only have until friday to win this IPOD touch!   Good luck Devri!

Alphabet Soup Embroidery

My best friend Wendi is also having a give away this month at her website, Alphabet Soup Embroidery!  It is a way cute, personalized, embroidered bag.  Once again, I hesitate to tell you about it because I want it all for myself, but go check it out.  You'll want to register for this one too!  WAY CUTE! 

Oh and don't forget to mention my name, so that I can get more entries!!! :)

Crap I've made!

Hey all!  My friend Char is having a fabulous give away on her blog all because her youngest (way cute) son turns one tomorrow!!!!  I'm not going to tell you what it is (because I want it all for myslef),so you will just have to go check it out for yourself over at Crap I've made!

You want to go now just because of her blog title huh??? LOL

Thanks Tori!

Saw this on my friend Tori's blog.  I loved it and thought I would share with you!  Thanks Tori!

Is there some sort of club I don't know about?????

Tinney/Tongi Family Christmas

As I mentioned before, we all got to meet up in Oklahoma (at Dale and Amy's) for Christmas.  It was crazy, fun!

Santa actually knew we were there and left presents for 'Aisea and Matai.  Of course, he got Sea some rockets.

And he got Matai a shopping cart.  He is going through a "I love to push things" stage.

Poppy brought everyone a model rocket, so we launched them while we were there.  Unfortunately, me and mom weren't there because we had to take Matai to the doctors office.  he had an ear infection.  Both him and Tanner got them over the holiday.  

Mimi was nice enough to make sugar cookies with the grandkids (that were old enough).  They enjoyed making them and we all enjoyed eating them!

I love this picture of Mimi and Poppy with all of the grandkids.  Mom and Dad had the sweatshirts made.  They said Tinney Family Christmas 2008 on them.  Cute!  I wear mine all the time!

It was a fun Christmas.  Our family is growing by leaps and bounds.  Before you know it, we won't be able to all fit into one house.  What will we do then?

Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Site

We went to Dale and Amy's house for  Christmas this year.  They have a new, beautiful home and we all wanted to see it, so we spent the holidays there.  Every time we go to Oklahoma to see them, I want to go to Oklahoma City and see the bombing site, but we never made the time.  This time, we were meeting our good friends, the Hunts, there and what better to do with them than this?   We couldn't have picked a windier, colder day, but it was definitely worth the visit!

A little about the memorial.........It sits between two walls.  The first one says 9:01.  This is the time it all began.

Here is all the family listening to the guide tell the story.

Each chair represents someone who died.  The small chairs represent the children that died in the daycare center that was located inside the building.

9:03 is the time it all stopped.  It still amazes me what wicked people live in this world.  And this was small compared to 9-11.  Still makes me sad and sick to my stomach to think about it.  If you are ever in Oklahoma City, it is definitely worth the trip to see this.  They have a museum that is awesome right next to the memorial too.  So glad that we finally took the time to go.

Here is a picture of the Hunt family.  We love you guys!

The Ward Christmas Party

At the ward Christmas party, the primary kids put on the Christmas story.  It was cute and 'Aisea got to be one of the angles.  

There were many angles, each one special! :)

After dinner, Santa came to visit the kids.  Matai was NOT digging Santa!!

He'd better learn real fast to be nice the big guy........he's the one with all the loot!!!

Road to Skinny Week #10 and #11

So two weeks ago I gained 2.2 lbs.  (It was THAT time) Not that I am making excuses for myself!!  This past saturday I had lost 3 lbs.  Total to date.....I've lost 23.6 lbs!  I have lots more to go, but I really, really think I can do it!  I wish it would stop snowing so that I could get the stroller and boys out and start going for walks/runs with them. (we'll work up to the run!)

Someone had a birthday...Shout Hooray!!

Ok.......so his birthday was way back in December, but better late than never, right? 

This was the day before I had my little 10 lb 12 oz baby boy!  I had a rough pregnancy and then an even rougher delivery, so I thought for sure he was going to be the best baby ever.  I mean, I had paid my dues, right?  WRONG!!

There is story to this picture.  I'll have to tell it in another post.

He was a horrible baby!!  Vouch for me Kaitlyn!!!  Was he not crying ever minute of every day for like two months?? When I say cry, I mean, scream like he was in pain.  When he was three weeks old we were in the hospital for a week to try and find out what was wrong with him.  All they came up with was acid reflux.  He continued to scream for the next two months even with his medication!  It was fun good times!!

He did finally become a happy baby.  Here are a few pictures of him as he grew!

After we left Hawaii in 2005, we went back and stayed the summer with Kim.  'Aisea loves to swim and I worked that summer at the pool, so we got free swimming lessons.  Jack Johnson and his son just happen to be in our class!  We love him!

Working in the yard with Mimi, Mom and Dad!

 Easter 2007

First day of pre-school 2008

I love this picture of him because it just sums my little boy right up.  He LOVES rockets and space.  It is what you will find him playing 90% of the time and when he's not playing rockets, he's usually talking about them.

I can't believe how fast he has grown up!  Where does the time go?

Road to skinny Week #9

So I wasn't able to stay for the meeting yesterday, but I did go weigh in and am VERY happy to report that I lost 3.6 lbs last week! YAY!!! I hit 20 lbs and slid on by! I'm at 22.8 right now!!! I am for sure going to exercise everyday this week and keep those pounds coming off!!!

Road to Skinny Week #8

Well I guess I should update today since I weigh in tomorrow again!!!  Last week was a little discouraging.  I followed the plan like I normally do and only lost .2 lbs.  Now that is NOT 2 lbs, it is POINT 2 lbs!  (ONE TENTH OF A FREAKING POUND)!

Oh well.......we'll see how tomorrows weigh in goes.  I'm still POINT 8 lbs away from hitting my 20 lb mark!

Hopefully that will happen tomorrow!!!  We'll see!  I have encountered some problems this week.  The whole root canal thing just threw me off this week!  (Not huge problems, but some small ones)!

I have not given up!  I WILL NOT give up!

Road to Skinny Week #7

So I got a little too ahead of myself last week.  I had three pounds to lose to get to 20 lbs.  Didn't make three pounds but did lose 2 lbs this week.  I'm still happy!  My goal was a bit unrealistic, I guess!  So now only one pound to go until I reach 20 and I can certainly do that this week!

The Meanest Mom

The meanest mom is having a contest, so get your butts on over to her blog and sign up!!!!!  She has some real cool stuff she is giving away!

Road to Skinny Week 6

I lost 1.2 lbs this week.  Lets try for two more this week.  I'm so close to 20 I can taste it!

Lost.....

Those of you that know me well, know that Lost is my very favorite show. When I lived in Hawaii, I was out driving the North Shore with my friends (Kim, Melanie and Kaytee) when we came across a crashed plane on the beach. We waited and waited to see what it was going to be in and then we finally saw previews for Lost. I've been a devoted fan ever since!
I have so many questions about tonight's episode and I'm putting them out there for all those who watch.
1. Why did Kate change her mind?
2. Where the crap is Aaron?
3. How did Hurley get out of jail?
4. Is Sun just leaving her baby behind?
5. Why do they keep including the guy who looks kind of like Syid (however you spell his name) only with short hair, in the plot? Is he special? Did I miss something?
6. Who beat up Ben and why is nobody questioning it? Was it Desmond because Ben was trying to kill Penny?
7. Why don't Walt have to go back?
8. Did anybody else think the letter from John was going to say not to go back to the island?
Okay......that is all I have for now. I would love to hear you views! I know the questions will be answered in time, but sometimes I wonder if i miss things that other catch. So.....HELP!!!!!

Oh I thought of two more............

1. Is Kate going to run back to Sawyer and was she telling Jack on the plane that "they were NOT together"?

2. Did seeing Waimea Falls make YOU want to return to the island??? LOL

Layouts

I had to change my background (even though I like the last one better).  I just couldn't stand all the little clovers over all of the words.  It made it too hard to read.  So I chose this one.

I do have one complaint though!!!  I have tried many of the cutest blog on the block's 3 column layouts and they never post with three columns!  Anybody know why?  Am I doing something wrong?   Is it because I have a mac?  I mean, seriously, if they are going to post that they have 3 column layouts then shouldn't they have some 3 column layouts????

Makes me a bit irritated!! LOL  But not for long!  And I do still love them and their layouts!

Road to skinny Week 5

Okay....so I don't want my "Road to Skinny" Updates to be the only thing I'm blogging about these days.........so I will post this and then I promise, within the next couple days, I will update about something else!
So this past week I lost 1.8 lbs. That gives me a total of 15.8 lbs so far!!! Getting closer to 20 lbs!!! I will keep on chuggin' along! Once again.....thanks to all of you for your support and praise! It REALLY makes me feel good and keeps me going! (Not that I'm asking you to praise me! Only if you want to!) LOL

Road to skinny Week 4

Ok....so you're right! Fat girl update is kind of negative so I'm changing the name of my weight loss posts to "Road to skinny". I couldn't do skinny girl updates because that would be a lie, so I compromised.
Anyhoo.......this week was a hard one for me. I got to feelin' down for a few days and all I wanted to do was eat, eat, and eat some more. Food comforts me, what can I say? I did eat a lot, but I also chose foods that were okay to stuff my face with (like popcorn). I didn't go over my points, although I did use a few more flex points than the weeks before. But that is all okay! I ended up losing 2.2 lbs this week for a grand total of 14 lbs! I am still struggling with my exercise goal, but hopefully with Shannon's help, I'll do it this week. So once again, my goal is to exercise Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Gosh this is the same goal I've had for three weeks now. I'd better get on the ball! Thanks, Shannon for offering to exercise with me and letting us use your house! It will be a big help! OH!!!! I also want to lose another 2 lbs! Those are my goals!

P.S. I wish I had the money to go eat at Sweet Tomatoes EVERY SINGLE DAY! :)

Fat Girl Update Week 3

I lost 3.8 lbs this week! YAY!!!!  I'm really happy about that!  I'm really proud of myself.  I've lost 11.8 lbs total so far and plan to keep on going!!  A big thanks to all that are cheering me on.  It really does help!   My goal for this week is, once again, to begin exercising (because it didn't happen last week) and to lose 2 lbs.  We'll see how that goes.  I know I CAN do it.

P.S.  Went to a super bowl party at Char's house and didn't go over my points for the day.  I still felt that I ate quite a bit and even got a few treats.  Instead of eating 10 cookies, I just ate two. :) Yay me!!!!  Thanks Char.  We had a blast!