Easter Egg Hunt at Butterfield Park

Toby's first time going to a public Easter Egg Hunt and he had a lot of fun!

He got a lot of candy but the big prize was the cotton candy.

He got to ride the dog on the animal train.

There was another candy hunt with easter grass and he really enjoyed finding the hidden candy!

And here is the kinda creepy, kinda scary easter bunny!  He didn't talk, move, or wave, it was creepy!

Mission Slim Possible Results-

 Before: 162lbs, January 16 2012

After: 150lbs, April 11, 2012

So 12 pounds in 12 weeks!  Very slow progress, but hey that's way better than to have lost nothing all this time!  Even though I'm not going to win any prizes, I don't care.  I consider this weight loss contest a success!  Also I lost an inch of fat around my waist and hips so that's amazing.

My next goal is to get down another ten pounds so I can ride a scooter again!  I can't wait!

Mission Slim Possible

Riverton City is doing a weight loss competition called Mission Slim Possible that starts next Wednesday and I am all signed up to do it!  I'm really excited and motivated to lose some weight, maybe win a prize!

It cost 25 dollars and we weigh in every Wednesday til April 11th.  I love watching the Biggest Loser and now I get to be in a competition to lose this pregnancy weight!

I've got a plan worked out to lose around 2 pounds a week, so about 24 pounds by the 11th.  That'll get me halfway to my goal of 50 pounds lost to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight!

(this was taken halloween 2010.  my costume was a biggest loser contestant)

2011 Reading Synopsis

As you probably know, every year I set reading goals.  This being the first of the year, I'll give a quick reporting of last year's final numbers.

Scriptures.  I set a goal to read the entire standard works last year.  Ilene and I also set a goal to read the Book of Mormon, together.  We met and exceeded both goals.  I also read the Book of Mormon in Spanish.  Total scripture chapters for me was 3,011 chapters, which totaled 5,371 pages.

Books.  I set a goal to read 24 books last year.  I also set a goal of 12,000 pages.  This goal was in addition to (not to include) the scripture books and pages.  I actually had a really good year this year with regard to books.  I finished 75 books this year, totaling 24,235 pages.  For specifics, the list of books and my ratings thereof can be found on the right column of this blog.  (I use a GoodReads.com tracking bar to track my latest 100 books, and below that I have the books listed with the date of completion and a total for each month.  I've done this since 2008, and you can see all the way back to then, if you're interested to know which books I'm reading and what I thought of each of them.)

Altogether, I read the equivalent of 86 books (with scriptures) and a total of 29,796 pages in 2011.  Care to join me this year?