Update on Tummy Tuck

Picture of my stomach at week 4 after Tummy Tuck...looking a little better :)

DeLeon Day Spa & Salon

So Shane and I decided to buy a business.......

It is

It has been a lot of work, but I love it. You might want to ask Shane if he loves it though...I spend hours in the office at home while he goes to bed. But I really enjoy doing it.

It is also nice because I will actually keep up on coloring my hair, eyebrow waxing, and any other pampering I want. :)

Crazy Things about me

I was tagged by my friend Amy.
Here are the "rules" she gave me:
A. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
B. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

1. I am anal about how things are folded. They all have to be folded the same way and facing the same way. There have been many times that my nanny had not folded it how I wanted and I re-folded them correctly.
2. I like to clean - although I think there are others who would join me. I don't have time to do it...but love to do it when no kids are around and can focus.
3. I am partially claustrophobic...by partially, I mean that I can be in small areas but not with people around. For example: If I were to climb into a sleeping bag backwards, I would be fine if no one was around. But if someone was in the room, I couldn't do it. I think it has to do with trusting that they wouldn't do something to not let me out...this probablly stems from all the torture I endured as a child from my older siblings.
4. I can't sit through a movie without falling asleep. Shane loves this!! It takes me many, many times of watching something to get through the whole thing.
5. ok this is way too hard...i will have to think of 2 more and come back.
6.

Okay, I am tagging: Wendy, Jess, Malia, Bethany, Amber, & Patti :)

Jen's Long Awaited Tummy Tuck

So after 8 long years of hating my stomach, I finally did it!! The stretch marks and extra skin I carried around were my war wounds from carrying twins. No matter how hard I worked out, they would not go away. So I decided to work hard to get the rest of my body the way I wanted it and then to do the final touch - THE TUMMY TUCK.

So I had the surgery a week ago and wow...by far, it is the worst thing I have done. It compares nothing to any other surgery or child labor I have gone through. Shane has had a whole new experience of what would happen had we had a baby. He got that experience with me over the past week. There were nights that he had to get up with me 3 times. I felt soo bad. But I couldn't get out of bed by myself. He has been so great throughout this fun time. He has taken care of everything with the kids, feeding me, and making sure I have everything else I need.

So here are the results so far:

Pre- Surgery

Day 4 after surgery -- very swollen Yeah looks pretty gross

Pumpkins & Cookies

The boys love to carve pumpkins. In the past, we have always helped them design and carve them. This year we decided to have them do them all on their own. They did a great job.

Tyler carved a BAT

Dylan carved a BAT with MOON

Dallas carved a SPIDER

We also decorated sugar cookies. Tyler got more frosting in his mouth than on the cookie. Shane caught him with a spoonful of frosting in his mouth. :) Kids will be kids.

DMA Conference in Chicago

Fun pictures from Chicago...
We had fun working....our feet killed at the end of the day, but we always found some place good to eat. :)

Tony, Wendy, me and Jess at the Knowledgebase Party - TRU Restaurant

Me, Jess, & Wendy leaning over the balcony at House of Blues

Our Favorite!!!

Twin Anchors

It was a hole in the wall restaurant that had AWESOME ribs!!

Jen's 29th Birthday at work

Say Cheese!!

Tyler's 1st Flag Football Season

This is Tyler's first year of flag football. He loves it. He can be really aggressive and then he can be just standing there. I think he enjoys getting treats at the end of the game the most.

Couples Lake Powell Trip

We went to Lake Powell with 4 other couples...NO KIDS!! We went with Niki & Jason, Jackie & Ryan, Jeremy & Jeana, & Kristie & Brandon. These are all couples that were in Shane's old neighborhood.

It was a week of relaxation, wakeboarding, sun tanning (for the girls, of course), and much more crazy activities. I thought about putting pictures of some of the crazy activities that happened on here, but thought I might need permission from all of the involved parties first. :) 5 men in thongs wakeboarding all at the same time...it is quite a site!

We had a great camping spot up the Escalante. We were in a cave that covered the lake. It rained one of the nights, and our boats did not get rained on.

Family Lake Powell Trip

This year our family Lake Powell trip was small..... People who came: Shane, Jen, Dylan, Dallas, Tyler, Grandma Mindy, and Uncle Jace. We camped in the Escalante. We had an awesome cave to stay in. It gave us shade all day long. Dallas has been doing quite well with his wakeboarding, but he is still quite afraid of the going back into the wake.

Dylan doesn't have a lot of interest in wakeboarding, but he tries every once in awhile.

Tyler is doing well. He can get up, but not for long. His favorite is to wakeboard on Shane's shoulders....although it is very tiring for Shane.

Shane is still doing his crazy tricks that sent him into surgery last year. He has made it a whole year without surgery from wakeboarding. That is a first in the last 5 years.

Back to School 2007

The boys have been soooo excited to go back to school. Tyler is excited that he gets to go to the same school as Dylan and Dallas this year. Dylan & Dallas are going to 3rd grade and Tyler is going to 1st grade. I was a little nervous for Tyler, since this is his first year in a big school, and he is making a big transition from pre-school to 1st grade. He is doing great though.

I walked them to school on the first day. Tyler was feeling well, which didn't help with the nervousness. By the time I had taken Tyler into his classroom, Dylan and Dallas had already taken off to their classes. It shows how old they are getting. :)

Yellowstone 2007

On our way to Yellowstone, we stopped at Bear World. The boys got to feed the baby cubs. They thought that was the coolest thing. They bottle fed them and were able to pet them.

We saw a lot of elk and buffalo and a few moose. The boys loved looking for the animals as we drove around the park. Dallas and Shane got REEEAAALLLY close to a buffalo. It freaked me out a little.

We saw a lot of the hot springs and geysers also. We got to see Old Faithful two days in a row. The first day, you coudn't see much because it was pouring rain. The second day, the boys thought it was pretty cool.

Marysvale 2007

We took the boys down to Marysvale to camp and ride four-wheelers. There were a lot of different four-wheeler trails to follow. It was fun for the boys to get the hang of riding around. There weren't too many fender-benders. :)

The first day, we rode to the top of the mountain, that had an elevation of about 10,000 ft. That was the easy part. We then, hiked down the other side of the mountain to a waterfall. It was pretty cool to see a bunch of old cabins on the way. The hard part was hiking back up the mountain. We all did it...even Tyler!!! What a trooper!! The hike was about 5 miles.

Dylan & Dallas's Baptism

June 23, 2007

Dylan & Dallas Turn the BIG 8 !!

Dylan & Dallas had a huge birthday party with their friends. There were 22 crazy boys running wild. Yes, we survived barely. They played many fun games. They tried to kill each other with the newspaper game first. Then they tortured the neighbors by doing a scavenger hunt. We finished up with playing the favorite candy bar game. It is a big hit every year. I tried to have them open presents with structure and it FINALLY worked this year. It only took 8 years. :)