Cutting the Sweet Tooth

No Sugar for the month of August! My goal is to cut it out of my life almost completely but lets see if I can at least make it through the month...It is going to be WAY hard because eating sugar is second nature to me, but I need to be healthy. And who says you can't lose weight while your pregnant?? I have fat to spare...trust me. 15 Lbs slimmer by Thanksgiving....where I can gain it all back haha. Healthy meal ideas appreciated and snack ideas that are semi healthy lol Not too healthy...I will barf. And I need bread so don't suggest lack of that =)


So I apologize now for my venting and negative post that might occur in the future....blame it on my sugar withdrawals. Good luck to me!! I will need it....

ps. I wish those were my lips.

Nauvoo!!

Was EXTREMELY HOT!! But a great Vacation with my family. 3 days of 100 degree weather....seriously. We spent the days touring and learning about Joseph Smith's history and many of the early saints life. Seriously amazing. There was such a special spirit there. I cannot believe all of the hard work and dedication of the early saints. It really made me wonder if I could do it?? The Temple was beautiful!! The Pageant was spectacular! I am so glad my children love music....both Cason and Adalie could not take their eyes off the stage and danced a clapped along to the whole show. Here are a million pictures of our fun trip....sorry most don't have captions!
This is Adalie drenched in sweat....poor girl it was way too hot. Even at 8pm.


Jospeh Smith Home.






Joseph Sm Jr, Hyrum Smith, and Emma Smith graves




It was an absolutely wonderful trip and we are so excited that we get to go back this November with Brett's mom and dad for Thanksgiving!! This trip is a definite must for family. I will admit it was a little hard to keep the kids interested and happy at times witrh the extreme heat. I think we will have to take the kids back when they are older so they can really see and learn more about Nauvoo.

One little, Two little...

THREE little Sorensens'!! That's right folks, Brett and I are crazy enough to have a third baby. And during med school no doubt....We are thinking baby number 3 is due in February?? Ha ha I actually have no clue, it is sort of embarrassing. I have been pretty sick though for a few months and getting quite large. I would love the excuse of being 4 mths along already but I am pretty sure I don't have it. My guess is 6 wks-ish?? I have another apt Monday to determine that. Anywho, the excitement is there but is occasionally masked in fear and anxiety as well. For one, if I have another little one like Cason I am pretty sure I will pull all of my hair out. Also, I don't do well in the newborn stage so I need to prepare myself all over for that mess again. A happy mess though for sure =) I am joining in the mass multitude of pregnant women out there who seem to be all on the same baby making schedule....seriously there are about 12 I know firsthand!! Holy Moly tis the season!!

My face is breaking out like crazy. All I ever want is a McDonald's cheeseburger. I am a walking Zombie. And I am driving everyone crazy with my emotional escapades.

Cason, Zoe, Blaze, and Adalie

There's too may kids in the tub.
There's too many elbows to scrub.
I just washed a behind
I'm sure it wasn't mine
There's too many kids in the tub

First poem I ever memorized. No joke. I was 7 I think. Good ole Shel Silverstien...

More Summer Fun

My sisters came for a visit last week and it was so much fun! i haven't seen them in 9 mths. I even got to meet a nephew I had never seen. It was awesome! We went and played at the aquatic center and had tons of fun. My kids are dare devils when it comes to the water so a close eye is a must.

Here are a ton of pictures of that!!

My sister Rebecca and her little one Blaze

How handsome is he???

My sister Heather and her cute little family...Eli, Baby Colt and Zoe

It was so great to get to see them. 10 people in a 2 bdrm condo was quite the adventure!! It was fun though having all the babies here to play with each other. My kids are pretty much used to vacation life now. No schedules and tons of playtime that mommy and daddy just can't seem to satisfy. Here are a ton more pictures of fun time had at the sorensen house!Movie time

Of course there were a few tea parties to be had

Baby Blaze and Cason. 2 weeks apart.

The Pretty Girls ready for church

Next up the trip we all took out to Nauvoo!

Dating Foo Pa

Fun experience today.... Brett and I finally got to go and see Harry Potter. We have been waiting forever to see this show. We had it all planned out. Babysitter. Lunch. Brett was off work... Perfect time to go. Our friends live a few apts down and they watched our kids for us. Cason was napping and since our monitors don't reach that far, we set up the computers to do skype....(web video calling). One computer in Cason's room and one computer in our friends house. That way, he could sleep and she could just come over and get him whenever he woke up. Well great plan, BUT about an hour into Harry Potter, the most intense part were the final battle is about to begin, we get a call. Seems we forgot to give our friends the key to our house so she could go and get him when he woke up. Waaayyyy bummed. We missed the last 45 mins of the movie. The ending to it all. Good thing we read the books and know how it ends =) Anywho, I am trying to look at it this way..... Atleast I get to go on another date with my hubby soon to see the movie again. What we saw was really really good though!! I was so emotional through it all!! Till we meet again Happy Potter!!