I guess its called "bieber fever...?"

okay so before i post pictures and tell you the whole story you need to know this was all for my little sister... kinda. Anyways my little sister has this sick obsession with Justin Bieber. When she found out he was coming to Utah she wanted to go to his concert soooo bad. but the poor girl is only 15 and jobless. A week before his concert 97.1 was doing the whole "be the 9th caller and win tickets." So every single day we listen and called in when his song would come on. We did this for 4 days in a row. Then on the 5th day we called in and someone answered my call and said "Good Morning! You are the..... 6th caller." NOOOO WAY!!! turns out we were 3 calls shy of those tickets.. But Shinade (my sister) wasn't going to give up there. There was one last chance to win tickets, and it was to make a display of justin bieber and 97.1.. She begged me to come up with ideas. but all i could think of was to make a poster. The thing was i knew EVERYONE would make a poster and so we had to make ours stand out some how. So i came up with this idea....

AND WE WON!!!!!!!!!!

Keiras birthday party!

Keira just turned one yesterday 6/2/10. We had her birthday party on Monday since all my family was here. And when we were in California last week Barrys family had a b-day party for her too. Barrys sister Amy made and decorated a really yummy cake for keira. It had a candle for her to blow out... To bad none of us even thought that she might not know how to blow it out. ha instead she grabbed the flame and put it out with her bare hand! it took her a second to realize that it burned her.. it was kinda sad, but we'll never forget keiras first time putting out a birthday candle. Then when we got home we had another birthday party for her with my family.between the two birthday partys She was spoiled with gifts.

cutting the cake

It was heavenly...

Keira loves her giraffe.

Time to Kick my butt into shape!

Okay so its no secret i got fat when i was pregnant with Keira... yup gained over 80 lbs. I stopped keeping track after that. So to be honest i have no idea what i weighed at birth. But i do know my Fat butt didn't even fit into the maternity clothes i had bought at 6 months pregnant. I couldn't quite start working out right away with my C-Section but as soon as i was able i started. It had been so long that my endurance was pretty weak. I tried to eat healthy, but because i was breastfeeding I always had a huge appetite. With breastfeeding and a little bit of exercise i lost about 40 lbs. But still nowhere close to what i used to be before. I plateaued.... So i decided that i was going to kick my butt back to shape. And go and a healthy eating plan. Don't really believe in diet pills or starving myself.. done it and its just not healthy. It also makes me a very grumpy person. anyways i found this website called sparkpeople.com Its the best website ever! This site really helps you keep track of calories and eat the right amount of carbs, fats, and proteins. I have learned so much already. I even have Barry doing it with me... kinda ;) I've been using it for 3 months and with some hard core work-outs I've lost 30 lbs. Yeah its not a pound a day or anything. With how hard I'm trying i really would love to see better results, but I'm doing it the right way and it takes time. I now work out almost everyday, and at least run 5-10 miles a day. mostly only 5 miles I've only ran 10 twice. I'm still going strong and I'll keep you updated on my progress! :)

Yay for bike rides!!!!!

I Cant even remember the last time i rode a bike. And for some reason when i was pregnant with Keira It was one of the top things i wanted to do, but i was to scared of losing balance and landing on my huge belly. So now that I'm FINALLY no longer pregnant its time to ride baby! ;) Now there were 2 problems...1. dont have a bike. 2. Even if i did have a bike i cant quite give Keira a haul on the back yet. So Barry and I decided to buy a Trailer for Keira to be pulled behind the bikes.. That we bought off of KSL. And so we took Keira on her first bike ride! it was kinda rainy but nothing was going to stop us...

Haven't even left yet and shes already out.

All Bundled up for her first bike ride with mommy and daddy! :)

Kinda Blurry picture but i take what i get.. not very often Barry lets me take pictures of him.

BYU Basketball Game!!!

We Finally took Keira to her first BYU basketball game! She wore her cute little BYU onesie that my mom had got her. Before the game we took Adam (Barrys brother) to J Dawgs for their famous polish hot dogs!!! If you haven't been you really really need to go! so good... Adam LOVED it! We even had to go back before he left for another one. :) After J Dawgs we went to the game, and had lots of fun! I can't quite remember if we won or not though.. ugh well.

To busy watching the game to even look at the camera

Barry and his Brother Adam... They both wouldn't look at the camera so this is the best i got out of 3 pictures!

Valintines. fondue party. sundance.

Keiras First Valentines

So Valentines was the best! It was on a Sunday so i really didn't expect any flowers or going out to eat. The night before we went out to a movie and cafe rio so i had in my head that was what was our valentine! But little did Barry know i had something up my sleeve. The night before i went and bought a heart shaped pizza ( i know tacky, but i just had to do it!) and a bunch of valentine decorations. I was planning to go home during relief society and setting up. But little did i know barry had also had something up his! i woke up to flowers, chocolates, and olive garden for later that night. he had went out and bought it all the night before. He also got Keira a cute little puppy for her first valentine. We had a great valentines.. The best one i have had yet!

fondue party!!!!

Friday night a few of us couples got together for fondue games and a movie. Adam and Brooke put the whole thing together! We always love hanging out with Brooke and Adam. We have a lot of movie and game nights with them. But this one has to be the most fun one yet! We had a cheese fondue, Chicken broth fondue, Beef broth fondue, AND chocolate fondue! it was amazing.

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Brooke was even nice enough to let keira chew on her phone!







Sundance with the Engelbrechts

We have had a fantastic weekend! Barrys dad drove from California to visit us for the weekend. It was really nice to see him and spend time with him! Anyone who knows Barrys dad he is the nicest person ever. and hes so nice to be around I swear he is always happy! Anyways Saturday we went up to sundance for lunch at the grill (so good!) then barrys dad went skiing while we picked up Adam (Barrys little brother) from the airport after we met up with barrys dad and they went snowboarding/skiing. While they did that me and Barry sat around a fire with keira drank hot chocolate and just relaxed. It was so nice.. We also went back to the grill for dinner. It was a really great weekend. It was sad to see Grandpa Engelbrecht leave. But we are keeping Adam with us for the week! :)

Keira's Crawling!!!!

So it was just 2 weeks ago keira didn't even know how to get up on her knees. She even barely sat on her own. Then one day she started getting up on her knees and scooting on her head. The very next day she took her first crawl! Ever since then shes been on the move!