The Chris and Ann Yount Family

left to right, top row - Nikki's husband Nick, Jordan, Hailey, Kristin, Chad, Tim.
bottom row - Nikki and baby Braxton, Ann and Jace, Chris and Paityn, myself.

We recently did family pictures with Tim's family. This is the one that turned out the best as far as getting everyone (especially my children)to look at the camera at the same time. This is actually a picture that I took of the picture that I had printed, so that is why it has funny squiggly lines and Chad's head is almost chopped. We're definately going to have to use a wide angle lens when all of the younger kids start having kids, so far there are only 3 grandkids and I have a feeling there will be close to, if not more than 20 by the time everyone is done. How much fun will that be?!!! I can't wait, my kids need some cousins to play with!

Birthday Party Yount Style

I LOVE having birthday parties for my kids because it's the only time I get to see all of my family at the same time, in the same place. We did Paityn's party this weekend because Mandi was here and I wanted her to get to see everyone too. We had a great time, thanks everyone for coming!

I decided that since I have not really been working a lot lately and seem to have some extra time on my hands at home, I would take on the project of re-teaching myself how to sew (sorry grandma for not paying better attention) and make Paityn's party dress. Here is the finished result. It looked really cute on even though it was definatley "homemade".
We did a Care Bears party theme and I decided that since I was on a homemade kick, I would also make the cake so I ordered a cake pan online and made this cake. What a chore! I made sure Tim got a picture of all my hard work before it was consumed and gone forever!

























Oh, and have I mentioned that my children are SPOILED ROTTEN. Paityn got so many presents that there would be no way to post them all, so to sum it up she got: SO many adorable clothes; movies; books; dolls; shoes; a bike (with all the accessories); a toy horse that she can really ride; and a little kitchen. Yeah, I know it's pretty ridiculous, but it's fun!

I thought there would be several children there so I tried to plan some activities and one of them was a pinata. Mandi and I stayed up late one night constructing it (we ended up throwing away the instructions and doing it our own way). It was cute, but we made it a little too heavy duty and it took the kids FOREVER to get it broken. Oh well, it was fun for them and funny to watch. Paityn didn't even know which end of the bat to use, but she was trying.

Paityn is 2!!!!!

It's hard to believe, but my little Paity Pie turned 2 on Tuesday. She was so funny, every time someone asked her how old she was, she would say: "My 4". She thinks that because Jace is four she also should be four, and let me tell you, with the attitude she has she definately could be four.
The past two years have FLOWN by and I wanted to post some pictures of her to remind everyone of what a beautiful baby girl she was and what a beautiful little girl she is becoming. Enjoy....

Workout Tag

I've noticed that most of us don't have much to blog about lately and that a lot of us are expressing our dissatisfaction with our healthiness and exercise routines, so I am starting a tag to get us all blogging again and to help each other out with new ideas on exercising. So....tag, you're it!

1.) How many days a week do you workout? I do cardio 3-4 times a week and right now I've been doing toning 5-6 times a week trying to get ready for shorts and swimming suits.

2.) Favorite Cardio Workout(s) - Eliptical because it doesn't hurt my knees and because it works my upper body too.

3.) Favorite Ab Workout(s) - I'm not sure what it's called, but I balance on my "bottom" with my legs bent and out in front of me and my arms in front of them, then I push my legs out and straighten my arms, repeating as many times as I can. (I saw this while subbing in a weight lifting class, it really works!)

4.) Favorite Arm Workout(s) - I like to do dips (you get a chair and get in front of it and squat like you're going to sit in it but you don't because you're in front of it, put your arms on the chair and lower yourself and raise yourself back up) because they work the backs of my arms where the flabbiness is.

5.) Favorite Leg Workout(s) - I do lunges and toe raises. The lunges work my upper legs and the toe raises work my calves.

6.) Favorite Glut (butt) Workout(s) - The lunges are also good for your butt, but I also will just stand there and flex for as long as I can, I know that sounds funny, but I heard somewhere that to contract and hold a muscles for a long time is better than flexing and releasing it over and over again.

7.) Favorite Outdoor Workout - I like running by myself, but I like riding bikes with my husband and kids. I also walk a lot during the summer with my friend that lives next door.

8.) Anything else that I may not have thought of that you think may be useful for the rest of us!

Beating the Winter Blues!

My kids have been begging me, relentlessly, to play outside. It has only been in the 20s and 30s for several days and they both have colds so I have not let them. Today, however, we came up with a good way for them to get some physical activity without being out in the cold. Tim will probably kill me if he sees this, but I think it was pretty safe and nothing got broke. And - most important of all - the kids had a blast!




And then when they needed a break, it was a great place to watch Max and Ruby!