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Chill Out and Get Healthy!

So I've been trying to get the right knowledge so I can start living more healthy and lose weight for this year. I was browsing through Barnes and Nobel the other day and I stumbled across this book, "Chill Out and Get Healthy: live clean to be strong and stay sexy". It was a catchy title so I picked it up and I liked what I saw so I decided to go on a whim and buy it and now I think it is one of the best things I have done! This book is focused on helping women do exactly what it says: To stay healthy, strong, and sexy for the rest of my life. The author is in Chinese Medicine and does acupuncture for a living so I was a little skeptical but I decided to read it anyway.

Here are some of the things I really liked about her book: She doesn't push her "beliefs" on you, meaning, she doesn't tell you to go out right now and go to a Chinese Medicine practitioner or start doing acupuncture. She preaches a balanced diet (That includes meat!) just make sure what you are eating is organic and natural. She also tells you to do everything in moderation. Have fun on the weekend! It won't be the end of the world if you have a cheeseburger and fries. And not only does she talk about diet but she helps you to destress and chill out to help you get through the hard things in life.

If you are trying to get healthy and live a better life style but you just don't know exactly how to get there then this book is for you! I'm currently training for a half marathon and it has given me some great tools to help my training. There is also a whole chapter dedicated on helping you get pregnant. She shows you how to get the healthiest body possible that a baby could grow in. Her ways have actually helped infertile women, in the past, get pregnant by improving the quality of their eggs! It's crazy but I think I believe it. Ladies, you really need to get this book! Start getting healthy and sexy with me!

Christmas Time is Here!

Things have been super busy this Holiday season but we have had such a fun time preparing for Christmas.

Grandma and I baked cookies and candy, I'm constantly listening to Christmas music, We've been to a couple Christmas parties with friends and family, and I was lucky enough to go see the "Christmas Carol" production at Hale Center Theatre with my mom and grandma.

I love decorating for Christmas, so not only did I decorate my house but I also decorated my mom's house and my grandma's.

I love the spirit of Christmas and I am so happy I have had such a good time celebrating Christmas this year! and it's not over yet! Christmas is just the day after tomorrow. :)

Here is our humble Christmas tree. It is 6ft tall and somewhat on the skinny side but we love it and the best thing about it is that it's fake. So there are no pine needles, no disposing of it, and it is totally the "green" thing to do :) I miss the smell of pine though so I got a pine scented candle and now my whole house smells like Christmas!

Belated Thanksgiving

Due to the fact that I still do not have a camera I have been unable to post about the wonderful Thanksgiving I had this year. My father-in-law has pictures of the whole family but we are having a hard time getting them via email.

I was looking through my phone the other day and found that I had 4 pictures from the Thanksgiving weekend. All of them are of me but at least I can document something. :)

Here was my contribution to the feast. I made a praline Pumpkin pie. I thought is was very good and it's probably because it was a Test Kitchen recipe. Test Kitchen will never fail you. FYI the side of the crust that is darker is just some of the filling that spilled out. I promise it isn't burned :)

That morning before we ate I did our lovely tradition of running the Cold Turkey 6K up millcreek canyon. It was fun to workout and hang out with the fam!

The day after Thanksgiving Jake and I left with his Dad and siblings, including Dan's fiancee, Lacey (whom I love!), for Escalante. We were there until Sunday and we had a blast! Jeff took so many amazing photos and I hope that I will get some soon but these are all I had. They are both of me and kinda silly but at least you can tell that we had fun!

Here I am crawling out of a hole and I think the look on my face is pure stupidity! haha

I dedicate this picture to Abbey, who was unable to come with us this year. Last year she laid across this same ledge and did this same pose as I took her picture. We missed you Abbey!

New Moon Is Here!!!

OK so I wont say too much cause I know that not everyone was insane and went to the New Moon premier like me but I have to say that I loved it to so much!! The action, CGIs, acting, cinematography, and basically everything blew me away! I was expecting something just like Twilight but I was pleasantly surprised! But I always find it's best to go into a movie with low expectation. I can't wait till you all see it so we can talk about it!! :)

Last night I went with my sister-in-laws Angie and Abbey and my friend Mandy came too with a friend. These girls were so fun! I love going with fellow Twihards! I didn't get a picture of all of us but here is a picture of Abbey and I after the movie. We look a little tired but we are so happy!

Me as Rosalie and Abbey as Alice.

We dressed in our full Cullen attire, and wore our golden contacts. People even took pictures of us! haha! We are true fans, or true nerds, however you want to take it.

New Moon Cast Tour in Salt Lake City!!!

So 2 weeks ago Abbey and I waited 8 hrs in the mall to get wrist bands to meet 2 of the cast members from "New Moon". Tonight we finally got to meet them and it was so worth it!! We met Edi Gathegi and Jamie Campbell. They play the vampires Laurent and Ciaus. Not only did we get a poster autographed but I had a heart to heart with Edi and asked Jamie about the up and coming Harry Potter movie he is in! I know what you're thinking, "Stephanie is so lucky!!". If you aren't into Twilight these people will mean nothing to you but to me and Abbey, we were completely star stuck!

First here are the pictures of us waiting in line a couple weeks ago from midnight to 8am. 8 hrs is a looong time to be sitting on a mall floor!



Abbey was happily reading Twilight while letting me know there was only 4 hrs left, Yipee! (insert sarcasm)



Abbey's first diet coke in 6 yrs! She's gone insane!






Finally! The sun is out and we are ecstatic! We finally have our New Moon Cast Tour wrist bands and T-shirts!







New Moon Cast Tour 2009:
The following are photos of tonight when we finally got to meet Edi and Jamie!


Back in the same line again, but this time it's only a 2 hr wait. I can totally handle that!




Abbey and I were decked out in our New Moon Cast Tour T-shirts. Isn't Abbey cute?


The following is a play by play of my conversation with the two cast members, Edi and Jamie. Better known as Laurent and Ciaus!

Edi: "Hello"
Stephanie: "Hi, it's so nice to meet you, thank you so much for coming out tonight."
Edi: "It's our pleasure"
(the next thing that was said was out of pure fun and please don't take it the wrong way:) )
Stephanie: "You have beautiful eyes, even without your contacts"
Edi: "thank you that is very sweet, and your eyes are very beautiful too."
Stephanie: "Thank you :)"















Jamie:" Hello"
Stephanie: "Hey! how's it going?"
Jamie: "great"
Stephanie: "I have to ask you a question, do you really kiss Dumbledore in Harry Potter?"
(to understand this you have to know that Jamie is playing Grindelwald in the next Harry Potter, who is Dumbledore's best friend when he's younger and suspected to be his love interest. It's all a joke and only came out after the books where written)
Jamie:" no, no, not in the movie, but maybe in real life." laugh and wink ;)
Edi: "Who's Dumbledore?"

Jamie:"Oh stop joking around!"
Stephanie and Abbey: "Thank you so much!"
Edi and Jamie: " Your welcome, thank you for coming!"

They were so stinking nice and pretty funny too. After the signing there was a concert by Anya Marina who is featured in the New Moon sound track and then a Q&A with Edi and Jamie on stage. They were so funny and Abbey and I were having a blast!

Anya Marina sounded great live.



Edi and Jamie, super cute and super funny!


Me with my autographed poster and trying to look cool. Haha! :)



Thank you so much Abbey for being a complete Twilight nerd with me! I had a blast and I am still in shock that I met and joked with cast members from New Moon!!! I wish all of you could have been there. I'm so glad there are so many of you that share my love for Twilight.
Oh and to top it all off New Moon premier is in 5 days! I can't wait!!!
P.S. I love Edward :)

Indian Princesses

So I was lucky enough to find this picture on Jake's cousin's blog. This is a picture of all us girls dressed up in our Indian costumes on Halloween. Angie is the best sister-in-law ever to get these outfits straight from India for us! We had so much fun dressing up like Indian Beauties!

Angie, Me, Dianne, Abbey