The Video has arrived!

So here it is, like I promised! The video of our last day in Ciudad Juarez.....our home for the last 10 years now.....we really are going to miss all the people we met, and grew up with.
Gosh, I'm going to miss you guys sooooooo much! Yes....even you Elena!


Okay, since the video was waaaay to big to put it all up in one shot, I posted it in parts.
Love ya!

Video #2

Video #3

P.S. oh and I am reeeeeaaaally sorry if you can't see the part where I am talking to John Paul.....it is super dark! I didn't realize how dark it was till I uploaded it....sorry! But at least you can hear his wonderful voice! ha, ha

Part 4 of the Video

Score Flat Abs Without Sit-Ups

Everyone wants a tight, toned tummy but few of us were genetically gifted a six-pack. Fortunately, we all do have abs—they're just covered up! It's in your power to create a sexy, sculpted stomach, even if it's not in your genes. The secret? Core-focused, fat-blasting cardio blitzes coupled with muscle-defining strength sessions.
Optimally try to fit in five sweat sessions a week and cut 500 calories a day from your diet to shed about 2 pounds a week, including stubborn belly pudge!
Can’t manage to find that much time? Fine! Think of doing half as many workouts while still eating 500 calories fewer a day-you'll lose at least 1 pound a week. Use these 20-, 40- and 60-minute firm-abs workouts to help you reach the magic number and melt away your middle. Add in two weekly strength sessions designed to reveal sexy muscles head to toe. Grab a pair of 5- to 10-pound weights, do two sets of these simple sculptors, and watch your pooch skooch!
MOVE 1: Magic multitasker Stand with feet hip-width apart. Lunge forward with left leg as you reach right arm forward, left arm back. Return to standing, twisting torso to right as you drive right knee and left elbow toward chest, right arm extended back, for one rep. Do 10 reps. Switch sides; repeat.
MOVE 2: Waist whittler Start in push-up position, legs together and extended behind you. Rotate and lower hips to left, letting feet shift so they’re stacked, then rotate back to center, then to right, for one rep. Do two sets of 10 reps.
MOVE 3: Back strengthener Stand with feet staggered, left foot in front of right, right heel lifted, left knee slightly bent. Balancing on left leg, tilt torso forward until you feel a deep stretch in hamstrings, letting hands hang toward floor for balance. Return to upright position. Do 10 reps. Switch sides; repeat.
MOVE 4: Squat supreme Stand with feet wider than hip-width apart, toes turned out; hold a weight in each hand in front of body, palms facing out. Rise onto balls of feet. Squat, then, staying on tiptoe throughout, stand, curling weights toward chest, for one rep. Do two sets of 10 reps.
MOVE 5: Lower-body blast Stand with feet hip-width apart, knees soft, arms down. Step left foot back and to right, lowering into a curtsy lunge, until right thigh is almost parallel to floor, as you reach arms across body to right. Return to standing as you kick flexed left foot to left at hip height, reversing arms, for one rep. Do 10 reps. Switch sides; repeat.
MOVE 6: Allover accentuator Start in push-up position. Lift hips to ceiling so body forms an inverted V with legs extended, heels raised and arms straight (Downward Dog). Bend elbows and scoop forward until hovering above floor with back arched and chin lifted (Upward Dog). Return to Downward Dog for one rep. Do two sets of 10 reps.
MOVE 7: Tummy tamerLie faceup on bench with legs together and extended toward ceiling; hold bench for support. Contract abs and lower legs until hovering above bench, then raise legs and curl hips off bench as high as you can, reaching toes to ceiling. Slowly lower hips and legs for one rep. Do two sets of 10 reps.
MOVE 8: Arm-flab fighter Sit on edge of bench, hands at front of seat, fingers forward, knees bent 90 degrees. Use arms to lift yourself off bench. Place right hand on right knee; extend left leg in line with hip. Lower body until left elbow is bent almost 90 degrees. Straighten left arm for one rep. Do 10 reps. Switch sides; repeat.

Here and there....this is from me!

Yeah, I know..... sorry I haven't posted in ages here.... it's just that things have been sooooo busy!
Yep, you got that right!

We are leaving in just two days.....TWO DAYS!!! I mean, how freaky is that? I just can't get it into my head that we are moving...... so, being the smart girl I am, haha, I decided to just make myself think that these are just going to be very loooooong vacations! Smart huh? So once I get it into my head that we are not coming back, I think slowly my mind will accept we are not in Juarez anymore!

One thing I will miss very much of Juarez is: #1, all the good friends we have here; #2, the home; and #3.....S-MART!!!!! Yeah, that place comes pretty handy once in a while.......
Now, don't get me wrong, I am excited to be moving, just that it is hard for me to imagine myself living anywhere else that is not Juarez!.....yeah, I guess that after 10 years it gets to you, ha!

Well, anyway, today is going to be Victoria's birthday so in the afternoon everyone is going to be all nice, handsome, and pretty, soooo (thanks to Meg's great idea!) I am going to do a lil' video tour around the house, filming the people I have been living with, our dogs, pets, etc.... you get the picture..... and in just a few minutes me and Misty are going to go do our Garage Sale. Yep, you heard right, we are having a Garage Sale! Yesterday it went pretty good, thank the Lord, and the Hall family for lending us their house... if it hadn't been for them, nobody would have been able to even see the sale! haha

So for now I'll just wrap it up, (get it? wrap it up? haha.....okay, never mind....) and leave you to your busines.

Stay tuned for the exciting video!
Love, and yours truly.....
well...You know who...

Instant Ab Flatteners

Achieving a toned, sexy tummy might seem like a pipe dream this time of year. Baggy sweaters abound, egg nog is served and Frosty the Snowman doesn't offer much in the way of flat-belly inspiration. But getting a sleek, sexy stomach is easier than you think. Spend just five minutes a day on toning your abs and you'll get an amazing middle.

We rounded up five of the most effective tummy toners around. Work three or four of these exercises into your routine (easing them in will minimize soreness). Do the number of reps indicated, resting one minute between moves. The only equipment you will need is a hand towel. Washboard abs, here you come!

Pike 90
Lie faceup; raise legs until perpendicular to floor, feet flexed. Lower right leg so it hovers 1 or 2 inches off floor and place hands lightly behind head. In this position, do 15 crunches, lifting chest toward ceiling and lowering. Switch legs and repeat.

Crunchy frog
Sit with knees bent, feet flat. Keeping legs together, raise feet several inches and bring knees toward chest. Wrap arms around knees without touching legs. Extend legs and stretch arms to sides, palms forward. Return to wrapped-arm position; repeat. Do 15 reps.

Tornado
Stand with feet hip-width apart, right leg in front of left, right foot turned out. Bend elbows and raise arms out to sides at shoulder level (like goalposts). In one motion, raise right knee to lowered right elbow. Return to start; switch sides and repeat to complete one rep. Do 15 reps.

Corkscrew
Lie faceup. Press legs together and raise them toward ceiling until they're at a 90-degree angle, with knees slightly bent and toes pointed. Raise butt and legs off floor using ab muscles; twist legs slightly to left. Repeat, twisting to right, for one rep. Do 15 reps.

Side arm balance
Start on floor on knees. Lean to left and place left hand on floor under shoulder; extend right arm up and to left, palm down. Straighten right legs out to right with foot on floor, resting on left knee. Hold for 5 breaths. Return to start; switch sides. Repeat twice per side.

An attitude of Thankfulness, please take time to read it!

You know, it’s amazing how many of the little things we see each day or that we have just don’t seem very important and not worthy of being thankful of, but if we would just stop and see how many things the Lord has blessed us with we would see how truly rich we are. Just imagine how we would do without a certain thing.

It is very amazing how many things in life we take for granted and don’t truly appreciate, don’t you think?

How about each of you that read this post take some time today to really take a look of all that you have and that the Lord has blessed you with.

Here I am going to post some of mine, and maybe give you an idea of how richly we are all blessed.

• I have a perfectly healthy body that heals by itself or with little help, (Many, many are seriously sick or not 100% normal)
• I have two very good eyes=I can see, (Many people are blind!)
• I have two arms and hands in perfectly good condition, (Some people don’t have any.)
• I have two strong legs and feet, (Many people can’t walk)
• I can hear, (Many people don’t get to enjoy hearing their loved one’s voice.)
• I can talk, sing and laugh, (Many people can’t)
• I have very good teeth, (Many people don’t have that privilege.)
• I can move! (Many people are paralytic!)
• I have two wonderful parents (Many people are orphans.),
• I have three great sisters, (Many kids are lonely.)
• I have plenty of food, (Many people are starving),
• I have a house and a nice warm bed, (Many people live without a home and bed)
• A nice clean bathroom, (Many people have to use an outhouse or just wherever)
• A shower, soap and running water (Many people have to hawl water from far away for everyday needs)
• Nice warm/cool clothes (many people suffer cold or don’t have any)
• Good teachers, books, and school supplies (Many children and adults don’t even know how to read)
• Wonderful friends, (Many people are lonely)
• I have two cute pets (Many people can’t afford one)
• A good car, (Many people don’t count with one)
• A TV, video player, mp3, laptop, watch, jewelry, cosmetics, (For many this is an unreachable luxury)
• I am a missionary (Many people don’t have a life worth living for)
• I have SALVATION and know I am forgiven and will go to heaven, (Many people don’t have this hope to look forward too)
• And most important of all, I have JESUS, (Many, many people don’t count with his love, mercy and forgiveness)

Just think for a moment how trully rich you are and thank the Lord for all you have, remember that many people don’t count with all that you are blessed with everyday!

Laughter, good for your health!

Laughter has very positive effects on the heart, lungs and even a few muscles. These are the motives for this affirmation:

• Laughing approximately 100 times a day has the same cardiovascular effect that a rowing exercise will for ten minutes.
• Twenty seconds of laughter equal to three minutes of constant fiscal exercise in a gymnasium.
• While laughing, the muscles of the face, thorax, and abdomen contract and release at a great speed, bettering their muscular toning.
• When we cry of laughter, the heart increases its frequency and is capable of pulsating 140 to 210 milliliters of blood a minute, while the normal rate is 70.
• In the same circumstance, the lungs double in their work of breathing air (12 liters instead of the normal 6) which contributes to a better oxygenation in our body.
• laughter is a metabolic activity which provokes the liberation of adrenaline, favoring calorie loss.
• Every time we laugh, our eyes acquire a characteristic shine and increase tear, urine, and saliva secretion, which are regulated by the nervous system.

SO LAUGH! SHOW THAT BEAUTIFUL SMILE OF YOURS! YOU WILL FEEL, LOOK AND BE HEALTHIER!

Sunny's Birthday!

Here is one of the games we played for Sunny's slumber party. It was a blast and we all had loads of fun! Happy 13th birthday Sunny! I love you!

puppy

oops, so this wasn't the video I was going to post, but since it is already downloaded.....well, enjoy (that is Sunny filming her new puppy

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This is a video we took of my cute and youngest cousin, Angela ,when we went to visit them for vacations. She was born with the moves, you can be sure of that!

Check out this family!

What really amazes me about this family is the love they have for all their children, their faith in the Lord and the ability to raise them right!
They truly are examples of what good parents can be, no matter the number of kids!
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