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I'm pretty excited about a couple new things I started this week.

First, I started exercising again!

At 5:45 AM.

Ugh.

BUT, that is what works in our schedule right now and it feels good once I am up and going. Today was the third day in a row. Woohoo! Off to a good start. Did I mention it happens at 5:45 AM?! Ha ha!

Second are some prayers that I am praying for Ryan. I love praying for my hubby! Which I do (almost) every morning as he leaves for work. However, I came across some specific prayers to pray a while ago and forgot about them until I found the paper this past weekend. Now, I've pulled the paper out and leave it sitting on the kitchen table as a reminder.

The idea of these prayers is praying for your husband from head to toe. Since it's only one page you could pray the entire thing every day, however, it turns out that it is broken down into seven prayers which makes it easy to focus on one body part (head, eyes, ears, mouth, heart, hands, feet) per day completing the head to toe each week.

I love having focused prayers like that and finding new ways to pray!

(I found these prayers here.)

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Pigtails!

We had success today with getting lil B's hair done! It is usually a struggle unless we are going somewhere and she will let me do it if it means we get to go. :) Today, however, she just let me do it and we got her hair into the cutest little pigtails!

Oh, and we played with some moon dough as seen in the pics below. Then cousin Aly came over to play. :)

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Pretty sure I never saw my life going this direction, but I started my online hunter's education course today.

Yes, really!

After I finish the online course, which may take the next few days, the in-person, hands-on class and shooting test will be on March 1st.

In reality, it kinda freaks me out! Ha ha!

This is for you, Ryan! :)

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I know this isn't the greatest picture, but it's intentional. This was my view this evening while watching the Olympics.

Sweet baby girl sitting on my lap. :)

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A lazy Saturday with a not-feeling-100% baby girl. Not sure what was wrong, but she had a fever and just wasn't herself most of the day. I am thinking maybe it was teething because she didn't have any other symptoms.

Then, for the exciting part of the day, I made my first recipe (actually, multiple recipes) from my new cook book!

Carne Asada Burrito Bowls.

Yum!

Added along with this recipe was the cauliflower-rice recipe and roasted tomatillo salsa recipe. Even though it took over an hour to make it all, it was so yummy! Definitely will be making this again!

(This pic is from the book, not one that I took.)

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Paint samples!

I am finally going to paint our entryway! Yippee, I am pretty excited about it!

I am wanting to create a fun, inviting space as you enter our home, to set the tone.

Yesterday, on our Vernal trip, I grabbed a few paint samples from Lowes and today I tried them out. Fun! There are only 3 sample colors even though there are 6 painted spots. I just wanted to paint some sample spots where the lighting might be a little different. This is a big decision for me because this will be a difficult space to paint with the vaulted ceilings and I do NOT want to have to do it over if I don't like it.

Oh, and this is the accent wall. Not all the walls will be this dramatic. The other 3 will be a the lightest color on the paint swatch of whichever one I choose. I am leaning towards the middle color. We'll see what I pick when the time comes as I have a few days before we will make it back over to Lowes.

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An afternoon trip to Vernal was the excitement for today. Ryan had an orthodontist appointment at 4:00 (that I found out about early afternoon). Since Aryka was supposed to come over and play with/watch B this afternoon, we brought her with us. How nice it was nice to have someone help entertain B while I did some grocery shopping!

Aryka's birthday is tomorrow so we decided to treat her to dinner any place she wanted. Chinese was her pick. Actually, we ate at a restaurant called Ichiban that I have been wanting to try that is fairly new and has sushi! Well, since Ryan is not a fan of sushi we haven't tried it. Glad we now know that there are other options that we both like. Anyway, long story short, I didn't even get sushi because I didn't know what to get and so I just ordered a standard Chinese dish. :( Oh well. I will research so I know what to get and we WILL go again. :)

Fun and random day. And while I am a planner at heart, I do enjoy last minute adventures of grocery shopping and food. Ha!

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Play date for B with her cousin Jenna!

Fun for them. Time for me. :)

The two of them got along really well, which you never know if that's going to happen or not given their ages. No real fighting the entire 2+ hours. Wow!

Afterwards, B and I enjoyed lunch out with Crystal, Jayla and Jenna.

All in all a great day!

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I learned a valuable lesson today...don't just start watching a movie without reading a little bit about it first even if it has a big name star in it and the title sounds innocent, because you never know what you're going to get. Wow! I'm glad that no one else was here with me! Ha!

Anyway, moving on from that....

I don't think I have ever been so excited about a cookbook! I have been wanting this one for a while now and it finally went on sale on Amazon for half price. Needless to say, I bought it and just got it in the mail! All of the recipes look and sound delicious! The pictures are amazing! And it's all healthy!

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I'm still a Broncos fan and I am proud to show my support!

That is all for today. :)