David and Rose Ann's Blog: April 2009

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Ever have one of those weeks?!

Well life is just going on as usual with the DR Bowen's. Never a dull moment. Thursday Garrett was driving David's truck back from a YSA activity and the oil pressure dropped and a clunking noise was heard. He pulled over to the side of the road and the truck wouldn't start again. Mom ended up going and sitting with the truck until triple A came and towed it to our house. 2 1/2 hours later. Problem with truck $3,500 needs new engine. Didn't have it done. David said he would do it himself. (Yeah Right!!) I'm still waiting for him to put on the brakes for my van that we bought 6 weeks ago! Then Garrett, our loving son was with Melanie and the kids and some of Melanie's friends and ended up hitting 3 cars in a parking lot. (Long Story) $1,000 deductible and Garrett had spent his money that he was suppose to keep in savings for the deductible if he ever was in a wreck. Not happy campers were Mom & Dad but, we handled it well.

On the up note I am 2 tenths of a pound away from losing 35 pounds and my goal is to loose 40 by David's 50th B-day on the 19th of May so wish me luck. I'm not losing as fast as I was and every little bit takes allot of exercising and eating within my points.

Garrett has everything done for his mission papers and they should be in the Stakes hands this week. Now we wait for the Stake President interview.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Just Some Random Pics

DAVID TOURNAMENT CHAMP

Well I don't have a picture but I have a husband who is walking around with a big Cheshire grin on his face because he won our family NCAA tournament challenge. There were some friends added in too so there were 10 of us. The last few years MO has won the family challenge but this year it is the patriarch who won. He picked the national champ. It was close there at the end he was in second behind Mandy until the championship game. It was fun watching him get all goofy and coming in to tell me the updates on the game. I didn't start watching until the 2nd half. He is pleased as punch and will now have bragging rights for the year. I don't know if we'll be able to live with him or not. LOL

Sunday, April 5, 2009

SO STOKED CAN"T WAIT

So in a few days I will be leaving to Idaho to pick up Garrett and see my Girls and their families. I am so stoked I can't wait. Counting the days!!

Broke The 30 Pound Barrier

Just a note to let you know that I have now lost over 31 pounds. I reached my goal of losing 30 pounds by the time we went to pick up Garrett. Now I will look the same as when everyone last saw me and no one will know what a FAT MAMA I was. Now I'm still that pleasing plump FAT MAMA. I only have 19 more to go for what is recommended for me and 29 for my I really want to but, probably never will get there weight.

Early Easter Egg Hunt at Uncle Mark's and Aunt Kathy's

Ever since my children were very young and Aunt Kathy and Grandma Sellers were around we have always had a big Easter Egg hunt with each other. Well as you can see we still do only now it is with my grandkids and Kathy's boys, Jacob and Ryan. This year we had some friends share the hunt with us. Nicole a friend of Jacob and Ryan's who paired up with Lily, while Jacob had Alex and Melanie had Ivy, and Melanie's friend Michael's two children, Mckynzie and Shawn. We went in shifts. The younger five went and found 150 eggs hidden by Nicole, Jacob and Ryan. Then the adults hid 100 eggs for Nicole, Jacob and Ryan to find. We then had a great lunch. We even had the sister missionaries over for lunch in between sessions. We were suppose to have the hunt on Saturday but Melanie has strep and so we had to wait for her to be on her meds for 24 hours.