21 Day Challenge

I have been super inspired by some pretty great creative blogs lately. I have been particularly inspired by Rhonna Designs blog. She is SUPER creative and a part of House of 3, which is beyond amazing in regards to digital downloads and design for digital scrapbooking and such. Seeing that it's the first of the year and *gulp* new years resolutions are in full swing, let's join in shall we?

What is the 21 Day Challenge? They say that it takes 21 days to make or break a habit. SO What do you want to change, what do you want to create, what do you want to make a habit? She has a super cute kit that you can purchase if you want to go all out and get really crafty.

You can find Day 1 link HERE

I am defiantly not claiming this as my own....it's fab though. I will be posting some snippets from her blog here to keep you motivated. I love that she has tons of quotes and inspirations from LDS general presidency members and authorities.

What are we going to change here? Well I know starting small is the key, but Steve says I am a wuss so I have a few things that I will be working on. I figure I can add some more in 21 days after we see how this experiment goes!

1) NO SODA POP: I always claim that I hate diet coke and that I don't drink pop too much but I do. I am totally claiming that this is Steve's fault *wink*. But I think that dang gross diet coke is growing on me. I think it would be realistic for me to give it up all together! Oh and I LOVE coke

2) FREE DAY TREATS: Ok so let's face it I have NO will power when it comes to treats. I fell like Buddy on Elf in regards to the 4 food groups....Candy, Candy Canes, Candy Corns and Syrup! If there is sugar in it I LOVE it!!!! So to keep things in check I am going to have Sunday be my free day for treats. All things sugar are welcome on Sunday. I know that it's a day of rest but I am going to make it a full fledged working day when it comes to treats. Ok hopefully I don't eat a bag of cookies every Sunday......but I figure it's a place to start! At least I can't drive to the store and buy candy on Sunday, right?

3) DAILY SCRIPTURE STUDY: Let's be honest, or should I say let me be honest...this is something that I can always improve on. I am going to read at least 2 pages of scripture a night, should I feel inclined to read more I will. So since you can never read the Book of Mormon too many times, lets give that one a go again.

(Steve has some goals too.... write in your journal every day, and the push ups....here is a good link if you want to do the push up challenge)

Here is your inspiration to keep going this day one (from Rhonna's blog herself):

This is it!

day

no. ONE.

Take a deep breath.

Today is the day to:

ACT THE WAY YOU FEEL, FEEL THE WAY YOU ACT.

This means you need to:

envision how you want to feel on day 21.

act that way each day during your journey.

you will see the change.

So there is your motivation to get you going. Let's do it. My progress day one.....scripture reading was enlightening, no soda pop even though Steve bought a Pepsi Throwback that he still had in the fridge *YUM*, and I didn't eat a whole bag of cookies since it's my free day (smart to have my free day be the first day I started!), I did indulge myself in 3 squares (I've been known to eat a whole bar in one sitting!) of my FAVORITE chocolate.....Lindt dark chocolate with a hit of sea salt. Excuse me while I wipe my drool! Ouch, this challenge could be a tough one!

Good luck....anyone want to join me??? What are you going to change???

Best of 2010

This year's awards ceremony is brought to you by Team Beardshall and our generous sponsors! There were many best of's this year her are just a few:

Best Moab Moment

Best Down and Dirty Moment

Best Cheesy Grin

Best Hair goes to Katy, and poop story!

Best Trampoline Moment

Best Daddy Daughter Moment

Best Pull of the Road Picture

Steve's choice Best Picture of Katy

Best Mickey Mouse Party

Best Broken Leg goes to Katy

Actually it goes to Heidi, but I didn't have a cute picture like Katy's!

Best Way to Eat Dirt

Best GQ moment goes to Davis at the rope swing!

Best Kiss goes to me and a fish....sorry Steve!

Best "Flipping" off the camera moment....oops!

Thank you for sharing these moments with us and for reading our blog! 2010 was a great year, we are looking forward to many more "best of's" here for 2011!

XO

Team Beardshall.....2010 signing off!

Merry Christmas

Christmas was a LOT of fun this year. Katy was way into everything....except SANTA! When I woke her up that morning I told her that Santa had come and left lots of presents, she wouldn't get out of bed. I finally had to tell her that Santa didn't come to convince her to come downstairs. Funny that I had to wake her up, wow she gets that from Steve for sure....I was always up at the crack of dawn!

Santa did not disappoint this year. She got books (above) thank you TJ max!

And her piggy bank. After Thanksgiving we thought it would be fun to ask her what she wanted for Christmas. She came back with "piggy bank"! What??? Not sure where that came from but it has been a great addition for sure. Lately she wants to stay in her PJs when it's time to get dressed, but when you tell her that you will give her a penny to feed "mamma pig" as she calls her, those PJs go flying! It's great!

Thought these princess dolls would be a hit, another black friday find, and they are but not as much as I had hoped. Maybe she'll get into them a bit more as the year progresses.

She had fun opening her stocking....

Her favorite gift was probably her last gift of play food. If anything she does cook for her dolls quite a bit. She is always making "soup".

Steve did a great job on my Christmas Eve jammies......Christmas Story! My favorite!!!! These were in the mens section and they are knit. I don't think knit is a good choice when it comes to men so I am going to support them!

I am lame and didn't take any pics at the Beardshalls but we headed over there in the morning to open more gifts...Joanne picked out some great shoes for Katy! Then we headed to moms house for Turkey Dinner. Brit and Brynn got her this cute outfit and mom got the girls matching fairy costumes! She even got some more shoes over there!

Britney brought Just Dance for them for Christmas and decided to bring it up to try it out. What a funny game. TJ did a great job!

Katy and Brynn had fun "dancing" too! After this if you can believe it we headed to Grandma and Grandpa Beardshalls for some more goodies and fun! It was a LONG day but SO much fun!

I am SO grateful for my knowledge of the Savior and for the sacrifices he made for us, and although it's really fun to get caught up in the glitz and glam of the season I am grateful that we can celebrate his birth! Merry Christmas!

Le Decor

I tried to keep the Christmas decorations simple this year. I kind of started from scratch in a way. We will need to add to them of course, but for now it was nice to have a easy clean up and Katy seemed to enjoy them. We got a new Christmas tree skirt from the Down East clearance center. It's beautiful and it matches our Pottery Barn stockings and it was 10$!!!! (sorry you can't see it so great in this pic)

We've always done the really big outdoor lights on the tree, with my fake popcorn string....this year I actually added some of my ornaments from growing up. Katy sure did enjoy that. Funny thing is that I didn't have many hooks so there is not a lot up there! We'll have to get some of those for next year.

We also, Katy and I, made some more tissue balls. Super easy and cheap and they are hanging in the basement storage now for next year. I really wanted to make a fabric pendant but I didn't make time, plus I thought I could snag some holiday fabric after Christmas for a good deal.

We hung our cards on the door and our stockings on the wall! Katy loved our stockings, we even got one for Chuck! Another Down East clearance center find. Pottery Barn for only 3$ each...I bet they are even on sale now too. I had to unpick the names (which was a total pain), and will have to do something to add ours...but for the money it's worth the effort!

The reindeer is extra....for someone someday, Santa is Steve's, the dog of course is Chucks, I actually got the ballerina (or sugar plum fairy as I like to call her) for Katy...but she insists that she is mine and has claimed the snow man for her own! These are seriously the cutest, funnest stockings ever....and are normally 15-20$ in the store. I am telling you, go get some! Lots of varieties to choose from.

We'll have to see what we end up adding to the mix next year!

Bah Humbug!

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Here is the 2010 card-orama for ya. Thanks again Brit for taking our pictures. I LOVE Katy to death but she was being a poo for sure, glad you still were able to capture the essence of Team Beardshall!

Oh and we tried to recreate the ol' card picture from last year but Katy couldn't wear the Santa hat this year, the head got too big, and Chuck was eating it so this is the best we got with the self timer!

It's been a great year!