Beach Body Conversations

Who needs 90 days when you can look this good after 90 minutes? ;) (Okay, I must admit...I photoshopped Ryan's body into a gym. We don't actually have a gym pass.)

So Ryan is starting P90X with a few other family members (all out in Utah though) and, well, let me tell you! It is HARD! I know this because sometimes I wander into the living room after stuffing my face in the kitchen only to see him, and he looks like he's gone through the whole workout after just the warmup. It put's the 30-Day Shred to shame. Sorry, Jillian Michaels.

Anyway, since Ryan is doing this by himself without a workout partner, I think it's kind of funny how he keeps himself motivated... which is done by pretending the people on the video are here with him. I came in from the other room to hear the first conversation, which then caused me to listen a little more closely. Just imagine him by himself doing this:

Instructor: "15 more seconds until a water break! You're gonna LOVE this water break! What are you going to do on your water break?"

Ryan: In between breaths but without skipping a beat, "Oh, just drink some water, wipe my sweat off with a towel... what are you gonna do?"

***

Instructor: "Alright it's time for jump knee tucks, are you ready?!"

Ryan: "No."

Instructor: Assuming people are thinking something along the lines of Ryan's response,"There's no 'just a second'!"

Ryan: "Well, at least he's listening to me."

Two years

We've had so much fun the last two years, I can't wait to see what another year brings!

Happy Anniversary, Ry!

He's clearly the favorite...

A few weeks ago (and every time, actually) when I was talking on the phone to my sister-in-law, Michelle, I was put on speakerphone to say hi to Bennett for a minute. I gave a big, cheerful, "HI BENNETT!" and then Michelle prompted him to say "hi Brittney" in return, but did he? No. Instead I heard a super cute little 2-year-old voice shout "Ry-Ry! Hi, Ry-Ry!"

Then, today as I was on speakerphone to say hi to Ashlynn, the same situation occurred. I cheerfully exclaimed, "HI ASHY!" and when she was told to say "hi Brittney" in return I got a "Ryan! Ryan! Hi Ryan!"

Clearly there's a favorite around here... and I even know his secret! He "flies" them. Works like a charm...

That's okay though because at least they associate me with him, and I can totally relate because he's my favorite too!

Surgery

Today's is baby Aaron's first heart surgery, and our thoughts and prayers are with him.

**Update: The surgery went well and the little guy is hanging in there!

Happy Easter!

Although this year's Easter felt a little less traditional (probably because we weren't with family and waking up for Easter egg hunts with the kiddies), we still had a great day. Ryan was his sickest yet this morning and wasn't even able to go to church with me. But he was feeling a teensy bit better by the afternoon when I got home, so we were still able to have a good Easter dinner, listened to some Easter messages, and dyed the eggs we were supposed to do on Friday but were too sick to do.

The box said there was supposed to be a purple in the mix. Do you see a purple? Don't say it's the blue one because there's supposed to be a blue too. I think we got jipped.

What's Easter without a little family around? :)

We had such a yummy feast, but we got full fast and couldn't even eat the rolls! At least we have enough ham to eat with them later... we'll be eating ham for the next 10 meals straight.

We played a nice, reverent game of darts later on in the evening, and I must admit that it has got to take some kind of talent to aim for the middle of the board and get it stuck in this position:

Happy Easter, everyone! We hope you all had a great Sunday!

A spoonful of sugar

helps the medicine go down... which is a good thing, since Ryan and I were both really sick last night when we went to this broadway play. But it was totally worth it because this was such an entertaining play and so fun to go see. It reminded me of being a little kid and watching the movie all the time, but it was definitely something that more than just little kids could enjoy!

The Martin's visit!

Last week Ryan's parents, Mark and Janae, came to Columbus to visit us for six whole days! It was so fun to have them here and also fun to get out and explore Columbus, try out some new restaurants, watch movies, relax, and take lot's of time off of work!

More specifically, we:

• toured Ryan's work
• took a walking tour through the beautiful Ohio State campus
• drove through Short North
• showed them our soon-to-be home
• went to German Village (The Book Loft, Schmidt's restaurant, Fudge House, etc.)
• ate the greasiest (yet tasty) pizza at Houndog's
• went to Kirtland and did the church history stuff
• drove through Cleveland and got the "tour de Brittney's life"
• ate at Hot Dog Heaven in Amherst
• went to Graeter's ice cream 7 times (I shouldn't admit that)
• stopped by the Columbus temple after church
• had a fun night of dinner and games with Alyssa (Amy's sister that's here in Columbus)
• shopped at the Jeffersonville outlets and Easton Town Center
• ate at Cheesecake Factory and caught an evening movie (Adjustment Bureau..interesting)
• taught Janae how to eat a kiwi the easy way
• enjoyed great weather and bright spring colors almost the whole time

It was such a fun break and we were sad they had to leave. Thanks for coming, Mark and Janae!

The guy behind us is funny... he and the couple behind him were smiling in all of our pictures.

These creme puffs are a whole pound each and the dessert this restaurant is famous for.

This book store literally has 32 rooms and they are all tiny and you maze through each room. Just when you think you've gone through the whole store, you find another room! They also have any book you could ever imagine.

I wish we had taken a few more pictures while we were out and about because the cherry blossoms were in full bloom and so pretty!

Yep, we like food. :)