My friend emailed me this and I think it is great advice!
HANDBOOK 2011
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince And dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants. Eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's: Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books this year.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't overdo it. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree....
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change...
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come..
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
This past weekend Masen got to march in the parade with the scouts. He almost didn't want to when he found out they actually had to walk two miles:) Later that night we went to the park and rode overpriced shaky carnival rides... The firework show was AMAZING. We'd never gone before but it will definitely be something we look forward to doing next year. Happy Summer!!
I can't believe it's taken me this long to post pictures of our cruise in February. It was amazing. Looking back at the pictures makes me homesick for that boat! If you can even call it a boat. More like a floating hotel. Allure of the Sea is Royal Caribbeans newest boat, at least at the time of our cruise anyway. It was huge. We didn't really go around and take pics on the boat- it would have taken all day! There was a rock climbing wall, zip line, ice skating rink, restaurants, and sooo many fun stores to shop in. At night we went to a diving show called Oceania. It was kind of like Cirque Du Soleil on water. The performers dive off little tiny platforms that were so high into a small pool. That was one of my favorite nights. My favorite thing to do on the boat, besides eating of course, is to sit on the deck and enjoy the sun and sea breeze. Of course Ty is the total opposite. He spent all of our days at sea playing basketball. Like for hours. I don't know how he did it. The weather was beautiful. I felt bad our kids were stuck in freezing Utah. I called my parents one day and it was 5 degrees. 
This was in Cozumel. We went snorkeling and then wandered around town and had lunch. After lunch Ty and I got a cab and went to a beach for a few hours. That beach was so quiet and relaxing
We hiked a lot. I wore the wrong shoes. I though people were shorter back then - so why are these steps so high?
This is the beach at Labadee, Haiti. I wasn't sure what to expect at Haiti but it was actually really nice. They recently built a dock with a BBQ area. It was really, really hot there. I had a really bad sunburn that day so we didn't stay at the beach long. Shocker I know. Who would have thought a redhead would burn...
The boys and their 'Weapon Destroyer". Mase is the pit crew and Jett is the driver. Trey is the mascot? The boys are off track right now and are having fun sleeping in- no wait that's me... I have a ton of pics I need to post including the ones from our cruise we just got home from. Coming soon...
