Why Stay on the Healthy Wagon?

Alright..here's my *start* to a list that is supposed to motivate me. Maybe it can do the same for someone else too. Dedicated to my friend, Jeni..good luck, Jeni!
This is not formatting right and can't figure outwhy, but the idea is to list all the reasons why to stay on the healthy wagon and take those reasons as far as possible. If you want the cleaner list, just email me.

1. Starting back is so hard
2. Healthy
Keep Word of Wisdom
Lord said so
Feel good
Be happier
Live longer and in a condition I want to be in
Have peace of mind
Able to have fun with kids
Make more good memories
Have well to draw from in hard times
Easier labor/delivery/recovery
Less pain
Set good example for Ben
3. Good posture
Look better
Feel more confident
So won’t walk humped over when older
Breathe in more air
Be healthy
4. High energy level
Keep house clean and in order
Nurturing place for Ben to grow up in
Set good example for Ben
Welcome the Spirit
Take care of Ben
Because I love him soooo much!
Read/pray personally daily
Strengthen relationship with the Lord
Lord said so
Set good example
Read/pray as family
Strengthen relationship with the Lord
Lord said so
Set good example
Have FHE
Strengthen relationship with the Lord
Lord said so
Set good example
Increase relationship as a family
Perform callings
To serve others
Lord said so
Makes us feel good

Talk to family/friends
Continue and strengthen relationship with them
Show my love and gratitude for them
Blog
Record my life
Let others learn from my life
Get more done in a day
The more I get done now, the easier life will be
5. Better skin (fewer breakouts and less wrinkles)
Look better
Feel more confident
6. Gets me out of the house each day
Good for my mental wellbeing
7. Gets endorphins going
Makes me happier
8. Makes me a more rounded person
More interesting
Have more friends
More people to love and support me
Can set even more goals and become an even better person
Can learn more from them and their experiences and examples
Makes me more rounded person
More people to serve
Lord said so
Makes us feed good
More experiences to draw on
Learn more in life
Only thing besides relationships can take with us when we die
Help me get through hard times
Can be happier sooner
Able to contribute to the Lord’s kingdom better
Lord said so
Get blessings
Fire insurance
Makes me happier
9. Increase strength and stamina
Able to do more work (or at least have the option to)
Keep house clean and in order
Nurturing place for Ben to grow up in
Set good example for Ben
Welcome the Spirit
Take care of Ben
Because I love him soooo much!

Increases my ability to fight off something or someone trying to cause harm
Protects me better
Live longer and in a condition I want to be in
Have peace of mind
Able to have fun with kids
Make more good memories
Have well to draw from in hard times
Protect those I love better
10. Reduce the risk of developing and/or dying from heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, colon cancer and breast cancer (by up to 60%), diabetes, osteporosis
Less heartache for myself
Less heartache for family and friends
Unnecessary physical pain
Take pills rest of life
Expensive
Reduced quality of life
Annoying
Cost of heathcare
Expensive
Reduced quality of life
Annoying
Reduced mental wellbeing
Reduced physical wellbeing
Painful
Reduced mental wellbeing
Reduced physical wellbeing
Reduced physical wellbeing
11. Reduce the risk of developing
12. It’s fun to listen to music and get exercise..can get a really good stride going after about 30 minutes where it just flows
13. Enhanced sports performance
14. Improved balance
Won’t fall
Can hurt like heck
Makes people stare
Embarrassing
15. Better sleep

Seven Years Good Luck!

And here's to many, many more! Nope, I'm not talking about breaking or not breaking a mirror. (Although, I probably could break a mirror in my current state..lol) Today is mine and Adam's 7th Anniversary! And even though we are in a crummy hotel with no babysitters to keep Ben, we're having a nice one so far. With the prospect of a new house on the way, I'd say that's a pretty big anniversary gift! Here's a lookback.

Summer 2004, Bountiful, Utah


December 2004, Disneyland


Summer 2005, The Gateway, Salt Lake City, UT


December 2005, Disneyworld


May 2006, Adam's Graduation, University of Utah, Salt Lake City


January 2006, 5th Anniversary, Salt Lake City, UT


Dixie Stampede, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, October 2006


The day our lives changed forever, Ben's Birth Day, April 3, 2007, Northport, AL (Actually, this is the day AFTER our lives changed forever..lol. This is 4/4, day after Ben was born. Here we are in NICU with him.)


Before church, Crestview, FL, December 2007

I love you, Adam!