Words from the Heart

Saturday, September 29, 2007

An update on my weight loss and other stuff....

I had a rough couple weeks and I gained a few pounds back, but I am losing again, which is awesome, and I now weigh what I last weighed almost 5 years ago! I am so excited to see it coming off, and staying off! I have 20 pounds to go and I will weigh what I did 8 years ago just after I gave birth to Emma-20 pounds after that and I will weigh what I did when I was 19! And another 20 pounds after that I will weigh what I did when I was 16, and that is my ultimate goal! I have never been thin so I dont really need to be, just healthy and feel good about myself which I am definitely achieving! God is soooo amazing! I have dropped almost 6 pounds this week alone! YEA!!!!

God has truly blessed me, a wonderful man who loves God above all, and me and my babies! A cute home, a good job that I can stay at home and still make enough to live comfortably, wonderful parents who put up with so much! LOL! They make terrific chaperones! Thanks Mom and Dad! Hahahahaha...who can complain...not me! I will get some better pics sometime this week and post them. I am pretty excited to show off my loss! A friend came over yesterday who has not seen me in 3 months and she was so surprised at how different I looked, and I was of course so pleased!

Tuesday, September 25, 2007











More horseback riding pics...sorry, I am not very organized...lol!









Fall cleanup...kids and leaves both!

Charles in his new sweater...Logan and Emma burying him in leaves; Nana burying Logan; and Logan and Charles wrestling outside...




Happy Birthday to one of the most amazing men I know!

He got two new guitar music books and 3 beautiful sweaters. The pic of us is so horrid, but I promised to put it on...unfortunately...I am really 31 pounds lighter than I was 2 months ago, but you cannot tell...bummer!




Happy 33rd to Charles, the sweetest most handsome man alive! LOL! I am so going to make that mans head swell....haha!!! I have to tell it like it is though...here are just a few pics from the birthday party we had here at my house with my parents and kids, and a huge turkey! To eat...lol!

My Babys first day of school pics...




James and Mel after the cake...thank you again to Jessie and Helen for allowing us to use their home! You two are awesome! Love you so much!

The too big carrot cake; Kurtis and Charles;

Jeremy, Colin and Matt; the birthday guy opening his gift...


Charles birthday party Sunday afternoon at Helens house...

My flowers from him...it was his birthday! LOL! Hanna with her new baby and new stroller; Jason blowing up balloons for Hanna and Jeremy waiting for his cake...




Our Horseback riding pics...weekend at the ranch!




Thursday, September 20, 2007

A friend sent me this video and I wanted to share it...enjoy!

Kids say the funniest things!!!

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible. The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah". The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?"
The little girl replied, "Then you ask him".

A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work. As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, "I'm drawing God." The teacher pa used and said, "But no one knows what God looks like."
Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."
A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. & nbsp; After explaining the commandment to "honor" thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?"
Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, "Thou shall not kill."

One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?" Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white."
The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?"

The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. "Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, He's a doctor.'
A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher, she's dead."

A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face." "Yes," the class said. "Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?"
A little fellow shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."

The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray: "Take only ONE . God is watching." Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies.
A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples."

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Do I have to say anything...

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Ok, God is good! We got a house...a little smaller than we wanted, but we only signed a 6 month lease, which is what we figure will be a good time to find an even bigger place for Lord willing more family...LOL! I hate moving, but we so want to buy a house hopefully in the next couple years so we will keep praying on that one!

My baby started school today! WAAAAAA, and I didnt get to see him in class, which really made me sad...I am sure he had a wonderful day though, and I will post pictures as soon as I can!

Another 3 lbs. yesterday, and I measure up tomorrow, so we will see the inches then! God is sooooo good!

Friday, September 07, 2007

Having no internet really stinks! I cant updtae my blog as you can see, so please bear with me! This has been a really awful week, but I am still singing...God is in control! Please pray with me though...I have to move out of my house two weeks from today and I dont know where I am going as of yet...the whole place has to be gutted due to terrible plumbing problems throughout the entire place and they want to do it before winter, so we have to move. On top of that, we have been having alot of problems with everything else, washer dryer, fridge, toilet, everything seems to be going all at the same time, and our landlady informed me yesterday that it was fine before I moved in, so it has to be me who is causing all these problems...go figure! The house was built in the 50s and hasnt been fixed in years...I tried to talk to her but she refused to discuss it so its all good. God knows what we need and I am depending on Him heavily...really heavily!!! LOL! A friend has a place that we are desperately praying and hoping we can get, but we have to wait on that since it was offered to someone else first, so ultimately God will prevail!

On a better note, I am now down 26 lbs. and 9.5 inches! Yea me!