12 days!

Well, since I started my diet I have gone 12 days w/out soda and the treadmill is kicking my ace!!!! I have made a goal to run a 5K on Thanksgiving. Whether I do that or not I'm still getting my ace kicked by this treadmill... It just keeps calling me and when it does I challenge it to go faster and faster. I started off with a 20 minute mile(which I know completly sucks) and I am down to 14:44. For me that is pretty dang good considering that my 20 I did on Thursday and it is now Sat. I did 2 miles today one earlier in the morning in 15 and one just a few minutes ago in 14:44. So,,, I'm still working hard. The best thing is my soda consumption. I am so proud of myself and I am determined now to not drink soda again. It is still VERY hard dealing with it but w/ my Crystal Light I feel so much happier. :) Anyways, that's the deal w/ the drinks. Now I think I'll start working on the food. If anyone knows any good HEALTHY recipes... Please feel free to share them with me.

Dieting once again...

My weight has definitely discouraged me from doing a lot of things lately. My family has worried about me, I have worried about me. I'll be honest with you all because I don't like to keep things in (most of the time)... About a month ago I felt a little lump in my stomach which worried me half to death. I am super paranoid about it but some seem to think it's just a fatty Lipoma? I'm good w/ that but never feeling anything like that it makes me think 100 times of my health. I was drinking WAY to much soda and eating WAY to much crap. I don't deal well being a mother of 3. It IS hard, it IS stressful. I LOVE my children more than life and I would do anything for them. So about a week ago I quit soda cold turkey. IT TOTALLY SUCKS!!!! I am doing what I can to keep away from it. I hate driving past McDonalds now. I flip it the bird everytime I go by it nochalantly that is... I curse it now! I have been TRYING to make better choices in what I eat. Yesterday Sierra asked me yesterday if she could have a Coke. I looked at her and said Hunny, Mommy doesn't drink Coke anymore. She looked at me like I was an idiot and I felt bad! I don't want my kids getting into bad habits like me. So anyways, I've gone 7 days w/out my soda and am trying to keep it up for as long as possible. Hopefully forever.

A visit from Granna and Great Mimi!!!

It's not everyday that you can get an 89 year old on a plane and hop out to Chicago for the weekend. Well, we surely did and it was AWESOME!!! We were able to spend a few days with Granna and Mimi and we had a blast. The weather was wonderful and we were able to just catch up, relax, and have a bit of fun along the way. Mimi and Granna read a lot of stories, Granna even jumped on the trampoline and GET this... Mimi (who is 89) went down our slide. I guess if she's gonna die, she's gonna die doing something fun!!! Here are just some fun pictures of our fun weekend. I was able to get some nice pictures of the kids and of Mimi too which is great!

Ready Set GROW!!!

Little Miss Molly Grace is such a joy to have in our family. Yeah, she may bight at Sierras ankles and attack the kids ALL of the time but regardless the kids treat her so kindly and are best friends with her. Here are just some pictures to show how much she has grown since being with us.

BACK TO SCHOOL!!!

The kids started school last Thursday and they are doing so well! I'm excited that they both have really good teachers and that the kids enjoy going to school. It has been a blast being home with Sierra and Molly. We enjoy just hanging out doing puzzles and enjoying mother daughter things. I'm sure she is going to get bored pretty soon so I'm looking into putting her into a class for an hour or so during the day. I have been getting ready for another yard sale this week. Not expecting to do very well but I'm hoping to get rid of SOME stuff. I'm probably going to sell everything for $5.00 or even FREE!!! Those stupid McDonalds Happy Meal toys have taken range over my basement and I NEED to get rid of them. So yeah, lots of Happy Meal toys for FREE HERE!!!! Jake is still enjoying his job. I LOVE my job!!! We are getting LOTS of new lines in and I wish I could buy everything for the kids! That's about it!!!

Little Miss Molly Grace

This is Miss Molly Grace. She is our wonderful new addition to our family and we love her so much! The kids are very good w/ her and love to play w/ her.

More summer fun 2010

This summer has been lots of fun. The kids and I took off the last week of July and I drove by myself to New Hampshire with them. They did AWESOME going out there. Can't say the same on the way back though... UGH! It was the worst 18 hours of my life I think... While we were there visiting my mom we had so much fun. The kids always enjoy going to Grannas house. The boys are able to get up early and eat pancakes and then go get eggs. We didn't spend a lot of time at my moms house though. Mostly spent time at Mimi's house in the water and boating. Jake and I (well I) decided to scrape some of the ucky paint off moms house and we painted that over. James has started jumping off the dock and Jaren has started jumping off the ladder at the lake. My little buddy Chris and his wife Amy and Mia (the dog) came up to visit and while the kids were fishing and I was snorkling a snake swam over my back and I am still traumatized from it but I'm ok... Chris and I went snorkling and caught fish with nets. That was pretty fun! He actually caught a good size Bass that we could have eaten but didn't. Next year Chris, next year.... ;) We also went Crab fishing on the Cape which was awesome. I'm soooo addicted! They are better than Lobster and fun to catch. We picniced on Pitcher Mtn. and picked blueberries w/my mom and dad YES, mom and dad! Mom took James sailing on the sailfish and we were going to race but decided last minute we weren't going to. I hope we can do it next year. Got to catch frogs and salamanders up at my Godmothers house and do a bit of hiking. Went hiking up to Joggernaut Lake and saw lots of newts. Had lots of fun being w/ my grandmother and stopped at every craft store in NH and VT. Realized I'm not much one for nicnacks and such. Just would have bought everything I could w/ a moose or a bear on it.