Saturday, April 19, 2008

Forgot this one from Easter time

Be Bop the Clown is actually one of our friends from church!

Moose Tracks


Apparently, it's one of Ernie's favorite ice cream flavors. Good thing I was done!

Shoes

This doesn't really do it justice. My little boy isn't so little now!!

1999 vs 2008


And the baby stuff was all WAY too big for him for quite a while. That was the smallest shoe they made! Now Seth's a size 6 in men's shoes!!

Sunday, April 13, 2008

The New Cubes

Thanks Grandma and Granddad for the money for grades - it gave him the boost to reach his goal of two new CUBES!!

Fascinated


Ruler of Cube World City


We've created a monster!!!

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Happy Birthday Grandma!

We had a great time! And who doesn't like pizza?! Grandma got lots of presents that were blue since that's her favorite color. As long as Seth gets cheese dippers, he's good to go!

Grandma and her goodies!


Yoga Boy

He liked to balance this with his feet and his head.

Hmm - interesting markings on this bill....


Look what we found!


Really neat. This is the second one our family has gotten!

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Big Bear


Can't believe he's going to be a Webelo next year!

Pretty cool cakes for the contest!




Seth's buddy Levi and his family did the pizza cake. Love it! Everything on the cakes had to be edible.

The skit

"Looking for the neckerchief slide"....they can't find it, and say "well, we can't find it, are you sure you lost it over here?" and then the one that lost it says "I didn't lose it here, but the light's better here than over there."

Sunday, February 24, 2008

hehehehe


I have a tie to this horse....

....my great-great uncle Harry Wallen trained this horse! That's Hopilong Cassidy 5.

You can buy the print at http://www.westernposterpage.com/hoppy5.htm .


Kitty


Friday, February 22, 2008

Victory!!!

I LOST 5 POUNDS!!!! WOOOOOHOOOO! Probably the first time in a LONG time I've actually *lost* weight instead of gaining it.

I'm taking care of myself now. I'm not being a food nazi and not trying to go nuts with tons of exercise all at once. For example - I usually had maybe 4-5 Dr Peppers a day - now I have maybe 1-2. I know that alone is a good hunk of calories saved. I exercise 45 minutes at a time, 2-3 a week. I mix treadmill, elliptical and weight machines. This week, I wasn't feeling good and hadn't gone to the gym, but yesterday I was on the treadmill a total of 1 hour (and 15 minutes) and felt GREAT!

I enjoy my food - I don't freak out if I have pizza. I savor my Dr Peppers. I got chocolate for Valentine's Day, so I eat a piece or two, enjoy it, and I'm done with it. Just not eating 8-10 at a time like I used to!

Could I eat a more perfect diet and exercise more? Sure. Would that burn me out? Most definitely.

I'm sure other people do great on Jenny Craig, etc. I don't....I don't like the pre-packaged-thought-out-for-you or even menu-every-bite bit. That's not real to me. I think for others, it's great, and I say more power to 'em. But my theory is, for me at least, hey, what happens once you get to your goal? Do you keep buying the (more expensive) diet stuff? Keep cataloging every morsel?

Hey, I say, be real. Eat real food! Just not as much. :) Drink more water. Don't stress about every morsel you put in your mouth - that alone probably ages you more than the extra calories. Re-freakin'-lax.

Life is short. Enjoy a piece of chocolate your sweetie (or family) gave you...just savor it and don't eat 'em all at once.

And don't get me started on fat-free junk. Come on! Probably the only thing I even care for is the sour cream - can't tell a lot of difference with that, but fat-free cheese is like eating rubber and it doesn't melt right. And the shredded stuff!!! Blech! Eat the real thing, just a smaller amount!

I'm off to make dinner. I made my first roast, so I need to make the gravy and get the potatoes mashed. We've got some good salad stuff, too. I think we're really on our way to better health - it's one day at a time. I know I've slept a LOT better the last few nights and I think that'll only get better.

Just my ponderings. YMMV. :)

Have a great day!

Monday, February 11, 2008