Merry Christmas Eve!

Christmas Eve was spent at my "grandma and grandpa's" house. The kids had a lot of fun and it was great spending time with everyone. Here are some pictures from our Christmas Eve adventure ... enjoy!

Taylor opening his gift from "Great Grandma" ...
he is glowing from ear to ear because he can see what it is.

It was a Moxie Girl Christmas for Kaylee.
She was also VERY excited!

All 3 kids with "Great Grandma"

My mom and "grandma"

Me and my step dad

The most beautiful kids ever on Christmas ...
okay, okay. Maybe I'm just partial ;)

Kaylee and Grandma

Grandma and her kiddos

Me and my momma

Uncle Nate playing with the kids.
It took him forever to set this up so he keeps telling them
CAREFUL! haha .... silly uncle!

Oops!

Peeking in ...

My princess

Me and my adorable nephew, Corbin

10 whole months!

So, as I do every month, I am posting updated pictures from surgery ... it's been 10 months and I'm still shrinking. I can't say that I don't like it because I do. There are somethings that are hard but overall the positives far outweigh the negatives.

Civil War 2009

The past few years I have been blessed enough to go to the OSU/U of O Civil War games. I love going and supporting my Beavers ... football is a love of mine anyways and being able to enjoy the tailgating, game and family all in one is just an experience all on its own.

This year the Civil war was special. The winner was going to the Rose Bowl ... that's HUGE. With Brent being a Duck fan, and then me a Beaver - it always makes the games fun! The game was at Autzen stadium - Brent was so excited. Our seats were AMAZING! We were in the 12th row at the 15 yard line ... I was surrounded by Ducks but that's okay, they behaved - haha. Here are some photos of the game - and then the video. Oh goodness. How could I forget? The next day Brent had people coming up to him saying they saw him on ESPN. That made his YEAR. Sure enough, we checked the game (we recorded it) and saw him. You can see me too - well, you can see my orange and black hat in a sea of green and yellow.


Before the game ... just arriving in Eugene

The DUCK found me in the crowd and Brent thought it would be funny to take my picture with it ...

The view from our seats!!

After the game ... Ducks won and went to the Rose Bowl - sad for my Beavers but Brent was happy and it was a really good game!

Lemme tell ya ...

Okay ... I never read the books. I didn't get all they hype when the first one came out. But lemme tell you this. OMG. I bought the first movie and fell in love. I went to the new one last night and it was so good, I was ready to jump in line and watch again as soon as it was over. If you don't know what I'm talking about ... well, I don't know what to tell you.

I can tell you this though ... I'm not a reader. I don't have time and frankly, I don't make the time. Nothing really keeps my attention long enough for me to keep reading but after seeing how the 2nd movie ended last night, I'm ready to head out and buy the series and start reading ... I can't wait until June to see the next one!

9 months!!

Okay ... I know, I know. I've been MIA. I've got school, the kids just finished soccer and life has just been busy. I've said it before but it's the truth and not much has changed. Well, that's not completely true. I'm happier. Stressed, but happier. My self esteem has increased dramatically and I think I have a much greater outlook on so many things now. I've accomplished losing 109 pounds in 9 months. Not many people can say that - surgery or not. Here are some pictures ... ENJOY! (I know I do!)

Wish Upon a Hero - I wish Emme and her family could be showered with cards - AGAIN

Wish Upon a Hero - I wish Emme and her family could be showered with cards - AGAIN


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Updates!

Well, after lots and lots of tests and time off work ... the doctors determined that I had a cyst burst. They are still not sure if I had a miscarriage for sure or not since I didn't test positive prior to the incident. But none the less, they found the cause of the pain. It comes and goes since I have other cysts but it's nothing like the pain I had during those weeks.

What else has been going on? Well, I hit my 100 pound mark! Yep, I lost 100 pounds as of Sunday!! I am so excited. It's hard though because being overweight for so long, I still see myself as fat. It's going to be a mental thing for me more than anything I am sure. I'm going to school ... only part time since I am working full time and both kids are in sports right now. I love my math class and my communications/speech class is pretty good too. I couldn't have picked better classes to start with.

I think that's about all for now ... I'll post pictures soon. I have a loaner computer while ours is getting repaired so I won't be able to post them for awhile so please be patient :)