Snow Day

Aimee jus hanging out in the snow waiting for Momma to get home to play!

Haha Renee, I am so going to get you with this snowball!

Darrell and Aimee built a snowman. I know, it's a little pitiful. It's an apple slice for a mouth, a string cheese stick for a nose and Hershey kisses for eyes. Hey, it's an ORIGINAL Dean snowman!

Snowball fight! This was the funnest part of the whole day. Getting to run around in the yard playing with the snow!

It's SNOWING here! We never get snow in Southeast Arkansas. Growing up in Northeast LA, I can only remember snow 2 times in WM. It's quite a downpour here.

It's also Aimee's birthday party weekend! Whoot-hoot! She was so excited about the snow and said "this is the best day of my life". Man, we need to take the child to Colorado or someplace that has lots of snow. lol!



Anyway, enjoy the pics!

Just killing time....

It's late tonight but I wanted to update a moment. This is our family in our Razorback attire! GO HOGS!!!

What a Bittersweet time....

Aimee will be 6 in a few weeks. I approach this day with excitement and sadness. It's so amazing to see the baby that I carried in my womb for 9 months, become such a grown up little girl...or should I say "big girl". She is just the delight of my life. I look at this child and I can't imagine loving someone as much as I love her. Do I get annoyed with her at times? YES. But then at night, when I tuck her in I get "one more kiss mommy", "one more hug mommy", "I love you the mostest mommy". There were days that I thought that I would never be called a mommy and now, I get to hear it every day.

We are having her 6th bday party this weekend. Our house is going to be crammed with family so we decided to have an extended family birthday party at the church after her "friends" birthday party. She wants for dinner.....KFC! We NEVER eat fried chicken but she wants chicken and macaroni and cheese. Oh, and more cake.

She wants a bike for her birthday. I am not 100% sure where she is going to ride it but she wants one. She outgrew her other one so we probably will get her one. Man, a party and a bike is expensive. She's worth it though.

Family wise, things are going well for Darrell and I. We are working on a good working family schedule where we can work out on opposite days or only have to cook on the days that we don't work out. There just don't seem to be enough days in the week. I am OK though with him helping out with cooking.

Umpiring is about to start so he will be at the ball park during the weekends. Guess I will have to run the road to Shreveport! Carol, I am coming to see Lexie all the time. Aimee is playing tee ball with her friends Lexi. I work with Lexi's mother (DeAnna) and so the girls have gotten to be good friends as DeAnna and I have gotten to be friends. I am thankful for DeAnna. She is just someone who is just like me and gets along with my family so well. Helps to have a "non-ministry" friend that I can talk to.

Anyway, not much else to say. I will have birthday party pictures later on.

I'm so tired.....

This has been a long emotionally draining working week. I am glad it's Friday. I don't think that we have that much going on this weekend but Darrell is taking me tomorrow to the movies. I am so glad! We never go to the movies. I wish we were going to Disneyworld or on a cruise but man, I'll settle for the movies!

I had more to say but now I don't remember what it is. I can post some pictures though instead. This is where I wish I was!

Just a whiney post....

I did a "prelim" weigh in today because my first official day is not until tomorrow. It looks that I kinda stayed the same. That is a bummer because I have been taking my Alli faithfully. My clothes fit MUCH different so I know that I am losing but it's still depressing to not see that number not move down. I know though that I can do this and I am determined to get back down to what I was before my surgery.

Here are the reasons why I might not have lost this week:

1. Last week was water weight and I always lose a ton of water.

2. My sodium might have been higher this week. I still eat a lot of lean cusiene's and they have a lot of sodium.

3. I ate chocolate. When we go to my in laws, I eat chocolate. I honestly do not understand how they can keep chocolate around and not eat it like crazy but they have amazing will power. I don't. So, no chocolate this week......going to be hard since it's Mini Egg time!

4. Not eating enough calories or fat. I have been sick this week and did not eawt enough calories. It's a fine line between eating enough to lose and not send your body into starvation mode OR eating too much.

5. Not enough exercise. It's a given fact that if I am not working out at the gym, I am not going to lose. I went this week but we had a funeral over the weekend and then I got sick again so I have had to do lower cardio/weights on different days rather than both on the same day.

So, committment for this week, 1 day early:

1. Limit myself to 1 diet soda per day. (Still trying to wean off).
2. No chocolate.
3. Journal - I have got to get better at this.
4. Eat fruit with every meal or between meals.


Other than that, I'm tired. I want to go back to bed.

Just a little update

Well, we are not doing much around here. Darrell just told me that we are getting a new chinese resturant in our shopping center. I don't know why it's something that he is telling me because I can't eat it....want to know why???? (I'm gonna tell you anyway!).

I have been taking the Alli pill. Whoo-hoo. It really works. I am already down 4 pounds and it's only been one week. Can we say that is A-W-E-S-O-M-E.

My MIL is about to have knee surgery. I am hoping this will give her some relief.

We could use a vacation. I am tired. Physically, I feel better than I had iin a long time but I could just use a vacation. Darrell wants Eggs Benedict that he can only get on a cruise ship (cause I can't make it).

Ok, enough rambling...I'm off to bed.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

A little early! We went today to the Dollar Store to get stuff for Aimee's class. I should have gotten it last week as there was nothing left except pencils (which we purchased). Pencils, pencils and more pencils. I think this is the standard class accessory as we have TONS in our cabinet.

Let's see, saw the CPA this weekend...we don't have to pay. That's always nice. Saw my dad and went to the Biedenharn gardens with him and my step mother. Aimee made a flower pot that was a kids activity and then we bough nickle cokes. That is so cool, bottled cokes for a nickle. They so lose money on that.

We saw Carol and Lexie last weekend. Here are some pictures of Aimee with her new cousin. When she saw her, Lexie was laying on the floor and she started stroking her head. Lexie just looked and looked at her. She is so sweet. I miss her.

Anyway, gotta get to church!