I'm trying the whole "crafty" thing.

So I'm not a real crafty person. I have the desire, and I decided to try it out.


I made a picture cluster. I made it out of leftover wood from cabinets Jonathan made for us. Maria my sister-in-law cut the wood with the table saw. (I was tooooo scared). Then Jonathan and I routered the edges. I painted them and modge podged the pictures on. Then I sealed them with an glossy sealer.


I think they look great.

I stuck them togeter with brackets so they were one group and I just had to hang it up.

Here are the boys. I just love it.

Don't those edges make it look so nice.

How a man carves a pumpkin.

Jonathan had a great idea of carving the pumpkin. I thought this was so funny.

Weight Loss Update

So I lost 13.5 lbs this month. On Saturday Nov. 1st I took updated pics. I'm wearing pants that are 2 sizes smaller than Oct 1st pic. I'm down a total of 40 lbs. I'm going to update once a month. Weekly was stressing me out.

Just goofing around

This is a collection of videos I've been needing to edit and post. One is when Benjamin was 4 months old but hey that's ok. The rest is just some of the things we do. It's fun to make very unorganized home videos into something to laugh at.

I've been tagged.

So I've never done the whole tagged thing. So I'll try to do this right.


1. I lived on top of a mountain for 6 months with no running water. Yuck.
2. I have lived in 5 different states.
3. I stole pennies from cars in our apartment parking lot. My sister was the ring leader as I was 2 years old. We left the dollars and silver money alone.
4. I fell off our balcony that was 20 feet high. We tied a rope from the balcony to the fence across the yard. We used our jean jackets to slide down it like a zip line. I fell from the very top, and hit my head on the bricks below.
5. I fell off of a 20 foot drop from the side of a mountain. I went the wrong way on a sled. I don't like heights as a result of # 4 and 5.
6. I knew I was going to marry Jonathan the moment I met him. More than three years before it happend. We didn't even have our first date until 2 1/2 years after our first meeting.
7. I have lost 225 lbs in the last 7 years. After each pregnancy. Lily was 45, Emma 85, Peter 60, and Benjamin is 35 so far. Wow that is alot of weight.


I tag.

Missy kipandmissyohana.blogspot.com
Liz bethecheese.blogspot.com
Ruth tinybabybubbles.blogspot.com
Jessica thesuperrunkels.blogspot.com
Lindsay datellerbears.blogspot.com

Thats all I have for now.

8 week update.

So I had a good week. I lost 3 lbs.......... yay. So that makes 35 lbs total. Alright I'll update next Wenesday.

Another Update.

I'm not going to be home tomorrow morning to weigh in so I did it today. I lost 4 lbs for week 7. I'm very pleased with this number. So I've lost a total of 32 lbs. I'm totally feeling lighter. I lost a whole Peter. My knees are feeling better, and I can go up and down the stairs in my house allot faster. I'm very excited to lose weight this time around as I've done really good. I've had major temptations, but I've got past them with flying colors. I'm an emotional eater. about 5 weeks ago I was majorly stressed out. Long crazy day with the kids, and Jonathan was at school. I almost gave in too some food that would have set me back a week or derailed me completely, but I calmed down and grabbed a huge cup of water. I felt so empowered that I was strong enough to not give in. So I'll weigh in again next Wednesday and take pictures November 1st.

Weight loss update.

Not as good as I had hoped but alittle bit is still good. I'm down 1.5 pounds. So that is 28 lbs in 6 weeks. I'm pretty happy about that. I always lose at least 20 lbs the first month and then 10 lbs every month. So I'm doing pretty good this time around. Hopefully this will be the last time around. I'm really hoping that by this summer I'll be at my goal weight. I also started to work out the tummy. It seems as if my legs are losing the weight and the tummy is having a hard time. It is my legs that are the stubborn ones, and I don't have a problem with my stomach. Babies you got to love em. Maybe it's all the stairs I'm climbing all day long.

I'm just soooooo happy!!!!!

Why is it that you ask!

This may seem silly.

Silly enough that I'm posting about it a 12:47 am.

Needless to say I've been waiting for this day to

come for 6 years.

What is it you ask?

Here it is

Lily's top front tooth has come out.

When she was 7 months old her tooth came in with part of the enamel missing. I couldn't get it fixed untill she was 18 months old. She had to be a certain weight, and she doesn't gain weight that easily. So when it was fixed she had to be put completely under. It was very scarey for me. First time mother and I couldn't be with her during it because I was pregnant with Emma at the time. It was a very hard experience for me (Lily doesn't even remember it). So tonight the time had come for that tooth to go. It was such a weak tooth as well.

Of course Daddy is the resident tooth puller. I'm too big of a wimp.

Lily said she has been dreaming of her front tooth coming out. The one by it is really wiggly so we think that she will be getting 2 front teeth for christmas.

Weight loss.........again!!!!

I'm so hoping this is the last time I have to do this. It seems I get an amazing amount of will power to lose the baby weight right before the holidays. I stick with it through the holidays as well. So 5 1/2 weeks ago I decided that I was going to do it for good. I can proudly say that I have stuck to my way of eating 100%. The results 26.5 lbs gone. I'm hoping to be at my goal weight by June of 2009. I will be posting updates of my weight loss weekly, and pictures monthly. I'm so excited to lose the weight this time around because I'm so much more educated. I found out May of 2007 that I have Insulin Resistance. I make way too much insulin so my body resists it and I'm unable to process anything that metabolizes to sugar quickly. So my body just turns it straight to fat. I'm on a medication that helps my body with reconizing the insulin but it's not a cure all. I still need to watch what I eat very carefully. I have many scarey risk factors if I don't keep my weight under controll. I have to be healthy so I have so much determination to get healthy and stay that way. So here is a picture of my starting weight and current as of today.

So here you go. Those before pictures are just scarey. I'll update with weight loss in a week and pictures in a month.

Emma's Birthday

My little Emma is 5. Wow!!!!
She got her door.
These two just love each other.
Emma opened presents.
She also blowed out a candle. Happy birthday little Emma Nemma.

Happy birthday Huck.

Huck is 2 now.
Look at all his fun presents.

I'm blogging again.

So I've been Slacking







this is all I have to say about that!



I had my 29th birthday. It was fun. I got breakfast in bed and spoiled lots. Gotta love my family.
With Lily and Emma in school. I get a daily dose of just the boyz. It's so weird not having another girl around.
Peter is loving lots of time with Mommy. He is so much fun.
One night we couldn't find Peter anywhere. So finally we found him amist the big stuffed animals in Benji's crib. He likes to fall asleep in different areas of the house.

New pictures

Benji 5 months
Emma almost 5
Lily 6

Peter 2

I had lots of fun taking pictures. It's great having a camera that takes nice pictures. It's saving me tons.

1st, piggies, flying, and friends.

Emma's 1st day of kindergarten
Emma can give Lily piggie back rides. Lily can't give one to emma though.
Benji flies by balancing on his big ole belly.

They just look too cute. They are going to be great friends.

Butterflies

Lily and Emma got real Butterflies at their cousins butterfly birthday party.
We deceided to let them go. They only live 2 to 3 weeks.
This one hung out with us for a little while before venturing out on it's own.

School Clothes

Last week Lily and Emma started school. So we did a fashion show with their new clothes.

They LOVE to get new clothes. I'm worried how they will be when they are teenagers. They are going to break the bank. Good thing that they don't cost as much as the big kids clothes.

Another lost tooth.

She lost another one.
Look at the concern on Peters face.
2 teeth out before she turns 5.

My little Benji.

Benjamin is 5 months old now. He is rolling over to his stomache and to his back. Mostly stomache. He is the happiest baby I've had.
You just give him the smallest amount of attention and he is all smiles. Oh and he is sooooo ticklish as well. It is just so much fun.