Today Matters

Did someone steal my dream?? No! My dream as a child was to be a mother and a wife. Not even a good one just to be one!! I am one!! When I got older another dream of mine was to be a testament of Jesus Christ to someone. I wanted to change their life just as mine has been changed! I know I have done that at least once and well I believe twice now! What a wonderful thing! I prayed for one never imagined I could do more than one. I didn't have a high enough standard!!

People never do what they are capable of. We don't treat people with a high enough standard. The Lord's standard is not the same as everyone in the worlds'! Colossians 1 starting in vs 6 says that the gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among us since the day we heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth. Vs 9 says that Paul is praying for me since the day he heard about me so that I will have spiritual wisdom and understanding, what a wonderful thing!! And, that I may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way. That I will have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified me to share in the inheritance of that saints in the kindom of light! He brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemtion, the forgiveness of sins.

See we have amazing possibilites!!! I haven't been doing all this like I should but I will begin TODAY!!!

Shopping Day

We went out to get some stuff for my sister for her baby shower tomorrow and WHEW we were nearly eaten alive by people shopping! I don't ever want to do that again!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Here is a list of a FEW things I am Thankful for!!!

1. Bryan
2. Kason
3. Kelby
4. Kater
5. Quinton
6. Mom
7. Dad
8. Extended Family
9. Dianne
10. Kaleb
11. Raymond
12. Carrie
13. Dee
14. Chase
15. Mike
16. Gage
17. Reed
18. Barbara, Rebekah, Ryan, Bo, Robert
19. Kimberley, David, Spencer, Andrew, Heather
20. Bridgette, Tanner, Pay, Taige,
    
21. Erin, Ian, Kelly
22. My house
23. My van
24. My husband's truck
25. My pets
26. My weight loss
27. My children's school
28. My church
29. Gail, Josh, Matt and Lukey
30. All my friends!

I have MILLIONS more things but I wanted to list a few that came to mind. Happy Thanksgiving and remember what the Good Lord has given you today and Everyday!

Twas the night before Thanksgiving!

I have the dish set to go straight to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!!! The clothes are all clean, not yet put away, the kid's rooms are clean yeah!! I need to dust, in the morning. Tonight when the kids go to bed I am gonna clean the bathroom and mop! I hate doing both lol!!!

I lost another half a pound!!!! WAHOO!! That new pic will be up soon hope you are anxious to see the comparison!

Mountain of Laundry

Ever feel like you have one of those?? I do have one! I am going to take a picture so you can see it right now!! Seriously this is not even ALL of it! I have probably 2 more to do and 1 in the dryer and 1 in the washer! This is sad and scary! I have to fold and put all of this away TOMORROW!! I also have to mop, clean the bathroom, make the kids beds, clean Kater's and my room and you know what I am doing?? I am going to a park a half hour away from my house. So, 1 hr travel time, a picnic, and playing so a total of maybe 3 to 4 hours! I am gonna love every minute of it. So much so that I am going to start cleaning TONIGHT so I don't have to do it tomorrow! YEAH PARK DAY!!!

She wears her...

Apple bottom sweats and the boots with the fur!!! The whole playgroup was looking at her! She hit the floor, next thing ya know, Shorty was screaming NO NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOO!

Baptism

My husband baptised one of my best friends yesterday. I am so excited for her and him. She went to church with us this morning and had a great time.

Who doesn't love a parade!?

We had tons of fun standing in the cold, it has been colder, and watching all the floats with their lights on!!! The kids nabbed TONS of candy and ate some of it lol! They shard with little kids who didn't get as much as them, they waved and picked out their favorites and when it was over we headed back home for ROOTBEER FLOATS!!!!

Parade!

We are going to the parade tonight!! It should be great fun! I love parades and so do my kids but my daughter though that might be a different story we will see.

I went to a meeting today and lost another pound and a half so my total is now 15lb loss!!!! YEAH FOR ME!!!!!!

Veggie Pizza

I made veggie pizza today! The crust was spaghetti squash and mozzarella cheese and 2 eggs! Then more cheese, tomatoes, and mushrooms on top! My kids made a HUGE fuss over it but guess what?? They did NOT die from eating it! They said they didn't like it but they ate it? Bryan and I loved it!

I am thinking about joining a gym to take off some more of this weight. We used to be members of the YMCA but it just didn't work out after about a year or so. So, I am thinking of trying another one and see how that goes for me.

Twilight Tonight!

Ohhhhhhhhh, yes you read that right!!! Kimberley and I are going to see Twilight!!!

My day started off good I got to sleep til 8! Then Kimberley and Barbara came over for a great visit!! Kater is still sickly though and they added breathing treatments to her current meds!

We went and weighed in and I lost another pound so that is 13 1/2 pounds! They redid our measurments and mine are down all over 21 1/2 inches! I am sooooooo thrilled. I want to loose 3-4 by tuesday so I am gonna walk or something ALOT this weekend!

We went to Kelby's thanksgiving feast today at school too and we had fun sitting with our little indian!

I have some bad news though. I am starting to really like watching The Office! I am gonna kill Kimberley! Well i got a nap and I am gonna be ready for the hour long line wait and the MOVIE!!!! Twilight is AWESOME!

I got nothing

Today I got nothing to say! This doesn't happen often so I thought I would let everyone know lol!

Gig 'em Aggies!!

I taught my daughter how to say this and do the thumbs up! It is so freaking cute I can't stand it! I also taught her how to say Reveille which is their mascot! It was so cute. My husband is thrilled as he is an Aggie!

We went to our Thanksgiving cooking class tonight and learned how to prepare some wonderful dishes I am so excited about! I used to hate cooking but I am really loving it right now I hope that stays with me!

Bryan weighed in and lost 4 lbs!!!!!!! He got his 10lb stepping stone. He total weight loss is 11 and 1/2 pounds. I weighed at well and didn't lose any from yesterday (big shocker)! So my total weight loss is 12 1/2 lbs! Yeah us! We are looking hot too might I add! My clothes are bigger and I feel great! Yeah!! I will be posting a new couple pic on December 1st! Get ready for the new and improved Wades!

Silly Little Girl

My daughter is spinning around the living room with a laundry basket on her head lol! I love this kid. She tries to sing the ABC's, repeats everything you say! She likes to sit on your back and hold on to your neck when you are doing something you deam important! She has a temper that can scare a snake!! She loves her brothers with so much emotion it nearly makes me cry! If you don't have a daughter I reccomend you GET one!

Quickey!

Not what you are thinking pervert! I just wanted to jump on and say wow what a day! I had a rough rough day today!

I had to take the WildKat to the dr and found out she has asthma, not surprised though! It turned into Bronchitis so she is on an inhaler and singular! She takes it pretty well too! I had to go through hurddles to see the pedi though and that shouldn't have happened! What a mess!

I lost 2 more pounds so 12 and half total yeah!!!! Keep on trucking! I should be looking good on the first when I post a new pic!

Well, I am off to do crazy things with my 5 yr old!

Long Weekend!

Well, we left Friday morning and drove to the city with Kater only screaming half way there! We got there after we got turned around once and waited on my sister to show! I bought Kater some suckers to keep her busy in the room. She didn't need them she was soo good! That 4-D ultrasound was soooooooooooooo cool!! I want one next time! Reed is still a boy and I got tons of pics of him! He has super fat cheeks! He kept putting his toes in his mouth!

Friday night I went with my mom and son and nephew to see Role Models! It is so freakin funny!! It had some bad language and such but it was funny!!!!

Saturday we took Quinton to the skate park and I got some good shots and then we SHOPPED all day I loved it! It was really cold too!! BRRR!

Today I went to church with my dad and my other sister and her family. Kater was fairly good there and we enjoyed ourselves despite the differences.

Bryan and the boys went to a corn maze, hayride place and had tons of fun! Bryan got to go see his family and he was super excited!

We both did good with our new eating plans being out of town! Yeah for us!!!

Off to never never land!

As always I feel like I am in Never Never land at my mother's house. Not because of her but because of me and my daughter when we are off schedule! We hope to get to go see a movie, yay mom for taking me! Maybe some shopping too wahoo!!!

I am down 10.5 pounds as of today. We refilled our protein drinks and we are ready for the weekend. Girls to my moms and the boys to Bryan's!!

Day off

I love my husband's day off! I get some non kid time, not much, but any little bit is great for me!!!

Woo, Bryan just opened the front door and it is COLD out there! Well, I gots to get ready for a PTO board meeting!

We are going to weigh today since we will be out of town tomorrow so I will update later with a new number I hope!

10 Down!

I wasn't going to update this all the time about weight loss but I hit a major milestone 10lbs!!!!! I am so excited! They said they will celebrate with me on Friday?!!? I am nervous as to what that entails! I don't like a fuss made over me! Seriously! Can it stop yet lol!?!

I got so much going on and I hate being busy! I hate this time of year!! We have fundraiser we are collecting money on, bible study, thanksgiving, play group, pto, AHHHHHH we always have all this stuff it is just more at one time right now. I wish it didn't happen this way all the time, you know flooding!

I am so excited I get to go see my sister's 3-D ultrasound on Friday!! I can't wait I have never seen one performed. I have seen pictures of them before but never in person! Yeah, I hope he isn't still a boy and that his winkie fell off but I am not getting my hopes to high!!

3 more gone!

Three more pounds down!! A grand total of 7.5 lbs!!!! WAHHOOO!!! I am so excited I just about can't stand it!

I read the book Twilight, I LOVED it! I couldn't put it down! I am on to New Moon today!

Nervous!

Should I be? Not really but tomorrow is weigh in day and I want to weigh less than I did last wed! I want to weigh about 10lbs less honestly! We will see though!! Be waiting for me to post tomorrow and hopefully I don't forget!!!

Got the boy's winter clothes out and discovered that my 5yr old wears and 8!! And my 8yr old wears a 10!!! When does this happen?? When do they get so big? I was watching I swear to it but it happened overnight!

Kater is still in an 18m sometimes a 24m. She is creaping oh so closer to 2yrs old. She acts 2 already. She is talking so much and saying sentances!! She is pottying in her potty several times a day! Yeah for that!!! I don't want her to get bigger but it is so much fun watching her grow!!

Baby Reed is coming soon. We are having a baby shower on the 29th of Nov. I can't wait for him to get here!! We are going this weekend, well Friday for a 3-D ultrasound that will be so much fun. I have never had one but I want one with the next baby!

I will add some more pics tomorrow too!

Can you slow time?

I don't want this weekend to end. I am enjoying Quinton being "home" so much. He will never know!!! I want to slow the time and make the weekend last about 2 more weeks. The boys and Cici are enjoying him so much and wanting to spend every moment with him!

We got him some grip tape for his board. He is applying it as we speak! He was so excited and it was just $4! Whatever it takes. I am glad I get to be cool mom now though! That part is a little fun!!!! He hasn't work black this weekend at all either! YEAH!!! There are small miracles lol!

We bought our groceries for next week and I used the metabolic cook book! I love it!!!!! It had wonderful ideas!!! I am so excited for this wonderful adventure!

Raring To Go!

Food prep was awesome! Learned a lot from it. I am taking 20 million herbs and vitamins though lol! I am cool with that for now. Hopefully it isn't a forever thing! We have to drink protein shakes to make sure we are getting enough protein and I got the orange it was supposed to taste like Tang. I am doubty mcdoubter by nature but it DID!!!! I was shocked, surprised! I love Tang, I can do this!!!! I didn't lose any more weight but it had only been 2 days since my last weigh in. I think I am gonna go Monday and Friday's. It will work with my scheduale better. I know it is all about me right!!!


Quinton is here this weekend. I think we are gonna go to the Wichita Mountains. Rock climbing and maybe some fishing if dad doesn't get called in! I hate when he is on call! Oh well though right?! Such is life. Well, I need to get some work done.

Food Prep

Well, I didn't lose anything since wed but it is 2 days so what is to be said of that? I didn't gain either so that is always a good thing. I had fun at class and learned alot of what I can and can't do. Yeah, got my menu for however long. Not sure really! But I am thrilled to be getting things going!

Kater has a photo shoot for a hair bow company in WF, she will be a model officially now lol!! I am so excited for me and for her! She will love it! And if she doesn't she will learn to I guess?!

I am going to pick Quinton up tonight and spend the weekend with him! I hope all goes well with that. I am sure it will!

4 lbs down!

Yep, that's right I have lost 4 and a half pounds as of today! I can't wait to weigh in on Friday! This is super exciting! I love loosing weight and it has been super encouraging! Bryan lost 3 lbs! We were totally thrilled with our results thus far! Stickin to it!

WHAT?

I can't believe my eyes! Who knew this would actually happen! I am disappointed to say the least. I can only do what I can and I did it. I voted. I am proud and happy I did and I am happy to see that Texas went republican! Rock on Texans!!

My kids were so cute. I let the boys stay up late and Kelby fell asleep watching the elections I am so proud and Kason went to bed a half hour later so he could stay up and watch and he asked alot of good questions! I am proud of my kids for being interested in what really matters.

Well, I am feeling the "diet". I love it I put on a smaller pair of pants today so that was exciting and I am only pre-conditioning! I want to do a weight loss tracker to see where I am! I am going to go weigh tomorrow just to see what is going on. I have food prep on Friday at 11!

I am feeling so much better without all the "junk" in my system. I highly recommend you do away with it too!!!! We are weaning our kids off of it all. No pop, no fast food, cookies and candy occasionally. We are starting them on vitamins too!

I made tilapia tonight and it was soooooooooooo good! I didn't know fish could be that good but we loved it. Kater ate half a fish her self and she hates to eat anything! Kelby even liked it. Kason wasn't home so no opnion there! The boys are responding to dinner choices better than I thought they would I am proud of them. It is better for them in the end even if they don't understand that now! Well as always I am leaving you with a pic just for fun!

Day out

A day out of school for my kids is a vacation!

For me it throws me off for the whole week. Not to mention they are out early the next 2 days!!!! What is a girl to do? Pace herself I guess!

I had a good weekend. Bryan went on a hunting trip so he was gone but all went well. Saturday night we went to see a local christian band and it was awesome!!! I really enjoyed it. Kason went home with a friend so the night was peaceful! Kelby and Kater were asleep before we got home and I had the night to myself so what did I do you ask? Went to bed lol! We went to church on Sunday and came home and took a nap. I loved it! Then when Dad got home we picked up Kason and went to the grocery store! Got food for our first full week of pre-conditioning!! Go weight loss!!

I know I lead a terribly exciting life don't I?!

Lifestyle Change

Well, this morning is day 1 of my cleansing diet I guess you could call it. I had 3 eggs scrambled with cheese and garlic salt! Yum, 2 pieces of toast with "fake" butter and an apple and 18oz of water. 64 oz of water seems like a lot but not when you drink 18 for breakfast lol! I also started a vitamin and flax seed!

Bryan decided we needed to get healthy lol not lose weight but get healthy so we went to Metabolic Research Center. They are individualizing our plans and going to add to the menu for the kids so they can eat what we are eating instead of cooking 5 different meals a day! Bryan is on a 5 week plan and his goal is to lose 18lbs! Mine is a 24 week plan and my goal is to lose 99.5 lbs! I would like to lose more than that if I can but I will be happy with that! Who wouldn't lol!

Oh to be pretty again! Healthy would be great but wow to be skinny too! I will be thrilled! I am excited and nervous about what all we have to do that is new and different. I am not good with new and different but I am willing to give it a go! Wish me luck! I am not gonna update this daily but maybe every so often and I will add a new pic on the 1st of every month!

Halloween Night

Oh thank goodness the madness is over!!! My Motocross racer, Spongebob and My Little Peacock had a great time and got more candy than I could ever want them to eat. We went to our Church and did the carnival. Bryan and I both won cakes.

After the carnival we came back home and let the boys trick or treat for about an hour. They had a blast running from house to house. Kater and I sat in the van and waved at all the doggies that passed lol! We had fun though.

Bryan left when we were done to go hunting with a friend. So the boys and I hung out a friends house and watched movies. We had a good time and Kelby was asleep in 10 mins! Then we came home and all passed out until Kater woke us up at 730 bright and early lol.

Today we are gonna go to the park and to see Wall-E. Then to services with some friends at their church! I am glad we are busy today since daddy won't be here.