Summer Time!!!

Those who know me know that I am all about the summer weather! I would skip winter if I could talk my hubbs into movin South! :D
I am hoping I pass that gene to my kids. LOL
I don't care if it's 100 degrees I will still go outside and play.
We had a blast spending a few hours at the kids cousins' house. Playin in a little pool and slip n slidin. The kids were in heaven!
And while Cherry and Damon got burned, and I got an even WORSE farmers tan, Lillie hung out in the shade workin on her paleness and talkin to the birds in the tree!
Summer time indeed~

Fathers Day (better late than never right?)

I did horrible and didn't actually get ANY pictures with daddy on fathers day! But that's ok right? I have none from Mother Day either :) I feel a father and kids photo shoot coming. hee hee He will be SO excited! LOL!
But here are the kids making a banner for daddy's day. Even Lill's!

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Aprils Newest Kit!
Summer Grunge
This kit ROCKS!!!!!!

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Crackin the whip! Consider this my verbal notice :)

I have had it. So I am MAKING myself publicly vow to get to my goals.
What am I talking about?
My weight :(
That's right. My biggest struggle, my biggest fear and my biggest sore spot.
I was always the trim athletic figured girl. Until I got married and started having kids. And sure kids are some excuse. But really? No.
Not for me anyways.
The last 6 years of my life I have spent ballooning and struggling. Yes, I have had 3 beautiful babies and 4 miscarriages in 5 years. So I give myself some credit. My body has been through a ton!
But after seeing pictures of me from my grandma's funeral (bottom picture) I realized I look worse than I thought and I broke into tears. Sure at that time my baby was 7 weeks old. BUT, even at that I was already to my prepreggo weight and had been since the day i left the hospital. (I only gained 13lbs). So that just shows you how over weight I was to begin with. :/
But I know, that if I can get my butt in gear and reach my goals I will be a better mom, wife, sister, friend.. and just feel so much happier. I will tell you honestly, I don't get depressed. I am a pretty happy go lucky gal who takes things in stride as they come along. But my weight is one thing that does get me depressed.
I know I can do this! Last year my sis in law was getting married and I was so determined to not be a size 16 at her wedding! And guess what- with 2-3 workouts a day and eating good I lost 25lbs in 3 1/2 months. I was almost into a comfortable size 12!
Now I am the same weight as then, but a super tight size 12 :) but things look a LOT different from my last pregnancy. Ewwww.

So here I am, publicly admitting to all of you how much I hate my body.

And making my words into writing that by December this year- that is 6 months from now- I will have lost the 30 lbs I need to lose.

So you will see me posting about my progressions, my falls, my frustrations and my triumphs. Feel free to skip these posts! LOL
But maybe with a little extra pressure I can get there faster. I am going to make myself take monthly pictures so I can see the changes. I am keeping a food journal and I am working out EVERYDAY! (ok, at least 6 days a week).
Feel free to leave me advice and tips and what has worked for you!

Ok, enough ranting. Just so we are up to speed, I started this serious calorie counting, working out plan Monday.

And if you seriously read all of this. You are awesome! Thanks for listening to my whining!

new LO's

Finally!

I admit it. I am a month late on taking her blessing picts! But since the weekend weather was nothing but clouds and rain I decided I no longer had an excuse.
And I realize you are all robably so sick of seeing Lillie plastered all over here ;P
So I promise to come up with something new this week! Stay tuned....

I am in SO much trouble!

I am so in love! How could I not be? Just look at her!
She is my sweetness. I can't even begin to describe what an angel baby my Lillie is. She is a complete mommas girl and I am loving it. She is so snuggly and cuddly!

Just look at her sweet innocence! She has that look, that no matter how much trouble she will cause when she is 2, all I have to see are those big bright eyes and ridiculously kong eyelashes and I get suckered!

Even when she will give me that smart face (see her practicing already!) how can I get mad?

Oh my goodness I am so in love with my beautiful babies! All of them have this effect on me! But especially when they are so tiny and sweet.