Before and After

I have always struggled with my weight. I love food. I love cooking it and I love eating it. Jeff and I a couple of years ago adopted a healthier lifestyle. It was a huge lifestyle change. But we feel it was well worth it.

I went to the doctor a couple of years ago and she told me that I had high blood pressure and I needed to loose some weight. This really freaked me out. I was at a loss on where to start to loose weight and I had no idea how to do it. We were living in a apartment at the time and they had a gym. So I started walking three times a week and tried to learn how to cook healthier foods. I started to drop some weight and I began trying some new workouts. I found that other then the weight loss, I had so much more energy and I was so much more happy.

The other day I was looking through some old pictures and it was pretty shocking how different Jeff and I look. So I thought I would share some before and afters with you.

Before

After

We are very proud of our selves and how much work we put in to change. Every day is a challenge. We want to be able to be healthy and live longer for each other. This has been one of the best accomplishments we have done together. Most of all I am very proud and grateful for my hubby....for all the support and inspiration he gave me to reach my goal!

We said goodbye.

We sold one of the wives.......

We figured she was a 10 cow wife....and we needed the cows.......We are both alittle sad about her going.....but I was pretty happy because she had more junk in the trunk then me......I have to admit....I was alittle jealous.

The good new.....We sold her to my brother....so we can always visit. :)

Sign Language.

Since Jeff is working today. I had to teach the primary class by myself.....it really doesn't sound really hard....but oh my! it can be pretty hard. I am pretty tired after church when I am by myself.

Since they are only 3 we learn pretty simple lessons. Today we learned why to be thankful for our ears. We talked about how some people are unable to hear and they use sign language to communicate. In the lesson it shows you how to teach them to sign I love you. I had them all stand up and had them copy what I was doing. So "I" should look like this.

It was pretty cute to watch them think as hard as they could and get there little hand to do what they wanted. But there was one problem that I noticed as I was teaching them this....some kept only keeping there middle finger up and the rest down.....I giggled alittle then started thinking wait....I need to make sure these kids get this right because that last thing I want them to do is go home and share this with there family.....and say "Sister DeMoss taught me this today in church"

Well we spent most the class getting this down correctly......I might skip those parts of the lesson next time lol

My Grandma Buchanan

In May 2005 My Grandma Buchanan passed away. I think about her alot. I have noticed in May I feel the loss more then through out the year. So I thought I would write alittle bit about her and what she is and was to me.

My favorite thing about her, was her laugh and smile. There was never a time when I didn't come to see her and she wasn't smiling. She would light up when she talked about her family....and even when she would tell me about her soap operas. She always let me know how much she loved me.

There are things in this world that instantly make me think about her.
- Puzzles: She loved puzzles and I loved doing them with her.
- Christmas chocolates: We would go over and dip chocolates for hours around Christmas time. She also made the best caramels you have ever tasted.
- Baked beans: She has a amazing recipe for baked beans. I make them so often now because everyone loves them.
- Iris flowers: She loved those flowers and I will always love them for that.
- Quilts: She would always be quilting and I have so many memories around all the quilts she made.

She made a quilt for every Grandchild. They would receive the quilt when they got married as a wedding present. We all looked forward to the day when we would find out which one we got. Here is mine. I treasure it so much that it stays in a plastic carrier bag .......because I am so afraid of it getting ruined.

 My favorite thing about it.....she signed her name on it and the year the quilt was made. It was so nice to have this on display at our wedding.  So that part of her could be there on that day. Even though I know she already was.

She was such a amazing mother and grandmother. She taught me the importance of family and to love them with all your heart. She was such a wonderful women. I hope to be more like her, and I hope I continue to make her proud. Love you Grandma.

Mom.

I have one amazing mom! Since it is mothers day weekend I wanted to post about my mom.

I am truely greatful I was blessed with such a loving mother. She has always made me feel so loved. She is the mom that would do anything for you.  She makes me laugh and she is my hero. I am just like her. I love that about my self. I hope one day I can be a mother and be a mother to my future children, just like she has been to me. I love you mom. Happy mothers day!

Birthday boy 2011!

May 6th is Jeff's birthday. This year he turned 28! Wow we are both getting old! :)

Jeff had the day off but I didn't. So I decided I was going to make him breakfast in bed before I went to work. I thought it was a awesome Idea, so I got all the stuff to make his favorite Biscuits and Gravy. Well I got done making it at 6:30 in the morning.....uuumm maybe it wasn't such a good idea lol So I got his plate together and walked in the room with it and with a cheerful voice I said " Babe wake up" he stirred alittle....."honey wake up!" He rolled over and just stared at me .....there I am standing in P.J's, a towel on my head, big grin and his yummy breakfast. He just stared for a few moments and I thought ooooh gosh....this was a bad idea! then he smiled. YAY it was a good idea! lol So we ate breakfast together at the table then he went back to bed.

Jeff spent the day relaxing. While I was working. That night we went to his bowling league. We had a good time. They gave him some birthday balloons and we got so hang out with some of our friends.

He had a great birthday! Here is to a another wonderful year!

Go Cubbies!

We love the Cubs! Every time they come to phoenix we try to go see them. This year we were able to go. We had a blast!

There is a Friday's restaurant in the stadium so we ate there pre-game. You can watch batting practice while you eat....that was pretty cool!

After that we watched the Cubbie WIN!! 4-2...... at pretty awesome seats!

After the game they had a fireworks display! it was pretty awesome. I love fireworks!

Until next year cubbies!