School Starts Again

Wasn't it just yesterday that I was posting about Deanna graduating from 6th grade and B'Elana finishing up 1st grade? Monday is the big day. Deanna attended a preview day for 7th grade today. Except for accidentally locking her locker combination in her locker, she said it was a pretty good day. She'll have a few friends on the bus with her when she goes to school. And it will be a nice LONG bus ride. She will have plenty of time to read and finish her homework on her way to school :)

B'Elana is starting 2nd grade on Monday. She's excited to be going back to school, but also a little sad that summer is ending. We went to her back to school night to meet her teacher and turned in all her paperwork for school. I think B'Elana really liked meeting her teacher. Mrs. Pettinger seems really nice and I've heard she is a great teacher.

I'm so proud of both my girls. I hope you both have a great school year!

Fire, Water and Ice

After the Kearns Hometown Days parade on Saturday August 9, we went to the Fire, Water and Ice Festival at the Fitness Center and Olympic Oval. The girls and I decided that we need to try the "ice" part of the festival this year. I don't think I've laughed so hard in a long time.

Deanna kept falling down or getting stuck. I had to drag her along to get her going again! I thought it was funniest when she got stuck on the ice. Just standing there laughing her head off. And Deanna was funniest when some really little kids (probably about 5 or 6) blew past her like they were standing still. Oh, wait, they were standing still!

We left for a little while after that so I could attend a friends Pampered Chef party. Then we went back and did the "water" part of the festival. The girls mostly swam in the pool with all the floaties. Then we went and did some of the slides and other activities that were there for the little ones. Deanna went and spent some time with her friend Alyssa, so for a while it was just B'Elana and me. B'Elana played in the water until they kicked everyone out of the pool due to the lightening being too close. We hung out for a few more minutes, but then decided to go home to see if we could see the fireworks from our yard. (Of course, that was just in time for it to start pouring!)

We couldn't actually see the fireworks from our yard, but we could see them rather well from B'Elana's room so her and I hung out in there to watch the fireworks. It was a long day, but we had a great time and we are looking forward to next year.

New Book!!!

I remembered!

Last Saturday, I got a new book...BREAKING DAWN!!! Yay! I finished it about 13 hours after I got it.

We went to a party for the release, it was REALLY fun!!

This is everyone playin BINGO, a lot of people!

(Down) AWESOME shirt! It made me laugh!

With the book! Finally!!

Nice face, don't you think? Ya...that was after I found out I got the book FOR FREE!!! I was SO happy!

Uh...

Well I promised mom I'd post a few things on here...but I'm suddenly so tired I forgot...I'll ask her later!


(See mom, I posted!)

Major Milestone Reached

I hit a major milestone in my weight loss today, one that I am shocked and thrilled that I was able to reach so quickly. Today I weighed myself and I for the first time in a number of years dropped below 500 lbs. I weighed in at 498.7 lbs, down over 50 lbs in 38 Days.

This milestone is double good news, this also means that I am light enough that I can now use the x-ray machines lying on the table rather than standing for my next fill on August 19th. Last time standing up I passed out, not a fun experience.

2 days later...

and my arms still hurt. I can't believe how bad it hurts. I thought it would get better today, but my arms actually hurt more today than yesterday. Jason can't even straighten his arms out all the way. I think that's kind of funny, but it's kind of getting in the way of working and football. :)

And for those that have questions about Jason, he went to his post-op appointment on July 22nd. He was averaging about a pound a day of weight loss when he went to his appointment. They tried to fill the band, but the doctor couldn't do it in the office and when he went down to have the radiologist do it with an X-ray, he fainted. So he won't be as restricted in his food until he goes back into the doctor's office in August.

Based on my trainer's recommendation, I've been trying to eat around 1500 calories per day. I've been doing pretty well with that. I'm just really trying hard to eat healthier. I had stopped eating breakfast for a while, but that's not allowed anymore. Five meals a day is weird when I'm used to only eating 2.

Workin' Out

Jason and I rejoined 24 hour Fitness recently and today was our first workouts with our personal trainer. Today we primarily worked on my biceps and triceps. (So my arms are going to be HURTING tomorrow!) The trainer's name is Ann and she is really sweet, but she is going to have to put up with us telling her to be harder on the other person. :)

After I finished with my training session I went and did the stationary bikes for a few minutes. Ann said I should have done it for 20 minutes, but there was NO way that was happening. I ended up doing the bike for about half that time. I guess there's always next time to get better. Wish us luck!