Archive for January, 2009

• 9 Months…

  Date: 2009.01.27 | Category: Baby Weight, Health, food | Response: 3

  

  In 9 months, Don and I will celebrate our 10th aniversary. I can’t believe it….where did all of that time go? I’m so excited to celebrate this miletsone – I have the best husand ever. He is such a wonderful friend and an amazing father to Reagan and Rylee. We are planning to take a trip somewhere to celebrate. (any suggestions? It can’t cost a fortune cause we definitely don’t have one)

  So anyway, I have a goal – I want to get back to my pre-Reagan weight before October rolls around. That means I have to lose about 25 pounds. ugghhhh… Here are some things that I am doing to try and get my you-know-what back in shape:

  • No Sweet Tea or Coffee (this is huge for me, I’m an addict – but I haven’t had any since Christmas!)
  • Water, Water, Water!
  • Avoid sugar during the week (after the Daniel Fast is over, I plan to allow sugar in moderation on the weekends)
  • No fried foods – at all
  • Add lots of fresh veggies and salad
  • I put milled flax seed in everything – it’s so good for you – and it’s easy to incorporate into your diet since you really can’t taste it in other foods)
  • No red meat – we are eating chicken, turkey and fish only except for special occasions
  • Whole wheat products only
  • Starting to add workouts into my routine – this has been difficult during the week with the babies but I’m trying! The Biggest Loser Small Group at church is helping with this one – it’s pretty much kicking my butt.

  So – it’s not really a resolution, because I suck at those – but it is a goal that I feel is necessary and attainable. So, what about you? Do you have any health goals and what have you done to try and meet them?

• Snow Day!

  Date: 2009.01.20 | Category: family is everything | Response: 3

  It NEVER snows in Wilmington – we’re a beach town for Pete’s sake! But – today it did and it was magnificent! I love, love, love snow – when it comes for a day and then goes away…

  We had a great time – here are a few pics from the morning!

  

  Molly was in heaven!

  

  

  Reagan was so excited to make a snow angel!

  

  Reagan and Nana

  

  throwing snowballs at me!

• Friday Night Randomness

  Date: 2009.01.16 | Category: random thoughts | Response: 2

  

  It’s been a crazy couple of weeks – as you can see from my two earlier posts, we took some of the students from GAFA to an incredible conference in Durham. We had a great time. Don and the kids came with me. Since I’m still nursing Rylee, this was the only way that I would have been able to go. It was our first trip with the girlie and I was a little nervous about the two hour car ride and two nights with all of us in the same room. But we did great – so fun!

  Reagan started showing signs of having a cold on the trip back home. Sooooo….this week we’ve been dealing with ear infections in both kids and nasty colds. Rylee actually lost her voice by Wednesday – it was so sad to see her open up her mouth to squeel or laugh and nothing would come out!

  I finally got Reagan one of THESE. The Leap Frog “Tag” is an amazing little gadget that has ignited such joy and amazement in Reagan. He is IN LOVE with it and I have really enjoyed seeing him have so much fun learning new things! If you have kids age 3-8 this is a great investment. The initial kit is $50 and includes the Tag “pen” and one book. Additional books are $14 at Target but I found them on line at Toys R Us for $9.99 each! So far he has the Kung Fu Panda, Olivia, and Cars books as well as the alphabet board and a set of land and sea animal cards.

  Our church is observing a 21 day fast this month. It’s been exciting to see how many people have gotten on board and are trusting God for breakthroughs in our personaly lives and in the life of our church. My brother has been posting some great devos during the fast – go check them out! I have decided to fast caffeine, sugar, dairy products and all processed/fast foods.

  I’ve been feeling secluded lately – being a stay at home mom is such an wonderful privaledge and I do not second guess my decision for one second. I do, however, realize that stay at home moms MUST make significant efforts to maintain friendships, generate new ones, and remain faithful to pursue your passions. It’s so much harder than I thought it was going to be – and infinitely more rewarding than I could have ever imagined!

  I hate laundry.

  Gonna tackle my closet tomorrow – it’s a scary thought and I’ve been avoiding it for months – but it’s gotta be done. Yuck…

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• So Proud

  Date: 2009.01.12 | Category: Glory Academy | Response: 1

  I can not adequately express how proud I am of my incredible staff and students at GloryFineArts. They work tirelessy to hone their skills so that we can offer the Lord something excellent. We know that this is not about us – not about others seeing us and how “great” we are. This is about using the gifts God has given us to spread His love and fame across this nation and the world.

  We have some amazing families who are a part of this academy – I am so honored to work with some wonderful moms and dads and so humbled that they would allow us to have a part in the lives of their children.

  Saturday night at Dance Revolution, Mrs. Casey and our Company 2 and 3 girls participated in their annual showcase and they did an awesome job. Here are few pictures from the evening.

  

• Dance Revolution

  Date: 2009.01.10 | Category: Dance Revolution, Glory Academy | Response: 0

  Wow – I didn’t realize how long it had been since I posted anything. Shame on me….

  We are in Durham, NC with some of our dancers from Glory Fine Arts at the Dance Revolution Conference. This is an amazing event for our students – they leave exhausted, but they work so hard and are encouraged and ministered to by some incredibly talented and anointed dancers. It’s a crazy weekend, but so worth it. Here are a few pictures from last night and this morning…

  

  Junior/Senior Audition Class

  

  Denae transforming into Cindy LooHoo for the Dance Party

  

  Mrs. Casey and Jessica ready for the Dance Party

  

  "Alternate Angle"

  

  "Blockbuster Bash Dance Party"

  

  Melanie in the Instructors Class This Morning