The Sweetest Things...

When I came home from work Chayse had picked me flowers and arranged them in a vase. He as been picking me flowers for as long as he could walk.

WildLife Expo and the Fair

What a weekend! Saturday we went to the WildLife Expo at the Lazy E with my dad and then Sunday Chayse & I spent all day at the fair. It was so pretty outside that we just walked around all day. It was some great quality time for us.

Learning how to throw a net

took a few trys but he finally figured it out

casting techniques

Reeling in a heavy fish...papa had to talk him through it

He was so excited to be on the big screen that I had to take a picture of it. :)

Getting ready to kayak with a goofy smile

getting in...he said that was the scariest part of it all

going the wrong direction


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uh oh! Looks like he is going to go across the rope and around again



Cody, Chayse and Drake at the fair

I don't think she was very happy that a boy was getting in beside her.

but he was having a great time



so happy!!



showing how strong he is

ding, ding

I think he enjoyed this ride more than this little girl.

one of his favorite rides

Go Big Blue!!

          

  Chayse is all about supporting his

 Newcastle Racers! 

Must Be Some Dream

Me: Chayse...wake up, time to get ready for school

Chayse: (in his sleep) wait...I'm playing football

Diets, Diets, Diets

So, as most of you know I have been doing the HCG diet and it is not as easy as some people think! I'm down 22#'s and the scales have stopped moving. I originally wasn't going to post about my weight loss journey but my lifecoach has really, really been pressuring me to journal somewhere so I would just prefer to do it all in one place! Maybe I can pick and choose what I want to print when I order it in a book, especially the one I print for Chayse. 

It has taken me 7 months to actually change my lifestyle so that working out every day is a normal part of my day. I have given up all my extracurricular activities to focus on the gym and I have done well! I seriously work out about 2 hrs a night 6 days a week and I can't stand it if I don't get to go for some reason. Now... the doctor has suggested that I stop working out temporarily so that I can eat only 500 calories and I just can't do that! I do not want to lose the weight to turn around and put it right back on. Through this HCG doctor I have found out that my thyroid is not doing much at all so to stop working out will not be good for me in the long run. I have worked too hard to get here to stop now so I am taking a break from the HCG and trying South Beach for 30 days.  Hopefully I can get the scales to move and then just need to use the HCG every other month to get rid of the "hard to reach" fat. Wish me luck! :)

For those of you wondering...I have not deprived Chayse of anything by spending so much time at the gym in the evenings. He loves to go and work out himself. I don't let him do much on the weights...not yet anyway but he has made a tremendous amount of friends there and they play basketball and football almost every night. He is playing sports and I let him make the decision and he has decided to play all of his sports with the Y league so.... for me that is great! I have considered "upward basketball" and then he also has a T-ball competitive league he has played in but unless he changes his mind, we will stick with the Y league. That way I can work out while he practices! Yea!!

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I guess I should learn what grade my kid is in...it's actually "First Grade with Mrs. Bolles!" :)

Kindergarten with Mrs. Bolles!