7/40 Day Fast

Sunday after baby shower day?!? Didn't do too well this day either. I ate left over yumminess then indulged in homemade sandwiches as well as burgers at home Sunday :) however, Monday I am off to a fresh start! Weekends seem to be a challenge, so I'm going to have to focus! Of course, no weighing!! :)

6/40 Day Fast

Jenns baby shower for Miss Madison!!! Need I say more?? I did horrible but didn't drink coffee?!? Lol, definitely having to buckle down Monday!! ;-) no weighing took place for good reason! 

5/40 Day Fast

Well this was a busy day of TRAFFIC!!! Shannon, Presley, and John's sister Kelly came over. We had last minute purchases and necessities to do before Jenns baby shower for Miss Madison! I had to leave to take my dad to a dr appt so Shannon volunteered to keep Dallas to make it easier on me! Since I had to work late Friday night, Dallas was going to spend the night with Shannon again this weekend! He was excited and basically packed a bag for Shannon! I left Dad at his appt to bring Dallas' car seat home and Kelly dropped her phone in the my car. Shannon was taking Kelly to the airport and had to leave super early due to all the wrecks & traffic. I dropped the stuff off and sat in traffic (one exit) for about an hour an half! This put my schedule behind and I couldn't be late to poker! :-/ which led to pulling through Sonic out of convenience. I ate a junior cheese burger and a java chiller! :( The ice cream hurt my stomach and I actually felt guilty for both!! 

Both sides of the highway were shut down and forcing people to exit!

4/40 Day Fast

I am feeling all kinds of emotional today. Not sure why! Nothing is wrong, but I just feel weird :( I think it's the weather! I need some sunshine in my life! It's gloomy and drizzling. BORING!!! Anyway, I weighed this morning and almost died! 

How did I go up so much?? I was fully clothed and normally weigh at night before bed, but dang! Anyway, I ate honey nut Cheerios and fat free milk for breakfast. Dallas & I watched lions on NAT-GEO! I ended up weighing again later and this was what I saw!

Weighing can be so overwhelming but I think it helps keep me on track daily!! 

3/40 Day Fast

I didn't write last night because I fell asleep earlier than usual! It was fantastic! I woke up at 6:00 to wake Arielle up for school and felt so refreshed! Yesterday I think I ate too much food! I felt too full last night and felt like I didn't eat the proper portions! We had fiesta salad for dinner. I altered mine to brown rice, a little bit of cheese, pinto beans and very lean ground beef, with a little bit of hot sauce. It was yummy, but I was definitely missing out on Fritos, tons of cheese and sour cream! I didn't work out yesterday either. Dallas and I went to play with Kenzie and Aunt Jenn for a little while. I didn't even want to weigh myself last night before bed like I had been doing. Mom stopped by with something she made for jenns shower decor after her hair cut! Dallas wasn't nice to her, and it makes me really sad!!! Lance and I came to bed early, and put Dallas to sleep early so we could watch Judge Judy together. That's when I drifted off to sleep! :)

2/40 Day Fast

Today was altered a little. I'm going to focus more on eating healthy and smaller size proportions. I have chose no caffeine and no fast food, as well as no junk. (I can't stick to fruit and veggies only! It's my own choice, so today I had to make some changes) I didn't starve myself today, and actually feel so much better today! I have a feeling my headache was from a knot in my shoulder blade! Maybe not, but who knows. Dallas & I played in his playroom this morning and I cleaned up in there as well. 

He said he was making a train

I ended up getting a chance to work out for a little bit this evening and burned a few calories, hopefully they offset the food changes I made today. 

My weight seems to have dropped a little which is keeping me motivated and focused. Arielle stayed home from school today because she was sick ;-) she wasn't running fever, but coughed all night and told me this morning she "didn't want to cough on her friends and get them sick." I gave her some children's mucinex and sent her back to bed! A straight "A" student deserves some slack time every now and again. Looking forward to tomorrow, it's another day! I'm working towards my goal and want to get some results! Sweet dreams and sleeptight! Thank you Lord for all I have in my life, and for continuing to show me the way!! AMEN 

1/40 Day Fast

Well, it's been a kind of a confusing day! I feel better physically and have more energy than I usually do! (I also seem to be in a better mood!) I am hungry and my head hurts is the bad part! :( headaches make me want to lay down and rest. However, I've put the dishes up & reloaded the dish washer, talked with the girls after school, made something for Jenn's upcoming shower, completed a full day of laundry, vacuumed and picked up around here. I had a long to do list and needed my excedrine to kick-in! I weighed-in last night at 186. So embarrassing but needs to be documented! Lol, I'll weigh again tonight and post that. I figure weighing and documenting this journey will help me stay focused and on the right track. I saw this on Facebook earlier and this made me laugh:

Dallas played police officer today!

Dinner for me is consisting of salad with lime, pepper & tomatoes! Yummy! :) I ended up taking another excedrine this evening and Lance rubbed my neck & back when he got home. Tomorrow I am going to focus more on praying during my times of weakness. I didn't do well at that today :( I also weighed in tonight after a hot, relaxing bath. 

It is what it is!! I'm looking forward to tomorrow. I didn't have any crazy urges- except that I might be going too strong- and worried about eating enough. I know the changes I have to make, but want to succeed! I am going to have to go day by day and stick to my goal! Thank you Lord for all the work you continue to do in my life, AMEN!

The Farmer in the Dell...

What the heck is a Dell...who even knows?? Or is this something everyone knows but me?!? I wasn't sure if it's "the Farmer in the Dell," or "the Farmer and the Dell?!?" Oh man...so many questions!

 Friday night Arielle & Dallas got to spend the night with the Poe's. Dallas has been asking for awhile! I took the kids over there and before I left Shannon asked Arielle what she wanted for dinner. Arielle wanted shrimp!! Lol, my girl is fancy! Of course they spoiled them; took them to dinner and rented a movie :) I am so grateful to have such great friends in my life to keep my munchkins and treat them so well! We have family that doesn't even love them that way! Sad, but...it is what it is! :)

Saturday morning John took Dallas to Brookshires and to get donuts. I got these pics:

 

I'm pretty sure that's the cutest thing I've ever seen!!!! Dallas was well behaved the whole time, until I got there. He can be such a stinker sometimes! He hates sharing! We all went to their Papa's farm to help out a little bit and see the cows. We visited with Papa inside and got to listen to some stories before going outside. I was glad to see him doing so well and he seemed to be in good spirits!

 

We loaded up on the mule to check out the cows! Papa took the tractor and moved all the cows to a different area of their land. There were quite a few calfs, we even got to see one nurse from their momma!! It was so natural and so sweet!

Dallas loved getting to be outside, see the cows and have a completely different environment than we are used to. It was a gorgeous day! The sun was shining and the fresh smell of hay is hard to forget. 

The boys loaded up some wood in the bucket of the tractor to bring back up to the house for Papa's fire place. 

These pictures mean so much to me! Memories made that hopefully last a lifetime! It's hard to put into words how appreciative and thankful I am for John & Shannon to let us hang out with them and treat us like family on a Saturday, especially since Lance works! John let's Dallas help do "man work" and doesn't think twice about it. He scoops him up and loves him like his own. Shannon tears up when he says cute things or does something sweet! It truly touches my heart to see her love him so much!! I couldn't have picked better Godparents for my son. I saved this picture:

Kinda hard to see, I tried to zoom in to get a better picture. We had a wonderful day and ended with dinner at Saltgrass with the Poe's and John's brother David & wife Alyssa (who signed up for the cruise in February this last week!!) 

Sunday morning I went to church with my Mom and let the kiddos sleep! We discussed fasting for 40 days to obtain a better spiritual relationship with Christ, the same way Jesus did before he died. This leads to Monday morning starting my 40 day fast! It's a challenge that I accept and want to accomplish! I plan to eat more "raw" foods and most definitely stay away from fast food joints!! No cookies or snackie things! Mom & I stopped in Costco, and I got stuff for salads, raw almonds and some fruit. It's a good start but I'll have to go to the store again after Lance gets paid!! The rest of the family won't have much to eat if I don't ;-) This is something totally new for me and even a tad scary because I'm afraid of failing. However, I'm going to pray when I feel like I'm slipping and need encouragement. This fast will end February 15th, the day before my Mom & Dallas' bday! So hopefully we go out to dinner somewhere yummy for their birthday dinner!! (I'm also hoping to lose some extra weight as a small side effect!) The girls start back to school tomorrow after their long winter break! 6:00am is going to come early. I need to get to sleep, I plan on going to the Woodcreek gym after waking them up!! We shall see ;-) Thank you Lord for letting me walk with you and keeping me on the right path! In Jesus name I pray, AMEN!!!!!!!

First Friday of the New Year

Today is a busy day for the Smith's. I am picking my Dad up from the hospital in a little bit. Robby took him to the ER a few days ago because his legs were bright red again and his doctor suggested going to the ER this time. Also, Dallas is spending the night with the Poe's! His bag is packed :) I am dealing poker tonight and Lance is supposed to come play! Woo-woo! Yesterday Arielle, Dallas, and I went to the mall to make a few exchanges and Miss Arielle got to shop a bit with her Christmas money. This mama got some super cute boots for $19!! I am really excited to wear them! Dallas got his necklace & bracelet resized and I added a cross to his necklace ;-) surprisingly, he doesn't want to wear them! I picked them up, and put them on and a few minutes later, he wanted both of them off. Hmmm...maybe I'll try again later. It's time for us to get up and get going so I'll leave you with a picture of this cute munchkin from yesterday! 

Happy Friday, thank you Jesus for all the blessing in my life! AMEN!!

Ringing in The NEW Year!!!!

Welcome 2014!!! Goodbye 2013!!! Lookie who's blogging...yup, part of my resolutions is to be a better blogger for my kiddos! I want to be able to print this one day for those who care to read my modern day diary while I was parenting them :) Having pictures of the things we did and how I was feeling, what a better way for them to go back and remember?! So I WILL do well this year, even if it's just a little bit most days. 

Here's a picture of the smallest stinker who didn't want to take a picture! Arielle went to a get together down the street and Destiny was at her Grandmas of course ;-) We have a tradition to have a pajama party with our babies! It's very low key, with a few favorites. 

Kenzie and Presley playing with Dallas' Christmas drums!

Dallas and Kenzie running around acting crazy! :)

Here our first picture of 2014! Once again, he wanted no part of picture time with Mommy :-(

Lance and Shannon ended up going to bed a little bit before midnight! (Slackers)

Our matching pjs Jennifer got us for Christmas!! So thoughtful and cute! We all added a little twist of uniqueness to our pajamas. Of course we picked this picture to pieces, but it is what it is...and my girls have hearts of gold!! Oh Lord, it didn't really get any better for me...I look like I ate most of Shannon! I'm getting Shannon's spot next time! :-) 

New Year's Day we went to North Park Mall to talk with a Genius at the Apple store. I had multiple question and concerns! We hit up our favorites store and ended up shopping some good deals and sales for close to 7 hours!! Miss P and little D are troopers! They did pretty well, for little munchkins, I'd say they did real well! 

This was Dallas at Maggianos for lunch, doesn't he seem so thrilled?!? He looked cute as a button, but I didn't get a good picture with his hat on. 

Little mama at lunch! She eats everything in site, so proud of her!! I can't think of anything she doesn't like. 

So blessed and thankful for all the good and even the bad in my life! It all is part of what makes me, ME! I am so many things rolled into ONE JUMBO BURRITO! 6:00am will come early...getting up to work out at the Woodcreek gym! Let's get it :) happy New Year and thank you Jesus!!!!!