New Orleans Zoo

We went to the New Orleans Zoo and had so much fun! It was Asian Festival Day so there were tons of people there. It was so pretty and we took our time the whole day stopping when we wanted to, we had a great day!
Here is Nathan and the girls posing by the elephants. There were people painting the elephants for the Asian festival.




















We stopped to get snow cones, Hadley wore most of hers and then it melted so put it in her sippy cup, I guess it was like drinking Kool-Aid! Here is Hadley at a gift shop, she is a hat girl.


She found this hat and put it on all by herself!

Easter

Ashlyn and Hadley at our church hunting for eggs.


























Having fun dying eggs.










Ashlyn in her Easter dress. My pretty princess!





















Hadley, my rotten little sweetheart!

Here is my family (from left to right, My daddy, Hadley, My mom, Ashlyn, me, Nathan, My sister Tonia, and My brother in law Jack)

Feeding the Ducks

It was so nice on Friday and we all got home early we decided to take the girls to the cemetery. This is where I run. It is so pretty there and there is a pretty pond with ducks and a huge tree that kids climb on. There are always people there getting their pictures made and feeding the ducks. We had a great time and it was a good change of scenery for the girls. Ashlyn said "I see flowers" when we pulled up to the cemetery. I tried to explain to her about graves but I could tell the more I told her the bigger her eyes got and she didn't really understand. She asked me, "Are the people wanting help out?"
I gave the girls each a piece of bread and you can see that Hadley started eating her slice. Silly girl! She finally got the concept after watching us.

We all had a good time throwing our bread at the ducks.















Hadley didn't really like to be up high in the trees she was just find watching Ashlyn and walking around.


















We had a great time at the cemetery climbing the trees. Ashlyn told us, "This is kind of like a park".
Ashlyn is a our thrill seeker. Nathan and I were on either side of her while she climbed the tree on her hands and knees.

Fly a Kite

Last week while Hadley was sick we went to the Dollar Store and I found a Dora kite. I thought it wouldn't hurt to spend a dollar on a kite, if it broke it wasn't like we were out a lot of money. Well, yesterday it was so beautiful outside and windy so we decided to try the kite out. I grew up always going outside and doing fun things as a family so this was nothing new to me (watching it anyways). Nathan was going to be the pro (he had never flown a kite any longer than a minute). We had so much fun outside watching Nathan get it going. He really did a good job! I think he had fun too.

Ashlyn and Hadley wanting a turn to hold the string.

Flying the kite (it's right above our house).

I'm not sure what Nathan is doing but Hadley is trying to help.

Sick Girls

Well, my girls have Type A Flu. I fell like the worst mother in the whole world. How could my kids get sick, they never get sick? I'm trying to make the most of it and spend some quality time with them. Here they are eating some yummy Popsicles (thanks to MeMe and Grandaddy). Hadley is so silly, she winks every time she smiles for the camera.
Here they are today. Ashlyn woke up fever free but poor Hadley has had a hard time with this flu. They were both feeling better here. I made them a tent with some blankets and our chairs to sit under while they watch tv.

weight loss

This blog is all about me! Iam blogging about my weight loss today. Here is my story: After I married I gained weight, no big deal really, it wasn't much. When we decided to have a baby I used the execuse of having the baby for eating what ever I wanted to, plus I really felt like I was starving. I put on a good 50 pounds by "d" day. I lost about 20 of it fast and then didn't care about the rest because we knew we wanted to have another baby soon after. We got pregnant with Hadley a year after Ashlyn was born and I only gained 20 pounds. I lost that weight very fast and stayed at that weight until I decided it was time to get the rest off. It was at the beginning of 2009 that I changed everything. The way I looked at food, exercise, and myself. I knew I would never again have that pre-baby body, but that was fine with me. I started working out everyday, sometimes twice a day. I only ate when I was hungry and I cut out all sodas and sweets during the week, and then on the weekends I let myself have one soda and one sweet thing. I lost weight fast. I dropped 23 pounds in about 3 months. I felt great, lots of energy and shopping was fun again! Here is me after loosing the weight, June 2009Here is me at my heaviest (below). I still need/want to loose another 20 pounds but I think 10 more will do me! I have struggled to keep the weight off since moving to Mobile. I could not work out regularly for the first 4 months of our move. I have lost the 10 pounds that I put on after moving and now I am working on the last 10. My mom and I are training for our 1st 10K at the end of March. I wanted to add a recent picture of me but could not find one, seems like all I take pictures of are my kids!

Valentine Parties!

Ashlyn and Hadley had their Valentine Parties at school. Here are a few pictures from that day. Above, Hadley is cheesin' it big! I think she was on a Cheeto high!

Here is Ashlyn smiling for the camera on party day!