It's that time again...

So a couple of years ago I was really unhappy with my weight so I joined Weight Watchers, and I did really well and I lost a little more than 30lbs and I felt great. I wasn't down to my goal weight, but I figured I knew what to do and I could save the money I was spending on WW. I kept the weight off for a while but I have gained it all back in the past year. So, once again I am unhappy with my weight, my clothes don't fit right any more, and I am not feeling all that great anymore. So I'm heading back to WW. I need that accountability of stepping on the scale every week. When Paul tries to keep me accountable I despise him (lol), isn't it funny how that works. I will go to my first meeting next week and I am dreading stepping on the scale. I am also dreading the first week. It was not fun last time because I felt hungry the whole time, and I am not looking forward to that this time. It only lasted about 1 week, but it wasn't fun. I am looking forward to losing the weight again. I am not brave enough to give everyone my starting weight or post one of those before pictures in a bikini (I seriously doubt anyone wants to see that), but maybe I will post an after picture (I can pretty much promise that it won't be in a bikini). So wish me luck on my weight loss journey!

Paul's pictures

My husband never ceases to amaze me with the pictures he takes. I always wish we had a bigger house so we had more wall space for all the incredible pictures he has taken. He helps me see God's creation in a new way. Thanks babe, I love you!

3 days of Christmas and New Year at the Beach Condo

Yes we had 3 days of Christmas, which actually works out really nice since we aren't trying to cram everything into one. On Christmas Eve both Paul and I had to work so we ended up going to my mom & dad's for a late lunch/early dinner. It was nice we all got to open presents and then I got ready for work and everyone else went to Christmas Eve service. Devon and Merrick sang in both the 6:00 and 11:15pm services. When I got home Christmas morning around 7:50 everyone was sound asleep. I knew if I layed down it was all over so I was stomping down the hall and trying to make a lot of noise, but the kids were so tired they slept until 8:30 - 8:45. If you notice in the picture, Devon has pj's on, which she put on that morning, and Merrick has on his clothes from the day before which he slept in. They were both asleep by the time they got home.
We opened presents and then I went to sleep for a couple of hours. Then we went to Paul's brother's house for dinner and more presents. The next day we went to my sister Deanne's house for my extended family. We decided that there were too many of us trying to do 2 families on Christmas so we moved our Christmas celebration to the day after and it is so nice. On Tuesday afternoon we headed down to Oceanside to spend the next 4 days at my in-laws beach condo. It was so nice. The beach pictures ended up on the top of the page, sorry. The kids had a great time playing in the sand. I took a couple of pictures right after midnight on New Years. The kids actually fell asleep about 11:30 so I woke them up. Merrick didn't want his picture taken because he popped a popper in his hand and it put him in a bad mood.



























On Friday we went to the San Diego Zoo. My mom & dad got the whole family passes for a year for the wild animal park and Zoo. We had a lot of fun but it was a little cold. I will post some of Paul's pictures of the beach and Zoo. He got some awesome sunset pictures the first night we were at the beach and some great pictures at the Zoo too. We actually saw a couple of the Koala bears moving. Usually they are just sleeping gray lumps in the trees. What was really cool was that one of the moving Koalas was a mom and her baby. All of Paul's pictures are on his laptop so I will have to post from there. I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years! I'm hoping that 2009 will be a good year!