Saturday, December 31, 2011

Benny's 5th Birthday Party

We always have such a hard time when it comes to Benny's Birthday because it's so close to Christmas. It's hard for everyone to find time to fit in a birthday party that isn't combined with a Christmas party. This year he decided he wanted a Mickey Mouse birthday. We planned pretty early this year and a lot of our friends and family were able to come!! My family had a Christmas party the next weekend, and since my sisters were in town, we decided to do a birthday party for him then as well. I still can't believe that my crazy little worm is 5 years old.



The yummy food!! Grandma Phyllis made the chicken salad. It was very tasty!


Elias


Present time!!! I sent Tom to the store with Isaac to pick out a present and OF COARSE, they come back with something that shoots :-P


Auntie EmmaLee helped Ben open all of his presents.


Grandma Phyllis gave Ben this really cool book. It's the night before Christmas and her voice is recorded reading it. He loves it when Grandma Phyllis reads to him.



Princess Payton. She's so silly. We were excited when we found out that Sarah and her kids would be here visiting the same weekend as Benny party. Yay!


EmmaLee playing with my other niece named Payton. I have two Payton's, kinda confusing, i know.


Mickey Mouse sign


The cupcakes were nothing special, but Ben was excited about them and boy were they yummy.


Bad picture, but the only one I have of Ben blowing out his candles.



Auntie Theresa, Nama Dena, and Papa Randy


Nana, Auntie Sarah, and Auntie EmmaLee



WILD party, I know :-)


Ha ha, Benny got caught in his holster, and he's not a happy cowboy.

What a blessing he has been to us these last 5 years. We love his crazy little personality. Boy do I love being his momma.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Bragging Moment!!

So as everyone knows, I am diabetic and work really hard to take care of myself. It is an overwhelming task and some days, I just don't feel like worrying about it. After Aunt Bev died in August, I kinda went through a slump and didn't care about anything, let alone exercising and eating right. As a result, I gained some weight and had a hard time controlling my blood sugars. After much prayer for strength and just sucking it up, I am back to myself again!! Tom and I had our labs drawn this last week for our health insurance and I was so excited with the results! Here is what a few months of HARD work can do.....

Height 5 feet 3 inches
Weight 153 (was 170)
Waist 37.5 inches (was 41)
Blood pressure 106/70
Total cholesterol 181
HDL cholesterol 38
LDL cholesterol 118
Triglyceride 124 (was 211)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fasting blood sugar 86!!!!!!!!!
BMI 26.9 (was 31)!!!
Visceral fat (fat around belly) 6%- normal is under 9%
Muscle 22.4%- normal is 24.3%- 30.3%
Body fat 44.4%- normal is 21.0-32.9% (so I still have a long way to go on this one :-/)

I am on cloud nine! The pounds are coming off slow, but everything else has changed drastically!!! Still have a long way to go, but I am up for the challenge!!! I feel great and my blood sugars are better than ever!!!