Pampered Ladies Night! :)

Do I truely look like I am 8 or 9 years younger than I really am? Last night My sister and I went to a Pampered Ladies Night, which we both had a great time!

I happen to won the two tickets off the Radio, which was a total God thing! :) I was at work, and I often listen to three different things, either KZIA, KNWS, or my ITUNES music.. That day I happen to be listening to KZIA and it was around 4:30 and I was thinking about leaving early.. after all it was friday, but then I felt a need to stay.. I dunno just to stay? I felt something telling me I should stay, so I stayed, then came on KZIA call in number 9 to win a ladies pamper night.. it was right around 4:55 and I was like.. huh, why not.. so I called.. and to my surprise! I WON!! I was so psyched! :)

I got the tickets in the mail, each cost 30 dollars if you actually bought them, so I was pretty pysched, next was, who to take with.. I wanted to use it for a good cuase, I thought about a lot of people that I could ask.. but then God totally lead me to ask my sister! yay!! Ever since Liam has been born, we haven't gotten to spend a lot of time together, so itw as the PERFECT excuse, and there can't be much better than to get pampered as a mom.. so I called her up, and she said.. sure.. Really, she said SURE? ;) I was psyched!

Valentines Day came and went.. it didn't even really phase me becuase for the first time in a long time, I dunoo I didn't even really think about it, Sure I got some valentines at work from other coworkers as well but I just felt I was totally OKay being SINGLE!! :) after all I already have one of the most amazing husbands, Jesus!! :) And.. my Vday present, was my ladies night pampering!! which I was looking way forward to!

Soo.. Heather and I went.. and we both had a really great time! It also was a great time for me and her to just talk about our lives.. which was perfect! Thanks God!!! We got to try some amazing food, from BBQ This, and Raspberry Fondue from HyVee Cooking Club (Who Knew they had a cooking club?) and other amazing treats along the way..

We also both got Chair Massages!! ooh how wonderful!, we both got Manciures, provided by capri College, we both got Facials, ohhh how amazing!! did they feel, and hte mostiurizer!! I felt like a queen, We got whittening strips for our teeth, parafin dips for our hands! (provided by St, Lukes Women Health, which made them ooh so soft and made them feel oooh so good) We got to try out wine from Shueyville Winnery, Homemade Fudge from a personal shopper, got make up done with Bare Essesntials makeup.. We Got a 50 Dollar Gift Card From A Salon, and Heather and I both plan on getting a Massage, for 10 bucks!! :)

Whew!! We got some major pampering, but we had so much fun together! But I frequently got asked.. So are you in highschool, I had to laugh, but by the third time the person asked me it..

It was a girl at Prudential Fiancial, who had free cake, I was like.. what? She said..

her - so what are you.. like in highschool..

me - I laughed.. umm no, I have a real job..

It was so funny at the time becuase I was thinking man.. a month or two ago, I would just have never talked to this girl.. I would have walked away, and thought oh well... but God has really been teaching me to step out of my comfort zone and talk to people, to actually have a converstaion, instead of being shy.. like I have been in the past when I don't know anyone.. We probably had a 10 minute converstaion and I found out that her friend sitting next to her is good friends with a big shot in the "pharmacy" world, so that was pretty cool. It was neat to see that I didn't have to feel like I was being fake, or umcomfortable, or distant, but I could be me..I could be confident in me, and not have to think twice about it.. But.. I am still curious as to why everyone thinks I am in highschool? Do I really look 8 years younger than I am? Not that I really want to go back 8 years.. but just curious, I guess its a good thing in some aspects, its just weird! :)

3 Cuties! = Fun Fun Fun!

This past weekend I got the priveldge of babysitting the Cramer Cuties Miriam, Max, and Zeke, while Dana and Josh were at the Couples Conference, I had soo much fun!!

I was a little nervous going into the weekend as it would be an overnight and I would have three kids for a day and a half, and wasn't quite sure all the mischeif that they could cause, and Dana had sent me a long email with instructions, with their crazy quirks, things they like, or don't like, etc..

On Saturday morning, we watched cartoons together, and Miriam and I put togher some puzzles, and then we were trying to decide if we wanted to go to Harry the Dog thing at the Library or the Children's Museum.. we decided to go to the Children's Museum, on the way their, I got all sorts of questions.. such as.

"Are you sure you know how to drive?"
"Are you sure you know where it is?"

And of course as were going there "Are you sure were going the right way?" Zeke was quite confident that I knew were I was going, but Max was not quite sure, he just wasn't quite convinced until we actually saw the mall that I knew where I was going.. And then there was Miriam, who was amazingly quite, she said absolutly nothing, until.. we pulled up and she saw the children's museum, and then she all the sudden was soo excited! it was great.

We had a great time at the museum,(except for the 30 seconds, that felt like a lifetime, when miriam disappeared!) the boys and miriam all played really well together, I was so amazed by the children's museum I had never been there, it is soo neat! I will definitly have to take my nephew there when he gets a little bigger.

After the children's museum we went home, and I made lunch.. which was Mac and Cheese, who knew, I could make Mac and Cheese, wrong.. or at least Not the way that their Mom made it! I was like.. huh.. Max was like.. Can i have some yellow cheese from the packet and I was like.. umm its all in the bowl.. I was really confused, but then zeke was like.. its okay we'll use the white cheese so that satisified them.. these boys really realy love their cheese!

Then we went downstairs and played with some cars and brooke came over! Thanks Brooke!! It was nice to have a break for a short time.. They take a lot of energy.. Later that night we made Dinosours!! Zeke was soo in love with his dinosours.. it was great, i found this site on the web where you can print them out and have the kids color and cut and take or fold.. it was pretty cool, Max didn't seem as impressed, but was okay with just coloring on the paper, which was okay with me, and soon enough it was tiem for bed!

Whew! one day down.. one day to go.. and after they went to bed.. which seemed so flawlessly.. I mean.. it was just so great! These boys were so great!! They didn't argue about bed time or anything.. such a blessing!

Miriam stayed up wiht brooke and I as we picked up a littel and played with her until it was her bed time, she was great too! She helped us pick up the books in the living room and we read some book snad put some puzzles away... such a helper!

Brooke stayed afterwards and we talked for an hour or so.. it was so great! Such a great way to end a great day! I hadn't really got a chance to talk to Brooke one on one before, but it was great to get to know her more..

Then, day two!
I was still laying in bed, when the boys came in.. Good MORNING!!! as they jumped up and down.. I was awake but I thought.. wow how could they have so much energy.. they are morning boys!! I am not a morning person, but I smiled, as they told me their stories of how sometimes they wake up and be really quite not to wake their parents, they were so cute! Then we went out and all they could talk about was more dinosours.. I was like.. you still have that in your head.. wow! So we made a few more before I told the boys we this would be the last one before we would have to eat breakfast.. then we had breakfast.. Cereal of course, but the boys.. eat theirs without milk, I almost poured milk on it but max kindly let me know that they didn't eat it with milk.

Then we all got ready for church, and made it on time and early! the boys and miriam all great at getting ready.. and then after church we had lunch and by that time it was time for their parents to come home.. it went by soo fast, but I had sooo much fun and I would do it again in a heartbeat!! I love those kids! Zeke remidns me so much of a kid I had when I worked at a day care and ever day when I came to work he would be comeing down from his nap and he would shout.. LESLIE!! and then find me and want to do something with me.. he always made me feel special.

Max and Miriam are also favoriteS! They play together so cute, Max always wants to show her sister something new, or where to go, which is pretty cute!

I had so much fun to have the priveledge of baby sitting them, but it most defintily is a full time job!

Who would of thunk it!

This past monday I celebrated a huge victory for me! :) I reached my 75 pound mark on my weight loss journey.. who would have ever thought that I would have ever made it this far.. .WOW!!

I am offically at the lowest weight I have ever been since my freshman year of college.. and that was 6 years ago! I am amazed time and time again how blessed I have been on my journey by amazing friends who have stood by, and by the amazing journey it has been..

I also like to reevaluate at moments like these.. and so I would also like to say that I have also lost 91.25 inches.. HOLY TOLEDO.. I am just blown away by both of these numbers. I also am over 60% of the way to where I want to be.. which means I only have 40% more to go!! :) YAY!

But I feel oh so blessed.. I feel healthy, emotionally, physically, spirtually.

I have a picture for the first time in my life, where I think I can remmeber that I can actually see that I have a collar bone.. :) oh I am so thankful!

I also bought my first pair in a long long time, since highschool, a pair of jeans from a normal non plus size section of a store, maurices! :) I felt like a million dollars! God has blessed me so much even in this new part of the year. It has even been more of a blessing since realizing his beauty and seeing how he sees me, its pretty amazing and I cannot stop saying it!

Psalm 139:14

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.