is HE big? or is SHE small?

Braden went in for his check up and shots yesterday. He weighs 23 pounds and is 32 inches long.

Hailee went in today for her cough (bronchitis) and weighs 35 pounds and is 40 inches.

SO...12 pounds and 8 inches seperate my kids who are more than 4 years apart in age! This just cracks me up! I look forward to seeing them in another 2 years to see where they are on this chart of mine!

Here are pictures of them from Sunday at the Arbuckle Wilderness thing!

Wanna kiss?

isn't she cute? This was taken on our trip to Arbuckle Wilderness. It was so cool. I'll post more details and pictures later!

Today we flew some {sort of like} kites!

the "Easter Bunny" got the kids each a "kite in a can", ready to fly! lol Poor things. They were horrible! Now I won't tell Hailee that because she had tons of fun! Darren did manage to get Braden's up pretty good for a few minutes, but that was about it. At least they had fun and we have pictures to show for it!

My lucky streak!

Well, I've had sort of a lucky streak lately. First I won the contest at the Unpubbed Blog, and was their famer after that. THEN, I won the I spy contest at the Tinkering Ink Blog. THEN, I won the newsletter drawing at The Scarlet Lime Blog! Good grief! lol

I received the unpubbed prize from their sponsor right away, and have used up some of their fun stuff (wish I would've taken a picture). Haven't received my prize from Tinkering Ink yet, but really looking forward to it.

Today, I received my prize from Christy Tomlinson (yes, I got mail from CHRISTY!). She was so gracious! Look at this picture, people! The Autumn Leaves stamps were calling my name at Target the other day, but I knew I couldn't spend money at the time and not have to listen to Darren griping about scrap supplies....and I haven't seen the vinyl thickers yet...but oh my I just *heart* RED!!! and the Making memories stuff...FUN, and Heidi Grace..CUTE! So such a little drawing brought HUGE smiles! Thank you Christy!!!

yay for me!

Braden and I went for a walk today. We took Sammy and off we went exploring. Because there is a lot of unfamiliar area in the surrounding neighborhoods I didn't venture too far. But after our walk we got in the car and checked out those areas and found the route we will follow tomorrow! I'm really excited about this!

Diet mumbo-jumbo

Yes, I'm dieting...but I'm actually doing pretty good this time! I was all set to start taking those Alli diet pills, but $60 per month? I can buy lots of scrap stuff for that! lol So, I'm watching what I eat on my own. And really, it isn't that difficult (but yes, the big mac's have called my name really loudly a couple times) if you set your mind to it! I know cheese it pretty much out, and that's fine (except for the nights we grill burgers). I am loving all the steamed veggies! Add some rice and a little parmesan and I'm full at the end of the meal! I'm really proud that I'm making myself stick to this, and am showing my kids a good example. Now if I could just add in some more exercise~

Braden likes to dance, and he likes when I hold him to do it...so for 10-15 minutes I hold an extra 22 pounds while hopping, stepping, jumping around the living room...and we do it 2-3 times a day. I'm hoping it's helping...I haven't weighed myself since I last learned of the 6 pound loss....I know it's time, but what if I go up and down on the scale? ugh. Anyway, I'm hoping that when I hit the next big mark on that scale I'll be able to add in some more cardio - like one of my videos. I know that'll boost the pounds off too!

And fall is coming - that means cooler weather for days at the park! And Braden isn't in to all the playground stuff yet so I can do some walking, swing pushing, and more walking and we'll both be happy at the end of an hour!

So that's my thoughts for the day....add exercise to my diet. Now that I've put it here I'm stuck to doing it, right? I mean, once you tell someone you're pretty much done...can't go back on your word right?

And I have to say, I'm inspired by Ginger Rohlfs http://gingerrohlfs.blogspot.com/ - she's lost 31 pounds! Isn't that amazing? So, you may get more talk on my blog about weight loss, too, just bare with me, ignore me if you must, and watch for scrappy, kid stuff in between!

Have a great week!

an evening at the park!

We took the kids (and the dog) to the park last night for some walking and playing. Hailee took her bike and rode while we walked a lap around. Then we stopped at the playground! The little people had so much fun! and so did we! watching them laugh and play just makes us smile! Here, you can see....and maybe smile, too!