My baby graduated!!

Friday, May 27, 2011

My baby graduated from kindergarten today!! He was VERY excited this morning!



They had a small ceremony in his classroom and every child was asked what their favorite part of kindergarten was. My son responded, "Everything!" It was too cute!



He was very proud of his diploma and I was VERY proud of HIM!



And here's a picture of my daugther! Can't leave her out! She is such a girly-girl and has been dressing up this week for the last week of school. :) I caught her laughing in this one....



I'm SO proud of her too! I think I forgot to tell you guys about the Mother's Day card she made for me. It said, "We miss daddy but we are HAPPY!" I think that was the best gift I could've asked for!! If you remember our little pep talk, this was EXACTLY the message I was trying to convey!

I just couldn't be more proud of my kiddos and just had to get on here to brag a bit!

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend!

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Scary Weather

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Boy, has there been some crazy weather lately! My heart just breaks for all of the tornado victims. I live in Missouri so the devastation in Joplin has really hit home for me. Feels kinda like it's in my own backyard and my heart just goes out to my fellow Missourians. Oklahoma got hit yesterday as well and there were more fatalities overnight. I didn't sleep very well knowing that it was storming and the weather was "capable of producing tornadoes," according to the weather station.

More storms came through today and are currently about 40 miles east of us. We were just cleared from a tornado warning a half hour ago. Sirens were going off and my work actually closed down and sent us to the basement. Craziness!

I was watching the Today Show this morning as they told stories from the Joplin tornado. They talked about a woman who had her child literally ripped from her arms and they were still searching for him. She was injured along with her two other kids who she covered with her body inside her bathtub. I had to walk away from the TV because it upset me so much! So heart wrenching!

So needless to say, I'm on high alert for bad weather and a little jumpy about all of the tornado watches and warnings!! I've got my safe spot ready though and I'm armed with flashlights and batteries, thanks to a surprise visit from the boyfriend!! He specially delivered them last night. How sweet was that?!

To all my friends here in the midwest and in the path of these storms, STAY SAFE!!

Praying for all those affected from the tornadoes. One of my Spark friends was VERY close to that tornado in Joplin and actually her brother lost his home in it! Please keep them in your prayers as well! Her SP name is LOOZINITNOW and I hope she doesn't mind that I mention this. Joplin literally IS her backyard and she has seen this devastation 1st hand! I just can't imagine!

Lots of love,

Leslie

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Feeling better!

Monday, May 23, 2011

Gosh, where do I begin? I feel like I’ve been so out of sync and just not feeling like myself lately. I even thought about taking a leave of absence from spark! *gasp* I was grumpy and not even commenting on most of the blogs I was reading, which is SO not like me. I felt bad commenting on some people's blogs and not on others, so I just stopped all together! Then I thought, well maybe I’m depressed…I kind of felt depressed...but it was weird because I didn’t really have anything to be depressed about. I thought maybe it’s just the chemical imbalance that goes with depression and even though everything is hunky dory in my life, I was just depressed b/c of a lack of seratonin. Which I still think had something to do with it. Then there was the light bulb moment…

I told my boyfriend how I was feeling and one of his first reactions was, “Well, isn’t it that time of the month again? It’s just your hormones…ride it out and you’ll be feeling like yourself here again in no time.” I swear this man knows my cycle better than I do! LOL

I’ve never really thought I suffered from PMS before…I thought I was one of the lucky ones that it didn’t affect! Boy was I wrong! It totally explained the moodiness and the depression! I also read a dear friend's blog that described how I was feeling to a T—turns out it was her PMS and it explained a lot of things! Wow, I feel so much better knowing that I’m not falling off the deep end here! Do you guys ever get this way when it’s that time of the month?

I tell you what, I’m going in with a game plan for next time! I’m so sorry if I’ve been MIA from your blogs…I’m feeling like my old self again, thank goodness!

On a totally different note, my step-nephew who is 17 was just released from the hospital after being there a week and ½. He has a severe infection in his colon and they fear that he has Crohn’s disease. They won’t be able to make a diagnosis for another 4-6 weeks because of the infection. His mother died from complications of this disease when she was 40, so he is pretty depressed about this whole thing, as is his father, (my sister’s hubby.) Please keep them in your prayers!

Hope everyone is doing ok! I promise to be a better sparkie!! Promise!

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I flipped off my scale this morning...

Friday, May 13, 2011

Then I laughed at myself and marveled over my new waistline in the mirror. That, my friends, the scale cannot deny!

Who cares if it didn't tell me what I wanted it to! I still had to search for a belt before I could leave today, I still wore pants that were a size MEDIUM yesterday, and I'm still wearing these things that those young people are calling "skinny jeans!" LOL BOOYA!

I feel amazing and may I say...I look amazing too! I LOVE feeling this way and that darn scale is never going to tell me otherwise! So to you Mr.

Lesson for today: If that scale doesn't show you the results you want, just flip it off and tell it to STUFF IT! You look BEAUTIFUL no matter what it says!

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Most Popular Blogs to be!

Thursday, May 05, 2011

I've been running across some amazing blog posts lately! I'm getting motivated from all sorts of directions---I love it! Thanks to this blog... www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_jo
urnal_individual.asp?blog_id=4209941 ...I'm pushing myself just a little harder and seeing if I just can't amaze myself, as well!

Another blog that deserves some recognition is this one...
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urnal_individual.asp?blog_id=4208785#c
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I think a lot of us could relate to her situation! After reading this, I'm now determined to push myself to new levels! I want to go to Disney World, too!

And thanks to this blog... www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_jo
urnal_individual.asp?blog_id=4203995#c
omments ...I got up early this morning and didn't even bother pushing the snooze button!! I OWNED my morning! No chaotic running around...it was so nice!

I've also been motivated by my doctors appointment last week where she encouraged me to lose just a few more pounds. I rocked my kettlebell workout the other night and have been on an exercise streak! Thanks to a mini-challenge with some facebook friends, I've exercised every day this week! Watch out summer...I know you're coming close and you know what?!! I'LL BE READY FOR YOU!!


P.S. If you like any of those blogs I posted links to, don't forget to click the "I liked this" button! Let's get them up on the Most Popular Blog page where they belong!!!

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