So in the 2 weeks plus a couple days I was out of office traipsing around in Colorado for a conference and being home, I unintentionally managed to lose 9 pounds! We kept mentioning at the conference how we weren't hungry, how maybe the altitude affected our appetites...But after two people asked me if I had lost weight when I got back to LA, I ( Read more... )

Yay I am excited! I was too lazy to get my eye exam at the Wal-Mart while I was home, but when I got back I realized my prescription had run out and I needed to order more contacts. So I scheduled an exam at the place I went last year thinking it was going to cost me $20 more than Wal-Mart cuz that was what I remembered, but it cost the same if not ( Read more... )

"Shema, Israel: Adonai Elohim Adonai Akah" (sp ( Read more... )

Day 4 at VBS we went to the jewelry shop. The first step to making a necklace was hammering a small metal uplifted circle down to make it look--something. The kids loved this part. Christian was hitting it SO hard that he broke his brick (upon which the metal was sitting) twice! We finally had to just take his hammer away. We also saw Peter deny ( Read more... )

Before I go into it I first have to mention how much Luke (3 yr old) loves Mike, it's so cute! He's not old enough to stay at VBS, but he comes with his mom to drop the girls off and he always asks if he can go watch Mike. Mike let him nail some stuff and now Luke can't get enough of him! Which is so cute because Luke is so shy, from what I can ( Read more... )

Continuing the VBS saga ( Read more... )

OK so I'm updating about VBS per request of Michael ( Read more... )

So last night was really really fun. Mike and I met up with Angela, Ryan, Bridget, Katie, Brittany, and later Luke, at Bridget's house for a campfire. All we did was talk, but it was soooo GOOD and fun and we laughed like constantly. ::sigh of contentment:: And it was the perfect-sized group for me to have fun, cuz when lots of people are around I ( Read more... )

So now I'm home. Aaaaand the temperature/humidity has been even WORSE than in Florida (we're talking over 100 degrees by the LAKE), add on top of that we don't all have central air (I mean it's Wisconsin for crying out loud) so it's been a bugger. We have a window AC which, is alright for downstairs but not at all upstairs. So as you climb up you ( Read more... )