So much…So fast…So cute…

Well now that I have majority of the Disney pictures together I thought I should start blogging about it piece by piece. Now I know the Birthday day didn’t really have anything to do with our trip, but it does explain why the adults went on this trip with so little sleep so I thought I would include it.

We started off the morning making sure most things were packed up then after a quick bite to eat we headed into Brandon to get some shopping done. Although the kids weren’t really into the shopping, we managed to get our last minute things bought and off to my dads we went. We decided since he conveniently has a playground 1.5 blocks from his house we’d take the kids there to blow off some steam. They all had a blast!!

Caleb enjoying climbing on this rock that was higher then me!!

Grandpa pushing Hunter and Caleb

After a good play with Grandpa at the playground off to my mom’s we went. We had slow-cooker chilli for supper and of course we had cake! The kids really enjoyed themselves as did everyone else!!

Caleb: MMM Cake

Seth

Hunter

After a quick clean up we headed home to get the kids into bed. They were in bed by 8pm which gave us a bit of time to clean up, finish packing, load the van and get to bed ourselves! We were in bed shortly after 9pm, that’s the earliest I’ve been in bed in a while lol. Our alarm was set for 1:30am for departure day

So as most of you know, we ventured off to Walt Disney World last week. We left last Sunday morning at 1:30am and returned yesterday morning (Saturday) at 3am. Overal a good time was had. We had a couple little things. But really a good time was had. The best part - with all the walking and staying away from a lot of temptation I lost 3 more lbs!! I thought for sure I would gain or stay at the same weight, but putting in 10 miles/day for three days and over 5 miles a day on the the other 3 days paid off!! I’m not feeling so great now that we’re back - feels like the flu kicking in But I’m hoping to stay on the right track!!

More about Disney to come soon!

On more then a couple counts!!

We are 27.5 hours away from departing for our trip!! Now the excitement is starting to kick in! We still have some last minute packing to do. But currently everything that isn’t packed that needs to go is in a Rubbermaid tub. So now it’s just a matter of fitting it all in. Tomorrow we’re going into Brandon. We’re doing some last minute shopping then spending some time with my Dad. Afterward we’re going to my moms for a birthday supper for the twins. That will give us some time to get home get the kids in the bed, and get the van packed. Then we hit the road at 1am. I will make sure to blog about the trip once we return.

Now for weightless. I weighed in today and have lost 3lbs this week!! Slowly but surely we’re getting there!! Still have about 27 more to go but I’m happy with the progress. I am thinking we’ll probably have a large loss next week as we will be doing a lot of walking on the trip as well as eating better!! I am glad to be on the right track.

As the trip nears (much faster then I’m prepared for lol) I thought I should blog some final thoughts/plans etc. As of right now we’re still not packed -eek. Brad and I are having arguments on what to pack and how to pack it and ugg. I don’t think he realizes how much stuff kids require. I’m hoping to work on packing today and and tomorrow - wish me well!! LOL. Plus we have the twins 3rd birthday party at my moms on Saturday and we haven’t gotten much ready for that. Although all I need to worry about is supper and I can’t really do that until the day of. So the countdown is on.

Now the whole issue of the IL’s there are already signs of where conflict may rise. Brad is attempting very hard to stand his ground, but there are a few issues where he is on his parents side so it could be interesting. Although I’m really not sure how to compromise. At minimum - it should prove interesting.

Currently, take a quick break from cleaning so thought I would post. We’re prepping for Thanksgiving dinner tonight for 9. The turkey is in the oven. We’re having potatoes, carrots, buns, stuffing, and pickles as well. Brad even made two pumpkin pies last night!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!

Today’s weigh in is at 145. Total weight loss now –5lbs!! I am very happy. This is down 3.5lbs this week. And although this is more then I would normally want to loose in a week, I am feeling ok so I am ok loosing that much in one week. I don’t want to loose that much in a week often though. Sure it would be nice to get to my goal weight fast, I do want to be healthy on the way there as well. I’m drinking more water, and I’m getting better at getting more physically active. I’m even cutting out the fast food which is obviously helping. Here’s hoping for another good week. We do leave on our trip in a week so my long term goal is not to gain back everything I have lost while were on vacation. But with all the walking we’re planning on doing I can’t see that being an issue.

Well today is another weigh-in day. And I swear that scale must be broken. It has claimed I have gained 1.5lbs this week? Umm this can’t be good lol. Oh well I guess I will work to get that off over the next week. With being sick and all, although I haven’t been eating much, I haven’t been doing much lately either. CPO started an October challenge for those of us trying to loose weight. I’m participating. Day one was drink 8 glasses of water. I managed 7 (if you count a glass of juice). But that’s a big step for me. Today is 10min of cardio (added to your current amount, but since I don’t do any recently I thought starting at 10 is a great start!!) I’m hoping doing these little challenges will help keep me motivated. And depending on the challenges I want each challenge to carry over. Ex: yesterday was drink 8 glasses of water. So today will be today’s challenge plus drinking 8 glasses of water. So here’s hoping next week will be better.

The countdown is on for more then one thing!!

20 days until our trip to Disney World!! Getting excited. Not a lot left to do now other then wait and pack. Or pack and wait lol…not sure what order thats going to go into yet.

3 more day shifts at work!! Very happy about this. As much as I would love to keep full-time work, I am also very welcoming to the idea of a break. There is a lot around home that I would love to catch up on and here is my chance. Plus this will give me time to concentrate on my studies as well.

And not really a countdown per-say. But I’m going to count it anyways. I have lost 3lbs, only 27 more to go!! I’m currently averaging 1lbs/week and am very happy with that!!

Fall is fast approaching, and I’ve been keeping my busy through this transition. Although I must say the summer temps that September has held are quiet nice. It is rumored that we’re going to have an early winter. But I’m hoping fall holds through for a while. I like the fall temperatures and colors. I really do not like Winters cold

As for weigh ins, last check I am down 1.5lbs in two weeks!! I am very happy with that. Sure one day I’d love to just wake up and the weight just be gone, but in all reality I know it’s saver to do this slow and steady and I’m happy to see it going that way. I do need to put a bit more effort into making sure I follow through with all this in order for it to continue, but so far so good.

I’m not sure I posted about this before, but earlier this year I won an amazing trip through CPO and Rogers. It was a trip for 4 to Disney World. It included 5 nights in a Deluxe resort, 6 day park hopper passes for all 4 people, transportation to Orlando from our nearest airport, and a $600 us funds gift card. We chose to pay for Hunters flight so he can join us. He will be 2 at the time of the trip so he doesn’t need park passes or anything like that. We go in October! Just in time to celebrate the twins 3rd birthday!! I am very excited. And the best part is, after all the hurdles we had to overcome to make get our passports, the last one finally showed today!! So happy. Now we just need to finish saving up some spending money, and pack. And we must buy a new digital camera. My silly one decided to die this past weekend. There is no way I’m going to Disney without a camera.

This weekend my SIL is running a marathon and we’ve been asked to attend. I’m working out the final details, but really thinking of going. I’d need to find coverage for work, but that shouldn’t be too difficult.

That’s pretty much everything for now. I’ll try to post a new update on everything soon.

So I decided for the next month or so I’ll do weigh in’s on Fridays. I don’t have a scale at home. And I normally work every Friday so this works out well for me (well until I go back to casual, but we’ll worry about that part later lol). So I weighed in last Friday and we’re down .5lbs. I’m happy with that. It doesn’t seem like much. But considering I was sick most of that week, I didn’t stick to the plan that well. So here’s hoping that now that I’m slowly feeling better, I can get back into things and see a bit bigger loss in the upcoming weeks. I’d love to loose 10lbs before Disney (October 18th) But I’m ok if I don’t. So we’re back on track today. I’m not progressing with the water or skipping. We’ll leave it at one glass and 3 minutes this week as I didn’t finish last week at all (not sure I made it 1/2 way honestly) And lets work towards better results, and be prepared to move things up a notch next week.