Ok, so it's been a WHILE!

So much has been going on and I don't even know where to start...

We went to the Bahamas as our Christmas present from Mom & Randy! It was a blast! I wish the weather was warmer though so I could have actually swam! Of course it's always nice to see and spend time with the family! This is a photo I snapped from the stairs of our condo!

I have had another birthday....whoo...and am now 28! Duston and I went to Buca Di Beppo that night and celebrated! :) I have been out of high school for ten years...with a reunion coming up in September. I feel OLD. Doesn't help that just about all my friends are youngins. LOL!

A week ago Monday we got a call from our property manager stating that we will have 30 days to vacate the property because the owner (we rent obviously) let the home go into foreclosure. Nice. Praise God we found another home in the same neighborhood! We will move in this weekend.

This past Sunday marks a very special event in Duston and my life. We were baptized! It was so special to have my husband right along side me in our walk. Other than the water being ICE COLD, it was a great experience. To top it off, we had some of our closest friends there to support us! :)

Duston was the 9th in the nation for his sales for the month of April at work. He received a nice little bonus for that! Go Duston! :) I am so proud of him. He truly works his butt off and deserves every ounce of credit that he gets!

Aydan is growing....and growing.....it just seems like this past year he has gotten more solid...really filled out...along with growing vertically.. ;) He just finished up T Ball season! He did so much better this last year! He will be starting Pre K in the fall and everyday he asks me if there are 3 more days til he starts...must be his favorite number...idk. LOL!

Weston...hmmm...we have been struggling with his behavior lately which is such a change. I'm guessing we are just in the terrible twos...that we missed with Aydan. He is just very clingy and whiny....please pray this passes and SOON! :)

Oh! Another semi exciting thing to add is that when Duston cleaned out the pool for the summer, there were about a million tadpoles (not really but definitely several hundred). So, we decided to make a fun and learning experience out of it and save 7 of them. They turned into frogs fairly quickly. Very cool! :)

I think that is all for now.....

WOW!

So, I cannot believe I never posted about a huge milestone that Duston and I crossed in January! We have been together for ten years as of January 16, 2009! We have been so busy with the dvd business that I never blogged about how proud I am of us! Everyday I am more in love with Duston. His hard work ethic really amazes me! He is such a good daddy and a faithful husband. I am truly blessed that God has sent Duston to be mine. <3

Above is a picture of me today and below was February 2008....GARF!

WOW! Ok, so when I started this weight loss journey last year around this time...I weighed nearly 30lbs more than I do now! It has truly been a roller coaster. I have started up at least three times since then or who knows I probably would have hit my ultimate goal by now (surely). Oh well. I am proud that I have managed to "maintain" for the most part. I will NEVER get to be that big again. :) With the Bahamas trip right around the corner, I want to stay on track as much as possible....yeah everyone slips up every now and then and that's not exactly what I mean by "stay on track". I want to eat healthy AT LEAST 5 days out of the week and exercise AT LEAST 5 times a week. Now, does that mean on the days that I don't "eat healthy" that I can eat whatever I want....pretty much....but in moderation! :) Here is a pic of me last year in February and then a recent one. Motivation!

YAY! The website is up and running!

I am so excited and thankful (to my husband) that my website is up and running! YAY! Please check it out...

http://www.lcsdvdcreations.com/

Here are a couple cute photos from our random photo shoot around the house tonight...LOL! If you know me, then you know I am a picture freak! :)

Lorelei's Creative Side (my new business!)

Well, after YEARS of saying I was going to have a business...I am finally putting it into effect......YAY! I named it Lorelei's Creative Side and what I do is create DVD slideshows/montages. These can be for ANYTHING.....weddings, funerals, birthdays, Baby's 1st year, proposing marriage (that's how Duston did!) and one for "just because"..... I do one every year of the boys for our parents in Ohio. It makes it nice because they don't get to see them but a couple times a year. It kind of catches them up! I have a LIMITED time offer.....just to encourage my friends and family to either use my services and/or help me promote my business. My offer is HALF OFF my pricing! Email me......or call.......Duston is working on my website as we speak. It is not available yet but soon soon soon!!! It will be www.LCSdvdcreations.com! In the meantime...until my website is up and running, check out my sample dvd through this link to my myspace videos....
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=50226306
I have tried to upload the dvd straight to my blog but it won't work! It is just a quick 4 minute dvd slide show of my boys just to show people what exactly I have to offer!!!! Oh! It DOES NOT matter if you are far.....you can either send me pics through the mail on a disc or flashdrive....or mail them....or upload them to snapfish....or I can take them from your myspace.....whatever works. I am asking everyone for your help. Any and ALL is greatly appreciated! They really do make awesome and memorable gifts!
Thanks,
~Lorelei

September has flown by....

Ugh! I am so disappointed in myself. I have completely fell off the diet and exercise bandwagon! I so desperately need to get back on but I am lacking the determination. It is so hard. Please pray for me!! ;)

I just recently got a job working in the Kidz Club at Gold's Gym. I have not started yet but I am excited! I will get my membership for free, my boys can come with me and the hours are great! I will start in a couple weeks once my parents leave town.

On that note, my parents are coming in for a visit this Saturday and they will be here a week! I can't wait to see them even though it has only been almost 2 months since I have seen them. The boys are really excited to see their grandparents!

Duston is settling into his job....starting to gain some accounts! YEEHAW! He is doing great!

Aydan just turned 4 this past Monday! Boy, I can't believe we have a 4 year old! I made some cookies for him to take to his class on Tuesday! The kids really enjoyed that. I made little "hamburger" cookies....made with 2 Nilla Wafers, 1 Keebler Grasshopper (Mint) cookie, Red & Green frosting (made to look like ketchup and either pickles or lettuce), a dab of honey for the top "bun" with a few sesame seeds sprinkled on top. They turned out really cute. We are going to have a birthday party for Aydan this Sunday while my parents are here! It should be a lot of fun!

Weston is doing great! He is really becoming quite the talker...not as much as Aydan though! I don't think anyone can top Aydan's talking! LOL! He is such a "solid" boy! We think he will be bigger than Aydan here sooner or later! Haha! He's our little football player.

We recently added a new addition to the family, a puppy. We named him Harley...he is now 12 weeks old...and growing on the family. I am learning how hard it is to manage having a puppy with two young children....what fun! He is a good puppy though...so it makes it a little easier. We are told from the SPCA (we "rescued" him) that he is a Beagle mix...with what???? Well, we aren't sure with what....a little frustrating if you ask me! He resembles a Lab in the face but he is really scrawny....and Labs are thick but who knows? I sure hope he won't be too big!

We recently dealt with Hurricane Ike and being without water & power for a whole week! It doesn't sound like it would be that bad but just TRUST me...it is! We didn't suffer any damage here thank God! But there are a lot of trees down everywhere! We are so thankful because we have a handful of trees right next to our home. None of them fell on our house! Whew!

Well, I think that is the update for now! Take care and God bless! Until next time..............

Exercise! Exercise! Exercise!

Well, I have been working out now for a few months and have lost about 21lbs! I am so motivated. One picture was all it took to get me to see reality! Whoa was that a reality check! I never knew I was that big! Yikers! I really love to work out. I recently started working out with my best friend and that has been fantabulous! She motivates me and I like to think that I do the same for her!

Duston is doing great at his new job! He loves it! He recently just went on a weekend with the guys to the beach and had a blast! It was good for him. He has started to work out again also,...not that he needs to lose any weight...must be nice! He just wants to be "buff"....hehe.

Aydan is a real handful these days. He just finished up a Summer Mother's Day Out 6 week program and had a lot of fun. He will start up again in September. He will go for 3 days a week! Mommy and Weston will have some time together!

Weston is growing like a weed. At his 18month checkup, the doctors couldn't believe their eyes at how much he has grown! It's great! It is why we call him "Bubba"...he is so much fun!

We are going to Ohio for a visit in a week and a half and we are sooo pumped. Especially Aydan...he can't wait to go on a plane!