So proud of my kids...

Monica has volunteered at her school to be a peer mediator and Riley has started his first season of indoor soccer. I am so proud of the both of them for everything that they do.

My 30th and 31st birthday pictures....

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I have lost 101 pounds since my birthday last year and Matt has lost 50 pounds. Wow! What a difference a year makes! We look like totally different people!

My birthday...

For my birhtday this year Matt and I went out with our best friends Sean and Jennifer. We went to Black Angus for dinner. Matt had prime rib, lobster tail and shrimp and I had prime rib with a salad and baked potato. We got my meal for free since it was my birthday. We also got a big brownie topped with ice cream and hot fudge for free and Sean and Jennifer bought a giant piece of chocolate cake that they shared with Matt.




After we went out to eat we decided to do a little late night bowling. None of us had bowled for a long time (like since high school) so we thought it would be fun. Sean beat us all of course and I did terrible. After 3 games I never broke 100.

The next day, my parents (all 4 of them) came over to celebrate with us and have cake and ice cream. It was great to see them all. So now I am 31...officially in my 30's! Holy cow! How did that happen? I am just happy that I am 101 pounds less this year than I was when I turned 30. :)

I did it! 100 pounds!

WOW! I can hardly believe that I am down 100 pounds from where I was at this time last year. I still have 26 pounds left to go, but I am so proud of myself for actually coming this far. It was a hard year, but I did it with cutting my calories down to 1200-1500 per day and a lot of excersize. I hope to get down the last 26 by the beginning of the year. I fit into a size 12 pants this week and it was so exciting. I was a size 24 and now I can fit into a size 12! No more plus size stores for me! Woo hoo!