Pumpkin Patch 2011

 Rock Creek Farm

This year we went to a new farm. The kids had fun running through the 

fields looking for the perfect pumpkin. We got to cut it off the vine ourselves. For

 and after pumpkin snack we got some yummy apple cider. 

CTU Student

 For those who may not know, this past April I went back to school. I am now a student at Colorado Technical University and am going to school to get my Associates Degree of Science in Surgical Technology. It will take me about 2 years to finish. I had to do a lot of work to get into this super competitive program but was just accepted into the program beginning with the Summer term in July. I am so excited but nervous. It's going to be a lot of work, and I haven't been in school in years, but I can do this! And I have already made some great friends!

 The first two pictures are of me and Gee...we had one class together this semester, and plan to take Anatomy and Physiology I together this summer, as well as any other classes for Surg Tech that we can!! :)

The last picture is Me, Gee and Johanna...she is going to for surg tech too!!

Halloween 2010

Isaac always likes to be something scary...this year it was a vampire. Briana was going to be a dead princess Jasmine, but at the last minute decided to glam it up instead. I even dressed up for work this year...everyone thought i was really sick so i must have done an ok make-up job.

Self Discipline = Weight Loss

I decided to finally get serious about losing the "baby weight". I ate healthy and hit the gym 5 days a week over the past few months, and have lost almost 30 pounds.
I went from 150+ lbs to 125 lbs and I feel GREAT!
It is embarrassing to post the before pic, but it was me...the old me, and I never want to look that way again!!!

Santa 'n' Me

Happy Birthday...

I turned 30 yesterday!!
It was a good day and I don't feel any different than I did before. We went to dinner and then went shopping and David bought me some new shirts and a jacket. Then we came home and celebrated by singing and eating cheesecake with the kids and some friends.

Cookies...

Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip, Butterscotch Chip, Cranberry Cookies

I don't normally post pics up here of food that I make, but David was so excited that I made these for him the other night- they are his favorite (or at least one of them). They were super yummy! That is all.

Vein Surgeries

As most of you know I have suffered from Varicose Veins since high school, but they got worse since having children. I have undergone surgery once already which the doctor was shocked at since I am not even 30 yet. I had Laser Ablation surgery on both legs in 2005 only to be pregnant immediately following. So after having many problems since, decided once again to seek out professional help and (hopefully) take care of them once and for all.

Here is a view of my left leg following a VNUS procedure which uses radio frequency to close the vein. I was awake fro this procedure

If you want to find out more you can go to:

http://www.vnus.com/patient-info/closure-procedure.aspx

Here is a pre-surgery and a post -surgery picture of my right leg. For this leg they performed a Phlebectomy in which they made tiny incisions every few inches down my leg and used a tiny hook to remove my vein.

For more information on this procedure click here:

http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=phlebectomy

I was under general anesthesia for this which isn't always the case.

I have more to get done and am not out of the woods yet, but look forward to having painless, sexy legs by next summer!!

My sweet neighbors Carol & Mike gave me this pretty "Get Well Plant".

I also wanted to give a big thanks to those who helped me out. First to my sweet husband for taking such good care of me, to Tiffany and the girls for staying with us and helping out with the kids, and to my friends Carrie and Emily, for checking up on me almost every day, and taking Isaac and Briana so that I could get some rest and not have to chase the little rascals all day.

Disneyland Slideshow

Southern California Trip Slideshow

Trip Highlights Slideshow

Another Year Older...

29 years to be exact!!

(at least I have 1 more year before the big 3-0!)

We celebrated by going with the kids to Benihanas. The kids had a blast watching our food get made. Our chef was pretty entertaining, and joked around with Isaac a lot. They sang to me and took our picture. After dinner we went home to sing happy birthday and eat cake. David and the kids made my cake this year. It was a yummy lemon cake. Isaac put the letters on it pretty much all by himself. Our sweet next-door neighbors came over to help us celebrate and share the cake.

For my birthday gifts this year, The kids bought me a sweater, and David and I are going to spend a kid-free night in Sierra Vista, Arizona and go see Twilight.

Bike Crash = Big Ouchie!!

So it was bound to happen right?! I mean this is ME we're talking about here...

I crashed on my bike a couple days ago. I actually ended up in urgent care b/c the darn thing was getting infected.

Needless to Say it hurts superbad!! I also bruised my left leg - So bad in fact that I damaged the nerves around my femoral artery and my upper thigh has been numb since I crashed. The doctor said it could take a few weeks for the feeling to come back.

I guess the moral of this story is BE MORE CAREFUL and make sure that from now on I use my brakes properly.

Music Tag...

This is a "tag" game to get some new songs for working out.

Here are my iPOD top 10:

I tried to pick songs that were not already listed by someone else and that are old or just plain different. But these are all songs that are currently on my iPOD.

1. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
2. Let's Get Loud - Jennifer Lopez
3. I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry
4. Switch - Will Smith
5. Centerfold - J Geils Band
6. Hell - Squirrel Nut Zippers
7. Big & Bad - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
8. Rock Your Body - Justin Timberlake
9. Barbie Girl - Aqua
10. You're the Best Around - Joe Esposito

So, please post your top 10 in my comments or on your blog. I am always looking for more songs to help keep me motivated and going. I thinks this is a great way to find some new tunes!

Focus on Fitness 2008

For most of us the start of a new year means setting new goals, whatever they may be. This year is going to be the year of fitness for me. I started working out at the gym that just opened up by my house last weekend.

My goal is to lose those last 10 pounds. I read about this site on a friends blog (thanks Destiny) and decided to check it out. I ended up creating my own "Spark Page" and it's amazing. You can put in your workout, what you're eating, basically anything to do with fitness. So for those of you who also have a fitness goal for 2008, check it out!!

http://www.sparkpeople.com/

To find my page my username is: 2TYKEMOM

(it's not case sensitive)

Good luck and happy 2008 to all of you!!

Girls' Nite Out!!

@ Estes Park

A few of the ladies that David works with invited me to a girls nite. We went to Estes Park, spent the night and went shopping the next day. Then David and the kids came up and we spent another night. It is so beautiful there! Thanks so much to Kim and her family for the fun weekend!!

This is the scenery up there.

It was Kim's birthday, and we celebrated it in style!
(We had the server put a candle in her sandwich)

This is the Main Street all decorated for Christmas
Kim, Dawn, and Max...thanks ladies for the fun time!!

Yeah. Great.

Look who's 28!

I celebrated my 28th by doing the unthinkable - we had someone babysit the kids so that David and I could go out on a date. We went to PF Changs for dinner and then went to a movie. It was a lot of fun!! The next night we celebrated with the kids. I blew out a candle stuck inside a single serve piece of cheescake (my favorite), and the kids and David had some pumpkin pie.

New Haircut

So its been 2 years since my last (real) haircut. I was getting antsy with my long hair and decided that I needed a change. So I had it choped into an A-line cut. So far I like it, and David loves it!!

And We're Off To The Hospital....

I decided to get induced, but wanted to do things as natural as possible.

So Dr. Broms broke my water at 8 am and I gave birth at 3:52 pm...without any drugs.

Things went so smooth!! I think I could do another one natural...give me about 3 years to finalize that decision though.

Pedicure Party

I decided what better thing to do with 2 weeks left than have a pedicure

party to pamper my extremely swollen feet!!

Check out that belly!!!!

We had pizza and a lot of fun. It was just me and my pals Sarah and Taylor.

And here are the oh so swollen feet of a mom-to-be!! I was really swollen with Isaac, so I knew I didn't stand a chance with Briana. At least I didn't swell until the end!!