Women of Faith

I am super excited to have the opportunity to interpret for the Women of Faith conference this weekend. I can't wait to see what God has in store :) I am still prepping for the music etc which is alot of work but I just praise God that I have a talent that can be used to bring Him glory!

New Hair cut/color

Not much time to write but wanted to post a few pics of my new haircut... My friend Amber is a student at the Fila Academy in Glen Burnie and is available to do hair tuesday-friday from 5-9pm. Check out their website for prices (they are super affordable) Cuts are only $10!!!

http://www.filaacademy.com/guest.aspx?CID=2272

I will post other pics the next time I wear it naturally curly :)

March...

I'm not sure where January and February have gone but I have found myself already in the month of March! We had a great powdery snow on Sunday night into Monday so schools were closed on Monday... So Ant got a 4 day weekend :) I am working for the 2nd day in a row this week (what was I thinking) For the month of March I am alternating between 1-2 days a week and beginning in April I will be working Tuesdays & Thursdays instead of just Wednesdays like I had been doing before. A new opportunity presented itself and I was itching for change so I embraced it :)

This will also help with my workout schedule... Now I will be staying home Monday, Wednesday & Friday so I can workout those three days and then again on Saturday! This will spread out my 3 days of cardio/weights since you're not supposed to do weights back to back... YIPEE!

March has no scheduled days off school for the kiddies so I'd embrace another snow day or two LOL except that would just delay their last day of school in June... April brings Spring Break so I am looking forward to that as well... No plans for travel but I'm hoping it will have warmed up so the kids and I can experience Spring outdoors... maybe a trip to the zoo or a day at the beach... We'll just have to wait and see where the time off leads us :)

We took Anthony roller skating for the first time 2 Sundays ago and he absolutely LOVED it... he got the hang of it right away and informed me that he didn't need me to hold his hand :( The funny part is I took him to the Laurel skating rink and unfortunately they have the same skates I used to wear in middle school on those infamous skate nights... I'll post some pics... So I went on Ebay and bought him his very own pair of skates... they arrived in the mail yesterday and he was ECSTATIC! He can't wait to go skaing again...

Hope all is well with you and yours!!!

So far...

So at the beginning of January my gym started a weight loss challenge... The final weigh in was last Friday and in 8 weeks I've lost 10 lbs!!!

I have 8-10 lbs left to go to reach my goal weight and for the first time in my life I feel like I can do it. I enjoy exercising and have enjoyed discovering healthy eating options.

I hit the gym 4 times a week and do cardio all four times with weights 3 of the 4 days... Oh and can't forget the abs too ;)

I drink mostly water (at least half my body weight everyday) and make sure to have 4 servings of protein everyday. Thanks to one of my friends I've discovered a YUMMY protein shake called Nectar and I get the Fuzzy Navel flavor. I've pretty much given up red meat (I was never a huge fan except for the occasional craving for a big, juicy steak) and have replaced it with Turkey... Ground Turkey, Turkey Bacon, Turkey Sausage, Turkey Cutlets... You get the point ;)

I tried losing weight before but lacked the proper motivation... Now I've found it... ME!

So to all my friends in the same boat as me (trying to get your figure back after kids)... good luck finding your motivation... once you do it all begins to fall into place. I have a pic of me in a swimsuit from last summer and once I hit my goal weight I plan to put that swimsuit back on and take another pic!!!

:)

Gym

Its been awhile since I've posted anything new so I figured no better time than the present to catch up :)

I've been hitting the gym hard since just before Christmas and have officially lost 10 lbs! So 10 down and 10 more to go. Its nice to see the results and the light at the end of the tunnel. This time around at the gym has been refreshing for me... I look forward to working out and its a great outlet for me. For Christmas I got myself 5 sessions with a personal trainer and am due to re-up. I plan on doing that ASAP so I don't miss a beat. Its great to have someone that is there to push you just that bit further than you'd be willing to go on your own.

Hope this finds you all well and I am hoping to write more and more often this year!

(: Snow Day :)

So it the first decent snow fall we've had this winter and the kids and I decided to enjoy the view from our hot tub! The kids had a blast and they both were begging to stay in "just 5 more minutes"





They started out with hats on their heads but that lasted all of 5 minutes until they "accidentally" got wet LOL My Totes ear warmers worked great and were a hit even with the kids, unfortunately with all the "turn-taking" they too ended up wet :(





We stayed in for one cycle of the jets then got out and enjoyed some hot chocolate... YUMMY :) They are already asking if they can get back in again

My lil man is 6!

Its hard for me to even begin to fathom the fact that this past Friday (12/26) was Anthony's 6th birthday... I know that "time flies" and even with this in mind time flew right in front of me :(

Anthony Thomas Bond entered this world on December 26, 2002 at 9:22pm weighing 5lbs 15.8oz at 19 inches long...

On this same day, in the same hospital not too long after we welcomed our bundle of joy so did friends of ours... What are the chances of that?!? Not only were we pregnant at the same time (she was due 12/24 & I wasn't due until 1/5), but we both had boys and we did it on the same day in the same hospital just minutes apart!!! So Little Chance and Anthony are best friends that share a birthday... how special is that :)

Anthony is a happy, healthy 6 year old who is a quarter and a half of the way through his first year in school... kindergarten! I am the mother of a kindergartener!!! He is vibrant and FULL of energy (did I mention he has energy?!?) He loves to play OUTSIDE and would rather be "doing" something than sitting still, if I could bottle just an ounce of that energy I'd be rich. He is so sweet and loving as well as the best big brother in the whole wide world to my daughter Alexis. She LOVES her big brother AKA her friend. They have a blast together and I love to listen to them make each other laugh.

He is a very affectionate, caring and cuddly kid that has the cutest smile ever... and he knows how to work the crowd to get what he wants while using all the manners I've taught him, he is so polite! He loves to sing and can memorize lyrics quite easily... he knows a ton of praise music from church and the local christian radio station as well as some Johnny Cash and Ray Charles :)

We went to Chuck E Cheese on Friday with my parents, grandparents and a few family friends to begin the celebration of his birth... Just one day after the celebration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ's birth and I look forward to continuing to celebrate his birthday with family, friends and his classmates this week.

I thank God for blessing me with such a wonderful child. I pray I can raise him up to be a wonderful Christian man.