Seeing results!

So as some of you may remember reading back in January, one of my biggest new years resolution goals was to rock a bikini at the river this year. Which would make it the first time ive done this since having giant noah in my tummy. I started my diet about a month or month and a half ago.

AND GUESS WHAT??

It happened! oh yes, the meal planning and "lifestyle change" is totally paying off! I Haven't reached my goal weight yet, BUT this was a huge accomplishment.

Yay for summer!!

So Much

I feel like since i've been slacking, it would be impossible timewise for me to post about all the fun and exciting stuff that has happened so instead I will just do a quick recap:

Fourth of July with the cousins in Ridgefield.

Rivertime. Gemma has became a river rat.

The boys and I spent some time at home depot getting the back yard ready for BBQ season.

Id say it was a success.

Love having friends over to share this weather with!

Zoo trips.

It just isn't right if you don't stop at the cheese factory when you're in Tillamook!

One of our favorite spots to be. At the beach. (On dads birthday).

AAAnd a fun day at alpenrose dairy farm!

And there you have it folks. Thats us in the last two weeks in a nutshell.

Minus the homework part.

and stomach ulcers.

And wild puppies.

But thats another story. And not as exciting. So we will just skip that part and call it good!

Happy Birthday to you Papa Bear!

Barton to Carver was where my dad spent many happy years of his life floating the river. 

It is also where my mother and him shared their very first kiss.

It is also where his ashes were laid to rest. 

After we spread the remaining amount of them last year, Kyle and I decided we would float the river, just like he used to every year on July 11th, his birthday. When we did it last year we had SO MUCH FUN.

Wanted to do it this year but since we didn't have a babysitter we decided we would go to the beach with Noah and stop at a river along the way.

SO not exactly as we planned. But all in all we decided to make that a happy day remembering, celebrating and having fun in honor of my dad. 

I tried making this day not a day or mourning, but like i said celebrating.

But it was inevitable there would be tears. 

And God knew that. 

I had one moment where I broke down when I was eating breakfast at my kitchen table.

I have an app on my phone where I can read a daily devotional and a verse of the day. The verse of the day is completely random,  I have no control over which one my phone chooses. But during those 5 minutes I sat crying at the table, my phone lit up saying "dont forget to read your daily devotional" and so i clicked on it. and out of all of the verses in the bible that it could have picked for the verse of the day it just happened to be this one on this day at that very moment:

God knew exactly how to comfort me at that moment. I was blown away by his timing and love at the same time .

THANK YOU JESUS!

Finally a Moment

Okay I've REALLY been wanting to keep up to date when it comes to blogging because it is SO easy to fall behind and new events and things just keep piling up and it becomes more of a daunting task than fun. And blogging is all about a fun positive experience right? Well it is in my world :) 

SCHOOL SCHOOL SCHOOL. 

That is why ive been neglecting blogging. I started a new term 4 weeks ago and it seems that all I ever do is stare at a microsoft excel or word sheet. Noah doesn't nap anymore, so by the time he does to bed I have lots of homework and housework to do. And staring at a computer for even another single minute to blog sounds horrible.

But I am trying really hard to manage the time I do have as well as possible. 

An hopefully, blogging falls in there somewhere because I really do enjoy it.

Birthday Boy

I can't believe its been three years since the sweet arrival of my Noah. 

It went by too fast! But before I get into a sappy mommy moment I want to thank everyone who came out for Noah's party! It was a blast, and I loved seeing sweet faces that I hadn't seen in years! 

Oh yeah, and Noah loved it too!

 Because so many of our family members have food allergies, we made a gluten/dairy/wheat/soy free cake so we all could have our cake and eat it too:)

 And it tasted HEAVENLY.

 There is is, in all its glory!

 Although his actual party turned out wonderful, his actual birthday was a really special day spent with Noah, Nana, Kyle and I .

We sang him happy birthday (again) because he loves it and honestly I love watching his sweet little face get all bashful when all eyes are on him.

 

Nana bought him a DREAMLITE for his birthday. And what do you know, it arrived in the mail ON HIS ACTUAL BIRTHDAY. How cool is that??

 We had a great time on the lake chasing ducks, feeding ducks, blowing bubbles, and having a picnic.

Once Kyle got off work we set our for ice cream at Baskin Robbins 

He was SO exciting to get ice cream that was his favorite color..PURPLE!

After we finished our ice cream, we dashed over to the movie theater to take him to see his VERY FIST movie on the big screen.

And to be honest im not sure who was more excited about that...me, or noah?

Okay, maybe noah :) 

This day was such a blessing and perfect in just about every way. I am so greatful for my Noah, and how  God has blessed not only this day, but also our lives with this adorable little person.