Reality

Ok so a couple posts ago I posted on my frustration on my weight loss. As I began to research more and more about my thyroid disease I discovered so much that I didn't know. For those who don't know, I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism at the age of 5. But they had actually started seeing my symptoms at the age of 3. From there on I saw a Dr every 6 months up at Primary Childrens until I was 18. Now I see a specialist where I live. But since I got this at such a young age I did not know everything about it and what it all entails. As I have discovered more and more its seems like everything I don't like about me..my own flaws are because of this... Go figure. I have dry skin, my feet can be so DRY! I hate it! I get cold easily, and even if I don't seem cold, my skin to touch is freezing. The weight issue of course, and the lack of energy. Sometimes I seem lethargic. All these come from my thyroid problem.. Crazy! But its been very interesting to discover so much and find what I can take or eat to help. Alot of the research still shows that by eating and excersizing a certain way will just maintain my weight..which is frustrating. But what can you do. I'm going to continue to walk and do whatever else I can. Take the tips that I have been given as far as food and work with that. But I think mostly I need to work on my attitude and feelings toward myself and come to accept that I may never lose this weight. To look for all the positive things about me. I know I have always delt with insecurity issues but I'm going to try and improve on that.

Student of Month

Kylee was awarded August student of the month for her class. We are very proud of our girl. She has obviously set a great example in class for her other classmates. The teacher has also used her as line leader because of her being a great example. I am hoping to see lots more of these in the future.


1st-3rd student of the month group shot for their classes

Thoughts

I know that I usually just post about the girls and also our family activities on here. But today I think I need to just use it as away to express how I have been feeling lately. I've come to the point in my life that I am seriously tired of my weight. I have been getting up 3 to 4 times a week and walking at least 40 minutes. Normally adding that in with a normal diet I have seen results. But for some reason that doesn't seem to be the case this time. Its really depressed me and I just have to keep thinking to myself "DON'T GIVE UP". My thyroid problem plays a mojor role in my weight loss. It always seems to complicate everything in my body. I really would not wish hypothyroidism on anyone. Especially my case, since its such a severe case. I'm looking and researching into what foods would work better for me and what foods are bad for me as well. There has got to be something out there that will work better for me and help me with my weight loss and also help with my thyroid problem. I have been researching and looks like a high fiber diet, more seafood and fish are going to be added in.I'm really hoping this will help me. I wish I could be like other people where they just work out and change to a healthy diet and they see results. But with my hypothyroidism its always a struggle, its never easy. Its hard to be around people who in your eyes are fit, healthy and achieved their weight loss yet they claim they need to lose more or that they feel fat. I sit there and think..gee if you think you are fat, then what do I look like? Its hard to be around family when you are the bigger one and everyone else is not. I'm just done being this way and I am ready to move on. So here is to hoping that things will change and get better.

Chelsey's Birthday Party

Happy Birthday to my first baby girl! Chelsey had a great party. We rented a bounce house and the kids loved it! Chelsey also made it a little rock star/80's theme for her friends. That will explain the outfits and make-up..ha ha. They had so much fun. We started it with a sleep-over with Jocelyn and then had the party. Justin made his yummy pizza adding some fruit and veggie trays and topping it off with Red Velvet cake. Chelsey loves Red Velvet cake. Except she prefers vanilla frosting with it. She received some great gifts like nail stuff, school stuff, jewelry, a cute pillow for her bed, money, gift cards, and more. Thanks so much to everyone who helped make it a great day for her!


Stop Blinking Angie..lol

Amy and Mike cheesing it up for the camera

My Iss-a-boo and her juice mustache

Nick..awesome mohawk!

I think everyone needs an energy refill with Cake!

Cake time!!

Getting ready for cake

Randy and Christen our neighbors

Ya ya and Jamiere are school friends. Jamiere is Jocelyns little brother. Ya ya and him share a little crush..can you tell?! Ha ha

School friends! Peyton, Chelsey Jocelyn, and Karla.

Chelsey's closest friend, Karla and her posing. Karla is like my 4th girl. She spends alot of time at our house and is such a great friend

Chelsey's close friends. She was still missing a few who were unable to make it to the party but she enjoyed having her school friends along with her outside of school friends. Thanks girls for making Chelsey's day special. Left to right is Peyton, Chelsey, Jocelyn, Sarah and Karla

The younger kids enjoying the bouncer. The two groups of kids took turns using the bouncer. Unfortunately I didn't seem to get the older girls in there, even though it was for Chelsey's bday. But they did enjoy it.

Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

Blowing the candles out on her birthday cake

Fun Nail Polish and Nail stuff from next door neighbors Randy, Teresa and Christen

Ooh..Angie made a cute pillow to match with Chelsey's bedding set. Chelsey loves Zebra print and Pink! Thanks Ang :)

Thanks Amy, Kevin and the kids for the back pack and school stuff

First Day of School!

Yesterday the girls went back to school. Chelsey is now in 5th grade and top dog of her school. Next year she will move on to Middle school...yikes! Ky is in 1st grade. She is now a full day student and her biggest excitement is that she gets to play on the big kids playground :)

Chelsey's teacher this year is Ms. Roach. I believe she takes on an Asst. Principal role, therefor she is very orderly and quite the lady. When I found out Chelsey had her I simply said.. this could go two ways. 1- This will be a VERY bad year, or 2- this could be the best thing to happen to Chelsey. I'm starting to think option 2 is going to win! Ms. Roach is very organized and runs a tight ship. She is very energectic, and is always on the move. The one thing I am hoping to squash this year is Chelsey's chatting problem. Which I found out is her teachers biggest pet peeve. So hopefully it won't be tolerated. Since next year Chelsey will be in 6th and there on the teachers will simply send them to the principals office. Chelsey's first day though, she came home and loved it. I was very impressed as well. Ms. Roach keeps a site that I can check and see about homework, upcoming events, announcements, and etc. Also for every homework I have to sign in order for Chelsey to turn it back in. I'm already seeing a great year and my daughters future getting much better. :)

Ky has Ms. Robinson. She is an older lady and sort of the grandma type teacher, very nuturing and sweet. Ky loves her and said that she is extremely excited for school.


My baby is growing up. 5th grade..I can't believe it.


My Ky-kers! She is such a ham and very excited for 1st grade.

Ky in her class sitting at her desk and ready to learn

Ok so last year this little boy was in her Kindergarten class, his name is Gabriel. He won my little girls heart. Once again they have class together and the teacher happened to sit them together...we will see how this goes..ha ha. They're so cute. Gabriels mom said "Oh they had Kinder together huh." I said, "yep they sure did". She said "Yep we've heard Ky's name at home..ha ha" They both just looked down and smiled. We both had to take a picture of them together.

Chelsey at her class and ready to step in and learn! This year she has her best friend Karla in class with her. I think this will be great as well. Karla is a very good girl, and very obediant. She is going to be my eyes and ears while Chelsey is at school..ha ha ha.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHELSEY

Happy Birthday to my baby girl... 10 years ago today I was sitting at the Orem Community Hospital patiently waiting for my little girl to arrive. We started early in the morning by inducing me and finally by the afternoon the Dr had realized Chelsey was just floating in a pool. I had double the amount of water inside and that caused Chelsey to simply float. So they decided I needed a c-section. But they had to give me a full 12 hrs so that I couldn't come back on the Dr for mal-practice. So I waited until 10pm. Finally they took me in and Chelsey was delivered at 10:06pm. She weighed 7 lbs. 9 ozs. and 19 inches long. From her very first hour in life she came out stubborn and sassy. While in the nursery her grandmothers, and aunts watched this little newborn baby stick her little fingers up and work diligently to remove her beanie on her head. Finally after rooting her on.."Go Chelsey, Go Chelsey"! She removed her beanie. To this day she doesn't really wear hats and is still very much stubborn. My little sassy red head is now heading off to 5th grade and almost done with Elementary school. She is certainly not so little anymore, but still my precious baby girl. I love you Chelsey and thanks for best "first moments" as a mom. I hope your birthday is awesome and you have alot of fun. Happy Birthday!


Chelsey getting all ready to head home from the hospital.

My baby and me ♥

Dad and his baby girl fast asleep after a long day.

Now at 10 yrs old...wow time has flown by

Love you Baby Girl!!

Oxnard

So this last weekend we went up to Oxnard to visit some friends who live up there. We left Friday morning. Got up there just after noon and got to see their new house that they moved into. Then we ordered pizzas for lunch and took the kids and all to the beach. The area is gorgeous and the weather is perfect. It didn't get to hot or to cold at night. The kids played in between the small park on the beach, a small zipline and then of course the water. Miki and I both just got to sit back and relax...finally some mommy relaxing time. Afterwards we headed back to their house. We all just hung out and Miki made some killer chicken enchiladas. Saturday they got ready for a house warming party. We all pitched in to get everything set up. The guys bbq'ed hot dogs, chicken, and carne asada. Miki prepared a Macaroni salad, and potatoe salad. People brought chips, fruit trays and veggie trays. It was really fun. We got to meet their family and some of their other friends. Overall I think everyone had blast. We ended the night by the adults sitting out on the back patio area playing Dominoes, listening to music and having a couple drinks. Sunday morning Justin made breakfast for everyone. Then I got to work and cut and colored some hair. Finally Victor took me to their local swap meet. He couldn't believe i had lived in So. California for 6 yrs and never been to one before. It was deffinantly fun and I will be going back to another one sometime soon. I got a couple pairs of flip flops and my fav. mexican candy peanut marzapan. YUMMY! When we got back to the house it was time to clean up, pack up and head home. It was an enjoyable time for all of us. The girls each had someone they could hang with. Chelsey got along perfect with their son AJ, and daughter Erlinda. Ky hung out with Diego and gained a crush..ha ha. Issy and Lola were partners in crime. Maybe next time we can meet their other son Ruben who was not there.



The girls all waiting for their turn on the zipline
first up Issy...

Victor helping Ky fly down the zipline

Chelsey flying down the zipline

Issy took 2 tries to decide to ride the zipline. On the second time she finally did it with the help of Victor

Victor helping Issy get over her fear of the zipline

Ha ha I couldn't resist taking this pic of Victor and his girly looking PINK drink. If you notice he also has his pinky finger sticking out.. very cute Victor

So their yard is a work in progress. When they moved in the grass was like as tall as the kids and hidden in it was a go cart, a bunch of chairs, and this swing set. Even though there wasn't much of the swing set left. The kids found ways to use it. Here is AJ playing on it and doing some tricks

Victor hard at work

Bbq'ing up some food, as well as we still had left over pizza from fridays lunch. So we decided we would try to see what it would taste like heated up on the bbq..It was GOOD

The girls in the morning with Tink. Lola and Issy are about 5 months apart and we're always together the whole weekend

Issy got a little hungry waiting for lunch so she ate her own pizza..ha ha. Nope just used the box as a plate for a slice she had

Miki and her daughter Lola

Erlindas turn to do some tricks

Chelsey hanging off the bars showing off her tricks.

I was trying to keep in the shade, and so was Justin. Even though it wasn't that hot. We still got a little burnt. Lola, Miki's 5 yr old took this pic for me..thank you Lola

Justin chillin watching Victor bbq the food