Wedding Fun

Yesterday, Lance and I went to the beautiful wedding of two of his coworkers. It was so much fun hanging out with his work buddies and getting to talk to the wives of his fellow teachers. They had this great photo booth there were you could take as many pictures as you want, so we took advantage! We only took these four, but it was so much fun. The fact that I got Lance to do it with me in the first place was quite an accomplishment, as he HATES taking pictures. Enjoy!

Birthday Fun and Father's Day

Hello everyone!

Last weekend was a very fun one for us. Saturday was my sister's 22nd birthday. She decided that she wanted to celebrate it at Scandia with me, Jon and Lance. We had a ton of fun mini golfing, driving the race cars and going on the bumper boats. Then that night, we went to a dinner at one of the local country clubs that was hosted by my dad's construction company. It was a really amazing evening, as my dad ended up being the "man of the hour", as Lance kept referring to him as. It was so nice to see so many people come up to my dad and thank him for the amazing job he has done remodeling people's homes over the last 24 years. I'm so proud of him! On Sunday (Father's Day) Bre and I took him to The Jelly Belly Factory. We toured the facility and made sure to grab some jelly beans on our way out! He had never been there before, so it was a fun experience for him. Bre and I took him to lunch and then we all went to P.F. Changs for dinner that night. The food was amazing! We'll definitely go back there....hopefully soon!

I went and saw the Orthopedist last Tuesday and he told me that I have a bulged disk in my lower back. He wrote me a prescription to see a physical therapist 2 times a week for the next 4-6 weeks and then he wants me to go back to see him in a month. This all sounds really great, but unfortunately, the preschool is not very flexible when it comes to getting time off, so I'm not quite sure how I'm going to work this one out. Hopefully things will fall into place for me on this one.

I stepped on the scale this morning and was pleasantly surprised at what I saw....I have dropped another 3 pounds, which takes me to my grand total (thus far) to 20 pounds lost! I was so excited that I went out and bought a couple new shirts. I have dropped one pant size so far and 1-2 shirt sizes (depending on the shirt). I still have a long way to go, but this morning really renewed my confidence that I can conquer this!

Enjoy the pics and have a great weekend!

Another doctor appointment

Yesterday, I had another doctor appointment to go over my lab results and to check my blood pressure. I'm very happy to report that everything is going well! My thyroid medication is working (which I'm sure is helping with my weight loss...17 pounds so far and I'm down 1 pant size and 2 shirt sizes) and my blood pressure was great! It's such a relief to hear that everything is working the way it is supposed to right now. Now if I could only get myself off of all the meds (except for the thyroid, which is now a lifetime med for me) I will be an extremely happy camper.

While at the doctor's office, I decided to confess something to her that I probably should have told her about YEARS ago. I think I may have a back problem. There...I said it...my back hurts me. Lance has been nagging me for years to go see someone about this, but I'm stubborn...so I never went. Until yesterday. My doctor gave me a referral form to go see a specialist in Walnut Creek and my first appointment will be on Tuesday. It doesn't hurt 24/7, but it does hurt me at certain times when it shouldn't. I can't go on even a 1/2 mile walk without it hurting. It hurts when I sweep at the preschool. And it hurts when I'm standing to color my mom's hair. My doctor thinks it may be a problem with a disk, but we won't know for sure until they do the xrays on Tuesday and I talk to the orthopedist. Oh boy....

This is going to be a very packed but fun weekend for us. Tomorrow is my sister's 22nd birthday! I can't believe she's 22 already. She is such a beautiful, fun woman and I'm so lucky to have her. Tomorrow night we are all going to a work party for my dad. Usually we wouldn't be going to something like this, but it is supposed to be a really fun big bash, so I'm looking forward to it. Sunday is Father's Day and we've decided to take my dad to the Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield. He has been wanting to go there for a while now. That night, we have reservations to take him to P.F. Changs for dinner. Should be fun!

Alright...I have errands to run...more later!

Baby Room Pics

Here are a few pics of the baby room. Bre and Jon did a FANTASTIC job of painting all the little bugs! Enjoy!

New blog...New beginning

Hello everyone! I've decided to start a new blog for Lance and I that will give everyone an idea of what is happening in our lives. I started a blog on another site a few years ago, but I like the layouts better on this site.

We can't believe that it's June already! That means that we're both winding down the school year. I finished my 7th year with my district last Tuesday and Lance will finish up his 6th year on Thursday. Lance has decided to take the summer off from teaching, meaning that he will have until the end of August to relax and take care of some things around the house. I will be starting a full-time position at the preschool on June 18. I have been working at this preschool since last October and I really like it there. I have to admit that I'm a bit nervous about being a "teacher" since that was never really an aspiration of mine, but I am looking forward to the challenge. It's much different from special ed in a lot of ways. Luckily, I have a very supportive director and coworkers there. I'm very lucky.

There is no new news on the adoption front. We completed everything in April and we're now just waiting for the phone call from our social worker. It may take a while for a match since we specified some things. In any case, we're as ready as we're going to be. The room is set and we will be thrilled when that phone rings and we hear Susan's (our social worker) voice. Exciting stuff!

Yesterday, Lance and I went and saw one of the most amazing movies we have ever seen. I really hope that some of you can go see it. It's called "Once" and it's an independent movie about a couple of musicians who find each other and strike a very close friendship. There isn't one minute wasted in this film and the songs are amazing. It is not in wide release, so you may have to really look for it, but PLEASE go see it if you can. It was unbelievably fantastic.

That's it for my first post! More later...