Goats, Birds, Gymanstics and Visiting. That covers it!

This past weekend we decided to take a short overnight trip to Tyler, TX. Saturday we visited the Tyler Zoo and had a great time. As you can see, these goats were LOVING the attention from everyone. I'm not sure who enjoyed them more, Lexie or Ryan. LOL.





After looking around we decided to feed the birds. Lexie and Ryan have done this before but this was my first time. I loved it! This bird was slightly heavy and just really fidgety hence my facial expression.



Sunday morning we got up and went to The Villages Waterpark. Lexie enjoyed it but Ryan and I thought it was pretty lame. Entirely too small for an indoor waterpark. Oh well, at least we tried it and we had free tickets so we weren't out any money.

Silly girl resting before we left! She loved that big bed. Made for a princess!



On Tuesday I decided to take a couple of pictures of her during gymnastics. I STILL haven't figured out how to get good pictures with my camera in the gym lighting so this was the best I could do. I'm so proud of her! When she first started she was very leary of the beam. Now she LOVES it. She really does thrive at gymnastics and will be moving up to the next class in the summer. While I'm glad she is doing so well, it makes me sad to think how much she is growing!



When we arrived on Tuesday, our friend Brody was just finishing up his lesson. I snapped a cute picture of him, Lexie and Mrs Lora. Lexie LOVES Lora and she is so awesome with those kiddos! So grateful to have her teaching Lexie. :)



Yesterday Mimi came to visit us. I picked her up shortly after getting Lexie from preschool and we went to Walmart and did some shopping. We came back home and she spent the afternoon with us. They had such a good time. Lexie loved laying on the couch and cuddling with Mimi. I'm so grateful for mom's health and that she is able to watch this baby grow up!

Almost Summer Time!

I promised I would update (for those of you that keep up with us) and so here I am. The last 5 months have been relatively CRAZY. I was in school full time, Lexie was in daycare full time and Ryan was working full time. Busy times!

Easter Fun
The weekend before Easter weekend we went to the Alexandria Zoo for "Earth day". Lexie had a blast and when we left we stopped by the mall. They had a studio that was doing Easter pictures with live bunnies. I couldn't pass up the opportunity so while Lexie played in the kiddie area (under Ryan's supervision) I scrambled through JCPenny's and a bow boutique to find her an outfit. Those pictures turned out so cute! Yes, we have a rabbit at home. NO, he would NOT take a picture with her like this.



Easter weekend we actually went to the Boardwalk for their annual Easter Egg hung. Lexie had a blast. We came home, took a nap and then decided to dye eggs. She was so excited when she got up from her nap to dye eggs. :)




This last one is one of my favorites. I went to her school one day to watch her and her friends hunt eggs. They were in the chapel singing songs while the eggs were being hidden. I peeked in and she was sitting so quietly on the 1st row. She looked over, gave me a smile and went back to singing.


I am so proud of the little girl that she has become. While she does have her "rough" times, overall, she is such a blessing. She is very kind hearted and truly WANTS to do what is right and thrives on positive praise. So thankful that God gave me this sweet spirit.

School is officially out and I have about 3 weeks of "free time" before summer school starts up. Physiology over a 6 week period. Anyone want to join in on that fun? I have officially finished my 1st semester back in school and so far pulled of A's in both Anatomy and Nursing. I'm still waiting on my Chemistry grade but I went into that final with a 98 average so I'm pretty sure that's going to be an A. I have taken my Tease test and sent in my application for clinicals. Now we just wait and see. I HOPE to get in, but if not, it's not the end of the world. I enjoyed my semester and I proved to myself that I could excel in subjects that 2 yrs ago I would have looked at and said "NO WAY".

Advocare Results!

I promise to do a blog post in the next couple of days with updates on us and pictures of the little girl who is the most awesome kid in the world. For now, I'm about to head out to school so I just wanted to do a quick post about my Advocare experience. I had alot of people ask me to let them know how it worked for me and if I liked it or no. Well the answer is YES!

I've always been very skeptical of any type of "system" that promotes weight loss, increased energy and just an all around "good" feeling about yourself. About a month ago I decided to buy the Herbal Cleanse system from my best friend from home (Tiffany Horton! Look her up on FB!). It came within 2 days. I will admit that the "fiber" drink was kind of rough the first day but the 2nd days I added more water and it was just "pulpy". The system calls for drinking a "fiber" drink on days 1,2,3 and 8,9,10. It also comes with a "vitamin" cleanse type pill that you take at night days 1-7 and a "good bacteria" pill (name is skipping my mind right now!) days 1-8 (I think). Anyway, it worked out fabulous. Yes, it is a "cleanse" system but not a "keep you in the bathroom all day long" system. I felt full after the fiber drink and really didn't feel "hungry" all day. In fact, several days I had to remind myself to eat lunch. I changed my eating habits (no whites, lots of veggies, fruit etc) and went with it.

I am currently down 6lbs in the last months. UNBELIEVABLE, as I'm not a person that loses weight easily. Hence the reason it took me so long to lose all my baby weight. After the cleanse I invested in Catalyst which is like an amino acids pill. Totally natural but really good for working out. I haven't tried to Spark yet but I've heard it awesome!

Overall, I LOVE advocare and would HIGHLY recommend the system. Feel free to contact Tiffany Horton from FB if you are interested in the system or if you have any questions!!