Hume Lake

I had a great time up at Hume Lake with the Student Ministries group a couple weeks ago. The speaker PJ Lewis was phenomenal! very convicting and straight forward. He spoke on just the basic christian truths that we so often forget in our lives, who God is, What/Who Sin is and how it controls us, ect.

I had a cabin full of Sophmore girls, that was interesting! and so fun!

Yay Spirit Day! and silly boys who don't wait for you to finish posing before they take your picture...

I got a lovely stripe down my forehead from the makeup after I got burnt...

I love this lake!!!!

Favorite quote of the day...

"I don't have none of those little baby angels who shoot arrows into your butt! I've got Marine angels! My angels are ripped, they've got brush cuts, and if they weren't carrying swords they'd be carrying M16s! That's my kind of angel!" ... I reminded him of the first words out of their mouths every single time an angel appears in the Bible - "Do not be afraid"! I told him why that is - because they're so frightening that they make you wet yourself when they show up! ... I reminded him that THOSE guys were the ones that God was using for ... protection, not those little baby angels who shoot arrows in your butt!"

Taken from the connorwatch.org blog Day 18, July 3
Connor is a young man that Kyle's family knows. If you happen to check out the website, please lift the Williamson family up in your prayers. I mentioned the site a couple weeks ago.

Also Christal has put me on to the Stuff Christians Like blog. It is rather funny! You should check it out!

Who doesn't love a good giveaway?

I know I love winning stuff, or at least trying... :0)

Lindsay featured Tip Junkie on her blog (and was featured bythem)and apparently they are having a big "we are a year old" party by giving stuff away!! woohoo!! Go check them out... it starts tomorrow June 30th

Connor

A young man that Kyle's family knows had a diving accident at a camp and is in the hospital with severe injuries. Please be in prayer for Connor Williamson and his family as they are going through this difficult time

Has it really been a year...

...Since we said those vows?

He wasn't in any kind of hurry or anything... :0)

First dance to Steven Curtis Chapman's "I will be there"

Our first Christmas of many to come.

Is it any wonder why I love this man?
I mean, he's so cute!!!!

and studly...

and very obliging...

Thanks for making me laugh.
For putting up with my stupid personality quirks.
For letting me warm my cold feet on you in the winter when we get in bed.
For thinking every meal I cook is wonderful, even when I am not so sure.
For how you look at me with that look in your eyes and just say, "I love you."

I love you so much!
The 5 years that we have been a couple have been 5 years of great change, but you have been constant through it all.

Thanks for a great year of learning about each other and how to love each other better.

Let's have 90+ more!!!!



I love you Babe.

Done!

A little bit of tweaking, a little bit of hand stitching and I am done!!!

Hurray!!


I really do feel so accomplished. I do after every project I finish though... :0)







It's not perfect, but it's mine and I am incredibly proud! :0)

Now, assuming I remember to wear it, I won't get as burnt!

Mildly terrifying....

Kyle and I are going on vacation soon. We will be out in the sun a bunch and I really don't have a hat.

I hate how baseball caps look on me, visors are fine, but not ball caps, don't ask, I don't know why...
I also have a rather large skull, so just going out and buying a hat from the store doesn't work, they are always too tight.
So what do I do?

I decide to make one.

The girl who has never sewn from a pattern (much to my mother's dismay and not from her lack of trying) is going to buy a pattern and sew a hat...

Hence the title of this blog...


I decided to make this hat



With this fabric...


Can I just say, I think I have fallen in love with Amy Butler stuff, it is soooooo cute!!!!

I stayed up until one last night sewing. It was actually pretty easy! There are still a few things left to tweak, and I don't have pictures yet, but when I do I will post them!!! It's a pretty darn cute hat if I do say so.

Touch them all

Get your tissues out...

It runs about 6 minutes.

Response

Anonymous,

That was rude and uncalled for. I have lost weight. 5 pounds. The rest is coming off a lot slower. I also don't usually respond to anonymous comments, I would rather know who is commenting on my blog. For you to insult me like that, and not even have the guts to let me know who you are is pathetic. She did not request that I respond to her message, just if I had tips or pointers to let her know. I don't, so I didn't. You took it too far.

Carrie, irritably.


Kate,

I didn't respond to you because I don't have any points or tips. I am as new to this as you are. I wish I had tips to give you and encourage you. I wish you luck on your journey with South Beach and weight loss. Congratulation on losing 9 pounds already! Even if South Beach doesn't take you the other 25 I hope that you find a plan and routine that works for you for life! I have faith in you and me that we will get to our goal weights, even if it's not exactly in the time frame we want it to be.

Carrie, encouragingly.

Explanations

about my new ticker.... although, I am pretty sure it is pretty clear...

Kyle and I have been married for 10 months. In that 10 months I have gained 20 pounds. bleh.
Since I graduated from high school I have gained 40 pounds, give or take. I was a size 8 when I started college, and even when I went up to a 10, that was okay... 12, I can deal with it, not too hard to go back to a 10, 8 would be nice, but 10 is okay. But when I needed dress pants for work, and only the 14's fit... well. that was the final straw.

Now, I am not looking for pity, or comments.
I know that a size 14 really isn't that big and that many beautiful women are size 14.

I just don't want to be one of them.

I am 5'4", for my height I should weigh between 120 and 140-ish, according to all those experts out there.

My sister and I have both always carried our weight well. When we inform people how much we really weigh, or they try to guess, there is always surprise at the real number.


So, all that to say, I have started on the South Beach Diet. I have yet to actually read all the book, but I have been following the eating plan, and it seems to work... :0)

I know the Leonard's did South Beach for a while, and I am pretty sure I remember reading good results from them. It is one of the few "diets" that I haven't heard bad things about. I am not good at counting my calories, or points. I don't have the patience to read every label and convert nutrition facts to calories and calculate exactly how many calories I have eaten. I really don't want to write down everything I eat!! So I figured I would try it and see how it went. If I had too much trouble following the plan, didn't feel healthy, and/or I didn't see any results in the time frame they give (in two weeks you can lose 8-14 pounds, I lost 5) then I would go on to something else.

These last two weekends have been really hard, there has been so much going on at church and it all seems to revolve around food!!! My sister is coming to visit next weekend, that won't be too horrible, eating-wise, and the weekend after that is my cousin's wedding, but that is only one meal, so not too much of an issue.

South Beach is nice. I can eat all the approved proteins and veggies I want, and it is okay, if not required, to have snacks!! woo!! and that's just phase 1. In phase 2 I actually get to start adding carbs and starches back in!! :0) I feel full and satisfied, and it really isn't that much trouble to make the food. It takes a little longer, but it makes me slow down a bit. Breakfast is really the hardest meal of the day, because I can't just grab a bowl of cereal, but I jsut made these little mini quiche things that are in the recipe section and they freeze really well, so that will help on the days I am rushed. I am getting a bit tired of salads for lunch every day, but I keep trying to mix it up a bit so that it isn't the same old thing.

So, that is what is going on with that. Just thought I would let you all know, so you weren't wondering too much, and dying of suspense!!