Hooray, I’m Obese!

Yes, I realize that that might be an insane and unhealthy thing to say. It would be, if in fact I were not Morbidly Obese two days ago. I was go to post this yesterday, but I wanted to give it one more day to truly sink in and confirm that my BMI would stay ...

Paleo Lately: Bacon Wrapped Shrimp & Pineapple Kabobs

For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been eating a Paleo diet for a couple weeks now. I won’t go into all of the reasons, but I will tel lyou it’s been one of the best decisions I’ve made for my health. I’ve lost a significant amount of weight and feel fantastic. For those ...

What Alden Wore: Doc McAlden?

Alden, Gran-D (my mom), and I celebrated my weight loss by taking a trip to Old Navy yesterday to get some new jeans. While I was trying on jeans (which fit like a glove, by the way) Alden and Gran-D browsed the kid’s clearance section and picked up some new digs for Miss Alden. She ...

May 2013 Goals

I’d like to start focusing on three major areas in my life: faith, family, and fitness. April was fantastic, and I very much look forward to May. Faith Start a new small group and establish a core group. Rial and I actually have our first small group Sunday and we can’t wait! Complete the Beth ...

High Five for Friday: It’s Back!

Now that my family life is settling down and getting back into somewhat of a routine, I wanted to bring back something I really enjoyed doing, High Five for Friday! If nothing else, this weekly post gets me gradually back into blogging and forces me to post at least one thing weekly. It also lets ...

#TurboFire, Month One: COMPLETE! 3

Can I just say, go me? This is probably the longest I have stuck to any workout program in a while and it is really paying off. Turbofire is a cardio/strength program by Beachbody that uses awesome music to get your body moving and burning calories. It also uses HIIT (high-intensity interval training) to burn ...

Our Family Lately

Seeing as though I have not posted a blog in what seems like forever, I wanted to just give a little update on our family. Alden is now 19-months-old and an amazing little girl. Her vocabulary is amazing and she is so witty and smart.   Noah was born February 10th and has been such ...

Seek Help: My Struggle with Postpartum Depression 2

Noah was born with a pneumothorax in both of his lungs which had healed almost completely during our hospital stay. The NICU doctor apparently liked to play it on the legal side (and apparently didn’t have children of her own) and used scare tactics to try and convince me to keep Noah at the hospital ...

Review: Max on Life by Max Lucado

This is just a quick review to get me back into blogging. I’ve had to take a bit of a break, but hopefully that will end soon. Without further ado:I read this book over the past summer and found it rather insightful. As a Christian, there are always things in the world that are in ...

Basement Renovation: Part 3

Whew! Finally getting some time to sit down and blog. It has been a ridiculously busy around here lately. There has been a TON of work done in the basement, but I wanted to go ahead and update with the photos I have taken most recently.