Amazing!!

Yes... that is how I feel today. :) Today has been an amazing day and I feel completely amazing. I have FINALLY realized what I've heard for YEARS. Once you get off your dang butt and DO something, you have WAY more energy than you ever have before. It's soooo true. Tonight I feel like I'm bouncing off the walls! :) I went to the Wichita Zoo with my SIL and her kiddos today. Griffyn was soooooooooooo good! I am so proud of her. She was absolutely perfect. We were at the zoo for several hours and then we went to Olive Garden to eat (YUM!) and the only times she cried was when she was hungry. It was great. It made the day even that much more enjoyable, to know she was happy, too. :) It was really a great day. :) I had a lot of fun. Here's pics from OG!

So after OG I went out to my grandpa's grave, it was nice to be out there again, I hadn't been for quite awhile. I went and got some flowers to put out there after I saw the ones that were there were pretty sad. Here's G before I put new flowers out....

And after I put flowers out it looked like this....

:)

So it was nice to be out there again and also to be able to make it look prettier. :) So after that we started home and G was getting a bit fussy by the time we got almost to Hutch so we stopped at the park there and I got her out and let her stretch for awhile. Here's some pics from that! :)

When I got home, after Justin got off work, I went for a bike ride with my other SIL. We went 13.6 miles!! :) I burned 850 calories. The best part? I STILL weighed (yes I know I was gonna wait til tomorrow, but I didn't!) the same # as a few days ago, down 52 lbs! After OLIVE GARDEN! So I actually probably (ok, hopefully!) weigh less than that. I'm gonna weigh tomorrow and see, but I was pretty psyched! I also cheated and had a lemonade and a rockstar on my way home, but other than that, I've had only water this week. Which (AGAIN) makes me a believer that drinking water DOES make a difference, but it's still hard for me to do it! I am just really amazed at how much energy I have. 13.6 miles felt like NOTHING today, even after walking around the zoo for several hours. It feels good! It feels really good. So even if I haven't lost any more weight when I weigh tomorrow, I can tell a difference in how I FEEL. Ok so I might still get pissy if the number hasn't changed, but I won't get DISCOURAGED! :) Yes, I would like that number to drop ( A LOT ) but I also did want this whole journey to make me FEEL better, and I am accomplishing that. :) 

So I also rocked out to my songs I'm gonna do at the JFJ benefit on Saturday. I think I know what I'm gonna wear and I borrowed some jewelry from my SIL so hopefully it'll "jazz" it up a little bit. :) They said the dress is "casual" so I'm thinking I'm going to wear a black shirt, with probably a purple shirt under it to add some color, and then jeans and whatever jewelry I decide from what she gave me. :) I'm super pumped about doing this! :) I know there's gonna be a great turnout. I'm sure Jenny is proud of all the people who are supporting her. <3

Well I suppose I'm off to take a nice relaxing bath. We must've worn G out today because she's been sleeping since about 7:45 and it's 10:55. I'm gonna wake her up when I'm done, give her a bottle and put her to bed! :) I know I'm gonna sleep great tonight! :) 

I hope you all had as wonderful a day as I did. If not, make it happen tomorrow! :)

Love