KSU!

Hi friends! :) Just an update on what's been happening with us. We went to the KSU Vs. WV basketball game on Thurs. at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita. It was really a great game, but they did unfortunately, lose. :( Here's a couple pics from our trip! 

We also put up our Christmas tree this week! :)  It was pretty exciting stuff. It's not only Griffyn's first tree, but it's ours as well, In the almost 6 years we've been together, we've just never put one up. Here it is! :)

I also took a couple pictures of Griffyn before putting the lights on the tree. Then I edited them a little bit. Didn't think they turned out too bad either! :)

Needless to say, I have a TON of pictures of that sweet baby girl, but I just can't help myself! I want to remember every little thing. :) I could do much worse, right?? :) She seems to really love the tree. She loves to look at the lights, and then get real close and try to grab the ornaments off of it, lol. Christmas morning should be a lot of fun! I have some of her Christmas shopping done, but we are going to finish it up in the next little while. Can't believe Christmas is only 2 weeks away!! It really snuck up on us! Our Christmas with Justin's family is next weekend. I'm really looking forward to it. :) I think we are having Christmas with my family on Christmas Day, but they haven't decided for sure, so we'll see about that. I'm also singing in church on Christmas morning. :) Looking forward to that and Christmas Eve service as well! 

Other than that, not much to report on. Justin has been off this past week, it was nice to have him home with us! He's at drill this weekend. Hoping to hear some news on the AD stuff, but we'll see. He's camping outside for "cold weather training" tonight, so I haven't heard from him today to see if he got to talk to anyone about it or not. Hopefully they have some news for us, though. Guess we'll see what tomorrow brings on that front. 

A friend asked me to run a 5k with her in March! I'm soooooooo looking forward to this! I can't wait. We have one scoped out, but we aren't that excited about that, so we're hoping after the first of the year some others will get put on the schedule, but we shall see. It should be fun and exciting! I'm just glad I'm going to get to do it this year! I was going to do the one in Sept/Oct (can't remember for sure) but then it never worked out, so I'm really looking forward to this! :) Also, I'd appreciate the prayers and any positive words/thoughts/vibes you want to send me that I can lose my last 3 lbs to make it to goal #2 by the end of the year! I know I haven't been real diligent about it before and had lots of "dates to do this by" in the last few months that came and went, but I'm really really hoping to start the New Year off with a big BANG! :) At least I haven't went the other way, right?? It may not have come off as fast as I would've liked, but at least it came off (and stayed off!) I'm proud of myself for what I have achieved so far this year. I've come a lot farther than I ever thought I could, already. I know I can do this! I am also proud to say that, several posts ago I talked about how I wasn't sure I was ever going to make to the point of being "ok" with how I looked in the mirror or in pictures or whatever. Well.... I can actually say that while I do recognize that I still have weight I want to get off, I CAN look in the mirror or at a picture, and smile at the way I look, and actually feel good about myself. I can also really recognize HOW much weight I've lost, when I look at pics from even last year. You probably don't know HOW big of deal that is, but it's really huge for me. Like I said, I do want to keep pushing myself, to get to where I ultimately want to be (and feel!) but I'm just happy (and relieved) to know that already, I CAN see a difference, and I DO feel good about how I look and how far I've come. I'm really, really happy to be able to say that. :) I have officially lost 69 total pounds from the day I delivered Griffyn, and I can say that I have lost 24 lbs from what I weighed before I got pregnant. SO! Here's to getting those last 3 lbs off, to FINALLY be at goal #2, something I haven't weighed in probably 4 years! :)

Well, I suppose, since there's nothing else to update on right now, I will get back to house cleaning before heading to bed! Fun times! :) Hope you all are enjoying your weekend and looking forward to Christmas as much as I am! :)

1. I am so thankful we've been able to spend so much time together as a family this past week with Justin being off work. 

2. I am thankful that we have the means to give Griffyn a wonderful Christmas.

3. I am thankful that even when I start to feel like things are going pretty crappy, I can recognize that my life is wonderful and I have so many people and things in it to be thankful for. "Someone always has it worse!"
Love!