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Saturday, February 28, 2009

I'm always checkin' out photographers' websites... even though our wedding is over.

http://www.bluecrushphoto.com/ (She used our photo as her homepage... how cool!)
http://lindseymart.blogspot.com/
http://www.janacandler.net/blog/
http://amywoodphotography.com/blog/


I think our photographer (Carol Barnes- Blue Crush Photography) was amazing and can't wait to use her again (maybe when we have kids in a few years).

Here is Carol and her sister at our wedding. They had a long day before and a long night with us, but they did awesome! I would recommend them to anyone!

Oh... the memories! :)

Friday, February 27, 2009

Meet Fred and Ted

Today we had the annual storybook character dress-up parade at NMBP. Last weekend I went to Book-a-Million and searched for storybook characters for Kirby and I. After talking to some parents and looking through several books- I finally decided on Fred and Ted. They are 2 dog characters from the Dr. Seuss beginner books. The kids had a blast... here are a few pictures from the day.










... 3 little pigs and the big bad wolf




A gym packed full of Pre-K, kindergarten, & 1st graders..... WOW!



And a hallway full of more.... Everyone did not participate- so some of my students were the "judges". They are pretending to be the the next Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, and Randy Jackson.

Laura Ingles



Fancy Nancy


Eat More Chickin'

Who's the cow you ask?!
Each year our school has a fundraiser at Chick-fil-A. Someone (that would be Mr. King) has to dress up as the cow and wave to parents and children as they come/leave school. I'm so proud of my husband... he even got his 5 minutes of fame on WEBS (our school's news broadcast) that morning!








Wednesday, February 25, 2009

some pics....

Kirby likes the long stories.... I like the pictures. Here are some pictures to go along with what's going on in our lives now.



This is our newest purchase in the house. We haven't decorated the walls around it yet, but...

hey one thing at a time, right?



As you've read in the last post, both of us have changed our diets in the past month or so. Even on Valentine's day we stayed within the parameters of our diet. This is what our romantic Valentine's Day dinner consisted of....




Last Saturday we went to see one of our students play basketball for a church near us. It was such a blast to see the young kids from our area playing (double dribbling, traveling :-)... playing defense while on offense... carefree and having fun!



Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Bring it!!!

"Bring it!"... that's been our "motto" lately. About a month ago, Anna and I began the P90X workout program for something a little different. Just like everyone else, we've had our "ups and downs" when it comes to eating right and exercising. We fell into an "unhealthy rut" after our wedding and ate out for dinner more often than we ate in. Our biggest weakness was good 'ole Mexico Lindo, our favorite restaurant about a mile from our home. We ended up eating there about 1-2 times per week and ordered the same thing every time... grilled chicken quesadillas (3 for me, 1 for Anna), chips (3-4 baskets full), salsa (about 4 bowls), cheese dip, and a couple glasses of Pepsi. If I had to guess, my caloric intake for that one meal alone was probably 3,000-3,500 calories. Working out wasn't a big part of our vocabulary at this time either, with only the occasional workout here and there.

So, after noticing a bit of a "spare tire" circling my waist (something I had never experienced in the 37 years prior), and after seeing the success stories of a couple of Anna's friends from college (thank you, Tom and Ashley), we gave P90X a try. Being certified as a personal trainer and someone who has been into fitness and working out since they were about 10 years old, I had never been a big fan of popping in a video or dvd in order to workout, but P90X has changed my views a bit. It's a series of 1-1.5 hour hardcore workouts that are done for 90 days straight. If you're not completely fatigued at the end of each workout, either you weren't really there, or you didn't "bring it!" (the phrase that is repeatedly used on the dvd's). If done right, each workout is said to burn about 600 calories. As demanding as the workouts may be, that's actually the easy part in all of this. Toughest part? Yep, you guessed it... the diet part. Just like the rest of this world, we love food. Dare I say the greatest addiction of all time is the "drug" we call food. I think it's safe to say, the majority of us all has some level of addiction towards food. The dietary guidelines of the P90X program are very strict and are broken down into 3 monthly phases. As any true fitness professional will tell you, what you eat is at least 50% of the equation (the rest being exercise) in achieving a sound, healthy lifestyle. While following an exercise program, too many people place too little emphasis on the diet aspect, and almost always, their results suffer. Something Anna and I use a few times daily to log what we eat is www.thedailyplate.com. Here, we track everything that we eat. If it has calories, we have to track it. The phase we are in right now requires Anna to eat 1,700 calories per day and myself, 2,400. Those calories must come from 50% protein, 30% carbs, and 20% fat. The great thing about "the daily plate" is that it tracks and calculates everything for you (including the percentages). Without it, this eating thing would be a nightmare.

Anyway, I'll stop rambling on with the days fitness lesson. We just wanted to share what's been consuming most of our time lately.