A little update

Well nothing is too new here but everyone else has updated their blogs so I figured I better too!! I was in Lake Tahoe last weekend for a ladies retreat and it was AWESOME!! There was about 17 women from our church and we had 3 cabins on the lake. We met in one of the living rooms and watched video's from previous conferences from the Women of Faith. Watching these really encouraged me and I grew in my own relationship with God. I became closer with the women of the church too. Being a "newbie" in the church, I was finding it hard to bond with some of them as they had been there for 20 years. But after the weekend, everyone found a new sense of sister-hood.

We had a few hours on Saturday for free time so some of us went into Carson City (only 20 miles away) to do some shopping. I had an awesome shopping day that day. I bought some pants from Old Navy for $1.97 (Chris was excited about that!!) and the most exciting part is the fact that I bought pants from there. See, Old Navy makes their pants low rise and I could never wear them as the sat on the fattest part of my belly (thank you girls!!) but now I can wear them!!! And they were in 2 sizes smaller than what I was wearing!!!! So of course I had to keep going! I bought 3 shirts from Old Navy also, a dress and 2 shirts from Target and 2 pairs of shoes from Payless. Plus I got stuff for the girls (of course) and some scrap booking stuff. So all in all, it was a great shopping experience. I love those kinds of shopping trips. Chris has stated to me that I need to keep the weight off as he's invested hundreds of dollars of new clothes for me!!!! A little exaggerated but I want to keep it off to cuz I feel better and look better. Still have about 20 pounds to go and I hope to have that gone by the time we go to Snow Lake. Here are a couple pictures of my new purchases :o)

Alyssa has started t-ball and is enjoying that. Her and Brooklyn both are getting anxious for it to get a little warmer so Chris can get the pool set up. Maybe at the end of May. It has been really nice the past couple days. It was cold and snowy on the weekend but today I'm wearing shorts and a tank top!!!