Momma's new Toys

Here's the story. I work as a medical billing specialist for a local billing office in Springfield. We bill mostly for pain management and anesthesia practices.The company is privately owned and run by a couple that I absolutely adore. I never thought I'd say this, but I love my job. I like the people I work with and I like doing what I'm doing. The only reason we haven't moved to Columbus is because of my job. 

 Anyway, moving on... As a company we had a weight loss challenge this summer. The prizes would go to the person who lost the most weight and 2nd place to the person with the largest difference in hip to waist ratio. 

We weighed in every Friday all summer long but no one was really making any real changes. I participated because I thought it would be fun and keep my on my toes if I did start to gain an extra. This last Friday was the final weigh-in. I went in with my t-shirt and basketball shorts to find that from my starting weight back in May til Friday I had lost a total of 4 pounds!!! That's right, COUNT EM! 

Turns out I had won first with the most weight loss. (It was based of percentage of weight loss, not total weight) Since my weight percentage was the highest I won the prize. And the prize was?? 

A $100 gift card to Dick's Sporting Goods. 

Now I could have bought new shoes or a nice jacket for the fall, but I decided to go for something else. Something that Tim is actually jealous of.

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That's right, brand new ladies golf clubs. I figure now instead of trying to find something to do when Tim goes golfing, I can go too! I've only been to the range a few times and I used Tim's clubs which were way too big for me. Oh and I'm a master at putt-putt. Learned from the gazillion holes we play with Ashley and PJ when we were at Myrtle Beach.

 Like I said, Tim's jealous because I now have really nice clubs. The best part.... they were on SALE! Can't wait to go practice and be better than Tim!!!

A Quick Catch Up

So, I've been super busy (and stressed) with work lately and haven't had a lot of time to blog. Here's what we've been doing.

For family home evening 2 weeks ago we decided to go to the park and feeds the ducks and geese. Learning about animals and nature for our lesson. Levi doesn't listen all to well about what we're telling him, but he likes to stare at animals and it makes him happy. I was someone protective because there were some younger geese there with parents and well these geese had learned to be first in line to eat and would try to bite at you if you didn't give them anything. I was slightly afraid they'd go for Levi's toes but everything turned out alright.

The ducks!

And of course MY FAVORITE PICTURE of the men in my life.

The following Monday we decided to go to the Champaign County Fair. I grew up going to that fair, and let's be honest, it's way better than our county fair here in Springfield.. Anyway, we went and looked at all the fun stuff they have under the grandstands. We walked through the arts and crafts that were judged. As well as the paintings, sculptures, and photography sections. It's so neat to see the different pictures that people do and then to see their age groups. While we were standing there I was looking at a picture and I said to Tim  "Isn't that my road?" Meaning, the road my parents live on. And it was! How weird that I could recognize one section of a 3 mile road.
Well, the other reasons we went was of course to see the animals and let Levi get up close. I think the horses were his favorite because I had him out of the stroller and he touched them. I wish we would have gotten video because a horse in front of us "neighed" and Levi's eyes got HUGE! It didn't scare him but it did get his attention.

ONE WEEK LATER. Another family home evening. More like an opportunity for Tim to play with Levi's toys. On the Saturday before, we went out to Babies R Us to see if we could find some toys for Levi that were more age appropriate. We also wanted something he could grow with and use for learning. AND, we wanted something he could pull himself up on and not hurt himself on it. We ended up coming home with those big square foam puzzle pieces. They interconnect and have numbers and letters in the middle that can be taken out. I figure he can learn as he grows with these. They are also soft and easy to clean. And can be made in large blocks for him to pull himself up on! We scored!!!

pictures soon, computer is lagging today