Happy Holidays 2011

I haven't been very good about posting all year, however I did want to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and All The Best In The New Year!!

Christmas in Photos.....

Since I've been home bound for the last couple of days because of being sick. I thought I would update our blog. Enjoy

We spent our Christmas in the mountains this year. We were lucky enough to spend Charlie's 1st Christmas with him. We even had snow on Christmas morning!!!!

Charlie's Favorite Aunt and Uncle

The Atlanta Ward Family in the snow.

Charlie and Grandpa

Charlie and Gram

Charlie and Mom Sledding

Daniel Sledding - really fast

Charlie and Uncle Daniel

Charlie and his Dad opening gifts

Cici and her stick (branch). She never stops

Cici LOVES the snow.

Uncle Daniel throwing Charlie in the air.

Charlie LOVES Duke!

Charlie and CiCi! Charlie's favorite Cousin.

Charlie and those cute eyes.

Cute huh?

Can I get up now?

The Big Kids Sledding

Aunt Ally teaching Charlie how to dance.

Aunt Ally and Uncle Daniel, finally got here!

The Raleigh Ward Family

CiCi sledding with Mommy

Everyone tuckered out.

A Healthy Start to the New Year

Because winter time is so hard to stay motivated to work out and eat healthy I've made a few changes to my typical workout and eating routine. Here are just a few of the highlights.

- A couple of ladies at my work and myself run a 3.5 mile loop during lunch on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

-Tuesday and Thursday I still do my Cardio Kickboxing class @ Fitness4Life. They also just started Zumba there as well on Tuesday and Thursday, but it doesn't start until 8:15 and I like to be done by then.

-I bring my lunch to work most days. Aside from saving money, I also eat a lot better. I'm not tempted to eat something I shouldn't.

-I keep a food journal. This seems a little stupid I know, but hey Carrie Underwood does it and she looks fantastic, so it's worth a try. It holds you accountable for what you eat.

-I eat 6 times a day. WHOA huh? If you know me, then you know how big of an adjustment that is. I used to get by on Coffee in the morning, lunch (if I needed it), and I usually ate a ton at dinner and felt horrible. Now I eat; Breakfask, Snack, Lunch, Snack, Dinner. I also drink coffee in the morning and water all day. I never feel hungry, but I make myself eat to keep my metabolism going.

-I try my best to not eat carbs at night. Although, I do cheat sometimes. Like tonight I'll have brown rice (shhhh don't tell).

I hope to keep this up until at least summer time. The running at 12pm in the summer will not work for many reasons so that will have to be substituted.

Here's to a happy, healthy winter!