Most Recent Weight Loss Pics

February 2007 - November 2008

385 lbs. - 193 lbs.

8 pounds left to make it to the goal of 200 pounds lost by Christmas!!!

Just a sidenote from Amy: Michaela + Abby + Roscoe = 191 lbs, Mike has lost 192 lbs!

Say "PLEASE"!

We have been working with Roscoe to get him to use his nice voice and ask for what he wants by using "please". This is a conversation that Mike and Roscoe had tonight.

Daddy: Roscoe, will you watch football with me tonight?
Roscoe: Um, no. Say "PLEASE"
Daddy: Roscoe, will you PLEASE watch football with me?
Roscoe: (with no hesitation) NO.

I couldn't stop laughing!

Update!

I set up a blog for the Book of Mormon Challenge. If you would like to be an author, so you can post on the blog, just let me know. I just need your email address. If you don't want to be an author you can still check up on the blog and see how everyone is doing or leave comments. The link is on the sidebar with the workout blog link.

http://ourBOMchallenge.blogspot.com

A Major Award!

Michaela and Abby both entered the PTA's Refelections Contest this year. The awards ceremony was tonight and they both received "a major award".
Michaela won 3rd place in the 4th grade visual arts and photograpy category. She got a trophy and $20. She took a photo of Farmington Valley from the trails above Lagoon, it was very beautiful.
Abby won 1st place in the 1st grade visual arts category. She got a trophy and $50! She painted a picture with acrylics of a butterfly, it was really cute.
Since they both placed high enough, their projects go to the region level to be judged.
We are so proud of them and how hard they worked to get their projects done (well actually how much they bugged me until I finally let them do it.)

S'more Please

While Becky and Harold and their kids were down Papa wanted to use his fire pit. We had fun making (and eating) s'mores.

Sugar Hang Over!

The day after Halloween we decided to take the kids to Discovery Gateway, it was fun, but the kids were so cranky after the sugar rush from the night before.

"Can you say OCD?"

Roscoe asked me to help him get some balls, but got really upset when I just started throwing them in the bucket. He showed me how the red balls had to be in a line, the orange balls in a line, and the yellow balls in a line. When Mike saw this he asked Roscoe "can you say OCD?" and Roscoe answered "OCD!"

Paula playing in the baby bed


Michaela and Abby trying to get the marble through the maze

Trick-or-Treat

This is all the kids waiting on the front porch to go Trick-or-Treating. We had fun going around the block, and then went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the soup cook-off. Mom's Cream of Cabbage Soup was the winner, it was so good!

Mr. Pumkin Head

The last couple of years we have used the Mr. Pumpkin Head kits instead of carving or painting pumpkins. I love it because I can poke the holes and the kids can put the parts in. It is so much faster and easier!

Paula's Princess Pumpkin

Roscoe's Ninja Pumpkin

Abigail's Rock Star Pumpkin

Michaela's Clown Pumpkin

All the pumpkins (orange and human) in the patch.

Pumpkins!

Uncle Zack and Aunt Shaunna grew pumpkins in their garden this year and the kids were very, very exctied when Zack brought them each a pumpkin a few weeks before Halloween.
Thank you Zack!

Mike?

Mike was trying to find a good costume for Halloween, but he ended up not dressing up at all. He is really a spoil sport!

Mullet Mike
Super Mike

Roscoe's new friend

The kids talked me into decorating for Halloween the Monday before, so while we were getting some stuff put up Roscoe found this skeleton that I had hung up. He loved shaking its hand and even told me that it was his new friend.

BOM Challenge

Well we were up to 1 Nephi 22, but haven't been reading for the past few months. We decided to start over and give everyone else a challenge to read the BOM as a family with us. I will periodically post where we are at, so if you want to start with us you can, if you have already started let us know where you are starting, and see if you can get back to the same spot before we can finish. We are open to ideas on how to keep the kids interested and anything else you want to share!