[DROPPiNG THE LBS.]

Chaz and I have decided to go on a diet. We have been saying for a while that we were going to but we just haven't until this past Monday. We are doing a low carb diet and as of yesterday we have both lost a little more than 6 pounds! So hopefully things will keep going good for us. I think that it has been harder for me so far than it has been for Chaz. I don't know why but the first day was very hard for me. Each day is getting better and easier though. I know that we can do it. We are going to start weighing ourselves on Mondays. We cheated this week and weighed ourselves yesterday because we wanted to see if it was working but we are not going to do that anymore. We also measured ourselves so that we can see where we are losing inches as well. I cant wait until you can start to tell that we have lost weight. I want to lose at least 49 pounds but I would really like to lose 59 so we will see. I am just going to set my goal at 49 for right now and then once I get there I will set a new goal for the other 10 pounds. Chaz wants to lose about 28 pounds. I know that he can do it. But it seems more discouraging when I see how much more than him that I have to lose. But I can do it... I hope. The way I see it though is that it can only get easier from here since each day our bodies are getting more used to it. We are also going to go join the gym tomorrow. I know that I am going to go everyday so I hope that Chaz will too. It is so much easier to tackle something like this when you are not alone in it. So I am very glad that we have each others support.

Wish us luck :)

[JUST SOME PiCTURES]

I was looking through the pictures on my phone and had some very very cute ones so I just thought that I would share :)

Bentley sleeping (that crazy little monkey is hanging off of the bar):

Cam & Bentely love each other so much:
I got a Snuggie for Christmas...Bentley thinks it is his:
Sweet Macy-Mae playing with her toy that she later destroyed:

Ellie's first outside adventure:
Crazy Destiny, she got on my Jeep and the jumped on the roof:

We love all of our crazy babies!!

[MERRY CHRiSTMAS & A NOT SO HAPPY NEW YEAR]

Since I last posted we have had 2 holidays. I cant believe it. Everything has gone by so fast.

We had a wonderful Christmas and got lots of great things. We went to my Pape and Nanna's for Christmas Eve like we always do. Then we went to the Christmas Eve service at our church. On Christmas day me and Chaz got up very early to do our Christmas together since I had to work on Christmas Day. It was fun even though it was very early. After I got home from work Chaz's Dad, Mom and his brother came up to have lunch and open presents with us. After that we went to my Dad and Mamma's house to have dinner and open presents. So we had a wonderful 2nd Christmas together and we cant wait for many many more!

Our New Year's eve was fun. We went to my friend Tiffany's house to ring in the new year. Then on New Year's day our day started out great! We went to my Pape and Nanna's house to have lunch like we always do. When we got home is when our good day turned to a terrible day. When we got home Chaz went to check on his deer corn and found my sweet precious Reagan... she had been killed :( I was devastated, and still am really. Its hard to lose one pet but to lose two in less than a year is more than I can deal with right now. We think that she was killed by a very mean looking stray dog that roams around our neighborhood. Next time I see it I am calling animal control and if they don't do anything about it I will. I just cannot believe my my precious Reagan is gone and I am beyond heartbroken that it happened the way that it did and that she had to suffer alone in the cold. I put up her stocking the other day and all I could do was cry. I want her back! And I still want Misty back too :( I don't understand why God has done these horrible things to me this past year. What did I do for them to deserve what happened to them?! I just don't understand why God took them away from me. I am still grieving the loss of both of them and I want to cry as I am sitting here typing this but I cant because if I do I wont be able to stop. I just have to be at peace knowing that they are together in heaven without a care in the world. I just have 2 guardian angles now :) And I still have all of my other babies that I love very much and that still need me so they keep me going.

I have since started back school, not a very long break but oh well. I am taking 3 classes this quarter. Everybody always asks me how much longer I have and the truth is... I have no idea. All I know is that I am not stopping until I am done. So hopefully this quarter will go as smooth as the last.

Chaz is still home which I am glad to say. We don't know when he will be leaving again but more than likely it will be either February or March. I personally would prefer it be March, that way I can spend more time with him.

More bad news from the Gibson family... The hospital that I work at has really been struggling for a little while now as far as money goes. This past week there were a lot of budget cuts and in those cuts my hours got cut. They got cut from 80 hours every 2 weeks to only 64 hours. Don't get me wrong I am very thankful to still have my job but that cut is really going to hurt us. And if it gets cut anymore we will lose our insurance which is my main concern. So just pray that things get better here and that my hours will go back up soon. And also if anybody knows of any places that are hiring part-time or for nights please let me know.

Well I guess that's about it for now... hopefully next time I will have only good news to post about.