The Big Sur

I just let you all know that we are doing really good here in California, but we sure miss you all. At least we have a nice weather here. It is really beautiful. Spencer has a lot to study but we are trying to be together every free time he has. Love you all. Amanda

Well we finally have the offical good word from Exxon and will be joing the ranks in Houston TX this coming summer. We are sure excited about the new chapter in our life and to see what life outside the Navy is like. I want you all to know that you are more than welcome to come down South for a visit. It is a longer drive than it was to the beautiful NW but I am hoping that the draw of childhood memories will bring you all down. We are also planning on coming to Ut. at the end of the month and will be bouncing between UT and AZ. So I am hoping to see all of you in the time I am there. Riley is super excited to see all of her many cousins. I am looking forward to being re-energized by being with all of you. Well I should run. I have a 3 year old trying to sneak into my room (it is 10pm and my door is locked!)
I love you all
Sheesh

Hey everyone! Well, this ought to be a fun little competition. I have started over and I'm trying to recover from the holidays. The only thing that saved me this season was the fact that I am training for a marathon. I burned a lot of calories but I also consumed a lot of calories. I even ran 12 miles yesterday and my long run this week is 13 miles. Hello, that is the furthest I have ever run at one time. And actually I didn't even run the whole time in the past. I didn't walk during my 12 mile run so hopefully as I slowly build the miles I won't have to! You would think training for a marathon would help me lose weight but it has actually been a lot harder. I am much hungrier now so it is hard to control how much I eat. I am also much more tired so I don't know about anyone else but I always want to eat when I'm tired. We'll see how it goes. I'm going to try to step it up a bit this next week and see how it goes. Until then...good luck everyone!

Biggest Loser

We are officially into week one. Good luck ladies. I think this will be a lot of fun and I am excited to see how we all end up in 12 weeks. We are all winners no matter what!!! This past week was an okay one. I was not feeling well the first 2 days and completely useless to the kids and myself. I had to make up for it in the second half of the week. I am trying to stick to weight watchers again. I hope that I can 100%. I do good for a couple weeks then get over confidante and think I can do it on my own in a sense and then I don't do well. I am going to try and really do it right this time. Keep us posted on how you are all doing.
Sheesh