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I'd like to ask for prayer for us and Judah. Judah's 1st grade teacher informed us that he isn't doing well in math and maybe reading also. She is going to discuss this with Judah's reading teacher and together they'll talk to the principal about whether or not Judah should be in the 1st grade. There are pros and cons to pushing him back to kindergarten. After some discussion, Dave and I both agree that staying in the 1 st grade would be best even if he needs to repeat it next year. He is getting better at reading on a daily basis but if he goes back to K he won't be working on reading much at all. We're hoping that through the course of the year he'll start picking up on things quickly and make some progress. I'd rather him not repeat the first grade but I do think it's better then having to change classes mid-year and go back to kindergarten. Our parent/teacher conference meeting is Nov. 3rd. I assume she'll have discussed all of this with ...

So, I googled my name yesterday and found my old Live Journal . My last entry was January 1st 2006. I blogged fairly regularly for a whole year. It's so interesting to read about that year of our life. I started the blog right after I had my surgery on my right elbow and was out of work for awhile. I was just getting into watching Season 1 of 24. Dave went to Seattle for his buddy's wedding and Nicki Loomis and Melissa Cramer (now Meyer) kept me company. We blogged about our fun adventures living in Dubuque and what newly wed life was like. I look back with such fondness although when I read some of my entries, I remember some of the very difficult things we went through. We had a wonderful, solid marriage but we went through a lot together. The blog begins in IA with Dave attending Emmaus Bible College. Dave graduated, we moved all our belongings to CO, we moved into my parents basement, we spent the summer at camp on Whidbey Island as Staff Directors for our 2nd summer in a r...

I'm excited to think I might be back into old pants by later this winter or spring. From Aug 1st up to today I have lost 10 pounds and many inches. I can fit into a skirt that I couldn't wear earlier this summer. I feel good which I know is all because I'm active and eating healthy. I haven't had sugar cravings at all which is so unlike me. I have realized that sugar is what causes you to be hungry and eat more. I eat less and am satisfied. I am so proud of Dave. He's running a 1/2 marathon Thanksgiving weekend in Seattle and his training is going so well. This will be his 3rd 1/2 marathon. He has plans to run a full marathon next summer! He's lost a ton of weight and I'm sure he's gonna lose a lot more. I am glad he's getting healthy. I must admit that the recent move to Yakima is why we're doing so well health-wise. There's so much less stress and so much more joy and excitement. We're so happy here and thank God for his clear direction...

Dave and I finished the Advocare 24 day challenge at the end of August and he lost around 20 pounds and I lost around 7-8 pounds. The last 2 weeks of the challenge I ran 5-6 times a week. It was great but soon after the challenge ended I got sick. I did run a mile two different days during my sickness and it just about killed me. It was tough to get back into exercise after I was feeling well enough to do it. So. . .running. . .I am kind of quitting for now. I have never thoroughly enjoyed running and rarely had a great run that made me want to do it again the next day. My endurance was not increasing and the discouragement was increasing. So now what? Well, I found a great video that is called 10 minute Solutions Carb Burner. It gives me 5 different 10 minute workouts that are pretty awesome. I am up to doing 4 in a row which is 40 minutes of workout with a high heart rate. The great thing is that my endurance is much greater then when I would run. I can exercise much longer stretches...