Sometimes You HAVE to Dance

Here's a very cute video that my neighbor sent to me (it had me smiling & giggling out loud). I just love the dance between the girl and the ostrich... very cute!!!

The Shack & a "matching song"

I recently read the book, The Shack, by William P Young. It was a remarkable story that so dearly impressed upon me a true picture of who God is. It firmly reiterated that God loves me as I am with fault and flaws. I particularly loved the way how a couple of characters in the book referred to God as "Papa". If you haven't read it, you need to take a little bit of time to read it... it's a short, easy read, but it may have a profound effect on you. While commenting on the book on Facebook today, I was listening to my iPod when the song, "Broken & Beautiful" by Mark Schultz came on. It should be the theme song to the book The Shack! Listen to it here:

Broken And Beautiful.mp3

Older Photos

I went to scrapbook Saturday night, and decided to get a few older photos onto pages. This first layout is of a ski trip we took over 5 years ago, when Dylan first learned to ski:

This second one-page layout is of my niece, Blaise, back when her hair first turned curly:
This third layout is of a business trip I took to San Antonio last July. My coworker & I did a tour of the Alamo:

DOE's Biggest Loser Contest

Well the Department of Education's Biggest Loser Contest is over. Out of 25 participants, I came in 5th place. I know that's great and all, but only 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place contestants won the cash! That's ok... I'm definitely a winner with a personal weight loss total of 32 pounds since January 5th. In celebration of the contest ending, we had a party. The biggest "loser" was one of my sweetest coworkers, Edeltress (see her below... she was contestant #8... we were all identified by a contestant number throughout the contest, so no one knew who actually was in the lead). A big shout out to Latikka (pictured with me below) for motivating the group while also being a participant. I guess if I couldn't win, it's good to know that someone as nice as Edeltress won... she deserved it anyway... I think she lost 40 pounds! Her weight loss method was to work out 2 to 2 & 1/2 hours each day. She ran track and climbed stadium stairs. I may have to include a little of that into my work out just to switch it up! Way to go Edeltress!!!

Scrapbook & Blogging

I saw a cute idea for a layout on my desk calendar last year. A girl did a scrapbooking page about her blog. I used the layout idea, changed the colors, photos, & embellishments, and made it mine! I just love this layout, and of course, I love my BLOG!