A New BYU Alumni

There she is, BYU's latest Alumni.  She will forever be tied to that school, and she will enjoy many years of phone calls when they call asking for donations.  BUT, oh how proud we are of her!  

It was such a wonderful day for Steve and I to share with Kelsey.  She has been a huge blessing in our lives, and it has been so much fun to be her parents.  Her Mordue and Van Horn grandparents joined us for this special occasion also.

We are also very grateful that she is a part of the wonderful Cole family.  The Coles have been so supportive of her and her educational endeavours and have shared in the excitement of her graduation with us.  Dave printed up beautiful graduation announcements and Maria organized a dinner at her parents house in Provo for all of us.  They were wonderful hosts and are incredible parents to Kelsey and Covey.

Banner Day

Plus:

I was pretty excited when, almost 3 months to the day, I walked into Four Pillars and had my measurements retaken.  I'm a little embarrassed at the numbers of my starting point, but quite proud of myself for sticking with the program and hanging in there, because I was very happy with the numbers today:

Do you see that?? Almost 14 lbs just in body fat lost!  What did I do to celebrate?  I took five of my favorite skirts to Chay's to be altered...those dang things keep falling off of me!  Oh, and I let myself have a little piece of my friend's coconut birthday cake from Plate's and Palates.  Now, back to savoring my water and fresh fruits/veggies.

Was it Worth It?

It's a really good thing that I do not battle compulsions to drink or do drugs, because honestly I would fall of the wagon regularly.  Fortunately, my battle is with white flour, butter and sugar, and therefore a little easier to fight.  After logging in a lot of running miles last week (5, 7, 9, and 11 respectively) and having a deficit in my caloric intake on all four days of running, I did not feel one bit badly about buying a sugar cookie (with WARM frosting, mmm) from Swigs on my way out of town.  As I ate it slowly, savoring every morsel of buttery, vanilla-flavored sugary goodness I asked my self:  "was it worth the 11 miles I just ran?"  The answer, most resoundingly was, "Oh Yeah!"  See?  Off the wagon (but at least running along next to it...teeheehee)