Happy Birthday Grandma !!

Wishing Grandma B. a very Happy Birthday today. I hope all of your birthday wishes come true. Although I will not be there to celebrate with you, please know you are always in my thoughts and prayers each and every day. Hope today is as special as you are!! Happy Birthday.

Not done yet ??

Mother Nature does not want to let go this winter as we prepare for back to back storms on Sunday and Monday. Just when I thought it was safe to put back the snow blower!!

Off into the sunset.......

Just got back from Dad's last flight as a commercial pilot for Alaska Airlines. We had a wonderful trip and will have many memories that will last forever. I will be posting some the highlights over the next few days but I wanted to post this video since it really said it all.

Happy Retirement Dad

This is it.......

With Dad in the left seat and my little brother Connor in the right seat we are ready to take off on my Dad's last flight. The entire family will be sitting in the main cabin up to Anchorage on Tuesday for his last commercial flight before retiring. Are we all jealous, of course. Are we all happy for my Dad, of course. He has been waiting for this day for a long time and now that it has come he is going to have his family there to share in the end of this chapter and the beginning of a new one. Congrats Dad!!

Happy Birthday Dustin ---

Dustin, I want to wish you a Very Happy Birthday. Although we will not be together on the actual day, I will keep you in my thoughts, my heart and my soul just as I do each and every day. I love you very much. I hope all of your birthday wishes come true and we will celebrate big time soon!!

Going through old emails......

I found the link to the video posted below while cleaning up my inbox. It is from 2007, our trip to Cabo San Lucas. Dustin and I invited our Sisters, Rebecca and Sara to join us and as you can see we had a great time. The week just flew by!! SO you can see from the fun we had my motivation for getting skinny again. We will be returning to Cabo in April and We cannot wait.

Blast from the past

Countdown to Cabo Update......

Well I am starting my 17th day of my weight loss program and as we get closer to our trip to Cabo San Lucas on April 6th. I have been fully committed in my diet and exercise program. This morning while stepping onto the scale I saw a number which I have not seen in a long time. Unofficially (I say that cause its my scale and not WW scale) I am down 6.4 pounds! Only 20 more pounds to go!!

Dear Dustin....

Dustin-
Will you be my Valentine?
Because I will be yours forever.
I love you.
- Ryan

Happy Valentine's Day !!

Wishing everyone a very Happy Valentine's Day. I hope each of you have someone special in your lives to celebrate this day with......I know I do. I love you Dustin!!

Wanted to share with you....

I was trying to think of something to inspire me to blog about today and I stumble across this picture that I took last year at the Portland Rose Garden. It is one off my favorite pictures I have taken. I really do enjoy photography and I take that after my mom. So I wanted to share this picture with you and wish each of you a great day!

Happy Anniversary to me......

One year ago, I decided to challenge myself to see if I could go 30 days without a diet soda. Well one month turned into two and two into three and so on until TODAY marks the ONE YEAR since my last diet soda. It was been a very hard challenge to keep. Soda is so bad for you, I know. But I do not have many vices in my life. I will continue on with 99 percent water and maybe on special occasion retry that one soda again. I hope after a year I don't even like the taste of it anymore.

It's been one week!!

Well today marks one week, that I have been on my program. And guess what?? I am still doing great. I have been to the gym everyday, I have stuck to my diet, haven't cheated yet. I am feeling pretty good and staying motivated. This morning when I stepped on the scale I was at a number I haven't seen since last year. I lost 4 pounds this week total. If I keep that rate up, I can be down 12 pounds before the end of this month. I can do it!! I will do it!!

Down 3 pounds !!

Just stepped on the dreaded scale to see how I am doing so far and I was down 3 pounds. I think most of that fell off while snow shoveling. We had another 5.1 inches fall yesterday!! We'll I'm off to the gym, How are you doing on your program??