I’m soooooo happy and sooo excited!!!

THINGS THAT MADE TODAY SUPER AWESOMESAUCE:
~ church! it was just nice and to espically teach the kiddies! I let them draw, heh.
~ weather! TODAY WAS GORGEOUS but way too windy
~ I GOT A SURPRISE EARLY BDAY PRESENT!
ok. here’s the story. my church friend drove me home and said she was gonna head on home so okie. she leaves and i take katie inside, let her play a little, feed her a snack and decide to go outside and try to call my Mom. i eventually got ahold of her and talked then Brad came home and I had locked the front screen door so when he came home, he couldn’t get in so he came around the back to where we were and said for me to come. i was like ??? 3 of my church friends were there! they wanted to give me an EARLY BDAY PRESENT! I got a NIIIIIIICE JOGGING STROLLER! I’ve been wanting one so badly since the stroller we’ve had for Katie is not the best and it’s too small for Katie now and is not the best for attempting to jog or even that great with walking either! I AM SO. HAPPPPPPPPY! I mean, it’s not everday that I get a OUT OF NOWHERE SURPRISE LIKE THIS! The past few years I haven’t really got much for my birthdays or Christmas and I was OKAY with that but surprises like this make it mean so much! =)

DAY 3 OF HIGH PROTEIN! I was worried about how I’d do today with waking up so much earlier than usual. On days that Brad works, we wake up at 8AM and I usually eat around 9:30-40AM and then on Sundays, I get up around 6:30-7AM and eat at 7:45AMish so a little thrown off from usual BUT! I had the same breakfast I’ve been having with a WHOLE apple then I brought along snacks with me to church… I gave Katie an apple for her snacks and took a little of hers as one of my snacks plus a few almonds, little leftover banana and 1 piece of bread with a little peanut butter and few banana slices. At almost 10AM, I ate my almonds, the little banana and apple slices. When church was over, I ate the rest of the apple slices and my mini sandwich! The rest of the days snacks was the same as yesterday and then this evening about 30 minutes before dinner, I felt pretty drained so I had a little protein powder mixed with a few things to tide me over. I’m eating dinner right now!!!!!! Steaks, black eyed peas, creamed corn! I’m feeling really good right now, woot.

TOMORROW WE SHOP and then I will have everything I neeeeeeeed for my high protein lifestyle! This whole WEEK is going to be GAWJUS and WAAAAAAAAAAAARM. You BET I WILL be going outside and I’ll probably be using my new stroller, yesssssir!

SQUEE. Thankful for my Heavenly Father and ALL that He has given me and for my life. The Gospel really does change lives and If you want it to – it can change yours too! Once upon a time, I used to turn my shoulder away from typical Christians and when I didn’t go to church… I thought, pft… what’s so special about them. It wasn’t until I opened my heart to new experiences and actually EXPERIENCED spiritual situations that I actually understood how powerful and important The Gospel truly is. It really is. God loves you and so do I!