papa Reynolds

got to go up to Prescott and see my gma and papa this weekend! papa was suppose to have surgery on his stomach cancer this coming thursday.. well last monday he had a stroke and they aren't going threw with the surgery.. they put a stint to help him to eat... we don't know how long we have with him but every moment is cherished!!! he is a great man and has been such a great example to me in many ways!!! i love him so much and am so relieved to know i will be with him again!!

in memory of Clinton Lee Flake

sunday our dear friend clinton lost his battle to cancer. he was 28 years old, has a beautiful wife , my dear friend april and their 4 beautiful children.i was able to be in safford for the viewing and funeral these last couple of days!! the service was amazing!! what an amazing woman april is!! she stood up and gave her husbands life story!!! wow!! is all i can say!! she is such a strength to me!! i love her so much!
im so glad i was lucky enough to have had clint in my life even if it was for a short time here!! im so glad we have the knowledge of eternal families! my sweet friend april and kids will be with their sweetheart/daddy again!!! god be with you til we meet again my friend clint! thanks for making a difference in my life the short time we were friends on this earth! we love you and will miss you til we meet again!

progress!!!

ok!!! so this first pic was taken on a august 31st!! the day after i started my diet program!! start weight 229!! wow i know!!!


2nd and 3rd pics were taken a week and 2 days later weighing in at 202 lbs!!!!


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and the 4th and 5th pics were taken 2 weeks and 4 days from the first day weighing 193!!! for a total weight loss of 36lbs so far!!!

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i am so excited to be doing so good and learning to eat healthier and understand my body!!! i feel so good!! i have another 40+ lbs i want to loose !!!

not gonna lie!!!

totally have to talk in church on sunday and im totally scared out of my mind!!!!

happenings

WOW!! i cant believe it has been almost a month since i have posted!! what a slacker i am!! well lots has happened and i am so glad to share.. lets see i was asked to take 2 callings in my ward. number 1: i am the new webelos leader and number 2 aaron and i co teach the sunbeams!!! i and we are really excited!!lol busy busy we will be but excited!! lets see what else, oh yes aaron and i celebrated 10YEARS being married and 8 years of being sealed as a forever family!! that was awesome we has friends in town that weekend so we went to f1 race factory and hung out. a couple weeks later we went to cheesecake factory, and we have not 1 but 2 mini vacations we are taking ALONE!!! YAY!!!
we also went on a ward campout with our new ward and it was sooooo much fun,we stayed up at camp lomia!! good times were made there!! we celebrated miss maliahs6th birthday, we had so much fun, we have done a combined birthday the last 2 times with maliahs cousin which her bday is the day before maliahs!! we has a huge swim\bbq party!! we had so much fun!! that also was the weekend i started my diet which i am proud to announce i have lost 20lbs on so far!!! it has been so hard but so worth it.. i am feeling alot better, im sleeping better, im not having the aches and pains i usually have in my knee i have more energy and some other problems i have had are pretty much gone aswell!! we also found out that my papa has stomach cancer.. it has been very hard on us all but we know what our heavenly fathers plan is for us and we will get threw this rough time. i was able to go up to Prescott and see him and my gma for a bit this last weekend.. i love them so much, what great examples they are of a eternal couple!! we also went to safford and visited with some of our great friends april and clint... we went bowling with them and just hung out!!! the kids are doing great in school and im so glad to see them thrive!! sammy also started preschool and he is really enjoying himself.. his teacher is our bishops wife.. and she is so sweet!!! i just cant get over the fact that next year all my kids will be in school!! its so bittersweet!!

kids 1st day of school!!!

i was pleased it went so well!! i was very nervous about my kiddos with it being a new school and all!! liah started to sry when i left and she told her teacher she needed a nap and then she would be fine.. so she went a laid down on the couch and took a 20 minute nap.. her teacher saaid after that she was great!!!

birthday!!

so aaron and i celabrated our 31st and 27th birthday this passed weekend!! we has so much fun with family and friends!!!