Hammarlove

Sunday, May 25, 2014

R+J=LOVE!

One of my dear teaching friends got married last night! I've taught with her for the past 5 years and we both began our teaching career together at the same school! She is gem! R is always someone who I could talk to, vent to, share good news and etc! I was SO excited the day she shared with me that she had met someone! :) And I was even more excited when I got the text from her that she was ENGAGED to J! WHOOP! :)

K and I went to the wedding together. It was the perfect ceremony and the MOST BEAUTIFUL reception!

Officially Mr. and Mrs. T!

Reception site...BEAUTIFUL! It was on 88 aches of land.

Outdoor area with a huge fireplace!

Inside

K modeling R's bouquet!

My awesome date! :) We had so much fun catching up and talking both ways...the radio was never even turned on!! :)

First dance!

Father/Daughter dance!

Us with sweet R!

candy bar!

Hanging out outside before the reception got started!

All of us JJH teaching buddies! We will miss R SO much but are so happy that her and J will be starting their life together in another town!

S giving her speech...which was PEFECT!

SOO happy for R and J!

Friday, May 23, 2014

V turns 30!

Our great friend V turned 30 last weekend! Her Dad threw her a fun party to celebrate!

Birthday girl!!

H and L

Dancing :)

Love my sorority sisters!

Twins? ha! NO!

H found a friend!

These TWO are the best together! They always are cracking us up!

FOUR!

Birthday girl and her hubby dancing! SO cute!

We had such a good time celebrating V and her big birthday!!

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

SWW!

So What Wednesdays! Go over to Life After I 'Dew' for more fun links! Here is what I'm saying So What to this week:
So What If ...

I'm happy with my results of the Biggest Loser competition at school! I still have some work to do, but I'm happy so far!
I moved classrooms this week...I'm so excited about my new room...I just moved next door, but I love the change! Yes, I'm still teaching 2nd grade! :)
Owie is almost crawling! #slowdowntime
I enjoyed the many visitors we had this past weekend!
I'm watching the Bachlorette this season...I've only watched 1/2 of Monday's show.
I'm counting down the days until the beach!!

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Biggest Loser

Like I've said many many times...I work at the best place with some amazing people!

One of our PE coaches suggested we do a Biggest Loser competition. So, beginning March 24th until today we did it in teams at school! We picked our teams and logged our points for working out. Every 15minutes=1point.

We also were weighed on March 24th and our body fat percentage was taken.

I also started Insanity on March 22nd. I did 5 solid weeks of it...and then I got super super sick. And was pretty sick for almost 3 weeks.

But with doing Insanity and Zumba in 8 weeks I lost 5 lbs and 5% of my body fat. No, that's not a lot of weight but I'm more excited about my body fat percentage. It took me from being in the Fitness range to the Athletes range!

I didn't change much in my diet because of nursing...I have to continue to consume a lot of calories but I did try to make better food decisions.

But I was happy to see the scale say the numbers that I had before any babies...and I'm happy to see my body shaping back up....I still have areas that I'm not 100% happy with. I'm still working on my tummy that carried 2 babies at once! ha!

So, we will find out on Thursday which team wins... and it's not just who loses the most weight...it's fitness points and body fat % lost too!

I just love that I work with such encouraging people!

Monday, May 19, 2014

EKH & OCH Week 36

Dear Emma Kate and Olivia,

You girls are truly a blessing! To everyone in our family! You smile and laugh at the perfect times and fit into our family perfectly!

We love how different you two are but how close you are! Livi, you're the more quiet one and very affectionate! You love to touch our faces and hair and are more sensitive. EK, you are the social butterfly and love to play! Emma Kate for as social as you are, you do have to warm up to people you don't know well or haven't seen in a while.

Bath time has become a highlight of the day for the whole family!

You girls love playing in the water and have gotten really good about when I wash you hair and don't mind the water in your face/eyes. :)

On Tuesday evening we saw the first of the sibling problems. ha! Emma Kate you were playing and splashing BIG time with your big brother. But Olivia, you didn't like the splashing at all. You got very upset in the bathtub. And you were even upset for a good 20 minutes after bath time. Mommy explained to you that you won't always like/want to do what your siblings are doing. And also with being the baby sometimes you might be left out. Your sister and brother weren't being mean to you but you just did NOT like what they were doing.

You girls are still great eaters! You eat two pretty big meals a day. We may start doing 3 a day soon just because you girls enjoy eating and you're becoming more active! You girls love to eat Veggie Straws after your dinner.

Sometimes you girls have to to take your bottle solo...you both do pretty well with it! :)

You girls really enjoy jumping in your jumpers!

EK, you love books! And you REALLY love your indestructible books because you can eat them! ha!

Owie, you are really moving around now! You are trying to crawl but haven't gotten the forward motion. You can get around though!

Mommy finished up her 5th year of teaching on Friday and you girls were so happy when I got home!

Saturday Aunt Cee, Daddy and TJH took you ladies to the Farmers Market and park while Mommy helped redo/complete a house for one of her students. You girls are still lovin' the swing!