Biggest Loser Challenge

So my family (there are actually 11 of us participating) are starting a biggest loser competition. We each put in $10 a month and the one who loses the biggest percentage that month gets the pot. So you can potentially win $100 a month for being the biggest loser. Today is the first "weigh in" and then we start reporting our numbers next Monday. Wish me luck....I need this motivation.

Help to Haiti

My friend Beckie just posted on her blog about how much Haiti is in need of our help and if we all could donate even $1 how much help that would add up to. After looking over the red cross' website I learned that if you text "Haiti" to 90999 (confirmed by snopes) you will donate $10 to help and it is charged to your cell phone bill. We can all afford $10 and you don't have to even give anyone any credit card information. Hopefully my little bit counts towards helping someone in this terrible disaster. If the situations were reversed I would hope we had some help too. Also a wake up to all (as Beckie listed on her site), that we need to make sure we are prepared for our own disasters, food storage, emergency kits, etc. I know I could definitely use some help in this regard. My prayers are with the people devastated in Haiti.

Christmas and 5 year old birthday

Below are some pictures of our Christmas and Connor's 5th birthday. Christmas was a lot of fun. We spent Christmas Eve at my mom's house. The kids enjoyed every minute of it and we had a great day. Connor also had a great birthday. On Saturday we went to Fat Cat's and played some games and then took him to see Alvin and the Chipmunks. On Sunday he had cake and ice cream and opened his presents. He was excited to finally get Spike the Ultra dinosaur that he has wanted for two years. On Monday (his actual b-day) we took him to lunch at Moore's. He got breakfast food and loved it and ate more than I have ever seen him eat. I can't believe he is 5 now. He is such a smartie and is truly my sweetheart.