July 4, 2007
· Filed under Broken Bones, Caleb, Health, Kacey's Stories
Yep, we knew it was inevitable since we do have 3 rambunctious boys. And it finally happened yesterday. Here’s the scoop. Of course, Caleb was doing what he does best, irritating Jonathan. Jonathan finally had enough and pushed him off the bottom bunk of their bed onto the floor. Caleb hit the floor trying to catch himself with his hands and his right shoulder popped. He came to tell Jeff and me, and we really didn’t think much of it. We finally noticed that he wouldn’t use his right arm and if it moved he would cry. It was then that we realized that he was in great pain. So we took him to the doctor this morning for an X-ray (which he thought was way cool) and found out he broke his collar bone. Not much can be done about it except put his little arm in a sling and immobilize it as much as possible (which is quite a task for this very active 4 year old boy)!
Anyway, he has asked us to pray for his arm several times and I know he would appreciate some prayers from everybody else!!! Here’s a picture of him with his arm in the sling. Please notice the look on his face. This is the only expression we’ve seen for two days. Bless his little heart!!
April 19, 2007
· Filed under Health, Kacey's Stories
It’s official. We didn’t win the cruise, but we are feeling better than ever. Our final weigh-in last week really motivated us to keep on losing! And here are the final results:
Jeff
Total weight: 29.4 pounds
Total inches: 13.75 inches
Kacey
Total weight: 16.2 pounds
Total inches: 10.5 inches
Even more encouraging than our weight and inches lost is how much healthier we are. When we began on Jan. 25, they took our blood pressure and heart rate. Both of these factors dropped dramatically for Jeff and me. Jeff’s blood pressure dropped from 154/90 to 123/74, and his resting heart rate went from 75 to 48 bpm. My blood pressure was at 127/83 and is now 116/74. My heart rate dropped from 70 to 53 bpm.
It’s exciting to know making healthy choices and exercising really pays off. Although the contest is over, we are continuing to pursue a healthy lifestyle!
April 6, 2007
· Filed under Health, Jeff's Stories
Hey everyone! I don’t post very often on here, but Kacey is busy so I decided to update you guys on our weight loss endeavors. 
We missed last week’s update, because we were crazy busy, and we actually both gained a pound. Our trainer said it was because we probably put on more muscle mass. As much as I would like to claim that theory, I have to rat us out. We ate horribly! So we paid for it with a pound. But we seemed to have bounced back rather nicely this week.
Jeff
This week: 5 pounds
Total: 28 pounds
Kacey
This week: 4 pounds
Total: 17 pounds
We are feeling great! Thanx for reading the blog and keeping up with our insane lives! BTW, next week is the last week of soccer and the first week of baseball and T-ball games. We are definitely looking forward to the end of soccer, although we have had a great time. Hopefully we will have some great pics very soon. Stay tuned!
Thanx!
March 28, 2007
· Filed under Health, Kacey's Stories
We missed last week because of Spring Break. While we didn’t exercise or eat quite right, we still managed to lose more weight! Here’s the scoop for this week’s weigh-in:
Jeff
This week: 3 pounds
Total: 24 pounds
Kacey
This week: 2 pounds
Total: 14 pounds
March 8, 2007
· Filed under Health, Kacey's Stories
Jeff and I began personal training sessions this week to, hopefully, increase our chances of more weight loss. All we can say is “OOOWWW!” We have found muscles we didn’t even know we had. After all the soreness and exhaustion, here are the results:
Jeff
This week: 2 pounds
Total: 21 pounds
Kacey
This week: 1 pound
Total: 12 pounds
We will miss next week because it’s SPRING BREAK, but we have bought a small amount of equipment to keep it going on our own. And when we come back home, we still have one more week of full personal training (and possibly pain all over again) to look forward to.
March 2, 2007
· Filed under Health, Kacey's Stories
This week, Jeff continued to shed lots more pounds. I am still losing just a small amount each week, but a few pounds are better than none!
Last weekend was a huge “cheat weekend”. A couple of friends of mine and I went to a Ladies’ Retreat Friday and Saturday, and the theme just happened to be “CHOCOLATE- a gift from God.” So, needless to say, a lot of chocolate was consumed, resulting in a 2-pound weight gain over the weekend. By today, though, I managed to get rid of those 2 pounds plus one more.
Here are the full results from this week:
Jeff
This week: 5 pounds
Total: 19 pounds
Kacey
This week: 1 pound
Total: 11 pounds
February 28, 2007
· Filed under Health, Kacey's Stories
Sorry so late, but here are last week’s results:
Jeff lost 1 pound last week- TOTAL: 14 pounds.
I lost 2 pounds last week- TOTAL: 11 pounds.
Jeff is totally blowing past me this week though. Stay tuned for this week’s update later.
February 17, 2007
· Filed under Health, Kacey's Stories
Jeff lost 3 more pounds this week, bringing him to 13 total pounds lost! I’m a little frustrated because I didn’t lose any more weight this week; but I didn’t gain any either. We are still sticking with exercising and eating healthy foods everyday. I’m not sure what’s keeping me from losing more, but I’m not quitting. It’s really become a natural part of our lives and we’re loving it!
Stay tuned to hopefully hear of more weight loss (the both of us) next week!!!
February 15, 2007
· Filed under Health, Jonathan, Kacey's Stories, Valentine's Day
Jonathan gave us quite a scare yesterday after school. We came through the door with armloads of groceries and dropped them in the kitchen. After giving all the boys their Valentines, Jeff and I began stocking the shelves in the kitchen. It wasn’t 3 minutes when Jonathan ran into the kitchen screaming “Mama, I’m bleeding!” and sure enough he was. Blood was pouring out of his hand, and I had to let Jeff take care of this one.
Here’s what happened:
One of his Valentines was a little difficult to unwrap, so he decided he would slide our sharp scissors under the wrapper, despite our many previous warnings about the danger of scissors. The scissors slipped and jabbed Jonathan right in the base of his thumb. From examining the scissors and the amount of blood on them, we suspect they went in about 1/4 of an inch. His wound was pretty deep and took forever to stop bleeding. He wasn’t able to bend his thumb, so we decided it would be best to let a doctor take a look.
Off to the ER we went. I think Jonathan was more nervous than he was hurting. He was so scared to go to the hospital. The doctor cleaned the wound, x-rayed his thumb, and saw no damage to any bones or tendons. After spending all of Valentine’s night there (4 hours), we came out with his bo-bo glued shut, a splint over his thumb, and orders to keep it straight and dry for 3 days.
February 10, 2007
· Filed under Health, Kacey's Stories, Random Stories
Jeff and I are dropping the weight! Our healthy diet and exercise plan are really paying off. As of today, Jeff has lost 10 pounds, I’ve lost 8, and we feel better than ever. This week really kicked our tails as we each worked out with our trainers. Now that we have a better workout regiment, we may see faster results, although I am extremely excited about how far we’ve come along.
Last Saturday morning, instead of sitting on the couch watching cartoons, we got out and hit the gym. Caleb and Aaron played with the nursery kids; Jonathan ran around the indoor track and played kickball in Kids’ Club; and Jeff and I got a good 1 hour workout followed by a brisk 1 mile walk. Afterwards, we cooled off with a long swim in the indoor pool. We are elated to have something new to do and look forward to this every Saturday. The boys have a blast too. We’ll try to remember to take the camera along tomorrow for some fun winter swimming pics, so stay on the lookout for them.
Yep, we knew it was inevitable since we do have 3 rambunctious boys. And it finally happened yesterday. Here’s the scoop. Of course, Caleb was doing what he does best, irritating Jonathan. Jonathan finally had enough and pushed him off the bottom bunk of their bed onto the floor. Caleb hit the floor trying to catch himself with his hands and his right shoulder popped. He came to tell Jeff and me, and we really didn’t think much of it. We finally noticed that he wouldn’t use his right arm and if it moved he would cry. It was then that we realized that he was in great pain. So we took him to the doctor this morning for an X-ray (which he thought was way cool) and found out he broke his collar bone. Not much can be done about it except put his little arm in a sling and immobilize it as much as possible (which is quite a task for this very active 4 year old boy)!
