Merry Christmas!

I finally took my turn at hosting Christmas dinner for my family at our house, and it turned out to be a success.  I have never cooked my own turkey, so I was so scared that it wasn't going to turn out.....and to my surprise it was very tender and juicy!  Guests included my Mother in law, Taylor and Riddick.  Yay! 

We celebrated Christmas three days in a row, so there will be more pictures to come...(once Shana posts them, because for some reason I never pulled out my camera!)  





Time for a serious change

It's time for some real change around the Jordan household and it has to start now.  Jeffrey's best friend from childhood is a Sgt. in the Army and he came down to spend four days with his grandmother before heading back to Afghanistan for a new tour, and he came by to spend some time with us too.  He used to have a "gut" on him, that's what his grandmother told me...and now he doesn't.  He expressed his concern for Jeffreys health and said that if Jeffrey is serious about losing weight that he would help us, even though he is stationed in Seattle.  Tony started out walking his neighborhood, then jogging it, until he was able to run it and outdo his original times when he first entered the Army 13 years ago.  Then he started adding weights, etc. and Tony is now the reigning Strong Man winner in Seattle,Washington. 



For some reason today a light bulb went off in my head and I realized that I can not keep going on like I am.  I will be 34 years old on the 29th, I have just been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, severe cervical dysplasia and my husband is in need of desperate help too.  Why am I always sticking to what is easy for my family instead of doing the right thing?  The madness must stop now and it is time for a real change.

I have researched how to start a running regimen and stretching exercises. So now that Tyler is out of school for Christmas and I am out until January 18th, we will be at Cottage Hill Park spending our time there instead of in the house.  Jeffrey has a new role at work too, which allows him to get home before 4pm most days and he will be able to join us.  I'm not going to write down a number that we want to get down to, but there are weddings, parties and vacations in our future and we just want to look and feel good about ourselves before they come.  Here's to creating the new Jeffrey and Christy Jordan!

Video message from Santa to Tyler!

So a friend of mine posted this link on Facebook about making a personalized video from Santa Claus to your child(ren), so I looked at it.  I filled in the questions it asked me, and now look at this awesome video to Tyler....I can't wait for him to see it!  Go to http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/ to make your own!

http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/gj4E7wCsrwaizeOA8s8Mg6g?utm_campaign=share-video&utm_medium=share&utm_source=copy-paste

Merry Christmas!

Tyler and the Bee!

Last month, Tyler won second place in the 5th grade spelling bee at Griggs and today he brought home a letter from the school which stated that the little girl who won first place would be moving out of state and now Tyler is taking her place!!  He will be representing Griggs Elementary in the Mobile County Spelling Bee in February at Bishop State Community College!  He also won two tickets to the GoDaddy.com Bowl game, so he and Jeffrey will be celebrating Tyler's birthday a day early as they watch Arkasas State take on North Illinois at Ladd Peebles Stadium on January 8th!   He is more than excited, and we are so proud of him! Go Tylerbug!

1 down 2 to go...

My first semester of student teaching is over, yippee!!! Just two more to go and I will finally be done with school.....well, at least until I have to start the Masters program.  I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, so bring it on December 15, 2012! 

** By the way, did I mention that I made the Deans List this semester?  Go me, go me, go me!!  :)