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I can't believe that it has been almost nine years since I got diagnosed with diabetes. A lot has happened and a lot has changed over the past decade, but I am still here! I am so grateful for wonderful family, friends and doctors who have been and continue to be such an inspiration to me! They truly have kept me going! It is a daily battle, but when I look at Garrett, and how hard I worked to get him here healthy, I know I can do anything! My sweet grandma who just turned 89 a few weeks ago is someone else that makes an impact on my life daily! She has been through so much and fought for her life after the doctors told her she wouldn't make it to see her kids grown after she got diagnosed over 50 years ago! If she can make it to 89.....SO CAN I!!! Also, I have a great doctor who is so encouraging that he even gave me a gold star at my last doctor's visit for working so hard to improve my blood sugars over the last couple of months! Yes, he gave me a gold star sticker that I wore on my forehead home! I know it sounds silly, but I think it was very thoughtful of him! I put my gold star sticker on my fridge to help remind me of all my hard work and to not give up and to keep working toward being the healthiest I can be! Last, but certainly not least, I just "ran" my first 5K last weekend! My goal was not to stop the whole time and I made it and didn't even come in last place!!! A good friend who also has diabetes was there at the finish line cheering me on and screaming, "diabetics rule!" After all these years of making up excuses that I couldn't exercise because of my diabetes, I did it! I got over those excuses and showed myself that I can do it! It's not easy to exercise with diabetes, but I have pushed myself over the last six months or so and I can definitely see positive changes in many aspects of my life!



For the past two years, we have joined with thousands of others to "Step-Out and Fight Diabetes." This year the Diabetes Walk is at "This is the Place" state park on September 26th. The walk starts at 10 am and ends at the Hogle Zoo. If you can join our team and walk with us....great! If not, you can show your support by donating to the ADA by clicking here or on this link below (you may need to copy and paste it into your web browser)! Our Team is called the "Dancing Diabetics" and hope to raise $150.00 ! There are only nine days left for this fundraiser, so help our team reach or goal! WE are a third of the way there! Hope to hear from you all soon!

http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR/StepOut/StepOut530058010?px=4373344&pg=personal&fr_id=6502&et=rqMk-Jq9FjwUNrIuGt6zow..&s_tafId=264057

Cousins!

Cousins are great! We have had fun seeing the Lewis cousins a few times over the past few weeks while they have been here visiting! They made a surprise arrival and we are so glad that they did! It is sure hard having them live so far away and hope that they are able to move closer soon! We are keeping our fingers crossed that the job prospects that they have will bring them closer so that we can see them more! Garrett sure has fun watching Ty and Mara run around and have fun and he tries oh so hard to keep up with them!! He also is fascinated by little Caleb and says, "baby" and points to him when he is around! We sure do love you guys and hope that we can hang out again before you go back home! It sure makes time with the Lewis family more exciting when there are here!

What a precious picture of the kids and their grandma and grandpa!

Dirty boy!

Garrett is sure a master at getting dirty these days! I have started using bleach to get the stains out of his onesies, doing more laundry, taking more baths and have been trying to let him enjoy it and not freak out when he makes a mess! Take these photos for example.....enjoying the great outdoors by covering himself head to toe in DIRT!!! It was pretty cute to watch and we were trying to play a game so we didn't mind too much that he was entertaining himself with the brown stuff! It was literally was like he was taking a bath in the dirt! He even tried a handful of it and didn't think it tasted so great! You gotta love the snot running down his nose that made for some great dirt boogers! I just couldn't resist documenting this moment, knowing that it won't be the last!


exfoliating my legs! ..................... do I have something on my face?



yummy! ............................................ but I am sure cute!

Here is one of Garrett enjoying the attention he got with his hat tricks from his cousins, aunts, and grandparents! Silly kid!