DisneyLand Trip for Mr. B

Brayden and Titi Desi

Brayden, Pedro and Roman

Lita, Papi, Titi Desi and Bradyen (more pictures hopefully coming soon:)

Brayden had the privilege to go to Disneyland a few weeks ago with my parents and his cousin Pedro. My mom and dad decided to surprise them with a trip together. My younger sister Desi and her husband Jimmy live down in Cali so they were going to meet up with them too. From what I hear Brayden had a great time! He loved meeting all the characters, loved the plane rides, loved most of the rides (a few were a bit scary for him), and loved hanging out with the family. We were so happy that he had a chance to go, but sad that we couldn't go with him. My sister was so sad she couldn't go with Pedro that her husband and her decided at the last minute to drive down to Cali!! So, the Metcalfe's were the only ones missing out on the family reunion:) I'm so thankful that Brayden has cool grandparents. What a special trip he will always remember. He is still talking about it everyday and can't wait to go back!

My Bugg

Well it's been awhile since I've blogged and I really have no excuse. Sometimes I feel that I don't have anything to blog about, but then again we've been so busy. Travis just took his GMAT on Monday and got a great score. He is planning on going back to school in the fall to get his Masters in Business. Although I'm not excited to have him gone more, I am excited for him because this is a goal he's had since he graduated college. We're going to have to rearrange our lives so daddy will have time to go to class and do his homework. I've been busy planning a special day at my MOPS group which is coming up next Tuesday. I have also been learning a lot of new recipes and trying to cook healthy for the family more. It's been fun and so far we've been impressed with this "healthy" food:)
For Christmas Travis got me a Body Bugg. What's that you say? Have you ever seen the Biggest Loser? They wear these bugs on their arms on the show. It's a device that tells me how many calories I'm burning during the day. I have a goal of how much weight I would like to loose, and then it gives me a goal of how many calories I should burn a day and how many I should eat. You log in your food and it downloads your calories burned. I LOVE THIS THING! I've been working out a lot because I want to hit my goals everyday. So far I've lost 29 pounds and counting since January 1st!! It's a great way to teach you to get active and eat less calories too.
I loved it so much I bought one for Travis for Valentines Day (so romantic huh:). Now we have matching Buggs on all the time:) He is doing well on the program too and has so far lost 16 pounds. What we love most about the program is it's not a special diet or workout regime that is promising us weight loss. It's the simple fact that if you burn more calories than you eat, you will loose weight! I think this is a great life lesson we are learning on this program.
The kids are learning a lot too. Brayden almost did a whole Yoga session with Travis and I the other night. He was saying "I have to do my exercise today." Cute. Speaking of Brayden, he is on a plane right now on his way to Disneyland with my parents. I'm a little sad I can't be there with him, but I am so excited for him and can't wait to see the pictures.
Peyton is growing so fast as they all do at this age. She is talking more and more. Right now her favorite word is "hi." She walks around the house saying it to everyone and everything:) She loves to "help" mommy exercise too and thinks it's pretty funny. Well more to come soon about life with the Metcalfe's...