2013: Reviewing the year!!!

Well 2013 has been a great year!!! I became healthy for the first time in my adult life, and I kept my new years resolution all year (which is just crazy!) I still cannot believe that I've lost 75 pounds, I sometimes look at old pictures and cannot believe it!!

2013 was definitely a fun year! I went to many concerts Chris Tomlin with Lisa, Hanson with my sister and Sara (seeing Taylor Hanson and hearing them sing MMMbop was pretty amazing!), also went to see the Newsboys with Lori and Mary!

My big news would be my new job at the St. Cloud Medical Group, which i am very excited about. I've been there almost 4 weeks now and still learning, but everyone has been great and I have a good feeling about this place!

I went on many trips to, Disney World with dad, Womens retreat with the crossroads church (and went zip lining!), Chicago for Stars on ice (with dad!) and then a group of us from Crossroads went back to Camp Lebanon for a weekend with my "Jesus girls!"

I also was involved in a lot of small group bible study with Crossroads and I have loved every single one of them!!

My sister also got a publishing contract for her book Truest (hopefully coming sooner than 2015 or 2016) and a book she has to write! i am so excited!!!

So 2013 has officially been an awesome year! Can't wait to see what is in store for me in 2014!!!

Wow, its been a crazy month (New job, Disney, Christmas!!! oh my)

Just wanted to update you guys! Got back from Disney last week, which was so fun! Still so tired, I did gain a pound when we got back and then had a cheat day on Christmas eve (but got sick from eating so much, never doing that again!) and had so much fun with the family and now working out like crazy to get ready for my first weigh in since Disney and Christmas! i am SOOOOO nervous! EEKKK!! be praying! The new job is going well, ive been on my own for a week, and it went okay! Still being a newbie is so hard, so keep praying! I do like that it has been short weeks, so that is helpful! Well lets have a great week everyone and a great new year! i cannot believe its almost 2014 and Ive lost 75 pounds! Im just baffled!!! and seriously, if i can do it, anyone can do it!!! Happy Christmas and New Years!
Love, Kristin

i lost 75 FREAKING pounds! I am so excited!

I am currently in a size medium!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!! i wanna scream it from the rafters but I won't! haha!!!

Ive had to shop for new scrubs because mine don't fit so my mom is going to try and sew some of my old ones to make them smaller, but we shall see, Im not sure how good she will be at this, especially considering anytime she cut my bangs she would come after me with a scissors for a week afterward tweeking my hair!! haha!!! oh and the clothes my mom made me when i was little!! i have nightmares just thinking about it!

anyway, i just wanted to share my good news!!!!!! YAH!!!! and seriously, if i can do this (queen of the couch potatoes!) anyone can do this!!!!

Holidazzle parade

This year I went to the holidazzle with Sara and it was DOWNRIGHT cold!! but very fun!! We went early with the Spirit 92.9 bus and checked out the Macy's display and then we walked around and then it was time to get outside and FREEZE!! and i had multiple layers on! Let's see I had two sock layers, two pant layers, 4 top layers, headband, head scarf, regular scarf and two mitten layers!!! it was still cold, but a lot of fun! when i got home and worked out, it was crazy to me how I could be hot all of the sudden!!! LOL!!!!

Tonight some friends and I were going to check out a Walk Through Christmas which is a nativity show at the Waters church in Sartell, but my friend got called to work last minute and next weekend I am going to be in Florida!!! (WOOT WOOT!) i am kinda hopping it gets cold here, so I can brag about how nice it is down there, when I am not in MN! does that make sense??? 5 more days!!! YEEEEPPPP!! so excited!!!

it just is really bad timing, but i am so glad that my new employer is understanding and is giving me the time off, Thank you! My first couple days went good, its still stressful just because I don't know what I am doing yet, but I know I will catch on eventually!! Its also fun getting to wear scrubs again! the thing is though that i was at the south campus the past couple days and finally figured out my way around and now i am going to have to figure out my way around the NW campus, AHHH!!!! im still trying to figure out where the 1st floor breakroom is at the NW clinic, hahaha!!!!

oh well let's have a good week everyone!!! we can do this! i have a great feeling about working at SCMG (St. Cloud medical group!), but i just want to know how to do everything NOW!!!!! sigh. prayers needed!!!

i SURVIVED my first day!!! WOOT WOOT!

so exciting!! It was snowing like crazy, so I left plenty early and actually got there at like half an hour early which was good! better early than late!

and i was only there for a couple hours for orientation, so it was good. I'm really excited, I think this is going to be great! I have a really good feeling! keep praying!!!

Last day at Wheelchairs Plus!!!

Kinda sad, I'm gonna miss everyone over there! From the service guys Crazy Mike (uh huh huh huh!) Tommy G and Jason's stories to the girls my buddy Cassandra who hates the twins to Angie who LOVES the twins!!

And our Grand Rapids office people including Rose, Laurie, and Rachel! Its been a fun year and a half, but I am very excited and ready for this opportunity at St. Cloud Medical Group. I have a good feeling about this!! Although we are expecting big amounts of snow tomorrow, YIKES! of course this would happen to me on my first day at my new job! UGH! i could definitely use your prayers!

My last day was really fun though. We got Extreme Pita which is AWESOME, and I am kinda sad that I am not going to be close enough for lunch there anymore. sadness, but when I picked it up EP has this deal going on where if you buy a $25 you get a free meal!!! excited, so i texted Sara and that is what we are getting each other for Christmas, we are OBSESSED!!!!! but i forgot that i am supposed to forget this; wait what? I'm confused. haha!

but yes, i am sad to be leaving, but very excited for the St. Cloud Medical Group, I have a very good feeling about this!

Kimball Church of Christ

I went to my parents house last night and then went to church with them this morning. I just love going back to my home church, it was so fun to see everyone and Adam Magnuson preached, and he was WONDERFUL! i will still remember him as the little boy who would come over after church to hang out with Kevin, but then Kevin and Adam's brother would go play outside and Adam would sit by my dad and watch sports with him and it would drive my dad crazy. He would try to have mom and anyone else get him to go outside and play with the other boys! but he loved hanging out with dad! I can't blame him though, I love hanging out with my dad too!!!

and now to have him preach, that was pretty great!!!

it was just nice to check in and see all those I've grown with. It's always good to reconnect with your roots, although it is SOOOOOO cold at my parents house! BRRRR!!! forgot what it was like to be in an old farmhouse, so thats why I left my favorite twins sweater that is WAY too big for me, which rocks, at my parents, so I can use it when I am home! HAHA!!

what a FABULOUS Thanksgiving weekend!!

it was so great! I got so much done and feel like this is the first time I am just sitting down and chilling! which is so crazy! I worked out like CRAZY this weekend, like i am telling you C R A Z Y!!! I didn't know I would turn into an exercise freakazoid, but I think I have!! haha!!

I also did A LOT of cleaning in my house and Christmas decorating, so it looks so nice! YAH! also I just feel like I am organizing my personal life, so I feel like my professional work life will be organized. I am so excited albeit nervous about starting at the St. Cloud Medical Group on Wednesday. I feel like this is my "dream job" just because I am a patient there and I've always wanted to work there, and now I get too! I'm pretty stocked, I just have pre work jitters! I hope things go well! keep praying for me!

Hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving weekend and remember to give thanks every day, not just once a year!!!

Its the most wonderful time of the year! YIPPEE!!!! :)