June 28 - Gil and Laura celebrate 34 years of Marriage

We are showing our age. We didn't do much, just a nice quiet day.

Gil in the mostly finished front yard. Still a pile of rocks to be arranged. Garden boxes partially planted. GrandKids toys scattered around.

I'm making some progress on the diet. It's been a couple of weeks, and the pants are not as tight. My belly bulge is a little less.

June - Family at Naomi's

My niece, Jessica Noel Lee came from Utah to visit her sister, Teresa Lee Petrin. During her visit, they brought Teresa's boys, Jerome and Nolan to visit at Naomi's house with Nancy and I.
Second Cousins - The kids really liked playing video games together. Karissa is standing in the back. Jerome, Nolan and Alexis are in front.

Jessica, Naomi, Me, Teresa

Jessica, Naomi, Nancy, Teresa

The cousins - Naomi with Teresa and Jessica (my brother, Melvin's girls)

June - the diet begins

Our garden just getting started.....as is a new diet.



I have been very frustrated with my weight and inability to manage it. The joint issues and general health issues are at a critical stage I believe. If I don't do something, I can imagine myself almost immobile before too much longer. Not good. I joined a weight study through Kaiser a year ago. The first 6 months they taught us their basic weight loss program of recording and measuring and awareness. The second 6 months we were split into 2 groups, one learned an accupressure technique and the group I was in did the basic social support meetings once a month. I lost the 10 pounds required in the first 6 months, and then proceeded to gain it back in the next 6 months. My sister JoAnn went on the Medifast diet and had successfully lost quite a bit of weight. When I went to my Aunt Gladys funeral in May, I found that several of my cousins had also done or were doing Medifast and having a lot of success. I learned that Cindy was working as a consultant for the company, so I contacted her to help me get started and to provide support through the program. I received the first order of food in mid-June and took these pictures as I started the diet.

Josef's 28th Birthday

Michael & I celebrated Josef's birthday with him at Chevy's in Lake Oswego. He was just thrilled that he got the hat to go with the singing.