The Boyes Family

just more of us

2009-11-14T06:07:00.001-08:00

Happy Halloween From the Boyes' House!!

I don't know haw many of you know but halloween is our favorite holiday. & this year it was great! We bought several new people & had a great time decorating. We were also able to give out giant size hershey bars (which has been something we have wanted to do for a while now!)

So to introduce you to some of our new people. This is Me & Clarissa standing by the front door. All the little kids in our neighborhood we too intranced with her to notice the giant candy bar. LOL!

This is Nate & Bradley in the entry way. No one noticed him when they walked up but were freaking out as they saw him on their way out. it was really funny.

& of course we can't leave out our "bone dog" Emory. He was just guarding his hershey bar.

Oh just FYI incase you want to know. I am down 80lbs & Nate is down 140lbs. We are both feeling great!

new out fits

2009-09-28T18:59:00.001-07:00

OK we had to buy Nathan a new suit because his old one was too big.
Then I went thru my closet and found so dresses that fit and some that were too big.

new family members

2009-09-18T22:45:00.000-07:00

We just wanted to introduce you all to our new family members
this is Alfred & Salem. We have had them for about 3 years.

This is Bradley. He is new to our family.

& this is Clarissa. She is also new.

a new pic

2009-08-25T07:39:00.001-07:00

Here is a picture of us two months post op. I am 50 pounds down & Nathan is 100 pounds down. Needless to say we are very excited. So much has changed in the last two months.

Up dated pics

2009-07-03T10:45:00.001-07:00

This is Nathan 2 weeks before surgery. This is Michelle 2 weeks before surgery.

This is Michelle 1 week post op.This is Nathan 1 week post op.

new garden pics

2009-06-06T17:38:00.001-07:00

OK so we decided to add some more pictures of our garden

we have onions, green beans, peas, carrots, corn, tomatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, cucumber, pumpkins, watermelon, strawberries, radish, lettuce, spinach, & jalapeno.

Date!!

2009-05-28T06:13:00.000-07:00

It's offical we have a date for our surgery! We will be going on June 25th. Hurrah! we are so excited!

another dr visit

2009-05-19T18:44:00.000-07:00

So we went to the Bariatrician (aka:the gate keeper) today for a follow up and clearance for our surgeries. We passed our Psych consults (so we can officially say we are NOT crazy), all of our blood work came back ok and we have all the visits necessary for insurance company. So we are very excited to announce we are cleared for surgery!!! also we found out that Nate's heart murmur the doctor originally heard is no longer there. Hurrah! We will let you all know when our surgery is as soon as we see the surgeon in a few weeks.

aliens & gardens

2009-05-01T18:11:00.000-07:00

Well we haven't been abducted by aliens or any other crazy thing this is us in our new CPAP masks. We both have been recently diagnosed with sleep apnea. (Which is where you stop breathing while you sleep). So in order to help us maintain breathing & oxygen levels we have to wear these while we sleep.

Also I thought you all might want an up date on our garden: so here we go

topsy turvy tomatoes
Peas...

radishes & lettuce...

Strawberries...Watermelon...

Corn & tomatoes

and the WHOLE GARDEN!!

Our garden

2009-04-25T03:15:00.001-07:00

We decided this year that we wanted a "in the ground" garden. So Nathan spent the better part of two weekends getting my garden plot ready for plants. First we had to rake up all the stuff that was in the area. Then Nate tilled up the ground. Then we added top soil with miracle grow and tilled again. Then added manurer and tilled again. Finally he made my rows and we were ready to start planting!

Plants are finally in the ground!

We also found the toppsy turvys at home depot and decided to give them a try!

Beef take 2

2009-04-25T03:11:00.001-07:00

Ok for all you all here is a picture of "T-Bone" (the cow) a few days later. yummy yummy!!

Doctors

2009-04-04T17:00:00.000-07:00

We went to the doctor today in Flagstaff to talk about both of us getting gastric bypass surgery done. It was great we are hoping to get our surgeries done within the next couple of months! We are so excited! Hopefully everything will go as we have planned. Let us know what you all think.

Garden

2009-03-15T19:22:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to show some of our plants. These are our herbs.

And these are our starters for our "out door garden"

Freida's garden

2009-03-08T20:08:00.000-07:00

Well this year Freida, Mom & Dad are going to try to do a "Patio Garden" like I did last year. Only we realized that we needed a few tables to put their planters on.

Freida & I searched every where for some "cheap" tables...

We couldn't find any so we had this brilliant idea while we were walking through Home Depo. "We will just make our own tables." So we found a couple of table top boards, several legs and some paint and away we went.

Freida & I built the tables. Mom, Freida & I painted them lime green & decorated them. We think they turned out pretty cute!

Where's the beef!?!

2009-02-28T18:36:00.001-08:00

Warning this is kind of graffic...

Here she is!

We went today to help one of Nathan's friends from work butcher a cow. Here she is pre butcher.... And here she is post. Looks like some mighty fine steaks!

Happy Valentine's Day

2009-02-15T19:40:00.000-08:00

I am very spoiled.. Nathan had this delivered to my work. Balloons, roses, chocolates, and a teddy bear.

Pretty roses...

My new teddy bear holding Nate's new teddy bear

Then we went to dinner

And he surprised me with this pearl ring!

Like I said I am very spoiled and well loved..

Cutie

2009-02-15T19:31:00.000-08:00

Ok so here is Nate playing with Macy

Macy & Brinly BFF

Harvest

2009-02-15T19:27:00.000-08:00

for Christmas I got an aerogarden.. this is our first harvest of basil & thyme

Snow in Kingman

2009-02-15T19:24:00.000-08:00

Ok so we did get snow this is our front yard..

and this is our back yard ... anyone want to play on frozen monkey bars..

our pet

2009-02-15T19:21:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to show you all a cool picture of our pet. She is the best pet ever!!

Dang it!!

2009-02-06T17:27:00.000-08:00

OK so we got back from the Doctors and.... no luck yet. Everything was still the same. He (the Doctor) says it might take a year or more for things to get back to normal..
Dang it!!
So I guess we got a "DRAW". No GOOD NEWS but also No BAD NEWS.

Nate & I think that it is God's little way of letting us accomplish some goals we have.

Pray for us!

2009-02-05T17:26:00.001-08:00

Ok so we are going to the doctors tomorrow to see if the meds Nathan has been taking are doing any good. Please pray for us!! We need a baby! & we can't do it with out this working. I will keep you all posted after our visit!

church, goals & other whatnot

2009-01-25T16:34:00.000-08:00

We just wanted to let you all know that we have gone to church 3 weeks in a row.

Also that we have started our Temple Prep class last week & have gone 2 weeks in a row.

Yeah Team BOYES!! We are really excited to see our goals beginning.

Also it has come to our attention that alot of you don't know some of our info so here we go.

First things first our last name is spelled "B O Y E S" (that is like more than one boy... boyes)

Nathan Alan Boyes- dob: 4/20/1976

Michelle Raelene Boyes - dob: 4/4/1976

Married : 6/10/2006

Address: 3990 N. Stockton Hill Suite F PMB 313; Kingman, AZ 86409

Email addresses: burningangel@lkpcs.com & shelles@lkpcs.com

church

2009-01-11T15:50:00.000-08:00

Well it is Sunday and ... WE WENT TO CHURCH!!! Hurrah!
For most people this really isn't a big deal but for us it is. Not only did we go to church but we went to all of the classes too. We have some goals this year and this is a good start to accomplishing them.

Lets get started!

2009-01-03T14:50:00.000-08:00

Ok I guess it is time for us to start a blog since everyone else has one. It is the first of the new year 2009 and we are doing fine.