Been a Lazy Blogger.

What can I say? Life got busy, out of hand. Then the computer was acting up. Now I am on a new computer and life goes on. I have enjoyed having some time off from work for Christmas but now I am ready to go back. This last week of "vacation" will be spent at the gym and getting this house in order. Not much of a vacation, eh?

I have had a wonderful Christmas, a great time with my precious girls. I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute with my sweet husband. It has been great!

My very First 5 K!

This morning I ran my very first 5K!! I was sooooo excited!!!








Whew I made it! :) 33:09! YAY!

Oakdale Running Club (Little Runners)

Yesterday Sara came home telling me that she wanted to do the Running Club. Well I have been running a lot (I am running my first 5K on Saturday) so I am pretty sure she came up with this from watching me. And to be honest I was really excited that she wanted to do this because I love the idea of running with my girls!

So today was the first day. The goal for them is to run 2 miles. My kids of course could not do the 2 miles. Ava was in the jogging stroller, Sara ran part of it and Julie chose to walk the 2 miles with her friend Sydney. It was a lot of fun though and I am looking forward to doing this every Wednesday!

Of course I brough my camera along and took pictures! :)


Julie didn't want to cooperate and get into any of my pictures! :(


Julie is trying to run away from my camera!


Me and my sweet friend Jennie, her daughter M and my girls, S and A. No J though, she ran away too fast! ;)

Pumpkin Patch with the Kindergarten Class!

What a fun day! Julie's class went to the Ag Museum for a pumpkin patch field trip! So much fun! Kindergarteners are such a fun age group - they are definitely entertaining! I loved talking to the different kids and seeing Julie interact with her friends - SO sweet!

Of course I took tons of pictures of my beautiful middle child!








Julie petting the pig!




The convict at the park amused me. A little odd to have them around kids.


picking the very best one!


So gorgeous!

Sara's Play

This morning at Oakdale our 2nd graders had quite a treat for us - an Under the Sea type play! And Sara played a clown fish named Zo. She was so cute, and she even had a speaking role. She did a GREAT job. Some pictures of my favorite clownfish!


Is she not the cutest clownfish you ever saw?

And when we got back to Pams. . .

We hung out and played with the kids for a while, and I took even MORE pictures! :)

More from NAWLINS!

the fleur de lis on the stadium floor




52 is Patrick Willis. :)

Our Trip to Nawlins!

Sunday September 28 we took a trip to New Orleans to see the Saints play the 49ers in the Superdome! SOOO much fun! My friend Pam watched the girls for us - she is in New Orleans at the Baptist Seminary.


driving to New Orleans! SOOOO excited!



We're in Louisiana now!


swampy! I saw 2 alligators in the swamp on the way back!


Me & Pam. I miss her! (the sun was in our eyes!)




SUPERDOME!!!


awww!!

He Loves Me! :)

A week or two ago the hubby was playing Boggle with the girls. Kinda funny when you consider the limited number of words they know how to spell - hee hee!

So later that evening as I was getting ready for bed, I go into my bedroom and see that he has left me a "surprise".



Isn't that the sweetest thing EVER! :)

Who Am I?

Isn't it funny how this question makes you think . . . .

I used to think I knew myself very very well, and then I changed. Seems like I have spent a good portion of my life changing who I think I am, what I want for myself, and who I want to be.

So I thought I would make a list of things I like.

1. quiet afternoons
2. sunshine
3. reading a good book
4. snuggling with my man
5. running
6. working out with friends
7. hanging out drinking a beer & chatting about life
8. a hug from a sweet little girl
9. the smell of a clean baby
10. bubble baths
11. the beach
12. wine
13. tv & movies
14. trips
15. playing board games with my family
16. walking at the park
17. swimming
18. eating out.
19. visiting family after being away for a while
20. a clean kitchen floor
21. baking from scratch
22. spending one-on-one time with my girls
23. looking at my husband and seeing how much he loves me (still!)
24. when my van is clean (rare!)
25. the laundry basket being completely EMPTY!
26. jeans that make my butt look good
27. a really good bra
28. cupcakes
29. politics
30. coffee in a nice mug

And things I DON'T like:

1. hearing the kids fight
2. arguing with my husband
3. a messy house
4. a messy van
5. being broke
6. going to Walmart.
7. taking all 3 kids out in public and having them act like fools.
8. gaining weight
9.When life conspires to keep me cooped up in my house for days at a time.
10. gray/cloudy days
11. being sick/ having a sick kid
12. acne.
13. the way my stomach looks after 3 kidlets stretched it all out.
14. having the responsibility of dealing with my dad's estate
15. being a nail biter
16. when the kids make a humongous mess
17. dirty footprints on my clean floor
18. being hungry and not finding anything that looks appetizing
19. running out of things to read
20. judgemental people.

Okay I couldn't come up with the same number of things I don't like! LOL! I am sure there are more . . . . but whatever! :)

*sigh* I should really be cleaning up the house. Sara had a friend spend the night last night and it is pretty messy around here!

Update on my Diet.

Yeah dieting is NO fun. . . but since my last post 2 lbs seem to have disappeared and I am fitting better and better into size 6s so I guess all of the exercise and deprivation are doing the trick! :) I did cave and buy some ice cream for myself this week. It's that time of the month and I was having a pretty bad craving.

Sara came home from school early yesterday with a fever so she stayed home today. Can't go to the Y so while Jimmy was here with the girlies I went for a run around the neighborhood. OUCH! Running on pavement is SO different than running on a treadmill in the airconditioning!

I would REALLY like to go to spin tomorrow but I don't guess I can do it. May have to get up early and do some more running around here with that sick girlie. :(

As for Sara she is fine. Running low-grade fever, between 99.6 and 100.6, so high enough that she has to stay home from school and rest, but not so high that she is miserable by any means. If she is still running fever tomorrow it is off to the pediatrician's office we go. Fun fun!

Aiden's Growing!

Here are some pictures of my buddy Aiden at 8 weeks old. :)




look at those sweet eyelashes and chubby cheeks! *sigh*








He was in the middle of talking to me.


*someday I will find my thumb. . . .*