A Few Pic's

I finally got around to downloading the pics from my camera. So, you'll get the past weeks happenings all in one post :)

These are the pj's the kids got for Valentines Day. Aren't they snuggly
Hailey got these cool sunglasses to wear for her Christmas Choir concert...she looks too grown up. The scarves I just made for the girls... what craftiness!
Joe's fav sport is basketball. We have this ugly hoop attached to the house and I would love nothing more than to get rid of it, but Joe loves shooting hoops any chance he can get, so I think it will be staying for awhile.
Hailey was getting quite frustrated because her dad would smack the ball away from her while she was trying to shoot. He's such a tease sometimes!

Anatomy of Peace

I have been reading a wonderful book, recommended and read by Laura and Marcie (thnx girls). This book discusses being at peace in your heart and not at war. Sounds all phsycological, doesn't it? I love this book because it's set up in a story format, about a certain family suffering with wayward kids. The parents send they're son to a sort of survival camp and the parents stay behind for two days to get some "advice" on parenting. So, I like the way the book sort of sucks you in. I think we all struggle with "people" in our lives. Why do they do the things they do? Why are they on again, off again people or why do they take advantage of us, or why are they blantantly rude? I think it's easy to very quickly feel "at war" with people and not really mean to, or maybe we do mean to. Ultimately, it's a choice. We don't view them as people, we view them as objects. I'm almost done with this book and I have learned sooooo much! Wow! I think this book is great in teaching us to be much more christ like and just how to do that. I certainly can see so many areas in which I need to change. Anyway, just a little book report for you... anyone interested in a good read, you'll find it in this!

Kisses!

What better way to share Valentines day than to share sweet kisses! Happy Valentines Day!!!

Kickbox is Back!

I love kickboxing...I'm one of those who discovered the birth of Tae-Bo and in fact lost a considerable amount of weight after my second baby doing this. That is until I discovered running ;) actually plodding but hey, it's faster than a walk, right?! Well, at my local gym, we had a super fun kickboxing class Monday mornings, until the instructor found out she was prego and couldn't keep up with it...so I've gone without and had to settle for spin...now don't get me wrong, I love spinning (cycling) but when the instructor plays the same music for a year, it get's a little old. Well just a couple of weeks ago, they brought in a new instructor for the ever favorite Kickbox class! I loved it! We all should exercise, so if we're going to do it, it should be somewhat enjoyable! The only problem, which doesn't seem to remedy itself with time, is my complete lack of coordination...lol! If there is any fancy footwork, I'm lost! It's quite silly, really, but hey, I have no pride! This is why I don't do step classes either....way too much coordination and when it comes to dancing...just the lip biting, head bob, will do for me...he, he! So, tell me avid readers, what is your favorite form of exercise?

OLD PEOPLE

Yet another...don't you wish you could do that sometimes! So funny!

Garbage Men

This is hilarious

To Working Mothers...

Can't find sleep...until 1 a.m. A child cries...2 a.m. She is sick. 3 a.m. another child find me, her tummy hurts. She sleeps on my floor. 5 a.m. alarm sounds...time to go to the gym. Can't go...too tired...6:30 husbands alarm sounds...I get up, bathe kids. I take a shower. Feed the kids, make lunches, do childrens hair. Feed kids, for me, no time for breakfast. Send kids to neighbor at 7:30 a.m. Take the younger children to my mom's. Barely make it to my training class that begins at 8:30 a.m. Learn about Scheduling, WBS, Activities, Project Management, etc. I get out of class at 3:00, drive to pick girls up from school. Drive to pick up younger kids at mom's. Visit for a few minutes, drive home. Take daughter to Jazz Dance. Give kids leftovers for dinner, pick up daughter from Jazz...7 p.m. pj's and prayers. 7:30 p.m. husband to return from scouts, has to catch up on work. Clean house, make grocery list, start laundry, watch a little American Idol. Hit the Hay...is the next plan. I've got to hand it to you Mother's who work, even those of you who work from home in your own creative way. I've stayed home with my kids, for the most part since Hailey was a little baby. It has been such a huge sacrifice! Times have not been easy. But, as my children get a little older, I find myself wanting to finish school or find some way in which I can acquire a skill that would pay the bills if I ever find myself in that sort of situation. Dan's business has been a great opportunity for me to help them and inch my foot into something that could pay the bills and is a much sought after skill. This has been a great blessing that hasn't required me going out of the home and has given me something to learn in those few hours during the day when my children are napping and in school. Taking care of my kiddo's is a full time job in and of itself!!! Taking care of the house on top of all that is another full time job :) Cooking....callings, exercise...it's a lot of work...so to add a couple of hours a day has been a good thing, but today, I realized that doing both the work outside and inside of the home is...well...for lack of a better word....a lot! Whew! I'm glad to be back to being, just mom, tomorrow!