Today's workout

Today I did Kenpo X, one of my favorite workouts! I couldn't do every rep, I hurt my right leg and ankle last week and it's still tender, but I was able to keep up pretty well. I'm tired and hot, but feel good anyway! So, now on to the rest of my day and watching what I eat!

How are YOU doing today!

Weightloss Journey

I have started trying to lose some weight and workout and be healthier! So I thought that I would post here about my journey! So I'll start out with the basic info..stats.
Weight-140
Measurements
Waist- 33 inches
Hips- 37 inches
Chest- 34 inches

Goals- lose 20 lbs
lose at lease 5 inches off each measurement.
Time Frams- one month
(I know those are a little high, so I am expecting a little less!)Aim Hight you know!

I will be working out several times a day. Probably rotating between p90x and several dance based workouts. So, here we go! Everything is easier when we do it together, right?

Favorites

As moms, we have ALL been told not to openly favor one child over the other. But have you noticed that some times, one child or the other does become the favorite? For me it changes almost daily. On days that I am kinda blue and need hugs and kisses, my middle child becomes my favorite, because she is cuddly and sweet and gives kisses and hugs freely. On days when I need help at home, my oldest becomes my favorite. She loves to clean and pick up and is very tidy. On days when I just need a laugh, my little man fills the spot. He is funny and goofy and loves to make people laugh.
I spend a lot of time at home with just my kids, hubby has to work you know! So some days having the special talent of each child is truly a Godsend. My kids can each speak to a spot in my soul that needs uplifting. It's amazing what God has put into each of them!
I think our kids just seem to know what we need sometimes. I am not saying to OVERTLY favor any one child, but sometimes let them give you what you need to make it through! God knew what He was doing when He gave us our children, He knew what we needed and when we would need it.

Someday..

Someday, I'll understand why I have the dreams I do. Someday I'll know why they seem to stay out of reach. Someday I won't stress about them. Someday I'll learn to let God deal with it.
Someday I'll miss how my kids liked to get up early and play in the hallway. I'll miss how much my babies liked cereal bars for breakfast. Someday I'll miss how much they wanted me to hold them, even when I didn't feel good, or my feet hurt, or they had a runny nose. I'll miss how they would run full speed down the hall and tackle hug me. Someday I'll remember how much they loved homeschooling, even when they said it was boring.
Someday I'll still dislike Sesame Street, but remember how much my babies loved it. Someday I'll be happy I spent all this time in school. Someday it won't seem like it was so hard. Someday I'll look back on my life and smile. But right now I need to smile and enjoy the memories for someday we are making now!

Off and running!

The girls have both started their schoolwork for the year! Gwen is getting the hang of Switched On Schoolhouse, and Annabelle is having fun in her workbook. They seem to be enjoying themselves! William is still being a pain while they work, but that's what he does!
I start school next week. Boo. I picked up my medical terminology book yesterday and it is an awful lot like my anatomy book.....booo. I have to go pick up my other books later this week. Ugh, another Pharmacology book.. But I can do it. I WILL pass these last classes and do well on my interview for Surgical Tech. :) I am excited about it.
Choir and vocal team will be picking up soon. Wednesday's will be crazy. I probably won't be leading worship on Wednesday nights. It's too much. I am really hoping to do more with the vocal team this year, I really am. I feel like I am kinda stuck. So maybe things will pick up. I am so excited to be leading on Sunday mornings for the kids now! It's been really great! I even got to lead on promotion Sunday with all our new kids! It was awesome!
Our week is filling up with stuff. Tuesdays Gwen has ballet, Wednesday is church, Thursday is play day at the park, Saturday and Sunday is church. Then almost everyone is in school, well William is the only one who isn't!

Workin It

I started working out again this afternoon! P90X yo! Gotta get in shape for our trip to Florida. Today was tough and I am tired! But I am going to try to keep at it and get in shape. I put the kids to bed early tonight and ended up going swimming, something about going without them seems soooo wrong, but it is really nice to have some alone time to do something that I like to do. So it was really nice.
Class starts in a week or so, joy. I have orientation next Saturday for Medical Term. Still waiting to find out what books I'm going to need and all that good stuff. But it's all good.

I made some bread today! And it was AMAZING! Trying to NOT eat it because of the whole diet/working out stuff. But the kids loved it, I gave them some with their dinner tonight. Been getting the house cleaned back up during my break. Doing pretty good, but there is a lot left to do. Ugh, it never seems to end. Next week we are cleaning out and getting rid of stuff, YAY!

I am also joining the Drama Ministry at church! Exciting huh? I know. AND we are starting homeschool up again on Monday! Have to sit down on Sunday and try to get everything loaded up on the computers. I think Gwen is really going to enjoy the computer based curriculum this year.

Fun times

Today I took the kids to park day with our homeschool group. We went to Bear Branch park and played for over an hour! They had such a good time! It was good to see them playing with their friends. We came home when all the kids ran out of water, then we had lunch and the kids took a nap! It was nice. Then we went swimming and had some ice cream. So it's been a really nice day. Now we are sitting together watching CyberChase. No if I could only figure what to make for dinner... I'll go rummage through the fridge soon.

We got our curriculum in the mail yesterday! Yay! Now to set everything up and get ready to start school next week. Gwen will be in third grade and Annabelle is starting kindergarten! OMG, when did they get so big? Looking forward to a good year with them!

My classes start up again on the 30th. It's getting pretty close. I am hoping that I can do well in them. They are the last two of my prerequisite classes. Now I am waiting to hear back from the surgical tech department at the college.

now for a break

I am done with my Anatomy class! Yay! Now I can take a little tiny break and have some fun! I am planning on taking my kids to the play group that our homeschool group is having later this week, going swimming with them and maybe making a trip to the park on our own! It's nice to be able to plan fun stuff again! We may go swimming tomorrow, but I have GOT to clean my room first! It has gotten bad in there since that is where I do most of my school work.So, fun and cleaning are on the agenda for the next couple of days, about two weeks. Then on to Medical Terminology and Pathophysiology. I know, you're jealous of how fun that sounds. Who wouldn't be?

So today has been a pretty good day for me, Phil even took me to dinner and World Market. It was awesome!

first ballet class!

Gwen's first ballet class of the year is today! Back at Excelsior! She is excited to be back and to see her friends again. I am glad that we are no longer in a Friday class!

I took my Anatomy final today and made an 83! Yay, I passed!! I am soo excited! Now I can move on to my next two classes.

Spent some time with my friend Me today. She brought her little boy over to play with William today. He really enjoyed having another little boy to play with. I enjoyed having her over to talk and hang out.

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Omg, almost done with class!

I have my final lab class tomorrow! One more exam and then my final and then I am done with this class! I may even be able to get an A! We'll see. So pray for me. One more chapter to read, then MASSIVE review! I CAN do it! Right?

We ordered Gwen's new curriculum for this year. We are using Switched on Schoolhouse. She is really looking forward to using the computer! I am excited for her, I think she will do really well this year! She is really smart and I think the challenge of third grade will be good for her. She is gonna do so well! I'm so proud of her.

Annabelle got her kindergarten book today! When did my Buggy get old enough and smart enough to be in kindergarten? She is only 4, almost 5. She is super excited about it, she wouldn't even put the book in the shopping cart today! She's done good with he transition book from pre-k to kindergarten so now she is ready to try kinder level work. She is looking forward to kindergarten graduation. I'm so proud of her!

William has been William. Sweet and irritating and loving and obnoxious. He is doing great with swimming. He is now in just the little water wings and loves to jump off the ladder and go under the water. If I could get the boy to potty train, we'd be great! But he's a good boy, he'll learn some day. We did have a very successful potty trip about three days ago, but nothing since. Hopefully he gets on board soon. I'm proud of him for trying, at least when he wants.

Fun Weekend

So, Phil actually had the ENTIRE weekend off! It was great! So Friday we packed up all the kids and headed to BLUEBELL! WHOO! I have been dying to go there forever! So we drive up there and the kids are so excited. We buy our tickets and have lunch on the grass, and every couple of minutes Annabelle asks if we can get our ice cream yet. We keep telling her it's at the end of the tour. Finally we finish lunch then head to the gift shop. We got the kids each a pencil, of their choice, and a ruler to go with it. Phil got me a cowbell and key chain and a pink pencil. :) By then it's time to line up to head inside. We get inside and they are making Belles favorite ice cream, strawberry. I think she quit paying attention at that point and was just waiting to get downstairs again to get some strawberry ice cream. We saw them make ice cream sandwiches and the little tubs of ice cream to send to the schools. Gwen even pointed out that our tour guide and I were wearing the same watch. So,it was finally time to go get the highly anticipated ice cream. All the kids (well we picked Williams) got to pick their flavour. I'm sure you can guess what Belle had, Gwen had dutch chocolate, I started with cookie dough then ended up swapping for Phil's Krazy Kookie Dough. It was much fun. Annabelle was so excited that there were real strawberries in her ice cream!
Saturday we all went to a birthday party some of our friends were throwing. The kids had tons of fun, because everyone thought they were adorable. William ended up in the hot tub, fully clothed. Lucky for him the other little boy that was there wore the same size clothes and his mommy gave him some. We even got to witness a little boy get his tooth pulled out. It was lots of fun!
Sunday we had church then we met Phil's parents for lunch at Red Robin, for Phil's birthday. OMG so GOOOOD! We let the kids ride to the cabin with their grand parents (much joy for my kids!) and we all headed that way to hang out and have cake.

All in all a really great weekend! But now, on to the last couple days of class and TONS of homework!