Meeting my New Year's Resolution

Well I finally reached my "icing on the cake" and had no more excuses, I just HAD to make exercising part of my daily routine no matter what. SO, starting the first week of January, I went for it and I am so proud of myself...I'm still doing it!!! I've made it 2 weeks straight...that may not seem like a lot, but I'm still doing it. I had a really tough time because prior to going back to work in Fall 2009, I had been walking 3 miles per day 3-4 times per week and was maintaining. Then, I started working 4-10's and that stopped as I was leaving my house at 6:30 in the morning and not getting home until 6:30 or 7:00 at night and there just was not time with the girls and school work, etc AND I found any excuse that was there. I needed something that was time effective that fit into my schedule. I FOUND IT...I heard about Cross Fit and I LOVE IT...it covers all my bases..cardio and strength building and toning and it's quick and my schedule, but I had to be committed. I get up at 4:50 in the morning and go to a 5:30 AM class and then drive home, get ready for work and get to work at 7:00 and my workout is done and I go about my day and I feels SO much better. It is kicking my butt and let's just say that I could hardly walk or move my arms the first week, but this 2nd week is better and I'm not as sore and it is becoming part of my routine. I'm doing it 3 days per week through tomorrow and then next week I go to 4 days per week. I'm slowly starting to see results and am so proud of myself for sticking with it!!! I'll keep you posted...

Samantha get Straight AAAA's

We are so excited and proud of Samantha...where we live now, 6th grade is considered Middle School and a big transition from Elementary. Samantha has done great and we are so very proud of her with her grades. She came home today and had straight A's for the term...WOW..AWESOME JOB SAMANTHA!!!

Gingerbread Man

We got a really fun gingerbread man kit for Christmas and the girls and I decided to make it. I thought I had all the ingredients to make gingerbread, but I didn't so we decided to make a big Sugar Bread Cookie and then decorated it...the girls had so much fun and now as you will see, he is a double amputee...YUMMY...Lots of fun...great gift!

Happy 1-1-11 Everyone...

I can't believe that it's another year. Last night was a lot of fun...we spent the day relaxing in the house together as a family and made homemade pizzas for dinner and then watched "Knight and Day" (great movie) and then played scattergories. We had a great time and then we turned Dick Clark on and brought in the New Year all together as a family with some Sparkling Cider! It was great to bring in 2011 all together...I think it's the first year we have ALL stayed awake. Great Night...slept in this morning as none of us got to bed until about 1 in the morning so probably slept too long this morning, but felt good. I made homemade white bean chili for lunch (YUMMY if I do say so myself) and we are all stuffed now. The girls and I just finished some more scattergories and now are debating making some homemade chocolate chip cookies....very cold day out, but absolutely beautiful...I guess if we have to have cold below zero and single digit temperatures, having them with blue sky is the way to have it!!! 2010 brought our family many blessings and we are very thankful for that. We look forward to 2011 and what it will bring for our family....Happy New Year Everyone!