Well this is awkward

Sorry, didn't mean to leave y'all hangin'. Lately I just haven't felt like I had anything of use to say. Really, who wants to just listen to my daily activities. Which this summer included tennis, tball, traveling, & parks.

We are in back to school mode here at our house. The Boy is gearing up for kindergarten. We were at the school today buying uniforms and paying tuition. The Girl will be attending preschool at a local daycare 2 1/2 days a week starting after Labor Day while I go into the office.

I ran my first 5k race this last weekend. I had a goal of under 35 minutes and I can in at 35 minutes & 23 seconds. I can handle that because I did walk some. I had some lofty goals for starting to train for a 10k but I have decided to stick with 5ks for now and just work on speed. I am so so so proud of my dad. He ran his first half-marathon on Saturday. He will be 60 in a month!!!

We put over 3000 miles on our van in just over a month earlier this summer. We spent some time with family in SW Wyoming and Yellowstone. Then my little brother got married in Rapid City, SD. Now we are thinking about going to Madison, WI over Labor Day weekend to see my sister and her husband.

I'm so boring and I really have nothing more to talk about. :)

*tap tap tap* Is this thing on?

So I am not neglecting this thing. I just haven't felt like have had anything to write about lately. Just in a funk I guess.

The Boy finished school last week. There was a little preschool celebration program. The next day we attended "step-up" at the school he will attend in the fall for Kindergarten. When it was our turn I cried.

We had a nice long weekend. It was rainy and dreary on Sunday and Monday but we spent some family time together.

In just a little bit we will be hitting the road for our little vacation. We are headed to SW Wyoming for the high school graduation of the Husband's cousin. The Husband and I plan on finishing up the 6th Harry Potter book that we have loaded on the Ipod. When we come home we are going to go through Yellowstone National Park.

Next week we start tennis and baseball. I should have some interesting stories from those experiences. :) Next week also starts the summer health challenge at my work. YEAH!!

Better finish packing!

Shrink into Summer Weigh In-EEK!

Alright, I knew this was going to be a bad week. Could be worse but, of course, could have been better.

The Numbers:
UP 3.1#

Wow, that was hard to type for the world to see. Back on track though. I won't hit my 30 by 30 goal unless I get some sort of stomach bug in the next 2 days. ;) I am going to see where I am on Saturday the 9th and adjust the due date accordingly. Most likely it will be May 27th which is the day we leave for our family vacation.

Onward and upward (or should I say downward?)

Vacation

Why is it that your life is so wonderful while you are on vacation and then you get home and...WHAMO!!!???

I had a wonderful time down in Arizona with my girlfriends. We sat in the sun, played in the pool, shopped, and laughed until we cried. The sunshine replenished my vitamin D and I really do feel better now. Thank you so much to B, T, & L. Love you ladies!

Yesterday it was back to the same ol' same ol'. The weather is turning nice here though. Although I will be de-programming my kids for weeks I think. Too much Gma and Gpa time. ;) This was evidenced by the Boy's answer to my innocent question when we were leaving my mom and dad's house on Sunday.

Me: Did you both have a good time at Gma & Gpa's?
Boy: Yeah, until YOU GUYS got here.
Me: Okay then.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Vacation Time!

I just started this and now I have to leave it for a week or so. We are headed on a fun-filled family vacation tomorrow. We will be back next week and I am sure I will have quite a few stories to share.

I am rushing around like a chicken with my head cut off today. (And believe me, I have been to a farm on butchering day) :) I just want to be sure that we have everything we need. The weather is sort of iffy so packing is kind of hard. We will just have to make do with what we have.

Our plane leaves at 4:32am. May the Good Lord help us all!!

A little nervous

We have a big family vacation coming up and to put it mildly, I am just a little bit nervous. My biggest worry is the flying. The Boy and the Girl have never flown before. I have never flown with children before. To top it all off...our first flight is at 4:30AM. Yep, that's right...AM. Pretty sure the Husband and I won't go to bed at all that night. Well, maybe he will. ;) I am going to be too worried about the bags and making sure everything is packed and then wondering how the kids are going to deal with the air pressure changes and their ears. Ugh. Then my worst fear is that when we get to our destination our hotel room won't be ready so we won't be able to take much needed naps.

The Husband and I are very very excited though. The last time we took this vacation we went without kids and it just didn't feel right to us so we decided to take the kids with us this time. We are down to 9 days!!! YIPPEE!!