A Star is Born

Kaylee's 6th grade class put on a condensed version of A Midsummer's Night Dream as their class play. Kaylee came home all excited to try out for a fairy. She practiced and practiced her lines and won the part. Our budding actress! She relinquished the part she had practiced for to another girl, but she still was a beautiful fairy. Congrats to Kaylee on her excellent performance!

Biggest Looser...NOT!

So, I haven't posted anything for a while. Mainly because the exercise train derailed! I had made it to week 5 on the P90X and before that had been doing other things since the first of the year. Well, for some unexplained reason, it all came to a screeching halt. I do plan on starting over. Just don't know when I will find the motivation to do so. So sorry, no complaining for a little while.

Finished week 3

I did it! I made it through the first 3 weeks of P90X. I have to say that getting motivated through the third week was tough. I really didn't want to do any of it. Even the ones I really liked. I also felt like I wasn't giving it my all either. But I found that I was doing more that week then I had done in the past and was really pushing myself. So surprise to me! I am just starting the "rest week" this round. So far I had to replace the first Yoga with stretch. Mainly because I got a slow start to my day and found that I didn't have the time to do the whole 1 1/2 hrs it took to do the yoga. So I managed with 50 minutes of stretch instead. So still plugging along.

Day 15

Two weeks down! I usually love Sundays for the stretch! I love stretch! But we were busy that morning so I didn't get it in. I find that if I don't get my workout in in the morning then I don't get it done at all. Mainly because I don't want to get all showered and done up twice in one day. Plus the shower will wake me up when all I want to do is rest in the evenings.
So since I missed my workout on Sunday, which is technically a day off so I haven't missed anything really, Monday comes and it is hard to get motivated. I found myself in that dilemma today. Plus it is core. I am really not liking core. Not that it is really hard. I just don't like it. I found myself today watching the time on the DVD and wishing it would go by faster. That, of course, made my hour feel like two. I also need to get motivated enough to do a regular push up. I am still altering them so I am on my knees. I need to get brave and do it.
I am not giving up, by all means, just don't like core.

Day 11

I almost made it through all of Yoga! I made it with 10 minutes left to go. Then the children where sick of cartoons and wanted to get going. So close!!! At the beginning it was interesting doing Downward Dog with two little girls playing like it was London bridges. after about 5 times of this I had to distract them with something else so I could continue. I tell you what though, 45 minutes of Downward Dog to Warrior posses to Upward Dog gets you sweating really good and you are done with all of it after that session. The second session, that I have never seen before, was fun. Ya, I said it, Yoga was fun. There are some moves that I really need to work on, but it felt good to get that much in. Wish I could have finished but we will do it next time.

Easter 2010

Sorry I have no pictures for this one. I am hoping people will email them to me so I can add them later.
Holidays are so much fun and as the kids get older they are becoming funner and funnier. This year we woke up to snow on the ground. YUCK! One year, soon I hope, the Easter Bunny can hide the eggs outside of the house! The kids set off to find the eggs first thing. The older two thought it was too easy. Ha Ha! Mom found 3 eggs that they missed two days later!! So much for being easy! Then we all got ready and headed for our first stop. Grandma Wendy!
The Easter Bunny put together a wonderful hunt there. All the kids had to go on a Safari Hunt. Laine and Kaylee were the leaders and they helps the younger kids follow each clue to their destinations. Dads were the drivers. The Safari was all about preparation for what might happen. So first stop was Maverik to get their "water". Next stop was Harmons to get their "energy" (a doughnut). Then next was the movie theater to get "entertainment" (movie passes for all to see How to Train your Dragon). Then to Red Robin for "nourishment" (Hamburgers!) The last clue was the most important of all "home, Families are forever!" So back to Grandmas for a cute little Easter container with treats inside. It was so much fun and something the kids will never forget.
Next stop was Grandma and Grandpa Simmons. We had a lovely traditional ham dinner with all the fixings. Love Easter for Ham! Then the older kids were allowed in the back yard for their hunt! They were allowed to find 20 eggs each. Kaylee, of course, was the first one done. Laine soon followed! They loved it! The little kids had a hunt in the front yard. Jaycie came ahead in this one. (all the practice she had all day.) And all the kids got a goodie bag to take home. Chesney and Jaycie's were filled with sidewalk chalk and bubbles. In the words of Jaycie "I LOVE bubbles!"
It was a great day filled with lots of good times and great memories. Thank you everyone! We love you all!

Day 10

Still on track. I know it's kind of easy when you are first starting out to keep going. We will see what day 37 or so will bring. I pushed myself harder today then last week. I upped my weights for my arms and did most of the moves with 5 lb. weights. OOOHHH 5 lbs.... I will get there. Then I did ab ripper right afterward. I made it through most of the moves with 15 reps each. much better then my start of 10. And 2 of them I even did the whole 25. So just a little proud. I can already feel my arms starting to ache. Hopefully it will be worth it.