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Top Challenge

Ok, so Carlos ( http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=5324)is this top dog blogger, and he is doing this Challenge, and I am going to join in.
Most of you know that I have been training for the 3 Day 60 mile Breast Cancer walk. In addition to this I have been trying to lose that last 10 pounds of baby weight. I have been doing pretty well, but I have my moments.

I have been working out every day, which is something that I never used to do, and I am loving it. In addition to my "normal" working out, I have been going on some training walks for the Breast Cancer walk. Last Saturday I walked 6.5 miles, a far cry from what I will need to do, but hey I am getting there.

As far as the last 10 pounds go....Well, I am not gaining, or losing, more maintaining. I have been great at the working out thing, but have had absolutely no self control with the eating, so that is where I have "failed". My goal this week is to actually lose 2 pounds. Not much I know, but when it is that last 10 it can be hard.

Updating My Site

Ok, it is time to update my site. I was getting tired of my old site, and of course I need to start catching up with the "times" So, I hope to keep my blog updated more often! Enjoy.

It's Been a While

Yes, it has been a while since I have posted. Today is Mother's Day. I had a very nice day. I was very tired this morning as a Tornado Watch woke me up at 2:30 and I was unable to go back to sleep.

So, I slept in this morning and then met Jeff and the kids at Bugaboo Creek to have lunch with Jeff's family. After that we went to my parents house to celebrate my Grandmother's 87th birthday. We had a lot of fun, and I had a great end to my Mother's Day. I felt very loved by my children, and husband. Here are some pictures from the day.

Coming to you from California

Well, I made it out here safely today! It was a little depressing when we landed here. Whenever I come back here I get homesick.

I flew in to John Wayne, and then drove down to our Carlsbad office and worked for a few hours. Came back to the hotel, worked out, and now I am resting waiting for dinner.

Just a little update. I will have more to post later.

Stolen Idea - Heather please forgive me!!!

Ok, so this idea is totally not mine, but it was such a great idea that I had to start doing this for our family.

Heather I promise I am not a stalker, it just so happened that I had everything on hand to implement an "Under the Sea/Little Mermaid" Family Night.

The kids want to to a Willy Wanka night next. We shall see how we will come up the props for that.

Anyway, this was a total success, and we want to continue to do these "themed" family nights. The kids loved them, and I am so excited to have something like this for them to remember.

As I said above, we did an "under the sea/little mermaid" night. The kids got dressed in their bathing suits, and I decorated the table with sea shells, and hung some cut out fish. For the kids I made Shell Macaroni & cheese, Shrimp Poppers & Fish sticks. Jeff and I had Shell Alfredo pasta with chicken. So we stayed with the theme. In the background I played the Little Mermaid CD, so that was cute as well. After we ate the kids went on a hunt for hidden fish. Then, they took a stroll on the beach and went looking for seashells (I just so happened to have some that my parents brought back for the kids from the Outer Banks, don't worry Jen, I saved half the box for Josh & Jordan). After they picked out all of their shells, we ended the evening by playing 2 games of Go Fish. The kids even wanted to sleep in their bathing suits, so of course I let them.

Thanks Heather for the awesome idea!!! I promise I won't try to copy all of them! :)

Here are some pictures of our fun night.

Here is the yummy Shells with cheese, shrimp Poppers and Fish sticks.

Ashley had the perfect attire for the evening, she wore her Ariel Suit, and brought her Ariel doll.

Skylar decided that he would be the King, Ariel's Dad.

Of course what Under the Sea night would be complete without the sword!

Chuck E Cheese

Skylar's best friend Mary won 2 hours of babysitting at chuck e cheese with their teacher and her husband. Skylar's teacher is amazing, and I was so excited for him that he got to do this.

He really looks up to his teacher Mrs. Childs, and her husband, and he had a blast.

Here are some of the pictures.