Posted 4 days ago at 7:52 pm.
I’m trying an experiment-for a variety of reasons like I’ve gained 5 lbs since being in this boot, my sleep has been worse than normal and I’m seriously ADDICTED to sugar and have been out of control lately! So, I’m cutting all refined sugar from my diet. For how long? I have no idea, I might not last through tomorrow:) I think I’d like to try it for a week. Then, I’m hoping I’ll feel so good I’ll want to continue. I will allow myself natural sweeteners like agave nectar, honey or raw sugar but nothing “refined”-your basic white (or brown) sugar. Do you know there is sugar in some pasta sauces and even in some breads. I have made it through today so far and it’s been ok but tomorrow I go to work and I know there will be peanut M & M’s just calling my name.
Posted 4 days ago at 7:52 pm. 3 comments
Posted 4 days, 1 hour ago at 7:09 pm.
A little swimming progress report . . .
Ezra jumps off the diving board with no problem now (still with a noodle) and swam almost 1/2 the width of the pool (without the noodle).
Tobin (in aqua tots with Kelly) will float around but must have 2 noodles, he pretty much refuses to jump in even though when he was not quite 2 he would!
Mari is working on diving (she has a hard time keeping her head down)
and her backstroke is speedy!
They had to do 6 laps of front crawl and she just flew across the pool the first lap but then totally tuckered out-her stamina isn’t quite there
Posted 4 days, 1 hour ago at 7:09 pm. 1 comment
Posted 4 days, 7 hours ago at 1:44 pm.
Mari had Natalie over to play after school last week-she was very excited to have a friend over. They played a game that we made (something from her library book), painted, and made mazes.
Tobin was very captivated with her
Posted 4 days, 7 hours ago at 1:44 pm. Add a comment
Posted 4 days, 11 hours ago at 9:32 am.
Seems a little silly posting this when it was 50 degrees yesterday but at Mark & Mary’s date night we decided to take the kids sledding and even though I’m still sporting “the boot”, I could not possibly allow the kids to go sledding without me taking pictures. So, I didn’t actually sled, though I wanted to!
They had soooo much fun, we were out for an hour. The hill was just big enough for the older kids to have fun with it and small enough for Lauren & Tobin to climb it themselves.
I can’t remember if I’ve blogged that Mark & Mary are officially moving away for Mark’s job. It’s been almost happening for nearly 3 years I think. I’m selfishly very sad about it, I will miss Mary deeply but I’ve watched in amazement at how God has worked even the smallest details out and know this is what He wants for them so I can’t be too sad. Among about a million things I will miss is “date night”. We have been doing date night for more than 7 years, when it was just tiny John & Marian! I think we’ve only taken about 6 months off in all that time-mostly due to new babies. So, I will be taking applications now for another date night family (I have to make a joke or I will cry!), they are leaving sometime in June.
The whole gang . . .
Ben getting some “air”
Kelly & Ez about to wipe out (love Ezra’s smile here!)
Lauren & Tobin were all smiles
Even after eating some snow, Tobin was blowing snow out of his mouth
Love this shot of my handsome husband:)
And, two of my favorite shots
I shot all these with my 40-150mm lens, the lighting was pretty dark. I find it helpful to use spot metering in the snow as otherwise the lens is fooled by the brightness of snow and you frequently get underexposed shots.
Posted 4 days, 11 hours ago at 9:32 am. 4 comments
Posted 1 week, 1 day ago at 6:22 am.
I somehow missed posting this. Our MOPs group had a “moms night out” a couple weeks ago. We dressed as princesses (well, sort of), had fondue for dinner and watched “The Princess Bride”. They were all amazed that I had never seen the movie before, I get that reaction whenever the movie gets talked about “You’ve NEVER seen it?” It was a lot of fun to chat and just relax and hang out with a great group of women! And, I really enjoyed the movie:)
Posted 1 week, 1 day ago at 6:22 am. 1 comment