Back to school

Well, the kids are back in school. I can hardly believe that Courtney is in 5th grade and Skyler is in 3rd grade. This is Courtney's last year in elementary school!! Crazy! They have made some new friends and reconnected with old friends. So far it's a good start to the new school year. I'm looking forward to Back to School night this week. 

Meanwhile in my world:

I just finished a bible study at a friend's church. It was a Beth Moore Bible study on the book of James. 

I also have been doing bootcamp at Live Fit Wellness Center. It's awesome and I love it there. Everyone is so nice and supportive. I especially love the encouragement and support of the trainers. I'm still going to 24 hour fitness occasionally too. ;) Now that school has started it will be easier to get exercise in. The kids did make some new friends while they were at bootcamp. :) But they preferred to be with their grandparents or doing bootcamp. Too bad we couldn't afford for them to be able to do it for the summer. They tried it once each and they loved it too.

This pic is taken at Rainforest Cafe when our family was down from CO.

My nieces and nephew also from CO came to visit too. This was from outside Splash when they stayed with us.

RJ and Sky

You've gotta love a longer drive home knocking out the kids. :) So cute.

10 on Tuesday

Ok, so I logged into my blog on Tuesday, and as I'm writing this it is already after midnight. Why am I still up?

1. I went to Disneyland again today. My sorority sister's daughter was celebrating her birthday at the happiest place on earth. I'm so glad that we went. The girls all had a blast together. So compatible as friends. And it was great reconnecting after so long.

2. I let Jillian kick my butt tonight. I did the 30 Day Shred LEVEL 3!!! This was only the second time I have done level 3 and it was easier this time. I was actually able to do the full sit ups. I couldn't even do it last time. I was so excited. I also did a few other moves better/easier than last time too. woho!

3. I am determined to make this week a great week for my weigh in on Friday. Last week I lost 1.8. It's good, but I want to be losing more. I know I can if I just get better on the weekends. A couple friends and I talked about our weekend battles today. We decided that we are going to pretend that we have another weigh in on Monday as well. So, the 3 of us are actually going to weigh in together just to make sure we were good on the weekends. Keeping each other accountable. I'm so excited about this. I think it's just what I need. Motivation to stay the course.

4. I hear Skyler coughing in her room right now. Oh, how I pray that she isn't getting sick. The poor girl seems to be getting sick left and right.

5. Oh the drama with the doctor. I will have to elaborate more. I have a follow up appt. on Monday.

6. The girls and I ditched the BMX bike show tonight. I seriously did not want to go. And I totally forgot about it and had thought we were doing Disneyland. Then I get the illustrious "golden ticket" home from school that Courtney won. This entitles her to get there early for better seating. Still no desire to go other than to make her happy if this is what she wants to go to. So, I gave her the choice. I told her all about the bike show and that her friends would be there or Disneyland where she would meet some new friends. It was such a quick choice. Disneyland it was. Then she kept going back and forth, but ended on Disneyland. :)

7. Oh good. No more coughing sounds from the other room. I hope she can get some good sleep tonight. They both should with all of that fun and exercise tonight at Disneyland.

8. I asked the teacher about the "3rd grade phonics book" because it was hard to believe. She said that she didn't really know for sure if it was 3rd grade for sure, but that it was the 3rd phonics book. So, even if there is one per year, it would be 2nd. Regardless, it's above reading level.

9. I also found out that she started the Accelerated Reader Program at school too. And from the mouth of her grandma (who is the librarian), she didn't think there were any kindergartners in that program. How exciting. Charting new waters. So, she will be reading the book and coming to school and taking a test on it. Then she gets a new book. There are points and prizes and fun stuff like that. We read the book today and she did so well with it. Several new words and she is learning them fast. She could probably test on it tomorrow. I'll have her read it again just to be sure before school. Ya, ya....I'm a bragging mom tonight. So proud of how well she is doing and excited about her eagerness to learn.

10. Only a couple more days until weigh in. More workouts coming my way. :)

10 on Tuesday

On Wednesday again. Oh well. My Tuesdays have been so busy. :)

1. I just signed up Skyler for soccer. I always had a feeling this would be her first sport. At age 2 I believe it was she was dribbling the ball all around the yard without anyone ever showing her how to do it. I'll have to look those videos up to see how old she was for sure. She really wants to play too. I was so excited that they added a younger age range just this week.

2. Courtney on the other hand does NOT want to play soccer. I was really hoping she would just give it a try before saying she didn't want to play. Oh well, maybe I can convince her before registration is closed. Probably not though. She keeps telling me not to sign her up. She says she doesn't want to do that much running. haha

3. We couldn't be more proud of Courtney and how she is doing at school. She is done with everything kinder and moving on up. She will be even more ready for 1st with all of the extra work they are having her try and her new "academy" that starts up this weekend for her.

4. I have piles of donations at my house. Granted, I love that there is so much, but it is getting old already. I need April 15th to come. Then at least some of it will be gone. The baby item exchange is that day. I'm hoping that the bigger things will be gone. Or at least some of them. Then there is the Yard Sale on May 1st to sell the rest of the stuff. We don't have very much "yard sale" stuff. Just mainly baby/child things so far. So we need more of that type of stuff.

5. I took over a car load of stuff to Candice's house last night. It felt great to get rid of some of the bigger items that didn't need to be sorted. I still have the rest of the sorting stuff inside for easier access. The stuff that is already sorted and full is in the garage ready to go.

6. We are making a car for Courtney for a project for school that she will have to wear. She wants it to have glitter all over it. And some added "bling". haha That is soooo Courtney.

7. Skyler said the cutest thing the other day. We were talking about Jesus raising from the dead and she said, "That's tricky." haha Yes it is!! So cute.

8. The girls are excited for Easter. They helped me fill eggs for Skyler's school. They are such good helpers. We are going to my in law's house for Easter this year. We asked if someone else could do it since we have donations all over our house.

9. I need to make some more birthday cards. I am quickly running out.

10. I had a nice gorge-fest after the challenge was over. And now it's back to work.

10 on Tuesday

Yes, a little late again. Yesterday was insane.

1. I just sponsored another consultant for PartyLite. Woho! That's like the 6th or 7th person. Too bad they aren't all still in it or I would be a unit leader.

2. I'm going to have my own party in April to hopefully sorta restart my own business. I need to get some bookings on my calendar so I can make some money for our family.

3. Bible study is always so wonderful. It was enlightening this week. I'm going to post a separate blog about that.

4. I'm excited for Saturday night. I'm going to have a "Stampin' Up!" party. My fellow card makers are going to learn and make a few projects and look through the catalog. So fun. I need to make more cards. My card stash is getting low.

5. The "Baby Item Exchange" madness has begun. Last year was the first time I ran it and had all of the donations at my house. Taking up room in my garage and all over my house. The donations are starting to come in. I have a nice pile in the front room and the garage. Guess I will have to move it out of the front room for the party though. lol Then after the Baby Item Exchange is the yard sale. That is on May 1st if you want to come shop. We are taking donations from anyone. So, if you want to get rid of some junk in your house (no electronics), bring it on by.

6. I'm getting excited for my race that is only a week and a half away (the 27th). I've decided to do the 10K instead of the 5K. 10K will be more of a challenge. And since I just did one, I know I can do it. Even if I have to walk some of it. A bunch of people in my family will be running and walking it. I'm just a little sad that my girls and Scott might not be able to see me cross the finish line. Courtney has a game and we have snacks that day for her game. So, they have to be there. Unless the race starts super early. Her game is at 9 and has to be there at 8:30.

7. I'm so proud of how Courtney is doing at school. She is done with all of the requirements for the "Reach for the Gold" award that happens in May. She has moved on to the 2nd grade reading books. She's almost done with her other phonics books, and is almost done with all of the spelling words. She didn't even need to do any of them, but the teacher is challenging her. She also got invited to go to a special Academy at school to challenge advanced learners.

8. Skyler has now informed me that she wants a red car. She keeps telling me she wants her own red car, now. I had to remind her that she can't drive yet. Then she insists she means when she grows up that she wants a red car. And she also wants to know how come we don't have a red car. lol

10. We just had a Mommy and Me Circus Safari at her school. At first we were like, how do you combine Safari and Circus? When we got there it really was a circus. But the different booths were about the animals. It was cute.