And...

The exercise log that used to be on the side on this blog will be making a return. I have been not as motivated as I should be so hopefully that will help. One can hope, right? Because this is getting ridiculous.

Yep, that pretty much sums it up

***Taken from Alexandria's blog***


Saturday, June 19, 2010




aww man elizabeth's b-day party got rained out right in the middel of it and no water park and this noisey mean siren cam up and a guy said (Atition please thunder has been located in the area the sprinklers are closed intill further notice please seek shelter IMEDIATLY!) I was really scared and didn't want to do the pinata because it was under a tree and i was chaseing the pizza boxes and litter with allysa and getting the presents in the car so yeah I got 3 peaces of candy but my friend gave some but I only took 1 because annika said she would share with me so yay annika and i think the cake got ruind :( and mommy and becky worked so hard! and also elizabeth got some great presents so if you came and gave out presents Elizabeth says THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and now its sunny out side really! it was kind of fun!
-Alexandria

Tantrums, baseball and goals

So far, school has been out for a week and a half and the children are already restless. We have been to the zoo twice, swimming twice, boat riding and intertubing, to the park and we also have been to the YMCA several times. For some reason though, all four kids have been out of sorts. Particularly Ian and Elizabeth. Ian, I suspect, has had a hard time dealing with the change in household dynamic that has come with the girls being home from school. It usually takes him awhile to adapt when any change occurs. Elizabeth has entered the terrible threes, which I have found with all of my children to be much worse than the terrible twos. Her new thing to say is "I not.." as in "I not getting dressed", "I not going to bed," etc.

Today we got up and went to the YMCA. I then had to take Annika to the eye doctor to get her glasses fixed because Ian had broken them the night before. We come home, two hours later he breaks them AGAIN! He also made Annika cry by pouring her popcorn on the floor and breaking her new lip gloss. Sigh. We race off to Annika's game, where Elizabeth has a giant meltdown because she doesn't want to sit with me, she wants to go to the playground. I finally positioned myself to where I could watch her and watch the game, (and dash over to assist her when she needed it), so she was (fairly) happy. Ian had a good time playing in the sand...and laying in the sand...and rolling in the sand ...and putting sand in his ears. After the game we ran a quick errand. Elizabeth screamed when we were finished and refused to get in the car. We finally got home and got everyone a snack and cleaned up. And then Elizabeth threw another fit because she didn't want to go to bed.

Between the tantrums, the tattling, and fighting I have been worn out. So I haven't been writing much, but it is probably a good thing! Who wants to read my griping? And see, ChaBa, I do complain, lol. Hopefully things will settle down here pretty soon.

On an accountability note, my three goals are not going so well. I was supposed to run a 5K, read the New Testement in 30 days and start going to school full time. I have been going to the gym regularly, but I need to get back into running more. That is my goal for this coming week. As for reading the New Testement in 30 days? I think in order for me to absorb more, I do better reading slower. Endurance rather than speed...which is also my running goal. So I am reading 1John at the moment and will continue on at a leisurely pace. My school situation is a long story, but that goal is not happening at the moment, so I am patiently waiting for that to work out.

Oh, and in order to make this post even more random, I am including some pictures of my favorite baseball player. I have had so much fun watching her play. She really has so much enthusiasm. Tonight she was the only girl out there (out of both teams!) so she was surrounded by boys, but it didn't seem to faze her in the least.

The birthday girl

Today was Elizabeth's third birthday. Unbelievable! No way is the 'baby' that old.
We are having her party later on so today was pretty low key. We went to the park near the Bass Pro shop and then took a walk on the trail there. Then after Karl got home we did cake and presents. We then went to the park where our church was having a bbq. It was a fun day.






We love that baby girl and are so thankful for her.

More birthday pictures

Elizabeth's favorite present was her baby doll:



Waiting patiently for Mommy to get the baby out of the package:




She is a pro at that blowing out the candles thing:



More pictures will come after her party.

The Graduate

My mom and I were talking about how funny it is that there are so many graduation ceremonies now days- preschool, kindergarten, elemenatary school, middle school, etc. etc. It is funny, but Ian's preschool graduation was a big deal to me. It marks the end of an era for the two of us. His babyhood is over and now he will be a big kid going off to school. Things seem to change once a child hits elementary school. There is a whole new world he will be a part of and I won't know much about it. Will his teacher be nice? How will he do on the school bus? And how will he navigate the cafeteria at school? It is hard to picture that little boy carrying his tray through the lunch line. I will go to Meet your Teacher night and Open House and Parent Teacher Conferences and ask him how his school day was but it is not the same as experiencing everything with him first hand. I have had five years of spending every day with him (save the few hours a week he was in preschool)and knowing everything that he is doing. It is going to be a big change for both of us but I know he will do well.

His graduation was also a big deal because of how much he fought me about going to preschool. But we made it through 10 months of school (9 1/2 months of arguing about him going to school. I am proud of him making it through the year, and also proud of myself for having the patience to deal with all those tough mornings getting him ready against his will. He got an excellent report card and has learned so much this year. He is starting to read a little bit; he can sound out some words like 'cat' and 'dog'.

So, anyway, his graduation ceremony was very nice. He didn't want to go to it (big surprise), but did okay once we got there. He sang several songs with his class and of course walked across the stage to get his diploma. So cute. All his grandparents were there to cheer him on. I am so proud of him and love watching him grow. I can't wait to see what plans God has in store for him.

That answers that question

Me: Ian, you used to be so little! What happened?

Ian: I guess you put my birthday on the schedule too many times.