Kami is 4 months

Holy Cow how time flies! Kami hit 4 months this week and had her first taste of cereal.

She LOVED chewing the spoon, but of course is not really sure what to do once the cereal is in her mouth.

Rain, Rain, GO AWAY!

This was what we came home to after church! We were soaked just from walking the 2 feet from the garage cover to the covered porch! Gracie sure had fun playing in it though!

My sister, my friend

and the fake cry...


now for a better look:

CALLING ALL ARIZONIANS

Dear Friends and Family,

So we have some great friends up here who are graduating (GRRR, I wish it was us!) and want to move to AZ. We need your help! Do you know of any houses for rent in the Gilbert area (at a reasonable price of course, they JUST graduated)? They are looking to move to Gilbert about December-ISH...

Leave a comment and I'll be in touch!

Thanks for the help!

-lance and em

done

yes i am done and officially 1/3 the way done with chiro school, that is....if i passed.....

Finals Count

6 down, 4 to go...

so far so good.
gosh, i hope it ends soon!

i think the food gods hate me

I know it's not easy to lose weight, and you know it's not easy to lose weight. I've tried to keep perspective and keep looking at the long term goal. I go to the gym 5 days a week, 2 of which are the kick butt cycling class days. Besides, I'm trying to remember that last time (after G was born) I barely lost a pound until I stopped nursing her...ok, ok, be patient...

Today I went for the usual workout but completely UNMOTIVATED. Instead of the usual weights I focus solely on abs and then went for the usually cardio. I'm exhausted and the day has only begun! I run home and start to clean and get side tracked because I realize friends are coming over tonight, ok, I'll whip up a batch of cookies to share. I can be little mrs. homemaker...right? G is watching a movie, K is sleeping, I am cooking, everything is good. I take the cookies out of the oven, sample one, and put in the next batch. This is when it happens. I look over at my box of oatmeal and its COVERED in little creepy crawlies. Not just a few but probably at least 50!! I look at my delish cookies and sigh...

So I think, it's probably because I wasn't eating something healthy. So I throw together a nice spinach salad for lunch to make myself feel better: carrots, spinach, garden tomatoes, and a little lite ranch. Ok, feeling better UNTIL I bite into a raunchy, moldy tomato. I couldn't react fast enough and definitely swallowed before I could spit it out. (I'm tired and my reactions are a bit slow) Seriously, can I eat SOMETHING?? I'M STARVING and I feel like the "Gap Girl" played by Chris Farley on SNL.

Movie is over and it's nap time. I give up,

I go get another cookie and shove it down before I can think too much about it.

take that food gods!

FINALS=get out!

Finals Week! It's a love/hate relationship. The part I hate most is Lance having to spend ALL time not in class, studying. Which means I have to keep myself and the girls as busy as possible. Thanks to our new friends, the Barnette's we went HUCKLEBERRY picking on Saturday. We took the Goodman girls with us and had a blast! I think we ate more than we picked. I've didn't even know huckleberries existed, but believe me it was worth the drive and the time picking them! YUM!! Hmmm, what will I bake next??

being a single mother this week, one kid is attached and the other is on a leash. Look closely at the milk jug tied around my waist (right underneath Kami's feet).


yes, i repeat, she's on a leash



Of course after a while the kids broke down, ready for naps, so I took them to the car and they watched movies while the parents finished up.

Chandler is so squished! but he actually liked it, I think.



See, he likes it!



I LOVE this girl!


Bethany and me picking next to the road, so we could "watch" the kids in the car and pick berries. We actually jumped over several bushes to get the goods and couldn't get out!


jug 'o berries



Thanks mk for the delish huckleberry cheesecake!!

you see, there is some good to finals week!
Gook Luck Lance!

ANOTHER new mile record

6:21
*I'm pretty sure that this time on an eliptical doesn't not really translate to street time, just so you know, but heck ya I'm still proud of it!

**update: 9/22/08
5:58, and I googled translation of elliptical and it's WAY off of street time. I think I'll be lucky to hit 8 minutes in real time. That's my next goal.

This week...

Went to the zoo with friends. This time we took the back loop and saw all the animals we usually skip out on. We "fed" the birds juice and I think this was Gracie's favorite part!



Look at the expression on my face--GET AWAY! I'm secretly scared of these birds. I'm not afraid of being hurt just getting pooped on! ha ha ha




Don't you wish you were at my house tonight?


Don't these just brighten up your day?
Carry On!


Happy Weekend!