Pictures

Carlos and Jonathan on the paddle boats


Me and the girls trying to keep our eyes open for the pic...very bright outside!


They may be getting too big for a train ride but at least we were in the shade!


The beach pool we went to on Sunday


Kaela loves taking pictures of herself!


Kaela and her BFF Valerie

Weekends go to fast

Our weekend was good and HOT! I mean seriously I have lived in Houston all of my life but for some reason the hot summer weather always comes as a surprise to me or maybe it’s just too early for 100 degree weather.

Friday evening Bryanna went with her good pal Cassie to a Cheer Clinic. She loved it of course and loved her time with Cassie, they have become great buddies. Jonathan had his first golf lesson with his Grandpa and an instructor. He was so excited. He came home and showed me what he learned. He then started to putt in the house, using a cup as the hole. It was pretty cute and he was so serious.

Saturday we were up pretty early. The company that Carlos works for turned 30 this year so they had a company picnic. It was about 40 minutes away but the kids were excited because it was on a ranch. It was a neat place, hay rides, pool, train ride, paddle boats, snow cones, hot dogs and some more hot weather! We decided to leave a little early and head to our own pool for a refresher. Sunday Carlos decided to skip his softball games and we went out to a friend’s pool. It’s called the beach club. It had sand and it really did look like a mini beach. It was neat and the kids enjoyed it. A different pool is a nice change.

The kids have one last swim meet, on Thursday. The invitational is for invited swimmers only. We find out Friday if the kids are invited. I am thinking that Jonathan may be invited, he has had some pretty fast times although I would not be sad at all if none of them were not invited. Although it’s been a short season, it seems long. Two meets a week is a lot for everyone involved.

Work out update: The past 2 weeks have been really hard for me. I have not had the time to work out in the evenings. Last week I did however walk with my mom 5 days so at least I got something in but walking just doesn’t feel like enough exercise for me. I am going to try really hard to get back on schedule. I am going to do the last 2 weeks of the BL Boot camp starting today. I don’t think I am going to weigh and measure this Friday like I am supposed to. I am not feeling like I should get on a scale, I don’t think the results are what I want them to be so I am going to wait another 2 weeks so I can get back on track. I will definitely be weighing in before the 4th so I can eat like a pig that weekend! Carlos bought me an 8 lb exercise ball which they use in level 3 of the boot camp so I am excited to use that tonight.

I have pictures, I will post them this week.

Random Stuff

We finally had the baseball party for the Tigers on Friday. The season ended 4 weeks ago but we just had conflicts on what weekend would work best and then we had to order the trophies, etc. etc. Needless to say we had 9 boys out of 12 attend and I thought it was success. We had a pool party, food and trophies. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and I am glad it is over!

Swim team has started; we had our first meet last Thursday and another one tonight. There are only 5 total so by next Thursday evening we will be done with that as well. The kids really enjoy swimming even when its overload in my opinion. Bryanna was actually in tears when she was told she was only doing 3 heats, who would have thought!?

We spent the weekend at the pool. We had no plans at all which is really nice. We got lots of sun. We all actually came home kinda red on Sunday, Jagi was not happy about that! We have a few summer plans but nothing major at all. Jonathan keeps asking if he has to go back to school the next day...it’s pretty annoying and I keep telling him to not ask me anymore, I will let you know I tell him!

Work out update: Today marks week 16. Week 15 was a total doozy. I was tired, it was “that time”, I was hungry and we were just plain busy during the week. I worked out once. I really hope it doesn’t affect my weigh in which happens in 2 weeks. Today my mom and I officially started walking in the mornings. I walked 40 minutes and I will do my usually afternoon workout 5 days of the week as well. I am hoping this helps me get back on track. I have to move up to level 3 with the BL Boot Camp. I am nervous because level 2 is still hard! My eating has been going pretty well though. I have noticed that when I over eat I get sick to my stomach the next day; it very strange how your body adapts over time. I haven’t walked away from the table full in 16 weeks which is a great feeling. I am more conscious of what I am ordering as well. I have yet to have a coke too which is pretty crazy when I think about it. I am really hoping to see another 5 pounds lost when I weigh next Friday, I would love to say I am in the 150’s! One of the mothers on Friday at the party who I haven’t seen since baseball ended noticed I had lost weight so people are starting to notice! I am still in a size 10, I think it took about 10 weeks for me to go from a size 12 to a 10. Can’t wait until size 8 rolls around!

Happy Monday!

Last Day of School

All my kids “graduated” to the next grade! Yesterday marked the last day of school for us. I took the day off to hang with them and it was fun and BUSY as heck!


Bry's end of the year party was hawaiian themed. This is her BFF Cassie.


Bryanna and a few of her good friends from the class.


This was the only picture I took at Jonathans party. It was the candy table, great and really cool idea and of course the kids LOVED it. Carlos actually helped served...it was cute!


After school, they were invited to an "after school party" at one of the classmates house. Bry is to the left and Jonathan is to the right. The pool was awesome and the kids had a great time!


Then we had a swim meet that evening. Here is Kaela doing one of her heats.


Bryanna just finished one of her races, cant remember what she placed.


Jonathan just finished one of his races too!


All the kids write on their bodies...with permanent marker! Here is Jonathans back. Carlos said they eat his bubbles because he farts while swimming!


Bryanna didnt have an empty spot on her body, it is up and down her legs too! I finally had to tell her to STOP!


Kaela's was simple and spelled correctly!


Kaela and one of her good friends Tara

We finally got home at 9pm. Jonathan and Kaela swam 4 heats and Bry swam 3. They were totally exhausted from the entire day and went straight to bed!

BFF's

Planning outfits with friends starts way too young! Phone call from Bry:

Bry: Mom guess what?

Mom: What?

Bry: Me and Cassie are both going to wear shorts, spaghetti strap shirt and flip flops to school tomorrow so we really need to find the black top.

Mom: It is hanging in your closet Bry, I hung it up on Sunday.

Bry: Well I can’t find it.

Mom: It’s because you look with your eyes clothes.

Bry: Whatever, bye.

Mom thinking:Love you too!

ABC's

This is the kind of stuff I do at work when I am bored and have lots to do:

A - Age: 29 and counting…35 days left in my 20’s
B - Bed size: Queen
C - Chore you hate: Putting up laundry (don’t mind washing or folding though)
D - Dog's name: Sadie
E - Essential start to your day item: Shower
F - Favorite color: Purple
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'4"
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Executive Assistant to the CFO
K - Kid(s): 3 sweetie pies
L - Living arrangements: House with Husband, 3 kids, Mom and Dad
M - Mom's name: Elizabeth, Mom, Jagi, Lizzy (depends on who she is talking to)
N - Nicknames: Rhyno-fab, Rhyno-dino, Mom, Mommy (again depends on who is talking to me)
O - Overnight hospital stay: 7 ½ years ago when I had my last baby
P - Pet Peeve: Drunk people
Q - Quote from a movie: The question isn't "what are we going to do," the question is "what aren't we going to do?"…Ferris Buellers Day Off
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 1 sister and 1 brother, both older
T - Time you wake up: my alarm went off at 5:30 but I didn’t get out of bed until 6.
U - Underwear: boy shorts
V - Vegetable you dislike: Spinach
W - Ways/Reasons you run late: I never run late, always on time…another pet peeve!
X - X-rays you've had: teeth, cant think of any other time I needed an xray.
Y - Yummy food you make: grilled cheese sandwiches and lately breakfast; eggs, potatoes, bacon!
Z - Zoo animals you like: baby elephants

To cut or not to cut

I started growing my hair out last spring for Locks of Love. I was determined to grow it at least 10 inches and then chop it for a good deed. I mean seriously there are millions of cancer patients that would love my hair and I am more than willing to help out. I am all about good deeds lately; I want to do good for others. After I started growing my hair I started to really like and wasn’t ready to part with it. Thankfully it wasn’t long enough. I am still growing it out, and yes I have had 2 trims since then just because I had to or else my hair just looks like a big mess. At this point, I am done being selfish and ready to chop it off and I think I have at least 10 inches to cut too. BUT I am going to be selfish for the summer. We go to Garner yearly with family and it’s too hard to go camping with short hair, you need a pony tail for camping so I am going to wait until after Garner to chop it off and I am going to try not to get any trims in between that time so it will be long enough come September. I think I am getting headaches from my hair already though; it will be a long hot summer!

I am a blog freak; I love reading people’s blogs I don’t even know. I was randomly picking other blogs and reading theirs just to be nosey and I came across one the other day. The mom who writes has THE.CUTEST.HAIR.EVER. so I saved her site just so I could see updated pictures of her hair. This is how I want my hair when I cut it in September. Carlos may freak out though!




I think if you click it will enlarge the pics

Hopefully she doesn’t mind me posting pictures of her not that she will ever know but seriously her hair? Cute!