not a minute to spare

we have had a full month of work, school, sports, parties and friends! Here are some pictures....



boys playing outside



tretnon at his first select team practice







he is ready to fire the eggs!




she smiles for food



ears!



wait waits....i need to model




santana...the only good one! lol





before one of trentons baseball games



hudson in the stands at a game

update on running journey



This is what I would tell everyone...If you see me running call the police because someone is chasing my ass and I need help! Now after running for three months I can not believe I have run over 100 miles and over 9000 calories!!!!



"The true measure of a runner isn't in time, but rather in the effort it took along the way."

This quote fits me so well. Right now running over 40 minutes for some reason is killing me. Tuesday night I ran on the treadmill (runs on the treadmill are always worse for me then outside) and my calfs hurt so badly but I finished four miles in 42 minutes. I am trying hard to keep my 1 miles under 10 minutes so I did fail but at least I finished the four miles! The other day I ran with Kenny for the first time and his stride is so much bigger then mine that he was half way done with our 3 mile while I was still on my 1st mile!...not really it just felt that way to me but it made me put way more into the run then what I had been doing and that is exactly what my goal is....to finish runs better then the last run.

Running for me has become so relaxing and mind organizing which is not at all what I thought would happen. I have said more then once that I never in my wildest dreams thought I would become a runner. This goal of mine for running a marathon has started to turn into a life style for me and with out the cost of shoes yes, it is cheaper then therapy!!!!



first time for a wreath!

Friday night I picked up Hudson and headed to Micheal's! I have been itching to make my own wreath for about two years now but have always had doubts that I could do it. I read a blog and she gave step by step instructions with pictures...i have got to have the pictures!....and so I decided it is time! Here is my step by step in pictures...have to have pictures.....on making my first wreath!!!!









supplies hand picked by me!



first idea was to add a "C" for our last name and place it where i wanted it....but it didn't last



 

reading the blog while making my wreath!

second idea for wreath but did not last.....

Finished product!!!!!



on the door!

Really I am so proud of myself...it is not the prettiest or the best but it looks good and hopefully I will get better on the next one!

 

loving today

Today is all about love!!!!
First day of Spring Break and there was no traffic!!!!
This is a blessing and fills my heart with so much love..... unless you drive an hour to work everyday in traffic and then today it only took me 15 minutes to go to work, you will never understand....to those who understand can I give you a high five because it feels great right!!!!!

Love whoever followed my kids and I around and documented my days! Only thing you got wrong is I have two boys no girls!! lol

So excited that my sister found these on Pinterest for the boys! Love when I text Kenny the picture and asked him if $10 was a fair price for socks for the boys Easter basket he said, "Yes, and I want a pair!"  

Absolutely in Love with Kenny's Aunt, Uncle and Cousins and can not wait for July when they come out to visit!!!!!! Today means one step closer for them to be out here!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

job interview

kenny making the boys laugh while i try and get a good picture of my goof balls!

Two nights ago, Trenton asked me, "mom, I think I should start getting a $2-$5 allowance for all the chores I have to do don't you think so?" I looked up at him and said, "who have you been talking to?"
Well, it got me thinking....does he really do that many chores?, $5 a week isn't too bad, I would hopefully not have to remind Trenton 20 times to pick up his clothes and put in the hamper, my sweet angel boy is growing up! So, I told him the next morning that I had thought about it all night and agree that he can start getting an allowance but since this will be his first job we are going to have a job interview on Saturday and I will have a contract made that if he agrees to the terms he can sign on the dotted line. I also told him that since it will be a job interview he needs to dress appropriately and speak clearly with his words. Trenton looked at me, laughed and said, "ok mom!"
A friend at work said that she does the same with her children but they have a set time that if the chores are not done by they don't get paid and if they forget to do them they don't get paid and she doesn't remind them about the chores. I thought ok I like that idea but Ill make it my own version! So my contract for Trenton will state that he needs to have his chores done by the time he goes to bed and if I have to remind him to do them I will take a $1 off and by the end of the week if he has done his job he should get the full $5 but if not then he will have a pay cut.  Hopefully this is going to teach Trenton that when you do a job well you are rewarded with the pay you are promised but if the job isn't done well don't expect the pay promised because you have not done the job you promised.
Here are the chores he moans about each day...for sure in the contract I will state he is no longer allowed to moan while doing his chores since this is his job now! :)

• Pick up his clothes from the living room and bedroom and put in hamper (is this really a chore?)
• On Monday's bring the empty recycling bend up from the curb and put back in our garage (i don't know if he is ready to take the full trash can down to curb...he is only nine!)
• Walk the dog everyday to the stop sign and back (about four houses down)
• Give lizards (yes Kenny bought them bearded dragons) clean water and veggies every other day

I don't think this is too much for Trenton since he does all of this everyday but the recycling bend on Mondays. Kenny says it will last a week! I just want no more moaning and cry baby over chores.
Now I need to figure out a contract! lol

dream last night



I love this definition so much it makes me laugh out loud!!!!



I am reading the Hunger Games and I am almost complete with the third book....if you have not read any of the books stop what you are doing and go now to your Kindle or nearest store to start reading.... If you have read the books you know that there is a lot of war like description in the story. (trying not to give too much away here for those ten people who haven't read the books) Last night I was having a dream I was with a few people one for sure my father and we were being shot at by missiles...not that I have a clue what a true missile would do/sound like/look like or feel like but from what I have seen on T.V. For some reason my father decided to take the garbage down to the end of the drive and that is when the missiles began. He was hit on his head by one of the missiles but because he is my father and will never die in my dream he did not die and started to run towards me. Then we were trying for at least an eternity to try and dodge every missile that came our way. I finally woke up and my clock said 2:30am. I got up in complete darkness and walked to the bathroom. Along the way not only did I step on a Lego, trip over the stool Hudson uses to brush his teeth, I also hit the bathroom door to the shower that was left wide open. When I laid back down I thought for sure my room had turned into the war zone I had woken up from and my feet hurt so bad I thought I could cry!

Nuba

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I saw a story today about the Nuba people on Rock Center and I am so touched by it as a mother I wish I could do more. Can you imagine not being able to feed your children, being helpless to giving your child food? There is not a fear in my world that compares to the fear these people go through every second of the day. In Ann Curry's report she says experts say in 3 months they will die of starvation. 3 months! In 3 months I want to take my kids on a vacation to Disney and in that time thousands could die because they can not get food. And at this exact moment I have another tab open with clothing in my shopping bag to purchase...today instead of buying the clothes in my online shopping bag I will send it to try and get help for these people.I don't understand our world a lot of the times but at least I was able to help out this organization...I only wish I could do more.