Fall Fest Friday

Jaxon's class

Katie's Class


Picking out Pumpkins

Back on the band wagon

Ok so everyone is starting to blog again so I will join the band wagon. Actually I have been looking for a journal to write in but I have not found one that I liked. So I will start here.
Erik left again last night. We have 5 weeks to go till we see him again. It will be a busy 5 weeks!!
Today I am back on the wagon again with being healthy. I did really well while he was gone but for some reason I think I get a free pass while he is Here. Well now I have to pay the price and lose the 4 pounds I gained in the 16 days he was here. What did it, no tracking, skipping workouts or drinking every night or eating out. Pick one or two and that
would be the reason!!
So today I am jumping back in fill speed ahead. I did skip the gym today but so far I have done 51 minutes on the elliptical and I am working my arms on the weight machine while type. Ok so I am resting longer then I need to but I am multi tasking.

So what is the game plan fir the next 5 weeks - workout, eat right, finish painting down stairs, start painting up stairs, spend time with family and friends. Help at school a bunch ( I will be there Thursday Friday Monday and Tuesday) plus this Friday for fall parties.

Jaxon has stopped tkd for a while which is good for everyone. After over 2 years he needed an wanted a break. So I am putting him in arena soccer only bad part is the games are on Saturday but we will see how it goes. He loves soccer , I looked into Futsal also so he could get some extra training but it was too expensive for what I was looking for

So today I am going shopping for some retail therapy once I get motivated. Erik is on his last leg of his 22 hour. Of flights. So once he lands in Doha I will be able to breathe again. Sad to say that but him flying makes me nerves with all the crazy people in the world. Tonight is dance for kk then trunk or treating Should be fun!


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Location:Home

Bathroom color

I can't tell if it is too dark of a color. This is only one coat and it is not the bathroom paint so I have to repaint the whole thing anyway so what do you think??
I know hard to tell in the picture.
In the picture it looks blends really well with the hallway





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Adding color to my life

Kk new pillowcase

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Uniforms ahhhhhh

I am waiting for the uniform store to fix kk's uniforms. Theses stores have it made. There are only 2 stores in the area that carry our patches 1 ordered the wrong uniform for me which they are now fixing - they said it would take 2 days I said no I will wait while it is done now ( someone on the phone said they could do it today) lucky for me it was the right plaid but it is missing some red piping around the top

The second store will not sell you just the patch because they want to make sure it is on the correct uniform - what does it matter to them if I put it on the wrong one , I am the one who has to deal with the school , way to go playing big brother!!

So the second one being the lesser of the 2 evils will get my business from now on, I really can not over look a uniform store that has been around for so long can make such a careless mistake!

Dinner for tuesday

So me and Megan are doing weight watchers with a twist - we have three things to do each day - meet our points, drink our water and exercise each counts for 5 points, so you can earn 15 points a day - at the end of 4 weeks who ever has the most points wins. So I have been eating better (for 2 days now). Last night we had a ww taco salad and tonight I tried a new recipe - take a flank steak, some lime juice and a jar of salsa put in the crock pot and cook. I took the meat and put it on a tortilla for a meat roll up - was actually really good! yeah a new crock pot dinner.
I also painted a wall in my house black - ok it is chalk board but it is still black. Once I get everything back on the wall and the rest of the room painted it should not stand out so much!

Cooking eggs

You know It is hot when





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Cousins weekend

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Dinner

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Location:Mario's

Breakfast with a view

Hanging out

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1940s theme cake

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another Thursday

I tried to update the blog from the gym today but for some reason my phone would shut the program down and lose all the typing and pictures so I gave up! So no KK gym pictures this week, but unlike Jaxon she will stay in gym so there will be lots of time for those!
So this week has gone by pretty good. Erik left on Sunday - so sad! But I have been to the gym every day this week. I work out for about an hour then the kids and I go swimming till 1pm - which is any where from 1 1/2 to 2 hours. So I am active. I have also been writing everything down that I eat. Today was a little tricky - I wrote it down but no points by somethings. Oh well at least I wrote it down!
I am kinda in a weird place this week since next week I will be at the beach - I did not want to waste this week but at the same time I don;t feel so bad for today since I know next week will be hard. I am going to try but I will be drinking which is never good for the scale and me! So I have started but I am really starting again when I get back.
I hate the word AGAIN I am always trying again, which means I have failed and have to start over again, AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN
I aways start off strong then I get lazy and have to start again! I can't think about that right now....
Time to get the kids to bed

Jaxon's gym

So we put Jaxon in gym this summer. What a mistake he does not like it as much as he thought maybe because it is a tumbling class and he really has to work. He is the only boy and some times the only one that whines!
He is the second from the right.









And then he does not do what he is suppose to do. It drives me crazy!!!!
Lesson learned!

Swimming at the gym

This is how I get motivate to go to the gym. They want to go swimming so I work out first then we go to the pool. So far it has works for 3 days. It is really nice to get in the pool after a work out but it is really hard to put on my swimsuit when I am sweaty!



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Watching tv with friends

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wonder busy stressful day

Today Katie had her practice for her dance. They did so good even though they were running about an hour behind. They girls were a beautiful mess on stage! can't wait to see them tomorrow

Jaxon also had his first TKD competition today, he got a 3rd place medal for his escape skills. I am so proud and sad I had to miss it. Thank goodness for my wonderful parents!

I love summer!!

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after the kids had swim lessons we meet my parents and Claire and Emma for some yummy snowballs!

Cousins

We went to Lafayette for the night the kids love playing with each other! Yeah for cousins close in age and locations!





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