A Little of This And a Little of That... Blog Catch-up

Well, I am behind on blogging.... soooo... I just download all the pics on my iphone and thought I would show what we have been doing over the last couple of months.
Katie's Christmas dance showcase... We got to watch Katie's dance class and see what she has learned so far... She is doing great! She has great form and looked beautiful performing for us... We are so proud of her!

Dancing to her jazz song... She is really good!! She has great form and stays on the beat of music!!

My pretty dancer!!

I went with Mom and Dad to visit my grandparents in North Carolina... I have not seen them in a very long time due to our distance and just life getting in the way. Grandpa has Parkinson's (for 19 years) and I knew this was the chance to go and see them and Boy, I am glad I did. Grandpa is doing alot better than I thought and Grandma is doing well too (she has diabetes and needs a Knee replacement). We had a great time, they have a WII so I got to help Grandpa play!!! This is a great thing to have for hand-eye coordination and exercise.

Dad and Grandpa trying to hook up the WII... scary but quite entertaining...

Helping Grandpa play Guitar Hero... He is the sweetest man ever.... It was like the roles had reversed and I was taking care of him, teaching him.. alot like he used to take me fishing and teach ME how to do things....


Grandpa, me and Grandma

Ben's last basketball game... (YAY..oops, did I say that?!?) We are very proud of Ben sticking with it... He did not LOVE basketball but it was a great way to stay active in the Winter!

Ben slowing getting to where he needs to be!

Ben with his Basketball Medal... so proud... even if Pro Basketball is not in our future... it was a good experience and I really think helps Ben come "out of his shell" and learn how to work with with other kids his age...

Friday 2/12 we got to visit a sweet family and their new baby girl Ryan Frances at the hospital. We have not seen or held a newborn baby in a very long time and this was a treat....

Aww, Ben holding Ryan.... He like holding her for like a minute and then was ready to play... When I asked if he would like mommy to have another baby he quickly replied...NO!! hee hee

Katie holding Ryan Frances... Katie loved every minute and after we left wished that mommy had a baby in HER tummy... uhhhh Not going to happen! :)

Below are pictures from Valentines Day and our family tradition of having ice cream... This tradition was started by Craig and me 13 years ago in Ozark, since our anniversary is exactly a month after Valentines day, we decided no cards, gifts..just ice cream at Dairy Queen...

My two sweethearts enjoying their Blizzards.... Butterfinger blizzard for Ben and M&M blizzard for Katie

Me and My Valentine...
Hopefully I will keep up with blogging better this spring... but probably not since baseball starts TODAY!!!! Ben is pumped about it.. he is walking around right now with his pj's on and his baseball cleats!!! :)

Extreme Fit Training.... BOOT CAMP!!!

I have finally taken the plunge towards a better, healthier lifestyle... I joined Extreme Fit Boot Camp.... and when I say BOOT CAMP...I am NOT joking!! It has kicked my booty!!!! I started last Friday and it shocked my body!! 30 sit-ups (real ones) 60+ pushups, lunges out the whaazooo and weights! WHEW! and all of this at 5:30 am! But I felt good and like I had accomplished something UNTIL Saturday when I could NOT get out of the bed or WALK!!!!! OUCH!!! I was hurting and hurting BAD!!! Valeria, my instructor is AWESOME... cute, sweet and such an encourager! How could I hate her and what she was doing to me??? I couldn't so I worked through the pain one ouch and ugh at a time. I went to the gym to do an extra workout on SUnday... REALLY??? I was able to accomplish about half and my hamstrings were KILLING me, and then my quad muscle started hurting really bad!!!! I could barely walk AGAIN and I was supposed to get up Monday morning for the next class?!? SOOO I went to bed early Sunday night hoping that the muscles would feel better in the morning. MONDAY: get to boot camp and Valeria has us do a little exercise call the Indian Run.... AHHHHHH it was so hard for me, sprinting to the front of a line of people and trying to keep the pace? It about killed me, but I made it through... last one practically to finish. I was able to do 30 complete sit ups (with lots of screaming and pain) and a few more push ups than before... I was feelin' GOOD!!!!
My quad and hamstrings were still hurting though.... Wednesday morning 5:00am I start to get up out of the bed for BOOT CAMP and AWWWWWWWWWW... my hip flexor muscle,...(did not know I had one of those) I pulled something!!! IT hurt like a well, you know, it hurt. I got to boot camp hurting ALOT. I did not want to look like a whimp or whine but with every move, I was dying... I finally had to fess up to Valerie and tell her what was going on. I was soooo mad at myself because I could not do ANYTHING without pain. Valerie helped me modify the exercises but I knew I was not burning the calories I wanted to be burning... GRRRRR!!! But honestly, folks, I was hurting BAD. Valerie stretched us out at the end and went over some stretches with me. I took it easy the rest of the day... and last night? My quad is feeling so much better and so are my hamstrings... My hip flexor is a bit sore and I am a little gun shy about doing sit ups... BUt I feel like I am back in the game for Tomorrow morning at 5:30!!! So, I will get up at 5 am (hopefully with no snow falling) and head to the gym to get my butt kicked again!!! WOO HOO!!!!


AND there is a Free Boot Camp Giveway!!!! I am so registering for that!!! Here is the link to check out their website and sign up for a class!!! IT is worth it, pain and all!!! really, I promise!!!