Emily's B-Day

Bennie in her swim cap haha, Its a little big

Daddy and Bennie

Emily and her B-day that our Grammy made!!

Alli in the pool at Emily's B-day

Alli in the pool in her new bikini (Hello Kitty)

Grammy and Bennie

Papa and Bennie

Nana and Bennie

Our cousin Emily had her 9th B-day and her other grandparents house. The kids went swimming, jumping on the trampoline, and ate cake!!!! She had a blast!

back to the daily grind...

May 3

Today will be our first day back to the gym since I was about 1 month pregnant... I've been waiting months and months for this, I'll have that bikini body in no time haha I hope!

Well today was... fun but I took it SLOOOOOWWW. I ran about 15-16mins, and then did some leg work.... and my favorite part I sat in the dry sauna for 10mins.

May 4

Today I got going early and was at the gym by 8am it was nice to go to my classes again. Today I did a cycling class it was sooooo tough, my legs were KILLING me by the end. I left the class and 15mins later I was sore, and I'm still sore!!!!! Tomorrow I'll be back up there at 8:30am for a yoga class, I use to hate yoga always complaining how boring it was, now I don't know what I was thinking! Its the best for anybody I still hate the end part of my classes where we lay down and meditate which for most people that's the best part. I'm to ADHD to lay down and be still!!! haha

My current weight :125lb 8oz!!!!!! ahhhhh

before baby weight :110-114lb

I have 10-15lb to lose, I know I can do it!!!! At the end of this month we are going tubing on the river so I need to get it together!!!!

Life as a mom!!!

So tonight will be my first experience as a mom of a "TEEN" oh wait my little girl is only 6!!!! She talks and acts she is a teen already but today one of Alli's friend mothers call to see if I could pick her daughter up after school tomorrow she has a funeral to attend. Well she found of the funeral is 4 1/2 hours away so she had to leave around 4am... This is were it get crazy... she asked could she spend the night or she could drop her off around 4am!!! really 4am no thanks I thought... I said just bring her over tonight. Tonight Alli is having her first sleep over and its a school night. Alli is super excited, I told her they could sleep in Alli's room but if I hear chatting Alli would have to leave her room and sleep some where else. We will see how this whole thing goes, this little girl will also be coming back over to the house after school and then we are taking Alli and her friend back up to school tomorrow night at 7pm bc Locke hill is having movie night.... YEA!!! ha at least the movies not to bad, "The Chipmunks Squeakquel".

Kitchen.....#1

The Island- before

The sink wall- before

corner wall- before

Lots of boxes

I'm building a cabinet!!!!

Alex working on another cabinet

Look 4 down 11 more to go

This weekend on Sunday we are starting our kitchen... We have all the cabinets put together and half of the handles put on I think we still have 15 or so handles left to do. More pictures to come!

I scream you scream we all scream for ICE CREAM

Today at Baskin robins is .31 scoop night 5pm-10pm.... Every body take their families out for a treat and Baskin Robins is donating $100,000 from the money they make today to National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. We will be there!!!!!

Bennie found her FEET!!!

Their they are

Look its uncle Dustin!

Look at that box

My silly girls

Alli and Bennett look: both have something in their mouths ridiculous



I was at Target and saw this box of Cinnamon toast crunch (Dads favorite... ha) I just couldn't pass up buying it just bc it was so large!!!!!

Alli's Jumping for a cause!

Alli is jumping for a cause at school, Her school is taking to jump rope to help raise money for children's heart disease.

What is Jump rope for a Heart?
Its an American Heart Association event
You jump rope and learn about your heart
Children are helped by the money we raise
Why is it important?
Some children have special hearts and need our help
We learn how our heart works and how to take care if it
And it feels great to help other people
How can you help....?
Donate as much money as you can spare, remember its to help save the littlest members of
our nation.

Alli has made her own web page though the American Heart Association to raise as much money as she can and she and our family is asking every one to help out and give, our children are worth it! :)

Copy and paste:
http://honor.americanheart.org/site/TR/JumpforHeart/JRFH-SCA?px=2159031&pg=personal&fr_id=1286

Ikea.... Trip #2

After the first time going to Ikea I just couldn't get enough of it!!!!!! But after our first I also found out that you can have your kitchen remodeled through them crazy right, I first saw a piece in the SA new paper some lady and her husband designed there kitchen on the Ikea website then picked up all the pieces and then put them together at their home and hung them up.... I thought eh its Ikea its probably cheep and made ok but not great. But after Alex and I first visit there we were very surprised... there kitchen cabinets were very nice and sturdy all the hardware was very nice and I loved all the options were very cool. So Alex and I came home thought long and hard about redoing our kitchen with them and we decided to redo the kitchen. So this past Saturday we headed up to Ikea and had our Kitchen plan all laid out had them check for an mishaps (there were NONE duh I planned this kitchen haha) and then they rang us up..... The bill boooooo but it was way more affordable then going through a contractor or places like lowes/Homepot. Then they loaded us up and back home we came! Now I can't wait to blog about putting everything together and up!!!!



Alli checking out on of Ikea's "Living rooms"

Alli at the kids entrance of Ikea's children area

Almost all of our kitchen.. There was 5 carts

Alex, Alli and the Ikea worker helping load all our stuff. Thanks Ikea!!
Alli helping put boxs in the Uhaul

This bag had cabinet legs, hinges, and door hardware WOW it was heavy

Alli on the ride back, she wanted to drive with dad in the Uhaul... Mom was on her own in our SUV

Movie Night

Tonight we are having movie night just for Alli bc she was Super good at Ikea today.... Ikea is another story I start telling tomorrow. Tonight we are watching Shrek 2, recorded this TV movie call "Secret of the mountain" (its like National Treasurer) But Alli wanted Shrek 2. This is Bennett's FIRST movie night she cry the first 2 mins ha the diaper change and so far she is still happy. I hope she stays this way! Tomorrow the Ikea story!