Sprained Ankle

So I'm able to blog a lot this week because I sprained my ankle on Saturday. It looks like I have a golf ball on my ankle. I stepped in a hole, twisted my ankle and it popped. I feel like the biggest loser....
Anyway, I'm confined to the couch with my leg elevated for the most part of the day. (At least when I'm not trying to chase the kids.) I'm getting really good at the club live games on the internet! :)

Happy Birthday Emma!

I'm a little bit late on this entry. Emma turned 2 on Sunday. I can't believe that my baby is 2! She has been with us since she was 3 months old. Time has a way of just slipping away, doesn't it?
She has the most adorable laugh now and cracks us up. Anyway, happy birthday precious girl.

Happy Birthday, Michael!

So our boy turned 3 years old today. Man, time sure does fly! I can't believe that he has been with us for over a year and a half already! He is such a good boy. He is smart, loves to giggle and cracks us up with his grumpy face. Happy Birthday Michael, we sure love you!

Contest

The Biggest Loser contest at work ended on Saturday, and no, I didn't win. I do however think that in the long run I will be the one that keeps the weight off. The girl that won did the Atkins Diet, and I just did the boring eat less, exercise and drink lots of water. She ended up losing around 15 pounds and I only lost 11.
I'm finding it hard to stay as motivated now that other people aren't going to see how much I weigh, but I do still want to lose weight. I walk Makenzie to school every day, which is about a mile and a half round trip. I am also trying to still eat less. The water thing is my challenge because quite honestly, I HATE WATER!! Isn't that weird?!?! It's not like water has a flavor or anything, maybe that's why I hate it....
Anyhow, no new wardrobe for me. I think I am going to have to invest in some belts, though, because all of my pants are too loose and tend to fall down. WOOHOO!!!!

School

So Makenzie has been in school for about 2 weeks now. It's still hard to believe that she has grown up so fast!!
She was ready to drop out the second day. She came home with a bunch of homework and did the "drama queen" thing... "It's too hard, I can't do it." (In her whiniest voice, of course!) Now that she has gotten used to the routine, she really likes it, she even WANTS to do her homework when she gets home, even when she doesn't have any!!
This will hopefully be her last year at this school and she should be going to the charter school out here next year, if I can get in enough hours to have founder status...
The school is called Excelsior Academy, and I am so excited for them to open!! You should check them out at www.excelsior-academy.org. My teacher friends should especially check them out and then come out here and work at the school!! ;)

Happy Birthday Makenzie!

Well, it's here. Makenzie is 5 years old today, I can't believe how fast she is growing up! It seems like just yesterday that she could fit in Cabbage Patch clothes, and now she is a big girl that will be starting Kindergarten in a few days. Happy Birthday, honey. Mom and dad love you lots!

Camping Trip

It has been a while since the last entry. That's because we went camping for a week. It is so nice to get away, but it's nice to come back home.
It was a fun trip. We went to one of our favorite places, Stillwater. It was so peaceful! That being said, the biting gnats were horrible!! They really liked Emma's skin around her eyes and my face. I ended up getting a bite near one of my eyes, and it was swollen almost completely shut.
Oh, and what's a camping trip without at least one person getting hurt?!? Michael decided that it would be a great idea to ride one of those little ride on cars down the steep hill that goes to the bathroom. After he crashed and burned, he decided that it wasn't such a good plan after all. He has a scraped nose, elbow and forehead now.
We went on a hike to Arta Lake. It was a little over a mile, and well worth it, it was beautiful! Oh, and in case you were wondering, we did take our children on the hike with us, and they did great! The picture is of them at the lake.