I've Officially Started!

So...started what you may be saying. I have officially started couch25k, my training to be able to run a 5k. Im hoping that since Im announcing it that it will be sort of an accountability and motivation. :) When I started I thought this was going to be easy...running for a minute and walking for 3, thats not hard. WRONG!! Its alot harder than I thought. Now I know why they said only start out with 30 minutes. But I can say successfully that my friend and I did it!! It felt so good to have started, the problem now is keeping it going! I am asking everyone for help..ya I know I dont do that often..keep me accountable!

On another note. Today before I went for my run I thought I would have half a peanut butter sandwich to get a little something in my stomach but not a big meal. I was curious and thought that I would see how many calories were in the peanut butter. I should have never done that!! I love peanut butter and when I eat it I use a ton! Not anymore! There are 190 calories in 2 tablespoons of peanut butter!!!! So I have basically been eating over 400 calories in my sandwich. WOW!! Guess I need to find another kind, huh.

I hope everyone had a wonderful day and got outside to enjoy the awesome weather!!

Welcome Becca!

I would like to welcome my best friend to the "blogging" world! We have done some of my all time favorite things together...we've been to NY twice together...and we all know how much I love NY. We have shared a TON of experiences together and I dont know what my life would look like without her in it! Im glad to know that she will be joining me on this bandwagon. Love ya Becky!

To many more road trips together. 2009 Tour...cant wait!

Outside Fun! :)

Today was a gorgeous day! It was the perfect day to get outside and thats just what we did. I took several pictures to show off our fun time outside today! Enjoy!


We did alot of bike riding today! William and I hope to invest in some bikes this summer so we all can enjoy the fun. The kids had a race with the neighbors. Sadly...Mason got beat by a girl. :) They had so much fun though. We also went and fixed Isaacs training wheels. He rode his bike for an hour!

You may wonder why there are no pictures of Weston riding his bike. Well, he was napping. And you guessed it...I managed to take another sleeping picture! :) Our Italian Greyhound, Zeke, thought it would be a comfy place to sleep!

Then the boys, Weston and Isaac, retreated to making sand castles with the buckets in the garage. They're not ready for the beach..are they. :) Excuse the mess in the background. We were cleaning out the garage.

Ok..so when I thought I day was done I was so surprised. The boys had apparently found footballs in the garage. They went out back and were throwing them around. I look out the window to see this... Yes..it is Isaac climbing my pear tree! Apparently his football had gotten stuck and in his words... "I was just gettin my football out of the tree Mom." It was so funny that I didnt say anything to him until he got out of the tree. Then I look back out the window to see him and Weston TRYING to get the balls stuck so they can climb it again! :)

Needless to say we have a very enjoyable day! I hope you all had a great day as well!

Attitude of a Child

So this is my 3rd post this day! I guess Im getting the hang of it. Tonight after dinner William and I were talking and I made the comment that I was getting fat. I know...not a very positive comment, but I said it. Well, Mason was in the room and said, "Mom, your not fat, your fine! Your just like have been before." It was so very sweet of him to say that. My heart sank and I realized that I have to watch what I say around the boys. If only I had the attitude of a child sometimes.

So I had a different picture up and William said that it wasnt a good one to put up because Mason was making a monkey face and didnt go with the compliment. So I changed it! But Ill post it later because its a cute picture!

Ok..Im going to figure this out!

Ok. So Im going to try this picture thing again. I thought while Im messing around that i would show off some of the twins cutest and funniest sleeping positions. :)

This is an old one, but so cute! Mason jumping on the opportunity!

I wish I could just fall asleep anywhere!

I have one of the legs intertwined (spelling ?) but I cant find it! They do it all the time. Its so precious! :)

And we have to include one of Mason!

Ok. So I could post so many more! William teases me that we have more pictures of the twins sleeping than awake. :) But they get themselves in the strangest positions. So I think I figured it out, obviously. Im not sure if it the easiest way, but it works!

Grass is getting greener!

Ok..by that I dont mean in my life. I mean literally! The grass is getting green. I guess its all the rain we've been getting, but its nice to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel. The weather has to warm up..right?!

So I havent been posting because, to be honest, I dont know what to post. I have been really frustrated and feeling down on myself lately and didnt want to announce my problems to the world. Or the small group of people that would actually read this. We have been going through alot lately, financely, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Part of it I owe to winter depression. I never thought that it would happen to me, but yes...I got it! Most of you know that we have finally found a wonderful church, but I guess what I mean by spiritually is, where is God in all of this mess that we're going through? I know the answer to that and I know that we are allowed to go through things for a reason and a season, but I still can help but ask. Being a stay at home mom isnt easy financely or physically and this winter has been really rough on me. I wouldnt trade staying at home for anything...I LOVE IT!! And the thought of changing it makes me wanna cry! But money-wise its very hard. I would like to think of myself as a very frugal mom, but I dont know what else to be frugal with. I dont have a huge support system within my family, other than my husband, so it very hard. Its really hard for some people to understand our situation especially since they havent been there. And I know thats not their fault and they're trying, but its not helping.

So I cant believe I just said all of that. For most of you that know me Im a very inward person and I dont share my life with many, for many reasons, but mainly past ones. But in venting all this out I realize something. God often needs to yell at me to get my attention. Maybe its not a coincidence that I noticed the grass was greener today and that there was light at the end of the tunnel. I meant it literally, but there is another meaning to it. I guess venting your frustration can help sometimes, even when its hard to open up like that.

On a good note. As I said before William and I dont have a huge support system, but have started asking our neighbors for help..and its working out nicely! :) We had talked about it before with them, but have finally begun to do it. We watch their kids when she needs to make a quick run or until her husband gets home and she then returns the favor and so on. We are both stay at home moms by the way, but sometimes its easier and quicker to just run in and out if you dont have the kids. :) I feel really blessed to have wonderful neighbors! I really mean that! When we first moved into this house people were like oh, you live in the old people neighborhood. We never looked at it that way. And by the way...its not the old people neighborhood. I was amazed at the amount of kids around here.

Ok, so thats enough of my rambling for today! I tried to post a picture at the then end of my kids with the neighbors running around playing Batman and Superman, but it put it at the beginning. Ill keep working on it. Check back just in case I figure it out!

Lack of Sleep

So I'm sitting here so tired, but unable to fall asleep...as usual. Someone of you may not know that ever since I had the twins...almost 4 years ago...I dont sleep much. At first I just figured my body got all thrown off because of the nursing and adjusting. Now Im not sure what the excuse is. I can go days without sleep and then I crash. Which isnt very good. I used to be able to go a couple weeks and then I needed to take a day long nap, which William always helped force me to do it. Thanks babe! But now its seems that I cant go much longer than a couple days. And Im getting grouchy. :( Not good. I was really excited when the weather started getting nicer and thought that I would be on the go more, with the kids and running, that it would help me sleep better again. But instead the weather is getting worse and...I cant believe Im saying this...but so am I. I have tried everything I can think of. Im not into the hot tea..dont like the taste of it. I also tried where they say no tv late at night...well that didnt work because all my shows come on late at night when the kids are in bed. :)

So your probably asking why Im even telling you this. Well...Im in some need of some advice. if anyone has or is going through this and has found something that works I would love to hear it! Im not one for medicine and I havent found a doctor i feel comfortable in confiding in, but Im at the point where Im willing to try anything.

So..some good news! Tomorrow I will be on the go! Im venturing to the store to try and buy some healthier meals and snacks that fit my budget! Wish me luck. The boys and I have a playdate at the mall with some friends on Weds and I look forward to it every week. Some adult conversation! woo hoo! Then, if some of you dont know, my family and I have found an amazing church! We have started attending the Bible studies there, as well as on Sundays, and the kids LOVE the childrens program. I spent so many years fighting with Mason to go to church and now he's the one shoving us out the door an hour early because "I dont wanna be late Mom!." Its the coolest thing. I love that he's so excited about God!...and Im sure the playing too. :)

Ok..so I guess that enough for tonight. Im off to watch a show I taped and maybe Ill fall asleep and get a little nap in. Good night!