Sunshine o' Sunshine...

What a gorgeous day we had yesterday it was just spectacular. I thanked God for it at least a hundred times it was just awesome. The boys had choir and drama in the morning then we came home and did minimal school so we could just enjoy the day. We played basketball for a little bit then they came in to read and I went on a five mile run. I was so excited to finally be able to run outside I wanted to run further but decided it wouldn't be to smart to over do it on my first outdoor run. After I showered we headed off to the zoo I've included a photo of my boys standing in front of the still frozen pond. Then on the way home from the zoo we made one last stop to the park for a little bit so I'd say we enjoyed the day to the fullest. I kind of ran out of outside things to do we did cook up some hamburgs on the grill for dinner they were so yummy. After dinner Roman and I took a walk on our street he would hold my pinky finger and we just walked up and down it was so cute he wouldn't let go of my finger and just babbled the whole way up and down. I wish I had my video camera working it was so cute. My hubby is gone this week so the boys and I are doing a shorter week on schoolwork and trying to find fun things to do that don't cost a ton of money. Today were going to the circus we've only been once and that is when Lucas was 5 and Kaleb 2 so they don't remember it to much. We're all excited to go I have a coupon for half off kids for the morning show so it keeps it fairly resonable. Well we need to get math done before we head off to the circus. Have a great day!!

Basement is done...

Woohoo!! It smells so good and fresh I love it. I decided that I better spring clean the basement while it's still cold outside. I do not want to be stuck cleaning a basement when it's warm and sunny out. So I cleaned out my back storage room and got rid of two more large black bags of trash and four large black bags for goodwill. I don't know where all this stuff comes from I clean out all the time and am constantly bringing things to goodwill. The clutter fairy must just deposit it in my basement when I'm not looking:) Then in my rec room I washed all the walls, organized the kids toys, dusted from floor to ceiling, and washed the carpet. My boys helped a lot in this room Kaleb helped me wash the walls and he thought it was so much fun..go figure. Lucas was actually upset he didn't get to help becuase he had to finish up a book report. I told him not to worry we had many more walls upstairs that will need washing. Then in the bedroom downstairs I washed the walls, dusted and cleaned the carpet. I'm done it feels so good now I can start upstairs. I think I'm going to do my kitchen next since it takes a long time to do but that's for another day. I'm pooped I'm going to workout at 4:00 so I better save some energy for that. The last thing to do is hang up a few pic's I've had laying around but I'll do that tomorrow I think. I need to get my hands on a stud finder my hubby can probably locate one for me. Well have a good weekend all.

Mid week drama...

ha ha so this morning hubby and I are watching the Today show and they have segment on it about cellulite. They were testing certain creams to see if they worked etc. I ask hubby how you get cellulite and his reply is "I don't know but you have it"...AHK I so do not! I go in the bathroom and look I don't see any and tell him so he laughs and says only when you run you do the impact hitting your muscle I can see it... Now he wasn't being mean at all this was all in good fun he was stretching behind me yesterday when I was run on the treadmill so he must've been looking then. All is well I couldn't find any so if it's just when I run ah well that's part of getting older I suppose but I will most definatly keep on running...hahahahahahha

Yesterday while running the lady from the daycare at the workout gym comes to get me and tells me Roman got hurt and is bleeding badly. So I run in and he's watching cartoons he turns around and just starts bawling again as he sees me..poor baby. Now is wasn't really that bad it looked a lot worse than it was. He was pushing a truck and slipped and took a nose dive he scraped his face up pretty bad and was getting a fat lip. I think all the blood came from his nose but all was well I was going to leave and come home and he started crying he wanted to stay and play with the toys and "tabub" aka Kaleb. He ended up being fine he did the same thing on Sat. there and came out with a fat lip he looks like he got in a fight it's kind of cute.

What a motivation for school work I told the kids I'd take them to the new workout facility this morning if they got all or most of their schoolwork done. They are working like beavers this place is suppose to be really nice I drove by the other day. It has a large slide going into the pool, a track and two gyms so it should be fun. Sure keeps the boys focused on schoolwork I should say that Kaleb will be done Lucas won't be. He had to read " The Swiss Family Robinson" the last two days and now he has to learn how to write a book report on it so we'll do that this afternoon.

My hubby is heading out of town for a golf trip next week so I think I'm really going to work on spring cleaning were suppose to hit almost 50 next week so I'm geeked and ready to clean clean clean. Happy Wed. everyone.

spring cleaning

Well I must say that my sister in law inspired me today. She had gone through a bunch of her kids clothes yesterday so today I did the same thing..thank you Sharon!! I have been saving boys clothes for a long time and I had four huge bins of clothes and I got rid of everything except maybe 15 items. I saved a few things to try and sell on ebay but I brought all the rest to Goodwill I'm not into doing a garage sale nor do I have time so this way I figure I get my tax write off at least. I'm not a pack at at all I can't stand clutter so I'm constantly cleaning things out and getting rid of stuff. I don't buy much anymore so I suppose there will come a point in time when I'm not getting rid of things all the time. But for now I drop things off at good will at least every other month.

I started spring cleaning last week and got half of my basement done. Today I think I'll finish the other half it's not so bad since I just cleaned the back room out a few months ago. I'm such a nut but I love spring cleaning everything is so fresh and clean. The idea of just whipping open the windows and letting the fresh air in...ahhhh..I love it. Plus I really dig deep and clean I have a list I made up years ago and follow every year for my house. I know starting in March is a little early but that way I figure everything gets done before summer comes. Although it's still freezing here I can't whip open the windows I hope soon I can:)

On a side note both my boys got an A+ on their math tests today...woohoo!! I"m so proud of them they always do good at math but both to do so good I was quite pleased. I guess something of homeschooling is sinking in..:)

ramblings..

Well we are now done with basketball Lucas' team lost on Sat. so were not going to the State games but that's ok were all pretty worn out from it. They lost their first game but won the second not all to bad. All the kids were sick at some point in time last week Roman came down with a high fever on Wed. then Lucas and Kaleb on Friday. Lucas was so upset he'd still be sick on Sat. but they all only had it for one day so he did play. I'm so glad basketball is done we have an awards banquet at the end of March but no more practices and carting to games etc. it makes for a long season. We did have a blast doing it but it will be nice to have a break until next years season.

Ben and I are training for a 25K race I ran it the last two years and Ben did last year. The schedule is pretty intense so without even trying to hard I've lost 5 pounds and toned up a bit more and Ben has lost 20-25 pounds. I'm so proud of him it's hard to do we each want to lose at least 10 more before the race since the less you weigh the better your time. It's amazing to us though that at 30 our bodies sure give us more trouble than they did even 5 years ago. The boys are going to do a 5K this year in May so guess we'll make a it a family activity for the summer...running that is.

Speaking of which I can't wait for summer I'm so sick of winter summer is my favorite season the hotter the better doesn't bother me. I just got a job with a landscaping company working just 4 hours a week so we'll see how much I like hot weather on those days but for the most part I love the hot weather. Well I've got to get some fish out of the freezer for dinner and then it's off to run and workout with my hubby.

Wow, it's been awhile since I posted I've been so busy this last week. As of today things slow down a bit. Last night I went to see Suessical the Musical with my boys and nephew it was awesome. The kids really enjoyed it as did I. On another good note Lucas' basketball team finally won another game Mon. night. They hadn't won in a long time so it was good to get a win again. They've had so many close games and then ended up losing by one or two points. So needless to say they were all very excited. One more week of basektball and then were pretty much done it's been a fun season. They've asked Ben to coach next year he's thinking on it it's a pretty big commitment so we'll see.

Yesterday for Valentine's day the kids and I made heart cookies and decorated them. I do this every year with the kids and they get to take a few plates to who over they want to. We always bring them to the Grandma's and they bring a plate to school for their teachers on friday's. Last year we brought them all to a nursing home and brought them to the elderly. It was such a joy to see the joy on those people's faces they loved getting the cookies and seeing some young kids. It was also a good learning experience for the boys they never realized that people live in nursing homes and what they are so it was good for them. Next year we'll probably do that again this year the day was just to crazy and so has the week.

Well that's what we've been up to next week we have basketball every night and then regional games on Saturday which is an all day event. Were the hosting team this year so we all have to bring cookies and "work" at it. So life will be basketball next week but it's the last week of it. Anyway, hope everyone has a great weekend.

Snow fort

Here is Lucas and Kaleb and the neighbor Zach and their snowfort yesterday they worked on it for three hours. Needless to say they were cold and had red faces when they all finally came in. They were all so proud of their fort.