Whirl wind, that pretty much sums up our life these days! It has been great fun and exhausting!

On the 19th of July, I started the "Get Active" program at the community center. It is a circuit training type set up which has been a lot of fun. We go 2 times a week and I tell you what, if you ever wondered if you had muscles under your fat rolls, well the answer is YES! After the first night, I could barely walk but have pushed through and am starting to feel better about it all. after 5+ years of doing nothing, it is a bit of a shock to the body, but it is nothing I didn't expect. No pain no gain right! I have signed up for 4 months of this (2 x weekly) and we will see after that. 3 weeks done and I haven't died, so that is bonus!

On July 24th, we went to Alcester for Grandpa Morris's 85th birthday party. It was great to see all the family and hang out. Here are a few pictures of the day.

Little Izzac

Benjamin playing some bean bags!
Wayne being Wayne! :-)

The birthday boy himself!

Grandpa Kurt is BUSTED! OPPS.. He got pulled over after pulling an Illinois Roll and Go at the stop sign after running to the store to get zip lock bags! Fortunately Mr. Doty was nice enough to let him off with a warning. Of course we were standing outside when it happened so we had to snap a few pictures for proof!

The week of July 26th, we did not have daycare so Kristen, Brandy and I shared the duties! Micah had a ball with all the kids. One night he came home from his cousins, fell asleep at supper and slept until the next morning. He slept for 12 hrs straight!!

Micah had his 4 yr old check up with Dr. Z on the 26th. All is well with him which we are thankful for. Dr. Z talked to us about a shot he "could" get but we decided not to do it. Micah however looked at me and said, "Mom, I will be brave with shots!" It was so darn cute. After his appointment we headed over to Toys R Us. He had a double present to return so I told him he could pick out anything he wanted. After much debate, he finally chose a few things he was very excited about!!

This is him with his brand new Spider man watch and 2 Zhu Zhu pets!! He has wanted a watch for a long time! He can not tell time yet, but if you ask him what time it is, he will rattle something off!

He has also learned that the cats do not like the Zhu Zhu pets, so he has been antagonizing them!

Micah had a dentist appointment on the 27th. He loves going to the "dentist doctor" as he calls it. Once again he had a clean bill of health with no cavities! We are thankful for that! He had a chance to pick a name for the bull dog in their office and I think Craig said he named him "Little Harry" or something like that. Not sure where that came from, but the winning name getter wins a DS and he is bound and determined it will be him! I am not holding my breath but we can let him dream. I am guessing he will forget all about it pretty soon!

On Wednesday the 28th, I went to work out while Craig took Micah to the park to meet his friends. He was so excited to see Josiah and the other kids. He misses Josiah at daycare so it is great for them to get the chance to play. We got home a little later than expected, but it was well worth it.

On Friday and Saturday we had our very first rummage sale. Myself, Dana and Marsha went in together and had one. We had way more stuff than I anticipated! I spent about a week of my free time marking everything of ours. Micah had a difficult time watching me mark his toys so I cut a deal with him. He was to get any money that was made off of toys. Then he could go buy new toys or whatever he wanted! He thought that was pretty cool and he started giving up toy after toy! Money sure speaks to this boy!

This is what our garage looked like for 2 days! Crazy!

Micah found his infant Halloween costume and thought he would try and put it on! After a successful rummage sale, Saturday night we headed to the races. Matt had a good night racing, he ended up 3rd in the feature. The funny part of the night was when Micah's favorite hobby stock driver, Dusty was black flagged for rough driving. Micah did not understand why on earth Dusty went into the pits and was not coming back! He kept asking question after question. Finally, I looked at Craig and said, "Help me out!" He answer as to why Dusty wasn't racing, "Dusty was naughty and they put him in time out!" Micah completely understood and didn't ask anymore questions. :-)

Sunday we went to church and then we headed over to the swimming pool for Bailey 6 yr birthday party! We had ice cream, presents and then swimming! I didn't get any pictures of swimming but I do have a few from before. It was great to have an afternoon with friends and get to do a family activity with my boys! We had a wonderful time!! After swimming, Micah took a nap and I sat in the chair for a few minutes but it turned into a nap myself. Opps!

Some of the kiddos.

Little Miranda and Micah!

Lizzie and Micah!

Chase and Briana

Ok, these next to pictures crack my up! They just make me giggle!

Ms. Briana

and

Her little Brother Chase! Bahhhhhh!! I love it!!!

This week has been a little calmer. I renewed my cell phone and I bit the bullet and got a blackberry. I don't think Craig is to pleased with the monthly fee, but I simply told him to shut it! I don't any "hobbies" to speak of and the techy stuff is the one thing I like. He hasn't said another word. He will like it when I have it with us on a trip and we need to look up something! LOL. In all seriousness, the main reason I got it was for my calender. I need to have one in the same place so that I can keep things straight. I have my work calender, home calender and the one in my purse.. Now I can sync them all and have it in one place.. YIPPI! I also like the email feature. My computer will get much less use I am sure. Fun Fun stuff!

Well, I better wrap up this novel. I hope you all have a great weekend! Tonight I hope to watch the movie, "Valentine's Day"! Tomorrow, we are off to a family reunion and Sunday is a down day!

Oh, I wanted to let you all know as well, I am not going to make my blog private for the time being. I think it is inconvenient for the people that don't have an account to read it so for the time being, I am going to leave it open.. At some later time, I may rethink this but for now it will stay the same. :-)