Saturday was such a beautiful day to spend at the beach. After 3 hours of sleep in the non-sleepy room, a few of us went for a run, followed by Rebecca's boot camp. (Wait, that was just me doing that ab work with her...and she convinced me to run without shoes that morning with her and speedy Jessica!?? Rebecca can talk me into anything!) So, Saturday was a pretty good workout for me, but most of the day we just hung out on the beach, so I was able to pair my sore muscles with a sunburn. I consider it a sucessful weekend, don't get me wrong! :)

 

It is tough to figure out where 14 people want to eat, but we chose a local favorite, Aunt Catfish's on the River, which I had joked about because the name is so funny, but Janene looked into it, and it had some great reviews. I think we all liked it, for the most part! Way to pick, Janene!

 

 

It is one of the greatest blessings in my life that I have had great friends wherever I have lived, and Florida is no exception! You girls are the best, and I look forward to many more GNO's! What a fun group!

 

Dress Contest on NurtureMama

I entered a contest today to win a gift card for a Mika Rose order, and this is one of the things I will order if I win! Hurry and enter the contest before Friday at midnight...you can enter if you are Canadian as well!

Make sure you check out my friend Kristi's Blog, she has really great ideas for parenting...her kids are the nicest I know, so I consider her an authority on these things! :) Read her post about the contest, check out the Mika Rose site, and then comment on her blog, and you will be entered!
http://nurturemama.blogspot.com/2010/03/giveaway-free-dress-from-mikarose.html

Thanks Kristi!

Nu Nu 5K

 

I guess no one liked my idea of looking like we were running into the finish line.

 

I have always said that I wouldn't join in the running craze, because I couldn't believe when people said they enjoyed running. I have to say, I am loving it! The 5K was really fun! I don't know if I should record this or not, but my time was 33 minutes, which felt fast to me...I didn't walk at all, and I even sprinted at the end. So exciting! It has been really fun to run with my friends and I look forward to doing a 10K next! :)

Blog World

I often think about the time of blogging at we live in, and while it is awesome, don't get me wrong, some days it makes me feel like there are so many perfect people out there. I was starting to feel like a bit of a loser this morning thinking that I have way too many perfect friends with their immaculate houses, gourmet meals (complete with beautiful pictures of these meals including the faded out background showcasing their picture taking skills, of course. ;) It seems like many people are constantly taking studio style pictures of their kids, doing cool crafts with them, crafting genius parties/playdates etc., etc., so I had an idea, and I ran around the house quite excited about this idea. I was going to post (poorly taken as usual) pictures around my house. It is really messy right now, a definite low point. I have some great (crappy) pictures, and I think it was going to be really funny, but when I thought it through, I realized that while I have no problem making fun of myself, I maybe shouldn't embarrass my family. (Mom, you did your best, I wish I had turned out to be the perfect homemaker like you!) So, I will opt out this time, and just say that I have nothing but admiration for my perfect friends (and relatives) and your blogs inspire me to be a little better...off to clean my house!

Sea World Fun

 

 

 

 

We are loving our Sea World Passes! We have been able to go a few times, so it has been really worth getting annual passes! I had to put the last two pictures in because the contrast between Autumn and Porter's tolerance for affection is hillarious! Plus, David looks so handsome. :)

New Moon GNO

 

 

 

I have to say that I really enjoyed New Moon. It was...gripping, exciting, and I really think it is fun to hear all of the girls all around that are SO into it, that they make all kinds of sounds and comments...it was really fun!

I stole these pictures...thanks Gretchen! Just had to have a little journal entry of the fun event! What an awesome group of girls to celebrate the big night with! ;)

Gardening!

 

 

I planted a sweet potato in june that had sprouted in my cupboard, and it has produced! I was so excited to see one sticking up out of the ground. We had them for dinner that night, and they were delicious. I don't know the size of my crop because I am going to wait a bit longer, or just dig some up as I need them.

The second picture is my little garden. I will have to add another picture because it grows quickly! The rows aren't too neat because Marik helped me...there are peas growing everywhere...he was sneaky with those peas!