A little of Jonah to brighten your day...

I know I don't blog enough about this little guy. It is not that I don't love him with all of my heart. It is hard to balance a little one and all of the milestones of preschool and such. I just want to have a post for my little boy. I know he is not so little. On Saturday he asked me to take some photos of him on his ramp. A sports photographer I am not but when a boy asks for photos I can't say no as this opportunity doesn't happen very often. He is an amazing skateboarder. He works so very hard and I am so impressed by his skills. He just works so hard at it. I really could not ask for a better boy and I am truly blessed. I hope you all enjoy the photos. have a lovely day!

The second week of dance...

Today is Monday which means it was Miss Ava's second week of dance class. I made sure we got to class early so that I could get the one seat by the door. I wanted to get some photos of how cute she is dancing. She loved it just as she did the week prior. She kept looking over her shoulder from time to time and if she saw I had the camera out she would give me a big cheesey grin. It was so funny. She really knows how to work the camera. LOL Enjoy the cuuutest ballerina ever...

My Beautiful Ballerina....

Last night Ava started dance class. She had been waiting so patiently for Monday evening. Everydayshe would ask if it was Monday. Her class is both ballet and tap. They started wuth ballet and I thought she would like tap more than ballet since the shoe are so loud. This was so not the case. She adores ballet! She danced all evening in her pink slippers and kept saying I am a beeeuuuuteeeeful ballerina. Yes, I thinks so too.

Once a week....

OK so I am down to updating once a week. Not the greatest but hey it is better than once a month...Ava is over the moon excited as she is starting ballet and tap classes on Monday. I hope she has fun. :) She is still enjoying her preschool and I am so proud of her. She has already learned all of the months of the year. I am thinking of taping it and putting it on youtube. I know you are all dying to watch...So I am still crazy into my workouts. I am really seeing changes in my body. I decided to renew my subscription with my Bodybugg. It is a great tool for anyone that is struggling to loose wight and for me it really helps me to modify my workouts if need be. I am sure sales of them will be skyrocketing as it was featured on the biggest looser. I am happy that he price has really come down since I bought mine in 2006. So excited that the Biggest Looser is on again this season. I really LOVE watching how much these people can achieve in such a short time period. I love the Bob and Jillian. I go back and forth on which one I would love to have kick my butt LOL...Here is a layout I did this week that I thought I would share. I am scrapping a lot just not posting it publicly. I am submitting a lot and most of the magazines want layouts never posted. :(

Friday eve...

It is Friday eve.. My house it quiet and it is very nice. I have some time to myself while Ava is at preschool. I managed to edit a few pics before I go workout. I am trying to stay on a roll with this blog thing...We may go to Chicago for the weekend. John has a seminar so I thought of taking Jonah and Ava to do a little sight seeing. I am sure they would enjoy it. I know I would love to spend some time with them. :)...Have a wonderful day!

Happy Monday!!

It is Monday! I know it is really not that exciting but it is nice to get back in our routine. Ava was happy to go to school today. So glad she is happy. It has helped me to keep things in better order around the house. I think I am getting more content every day....This weekend we celebrated my niece Bella's birthday. She was so adorable. I hope she had a wonderful day. I did get some adorable photos...Ava got a new doll yesterday and she has been so cute. She decided to name her Lilly. :) I will try to get a photo of her with little "Lilly". She just keeps saying "Oh she spit up all over herself." She then has to change her clothes and pretends to sprays stain treater on the clothes. It is so cute...Hope you have a wonderful day!

Hello

Today was Ava's third day of preschool. She is having so much fun. She had been going through this phase where she would not wear dresses. So since she started preschool she has been all about dresses. She picks out which one the night before and then lets me snap away with the camera before we leave. I was a little worried for a while she had lost a little of her girlie-ness...

I have been trying to log my runs with my Nike+ but it has been a pain. Yesterday it uploaded then deleted my run. I was really looking forward to seeing how it looked since I pretty much kicked my own butt. So I will try again today...

Today is Jonah's guitar lesson so it should be fun. We always have some Starbucks afterward. Ahh good times....Have a wonderful day!

First Day of Pre-school....

OK I know I suck at blogging. Honestly I am just lazy....OK today was Miss Ava's first day of Pre-school. She has been waiting so patiently all summer and was thrilled today was the day. She was lucky to have cousin Bella in the same class. I think it will be fun for them to share this together. I made a little collage of the photos I took this morning. They looked adorable!

I am still running and I got the Nike Shoxx Experience. I am also using the chip so I can log my pace, distance and such. My friend Cathy has them also. I think we should challenge each other. Pretty cool little gadget. :)

Well that is about all that is new here. Have a lovely day!!

Photoless post...

Wow, I think this is a first. A post with out any photos. I am really not picking up my camera at all. To be quite honest I never seem to have a spare minute to pick it up. I am still working full time and when I finish at work I have the animals to take of so before I know it is dark. I am challenging myself to get some photo this weekend!...I am still working out like a mad woman. I have really missed being this obsessed with fitness. I keep creating new challenges for myself and I am having so much fun accomplishing my goals. I am really not stressing about the scale and honestly I am not getting on it so much. I will say that as I sit here I have on a pair of jeans I haven't been able to fit in to for almost 2 years. Feels pretty good-Heck it feels very good...Not much time before school begins. I am not so excited but I am ready to get things going. I guess every journey begins with a single step...

Hello...Nothing too exciting going on here. I havent been taking the camera out much. I did manage to stumble on to these cute photos of Ava and the goats. Don't really know how I missed them...I know this is really exciting but just wanted to let you know I am still alive and share a few cute photos...

Happy Wednesday!

We had a great day at the water park. I cant believe how brown my child has become. We have nicknamed her Brown Bear. She was very excited to be picked up before nap time today. She had lots of little ones to play with so it was a great day...We are taking Thursday off from work. Not sure what we will be doing. Most likely we will be resurfacing Jonah's skate ramp. We had to relocate it since building the barn. I am sure he will be glad to have it back in action...Jonah has become very interested in the Food Network. He is always watching and is so eager to learn how to cook. Tonight he helped me make pesto chicken pasta. I am hoping this pans out since I really don't particularly like to cook maybe he can take over someday. :) I am off to play Guitar Hero Aerosmith!!It looks as though blogger is cooperating so I can upload some photos. I love this one of Mommy and Ava playdo people.

Flickr: sophiejoey's Photostream

Flickr: sophiejoey's Photostream

Been quite a while...

Yes, it has been a long while. I have been busy with summer. Busy with work. Busy with kids and animals. I debated whether or not to post. Was not quite sure anyone reads now that I have sucked so bad at updating....I have been enjoying the kids. We had a ton of fun playing on the slide with the water hose. I don't know who had more fun Drake and Jonah or Ava. I got a few cute photos of them...We are still in the process of building our barn. The weather has not cooperated much. Lots of rain. But is finally coming a long. I will also add a few of it as well...I am taking the kids along with my nieces to the pool tomorrow. Should be fun. Lots of things to do and a killer water slide that I can even take Ava on. I can't think of much else. Oh, I did have another layout picked up for publication. It will be in Scrapbook Trends in November. Pretty cool to be in two issues back to back...OK I will try to be a better blogger....

rambling update of sorts...

It has been a while since my last post. Lots going on. Ava was sick, busy with work, bought a horse and a pony, had Ava's 3rd birthday. So I have been busy and too lazy to update. (sorry Cathy)

So I have been dying for a horse for as long as I can remember. That is the main reason we moved to the country,well that and my old neighbor was the spawn of Satan. So after nearly 4 years we finally took the plunge. I bought a dressage and jumping horse named Jasmine. She is beautiful. We are working with a trainer so that I can be The best owner for her. Having a blast....Ava turned 3 and we bought her a pony. He is the sweetest thing ever. He is only a yearling and will need quite a bit of work to ride but he has so much potential. We took him for a walk and he did so well. Ava just adores him. So cute to watch her with him!...Ok I forget what else has happened enjoy the photos!

Guitar Hero Contest

So the Rock out the Rosebud was a great time. Jonah placed 5th in the hard categoy. I was quite pleased. There were 142 entries and 37 in the hard category. He competed with all age groups. I think he did very well. Too bad we didn't know about the costume ability to score extra points. He so could have won a prize pack if he had dressed up. Oh well...

Not much new here...I am running every day. Makes me happy. I am trying to be smart about the process. I am eating healthy. Working out and trying to find joy in the small successes. I am feeling more energetic and stronger every day. It is amazing what not exercising does to you. I am quite happy that my endurance is recovering quite quickly...So, that is all for now...Have a great day!

Happy Saturday!

This is where I will be today...Guitar Hero 111 Contest with Jonah. He has mad guitar skills and usually is 5 staring songs on hard. He actually beat Through the Fire and Flames on Thursday. I am not sure if you all are up on the difficulty level of the song but it is insane. He was so proud he had me take a photo of the TV. So, anyway today we will be rocking out watching Jonah on the stage and big screens. Wish him luck!

I felt a little crafty last night. I made this layout of Ava and I. I love the photo and just wanted to get some of my thoughts down on paper. I will say I think my paper scrapping skills, or lack there of leave a lot to be desired. I am trying to just let the pages go where they will and have fun doing them. Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Happy Saturday!

Wednesday ramblings

I have decided to quit working by 5 every day. I was so tired of the kids eating so late. They probably need something more nutritious than frozen pizza. We all know I am not into cooking but I was feeling pretty bad for them. I will say that have never complained once. It has helped with my stress as well...I actually felt like picking up my camera today. That doesn't happen much these days. I do miss it though. I got a few cute one of the Ava and Chase and our cat Molly...I am planning a trip with my friends Cathy and Michelle. They are going to get to meet Ava. She is very excited. That is all for now. Have a lovely day!

One week

Not much new or exciting...Just work and home and repeat.. Ava is growing sunflowers. She is so excited watching them sprout up. Here are a few pics of them one week apart. See how riviting my blog has become! LOL