Summer please come..Reds Date...TballDrama...PracticeMakes Perfect..Dog Clinic

the weather right has been so wonderful...I have been grabbing for my camera a lot here lately... this one is fly.... she is a pretty dog...I've been playing in light room and edited this in that...I've actually got  a couple people I'm going to be taking pictures of here real soon...my adorable nephews Dane/Jude and then Syd's... how fun... then before I know it.... the Triplets for their 9 month pictures... so fun so fun..

So- this past weekend Jake, Sondra, and Me went to a Red's game with another couple. Jake is friends with the husband through wrestling...and over this past year or so...they have been better and better friends...I'm this close (holding out my thumb and index finger merely millimeters apart) to calling him his "boyfriend".. lol..JK... but Jake a few weeks ago asked if me if I wanted to go to a reds game with them..and I thought oh ya okay...then as it got closer I was a wee bit nervous... I didn't really know the couple and their daughter..I hope they are easy to get along with..you know just because to 2 men get a long doesn't mean..I'll automatically get a long with the wife or Sondra the daughter...well..thankfully we did...it was a lot of fun and we left with promises to get together again!...

Also...does it make me a bad parent I was so happy/excited that Sondra's TBall practice was cancelled lastnight! lol... Tball has started..I've been excited... not very excited...happy...sad... and feelings of caged too... When Sondra was a baby we talked about the future and how we would chose things of our children... As far as sports.. of course if the kids wanted to we would more than oblige....but lately its been well what sports will the kids be playing..I myself.. didn't want to go the TBALL route...I watched my fair share of Colt's Tball games ...and thought..man..I don't want to do that.. They sit..pick flowers...whine...don't pay attention...I actually want the kids to play soccer...they will run A LOT...but that is like a "SIN" in my family... lol.. especially if Stuart played..but man..you have to be physically fit to play it.either way...I'm going to encourage Sondra to play... my opinion on Stu is..let his father decide... another thing that has come up....

Sunday night a few Sundays ago I get a voice mail from Sondra's coach's wife..telling me Wednesday is Sondra's first practice at 6:30. Wednesday???????aaahhh.. the one thing I don't want... So I call back letting her know when Sondra's birthday is..and ask if EVERY practice would be on Wednesday because we have church that night...she told me only a few practices would be and I felt assured it would be okay....then..when we got her schedule ya there were only a couple practices on Wednesday .but the majority of her games are Mondays and Wednesdays....ggrrrrr.... I hate this part... I love going to bible study... so the first Wednesday practice... we decided one of us would stay with her and the other would take Stu to bible study...well I lucked out b.c. Jake helped the coach and I think will keep helping the coach during practices..so that means I'll get to go to bible study..but man..when games start..I'm not exactly sure what we will do..I don't want to miss Bible study...but also I don't want to miss Sondra playing... The other Moms have told me that games last about a hour...so that means I could go to bible study late... I hate that I have to decide between the 2…I wish I lived about 50-60 years ago where it wasn't a question whether anything else would be happening Wednesday night besides church…

I've been practicing more and more with my camera... 

I was at a stand still at work a few minutes...so... I practiced on messing with aperture in my pictures...

Tomorrow Jake & I are going away for the weekend. We are taking Jake's dog Fly to a clinic..Its where we bought her from...Fly has made leaps and bounds since the last one day clinic we went too..its amazing..she can't wait to go outside to work the sheep..and she has gotten more and more open to people...so tomorrow we will be there Saturday and Sunday .. it should be a good time...Sondra is staying with my parents and Stuart with Aunt Brittany & Uncle Jordan...it will be a nice time away...we need that.. :)... 

This past year..we have realized that we need some away time where I'm not worrying about the kids..or Jake about what he needs to get done... we are much happier people to be around when we are alloted that. 

Miss Sondra has freckles... and beautiful eye lashes... :)

well I must be going..I'm off to a dentist appointment eee....its me Jake and Sondra's turn for a teeth cleaning! 

see you later :)

            

WW Update.SecondHand

Who is that skinny couple??? 

mannn... what the hell happened to me????????? lol... okay... I can say..I'm not fairly judging myself I guess.. thats me at 18 years old... at our wedding rehearsal .. but seeing this picture the other day as we were going through old pictures at Jake's parents house at Easter Dinner..made me smile.. man not to be conceited.. I had a decent body..at the time I didn't believe that though..I was gaining weight up to the wedding..I felt like the "fat girl"..but seeing this photo..I wasn't the fat girl... I just had curves lol..
The last time I did WW..I wanted to lose weight... I really did..but I still wanted to eat whatever... if you know me..you know I love to eat...  SO..its not a far stretch me not wanting to stick with WW the first go around... or people had their doubts...

So we started on Monday- and everything was good. Its all been a pretty good experience... I family friend messaged me with encouragement and told me how she does WW and a tip how she weighs in on Fridays so if she eats bad on the weekends then she can work extra hard during the week...hearing that I decided man...that is a good idea...I'm most weakest on the weekend... so lets do that....we weighed in on Friday before we went out to eat with the Dues.... We lost in 5 days Respectively Jake: 7.5 Me: 4.5.... I hate men...I hate how men loose weight so easily... rrrrrr... but there was relief there... we lost weight...Jake was a bit skeptical..of this "point" system and all that...Me..I know it works.... So over the weekend we ate in the evening out on Friday at Texas road house... Saturday.. The Schwartz and then Sunday at the Massies... my worst night..probably Texas road house... I was over my points on Sunday...I tried really hard too... lol...like Jake's last week... this is my skeptical week...he is all about just losing weight...he is very competitive .. me on the other hand...my last go around with WW I just wanted to lose the weight and not change...this time... I've been conscious of portion control... I'm eating salad...salad... lol...really its not that I don't "like" salad...I just wouldn't normally go out of my way to eat it...so I've been having salad for lunch these days..having a nice dinner...or vice a versa... so..this week... I was bad on the weekend dinners..and sticking to the system through the week...this weigh in if I lose weight..I'll be a bit relieved...

I'm so happy about this warm weather...so happy... me and Sondra went on a walk monday to the corner.... which I hope to be doing that a lot more and farther.I need a walking partner...Jess has to get moved over here and pop that baby out... since it has been warming up... we have been out side a lot this week..and its daunting looking at our back yard and seeing all the work clean up we will have to do... Honestly we didn't even know the back looked so bad because the grass was so tall and weeded...thank you to the sheep to cleaning it up...I'm also on a mission to acquire some outdoor toys for the kids b.c. this summer they will be home all day and I don't want them inside watching TV all day...I'm looking for "play house"... and should have a swing set..we just gotta go to Dayton I'm thinking to pick it up..  we have plenty of riding toys actually... and I'm not sure what else... I just would like to give the kids options..

Another thing is... I love to sit on the porch in the evening... I really want to find a patio set... I can't go out and buy anything right now..so I'm going to have to look at garage sales or ask around to people who want to get rid of their old ones... that's kind of the beauty of me... I like like second hand things..old things...things that people no longer want... its like clothes(just ask my friend Andrea)... I've never had a problem taking hand-me downs from anybody... I think it is a great thing to keep things useful and not stored away or discarded.... so that being said... if you know someone that is throwing out or wanting to get rid of a patio table or chairs let me know...

Seeing the weather the way it is right now..hopefully it clears up...I've got a hunny do list for outside..and it won't happen if its raining!...

I shall be seeing you guys later :)

IAMSECOND/SUMMER BREAK/MEANGIRLSCLUB/WW IS BACK

how do I prepare my heart to start this new "study" for Sunday school? its "I am Second"... with much rigidness... and resistance I have finally got the class and Jake to start a real "structured" lesson plan...my biggest fear...what if they aren't touched at all by these lessons...and testimonies?.... SO... please keep me in your prayers... pray that the students have a open heart and mind to this... and for God to give me words they need to hear and have answers for any question these kids may ask... :)

I have had a good week...Monday and Tuesday my cousin babysat the kids because Sondra was off school for Easter Break....OOHH wait a sec..."Spring Break"...anyways..it was kinda nice..not having to get the kids up and dressed because she was coming there to sit...I can't wait for summer :)

Tuesday... a long lost best friend Krista was in town... a few of us girls got together at Lachas..as I drove there- I thought to myself..I'm off to go get made fun of from a group of mean girls lol... that was tweet worthy...I don't think a lot of people really get me...but these girls... oh my...I'm home..they crack me up.. we are horrible... I"m not kidding..some of my most horrific ...embarrassing moments in high school..came from the hands of them lol...  ya...some friends...but I got there a little after 5:30 and didn't walk out till past 8:30...we didn't stop talking... but when Krista comes home in June..we have plans to get together for a bachelorette party....maybe real..maybe pretend lol...

if you friends with me on pinterest you know by now...judging by my recent pins..I've started Weight Watchers again ..eehh...truthfully...seeing old pictures is my motivation... :)... so why will it work now??.. I've got my man's support...he is on WW too with me... We weighed in on Monday... we are doing this from home... but we weighed in...he even seen the scale..and he is still alive and still with me... I have high hopes for myself...my first goal...lose 10 pounds... :)...

Well I must be going... I'll update again...

THIS IS STUART BEHAVING IN CHURCH... THIS IS THE ONLY TIME STUART BEHAVES...