I just knew it!

I was right! The kids got out at 12:30 on Wed due to the snow. Good thing, by the time I was picking them up it was snowing hard. We went home and promptly played in it. The news channels were busy because the roads became horrible quickly! It took several people several hours to get home from work once it got worse!! So happy I got out of there early! It took Mike an extra 1 1/2 hours to get home from out of town and it was in the better part of it! Needless to say the boys had a blast playing in the snow that was heavily coming down!

The even got in some big wheel riding! Ha ha!

Of course Bry had to eat some!

ha! Can you even see Dev? Look for the legs!! It was snowing so hard! I think we ended up with probably 4-5 inches at our house!

We had went inside and I kept hearing a roaring sound. I looked out to find this!! A cab of a semi and slid down into our yard. These trucks always come down our street following a GPS that leads them in the wrong direction and they always have to turn around to get out. This guy must of been going to fast and he slid into our yard and then couldn't get out!

He kept trying and then the back of the truck slid sideways, he was now parallel to the street almost when he wasn't to begin with. He finally gave up and sat for probably at least an hour waiting for help.

Another truck came and after several attempts he pulled him out. I did get lots of pics of the truck, the hole he made in our yard and his license plate. Many neighbors have complained to police already about all the trucks coming down our street and there are signs that say no trucks!!

It gave us a little excitement to watch for awhile. I'm glad though that he didn't slide far enough to hurt our trees! I would of really been mad then!! LOL!!
The boys were out of school yesterday too. I decided to stay home because the roads were sheets of ice! I wasn't about to chance going into work for maybe one patient that may or may not show up and then sit there with nothing to do all day! So I called and said I wasn't coming. They couldn't fault me because the news was showing how horrible the roads were and telling everyone to stay home if they could. But I'm really done with the snow! I'm so ready for the sun and fun!!
I ran 5 miles last night. So happy that it was pretty much pain free! Finally! My leg hurt only minimal and it didn't last long so I had a great run! I'm so excited that the weather is supposed to be 50 ish and then in the 60's on Sunday! whoo hoo! Great weather for my 11 mile run!! Not sure if I'm going to run Sat. or Sunday yet, I might wait for the 60's but if tomorrow is good, then I'll run then.
Hope everyone has a nice and warm weekend like we are supposed to! Toodles!

Hmmmm..

Well came home after PTO meeting last night and ran my 3 miles. It wasn't too bad, but still get the pain in my left leg. It is so annoying! Been reading on the internet, going to try some stretches and calf strengthening and see if it helps. As far as the breathing goes I'm doing great so I'm happy about that. Tonight is a 5 mile run so we'll see. From what I read, it could be the treadmill. I did only have the pain outside one time the rest has been on the treadmill...hmmm.. but unfortunately I'm having to run on the treadmill. We are supposed to be getting 4-6 inches of snow today. The school hasn't called yet to let out early, but I'm guessing they will. Several of the other city schools have already announced early dismissal. So I'm just waiting for our call. I do know they were trying to go at least a 1/2 day so they don't have to make it up. But I'm wondering too about tomorrow, will they have to go or not?? If not I guess they will be at home with Daddy while I drive in the snow...yuk! If the roads are bad though, I'm not chancing it.
Not too much else happening around here at the moment. Dev has a soccer game on Fri night and B is invited to a bday party. So we'll be split with one of us at each. I think I will go to Dev's game since I missed his game on Sat and he only has 2 games left.
That's all for now....

Go, go, go!

Oh yeah! I ran 10 miles on Sat. I'm so excited! I did really good and didn't have to stop at all. The only problem I had was the 1st mile, my legs were really hurting in the front of my lower legs. It's not shin splints, it's some type of muscular fatigue/pain but luckily by mile 2 the pain was gone. So my run was pretty great. Between mile 9 and 10 my legs started to get really tired, but I made it! I was so happy and I didn't have any breathing problems! The night before I was only able to run 2 of my scheduled 3 miles because my legs were hurting, it's so bizarre, but luckily it worked out fine on Sat.
Next weekend is my 11 mile and then 12 the next and then the next weekend is the big race!! whoo hoo!
Had a nice day with Bry on Sat. We went shopping at Michael's and then of course he asked to look in the Pet store that was right next door! I knew it!! But they didn't have too many animals to look at this time, kinda disappointing! We went to Chic-fil-A for lunch at his request and ate inside, he was excited!
The weather was in the 50's yesterday and the boys got to play outside. It was nice so they could run off some energy.
But, the boys only had a 1/2 day of school today because of snow!! I am really tired of the snow! We are supposed to get more on Wed. too! I hope school isn't cancelled because I'll have to miss another day of work, my poor PTO is dwindled down to almost nothing!!
Cleaned out the boys closets today and realized I'm running out of clothes! I used to have alot of pass me downs from D to B, but since they wear uniforms to school now I don't have as many clothes. I'm definetely going to have to make a shopping trip before our spring break trip! and for me too of course!! LOL!
Well, going to go play with the boys for the rest of this snow day. I need to call and see if gymnastics is cancelled tonight. B is loving it!! Toodles for now.

yippee

Yay! I finally ran again! I got on the treadmill last night and whipped out 5 miles no problem! whoo hoo! I was so happy, then walked 1/2 mile for cool down. But I never once got out of breath! Of course Mike had to remind me that I have steroids on board, thanks! Oh well....that's ok I was running great! Hoping to run 3 tonight and then try for my 9 or 10 on Sat. The weather is kinda iffy for Sat, so I'm not positive I will get to run outside..Boo! I really don't like the idea of having to do that long run inside, but I'll do whatever I have to. Only 3 weeks till the race!!!!!!!!!

Making my yummy homemade lasagna this weekend. My friend had a baby boy, her 4th that is...yes you heard right! 4th boy!! wow! what a momma!! Anyway I'm taking them some lasagna and strawberry cake on Sat. I'm also going to make a batch of lasagna for us and a carrot cake. I've decided I'm going to make both cakes and take them 1/2 of each and keep 1/2 of each for us....good idea right?! ha!  We will be having our lasagna on superbowl sunday, not very sports game worthy food, but oh well, it will be oh so yummy!!

Tomorrow Dev has a soccer game at 8am and then a birthday bowling party to go to around lunch. I think I am going to stay home with Bry and have a morning with just me and him. Depending on the weather, hopefully we can get out for a little Valentine's party shopping and maybe a visit to browse the pet store. No pets for us, but they always like looking in the pet store. Then maybe him and I can enjoy lunch out somewhere just me and him...sounds fun to me!! I like to spend some one on one time with the boys.

I know it's just the first week of the month, but this month seems really full of activites already! wow! It's going to be a busy fun month ahead! Plus only 36 days till Disney vacation!!! whoo hoo!!

Well happy weekend everyone!

Why not?

So it's groundhog day!! whoo hoo! Found this cute idea from the Gourmet Mom link on my side bar. Aren't these just adorable for a breakfast fun treat!

The boys love them! I cut an apple in half and put a dab of peanut butter on it. Then cut a hole in a pancake and sat it on top with a doughnut hole for the ground hog. Of course then we gave him a face and ears. Lots of sugar this morning...hope the boys do well at school. Dev especially, ate ALOT of groundhogs!! I really enjoy making them fun treats!
What was the prediction from the groundhog? So he says an early spring! I'm fine with that for sure!! let's hope it follows true, I  am not a fan of the cold weather at all!!

Smiles

We had beautiful weather for the jet viewing on Sat. The boys also got a close up of a FedEx plane going by.

Dev got a little instruction from the pilot about the instruments in the jet.

Bry was scared to go alone so he held onto Daddy.

Then the kids got to put on the G force suit and he pumped air into. They were walking so funny and said it was so heavy!

We spent more time at the air field that what I planned. But I did go out for a 2 mile run. I did pretty good. I was going to only walk it, but decided to do some intervals of running and see how it went. I felt good so I was happy about that. Although, it's time to do some long running and I just am having a hard time with my time management!! Yesterday I needed to run 5 miles, but spent the day at the boys school helping out. Then Bry had gymnastics and we got home about 7pm, then ate dinner and had to get everything ready for the next day. Totally talked myself out of running at 830pm. I really should have, but ugh who wants to run so late? So today I'm back at work and have bowling tonight with hubby out of town. So the boys are going with me and we won't get home until 830 or 9pm. Hmm...try to run tonight?? eekkk, thinking I will sure give it my best shot to try to do at least 3 mi while watching Biggest Loser. Maybe it will help motivate me! hee hee.

We had a great time at our couples date night on Sat too. We went to a steak place and they were all joking about who would order the Salmon?? Well...that would be me! ha ha we all got a good laugh. I am not much of a steak person and usually don't order steak at a steak resturaunt, terrible I know. But we had a great time and alot of laughs. Thanks to my sis for babysitting!

Must be the weather or something but I sure feel crabby today! Hoping I can shake this mood before bowling tonight! We will be sporting our new shirts and playing against my friend's team so it should be fun. Just gotta get out of this funk! Feels like a day you'd like to just lay in bed and do nothing. But, life goes on and here I am!

Guess that's all my news for now. Toodles.

hmmm

Well I seem to be improving daily thank goodness. Took a walk on the treadmill two nights ago and walked 2.5 miles. I felt good. I didn't push it too  much though since it was my first attempt. Today I'm going to try to walk between 4-5 miles and pick up the pace and see how I do. The weather is so beautiful that it's really making me want to run, but I'll be good and just do my walk outside to enjoy the weather. I should be able to try to do a short run tomorrow if all goes well.

Last night we took the boys bowling and then out for pizza. It was a nice family evening. The boys did good bowling. They almost beat me....yuk! Good thing it wasn't my real bowling night that would of been very bad. Our team shirts arrived yesterday! We are now officially a nerdy bowling team! Ha! I'll have to take a pic next Tuesday.

Today we are going to TKD in the morning and then taking the boys to see a jet. One of Dev's friends from school, her Dad flies jets and is bringing one in town and some kids are coming to check it out. (terrible sentence structure I know..sorry). But typing kinda quick. Then tonight we are having a couples night out. Really looking forward to it.

Finally got the upstairs Christmas tree taken down this morning. I know it's almost Feb!! Terrible! But things keep coming up and never got around to taking it down. At least it's not Christmas anymore upstairs at my house...hee hee!

What else?? I think that's about all I have now for an update. I am sure I'll be taking some pics today so I'll have them to share later. Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!!

Never boring

Well at least it's hardly ever boring here at my house!! Some of you know this, but for those of you that don't....Monday I started to have some shortness of breath. It started to progress and get worse throughout the day. I ended up going to an urgent care. My O2 level was pretty low and wheezing. Long story short I went to ER and had total of 4 breathing treatments and ended up staying one night in the hospital. They are thinking I had an asthma attack even though I don't have asthma. I wasn't running the day it happened or anything. I did pick up a small cold so maybe it triggered it, they aren't sure. So they let me come home last night but I'm on a steroid pack for 9 days and an inhaler 4x's a day for at least 5 days, then as needed. My O2 still isn't back up and still some slight wheezing but I'm feeling and breathing so much better than I was. But....I can't run for 4-5 days! eekk! This is horrible for me since I'm training. The Dr. did say I could walk on the treadmill so I'm planning to be doing that the next week until I can run again. So after this 9 days of meds he wants to see me about 2 weeks after and do some asthma testing to see if I really have asthma or if something else just triggered an attack. This is a bummer!! But if I do have the asthma, better to find out now and get the inhaler instead of it attacking me during my 1/2 marathon! That would not be good at all!!
Otherwise the rest is going normal. Bry went to his 2nd gymnastics class and loved it just as much as the 1st time so I'm happy about that. Dev is still playing indoor soccer and should be starting basketball sometime soon.
Well that's my short update for now, hope to get some new pics and some video on here soon. Toodles.

Again

Well it's another snow day! Well actually ice. We got about 1 inch or so of snow yesterday afternoon but they closed the schools today with concerns about ice. The boys got to stay home with Daddy while I went to work. The roads had their good and bads spots. The worst actual spot was the parking lot at my work. Pulled in and almost slid into the car next to me! eekk! When I got out it was like an ice skating rink under my car! Not good, but I made it in safely. The boys had to go on a sales call with Daddy and then he treated them to lunch at Red Lobster. I know they are enjoying that!! Last night Bry told me I was the best Mommy in the whole world and that Daddy was the awesome-ist Daddy in the whole world! So sweet!!

Got my 4.5 mile run in last night with a 1/2 mile walk aferwards. I felt great!! I'm hoping I feel that good tomorrow for my 7!!

I finally printed our pictures from our Disney cruise last year and added them to my photo album. It was so fun looking at the pictures! We had so much fun!! It made me so excited about our upcoming family Disney cruise in Sept!! It will be us, my in-laws, my mom and Mike's brother and family. We are going on the brand new Disney Dream ship that is having it's first sailing this week! The ship is huge!! It also has a waterslide on it that actually goes out over the ocean and then back to the ship! How cool!! Check out these pics!!

I'm hoping we can get on the ship very early like we did last time. We pretty much had the pool to ourselves! So I'm hoping we can do the same and be some of the first to ride the Aqua Duck!! Yes Granny....you are going down too!! LOL!! This will be the biggest cruise ship we've ever been on!! whoo hoo!!

He have birthday parties both days this weekend so the boys will be busy. The first one is at the Fire Museum. I'm excited, I know the boys will really enjoy it. Don't remember if I said it on here or not, but Dev has been before, I took him when he was about 3 or so, but Bry has never been. Dev still remembers stuff they told him! Wow! Then on Sunday we are back at the favorite bday spot....the jumping place. The boys will be so worn out and it's great! LOL!

They are also predicting possibly more snow Sunday night into Monday. Wow, we usually don't get this much snow. I sure hope it doesn't start adding days to the end of the school year for these days we are missing.

So proud of Dev. He read what I call his first "real" book! He read a 64 page book the other night all in one night! I was so proud of him!! I printed a chart out today for him to put stickers on for every book he reads. When he gets to 10 books he gets a special certificate I printed and when the chart is full he will get a special prize. He is very good at reading but sometimes lacks the motivation to do it. So hoping this might help because I know he can do it.  Bry on the other hand wants to read and does so great! I am amazed at how much he can read and be only in preK!! He also tries to sound out the words that he doesn't know. He is so funny! I printed a special certificate for him too. I am so proud of both of my boys!

Also it's another countdown!! Only 7 weeks till our Disney vacation with our friends from STL!! It's going to be so much fun!! I just can't wait. This will be the longest stay we have ever done in Disney at one time. We will arrive on Sunday and leave the following Saturday. We plan to go to 4 parks while we are there and we get to share it with some great friends!! It's exciting everytime we go because the boys are getting older each time and there are new things to do each visit! I hope it's a little warmer than it was last spring break. It was too cold to swim in the pool last March. Hopefully this year will be warmer and we can enjoy the resort pool too!

Oh yeah, Bry just loves to sing. I think I've mentioned this before. He sings just about anything and loves to sing in the car. I plan to by him the Kidz Bop CD this weekend with songs to sing along.  He made his debut a long time ago!! Check this out!! Love it!! Watch the video! He was 2 yrs old.

http://carterfamilytlc.blogspot.com/2007/06/i-finally-got-it-to-work.html

Well happy weekend to everyone!!!

True

So funny story here...:

The other day we pulled up to a store front of a shopping mall and Dev asks me  "Mom, what is Tan N Go?" So I tell him, "It's a place where people go to get a tan." Then he asks, " Is that what you did to us?".....It was so cute! No baby, you were born that way!! :-)  I also wanted to tell him he was lucky because his was FREE!!!  I just love kids and the things they say!

Helped at the school this morning before work with Donuts with Dad. What a great turnout!! I was happy to see so many Dad's and Granddads there at the school eating a Doughnut with their kids. We are doing it again tommorrow morning too, we split the days with sections of the alphabet so it wouldn't be so crowded. Good thing, because judging by this morning it would of been way too crowded if we didn't split it up.

Did pretty good last night bowling. I bowled better than my average all 3 games. Our team won 3 of the 4 possible points so that wasn't bad! Last week Mom bowled a 176 game! Wow!! She had the highest women's score of the league last week. She will keep that title until someone beats her. We should find out later this week if anyone bowled higher. I know one girl next to me bowled 4 strikes in a row!! Wow!! But I'm not sure her final score. 

Busy weekend ahead with multiple birthday parties. Also have to get my 7 mile run in. Last week I was wrong about my schedule. I thought it was my 7 mile run, but it was really a 5K run. So I did my 3.1 instead. So this week so far I've done 4.7 and 3.2 and need to do another 4.5 tonight or thursday, then my 7 on Sat. Whew...I'm getting tired already and there's  still 5 weeks left of training...eekk!! oh well......gonna do it! LOL!

Well that's all for now. toodles.

Sometimes

Sometimes it just takes a little creativity. The boys love stacking and restacking these cups. Then they use their cars and trucks to crash into them and knock them all down!

Team work!

Hey a little skill for ya! LOL he must of seen this on minute to win it or something!

Dev's soccer team lost their first game Friday night. It was really frustrating because the other team was playing overly aggressive and began to intimidate our players. It was so hard to watch as the other team kept knocking our players down. But they didn't give up and played till the end. But you could tell they started to back off when the other team was running at them. Oh well. At least we don't have to play them again this season!

The boys were happy the weather was warm enough to play outside yesterday after we got home from the birthday party! The have really been wanting to play outside!

Three day weekend for the whole family! Not sure what we have planned for tomorrow if anything. Maybe I can talk Daddy into going to the movies with us. Maybe see Yogi bear, I think it's out already.

I was happy to see that all seasons of the Office are on Netflix! I bought Mike two seasons on DVD for Christmas. So luckily, we haven't opened them and will return them. We watched two episodes from the 1st season the other night. I know the show is kinda corny, but it cracks me up! Imagine your co-worker put your stapler in jello and chilled it so it was embedded in the jello and then sat it on your desk!! Too funny!

 Oh yeah, taking Bry to his first gymnastics class tomorrow! He is so flexible and seems like he'd be interested so we are going to take a trial class tomorrow. The place is a little drive from our house, but I want him to go to a place to really learn something. So we'll see how it goes and if he likes it.

Bry''s new hobby is bouncing around on this ball like a kangaroo!

oops!

Wipe out!!

When he gets to jumping on this thing he jumps for a long time! Sometimes  like 30 min! Maybe I should add that to my workout routine!! LOL

Well that's about all for now. Toodles! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

Thank goodness

Well it was a good morning on the way to school yesterday. I got Bry to wear the sweater vest that Dev refused to wear when he was in preK. Bry actually liked it. Now Bry is the same boy that went on strike from wearing striped shirts. He would say, "no more striped shirts please mommy!" Usually Dev is not picky, he will wear most anything and still is that way, he just didn't like the sweater vest I guess!

I do think he looks so very handsome!! And guess what?! He wanted to wear it again today! Yipee!! At least I'm getting my money's worth out of it!! I am happy about that.

Another soccer game tonight! Hope Dev's team wins! Thinking we might do dinner out after the game but we'll see what Daddy thinks.

Have to do my 7 mile run tomorrow! yuk! Not looking forward to it. My 6 mile run last weekend was great, I felt great and walked 0.7 miles after for a cool down. But, this week I have had trouble, not sure why. Been tired more than usual on small runs, frustrating! I hope tomorrow goes better than this week has. I did have a very carb lunch on the two days I ran, I'm thinking the carbs are what made it difficult. I ususally don't eat hardly any carbs at lunch. We'll see tomorrow if my theory is right.

Then taking boys to a birthday party. It will be a nice change since the weather has been so cold and they haven't been able to play outside.

Well Happy Friday to everyone. Toodles for now.

Home day

We had our first snow day! Luckily it fell on my day off! I got to play in the snow with the boys! Almost hard to tell the diff between my boot and Dev's due to size! His foot is almost as big as mine already!

I got smart this year and blew up the pool donuts! Wow, they worked sooooo good!! The little hill at the end of our driveway was just enough to have fun!

A little extra fun here! LOL!

I went down too! It was so fun, but didn't have the boys take any pics. They were too busy playing in the snow and having snowball fights.

yes, he had to taste the snow!

I would say we got about 3 inches or so. Not too far south of us they got like 8-10 inches..wow!

Boys are out of school again today, but I'm working. They are home with Daddy. I think the schools just got nervous with threats of icing over night but the roads were fine this morning on my drive to work.

Started a new chore system with the boys. They each have a daily chore and then they get a sticker when it's done. At the end of the week, if they have all their stickers they get a treat. So far it's working great and they keep looking for more chores to do! I know it probably won't last long but so far so good.

Starting back bowling this week. I wasn't going to do the league again, but it did get fun near the end and I have a great name for our team...split happens! Ha...corny, but hey last time we were Just tryin'. so I like this better.
Toodles for now.

I say why not!

I say starting 2011 it's time for a change and why not!! I decided to change my hair. Here is the old me...

And now the new me!! YAY!  I really like it! I still have to adjust to seeing it a different color but I do really like it. I've never had my hair this color before. Never even put color in it until a few years ago and then the highlighting got a little out of control. I decided to get rid of the blond. The boys like it and Mike does too, but says he has to get used to it. LOL

I bought some hot rollers for the first time too! Thought I'd play around with them. I liked the outcome. We were going to a couples baby shower so it was a perfect time to try it out.

Well they are saying we are going to get 2-4 inches of snow today. We'll see. It does seem that we will get snow, just how much we will see. I pretty much figure there will be no school tomorrow. I'm glad I'm off so I don't have to drive in it. Now if I can get motivated to get all my Christmas decorations down. Whew..it is so much more fun to put them up then take them down!

Ran 6 miles yesterday. I had a great run and got a little confidence back that I can run the 13.1 next month. The month or so I took off from running was taking me awhile to get back at it with my endurance. But yesterday I felt great so I feel more confident now that with the weeks ahead of training I will be OK...heehee. Hoping I can beat my snail pace from last time by just a little!

Toodles for now.

Lookie lookie

Ah ha! I finally got a few pics on here!!

We let the cousins open presents to each other on Christmas eve and enjoyed some yummy Potato soup.

He shows lots of expression, just like his mommy! LOL!

The boys loved their new drifter bikes!!

It was a great Christmas!

Short story: on the way home yesterday in the car I asked B is any parents have come to his library class to read. He said only one great-great grandmother. Then D shouts out "oh-no.....that must of took a LONG time!"  It was so funny! I had to ask him why? He said because they were really really old!! Too funny!

The boys are adjusting pretty good to being back in school this week. Although, Mommy and Daddy might have to do some studying ourselves! Dev's homework is getting harder and I had to google whether the word can is a verb or not...oh my!! It's been a long time I know! I'm sure it's only going to get more interesting...but thank goodness for easy access to computers! LOL

Just a short post for now. Toodles.

I know I know

Yes I know, I owe pics on here. It's been a busy end of the year and beginning of the New Year. We took a trip down to Mobile for the New Year. We got to see friends and spend time with family and eat some great home cooking!! The boys had a great time. Although I think we were all in bed before the New Year.  Headed back on Sunday and had to get things ready for the week. Boys started back to school this week, so time to get back in the routine. We also got them back to TKD finally. We have been out for probably 3 months so the boys enjoyed going back.
Dev has an indoor soccer game on Friday and then Daddy is taking them to see Monster Trucks with another Daddy and boys. I'll be at home probably trying to take down all the Christmas decorations. Haven't had time to take any of them down yet.

Saturday I'm getting my hair done. Going for a different look to start the new year. I don't know exactly yet what i"m going to do, but it will be a surprise. I'll post pics, as long as I don't look hideous! LOL!
Then Granny is babysitting the boys while we go to a couples' baby shower. Looking for some gag gift ideas for the couple. I haven't come up with any yet, but hoping I can before the shower. It's their 4th baby!! So, they have alot of the usual stuff. I'm going to put on my creative hat and see what I can come up with.

Still running. Doing pretty good. Me and my work buddy ran at lunch today. It was a nice change from running on the treadmill. Although, we haven't ran those hills in probably more than a month and I could definetely tell! Eeekk!! Mom is doing great on her 5K training for Disney. She has been coming over and using the treadmill. I told her, it's only 8 weeks away...so time to get going!!

Well that's my short recap for now. Hoping to get some pics on here soon for those of you non-FB people. I have posted a few already on FB but haven't had time to get them on here. Hopefully real soon! Toodles and HAPPY 2011!!!! It's going to be a great and blessed year!!