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So I am going through my pictures on my (spectacular!) macbook, which is now exactly 1 month old. (Had to throw that in there!) One of the features on iPhoto is that I can make a book. VEry easy. Just drag the pictures I like onto the layout of my choice.. So I made one. I could purchase it if I wanted for only $9.99. Nice. I might just do that. While making said book, I realized that I outlined a pretty story about the visit from my parents and bro’s last week.

We did all kinds of cool things. We hung out at the beach…

                                       of course!

A visit from Minnesota in early February… the beach was a must!

We were all together for my 2 sister’s birthdays…

…so we celebrated that together.

Shirley managed to find a table she liked and danced on it. We drank plenty of beer  and played poker.

Went to Boomers and played a round of miniature golf with Peter…

a couple of hours of video games later I can’t find my keys!

…Found them!

In the ignition of my Durango. (goof!)

And the ignition switch was turned to the accessories position…(Gaaa!)

So the battery was drained…But the car wasn’t stolen…probably because the battery was drained.No biggy. Hung out. Used it all as a photo opportunity.

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These people are the best. I had an amazing visit from my parents and all us siblings were together except for my Jonny & Jennie & Wes. I have pics from the past few years of my parents and siblings and there’s always 1 bro or sis missing…sucks! With one of us missing it feels kinda bittersweet. booo to that. But yay to family, I really enjoyed the visit. 

My little babies loved seeing grandma and grandpa and Tios and Tias. They keep talking about events when the see the pictures on the computer. Makes me so happy that they will have these memories. 

But Sigh…the house is way too quiet now. 

What a beautiful visit.

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I haven’t worked out consistently since August 2008, when school started. And it shows in the way I look and feel. I feel so sluggish. I know my body needs to be more active. I started a Body for Life challenge last year around this time. Most people have heard of the challenge…12 weeks is all it takes to have that body and the knowledge gained is what is “supposed” to be the remedy to Keep it “for life”. I went on a little run yesterday with Edgar. It was a walk/talk/run. We walked and talked until we reached the other side of this neighborhood and looked over the hills at the nice view of the city lights and cars passing by. I don’t really enjoy the beauty of this area as much as I could. It’s a nice view from over there. Then jogged back to the house. It was a steady slow pace. It was nothing for him, but I was struggling. So I’m committing to making that trip to that nice view every night. It’s very mental. I was completely focused on my breathing, because that’s what I’ve learned to do. I know that if I hadn’t been focused on my breathing, my mind would have been aware of how much my body did not want to run and I would not have made it all the way home. For sure, my mind would have told me to stop because I hate it and it was way too uncomfortable. So I just ignore that…or rather, don’t think about it. Focus on breathing in for a count of 3 and out for a count of 3. In. Out.  So I’ll do that for a week. That’s what I’m committing to right now.

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This is my first post for the new year. 2009 is here! I want to start this thing off by putting up a cute picture of my Ethan. He’s 4. He’s so daring. He’s handsome. He’s emotional; I don’t know who he gets that from at all He loves going to the beach and running from the waves with his older brother. I’m only a 5 minute drive from the ocean, but I don’t really go often. I have to confess, I can only handle the beach in small doses. It’s beautiful and relaxing, yes, but I don’t like that it gets complicated when I take the kids. I’m never prepared enough and there’s sand everywhere for days. They LoVe it, though, so I will take them more this year!

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