FREE GIFT CARD

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sorry to my facebook friends who have already heard my rant about my free gift card I received from this website. All I did was some surveys and I earned points to get a free Target gift card. You can choose any place but I thought well I am at target every other day so I might as well get a gift card that supports my habit.

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Time To Catch Up

I know I have been horrible about updating my blog, but here it goes. A whole month of no blogging so lets see... we finished soccer, then thanksgiving, attempted family pics, class partys, class programs, family friends and fun. Clayton and Ella finished their soccer season. Clayton loves soccer and he is excited to find an indoor league to keep playing. He played 8 and under so it was a bigger field and more competitive. He played forward most of the time, he did not get his speed from me that is for sure. Ella also played but she would get shy when certain people came to watch her play so she would run off the field. I never thought she would be the running child but she was. We got to see a glimpse of her competitive nature the first game before she realized there was an audience. She played aggresive scored goals and she would throw the ball in to herself so she could get it faster.




Then Thanksgiving. We had a fun day. Robert, my mom, my aunt and I woke up early and ran a 5k in a turkey trot race. Robert smoked us but I came in after him at a good time well good for me. We eventually made it over to my parents house where there was a lot of neighbor kids and friends of ours for the kids to play with. We ended up renting a bounce house, the kids loved it. We had a great dinner and enjoyed family and friends.



The day after thanksgiving what else is there to do but shop all day. It actually started that night. My friend Shelly, my cousin Nia and myself headed to Toys r us that night to stand in line. I know CRAZY. We finally got into the store and it was chaos. I was going for little things but my friend shelly was going for a major Lego set that was crazy cheap. She spotted the set and strarted walking toward it. She then felt a nudge from another lady, irritated but didn't bother her to much until that lady bent in front of her and grabbed the last lego set. We then went to the line to check out when we saw this lady again, she was mad at something and was cursing at the toys r us worker and she had 2 of those lego sets in her cart. We were very annoyed. We were about to check out and behind a lady paying with a check so that took forever when I saw this crazy lady fiddling with her lego sets, so I had this feeling, call it intuition, the spirit, a little holiday inspiration, I toldmy friend to go check over there I think the lady left the lego set. So she walked over and the crazy lady DID leave one. She was so excited it made the wait totally worth it. We shopped for many more hours but nothing felt as good as getting the lego set.


Then the kids had their christmas programs. First Clayton and the rest of the entire first grade. He did so good and those kids are so cute. Ella had her very first performance with her preschool class. She sang every song maybe the words weren't right but she sang her heart out and they both looked so adorable!!!

Now we are finishing up christmas shopping and enjoying the first weekend of christmas break or winter break whatever you want to call it. We love this time of year and I am always looking for great ideas to teach my kids about the true meaning of Christmas and giving service at a level they would understand, so if you have any great ideas let me know???

Sorry for the length!!!

13.1 and 26.2..... and Pre-baby weight goal.

Run the River

This past weekend i ran a half marathon with my mom. Yes my 51 year old mom who hasn't ran in 10 plus years ran with me. She did great and we had a lot of fun. We have had a bonding moment with this race, training together 3 times a week for the past 3 months. When we were in the car waiting for the race I thought we were having a moment, feeling the excitement of the day. My mom quietly says "I hope I have no regrets" I am thinking great I have to pump her up, she needs some great words of encouragment, so I tell her in a motivating voice, "There will be no regrets today, this run will be a great experience for your life book." She looks at me weird and says, "I was talking about my sports bra." We got a big laugh!!!

Robert ran the full marathon and shattered his last time by 45 minutes. We ran with a lot of friends and had a great time, not to mention it was great to burn 1300 calories in one event. which leads me to say I finally reavhed pre-pregnancy weight of 130. I got there a month ago and now I am trying to reach my ideal weight of 125. Ryder is 5 months now and I am thankful to fit into my jeans!!! Sorry about the no makeup It is a little scary!!!!

Newport Beach!!!!

OUR FAVORITE PLACE...

Last weekend we went to Newport Beach for a 4 day excursion. My parents came with us for fun and HELP!!! We loved the hotel, it had an amazing pool area that had pool tables, ping pong table, and a life size checker/chess set. Robert and I were able to go for a run on the coast it was perfect weather. We walked beaches, shopped and tried to take family pics. When you have 6 people with 4 children the pictures don't always come out the way you want but I will take what I can get. We had so much fun, Clayton said "This is the best day of my life." Hopefully he can eventualy top this weekend but it was pretty fun.

The boys in the back seat.


Cade loving the pool.



Ella is starting to get more brave in the water but still refuses to swim by herself.

Clayton our little fish.

Only at the beach does a chocolate/vanilla swirled ice cream in a waffle cone sound soooo good.

My little Ella Bella Cinderella.

Mima and Poppy with my babies.

Our semi succesful family pic.

Blessing Ryder

Ryder finally was blessed. He was 3 months old but the other months didn't work out so he almost walked up there but that is ok. He is such a sweet little boy and we love having him in our family. I loved the words Robert was inspired to say about our little man. He is truely a treasure in our life.

WEIGHT LOSS UPDATE

I know you are all waiting to hear about my weight loss so here it is. I have been runnig a lot eating healthy and I am almost to my goal. I always feel there is progress then I weigh the same for weeks. I also have started taking a kickboxing class which kicked my butt!!! I am currently so sore. As for weight loss here is my "stats". I have about 12 pounds before pre pregnancy and 17 before my goal. Not bad but still not there yet. I will keep all of you posted!!!

Starting weight- 13o lbs
Final weight- 190 lbs
Goal weight- 125 lbs
14 weeks after baby- 142 lbs
Total weight loss- 48 lbs

Don't forget about me!!!

I feel like I have been neglecting my sweet little boy. I get so busy with the other kids i feel like he is just along for the ride sometimes. He is such a good baby. He is now 3 months, I can't believe how fast it has gone by. He is only waking up once a night and that is usually at 5am or so. Ella loves hlding him like he is her very own live doll, makes mommy nervous sometimes. He is such a great final addition to the Boydston clan. We love him so much and can't wait to see what is yet to come for our family.