INSANITY!!!

OH MY GOODNESS! K, so I have been out of shape for a while now. Sometime during the last couple of years and in between the 10 knee surgeries that I have had, I convinced myself that I couldn't work out. It was too painful.

In my mindfulness class, I have been focusing on the pain that I have in my legs. Feeling it, accepting it, and pushing past it. It seems like such a simple concept and for a concept it is. It is not an easy thing for me to do though. I am doing it however.

A friend of mine that I work with encouraged me to do the INSANITY work out with her. So Derrick and I took the challange and it is kicking my hiney! It hurts, but it is a great kind of hurt. Rad and Cade join in sometimes, and sometimes they sit on the couch and cheer Derrick and I on. I am excited to see my results over the next few weeks. I would post a before picture... but it's happy spring time... not Halloween. :)

Sleep over and some more pics

Derrick ran over to the neighbors house to help them with an issue. Rad must have though that he was going to be gone til tomorrow (?)he was yelling "Sleep over, Sleep over!... in MOMS bed." Then Derrick walks in the door and Cade starts yelling "I want snug you dad, I want to snug you." I love that he calls a snuggle a snug. It's going to be one of those nights when sleep is nada but memories are alotta. I had my class tonight and after the yoga and meditation... I am crazy relaxed and could really use some shut eye.

For your viewing pleasure!

Yesterday I bought the boys a "boombox" and a nursery rhyme CD. I pulled Rad out of preschool (reasons to be noted in a different post) but the teacher said that he would benefit from knowing his nursery rhymes better. That would be the reason for last nights purchases. So we plug in the "boombox" and put in the CD and what do my boys do? They start breakdancing to "little bo peep". Leave it to my boys to start breakdancing to a nursery rhyme.

Saying prayers with Rad and Cade are my favorite parts of the day. They are so sweet and still so innocent. The other night Rad was saying his prayers without my help. He gets to the end of his prayer and says "what now mom? I just want it to be over."


How cute is this lil goat?!

We bought this sled at Costco that looks like a mini snowmobile. Derrick hooks it up to one of the 4wheelers and pulls the boys around the property. They have a blast!


Rad loves to do tricks. Every chance he gets.

My first kiss went a lil like this...

I was snapping Pics of Cade wearing the bright orange hunters safety hat and Rad says, "Mom, I want to take a funny picture too." So I hand over the hat and he starts throwing up gang signs. Seriously?! ;)

Cade thought that it was so funny that Coco was "Snugging" him.

I love this goofy smile.

These are our 3 newest baby chicks. They are Easter Chickens and they lay colored eggs... like blue and green eggs. Fun!

SO NORTH IDAHO

We hit up Monster Jam a few weekends ago. Anybody else feel like they want to jump when they get up somewhere high? Didn’t think so… Ima creep. We ended up buying the cheap seats this time around and ended up sitting in the second row from the top. My arms were seat belts around Cade and Rad during the whole show. I’ll definitely fork over the extra cash for close to the floor seats next time. The boys were pretty darned cute in their lil “ear bugs” as Cade calls them. The boys wore their riding jerseys and had them autographed by the “pro” quad riders. They thought that they were SO cool.

Last weekend Melanie and I hit up the big city… Spokane. (Come on people, I live in Bonners Ferry, ID). We had a blast. We shopped from 8 in the AM to 9 in the PM. We bought everything from home décor to body piercing. My man and boys hung out with Mel’s man and boys at the Gun and Horn show in Sandpoint. They had a blast. Rad and Cade each bought a pocket knife. Derrick made them as dull as possible and then they had a blast trying to cut through the newspaper.

A few weeks ago I graduated from ‘Hunters Safety’ with a 95%. I can now legally get a hunting license in Idaho. (The longer this post gets, the more redneck I sound). I really enjoyed the class though AND I was a super shooter. I left the bank every night that week and headed straight to Hunter Safety with my fancy pants and my hair done and my nails did. I got a lot of eye rolling from other adults in the class… mostly because the other adults were only there to chaperone their 10 year old boys in the class. Anyway, when I ended up being such a super shooter I ended up surprising the heck out of a lot of people. Take that!

Another super Idaho outdoorsy thing that I did lately was help to deliver baby goats! Yes, I did. It was a neat experience, but mostly, I was just thankful that I wasn’t in labor too. Watching that poor mama in labor made me have flashbacks of my own natural birthing experiences. How I did that without meds is beyond me.

Other than that… life is pretty normal. I am taking this new class on “mindfulness” every Wednesday for now. Tonight I am learning meditation and yoga. I will fill ya in on that later.

Rad is getting more and more excited about racing his dirt bike this spring.

Cade is getting closer to using the big potty… HE HAS TO BE!

Shayli is super girl with a sinus infection.

Derrick is the best and I love him loads.