Keeping Busy

It's been the classic month, and a busy month it was. Also, I promised Donna I'd post something for once. :) She told me she checks this blog every day-which may be a motivator to not be so lazy and post more often!

The last month's highlights:

1) We went to see the Vintage Base Ball game and enjoy some fun in the sun sans kids the weekend after Father's Day. It was marvelous! The rooms were discounted, so we got to experience being rich and enjoying the "good life" for a while. It was great fun!

2) We got home from West Baden (the kid didn't even miss us a bit) and turned around and went to Iowa for the 4 th of July two days later. We stopped in Davenport, IA to stay the night with Jer's Grandparents-Lucas thought Grandma's kitchen gadgets were awesome!

We then traveled to Grundy Center and stayed at Crystal's for the rest of the week. It was pretty fun, we went grocery shopping and regular shopping with Lucas and Jackson while the boys went golfing. It was pretty fun, especially hitting Perkins, which I haven't been to since Crystal's Bachelorette party. We were exhausted by the time we went six places with the babies and traveled back to GC from Waterloo-but it was worth it. Lucas was thrilled to see his first Iowa 4th of July parade, tractors and firetrucks included. Doesn't he look mesmerized?

We also got to see Jackson getting baptized, which was a special moment going back to my old church and seeing all kinds of people I haven't seen since I was a teenager! Small Town Iowa... Then Darla made us all an excellent lunch. She refused my offer to be my personal chef-Darn. She is so good to us-our clan is quite large and she jumps in and does all the work while we're trying to get out of town to drive home. She's great!

3) Crystal decided to go to Indy on a whim, at Mom's suggestion (hide your surprise). I hope Mom just read that... LOL. Anyway, she stayed in Indy and hung out with us for her last week before she went back to work. Mom also brought Lily for the week. The girls played their hearts out and had a great time! You don't forget those special times hanging out with family that lives far away when you get older-it was pretty neat. Here they are taking a bath and then crashing for the night in their "sleeping bag" in the loft. How cute!]

4) Lucas claps even when he's crying, which we all find hilarious.

5) Lucas has evolved from army crawling when he really wants something to army crawling rapidly even when he doesn't want something...and thus the chasing begins. :) Anyway, he does actually sleep after crawling all over the place. Jer caught him sleeping in a position where he looks like a caged animal-but still cute! Aren't we cruel?

6) Jer isn't playing Vintage Base Ball the rest of the season.

7) This past weekend the guys went to the Brickyard Nascar race and the ladies, including Jason's brother Jared and his girlfriend Sonny and her two girls, Jess and Randie, came to Indy for the weekend. It was fun-we went to the pool and then went to Michele and Jason's house and hung out mostly outside while the kids played.

8) I had an epiphany-I'm getting way larger than I ever thought possible. IT WAS TIME TO GET SERIOUS. Hence, the lifestyle change that I have dubbed (please cover your ears) Project Fat F*#$. I have put together about 50 diet, exercise, fitness, and happiness tips. I also developed a weekly menu based on the Weight Watchers plan and have begun exercising. As you all know I don't really do anything halfway, hence the PSYCHO nature of the whole thing. My poor husband! For all of you that know me well, this plan basically sucks, but it can't hurt to try to be healthier in the long run. It is worth a try. Wish me luck on my journey...

Thanks for being loyal followers, even if I am a slow poke in posting blogs.

Talk to you all later, hopefully sooner rather than later. :)