family pictures

Last saturday as many of you in the area may have noticed was a beauuuutiful day, so we decided that it was a perfect day to take some family pictures. We got all dressed up and headed over to this bridge/gazebo random place near a church about 10 minutes away and stayed for about 2 hours I think. Tyler took pictures of me with one and or both kids and I took them with him, and then after about an hour our friends showed up to take pictures of all 4 of us together and we did the same for them. It worked out quite nicely.

Afterwards we went to Aldi (just down the road about a half mile) and got a bunch of fun foods and grilled out in the backyard with our aforementioned friends (Audrey and David with wee little Nathan if you were wondering) and enjoyed our wonderful backyard. (thanks again Uncle Ron for finding us the perfect house!) We have the perfect backyard for hanging out on the deck and for letting the wee children run wild around the backyard and play on the swing set.

But enough rambling, here is a link to the photo's that I added to facebook today. I'll try and add more of the millions of pictures we took last weekend of the kiddos outside. :)

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2159711&id=193302356&l=e219ec3af3

time to get serious

Alright people. All of you who have had kids in the last 5 years and have helpful hints on how to get in shape, I am in great need of your assistance. I'm getting to that point where I really need to get serious about this junk. But having 2 kids makes it a little difficult to just go out running or things like that, so I feel a little stuck.

Here are some options that I have.

#1 - I do have Wii Fit (plus) but it's not exactly the most intense workout. But at least I can pause that if kiddos decide to get bothered.

#2 - I also have some workout DVD's, but I don't like being interrupted doing those and I can't seem to find a time to do them. (you may think, get up early and do it in the morning, but whenever I've set an alarm for even an hour before either kid should get up, Logan magically wakes up before my alarm even goes off.) but I guess I could try to do the morning a few more times before I give up.

#3 - I'd loooove to get into running again. The problem is, when to go run? Tyler's schedule is different everyday, and it makes it real difficult to stay consistent when some weeks I get to go 3 times a week, and other times not at all. I'm not a huuuge fan of running late at night, and again with Tyler and never being home at consistent times, it gets tricky.

#4 - My friend Audrey goes to a gym nearby that is only $5 a month, and another $5 for daycare. It's only weights and machines, but still that's probably good enough cause I could easily put some workouts together from when I was out at school. But then I have to pay a sign up fee and that makes me angry. Blugh.

So...anyone with super helpful tips let me know. Cause I'd loooove to get in shape. And I really don't mind exercising, but with kids who's schedules never seem to be the same, it gets a little tricky. I've gotten much better at snacking, and according to wii fit I did lose 6 lbs in January. Yay me. But I've still got a ways to go I think. HELP!