Reigonals YAY!!!

This past weekend was the Southern Arizona Regional Swim Meet. Tyler qualified to swim with the Marana High School swim team. As a freshman even!! I was so way pumped!! He swam the 100 breaststroke(kinda cool because that was my event in high school!) It was great that he was even able to go(did I already mention he is only a freshman??), but he also qualified to swim in the finals the following day!!
We were a little freaked out by the fact that he almost got disqualified because the dork swam in the wrong lane!! We had an absolute blast watching him . He is going to totally rock the house in the next three years. We can't wait!!!

Spinning!!??

Ok so for those who know me you know that I absolutely love soda and fried food!!! LOVE IT!! Anything unhealthy, sweet or high in fat and calories finds its way to my mouth no matter what. As a result I have managed to pack on some poundage, now don't freak out!! I'm not ready for the Biggest Loser quite yet. I have, however been working out like a champ. Not so much running during the summer because of the whole snake thing(they terrify me!!), but a lot of swimming. Well I have put up my running shoes and hung up my swim suit for a little bit and I have joined a gym. I have been working out quite a bit for the last few months,parking on the Eliptical trainer and weights, so myself and a friend of mine decided to try out a spinning class. I mean heck how hard could it be? It is only stationary bike riding set to music right??? Oh NO NO NO!! Boy was I soo way very wrong!! I have met my new nemisis. Batman had the joker and I have spin class.
Our first class was an hour long and fifteen minutes into it I was sure I was going to throw up all down the side of my little yellow machine. We did hills(actually they did hills, I just tried my hardest to keep my legs moving), some speed work and some other techniques associated with bicycle racing. By the last hill I was beet red and exhausted. I have run half marathons, swam competitively and I have never had such a hard workout in my life!! Did I return?? Abso-freakin-lutely!! I will so master this thing. We went back last night and it was forty minutes before I felt like I was going to throw up and die!!
The bottom line?? SPINNING=DEATH;I highly recommend it!

Fall Break!!

So this last week was fall break and I am so excited to report that we did not do a dang thing!!! Aside from Tyler's daily early morning swim practice and his Band festival thing on Saturday we stayed home the entire week. We watched movies galore and just hung out. We ordered Pizza, had a couple trips to In N Out burger( my new addiction apparently) and thats about it. It was so nice to just wake up and stay in our jammies till noon and just hang out together. I totally love the ages my kiddos are now!! Every once in a while I miss the whole baby in the house thing but for the most part we are having a great time during this particular "season" of life.
My kids kinda griped about not going to the lake or Disneyland, but it didn't last too long. Madalyn and Tyler had a youth temple trip on Friday which was really exciting for them. Since Kelley was working i decided to be a driver. Connor and I hung out on the temple grounds and went to the Visitor center where we watched the most amazing video on Joseph Smith. We were both absolutely speechless during the whole hour long movie. Boy did it help me with my RS lesson I was teaching which happened to be on the Prophets letters to Emma. Anyway the entire trip took only 6 hours. It was super quick but soo way worth it!!
So now here we are, another Monday morning and I am missing my little break!!Pretty hard for the kids too! WE can't wait till Halloween, Veterans Day,Thanksgiving.......nothing but fun from now till New Years!!!!!