Oh Lordy...

Papi Frank sent me this email:

For lack of anything better to post about--

An AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com giggle.

Swingtown

It isn’t her he should be worrying about.

(submitted by Tyler)

*nobody was injured in the making of this photo

Yellow!

Our little man tested for his yellow belt in Hapkido last weekend! We're so proud of him!

He cracked himself (and me) up this morning. He was showing me some of his awesome moves, then he tried to contain his laughter:
"Hey Mom, you know what they call private parts in Hapkido? Gooooodies"......rolls into hysterical laughter.
Oh man, slang for parts. Hopefully this won't get too interesting.

I messed it up

and I don't know how to fix it!

(edit: crisis averted! I feel a little geeky with my mad computer skillz)

30(ish) Day Progress Report

We've just finished our fifth week of our 90-day whipping, and can't believe we haven't missed a workout yet--Praise God!

Actual conversation taking place right now:

Michelle: Oh my gosh, these workouts are so fun! Chris, what do you want to say about it?

Chris: I don't know. Nothin'. I'm just gonna sit here and eat Twizzlers. Do we have any cake left?

So there's the proof--you can workout six days a week, still eat like poo, AND make a body difference :) :)

Day 1/Day30










Day 1/Day 30




Go ahead and gawk. Just say it. I'm getting man-arms :( I can't help it. I get muscles really fast even though I use a low weight. Chris said I'm the only person he's heard complaining about "getting too good of results" (which is not what I said, but that's how he interpreted it).

And this last picture is the most shocking. The most shocking and most disgusting. Seriously I gasped. I cringed. Then I showed my mom. She gasped and held her hand over her mouth like I showed her a picture of my arm cut off. Why do I have a man-back? Chris thinks it's funny and that I should keep working out hard "just to see what happens at the end of 90 days", like I'm a science experiment. But seriously, if this is how big I got in 30 days, I'm SCARED to find out what will happen in 60 more days.

I don't know how this happened! I guess the pull-ups? or the push-ups? If I don't even know how it happened, how can I keep from turning into a manlady?

:(



Aside from the manback, I love, love how fun and challenging the workouts are (and Tony Horton is a little easy on the eyes...AND funny...I'm a sucker for funny). It has been great investing this time with my sweetie (Chris, not Tony), and I'm so proud of him!!

33!

What a special day to turn 33!

All day I've had a verse running through my mind:
"I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live!" Psalm 104:33

I am incredibly blessed in Him; to Him I sing praise!!

In the tradition of my super fit Uncle Tom, I decided I'd challenge myself to 33 push-ups this morning. They are probably the worst push-ups in history, and I really think I could do better, but none the less, here they are.

Ethan picked me out a beautiful necklace.

He was so proud of his choice. It was perfect!My dad sent me a Snuggie! ;)

Chris booked me a massage and gave me clothes cash...super fun!

The family worked on this perfectly imperfect footprint stone. I love it! I love that they went through the effort to make it for me (including two trips to the store and lots of baby screaming) and I love how excited Ethan was to surprise me with it. Sweet!!Papi Frank came in town today, so I got to spend my birthday with my Mom, Frank, Chris, and my kiddos on this gorgeous day.

We went to the Rangers game tonight

(Ethan in a cotton candy induced trance)

It was a SUPER fun game...The Rangers did great, which means I got to yell and scream A LOT...and that always makes for a fun game!
The night ended with "The best fireworks show in Texas".

I sat in the dark watching the fireworks and thought about the 33 years under my belt.
Tears welled up in my eyes because I know God loves me.
Honestly, I KNOW God loves me.
That's the best gift in all the world.

Does this hair make me look masculine?

I don't think so, either!

But Ethan would disagree. He walked in from school this afternoon, took one look at me sitting on the couch, twisted his face, and said, "Why did you cut your hair like that? It looks like a BOY!" (he wasn't used to the bangs, I guess)

Well, at least he was observant! That's more than I can say about myself!

And also, I don't give a hoot what anyone else says, Sadie Fair is the cutest dog in all the world to me and Ethan.
Even when she has the same look on her face as Pepe, the dog on the card Jenny sent me:
The inside says, "Pepe just figured out your age in people years."
Made me literally LOL!!! And that sent Audrey and Norah into hysterics. Best birthday gift so far!

Easter 2010

Why sooo many pictures?
We are sorely missing our families during this special time of year, so I'm doing my best to fill in the gaps with photos.
Love you all!!!

We did sparkly eggs and regular eggs with silly face stickers this year

Ethan's silly Goo-goo goggles

We got to join Ethan's class at his Easter picnic and egg hunt

The girls had so much fun with the older kids.
Audrey found the only mud puddle within the first 5 minutes!

This is Audrey's new "thing"--walking with her hands behind her back

Ethan and one of his best buddies, M

Lined up for the egg "hunt"
Whatever happened to actually hiding eggs instead of just throwing them out in the grass??

Our annual cookie decorating
We missed Ethan's best buddy this year, but his family had a touch of a bug this time :(

Pretty Norah

"You're exasperating me with all these pictures!"

Audrey wasn't feeling it, either

Easter gifts from Mom & Dad and Grandma & Grandpa

We gave the girls Easter purses, a juice, a Princess cell phone, and Princess keys

Ethan got a chocolate cross, a small Transformer, and a juice (we went S.M.A.L.L. this year and really focused on the true meaning of Easter)

Checking it out

Playing with his Transformer

Texting:
"OMGoodness, ths phone is PINK!"
"IDK how to talk yet, but I can txt!"

We were trying to hustle out the door for church, so we snapped two quick family pics with the timer
(Our sweet Daddy was hard at work today)

We are all tuckered out after a beautiful Easter! Audrey fell asleep while eating strawberries tonight at dinner at 6:30. I don't want her to think this is a nap, so I tried to rouse her by washing her at the sink, walking around with her, and changing her into her diaper and jammies; she slept through it ALL....in fact I had to double-check to make sure she was indeed asleep and not passed out! If she wakes in an hour, I'm going to pull my hair out!!

Happy Easter! And to our families, we miss you and love you! Can't wait until we get to spend time with you!!!!