Simple moments

Here are some of the simple moments from this week.

I didn't pull my camera out to much this week.

Monday I set the camera on self timer to capture Jordan and I doing the dishes.

He is such a good helper when I can relax enough to 

let him and not worry about it being done my own.

Jordan love his blankie!

When he comes home from school he always

asks what blankie has been up to while he was gone.

Today blankie played on his DS.

Thursday my nephew Cohen got to come play while 

my sister was a work. He is my little buddy!

Friday Jordan had Early Release!

Jordan and his buddy Ty were very excited to 

have all afternoon to play!

linking up to Simple things Sunday and Sunday Snapshot

planning and doing

First off I updated my top bar with a tab for all 

my 2013 goals if you want to check it out.

Part of my getting fit! getting healthy! goal is to get back into 

meal planning and actually going to the store. 

Over the past 6 months both these things have gone out the window.

I am not a fan of grocery shopping.

It is a chore and I don't like it.

I think the part I don't like the most is the getting home, 

taking all the groceries inside, and then finding a place to put it all.

Anyways this week I made myself plan out meals for two weeks.

I tried to find meals that were a combination of mostly healthy 

but meals the kids would eat or pick through.

Today after an emotional roller coaster seahawk game I went to Costco

and then Safeway to stock up on a ton of veggies and food for meals.

When I got done at Safeway I texted Josh for all them to get there shoes

on so they can help me when I get home.

The kids whined through the process but glad I didn't have to do it alone.

No our fridge is jammed packed with veggies like never has been before!

Tomorrow marks the first week of my new getting fit and healthy challenge!
I will have an update on that Tuesday!
Also now that I have a fridge full of health I plan on juicing once a day starting tomorrow!

beautiful snow day

For several years now we have talked about taking the kids up to Mt. Baker

to go sledding. We haven't done in the past because we just never did and there is 

always that thought in the back of your mind that you are going to get all the way there

just to turn around and go back because they hate it.

Our trip was just that.

Friday night we headed up to the Glen to spend the night.

It was cold out and they had snow on the ground.

We got there later then planned so we snuggled up

for a while before calling it a night for the kids.

We woke up to a beautiful sunny cold day!
 Josh made us a yummy breakfast to fill up our tummies.

Then we got ourselves dressed for snow fun!

We drove up the mountain for about another hour

until we found the sledding area.

It is actually a frozen lake covered in snow.

We made our way across in knee deep snow.

 Josh being the adventurous thrill seeking man he 

is picked out a location for us to start. It was not the ideal

spot for the kids we learned quickly. It was steap.

Josh went down and loved it.

Michelle went down halfway and then rolled the rest.

She was crying.

Jordan at this point had made it half way up for his turn.

I followed behind him encouraging him up.

We got to the top and I told Josh he better go with him.

They go down and head straight for the tree.

Josh trying to avoid the tree dumps them over in the snow.

Jordan is crying.

Not a good start.

I left Josh down at the bottom with the crying children

and headed over to a more popular safer looking run.

Shortly after Josh with the kids headed over.

I finally convinced Jordan to try out a little hill.

He loved it!

After that is was great!

We ended up staying for two hours until everyone

was hungry and tired. You use a lot of energy climbing up

a steep hill in the snow. 

 

The only issue we had over and

over was gloves with Jordan. His gloves weren't cut out

for snow so I gave him mine. Getting them on him takes

at least 10 minutes. Trying to get him to spread his fingers

and fit them. He kept taking them off and using his bare hands

in the snow. Then would be crying because his hands hurt so 

we had to struggle again to get them back on.

All in all it was a great family day!

I am really hoping to fit in another trip before winter is over!

linking up to Simple things and Sunday snapshot

ten on ten

once a month on the tenth

taking a photo every hour for ten consecutive hours. 

Finding much life and beauty 

among the ordinary things of our day!

Today is a cold typical winter day.

We had a dusting of snow this morning.

It was gone after a few hours and not the sun is out!

Still freezing cold out though.

6:40am

I was up early this morning so I could watch my nephew Cohen.

I was able to get a picture of Michelle making her lunch.

7:40am

Breakfast time

On top of my nephew I watch a couple of other kiddos during the week.

Thursday is a pretty popular day and they are usually all here!

8:40am

Getting breakfast dishes put in 

dishwasher with a little "help"

9:40 am

books, books, books

Cohen has his own little tub of books I keep on a low shelf for him.

He loves to crawl up on my lap and hand me book after book to read.

Sometimes we get a page in sometimes we read the whole thing.

He loves Spot the best because it has flaps.

He will sit with me for a good half hour.

When he was over it Mia pulled out some books for us to read.

10:40am

Nolan loves Cars!

Today he was driving them around in the dump truck.

Every once in a while he would dump them out

and then drive them all back in again.

11:40am

Mia asked all morning if they could watch Wonder pets.

Finally while I made lunch I let them watch one.

12:50pm

Cohen is out for the count after a busy morning of playing.

1:50pm
When the kiddos were asleep I went through the mornings
pictures and started my ten on ten post!

3:20  pm
The kiddos have all been picked up
and Jordan is returning home from school!

5:15pm

It was an easy dinner night tonight.

I was going to head to the gym,

Michelle was swimming with a friend,

and Josh had leftover from work.

Good thing Jordan loves cereal!

I ended up taking so many pictures today I made a video too!

Decluttering and Organizing

New years goal #2 is to declutter and organize!

I have a list or areas I have been meaning to get to for 

quick a while and just haven't.

My Target areas are 

Jordan's room

Michelle's clothes

Top hall closet

toy closet under the stairs

above the washer and dryer

under the island in the kitchen

my corner cupboard that holds my Tupperware 

and the big one 

the garage!

Today I tackled Jordan's room because

 I knew it would be the most easy one.

He has a ton of stuff between his angry bird collection,

garbage trucks, cans and his "garbage",

and a ton of small toys that are always 

covering his floor.

A few before pictures

It took about an hour and it looked like this!

I got this nice large, wide drawer storage thing at Wal-mart yesterday 

with his angry birds in mind. They all fit nicely plus he has a 

toy treasure drawer. A drawer for all his little collectibles or toys 

that don't really have a home.

It feels good to tackle one area on the list.

I plan to do the toy closet next which has become

a dumping/hiding area.  My mom also gave us a tub and box

of legos which Jordan loves but they weren't working with the space.

I sorted through them today and they are now organized in

another drawer organizer thing.

It was a long process but worth it.

Jordan had fun discovering different pieces I came across

Tomorrow is ten on ten!!!

This is where I take pictures every hour for ten hours.

You are supposed to take one but I usually end up with more.

It is a fun way to get a day in the life in pictures!

I will do a getting fit! getting healthy! update on Monday.

That will the end of the first official week.

Hopefully I will see something positive on the scale!