Blessed

I went out with my hula sisters last weekend for lunch at Shanghai Restaurant. It was fabulous. They gave us so much food that I took it home and had another meal out of it. Anyways, I love being with these women. They are so much fun. The lady that looks like she could be my hawaiian mother I call mom. All in attendance were Bonnie, Judy, Lani, Me and Trudy. We stopped for lunch before going to a fellow sisters baby shower. Amy is having a girl later this month or early next month.

In other news, we are getting ready to redo our flooring. We feel really blessed that we have the financial means to do such a project. Chris has never done flooring before and is doing it alone (so far) the end of this month so you could send up some prayers for that if you think about it.

I am loving my week this week. I have stayed home with Leilani. The term stay at home mom is relative. We are constantly on the go, but a couple days this week we literally stayed home and I loved it. I scrapped, she watched movies or I cleaned and she played "kitchen". She is so cute and I am loving this phase. Thank you God for my family!

Black Eyed Mary

So, this little gem was left in our bathroom a week ago after a game night with some of our friends. She is called black eyed mary because she is from the dollar store and some of the paint around her eye is too low, hence looking like Joesph gave her a black eye. I have also heard her referred to as domestic violence Mary. So funny. Anyways, this figurine gets passed around from person to person in our church. When she is left in your home you have to proudly display it for two weeks and then pass it on to the next family. Last night a couple in our group said they would not be inviting us over until we have passed it on. Oh, it was also attached with the Bible verse Leviticus 18:23. I am not going to post that, I will let you look it up for your reading enjoyment. I love my friends!

New Toy

So, for those of you who know Chris and I, you know that we dont live on the extravagant. Not to toot our own horn, but we are pretty frugal for the most part. Saving for the next big thing. Well, we had some Christmas money burning a hole in our pocket yesterday and so we went out and bought our first game system in years....a playstation and Rockband. We love it! I forsee hours of fun playing with the girls. Anyways it is going to be fun times at the Littrell house.

These Boots were made for walkin'

I went to a white elphant exchange and won these orange boots. I love them and Chris evidently does too. He does not have winter boots and used mine to shovel the drive way during the winter flurries.

Sleepy Pirate

Earlier this month, our family (minus me) went to a birthday party at the Crawmers. They truly went all out. It was a combined birthday party for their sons Morgan and Jack Jack. There was a costume theme. Amanda was Dot from Mad TV, her husband Andy was a mad scientist, complete with sideburns. Dan was a baseball player and Julie was a teacher. Morgan and Jack were decked out in kilts, braveheart style. The Pasmas were all Bombers fans, one of them (we wont say who) wore shorts that should not be worn by men. (yikes!) And my family consisted of a hippie, a pink pirate, Sharpei from HSM, and Garbriella from HSM. They had a blast! I was at my annual (it was only my second year) cookie exchange. It took me years to get into this group. I remember my aunt going to the exchange when I was a little girl and thinking, "oh I hope I get invited to that when I am older." Basically someone has to die or be miss a year for there to be an opening in the group. A few years back I asked my aunt if there were any weak links in the group so that I could get my foot in. Well, no one died, but I got an invite and felt so pleased to go. So I am in until death keeps me from it. I love going. We play six rounds of bunko and eat all afternoon. The hostess of the party makes an amazing cranberry tea each year and I looked forward to it for that long. It was worth the wait. Hope you enjoy!

December Catch Up!

We got a new camera about a month ago and Chris has been really enjoying playing with the different settings on it. here are some of his master pieces. Also, this month has been a whirlwind. We decorated our tree, played in the snow and had a good time. The snow has made for a lot of indoor play and that has caused cabin fever for the girls and I. Dont get me wrong, I still go somewhere everyday, but they have so much energy that most of it is spent fighting with each other. We have been renting several movies and having "sleepovers" for the girls. I am excited for tonight. Chris is supposed to get off at noon and we get the rest of the day together. Yeah!

Motivation

I have been lacking in this area. I have been running three times a week since the day school started. We are just over three months. Last week I took it off becuase I had all the girls with me and I just didnt know how I would work it with two riding in the stroller and Dani potentially riding her bike, so the only day I went was Monday. Consequently I have felt fat all weekend. So I got back into it on Monday and today. It is amazing to me, I look different to myself in the mirror. Here is the frustrating part....the scale has not really changed. I run three times a week, dance for two hours a week, and nothing as far as numbers has changed. I am going to try and be ok with this and just be ok with feeling good about how I look. Thats all I got for now! Peace