OBD!!!

OBD - Oh Breaking Dawn, are you ever going to be here??? I think I'll re-read the book after my friend Tracy sent me this picture. It's not from the "movie" but I can imagine some beach scenes now.....

Back to BootCamp

Fall is here and I am getting back into our routines since school started. Our weekly practices now include 2 hours Basketball. Homework luckily hasn't been so bad but heard 4th and 5th grade is a whole new ballgame. Our dinners have been on the fly lately so eating healthy is not working out for me. I try to get my good healthy meal in for lunch and totally bomb with my dinner choice (Sonic and Taco Villa).

I got a bright idea that I would get back to my BootCamp routine this week as we have mostly been doing the 5k workout the past few months. Cardio is great but the muscle and fitness challenge was missed, WELL UNTIL THIS MORNING.

My Morning Recap: I woke up this morning with a little soreness in some muscles I haven’t used in a while.

Then, reality hits, I raise to get out of bed and have a flashback of SUMO something I hope to never see again….

It hurts to squat to the sitting position, once I have finally made it to my chair,

I find “relief” and hope I don’t have to get up anytime soon…

Fun, Food & Rides

It's Fair Time!

We couldn't help but spend Sat night out with family and friends at the Fair for some Fun, Food & Rides. I couldn't hardly wait to get my annual cheese on a stick and giant corn dog..to then finish the ride home with a funnel cake! Brooke started making the "vomit" face about half way through the Pirate Ship Ride...she's the top right hanging on for dear life as Cayla and Ashtyn can't get enough.

Surf's Up or should I say down...Blaine had so much fun this year because he was tall enough to ride most of the rides. These were just a few of his favorites!

Before I Eat

Brooke's Grasshopper Pie

Brooke's third grade teacher, Mrs. Brown, has extra books in her room she allows the kids to checkout - and Brooke came home with a cookbook. The teacher joked with her that she needed to bake her a pie and that is exactly what Brooke picked out to make. Today, she delivered a special piece to Mrs. Brown.

INGREDIENTS:

1 (8 ou.) package of cream cheese, softened

1/3 cup sugar

1 (8 ou.) tub whipped topping, thawed

1 cup chopped Keebler Fudge Shop Grasshopper Cookies
3-4 drops of green food coloring

1 Chocolate Pie Crust

DIRECTIONS:
Mix Cream Cheese and Sugar with an electric mixer until well blended.

Fold in whipped cream

Add chopped cookies (we placed cookies in a small Ziploc bag and chopped in small pieces using a measuring cup)Add your chopped cookies and food coloring, lightly stir until blended.

Spoon into Pie Crust.

Chill for 3 hours or overnight.

Big Boy Bike

What good is it to have a bike and no where to ride....we picked up Blaine's bike that we were keeping at Sharon's and brought it out to Carl's (where we have the horses turned out). This gave Blaine a chance to ride all day! He was so excited when Dad took off his training wheels and proud to have a big boy bike!

Goodbye Summer, Hello School Year!

Even though summer at the pool has been fun, we are ready for Fall and Football! Our house is about to be underway as we made final preps with the builder yesterday to get our Appraisal started and get to go from there. I think we'll be taping off where the house will be this weekend so I am really really excited for this YEAR at Bushland! We had a great morning and just a quick little 20 min drive to the school was really nice. It gave us a chance to visit and prepare for our day. Bushland held a Pep Rally this morning for grades 1 - 8th in the Middle School Football Field. The Mascot "BLACKHAWK" was so funny and danced to Miley Cyrus with the Cheerleaders....Get your hands up and bobbing your head like ya....whatever...we all were singing along!

Big Boy started Pre-K at Bushland Elementary today. He loves his teacher and already made a few friends that will also join him in his after school care with Jennifer Albracht. We are so fortunate to have had the referrals and already have met some wonderful friends!

Here's Brooke and her new teacher, Mrs. Brown. We love love love her and were so excited that one of her friends, Claire McCown, was also in the same class this year! The girls ran Track together this summer and became good friends. They will start Volleyball next Monday and Brooke is ready to start! Go BUSHLAND!