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So as if three hours at the beach were not enough today the kids then decided to come home and play in the sprinkler. They were having a ton of fun just running through it. Well Mackenzie figured out it was funny to put her head in the water and let her hair get all wet. So she did just that. She would run and fall look at me say she was dirty and go do it all over again. She is so funny. Any how James and Bethannie just had fun trying to play follow the leader and do just what the other one was doing. Any how well that is all now for the day. We are tired and it is late and I am going to try and get some sleep even though I am hurting a lot right now from my burn.

A hot day

Well today we went to the beach. It was a hot nice day and a great one for our first time going since we moved here. The kids have been waiting for this since we got here back in Feb and it is was only 30 degrees outside. So needless to say they were excited. So we get out to the beach about 12 today and i thought the kids would be a little nervous around the water because they have not been to the beach in 2 summers now. But they were far from scared. James and Bethannie were running around having such a good time. They are so funny to watch trying to go into water that is only about 65-68 degrees. I told them it was too cold for me. But good ole James he braved the cold and went in with the older two. Mackenzie was very content playing in the sand. She loves the sand box so why wouldn't she love having all the sand she can get her hands on. So she was loving it, well until the water would get to close. I did hold her hand to get her to go out in the water a little bit. She was not having much of it though. She decided I think that it is to cold and more fun to just dig. So she did just that. James and I were a little forgetful and forgot to keep putting sunscreen on the kids so we now all look like a family of tomatoes. No one is complaining yet so we will see how they are tomorrow. But what a great joy to be back at the beach....

The Y

Well I went to the Y yesterday for a class. With the 12 week challenge we meet once a week and we meet with a personal trainer but he is also like our coach. Any how well we were all suppose to go and we were going to have another work out session. Guess what. No one else shows up so I got an hour of him kicking just my butt. It was so hard. We usually get a minute to rest between all the exercises we are doing because he has to tell every one what they are doing next. Well not yesterday. It was one full hour of torture. I tell him all the time that I never sweat like I do in his work outs. Any how so as much as I was hating it yesterday while I was doing it all I should have been so glad for the one on one help. I successfully did a plank yesterday for a whole minute as well. I have NEVER been able to do it for more then 15 sec. so I was excited I did it. Any how, I hurt today but that is always a good sign I guess. Anf for those who say they want pics. You have to wait. I will send a pic at the end of the challenge. I still can not even see a change so I want to wait a little longer.

Dinner

Well we were having corn on the cob for dinner tonight and MAckenzie has always been our good little eater. Well tonight she was chowing down on her corn. It was hillarious to watch her so I had to grab a picture or two of her. She looks funny eating but you can tell she likes her dinner.

Go Me

Any how tacky title but true. I have been doing a 12 week challenge at the YMCA and so I am about half way there and I just went in to go have my body taped and pinched to find out measurements and body fat. So 4 weeks later (today) I have lost 4% body fat, 10 inches, and 9 lbs. I know it is not a lot off but I was excited. I am about 4 lbs from a weight I can never remember being at. SO I am excited about that. Any how I just wanted to share my excitement today. I just have to keep getting my butt kicked at the gym and keep eating well. So we will see how much more I lose in the 2ND half of the challenge.

Bush Gardens again

Well I am sure that by the end of the summer you all will be sick of our posting about Bush Gardens. But yesterday we went and the park was doing this whole Ready, set, GROW. It was a gardening expo and so we were looking around and the kids got to make a little craft. It was so funny watching our kids try their hardest to hammer and put together this plant pot. Any how it was so hot out yesterday and so I got a real nice sun burn. OUCH. Any how But we were there for a long time and I was so ready to go home. But I was videoing the kids on the carousel. SO I am adding that on today. I hope it works.

Our little garden

James has decided to put a garden in this year and so we now have it all in the ground minus a few plants we are still looking for. So we have big boy tomatoes, green bell peppers, yellow bell peppers. radishes, green beans, lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, yellow squash, and zucchini. We have watermelon off in another area so it does not take over our garden but we have three watermelon plants growing too. Any how so we have plants that are already coming up very well and we were excited about it. Well tonight we were out watering the plants and the kids decided they wanted to get watered too. So we have a water hose fight with them. James won. They all had such a good time and they liked getting wet. All of the kids have been wanting to know when pools will open so they can go swimming. It is nice out some days and you do wish you could just go jump in a pool. But then the next day it could barely hit 60 so we will stay away from pools and just use a watering hose.