A new Year

So hear we are, January 14, 2008. I have already decided that this year is going to be great. My race is getting closer, and that scares me to death, but I am now going to a personal trainer to get in top condition. I am not sure how well it will go, but so far after 2 sessions, things are looking good. We have had a busy few weeks in January. School started back up last Monday, and honestly, I was starting to think that we needed to move to wherever they have year round school. I love my girls so much, but wow 2 weeks is a long time, especially since Emma loves school so much. There was one day where she sat on the sofa and cried, because she was missing PE. I felt badly for her, but she soon admitted that she really was all of her buddies at school. I was missing cleaning the house without the girls fighting the entire time.

This past weekend was awesome. I have now been 33 for 3 full days, and it is not too bad. Friday (the actual day) started off nice, I went and ate lunch with Emma at school. Which was so cool, because the whole class knew it was my birthday, and when I went into the room, everyone yelled "Happy Birthday Emma's mom" I of course loved it. After that I took Abbi to play with Austin, so that I could take my Friend Carol to Walmart. I know that sounds odd, but Carol has progressive MS, and is confined to a wheel chair. She is basically a shut in, with some small trips out. So anyway, then I had to go to Kroger to pick up stuff to make dinner. This is where my day just went thru the roof. All of our kiddos were here for dinner. All 5 of them. Brandon had told me earlier that he would cook dinner(best gift ever) so I let him. Erin brought gifts for the kids(big hit) and Tommy played with the kids the entire night(big job) Then after dinner, they cleaned up the kitchen. Can you say Best Birthday ever? Chase got the best cake, but of course it is not on my lean out plan, so it was just a small piece for me. After we got stuff put up, we headed over to Glowgolf, to play miniature glow in the dark golf. So much fun. I have the greatest family. We spent the whole night just laughing and having fun.

Saturday night Erin and her roomie Allison took me to see George Strait for my birthday. I do not think I stopped smiling the entire night. It was so fun. I think that this years birthday will be so hard to top. But what a great start to a new year, I only wish that every year started off like this one.