Last week in pictures

We finally got back to our routine last week.  School is in full swing, Bible study started back up, and Saturday morning soccer started.  We also finally got our first big snow and had our first 2-hour school delay.  Of course, our routine is being interrupted already by a 4-day weekend.  The kids have no school on Monday and Tuesday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and an in-service day.  So much for our routine.  :)  But we'll have fun nonetheless.  
Anyway, here's what last week looked like in pictures ...

Sunday

I just love Keira's new Bible cover.  Makes me kind of wish I had bought it for me and not her.  :)  (My "something new" for Inspire Me's P365).

Monday

Alex had his 6-year check up at the doctor's.  He looked so cute in his Dr. Seuss paper gown.  (cell phone photo)

Tuesday

Such a nice day, so I went to the carwash down the road to spray all the junk off my car.  This hose for the scrub brush caught my eye.

Wednesday

Nick has been really into Legos lately.  He brought some new-to-him figures home from school today.  Apparently one of his friends at school didn't want them anymore.  This is my "made with love" submission for Project 52 with My 3 Boybarians.  Nick made these Lego figures with love.  :)

Thursday

A very rainy day ... before the cold and snow moved in.  This is my "chilly" submission for Project 366 Rewind.  The falling temps really made me aware that the snow was coming.

Friday

After school the kids and I went for a walk though our neighbor's woods to enjoy the beauty of the snow.  It covered everything and was so pretty.  It is amazing the difference a day can make.

Saturday

We had lots of birds hanging out in our maple tree and eating from our feeder.  I was so excited to see not one, not two, but four male cardinals and one female cardinal in our tree at one time.

     

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Project 366, 52, and Edit Me

We're trying to get back to normal around here after the holidays.  While I enjoyed sleeping in late and basically having nothing to do last week, I am glad that the kids are back to school and we are settling back into our routine.  We all seem to do better when we're in a routine.  Anyway, here's what our week looked like in pictures ...

The first photo of the year and I almost didn't get it taken in time.  This was taken around 11:15 p.m.  
Honey loves her new bed.  We're still training her to stop sleeping on the couches though.  :)  I loved how the lamp from my computer room was lighting her fur.  She was a little annoyed that I was photographing her while she was trying to sleep.

My first cell phone photo.  :)  Doug and I left Keira in charge of the boys at home and went kitchen shopping and ate lunch at Chili's.  While we were there it really started snowing hard and since my DSLR was in the car, I tried out my cell phone.  It's not great, but still not too bad.

Honey and I went for a brief walk in the snow.  It was so cold and blustery and my fingers were freezing pretty quickly.  Even my face was wind burnt for a day or so afterward.  Thankfully it warmed back up within another day.

Nick was sick on Tuesday and Wednesday and missed the first two days of school this year.  He laid around all day on Tuesday, in and out of sleep all day.  Wednesday he was feeling a little better but still pretty weak, so he stayed home from school again.  Once Alex went to afternoon Kindergarten, Nick enjoyed some quiet time ... just a boy and his Legos.  Building his Star Wars ships.

Pretty sunset.

My Project Life kit arrived!  I can't wait to get started working on it!  This is my "fresh start" photo, because I'm getting back into scrapbooking ... making a fresh start and not fretting about how far behind I am.  :)

Happy New Year!  A few days late.  :)  The boys and I finished up the last of the party poppers today.  I tried and tried to get a photo of one popping, but was unsuccessful, so I opted for the messy floor instead.

     

Next up is my submission for My 3 Boybarian's Project 52 - the prompt is Resolution.  

While I'm not really a New Year's Resolution making kind of gal, I do have a list of goals I'd like to accomplish this year.  Resolutions ... Goals ... whatever!  You call them what you want; I'll call them what I want.  :)
Anyway, one of my goals is to exercise 5-6 days a week (barring any illness), eat better, and lose 21 pounds by Memorial Day.  I was down 25.5 pounds in October 2011, but managed to put 11 pounds back on after hurting my knee and getting lazy about exercising and eating right.  So far I've done 4 days of The Shred (with these 2-pound hand weights) and we bought a Wii Fit Plus to go with our Wii yesterday.  The boys and I had a blast trying it out last night and today.  And I managed to burn some more calories, which is great.  I can't see the Wii Fit being my main form of exercise, but it will definitely make it fun to exercise.  Unlike The Shred, which so far, I hate.  :)



And last but not least, the Edit Me challenge is back!  Sarah of Naptime Momtog, who is now part of the Edit Me Team, submitted this week's photo of her sweet son, Dustyn and his dog, Dudley.  

After some basic edits in ACR, I cropped the photo then ran The Coffeeshop Blog's Sun Kissed action.  It already had some great sun flare, but the action warmed the photo up and added a bit more.  Then I adjusted a few layers to suit my taste and viola!  

Have a great week!

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