Fun in the Sun

Too Late for this....

It is way too late to be blogging but since I lost my background I created a whole new look to my families blog. I am not very computer savvy but after about an hour and a half I finally got it looking how I wanted it to. I will be adding some more stuff soon. Here are recent pictures of the family and my two most precious things God has given to me, my children. The latest have been....my four year old loves to tell knock, knock, jokes. Bailey makes up her own, oh boy! I laugh at them because she laughs at herself after she tells the jokes, quite humorous. Hudson lately has been Mr.Repeat of words. He is learning more than 5 words. He says "yeah," to everything, except now he also knows the word....drum roll please....."no." He shakes his head in a cute way and says "no," if it is something he does not want or want to do. Amusing sometimes as a mommy, otherwise not so cute! Hudson loves balls, especially golf balls and baseballs. We went to our first Aquasox game today. The kids were not so into the game, but they were kept happy with the ballpark junkfood. Summer has been going by so fast I can't hardly believe it is the end of July. Hudson turned 18 months today, as a mom this is hard to believe. I really do not know where the time goes. Hudson wants to be like his sister and wants to try everything his sister does or copies what she does. He likes using the Elmo potty seat, which is cool until he does not hold down his "you know what" and it sprays the entire fabric shower curtain, floor, rug, etc. A mess a mommy laughs as she cleans up.

Diet update doing well. I have lost 9 pounds. I tried this last week to walk 30min, 5 days a week. It has sure helped me out a lot. I have more energy and that is the best part of the diet. I read labels now when I grocery shop.(I shop without the kids a lot of times so I can concentrate on label reading) My kids love going to Trader Joe's and they do great in TJ. Finding Freddy the frog helps the grocery shopping experience, and at the end of the shopping they get an organic lollipop. Life is great!!!! When Hudson knows we are going to TJ's he claps his hands with excitement. Remember as adults to get this excited over little things, your kids will think you are a complete goofball. It is late, 12:30am time to sleep. Goodnight!

Summer finally hit here in Seattle

Wow, it was a whopping 90's this last week. We call that in Seattle barely living, because it usually is not that warm in the summer time. When you do not have central air conditioning it can get unbareable. We do have more than some people, two window air conditioning units which have helped so much. This last week we went to the spray park to cool down and finally gave in and bought a pool. I am glad I waited though one day before buying it. I had my eye on a pool at Ride-Aid, it was $40. The next day I went back, because my hubby said go ahead and just buy it and it was 25% off. I was so estatic that I got it on sale. Since it was on sale I bought the kids a few toys too for the pool. Well worth the money spent this last week with the weather and the kids loved it. I on the other hand have not been in the pool yet. I will get there sometime.

During the last week and weekend, Bailey has been sick. I feel so helpless when my kids are sick. I have a horrible gag reflex so my hubby steps in when they get sick. Thank the Lord my kids hardly ever get sick. Bailey also ended up with a wierd rash that needed Benadryl. I believe we are on the mend and no one else got sick, thank you Jesus!

This last week for me I have started watching a little girl who is 21 months old to help out with some extra income coming in. When I got paid, my hubby thanked me and smiled really big. Finances are tough people, but through prayer and trusting in him all things are possible. I also got another cleaning job that will be starting up at the end of the month and going just for a few months. I am truly blessed and thanks to my friend Krystal for passing the word along that I needed a job. Everything works out for a reason. That is all the happenings right now in the Anderson household.

My diet is going good. I have lost 6 pounds, but mostly I have more energy and I read labels more than ever now and take my time grocery shopping. I started doing the shopping at night when the kids go to bed and Jon can watch them. Makes it so much easier to shop and take my time instead of buying unnecessary purchases. Enjoy these summer months.