New Year's

I expected to be less busy after Christmas. Somehow I was wrong. The last few week before Christmas I wasn't able to get to the gym because Kasey was sick so much, or I had too much to do. I am finally back at the gym, so that takes up my mornings while Courtney is at Preschool.

I took a Pilates class this week for the first time and really enjoyed it! Its kind of similar to yoga, but I feel like it worked my body a lot more than yoga does. I can't wait to do it again next week.

Monday was my first day back at the gym in a while. And of course, because it's the first week of January, it was PACKED. Plus, the school districts around here didn't go back to school until Wednesday or Thursday. So, Kasey and Courtney came with me. I had to go because Kasey had a swim lesson. When I left Courtney at her Child Watch (for kids 3 and up), there were about 30 kids.

Kasey and I did our swim lesson and by the time we were getting out of the pool, the pool was getting quite packed. They have their smaller, non-deep pool that they do most of the lessons in. They also have a larger pool with lap lanes, a water slide and also it's where they hold the adult aerobic classes. Once we were done, I put Kasey in child watch (which too was packed) and planned on going and swimming a few laps. However, I went to the big pool and there were NO lap lanes open. And they even had an extra one set up! So, I gave up. I could lane share, but I am not a good swimmer, so I really don't want to try to share a lane. So, instead I got dressed and went and had a cup of coffee in the lobby while I looked over the new schedules and brochures for the new year. Then I went to get the girls.

When I went in to pick up Courtney, there were 80 kids in child watch! 80! I know there were 80 because I heard one staff member tell another. So, I decided to skip the gym the next day. 80 kids is just too much chaos. They all run around in a gym, and there aren't that many activities for them to do. So, I waited until Courtney was back in school on Wednesday until I went back. It was much calmer then, kid wise. Still pretty busy people wise. It's bad, but all of us regular gym go-ers can't wait until people start giving up on their resolutions.

Let's see, what else? Well, we went to Hubby's cousin's wedding in Denver. We were able to get our babysitters (they are sisters) for the night, so we were able to spend the night up in Denver. It was nice.

Our New Year's Shin Dig was a big smaller people wise this year. Mostly because we had a major snow storm the day before and some people did not want to travel on the roads. Which is fine. It was actually nice having a smaller party. I think we have decided to keep it smaller next year and not invite EVERYONE like we usually do. Kasey made it to about 11:15pm. She could have probably gone to bed earlier, but I was too busy and didn't get a chance until then. Courtney made it until Midnight of course. You would think they would sleep in the next day. NOPE!

In fact when we really mess with Courtney's sleep, we pay for it the next day. She is usually grouch to the max. Well the next day, both kids were. Thankfully we had a birthday party to go to in the afternoon (New Year's Day), and that helped break up the monotony of being at home and they behaved pretty well while we were there.

Kasey was pretty much back to normal the next day. It took Courtney about 3 days to get back to normal. I was worried I was going to sell her on Craigslist she was so hard to live with for a while there. But she has finally recovered, and I didn't have to sell her!

Our snow stuck around for a while. We had some pretty cold temperatures for a while. We finally hit the 50's yesterday, so that is when I got all the outside decorations down and put away. We still have a small bit of snow on the ground here and there. And supposedly we have another storm coming Sunday night. YAY!

My commitments have started up again, with the New Year too. I have already had 2 meetings for Mom's Weekend Away. I am on the committee to get that all put together. Thankfully that event is happening on February 5-6, so not much more longer doing that. My ministry team meeting for MOPS have also started back up again. MOPS starts up again on January 14th, so we have to get ready for next semester.

Big news here is that Kasey peed in her potty! She has been practicing sitting on her potty for months, but the other night she actually PEED in it! You know you are a mom when you get excited when your kids pee in a potty, even worse, when you blog about it!

Our cadets are back from their break too. We have seen a couple of them already! Maddie and Toby called us on my birthday to wish me a happy birthday and to let me know they got engaged! YAY! We were so excited to hear that!

Well, that's about all that's been new around here. Christmas is all down and put away. New toys are all put away in their new places. Time to take 2011 by the horns!

Hope all of you are well!