Getting in shape!

Something that I have always enjoyed is being in shape. I am not one of those types that lives at the gym for 19 hours a day or anything, about 45 min to an hour is all I can take. The big thing has always been that I was consistent. I really do think that is the key!! Well, last December, my girls literally caught every virus/germ that was flying through the air in NWA! This threw my "consistency" out the window. I did not do any type of exercise for most of Dec, Jan, Feb and the first half of March!! I really felt awful for not doing anything, exercise does make me feel better, it just seemed so hard to get back into the habit of heading to the gym! Well, here in NWA we are having summer-like weather so a few weeks ago I got out my summer clothes and then flipped-out! The scale had not changed over the "winter" , but boy did my clothes fit differently!!!!! I totally freaked out! I guess all those cookies and Dr Pepper and no treadmill time caught up with me!!!!!! So I decided that day that it was time to get to the gym. So......anyway.....I am proud to say that I have worked-out 5 days a week for the past 2 weeks. I already feel ALOT better!- So.......this is my first post on my journey back to getting in shape. I encourage anyone to just throw on some tennis shoes and get moving!!!

RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY!!!

Is anyone else going crazy because it has rained EVERYDAY this week?!?!

Don't get me wrong, I am thankful for the rain, but EVERYDAY! I thought I would just post a few pics from last week when the girls were enjoying the beautiful weather. I just laugh when I think that the girls have a swing set and a trampoline yet all they want to do is dig holes in the dirt with their .97 shovel and buckets!!

House update

Construction finally started this week! We are so excited!! I've turned into a little bit of a construction site stalker!! Those construction workers are probably like "there's that crazy lady in the Pilot with the camera again!"

Monday evening

Tuesday afternoon

Friday eveing

Friday afternoon

Natalyn has picked out a place for her room and a place for Elia's.

Sleep over

Last weekend Natalyn had her first ever sleep over! She invited her BFF Mia and they had such a great time. They both wore their Rapunzel dresses 95% of the time. Natalyn told Mia that they were going to wear their dresses all day and all night and Mia thought that was the best idea ever!! I bought the girls a canvas each and they painted for almost an hour working on their masterpieces!! I was so proud of them. Natalyn has been friends with Mia for almost 3 years now and they just love to spend time together!!

And poor ol' Elia Rose felt nothing but rejection the entire time!!! 5 year olds do not want to play with 1 year olds!!!! The big girls did include Elia when they wanted to play in HER room with HER stuff though!!!

Our lot!!

Here is our lot!! Hopefully in the next week or so our house will be under construction. We closed on our house this morning, so we are now officially renters (of our own house). We are happy and thankful that we do not have to move more than once.

Natalyn's birthday!!

On Wednesday, Natalyn turned 5!!! I can't believe it!!

She is such a sweet and amazing little girl. She woke up on Wednesday to inform me that "she is 5 now. She was already 4!" Boo-hoo!!

So..........another year older.....what's a girl to do??? Go to the nail salon-that's what!

This was Natalyn's first time. She LOVED it! Looks like Scott will just have to add this to his monthly budget!haha

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Then back to the house to open some presents. Natalyn loves to play dress-up and to do arts-n-crafts. She was super excited to get new dress-up outfits so she can create new fashions. The new craft projects will keep her busy for hours.For about 6 months now, Natalyn has been wanting a Barbie House. But they are $150!!! Last Thursday, my friend Rachel called me from the Associate store and said there was one (unopened!) for $75. I told her TO GET IT!!!
Natalyn was soooooo happy! Look at that smile!!
Opening presents can really make a girl hungry. Natalyn decided that she wanted to go to P.F. Changs. ( I like to call this place Puff Daddy Changs-but that's just how I roll-ha)
Natalyn has always called this place the "horse restaurant" because of the horse statue out front, but now "per Natalyn, she is much more older" and now calls it P.F. Changs. This made Scott and I really sad! Can I get a boo-hoo?

After filling her tummy up, it was time to eat some CAKE!! Natalyn decorated her own cake this year. She wanted a Rapunzel cake. So I had decided to make a lemon cake and use yellow lemon icing and the plan was to make it look like Rapunzel's braid and put flowers randomly around it. (if you have no idea what I am talking about, you obviously haven't seen Tangled and need to do so.) But ol'Nat-Nat wanted to help, so I just let her have at it. 40 flowers later and finished!! She was very proud!!While daddy was gathering the 2 million pieces needed to put the Barbie House together, Natalyn put on a little fashion show.Elia Rose (my little tinker) decided that she would skip dress-up time and help daddy.10 hours later (just kidding)
WHAT A GREAT DAY!!!!

5 year pictures

Yesterday I took 5 year pictures of Natalyn. I can't believe that this is her last day as a 4 year old!!! Her favorite shoes are her red cowgirl boots, so I thought it was only fitting to have her wear them in her pics! Natalyn is sooooo excited to turn 5, she says it's a BIG GIRL number!ha Well, I have to agree, which makes me sad!