Yes, I finally took the pictures off my new camera and so I will start filling my blog. (No promises though.)

Well last weekend we were all wonderfully surprised by the rain that came down. Thank you to Merilee for bringing it with you. I always love it when you do that. Well Mer also had the fabulous idea of take a puddle walk. We all had so fun much that I have to share some pictures with everyone.

	There’s not much better that walking through mud puddles with the people you love
	This one is just for Merilee.
	This one is for Megan.
	Sorry Mer, just couldn’t resist

I know everyone is posting about So You Think You Can Dance. I just had to jump on the boat. I’m not putting up any clips though. My sisters and I spent about 4 hours on Saturday watching our Tivo’d episodes. It was time well spent. Addie was almost in tears when she told me she wanted to be a dancer when she grows up. I am so stupid, cuz I was so choked up when she told me that. I love it when kids can see beauty in art.

Anyway, so Megan and I are thinking about having a finale show/dance party. Ok, maybe I just made up the last part. I don’t remember. This is a party, we will have dancing?! ( This is a castle. You do have tapestries?!) We still have to run this by Mom first because she had the great big TV and the most room. Anyone want to come? Let me know. I think it would be so fun.

So I know I haven’t posted for a while.  I think it’s a mixture of the heat, exercise (although I’ve heard that is supposed to increase your energy level), and the increase of children’s activities, but I am so tired lately.  I have been going to bed at like 9 or 10 every night.  Yes, I know this is an excuse, but really, I would always post after everyone is gone to bed.  Now I’m the first one there.  This is insane.  You’d think I was getting old or something.  Actually I kind of felt old the other day.  I was doing my visiting teaching and I was the oldest one there.  I don’t think that has ever happened before.  I was always the one that everyone said, wow you’re so young.  Now I’m thinking, wow I’m so old.  I don’t feel old.  I still want to play and dance and pretend I’m a hipster.  Are those days done?  I really hope not.

Megan and I went to the gym the other day to do a resistance class.  It was called body pump.  Whoa Nelly, was it hard.  Now, we’ve been walking/ jogging (Megan, Natalie, and I) for about 2 months now working our way up to doing a 5k.  I know to some that is cake, but we are very excited that we can now jog for a full half hour without stopping or dying.  So, I feel pretty healthy.  We talked to a trainer and she said to reach our goal we need to do some resistance too, aka weight training.  So we went to the class thinking it might be kind of hard, but we could get through it.  I was so not expecting the lack of mobility that came afterward.  The class was hard, but we did it.  The push ups and lunges were the hardest for me, but that came after the weights and squats.  Really it took 3 days to be able to walk normal or sit and stand normally again.  Now the soreness is gone and I’m going running in the morning for the first time by myself.  weird.  I am going to have to try  a few of the other classes still, but wherever I go I hope it doesn’t lead to gimpiness again.

I have some really cute pictures of Antoinette from her birthday I keep meaning to put on here but first I have to take them off of my camera.  They are on a compact flash card and I don’t have a card reader for it.  I guess I could just get out my cables.  Wow, I am lazy.

Well, I guess it’s time for bed.  I will be better at keeping myself updated.  Have a great week everyone!

Oh, and yes I do know that was a random picture but I couldn’t just be picture free now could I?