Random Thoughts

My mind is a big jumbled mess right now, so this post is nothing but random thoughts! I apologize.

Classes started today! I am taking 3 classes and 3 labs. I must be crazy! We'll see :)

Ally started back at school today too. She has been wanting to go back all summer. I'm so happy she loves school so much. And, I'm so happy with the school that she is in. They are wonderful!

There is been so much going on with my family the last 2 weeks. Much more than I can write in one post. I will write another post on baby Thomas....when I can write it without crying!

Finally

Ugh, our computer has been on the fritz for a couple weeks now. And we finally got it back today. I'm just praying it doesn't crash again!!! I need to post pictures from the 4th of July....but will do that another day. I can't believe it has been almost 2 months since my last blog....I'm a slacker!!!

St. Augustine

Last week we went up to St. Augustine for a family reunion. We had such a fun time. We went to the beach every day and the pool every night. We also went to the Castillo de San Marco. It was fun, but way too hot. It's those kind of hot days that make me hate living in Florida!!!

Looking in the prison door to see if there was anyone in there.
Getting ready to fire the cannon. It was so loud!! I couldn't imagine how loud it would have been with all the cannons going off during the war.
My Dad and nephew, Troy, with one of the guards

She kept telling me it was dirty!

Ally & Daddy in front of the fort
Me and my honey

This was so fun to watch!! So glad I was taking the picture :)

Ally was not in the mood for a family picture....can you tell?

The Odom Family....we were missing my PaPa and my Uncle Wynn's Family

Kafe Kokopelli

There is a local restaurant here that we love...Kafe Kokopelli. They have the best French Baguettes ever! They also have the best Sangria I have ever had in my life! But, the best thing on their menu is the Belgian Waffle a la mode. You can make it any way you want. We went to dinner Friday night and ordered one. This was Ally's first waffle from there. We ordered it with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, caramel sauce and whipped cream. The look on Ally's face when it came out was priceless. After a few bites she leans over to me and says "Mommy, this is how I need you to make my waffles for breakfast!". My husband and I about died, it was so funny!!!

She's so funny!

I've been meaning to write down some of the silly things Ally says and does.

Her favorite right now is "You're gonna get fired"...she says this whenever she is mad at us. Like she can fire us from being her parents. Don't ask me where she heard this phrase from?? I guess she will be the new Donald Trump :)

Another one she says if she's mad is "You are not invited to my birthday party anymore" I keep telling her she's going to un-invite everyone and there will be nobody there but her. FYI her birthday isn't until November!!!

Instead of ta-da she says da-ta!

She can sing all the lyrics from Boom Boom Pow, That's Not My Name and Halo. She loves music and learns the songs very quickly! She also likes to watch the videos and dance to them. I can't wait for her to start ballet in January. I think she will be a natural.

My new favorite book!

My friend gave me this book to read about 4 months ago. Since I was in school I did not get around to reading it until last week. Oh my goodness....the funniest book I've ever read. If you've ever been on a diet or have known someone who has....this is a must read. I read it in 2 days!! I started a "diet" a little over 4 weeks ago and this book just puts into words what my head and body are going through. She talked about everything from making fun of Jenny Craig to her personal trainer conveniently named Barbie!!!

Wowza!!

My friend Stephanie and I have been working out for about 4 weeks now. We go Sunday-Thursday around 9:00 at night. There is a 24 hour gym near by. We put the kiddos to bed and head off to the gym. We usually get home around 11. I look forward to this time to "escape" from Mommyville. It's fun to sweat my rump off with one of my best friends. She pushes me to try new things and harder things...and in return I push her too. In the last 4 weeks I've lost 7 pounds and have lost almost 15 inches!!! Can you believe that, because I sure can't. I've pretty much lost at least 2 inches from every part of my body. In June we will start working with a personal trainer 3 times a week. We decided that we wanted to try and get back into exercising before we have a trainer kill us!! :) :) It should be interesting to see the things he will have us do.