Vida. Risa. Amor.

About once or twice a year it happens...I actually get sick.  And I have to admit, I don't really like it.  The best part of it is that you get to lay in bed all day and watch some T.V.  I've been watching a lot of TLC lately and besides What Not to Wear, and Cupcake wars, I watched the finale of Sarah Palin's Alaska tonight, and I have to say, I really think she's a cool lady.  She's very optimistic,  loves adventures, outdoors, her family, and runs an hour a day.  Seriously cool...and she's a Mom before everything else.

Well I had a busy week and it was good for this Arizona Mom to seriously chill this weekend.  3 of our kids are in sports now, so that's always interesting to figure out, and the first week back to school after a Christmas break is really hard to get back into routine....and it's cold.  I sleep with 2 extra pillows to keep my feet warm, or I get up and blow dry them until they get warm again.  It works.

Earlier in the week I painted Aydan & Rylan's room, (Aydan is my one kid that gets super excited like me for room makeovers).  The dark blood-red paint had to go, and I replaced it with a nice pleasant relaxing soft blue.  (The color of Rylan's ni-ni).  My next project is to spray paint their black dressers gray, but since I was seeing stars from finishing Aydan's desk I thought it might be wise take a break.

Thursday I ran 8 miles.  It felt great and for some reason that's becoming a weekly goal of mine.  The trick is running 4 miles away, so then you have to run the 4 miles back.

Friday night we had Aydan's 8th birthday party at PeterPiper Pizza.  It is so nice to not have to worry about clean up or entertainment for a bunch of wild boys.  With 300 kids running around I'm pretty sure this is where I caught the bug that's plaguing me now.

Saturday was brutal...Aydan had an 8 a.m. game, with an arrival time of 7:30, and Lanie had her first softball game at 3...with an arrival time at 2:30....leaving at 5.  I begged Chemo to take me out that night and I think I wasn't a very fun date since I was shivering with chills and barely able to carry a conversation.

And so maybe it's true when you go, go, go, you set your immune system up for a big crash.  After the medicine kicked in, it was fun snuggling with my boys tonight while watching TV and it's nice to have both my girls hanging around too.  It was nice to slow down and really pay attention to each of them.

Rylan loves batman...can you tell?  Evidently, we have 9 of them, and he wants each and every one of them.

If Aydan isn't on Club Penguin on the computer, he's probably playing it on his DSI or on the Wii.  I have to beg him to try and play outside.

Lanie is an amazing helper.  She helped Grandpa put up the Christmas decorations in the attic today.  She's also been so sweet and helpful to me today, and is a great pitcher/first baseman/catcher on her softball team.

Josie made brownies today and loves to play Just Dance with the boys on the Wii....she has a great sense of humor and loves to laugh.  She told me she was sorry I felt sick...it's nice to feel cared about.  I love the notes she writes me from time to time...I like to hang them all up on the insides of my cabinets.

So I just love my kids.  That's it.