June 2015

fishing with the boys at the neighborhood pond.

Hmmm I kinda feel like there isn't much to post in June besides all our vacations that got their own posts.  I guess we were home more than we were away but I kinda felt like as soon as we got home from one thing we were doing laundry, planning, and preping for the the next thing.

Will and Beth:

I finished my Beachbody boot camp on the 11th.  Overall I was very happy with the results.  Many days I was sore or aching a bit from the workout the day before but I kept with it and knew I had 3 other ladies from my MOPs group doing the workouts too and we were all encouraging each other everyday. I ended up losing 8 pounds and I think I definitely strengthened my core, legs, and butt.  I wrote down all of the workouts I did so I plan to continue to do some of them to keep toned and strong.  I also had no soda for the entire month, and no snacks after 7pm (I think I did cheat twice while we were on vacation) I also really tried to eat healthy meals and healthy snacks for the whole 30 days.  I tried some new recipes from my runners world cookbook that were all good.  Im hoping all this will help me as I start to amp up my running these next few weeks for the Chicago half marathon coming up in July.  However I have had a cold bugging me since we got home from Florida and I haven't had much energy for my long runs.  Hoping I can get this bug kicked and get back too it.

The Torch Runners

We listed Will's motorcycle as soon as we got home from our Kansas Trip and had someone interested in just a couple of days.  They came to see it and 2 days later bought it.  That was easy!
The PD had their annual special Olympics torch run on the 8th.  Where they run the length of town carrying the Olympic torch and hand it off to the next town all to raise awareness for the Special Olympics.  Since we were just getting home from our Kansas City trip and Will was still on a day schedule he wanted to run it and asked me if I wanted to do it too?  I said if I can push the boys in the jogging stroller sure.  So Will checked and it was fine.  So we all ran the 2.75 mile run from the police station down hwy 50 all the way to the Fairview/O'fallon border at the Dandy Inn.  It was cool because when you are running with the police you can run when you want where you want.  So we had 2 squad cars lead to stop traffic at intersections and a big SWAT vehicle behind us.  Unfortunately we got rained on pretty much the entire run, but our jogger is pretty waterproof so the boys were nice and dry inside.  Will and I took turns pushing the boys and the pace was slow so everyone could stick together.

the Torch Run.  

the hippo at the St. Louis Zoo

THE BOYS:

Here are some pics I took one night while we were playing outside,

love this face

Grants getting pretty good on the tricycle

goofy guy

A track we set up in the garage one night.....Grant may be out of bounds.

Having both boys home all day everyday has been interesting.  I guess I didn't really think about what an adjustment it would be since Rex was only gone 3 mornings a week.  But then we also had MOPS one morning and wow all that time apart and away really keeps us all sane and im missing it!  We are having lots of fun and im enjoying this summer with 2 big boys and no nap schedule to work around but some days are just tuff and long.  I know we will all miss Rex this fall when he is at school all day everyday but Im also realizing he's ready for it, and Im more ready for it than I thought I would be.

trying to get Rex to ride his big bike. Last fall his legs weren't quite long enough but now they are!

I feel like if there was one word for this month it would WET.  Not to mention the fact that it has rained and rained and rained all month long.  I feel like as soon as I get the towels and swim trucks cleaned we are out getting wet again.  From the ocean, to pool play dates, to the splash pad, to water gun fights in the back yard, to Carlyle lake, to hotel pools we have been having a lot of fun in the water all month. And summers only half over so im sure there will be lots more water fun in the near future!

Playing at Carlyle Lake beach