Have you ever thought about what it would be like to be a fly on someone's wall? Not literally, but to be able to listen and see what happens inside the walls of some families. I have often said that I'd like to be a fly on my friend's wall. The conversations she and her husband have crack me up. (or should I say, the conversations she tells me they have) Well, tonight's conversation within the walls of our home made me wonder what someone would think if they could hear the conversation we had this evening.
Some of you know that I have named my treadmill Henry. I also recently started doing the Biggest Loser workouts on our Xbox Kinnect so I often say, "I had a date with Bob today". (Bob Harper is one of the personal trainers on The Biggest Loser.) Also, I am a fan of Chip Ingram (http://www.lote.org/) and often listen to his sermons on my ipod while working out. Do you see where this is going???
After dinner tonight I went upstairs to put my workout clothes on. I came downstairs and made the announcement: "I'm going downstairs to have a date with Henry. He's been a little lonely since Bob came into my life". Both Sam and Jason knew exactly what I was talking about and didn't blink an eye. Although, Sam did say to Jason, "Dad, looks like you've got some competition". We all laughed.
I have also been known to say, "I'm going to bed with Chip. Goodnight all!". When what I really meant was, I was going upstairs to lay in bed and listen to Chip's sermons.
So, to listen in on these conversations would lead someone to believe I was breaking the seventh commandment. See Exodus 20:14
A little glimpse inside the walls of our home.
~ Oh if you could hear some of our other conversations. ;) ~
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
An Annual Trip
This past weekend we took a much needed trip to Estes Park. It was President's Day weekend so the kids had Monday off of school. We left Saturday morning and came home late Monday afternoon. Whenever we take trips or do something like this, I usually have two things on my mind. How much weight am I going to gain and how much money are we going to spend. I believe I can say we did pretty good on both of those topics.
We cooked all our food at the condo, not eating out once. Which helped with both subjects. Most of the time everyone did whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. Took naps, played games, sat in the hot tub, ate snacks, watched tv, etc. We also went sledding up in Rocky Mountain National Park twice on Sunday. Once in the morning and once later in the afternoon. We did some window shopping in Estes in between sledding and Doug and Peyton got their picture taken at one of those old time photo places. It was fun to watch. Then we went back to the sledding hill. It started snowing on us when we were there in the afternoon and it was so pretty. We were the last to leave the sledding hill as it started getting dark. We drove home in the dark while it was snowing. It was actually quite pretty, coming from someone who doesn't like to drive in snow.
Monday morning we got up and had breakfast. Then got our snow gear on and headed into town to get our snowshoes. We drove up into the park (Rocky Mountain) and found a good snowshoeing trail near a lake. The wind was blowing really hard, which was blowing all the fresh snow around, and it was about 14 degrees out. But once we got into the trees it wasn't quite as bad. We had so much fun and it was the first time any of us had been snowshoeing. We snowshoed for over two hours! It's been on my "Bucket List" for a long time...and now I can cross it off...although I'd love to do it more often.
Between the sledding, walking around down town, Jason and me taking morning walks, and our snowshoing...I didn't gain weight. And the only money we really spent besides the condo was on Doug and Peyton's photo shoot and renting snowshoes! I think this weekend was a success.
We had a great time and are now home to get back to "normal". The kids are back in school, Jason is off to work, and I'm home putting the house back together and getting laundry done. Right where I wanna be.
Life is good!
We cooked all our food at the condo, not eating out once. Which helped with both subjects. Most of the time everyone did whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. Took naps, played games, sat in the hot tub, ate snacks, watched tv, etc. We also went sledding up in Rocky Mountain National Park twice on Sunday. Once in the morning and once later in the afternoon. We did some window shopping in Estes in between sledding and Doug and Peyton got their picture taken at one of those old time photo places. It was fun to watch. Then we went back to the sledding hill. It started snowing on us when we were there in the afternoon and it was so pretty. We were the last to leave the sledding hill as it started getting dark. We drove home in the dark while it was snowing. It was actually quite pretty, coming from someone who doesn't like to drive in snow.
Monday morning we got up and had breakfast. Then got our snow gear on and headed into town to get our snowshoes. We drove up into the park (Rocky Mountain) and found a good snowshoeing trail near a lake. The wind was blowing really hard, which was blowing all the fresh snow around, and it was about 14 degrees out. But once we got into the trees it wasn't quite as bad. We had so much fun and it was the first time any of us had been snowshoeing. We snowshoed for over two hours! It's been on my "Bucket List" for a long time...and now I can cross it off...although I'd love to do it more often.
Between the sledding, walking around down town, Jason and me taking morning walks, and our snowshoing...I didn't gain weight. And the only money we really spent besides the condo was on Doug and Peyton's photo shoot and renting snowshoes! I think this weekend was a success.
We had a great time and are now home to get back to "normal". The kids are back in school, Jason is off to work, and I'm home putting the house back together and getting laundry done. Right where I wanna be.
Life is good!
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