Catch Up

A few weeks ago we went to the zoo with Mandi and her Grandma and her Sis-in-law. It was a lot of fun and a great way for the kids to spend their last day of Christmas break. Caleb was not cooperating for pictures, instead he decided to head butt my chest by throwing himself backwards, but Mandi was lucky to click the camera just in time when he was on his way up.

Four Generations

Tom's Grandma Chambers has come for a visit this month. We had her and his parents over for dinner last night, it was great to see her. It's been many years since Tom and I saw her last, I think even before we had kids. So it was great to sit and visit and catch up.

Back Row: Grandma Chambers, Kraig & Karen

Front Row: If you don't know who these people are you shouldn't be reading this.

And I hope she doesn't kill me.

I promised I wouldn't post this picture, but this was just the absolute funnest thing we've done in a long time. Mandi and I took the babies and rode around the zoo in this lovely bicycle contraption. And boy did we get a work out. It was exhausting, we only went for an hour, but managed to circle the zoo a few times. Every time we would get to the top of a huge hill and then go down the bottom, Mandi would say, "let's turn around and go back up!". Yeah, you can tell who's been working out and who hasn't in that relationship. Aaahhh!! I was tired.

And speaking of working out, Yoga 5x a week is going swell, probably because it's only two days in. I wrangled my husband into working out with me yesterday and gleefully kicked his trash. It was great. He even called me Jillian and I swelled with pride. And even old Paul is hanging in there, except when I dropped a laundry basket on him and he howled in pain, I might have dropped a tear myself.