Healthy

Today is day two of trying to be healthy.  I've drank lemon water in the mornings, worked out 30 minutes and had kombucha instead of soda.  I did have some m&m's left over from Christmas though.  Baby steps.  For a mid morning snack I have been making Dan and me a faux juice.  I just blend together veggies and fruit with a tiny bit of OJ and a squeezed 1/2 lemon.  It's good and it seems to help me with cravings. 

We are getting ready to start back to school on Thursday.  I'm nervous but excited.  We all need to get back into some kind of routine around here.  I've been wishing I could come up with some great planning system to make sure the kids know what they need to complete each day and when to do it.  1/2 hour increments are perfect and seem to keep them on track, but then need more of a visual with exactly what all needs to be done. 

The kids have been cracking us up with what they say.  Quintin asked if it would be bad to marry someone in the military and have to depend on her for insurance.  Ashton said, "Well, then you'd have to let her drive the car and hold the remote".  What?!  And our church started a series on Proverbs so we have been trying to read one a night at home.  Landon's answer to the problem of the quarrelsome wife in the big house?  Get rid of the wife and then you'll have a big house.  uhhhh...

I was blessed to get to have dinner with a dear friend yesterday.  We went to a wonderful Himalayan Restaurant that I am pretty sure I could eat at every night.  This friend is going through some of the same struggles all of us homeschool moms go through.  Well, at least those of us with several children.  I think it was good for her to hear that I had the same struggles and thoughts on many things.  She is always such an encouragement to me and I pray I can be one to her, too. 

Baseball games start this weekend.  I am really worried about Landon and Thea's team.  The coaches are really sweet, but they are super young without experience.  I had prayed that they would have encouraging coaches and it looks like they will, but I hate to see them lose every game.  I'm trying to trust.  Help me God to trust.  Dan is coached Ashton's team and I hear they are improving.  It's hard for me to get to practices with all my little people in tow.  They don't exactly want to sit still and watch practice quietly.