'Before' P90X

We started doing P90X last week. For those of you who do not know what P90X is, it's a 90 day workout that is supposed to turn flab into rock hard muscle. Part of the program is taking before and after pictures. While I'm sure you all are dying to see my 'before' picture I'd rather spare you the stitch in your side you would get from laughing, and show you Zeke's 'before' picture. Actually, you'll probably still get that stitch in your side. Sorry.

San Jose loving?

So, I have a love/hate relationship with this city. I love it because it has wonderfully employed my husband in a job he loves. And as a wife, I can always be grateful that my husband loves his job. I hate it because it is noisy. I mean, seriously, how many times can the weed whackers and leaf blowers and lawn mowers come to our neighborhood? Well, because I'm a complainer like that and make up fantasy conversations in my head about telling off the city because the garbage truck comes 14 times a week down the same street to empty the dumpsters (catch my breath), I worked the numbers.
Sunday: Quiet. Probably because it is the Lord's Day and he strikes down any garbage truck
attempting to leave the dump.
Monday: Some truck that backs up and beeps for like 1 minute at 6:30 in the morning. EVERY
Monday.
Tuesday: Recycling, which is right outside our window. The truck has to go down the driveway
pick up the dumpsters, back up because the wires hang too low. So, the truck dumps
the trash into his truck right outside our bedroom window. All this before 7 am.
Wednesday: Recycling on the other side of the street. Why???? I don't understand!!
Leaf blowers who come at 1pm, nap time, of course. And they walk up the stairs
and blow pollen into our open windows. Again, why?
Thursday: Trash at the complex behind us. Hmmm.
Friday: Trash day before 7 am. A very loud and entertaining event for my boys.
Weed whackers and lawn mowers after 5 ish pm.
Saturday: Again lawn and leaf blowers in the am.

It is so noisy, but my boys enjoy the entertainment that is the garbage trucks. Again, annoying things made bearable because of your kids' smiles.
Quietly yours,
Kelly

We love our cousins

Having sisters who live near me is a huge plus. Having sisters that live near me and also have kids who are my kids' ages is super sweet. I don't know what I would do without my niece and nephews. My boys would certainly be lonely. They're also very cute. Look at them, they're just asking to be picked up and squeezed. Which I do frequently.

Heat wave equals escape

When it gets way too hot to handle here in San Jose, we head over the hill to Santa Cruz or Monterey. We love the coast! Too bad we don't live there anymore (pouting). Santa Cruz is just a day trip, but Monterey is an overnighter...my favorite. I love little getaways. It breaks up the predictability of my everyday, plus we get quality family time. Happy time.

Quesadilla on the head

Nothing warms my heart more than to hear my kids laugh. When Zeke thinks something is funny (which is very often) he cracks up. I mean he laughs hard. Not just a little chuckle, but a from-the-gut laugh. Of course it makes me laugh too. So, Sawyer throws his food around because he thinks that is funny. We were eating quesadillas for lunch and Sawyer threw his and it landed on his head. Needless to say, Zeke thought that was the funniest thing ever, and he wanted to put his quesadilla on his head too. Naturally I took pictures and I almost put a quesadilla on my head, but no one could take a picture of that.

I want that and that and that

It really bugs me that almost everyday I can think of 40 different things that I want that I swear would make my life better. Some things obviously would (air conditioning), others might (a larger vehicle).

Let me take you into my thought process world: I wish I had a double jogging stroller that I could easily fold up( I have 2 double strollers already BTW). Of course, I would have to buy a bigger car to fit the huge double stroller (Honda Pilot or Subaru Tribeca). To house the car that wouldn't fit in our tiny carport, I would have to have a 2 car garage. 2 car garages usually come with houses so I guess we should just buy a house. But if we get a house I would have to furnish it, which means all the current stuff in our apartment would have to be replaces because it wouldn't match the new pieces that I would have to get to furnish our new house. And on and on and on.
My thoughts have distracted me from the road and I have now missed my exit. I then have to make a U-turn while Zeke says, "Mama go wrong way" from the backseat. (I get lost so often that every time I make a U-turn, Zeke associates it with me getting lost).

So, my point is that I am way too consumed with stuff, especially stuff that I think will make my life easier. I want to live satisfied with what I have and to be thankful for a body that can push a jogging stroller and a car that starts up every morning.

Putting my life in perspective one day at a time,

Kelly

Sawyer B- not his middle initial, but sounds cute.

My little baby #2 is getting so big and cuter and cuter by the second. He has 6 sharp teeth, and has proven a couple times his ability to sleep 10 hours straight.