3 months to get Ready

I am so excited to announce that on June 12,2009 Jeramie and I will be running/walking the Helvatia Marathon. It is a 13 mile marathon that starts at 8:00am. I don't care if it takes me all day to finish. I will cross the finish line. I am determined to start training this week. I can't wait to start this new journey. I will keep you posted on how it goes.

Love you all!

Okay so when it comes to the computer I'd like to say that I knew my way around and at one time I did but... I am no longer savvy! I just discovered the comment thing. Seriously you all left such kind comments. I thank you! Today was a great day as I went shopping I desperately need clothes I didn't come home with much and that is okay. But what I did come home with was my own personal inspiration. I guess what I mean is I came away tonight with self confidence back. It has been so long since I looked in the mirror and liked what I saw. I am feeling better with my health and love that I can run 2 miles without stopping. It has been a long road to travel but a Journey I have loved.

I want to thank you all for your encouragement and support as this is from time to time a tough road to travel.

A little something for you to see!

oops picture was deleted from the correct order. Tanner and Renee playing at the first park we played at on Saturday.
Okay so this is an old picture of me taken when I was visiting family in California for my Grandmothers funeral. I had a few people ask me to post pictures of me now. Since August I have been working hard to get weight off. I have been loving every minute of it. I know that people say it is hard but for me it hasn't' been easy but lots of fun! In all of this I have truly learned a lot about my self and what is really important. I love getting up 2 days a week at 5:20am to get ready for class and am very proud to say that on my own I get up Saturday am before my family is up and exercise for 1hr and 1/2. I have change my eating habits drastically and have now since August lost 45lbs. I still have lots to loose but that is okay for me. I LOVE IT! So below is the newer improved me. It really is me. Go ahead and look.
TaDA! See I love me. I just love looking at this picture accept I still critique it. But you know what they say you are your worst critique. Thank you to all who support me on a daily basis. I love you and you know who you are.





Jeramie got this picture just as all these birds flew on the water.

Daddy had President's Day off so we thought we'd go for a hike. But the place we went to had many inches of snow still on the ground. Since the trails were covered in snow we had a picnic lunch at a park in Forest Grove by Tanner's swim center. The kids found the tree and had fun climbing it.


Our little fish in the water. He loves swimming. Tanner saw the big dudes in the water and decided he wanted to do swim team later when he is older.
This is a great picture of Tanner on his back. He is floating with out help from his teacher. Great Job Tanner. Tanner had some difficulties with the backstroke. He is doing it. We are proud of him.

Snow AGAIN!

Last night my sister informed me that there was a chance we'd have snow. She asked me if I would like a phone call at 5:30 in the morning if school was to be cancelled. Well since I am already up I said yes. What do ya know I woke up to the alarm and no snow. So off to exercise class I went. It was freezing this am. Oh, but after class it was Snowing ICE! ICE! Now it is snow big flakes and the kids are all off to school. I teach dance today and the garage is freezing. Time to get a heater. The little girls just freeze. Oh it is so cold. I think that we are ready for some warmer weather. Yesterday was my day to run it was 28 degrees in the morning. It made running very difficult. On the news they say we may get 2" of snow mixed with ice today. Wow wee have we had the cold temperatures. Some mornings when I get home from class I snuggle in with the kids and try to get warm my bones are so cold that I just freeze, then the shivering starts. I am ready for warmth. I know that it could be worse as 29-33 degrees isn't that cold to some places but... we are ready for sunny skies and 75 degree weather.

10 Years in the making!

So some of you know that Jeramie and I have recently celebrated our 10 year anniversary. Yeah! We had a great day. Jeramie had the day off work and we, as we do every year hung out with the kids. We seem to do a little something just for us around the first of February. We had been experiencing some cabin fever with all the snow and had dinner planned at home and on a whim went to Claim Jumper one of our favorite dinner spots. Since we got married on New Years Eve we always have enjoyed being with the kids. We had an enjoyable day went to dinner and when we got home we enjoyed playing games, building creatures out of legos, and watching Dick Clarks Rockin New Year. To ring in the new year we had a silly string war out side. The kids really love that every year they get to attack mom and dad.

10 Years in the making!

Our Christmas morning started off by getting woken up by 8:00 am. The kids ran into our room and wanted daddy to check if Santa had come. I got up immediately but... Daddy was another story. He was taking his sweet time. So it took some work on the kids part to get him up and when daddy was up the kids raced down to see what Santa had brought. First they went to see if Santa ate the cookies and the reindeer ate the carrots. Then off to see the Tree. I love to see their faces on Christmas morning.
Renee was excited as she got a Fancy Nancy puzzle from the Dotsons.

I printed out the vynal letters for Shannon to put above her couch on a drop down beam.
July 4, 1776
On December 26 Renee had her stitches out. She wanted Harrison to go with her as he had stitches in his had exactly one year ago. We love how supportive Harrison was.
Okay I didn't really put the pictures in the best order. Below is a picture of Tanner receiving his last gift. Our friend/neighbor makes Guitars. For the past 3 years Tanner has watched him make them and has expressed his desire to have one. For 3 years he kept saying to Wayne "Is that my Guitar?" Tanner even showed him a picture of how he wanted Wilson to build it. So we had Wilson make it for Christmas. He started building it back in the summer. Little by little the end result was above our expectation. It is absolutely amazing. The Guitar plays acoustic, and electric. The speakers, amplifier, are built in. Wilson even put in a jack that allows only Tanner to hear him playing. That was a bonus. Thank you Wilson for making Tanner's Day, week, month, Year and many more years to come.
priceless




Renee is always taking our camera. She takes pictures of everything. She is quit the Photographer. Jeramie wanted to get her her first camera. She was totally surprised. It was an unexpected gift.
Grandma Cameron made the kids aprons. They loved them and put them on right away. I loved them too. They were perfect. Thank you

Such a little mommy.


I love their faces when they are excited. Tanner loves comic books.

Now they wont steel my MP3. We got their own. YES!

Santa brought Renee a new dolly. She named her Carolina.
Renee taking pictures.
Pictures by Renee!

Taken by Tanner.
Christmas Eve We let them open one gift. I made Jammie bottoms and the got a new book.


Tanner taking pictures of Renee dancing.


Tanner off to play in the snow. We got creative with out having snow clothes. He had a pair of socks on with a bag over the top to keep the heat in then another pair of socks over the top. then big bags over that tied to his jeans and a pair of sweats over the bags. He stayed warm. The first time in the snow he was cold and we had to pop him in the warm bath to thaw him out. Tanner thought that this was fun.