I think Spring finally decided to show up!

    Today the weather was so nice.  My Sis, in Phoenix, would think it was still chilly, BUT not here in Wisconsin!  Highs in the upper 40's means . . . .  no coats!  I love being able to leave my coat in the closet.  Us track coaches are hoping that the 10" of snow we had covering the track on Monday is going to make a rapid exit.  The kids are itching to get outside to run and do field events.  So for now, we are getting them conditioned indoors.
      I have been able to work out with them - at least in my part of the rotation.  We divide them by grade and each grade does training with a coach and then they rotate to the next coach.  I have been working on core and arm exercises.  Some great workouts - and I get to do them 3 times.  I am really liking it - so we'll see how it goes.  After watching some of them do agilities (which are walking a certain way the length of the gym) I am amazed none of them fall down walking in the halls each day at school.  Although, it has been cool to see improvement in them in just 3 days.  Some kids are very coordinated and athletic, some are far from it.  There is a place for everyone, though.

    Today was a day off for me.  I got to sleep in, the weather was warm & beautifully sunny, and Fred & I bought a brand new bedroom set (the first one ever in our 25 years together!)  We've had bedroom furniture, but it has always been owned by someone else first (we got new mattresses, of course).  I think it was a triple bonus day!  Oh yeah, and a really nice nap this afternoon.  Sweet!!!!

   To catch you up on a few things that happened recently:  Scott's Eagle Court of Honor went very well, short, sweet and now done.  It was nice to see all those that either came, sent a card or called to congratulate him.  I am just so impressed he wanted it and completed it in such a timely fashion.  Being in the two troops really helped him, but was a bit of a dilemma in planning the program.  We kept it short so we didn't have to find too many people from each troop to participate.  Each Scoutmaster had a part, the local troop did the flag ceremony, church troop did the prayers.  Other than that no one else was needed.  But there was the issue of only one Mentor pin for Scott to hand out.  Just by chance we saw on the BSA Scout Shop website that they do sell individual Mentor pins.  Perfect!  He sent the one in the Eagle award set to his brother Tim because he is the reason he wanted to be an Eagle Scout in the first place.  Then we bought 2 more, one for each Scoutmaster.  Worked out very well.

    Megan has a prom dress and we already have it back from being altered.  She's almost set for Prom next weekend with her good friend, Garrett.  It is his Prom next weekend.  I just have to fix some spots where the  beads are loose or missing - nothing major.  :)   He officially asked her to Prom last Sunday at church by filling our car with balloons.  She was in a very good mood the rest of the day.

    Much to almost everyone's amazement, Scott is now taking his Driver's Ed class.  No one can believe he is old enough for this - time has passed so very quickly.  He looks and acts old enough, it just seems like yesterday his brother Tim was throwing him up on his shoulders for rides around the yard.  Where does the time go?

Hang on the to good things and may each day be a triple bonus day!

Love Ya,
Bren

Oops! Slipped up again. . .

I really intended to blog sooner than a month.  Time got away from me.  Guess I've been busy.

I got the airline ticket for Alexa to fly from Salt Lake to New York to join us on the high school music dept tour in June.  Should be tons of fun and lots to see.  She will fly back to Salt Lake and then back up to school because she will be in the middle of her second semester at BYU-Idaho.  She is having a fabulous time in class and with all her new friends.

I also got the airline tickets to fly out to Phoenix in October.  It will be a great week! I am so excited to spend a week with cousins and my sis!!!!!

Still trying to workout and take some weight off.  My body adapted to the higher protein, low carb diet and won't let go of a single ounce of fat.  I've had some great workouts, too.  Very frustrating and not sure what to do from here.

I am an assistant track coach this year for the middle school and that starts the last week of March.  I was hoping to be a little trimmer by the time it started, but no such luck.  It should be fun.  The kids are great and we are just laying a foundation for them, which takes a lot of pressure off as a coach.  Don't have to worry about training Olympians, just get them started on their skills and see what they do best.  It is a very short season, only about 7 weeks.  Megan and Scott have started track at the high school already.  They went right from ending cheer into track.

Really looking forward to driving out to Utah at the end of June to see Bry, Mark and that sweet grandbaby!  Korbin has gotten so big, he's 33" tall and not even 18 months old yet.  While I am visiting with them, Megan and Scott will be at EFY.  It is an amazing youth program in our church.  The youth have a great experience meeting new people and building their testimony.  If the youth have hope in Christ, they can withstand a lot of the bad things in this world.

For right now, we are all set for Scott's Eagle Court of Honor tomorrow.  Family coming in to town and friends from all over the area.  It will be wonderful to have it all done.  I don't think he realizes how big a deal it is to have achieved the rank of Eagle before age 16.  He will someday, but it means that I can begin to ease out of the local troop committee.

I am not hurting for things to do, but would be nice to let one thing go.

Meg is getting ready for her Junior Prom.  We got her dress on Wednesday.  Now it needs a little bit of altering (which I will not be doing) and a black shrug.  I will post pics after Prom.  Tomorrow we get shoes, jewelry and the shrug, if at all possible.

Like I said, always lots to do.  Work is going pretty well. I love being at work only 4 days a week.  It is so flexible.  I can take a day off or bank them until I need to use them.  I have to days banked right now, but will use them up with the middle school track season.  I will need to leave work at 3 each day for practice and earlier on days we have away meets.  I can use the banked time a little each day.

I have been meaning to post my new year's resolutions.  Just haven't come up with them yet.  I don't really begin things at New Year's, but work on new things year round.  The create a list means I would have to take the time to sit down and think about it.  It is usually going from one project to the next with me, so beyond that takes quite a bit of thought.

We'll see how this goes.

Have a wonderful weekend!!!!

Love Ya,
Bren