Another early morning.

I'm not sure what's going on but the past three days I've been waking up in the early morning with a headache and each morning I can't get back to sleep. This morning it was 5:30 and now I'm going to be exhasted at my first tennis lesson. Let's hope that I get a second wind at about 8:30!

It's been a good week here. There has been a lot going on. I had a book club meeting on Tuesday. We discussed last month's book, A Tale of Desperaux. It was an interesting book and it's always fun to get together with the other ladies in the club. Then on Thursday the Relief Society had our annual birthday dinner. A dance company came and put on a beautiful perfomance. I went thinking that it would be boring but it really was great! I heard a lot of sniffles in the crowd and I was definitely emotional. I'm thankful for having that time to be truly introspective. I think I get so caught up in life and all of the demands of day-to-day that it's hard for me to take myself out of it and remember who I am and what I'm truly here for. I was just reminded to be a little easier on myself. I do not need to be perfect and worry about appearances so much. Be yourself and believe in yourself. That was a really good reminder for me.

On a lighter note, I decide to try out an aerobics class that one of the ladies in the ward has been teaching. I was unsure about how good of a workout it would be but it was actually a great workout and I'm even a little sore today. We went from 9:30 to 11:00 and worked the whole time. Not bad. I think I'll start going more often. What's really nice about it, too, is that we can take our kids and they can play on one side of the gym while we use the other side. Coleman was a little grumpy because I woke him up early but he enjoyed playing with the other kids. And Cooper sat quietly on a blanket the whole time and just played with toys and watched everybody. I can tell that he can't wait to be running around with the other kids.

I'm headed to tennis now. I'm a little nervous that I'll be awful but if I were awesome at tennis I wouldn't need lessons, right!? :)

Holy Migraine Part II

Ugh! I've been up since 4 am with this annoying headache! I tried to lay back down and go to sleep around 5:30 but it seems to get worse when I lay down. So, I decided to go on an early morning grocery trip. It's kind of nice to go to the store when no one else is there. You don't have to fight anyone for the good deals. Anyhow, sounds like Cooper isn't going to let me stay on here too long. I'll try and post more later.

A Family Saturday.

Yesterday, we went to go see the early showing of Ice Age 2. It was a really cute and funny movie. I did have a couple issues with adult language that was used but thankfully Coleman is still too young to pick up on it. Anyway, that's a whole other post. Most importantly, Coleman really enjoyed it and even though Will fell asleep a few times during the movie I'm sure he loved it, too! ;) Ha ha! After the movie, we went to Kohl's and Old Navy to buy Will some khakis for work and another pair of jeans. It was just too much pressure on me to try to keep the 2 pairs of pants that he wears clean at all times. So, now he's got several pair to choose from. Phew! I have to say, though, it is just painful to shop with my husband! He hates shopping and wants to buy pretty much anything he tries on so that we can leave ASAP. So, I had to force him to try things on until I found the pants that look the best on him. He's so funny like that...

After shopping, we came home and I took off to the gym and grocery store and brought back a couple movies from Redbox. Will and I watched Walk the Line about Johnny Cash and June Carter. It was definitely interesting. Joaquin Phoenix did a tremendous job. Boy, I think that guy really has some experience being a drug addict. He was convincing! I got Spongebob Squarepants: Where's Gary? for Coleman to watch. He watched it upstairs in the loft while we watched our movie downstairs. He came downstairs after it was over and said, "That was fun!" So cute, that boy!

You're fired!

Last night, we caught up on all the Apprentice episodes that we had recorded. Will and I really love to watch reality TV together and The Apprentice is one of our favorites. I think it's because we are both Apprentice wanna-be's. :) This season has been great so far.

Anyway, today should be a busy day. We are taking Coleman and Cooper to see Ice Age 2 after Will gets back from playing basketball. And then we have to go buy Will some new pants. That man just wears out work pants! His khakis are just not wearable anymore, so he's been wearing his jeans an awful lot. (Even his jeans are down to one pair.) And I don't think there is anything he likes less than shopping for clothes but today he has no choice. I think that we may look for a carpet deep cleaner, too. Our carpet has stains everywhere and I don't want to have to pay a carpet cleaning company every 6 months when I can do it myself, you know?! Oh, the perils of having a 4-yr-old!