Nice Fall Weekend and Weekly Weigh In

I don't how it was where you live this past weekend but here in Ohio we had FALL weather. On Saturday the highs never made it out of the mid-sixties and Saturday night it dropped down into the low forties! I was LOVING it.....I LOVE fall weather. Unfortunately...it wasn't here to stay and it's supposed to heat back up this week. I just wish it could stay "fall" all year long. I am not a fan of summer. The only thing I like about summer are Thunderstorms and we didn't get too many this summer. I just don't like summer. Probably because I am a homebody and love to curl up on the couch with the fireplace on and read a book rather then pack up and head to the beach...but that's just ME!

So we just hung out this weekend. We did go to the mall because I had a couple of coupons I wanted to use and wanted to get some Christmas shopping done for the kids we buy for. Yes, I think WAY ahead because that way you get the BEST deals! So most of my Christmas shopping is done for the kids we buy for (no not MY kids...who the heck even knows what we will end up getting them) but the other 7 kids I buy for (Kris's younger siblings and our nieces and nephew). WHEW...done.

I finally got the camera back out and tried my best to get pictures of Mikayla but just LOOK at them. These were all taken in a five minute time span (the first set in the skirt) and she is in a different spot each picture. This child doesn't sit still for a single second. I was just telling Kris I think she walks three miles a day in the living room! LOL. Alec told me I could NOT take a picture of him but I snapped one anyway and then I had to bribe him with Pop Tarts to get the one on the couch with Mikayla.

I am getting ready to get fall pictures done of the kids and I am thinking to myself....WHY are you going to put yourself through that!? Is it even possible to GET a picture of them together? Probably not and I have no idea how long Mikayla will last in a photo shoot either. I am enlisting my mom to come up that day and help. HELP...I know I will need HELP!

Well I had another good week on my diet although I am not really dieting. I am just trying to eat better. I am not counting calories or points...I am just eating better. Period. So this week I lost 2 pounds. So I have lost a total of 5.5 pounds in two weeks. I know next week I will lose more. This week wasn't as good because a female friend should be visiting tomorrow if you get my drift. I usually GAIN five pounds when my female friend pays me a visit so I am impressed at myself for actually LOSING 2 pounds! What a nice change!

So I checked and I have had over 700 hits to my blog in just the past couple of days. It made me feel REALLY guilty because you all are looking for a "new post" and I have not posted. I really promise to get better and post more. I just feel like if I can't get pictures of the kids on here I shouldn't post because everyone wants to see the kids rather then listen to me TALK. LOL.

So check out the pics...you have waited long enough!

I am still for .3 seconds

Mom..NO PICTURES OF ME...NO! Too bad Alec...I took one anyways! HAHAHA

I caught a HALF smile!

On the Moooooove!!!!

1 second later...new location!

Hmmm...where to NOW!?

Are you kidding me mom!? How long do you think I will actually STAY on this couch!?

Well...long enough for a DECENT picture of the two kids!

Ok I took this of Alec today. He wore this Spiderman Suit from the minute he woke up until the moment he went to bed! Ignore his hair....YES..I know he needs a haircut!

For Alec's birthday my Aunt Chris and Uncle Danny sent him a science kit. On Sunday Kris and Alec did it. It was SO cool. Things were popping and fizzing and bubbling all over the place. Alec thought it was the coolest thing in the world. He ADORES stuff like this and he keeps asking me to get him another one!