The kids love to accompany Daddy on the piano.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Mauree's Painted Mohawk
I was trying to clean, I should have known that my kids were being too good.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Hanna saw her star shaped box and just started singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. The amazing part is that I didn't teach it to her. It's not a song I sing very often. She must have learned it in nursery, she loves nursery.
This I know she learned from The Princess and the Frog.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Getting in Shape!
Four days in a row of INSANITY. Feeling good.
Short Term Goal: 100% on my fit to fight test
My current score is 87, it is the only time I've scored below a 95. The sit ups are killing me since having twins. To get a 100 I need to have a 29" or lower waist, done, not hard if you're only 5 ft tall. A mile and a half run in 10:23, not too hard, only slightly faster than a 7 minute mile. 47 push ups in a minute and 54 sit ups in a minute. I usually max out or come close to maxing out on everything but the sit ups, they are my nemesis. It's not hard to do 60 situps. It is hard to do 60 situps in one minute . . right after doing push ups as fast as you can . . . with some crazy dude standing over you with a clip board.
Long Term Goal: Beat the fastest female run time at Tinker AFB
Last time I was at the testing center the fast female time for the base was like 9:30 something. My fastest time as an adult is 9:26 about a 6 minute mile. That's going to take some effort. I don't even want to admit what my current run time is but I can do it if I run every day.
Distant Goal: 6 pack
Lets get real. I love food. I love baking. I've never even had flat abs before, not even as a kid. But I can usually feel some serious muscle under that layer of flubber. So just maybe if I focus on my core and eat better I can at least get a little definition there.
Really what it comes down to is that I'm competitive and I want that top f2f score and have bragging rights. And I'm still young and I want to feel like it. I still have a lot of races I want to run, a lot of mountains I want to climb, and slopes I want to ski. I need to get back in shape and stay that way now before I get old and it becomes even harder.
. . . hiking and skiing might be a little difficult in Kansas . . .
Short Term Goal: 100% on my fit to fight test
My current score is 87, it is the only time I've scored below a 95. The sit ups are killing me since having twins. To get a 100 I need to have a 29" or lower waist, done, not hard if you're only 5 ft tall. A mile and a half run in 10:23, not too hard, only slightly faster than a 7 minute mile. 47 push ups in a minute and 54 sit ups in a minute. I usually max out or come close to maxing out on everything but the sit ups, they are my nemesis. It's not hard to do 60 situps. It is hard to do 60 situps in one minute . . right after doing push ups as fast as you can . . . with some crazy dude standing over you with a clip board.
Long Term Goal: Beat the fastest female run time at Tinker AFB
Last time I was at the testing center the fast female time for the base was like 9:30 something. My fastest time as an adult is 9:26 about a 6 minute mile. That's going to take some effort. I don't even want to admit what my current run time is but I can do it if I run every day.
Distant Goal: 6 pack
Lets get real. I love food. I love baking. I've never even had flat abs before, not even as a kid. But I can usually feel some serious muscle under that layer of flubber. So just maybe if I focus on my core and eat better I can at least get a little definition there.
Really what it comes down to is that I'm competitive and I want that top f2f score and have bragging rights. And I'm still young and I want to feel like it. I still have a lot of races I want to run, a lot of mountains I want to climb, and slopes I want to ski. I need to get back in shape and stay that way now before I get old and it becomes even harder.
. . . hiking and skiing might be a little difficult in Kansas . . .
Monday, August 13, 2012
Best Kids App Ever!
This week I discovered the best kids app ever called Zoodles. It works on computers, tablets, and phones. It locks your kids into the Zoodles app activity center so no matter what they push they can't screw up your desktop or access random websites. You can also customize it to allow kids to play on websites or apps you approve of but again it locks that additional content into the activities center so that your kids can not navigate away from what you approve of.
You can add profiles for multiple children customizing age appropriate activities and thing they can and can't do for each child. To log in the child just clicks/touches their picture.
Within the activity center kids can play games, watch video clips, doodle, and send and receive video mail from family and friends that you add to your child's contact list. Send and invite to family and friends and they can be added to your contact list and you or they can upload their picture and all you child has to do is find their picture to send them a message. These family members can also record themselves reading any of the books in your zoodles library allowing your kids to have story time with their favorite grandparent or aunt any time!
The free version is a great option. I opted for the year subscription so that I could access all of the books (only about 10) and parental controls that they have available.
You should check it out!
Zoodles
You can add profiles for multiple children customizing age appropriate activities and thing they can and can't do for each child. To log in the child just clicks/touches their picture.
Within the activity center kids can play games, watch video clips, doodle, and send and receive video mail from family and friends that you add to your child's contact list. Send and invite to family and friends and they can be added to your contact list and you or they can upload their picture and all you child has to do is find their picture to send them a message. These family members can also record themselves reading any of the books in your zoodles library allowing your kids to have story time with their favorite grandparent or aunt any time!
The free version is a great option. I opted for the year subscription so that I could access all of the books (only about 10) and parental controls that they have available.
You should check it out!
Zoodles
Thursday, August 2, 2012
LDS Olympians!
| Olympians | Representing | Sport | Medals | Notes | |
| Nathaniel Tu'amoheloa | Pago, America Samoa | Wrestling | |||
| Jill Camarena-Williams | Tucson, AZ | Indoor Shot put | 12th 2008 | (Stanford/BYU) | |
| Becky Holliday | Eugene, OR | Pole Vault | (U of Oregon) | ||
| Tumau Anae | Orange, CA | Water Polo | (U of Southern Cali) | ||
| Russell Holmes | Orange, CA | Volleyball | Gold 2008 | (BYU) | |
| Ryan Millar | Alpine, UT | Volleyball | Gold 2008 | (BYU) | |
| Rich Lambourne | Louisville, Kentucky | Volleyball | Gold 2008 | (BYU_ | |
| Jake Gibbs | Bountiful, UT | Beach Volleyball | 5th 2008 | (U of Utah) | |
| Sarah Robles | Desert Hot Springs, CA | Weightlifting | |||
| John Nunn | Bonsall, CA | Racewalking | (Army Staff Sergeant) | ||
| Breeja Larson | Mesa, AZ | Swimming-breast stroke | (Texas A&M) | ||
| Arielle Martin | Cedar Hills, UT | BMX Cycling | (BYU) | ||
| Mary Killman | McKinney, TX | Synchronized swimming | |||
| Valerie Adams | New Zeland | Shot Put | Gold 2008 | ||
| Hayley Palmer | Cheltenham, New Zealand | Swimming - 50m free | |||
| Maria Gariella Martinez Gascon | Venezuela | Fencing | |||
| Johana Beatriz Fuenmayor Choles | Venezuela | Fencing | |||
| Andrew Rutherfurd | Bolivia | Swimming - 100m free | (BYU) | ||
| Celeste Brown | Cook Island | Swimming - 50m free | |||
| Patricia Taea | Cook Island | Track - 100m | |||
| Lucia Palermo | Argentina | Rowing | |||
| Bruna Beatriz Benites Soares | Brazil | Womens Soccer | |||
| Oyungerel Gantumur | Darkhan, Mongolia | Swimming - 100m breast | |||
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