Soccer Practice!

So I'm thinking that we will do soccer practice at 4pm on Mondays at Waphelhorst park by the church. I want to do it in the field by the tennis courts so don't go in the main park area but the second enterance by the tennis courts. I think we'll start the 1st monday in April and go through the end of May. I will be out of town May 10th-17th but that is just one monday. I am really excited. I hope you guys are too. I think the practices will be about 30-45 minutes because that seems to be the amount of time I can keep Kaysen's attention.
I've applied for some jobs and they are closing soon so it is possible that I might get a job then we would have to move practices to probably saturday or later in the day but we'll see.
So I'd like everyone to have a ball of their own. You can get them anywhere but they should be a size 3. If you want to you can get shin guards to protect from all those little kicks and little cleats. At sports authority they have a lot of soccer stuff. We got Kaysen a ball for $5.97, shin guards for $4.97, socks for $3.97, and cleats for $17.99. They even have packages with a ball, cleats, and shin guards.
So we'll see you guys who want to come at waphelhorst (or however you spell it) in the grass by the tennis courts starting Monday April 7th at 4pm. If the weather is bad just call me and I'll let you know if practice is cancled or not.

Me being anal.

So those of you at book club who were in this conversation (since there were like billion going on) Newsies was released in 1992! I checked for sure. I was born by 1992. I was 9 in 1992. I was born in 83. I am old enough. And this is the conclusion of Lara being Anal.

Sports Practice.

*He Swings...........

* It's a Home Run!!!!!

*Mom and Kaysen practicing dribbling skills.

*Kaysen practicing his ball skills by knocking down all the cones.

*Goal!!!!!!

So Kaysen has really been active latley so I decided to put him in a sport. Well I wasn't able to find anything for 3 year olds so I decided to teach him myself. We went at got all the gear and now he has soccer practice and baseball (tball) practice once a week. He is sooooo good at soccer. I love it. He didn't pick the ball up at all. He could dribble, pass, and shoot really good. He just amazed me. he loved soccer too. It kept his attention great and he loved it. T-ball was fun too. It was harder to keep his attention for it though. He bats better left handed though. Which is weird because he does everything else right handed and he did most of his soccer stuff right footed.

Well next year when he is old enough to join a team he is going to be so good and such a stud.

I think it would be fun to teach other kids in the ward too. So if your kid is 3 or 4 and would like to learn soccer let me know. I think i'm going to do soccer practice every monday at like 4:00 for a half hour or so. i want to do it for free because I think it would be fun and Kaysen would love it too. the only thing i ask is that they are at least 3 and that you pick up a size 3 soccer ball to bring for you child to use. Let me know if you want to participate and I'll get you more info. They have size 3 soccer balls at sports authority for 5.97 and little shin gaurds for 4.97. i hope someone wants to do it!

Easter!

*Bubby was amazing at finding eggs. We had to tell him to slow down so hayden could get some. Which was exactly opposite of last year.

* on the Hunt!!

*What a great Haul!

*I'm not sure if he liked coloring Easter eggs or not.

*Coloring Easter Eggs.

So we decorated Easter eggs on Friday then the Bunny came early on Saturday because Jenn and fam had to leave early Sunday morning. The boys loved the hunt. They got tons of Candy. We then took them to the Easter Extravaganza at New Town. Basically they went trick or treating for easter candy at the local buisnesses. It was so cute. They had a great time.

City Museum with the Fam!

*Kaysens favorite part of the City museum is the caves. He just takes off and loves to find the smallest whole and places to crawl into.

*I think this photo looks like I am being spied on from far away by some pervert and don't know it. Well i guess it pretty much is what it looks like.

*Every body is having a lot of fun!!!!

*I think Hayden's favorite part was the train.

So I think my favorite thing we did while the fam was here was go to the city museum. We stayed for a long time and did everything. Out of all the stuff we did there my favorite part was when we went to the big ball pit. I was laying down in it when Jenn came up and thinking it was deep and trampoline like underneath the balls, she jumped it. Well it isn't deep and concrete isn't that absorbent so she just collapsed. I sound like a horrible person writing this but it was so funny.

Where in the World is Lara San Diego?

*Hayden and Kaysen just chillin at the Zoo.

*Jenn, Brad, and the kids at the zoo.

*So funny story. Kaysen was inspecting the ape, found the nipple, and then began to pinch it while Hayden spanked its butt. I'm not making this up either.

*Getting Ready for a Day at the Zoo.

* So every morning Kaysen and Hayden would have a wrestle mania match on the air matress when Jenn and Brad slept. Sometimes they were still sleeping. Sometimes they would wrestle while the air was being let out which was found to be less effective because a jump from the couch wasn't absorbed by the bed but he ground.

Well for all of you who have been wondering where I've been and why my blog has been very much lagging here is some new stuff! My sister was in town all last week so that was so much fun and took up my time. This week is John's spring break so I have been living it up with him all week. Now he is working out and I just got back from book club and made promises to update my blog so here goes.

The MaNy TaLeNtS of KaYsEn (cont.)!

So I finally got a video uploaded! It took forever. I think the other videos are too long so I think this will be it. Kaysen just started taking an interest in Letters. He has loved numbers since before he turned 2 and now he is learning his ABC's. He knows even more of the song now then when I took the video a few days ago. He just started singing the song the day before I took the video.

The Many Talents of Kaysen!

Kaysen is good at contorsion. Or how ever you spell it. You Know what I mean. I tried and tried to upload videos of him singins but it wasn't working yesterday or today so this is all you get for now. Hopefully the talents will continue.

So my weight loss is still going great. I los 2.2 lbs this past week. My brother and mom aren't coming anymore because stupid Southwest airlines got a ton of their planes grounded which in turn booked up all the other flights coming to st. Louis so there was no way they could get home once they got here. So we are sad. Luckily my sister is still coming on Monday. There is no way she isn't coming because they have paid for flights instead of coming stanby for free. It was so sad when we told Kaysen that Grandma, Dan, Melaney, and Jet weren't coming. His eyes welled up with tears. Then he said he wanted them to come. I tried to explain that the plane couldn't bring them anymore. I told him that Hayden his cousin was still coming and it helped a little. He said "I need Hayden." Which broke my heart. I told him Hayden was still coming and he then said, "I'm still sad." Then I'm pretty sure my heart shattered and fell out of my chest.

We haven't really taken any photos lately or done anything too cool to post about. So alas it is kind of boring to read. I hope I can get those videos up later of Kaysen singing. They are really cute.

Happy Annivesary!!!

March 6th was our 4th Anniversary! Wow. That sure doesn't seem like very many years. I feel like we've always known each other and have always been together but it's only been 4 years of marriage and 2 years of dating. 6 years total. I am so happy that we got married. John is the perfect match for me. He gets me and lets me be me completley. I love him with all my heart. I am so happy that we got married in the temple so we can be a family forever.
For our anniversary we got each other gifts. I got John some new work out stuff because of our new commitment to working out and dieting. John got me a cute new Coach sachel purse. It was really really on sale so I didn't feel too bad about spending the money. In fact I spent more on John than he did on me and I freakin got a Coach purse. He (well I kind of got them when we were at costco and claimed they were from him even though he was in the bathroom when I picked them out) got me 24 long stem red roses. What a nice guy ;) We ate at Applebees for dinner and then just came home and did other things;)
Tonight Kristy from John's class is going to come over and watch Kaysen so we can go on a date together. He set it all up isn't that so nice. I am very excited.

*Update! So my weigh in date was this morning. Drum roll please! .......... 5.2 lbs in one week. That is a record for me for sure. I have been working out diligently and my diet is going great. I really like it because I can have little things here or there that I want and I don't feel like I am starving at all. The reason why I like it most is because I am seeing results. Hopefully I will still see some more results next week. John will weigh in on Tuesdays because that is the day he started working out and really watching what he eats.

*Update #2! So my mother, brother, sister-in-law, and nephew are all coming now on the 14th- the morning of the 17th! I am so excited to see them. We are going to be very busy around here for a few weeks because we are going to have a constant stream of family here. My sister comes the morning of the 17th when my mom and brother leave. She leaves the 23rd and John's parents are most likely coming the 24th and staying for a week. I am excited!

Fat Cow!

So it has to happen. I have finally gotten the real urge and desire to loose weight by really working out hard and dieting. I decided to start really working out hard and consistantly two weeks ago. So I joined the new town gym and have been going 5 days a week. I love going to the gym but my biggest weight problem is food.
I hate tryng to diet because as soon as I decide that I am going to diet I get really hungry and I hate not being able to eat what I want. So I joined weight watchers online and have started to cook better with their recepies and eat better. I really really like it because the food I make is really healthy and fresh and it tastes great. I can still eat things that I like (like popcorn at the movies).
So I got out some photo ablums from when I was in High school, college, and when John and I first started dating. Man did we look good. Did being the correct word. So that really really motivated me to loose weight and keep exercising and dieting. But the best part is that it motivated John to want to join the gym and start dieting too. That is a huge thing for him because he tends not to really care. So I am excited for both of us to not only get healtheir but to start looking hotter.
So I decided to post our decisions on our blog so we have some extra accountability. I've heard that if you tell people about your weight loss goals your more likely to keep them. So I'll add updates so people know if we are doing good or not. My goal is to loose 20-25 lbs. If I do then I'll be back to my senior in high school weight. John's goal is to loose 30 lbs. So here goes. My weekly weigh in day is on Friday. I better see some results!