Miss Magoo

Miss Magoo practicing her curtsy

In January Miss Magoo turned 8.  It was a very exciting day for her.  My parents came up for the weekend.  And my sister Lorna & her 2 daughters also came, which was a total surprise to Miss Magoo.  As part of her turning 8 she choose to be baptized.  It was a long awaited day for her.  She had been talking about being baptized ever since her brother was baptized 3 yrs ago!!
She decided to have to her dad baptize her.  We choose to have it on a different day as the stake baptism as I really wanted my parents to be able to be there, so it was just her.
And as much as I wanted her baptism to be special for her, I also wanted it to be short, sweet and no problems. I was slightly stressed as I realized that I had never been to a baptism where the parents weren't married, and I wasn't sure what to expect.  Well it went fabulous!  I think it was probably one of the quickest baptisms that I have been to.  My parent both spoke, Miss Magoo's grandma Lois sang, her dad baptized her, she was confirmed and it was over.  I was so relieved that everything went so smoothly.
But what I was the most pleased about was the feeling of peace that I came away with.  As I sat with my mom on my right and Miss Magoo on my left, I felt peace.  On the other side of Miss Magoo sat her dad, and I thought as it began that I would be emotional, but I wasn't.  I had asked my ex's wife to play the piano, and as I sat and watched her play and looked at my daughter and then at my ex I realized that all was as it should be.  None of ours lives are right now what I had thought they would be, but for me and my kids we are good. We are happy and are mostly adjusted to our new normal life.
In all it was a wonderful day, which is all any parent hopes for their child's special day to be.

More Numbers and Updates

So I missed updating my numbers yesterday, oh well is was a crazy day.  I started my new semester last Tuesday, and WOW this is going to be a busy busy semester.  All of my classes started with a bang, and their off with no slowing down in sight.  That's okay I'm sure that I will survive at least I hope I do. 
Okay on to the numbers.  Sad to say that I only lost 1 lb this past week.  But I'm okay with it.  I got almost no time with the treadmill because of school starting and trying to work back into my schedule.  Last semester I was able to walk on the treadmill for 20 to 30 minutes every morning.  I would get the kids on the bus for their school, do my walking, then head home and get ready for my school and be on campus for 9:40 class.  This semester I have a 9:15 class 2 days a week so no walking those mornings, and the other three mornings seem to be hard to get on the treadmill too.  I've decided that I'm still going to try and get it in.  One good thing about my new schedule is my weight-lifting class.  I started the actual lifting last Thursday, and was somewhat sore for the next couple days.  I did more lifting today, and I don't feel as sore, so I'm hoping tomorrow isn't too bad.  Anyway, in a nut shell life is crazy and looks to remain that way for the next few months at least.

In other news, Miss Magoo turned 7 last week and we celebrated with a trip to Red Robin and a birthday party.  This was the first time she has had a birthday day and it was very exciting, and even better we all survived it. 

PJ will be turning 10 next week and his dad will be taking care of his birthday party for me.  He and a couple of his friends will be going bowling so that should be a fun time for them.

BYU's Living Legends is performing here Friday night.  I am so excited to take the kids.  I remember going and seeing the Young Ambassadors perform whenever they came to town growing up.  It's exciting to pass this on to my kids.

Totals so far: 33lbs lost, 15 inches (total) lost. 

Um okay..

Tonight it was Miss Magoo's turn to say family prayers. And while I never know what she'll say I wasn't expecting this: " please bless that when Grandma & Grandpa's mission is done they can drive home safely". My parents are serving in Russia, that could be an interesting drive home.

Miss Magooisms part II

This evening during dinner I asked the kids what they learned in their lessons yesterday in primary. Miss Magoo was very eager to tell me all about her lesson on the "grass plates".

Miss Magooisms

Today after church Miss Magoo announced that she doesn't get candy from her teacher on fast Sundays only on the slow Sundays. Love it!

Say What???

Friday as I was driving into Boise with Miss Magoo in the backseat I heard her singing to herself, which is nothing new for her. But as I started to listen closely to what she was singing I had to laugh. She was singing "Follow the Prophet" and when she got to the chorus instead of singing "follow the prophet and don't go a stray" she was singing" follow the Prophet and just hit a stray.." It made much more sense to her that way she says.

Miss Maggo the Pilot

This was taken a couple of months ago at daddy's work. But it's all she talked about for quite some time. And since I put up a picture of PJ, she said it was only fair that I post one of her too.