It’s May, y’all, May! January and February were long and hard, but March and April have flown by and now the summer so close I can taste it. I wanted to hop onto this little site of mine and share a little update about our family and what we’ve been up to. I miss the days where I was able to just write and type for hours, so I’m taking the time to do it today.
March brought with it birthday celebrations (Abe is 5 and Kyle is 33!), a girls night at the Idaho Falls Temple for me, 2 trips to Utah, and the passing of our good friend, Denny. It was a hard, but good, month.
April brought the start of Abe’s first soccer season, and with practice and games now filling our Fridays and Saturdays, it seems like our weekends are full. I’m a legit soccer mom now, minivan and everything, and it’s the best and weirdest thing. We also celebrated Easter, of course, and while I can’t say I did the most in-depth studying about the Easter season this year, I still so loved the opportunity to really think about Christ’s Atonement, and what it means for me and my family. Hallelujah!
Abe is now 5, and still just such a good kid. He is silly as all get out, but genuinely wants to please. He’s registered for Kindergarten, and I’m crossing my fingers we get assigned the morning track. We won’t find out until August, which is kind of annoying for my planner-self, but I’m making plans like he will. Good or bad plan? You decide 😉
Eliza has been tough the last few months. The three-nager is real with her. Her sweet little emotions go haywire multiple times a day, she totally regressed as far as potty training goes (it’s getting better finally — knock on wood!) and she has been really into making messes with all the things she can find (soap, mustard, markers, formula…..). I’ve been trying to pay more attention to her and her needs, and I’m hopeful we’ll make it out of the terrible threes alive, ha! I’m so looking forward to the warmer weather so that she can play outside, dig in the dirt, run around, and get all her energy out in more productive ways.
Jonah turns ONE this month, and is still the best, happiest baby. He can sit up on his own now, go from crawling to sitting, and is pulling himself up on all the things, and just is looking SO BIG these days. He is my baby and and it’s so sad and so wonderful that he’s growing up.
I’m doing well, and am finally in a good gym-going habit. I go every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday while Abe is at preschool. I’ve been pretty consistent since March (minus a week of sickness and a couple other random days I had other things come up) and I have been loving it. I generally run (ahem, jog/walk) on the treadmill for 30 minutes or so, and then go do some stretching, crunches, and lunges for another 30 minutes. I ran into a friend who offered to teach me a bit about lifting, so I’m hoping to do that with her soon! I’m slowly gaining some endurance and strength, and although it’s really nothing to phone home about, it’s been good for me and I’m hoping to keep it up. I’ve been trying to figure out what to do once Abe is out of school – I might have to try to get up early and go before Kyle goes to work, because I really don’t want to drag 3 kids to the gym with me, or pay for 3 kids, for that matter. Plus, once the new school year rolls around, I’ll have to start getting up earlier and go the gym earlier anyway, so I think it will be good to get in that habit while it’s warm and light in the mornings. (Although let’s be real, it was like 35 degrees this morning when I left my house at 9:30. I could see my breath. GET IT TOGETHER IDAHO.)
Because I’ve been going to the gym consistently, I’ve started to listen to podcasts, and have so far finished Serial (season one) and Cold, and am currently listening to Blackout (I’m all caught up on the current season). I have a handful of others I want to listen to as well (and I also listen to Skimm This most days to get some news) and I’ve really been enjoying it. I can’t really listen to “self-help” types though, they don’t keep my attention at all. Give me all the murders and mysteries, please.
Now that I’ve got a good gym routine down, I really need to buckle down and get my/our family’s eating habits under control. This is going to look like less carbs, more fruits and veggies, and meal prepping my weekly lunches and snacks. It’s helpful that in the warmer months I want to eat lighter foods, and I’m looking forward to making this switch. I’ve been trying to eat intuitively as well, which will probably be it’s own post here in the coming weeks, and it’s been good, but hard. Health for the win!
Kyle is doing well, just plugging along at his job, which he generally really enjoys. He’s a rockstar at what he does and I’m so proud of him! He did the Bengal Triathlon with a couple of friends a few weeks ago (he did the biking leg) and we’re both excited for nicer weather so we can spend more time outdoors exercising and spending time together as a family (biking, running, hiking, camping!).
There’s not too much more to report. We’ve got a busy few weeks coming up, and then we’ll go into summer mode. We’re planning on a trip to Yellowstone as well as maybe a “staycation” type of trip down in Salt Lake. And other than that, I guess we’ll just see what else the summer brings.
