#28 Things That Lift Me Up

YMCA

Everybody - sing it with me!!! No, seriously....I am loving our local YMCA. Floyd Medical Center recently partnered with YMCA to give their employees a discount and we decided to take advantage. The YMCA recently renovated their facility to include a really nice child care center, cardio theater (which a fancy way of saying that they have tvs on every treadmill) and a really cool room called The Vault for 7-12 year olds with interactive video games (you play video games while you excercise!) - man to be 12 years old again!

I admit - I kind of lost focus for awhile. Started eating lots o' fast food, stopped working out, stopped going to Weight Watchers, put on about 20 pounds. How come it goes on so much faster than it comes off? It doesn't help that I have been so stressed out with work and things with Micah...and instead of going to the gym....I headed straight for McDonalds. But...I am re-focused....and I have to be...because in a month and a half I am signed up for the Chickamauga 1/2 marathon!!!

The boys are loving the YMCA too! Noah said the other night, "Can we go to the MDCH?" I said, "The what?" He said, "The USPA!" I still was clueless! It took about four tries with various combinations of letters and I realized he wanted to go to the YMCA! They are going to be taking swimming lessons soon and I am going tomorrow to sign up for pre-school soccer which Micah is begging us to do.

Here's to a healthier family!

#27 Things That Lift Me Up

Field Trip with Micah

Micah had his first field trip (well, sort of) as a kindergartener. They were supposed to go to RidgeFerry Park with their 6th grade buddy. Unfortunately, we have had so much rain lately (no major flooding in Rome, thankfully) that the park was very soggy. Instead, the classes headed to a local recreational center and played games. Micah was very clingy when we first arrived, but after the first station of arts and crafts - he forgot all about his dear ol' mom. Micah's 6th grade buddy's name is Joseus (not sure if I am spelling that right). He was such a sweet kid. He played so well with Micah and when they all played duck, duck, goose - Joseus kept pointing to Micah and saying to the "ducker" - "pick him". Not sure exactly why they asked us parents to come along, but it was fun to watch Micah have a good time.