The Goddard Eight

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

"Go Mommy, Go! I know you can do it!"

I love having my very own cheerleaders <3

I must begin by confessing it has been a VERY, very long time since I worked out. A very long time. I'm still having a lot of problems with my neck and back and that limits what I can do, but I think I let my brain limit more than they do!

Anyway, this morning I stepped on to the elliptical (and later the bike) and immediately my little cheerleaders (H & L) came running in with loads of encouragement :D "Whoa Momma! You doing it!" "You are exercising, mommy! Good job!", etc. Harrison even counted to 100 for me many times and was super impressed that I was still going (don't be too impressed! I only lasted 6 min on the elliptical and 20min on the bike LOL). He told me to keep it up and I could go to infinity <3 Love that little man!

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Yes, I realize...

I went MIA, yet again. 6 whole months this time. Bad kitty. Bad, bad kitty.

So, what has happened during those six months? A. LOT.

We moved from Eminence to Sarcoxie. YAY! The kids are settling in nicely and we own a ginormous, gorgeous yellow Victorian that was built in the 1800's...it truly is a dream come true (except for the very nightmare-ish parts! Don't worry, I'll spare you the boring, gory details! Hopefully the nightmare parts will be over soon, and we'll be in love once more).

Kevin & I are coaching a 3rd-4th grade girls volleyball team. Yes, you read that right. Phew!

Ariana is running cross country and doing well, when she overcomes her mental blocks :) Last week, she broke the school record as well as her own personal best time. WTG!

Savannah is a JH Cheerleader :)

Olivia is playing volleyball.

Kyra & Emma are playing volleyball.

The little three are just being drug along wherever the rest of us go.

Because of the move, I decided to take a semester off from school. Part of me misses classes and homework (no, I'm not insane) but part of me has really loved not going to class and the extra time I have with the family. I'm kind of dreading going back, BUT I really don't want to be a student for the rest of my life, so I know it must be done!

Kevin is really enjoying his position as Superintendent of schools here - it's been refreshing to have things be so positive and not overwhelmingly negative all of the time.

Friday, April 8, 2011

He started like this...

And, then this...

And, this...

And, then this...

1yr

2yr

Can't seem to find 3.

4yr

5yr

SIX YEARS OLD!!! :faint

Where has time gone?!?! :sob

Friday, March 4, 2011

Catch up

Jan 22: Had an unpleasant trip to the ER with Layla (I will spare you the gruesome pictures!) Her outer ears had become very infected, red & really swollen. Cultures revealed strep & staph infection. Poor baby girl! With the help of some strong antibiotics she was as good as new in no time!!

Jan 23: My princess turned 12!! Where or where does the time go? This little jewel came busting into this world a whole month early weighing a whopping 6lbs9oz! She's such a joy. Oh, and please be sure to call her 'Gabby' as this is the name she now goes by! LOL Here is my sweet thing:

Jan 25 Poor Livy-bean gets really sick from Influenza B. She got hit the worse and had a terrible time :(

January 30th I celebrated my birthday. We won't discuss numbers ;)

Jan 31 Kyra has surgery at Children's to have a lymph node removed & biopsied

Feb 17 - Ariana was nominated as Freshman class Homecoming Queen Candidate. She was stunning!

Feb 25th - Kevin and I went to Springfield & Branson for the weekend to celebrate our 13th anniversary!!

My poor blog

My poor blog & 365 Flickr attempt has once again fallen by the wayside :(

I'd promise to be a better blogger, but every time I do I fail. Therefore, I'm just going to say I will see you when I see you....err, rather you'll see me when you see me :)

I am going to post some pictures and update on the past month and a half :)

I hope the new year has been kind to you so far and we're all enjoying a gorgeous Spring very, very soon!

Peace, love and all that good stuff!