All my boys want is muscles...

So, as the 1st of the year rolls around, all I hear from most of my friends is weight loss. It seems we all have put on some much unwanted weight. And so they are dieting and working out, and even though I am the biggest one out of all of them, I just have not hit that point where I desire to work out.

That was until, listening to my boys whine about how thin they are. They are bone thin, actually built like I was when I was young. And for girls it is great, but boys, not so great. So to motivate them and help them put on some muscle, I came up with this wonderful idea,. So I made up a 3 day work out, where we do a series of exercises and lifting free weights,..WHAT was I thinking? I was out of breath just showing them what different exercises we were going to do. Talk about being embarrassed. One of the boys asked me "momma, why are you breathing so hard?" I just gave him a "you better watch it buddy" look. The twins were pumping the free weights and were struggling a bit, but they were so excited to get on the elliptical, so I programmed their work out and set the time, at first they were going fast, by the 6 minute mark they were barely going. SO needless to say, the boys and I had a good work out, and we were ready for bed by 8:30pm. Jasmine on the other hand, was ready for more exercises. Ohh if we could bottle up that energy and sale it, we would be rich..I am sooo not looking forward to Thursday, which is torture session # 2.

When I grow up..

Happy New Year! Who would ever thought we would make it to 2010? How many stories did you hear of the world coming to an end? I remember hearing so many stories of how God was coming soon, and remember praying to God as a little child, to just please let me have babies before he comes. As all my friends dreamed of being doctors, lawyers, models when they grew up. All I ever dreamed of was being a wife and mommy. That was all my heart desired! And you know what, God gave me the desires of my heart! 13 years of marriage and 4 kids later, life is good.

Looking back over the years, I look at my family in awe. When I married my husband, not only did I get a wonderful man, I got his 6 year old daughter too. Shortly after our marriage came the twins, and 4 years later came our baby girl. I remember the nights of no sleep, and so many diapers and formula. And of course the millions of questions right before bed. But what I remember most was the many laughs, the big wet kisses and bear hugs. Just the feeling, that my kids just wanted mommy's loving was the best feeling in the world. Now my babies are 20, 12, 12, and 9. And I look at them now, and I just think to myself, how amazing is it that those kids were once babies. Yes, they do everything on their own now. But one thing that has not changed is they still need momma's loving when they are not feeling well or at the end of a rough day.

Oh how my cup runneth over..