a goal not written is only a wish

I had big plans this year, big plans. I was gonna start exercising, crazy I know. I was gonna work out a better bedtime routine for my boys. I was gonna be a better, more efficient, and a more regular blogger. I even wrote these down to make them official goals. Yaaa, none of them have happened. I guess a goal doesn't magically happen once it is written down. I guess I actually have to put some sort of effort into making it happen. Huh, maybe I should have made my list of goals a little shorter(these were just a few from the top of my list). So here we are, the third week of January, and I'm still looking for the motivation to make some of my goals habits.

During these hard-pressed times, I am grateful that Colby has a job. Unfortunately it happens to be in Queen Creek. And we still live in Flagstaff. So we (actually, Colby) have been living the commuting life...AGAIN. I'd like to think I learned a few things from the last time we did this. If you don't remember let me refresh your memory. We lived in Queen Creek while Colby worked in Prescott for the entire length of my pregnancy with Beau. Good times, well, actually not so good. Anywho, back to the present. One important thing I learned is to keep Colby up to date with all the little happenings that go on every day. Of course a blog is a great way to do this. And, I know, I haven't been taking advantage of it. So here goes, I'm trying to back in the saddle again. This past Wednesday the boys skipped school and we went down to the valley to spend the day with Colby as a family. We ate at the Rainforest Cafe for lunch. This was a huge hit with all the boys. Then we headed over to the Arizona Science Center. I don't feel too bad pulling the boys out of school because they probably learned more there than they would have at school that day. I think my boys were ecstatic about being outside in great weather.

Beau thought he was pretty tough chasing the birds until the birds started to fly.

A little bit of tug-o-war going on.

Beau and Colby won.

Wheelchair races. Poor Blue, he was pushing so hard that his entire body would come off the seat.

The hit of the day was building dams in the sand then watching the current of the water make it's way through. To Beau it was just playing in the sand and water.



We also saw a movie about black holes in the state of the art planetarium. Before it even started Beau was asking where the popcorn was- a sure sign that we see ALOT of movies at the theaters:)