It's been a while!

WoW! I cannot believe just exactly how long it's been since I've posted here. It's not for lack of topics. Believe me I could fill this blog with what I have to say. It's just for lack of focus and availability.

So lots have happened as is always the case in my world! Let's see the kids started soccer. Both of them. At the same time. With the same league. I started my whole weight loss bid. 5 pounds down. =) MOPS is back from our Christmas Break and so is my Small Group. Doing the A Woman After God's Own Heart® Deluxe Edition & A Woman After God's Own Heart: A Bible Study Workbook It's now time to start ramping up for the schools Benefit Auction Dinner. Oh so much stuff going on as usual! Currently I am in the process of planning 4 parties - wait make that 7 parties/events in planning - and only one of them is really my own. I really need to think about going into business or finding a company that could use my skills.

I started the year with a really positive attitude and I have to say I've been able to keep it up. More smiles and sunshine or maybe complete obliviousness on my part. But really, I am super happy right now and feel like I am ready to take on the world! I've put together a list of things I need to accomplish this year and hopefully I will get a few of the top items finished real soon. I've put together a few recipes that I will be posting on in the next few days. Vegetable Spaghetti Sauce, lasagna, spinach and lentils, & Candy Cane Fudge. Yummy stuff like that. Anyway, I just wanted to log on real quick and let you know I haven't forgotten about you...I've just been distracted! I PROMISE!

Anyway, here are a few pictures of Elena & Hayden's first soccer games. BTW - Elena took a soccer ball to her face on her first game ever and her eye looked like it was going to blacken. It just was red for a few days and is back to normal now. Hayden was put as goalie and I think coach learned a lesson. Hayden thought it was the funnest thing when the other team got a goal off him. He jumped and cheered! Gotta love my non-sporty kids.

Can you see the red eye? Soccer balls are mean!

Running with her friends. She will eventually learn it's ok not to talk to them while on the field.

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Coach doing a last minute potty check

Just before game 1

This was right before the other team scored on him.

All right, I'll be back in a day or so...

Oh and one last thing. Currently on my Kindle.... Bram Stoker's Dracula (Collector's Edition) so far it's not as gory as I thought it would be. It reads like a journal.

Until Next Time, SoCal Marisa