Fun at the Fair

This past weekend, we took the kids out to a local fair and we all had a blast. This fair comes every year, but it's the first time we've gone with Kyle and Emily since they are both now old enough to enjoy a few rides. I got to be a kid again too since I went on the ferris wheel and the bumper cars with Kyle! Kyle loved the bumper cars the best and he didn't stop laughing as we crashed into everyone else. I also sort of got to go on the merry-go-round since I had to stand beside Emily and make sure she didn't fall off the horse. Scot got some good pictures:




Later that night, we sat out and looked for shooting stars. Scot had heard that Saturday night was supposed to be one of the best nights for viewing shooting stars and he was right because we saw quite a few. It was such a great family day for us!

I started the week off with a bang workout wise. I dragged myself to the gym during my break at work even though I really didn't feel like going. I ended up doing UBWO followed by 25 minutes on the elliptical and as always, I'm glad I went. Eating was pretty good too, though there are still a few things I need to polish up in that department. I'm going to keep the momentum going today by either going out for a run or a bike ride. Wed. and Thurs. I will go to the gym during lunch breaks and I still have to plan out weekend workouts since we will be going to another wedding.

I'm off to check out what's going on in your worlds. Hope all is well!

Our Kid-Free Night!

For the first time in months, Scot and I got to have a night out without the kids!! Scot was asked to take pictures at his business partner's brother's wedding (did you follow that?!) and I was invited to come too. So Scot's parents took the kids to the cottage for a sleepover and they are coming back later this afternoon. We had a lot of fun and since Scot was the photographer, I have a couple of pics to share :)

Here was our table, minus Scot who was behind the camera (and yes, I didn't realize until too late that I forgot to take the napkin off my lap!):



And I was finally able to pry the camera away from Scot's hands at the end of the night so that someone could take a pic of us together:



We get to do it again in a couple of weeks since Scot is taking pictures at his cousin's wedding. My mom will be taking the kids for a sleepover that night. Imagine that, twice in one month! It was great to have a chance to sleep in this morning and just putter around for a bit. I was forgetting how it felt to do that.

Workout wise, I'm on a roll this weekend. Yesterday, I did a 15K bike ride and today an 11K ride. And these weren't leisurely "oh, look at the neighbour's beautiful lawn" rides, they were hard core sweatfests! I did a couple of similar rides during my week off too and more backyard pullups, so after last week's rant, baby I'm BACK and it feels damned good!

BTW, I'm loving keeping up with you all on the Blends Forum. Thank you Jess for giving us a great place to "chat"!