EastCoastLove

This past weekend went by so quick! I can't believe its tuesday! We had a busy full day yesterday with friends and family and cooking out! It was really nice and relaxing. I think my hubby took two naps :) We were talking about naps the other day, some friends and i. Reminiscing about college days when we took naps nearly everyday.  I am not a huge fan of napping just to nap but Kimmel is. So most times when he wants to nap that communicates i will be bored for the afternoon while he naps. :) But since i have been waking up at 5:35 monday thru thursday to pick up my niece to watch her all day....I LOVE NAPS! Some days i can keep myself busy enough to not need one and i just crash at like 9pm, but other times i pray that lil E stays asleep just one more hour cause i need to close my eyes. :) Do you like naps? If so do you like cat naps or like 2-3 hours naps? Let me know! :)

Yesterday was Kimmel's last middle school soccer game. I headed out there and as i walked toward the field i noticed he was out on the field...looking like he was playing, but he was referring the game. He was dressed in all black like the other team and his team was in gold. I sorta missed that at first and cheered for the black team thinking it was his...then i realized i was totally wrong! kinda confused me...oops! :) At half time Kimmel and the other coaches called a 30 min delay due to lightning and then another coach said 'pardon the interruption' and just called it off. So the game ended. We headed off to dinner at Shady Oak. First time eating out since our detox....i didn't handle it that well...made me sick :( he was fine!  We then went to a choir recital at his school. I wanted to go in support one of the sweet girls at his school, Emine. The boys choir did really well...and one guy sung Baby by beiber :) The girls did good too...3 of them sang "Backg

At the end of each semester i give a recital for my students. This year we had it at our house. I didn't prepare well enough in advance to where i could reserve the nice recital hall in a town nearby, so i opted for the tight squeeze into our living room. Andrew took advantage of this time to wash all our windows, inside and out. We vacuumed and mopped the kitchen and living room and moved the piano from the front room to the living. This piano ain't light, says my hubby. Later that night we had a huge thunderstorm...all kinds of scary lighting and thunder, wind blowing the rain sideways. Really cool stuff..and mid way through the skies opened up and the sun was so bright...and we had a double rain bow behind our house! 

When my mom was her visiting, i had the honor of Baptizing her. We have a once a month sunday night event that we baptize people in a trough so we signed her up! She was baptized when she was little, but felt the Lord lay on her heart to take this step of obedience as an adult. Through tough times and happy times she has grown closer to God and has changed in different ways. This was an fun thing to do! I am lucky i got to do it! :) It is a memory i will cherish.

This past weekend our friend Christin and her kids came in so she could celebrate with the senior girls she had led for 4 or 5 years who are graduating HS- the church had senior recognition sunday. Her son is good friends with my neighbors son and he just couldn't get enough of him! They were just running circles in our back yard and SOO happy. It was fun to watch.  It was a whirlwind of a weekend, but we had a nice time. Kimmel and i love having people over and especially lil cute ones like these. We watched the incredibles 3 times and enjoyed their smiles and laughs.

Its comforting to know that God is guiding our every step.  When the future is blurry or clear.  Thank you lord that you show us what we need to see to be obedient!  Give our feet courage to step there! 

Not sure what happened to the last blog entry...it was a great one about the new bed kimmel made....:( Each day for the past 11 days have started with a shake looking like the above. Morning and evening with veggies and fruits in between. I am happy to say we have added Chicken and Fish to our menu! It was a big day for us! I got the Forman grill out and put some grill spices on it and it was the best chicken we have had in a while! We are loving the results of doing this as well. Kimmel has lost 10 lbs. and i have lost 5lbs. I feel 'clean' and healthy. Its nice! Really glad we are doing this! To keep things going 'clean' we have made some changes in our meat and chicken purchases. Cooking and eating smaller portions, cause we love some food! haha If you have been looking for something to kick start a diet or just get healthy i totally recommend this! The company we are doing this thru is called Standard Process. They have a website if you are interested. :) check

MY HUSBAND ROCKS!! So this past week we found a queen mattress on sale to go into our guest bedroom. Mom and i picked it up in Kimmel's old truck and the inspiration began! Kimmel's creative building juices began to flow, and before i knew it he was gone to home depot, cut and nailing things together and we had a new AWESOME bed! Monday morning he emailed me to ask me to give him the measurements of the mattress, so did and emailed them back to him. When he got home i was still teaching piano. He says i am going to home depot be right back...i am like dinner is on and how long will you be? He gets back a lil after 7 by 11 that night the frame is in the room and just the head board slats are left! Tuesday evening he cut all the slats for the top and bottom and we nailed them on. All that is left is paint....now what color???? He designed this all by himself! He wanted something simple and awesome looking! He did it! SO PROUD! :) Its fun doing all these different projects

Little do you know i got the Senior Superlative for Best Dressed. To look at my closet now you would never think that. Its funny how as you get older you lose touch, or money or whatever to keep up with the latest styles and trend setting info. This week mom took me to her favorite store....Khol's....I am not a huge fan cause their clothes were either too teenybob or too soccer mom. I am happy to say we stumbled across a new line, and name i recognized, Lauren Conrad!! Don't know how many of you were Hills watchers or even before that the FIRST Laguna Beach, but she is one of the main reality girls. At first sight i was like these are cute...but will they fit? Will i have to get an XL just to fit where i can breath like other stores :) I picked up three really cute, different styled, shirts in Mediums and they all fit!! they were flattering, modest and fun! I was totally impressed and excited! Finding something fun and girlie is rare and i found it! Now i have another sp

So the past few days my days are not near normal. My mom is in town and there are things that you do when people come in town that just are not your norm. Its been fun and we have some more days so my blogging has slowed down. In the midst of this visit we are doing the detox, and it is challenging me to cook differently. I am looking up recipes every day trying to cook either eggplant, lentils, artichoke or quinoa (thanks to paige!). I find it exciting and fun to learn the whole new world of cooking healthily :) So i wanted to share a recipe with you that Kimmel really liked! The only ingredient we couldn't add was the bacon...so i am sure yours will be a bit nicer. I found it on a blog somewhere i wish i knew i copy and pasted the recipe before i noted who or where it came from to give credit. Sorry. Lentil Soup 1 large organic yellow onion, chopped 4 organic carrots, cut in half lengthwise then chopped 2-3 large garlic cloves, minced 2 tablespoons organic tomato paste

So we have started this thing called detox. This thing that gets rid of the hormones and chemicals we get from eating the food that has those things in them. We get to clean our bodies out. NO BODY TOLD US HOW DISGUSTING THE SHAKES R!!! i mean i can eat anything but that is nasty! So i hide nothing from you...YUCK! Thankfully my sister-in-law gave me one tip that helped take the edge off...but still looking for more secrets. My sweet husband is doing this with me cause i am trying to get healthy. Hoping to balance my hormones and up the ante for us getting pregnant. The hardest part is the shakes...we are hoping after the first week it just isn't a factor anymore. His light of hope is that after 11 days we get to add chicken to our diet! :) The people who have done this says its an amazing thing once you finish...starting is hard. Its easier to drink my second shake of the day in the evening with my hubby as we muscle it down. If he wasn't doing this too i don't think i