ZUMBA!!!

I realize my excitement could fizzle at any moment, but I love the Zumba class at the gym! My first class made me feel like I had finally come close to fulfilling my dream of becoming a Fly Girl.


Unfortunately, class number two was a smaller crowd so I was able to see myself in the mirror. I actually resembled Baby's sister in Dirty Dancing while the instructor resembled J.Lo.

I was looking up Zumba videos to put on here and this one kept cracking me up. I guess that the key would be to work on my facial expressions.

A Little Northern Exposure

This August included a trip to Oregon. My parents flew down and rode up with the kids, Lola and me. I'm thankful for that because it is a long drive. We hit the ground running with a visit from Priscilla and kids, combined with a visit to the Myrtle Creek Summer Festival. A few hours after she left, Uncle Brandon and Roscoe the WonderDog came down and we basically spent the weekend watching the dogs play. We had great family time with grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. I finally got to see a live music show at the Douglas Co. Fair. I didn't know many Miranda Lambert songs before the concert but I was a fan about three songs in. We rounded out the visit with a free trip to Wild Life Safari (thank you Aunt Nancy) and a wedding. My sister-in-law flew to Oregon to visit some college friends so she rode back down to Oceanside with me and we spent the rest of the week playing in the pool, the ocean and L.A. I am still recovering, needless to say.

August It List (2010)

Owen: Nacho Libre, cleats, adding numbers (we call him Rain Man Jr.), Jawas, soccer, running and 'double shots'(when anything comes in twos).

Lucy: American Girl catalogs, losing teeth, naming all the girls on the street she's going to walk with to the bus stop, jumping in and swimming across the pool and mouthwash.

Jenny: Committing to read the entire Bible, the gym (more of a theory right now), podcasts, visiting Oregon, Summer shows (The Closer, Covert Affairs, The Glades) and figuring out what I want to be when I grow up.

Kevin: Upcoming football season, switching providers to get the most amount of channels to watch football games, reading about football teams, bookmarking websites about football....you get the idea.


*Written by Jenny