No "Blogger of the Year" award for Wendy....

It's totally PATHETIC that it's been almost a year to the day that I have blogged. Last night at church one of my friends mentioned to another that I have a blog, she was in SHOCK... she herself is an avid blogger and so faithful to update it often. It got me thinking... I really should blog a little more frequently. It's funny I could write almost the exact same thing as I did last May as it pertains to homeschooling.... We are in fact getting ready to wrap up our school year, and I was just looking over Makena's portfolio that should be turned in on May 1st!:) I think it looks pretty good, mostly. I guess I'll wait for feedback from the "supervising teaching" aka: Nat and see if I should tweak anything for next year. Math is done as far as the curriculum we picked goes, but we'll continue doing some sort of math review all summer, so we don't have too many steps to re-teach in the fall.

Most recently what has occupied my time, besides, school, housework, full-time Mommy and full-time Wife is.... fitness and exercise. I'm down approx 60 lbs from last August, and I have been training to run my first ever 5K race since January. It's been a long road, but I can't tell you how amazing the transformation has been. For me it's been a total journey. Taking a long hard look at what it actually means to demonstrate self-control and self-discipline. It's not about dieting for me, I mean who can really diet??... it's so short term, and I was way over losing and gaining, to lose and gain again and again. I wanted to change my lifestyle, my habits, and my attitude. I've done it! Praise the Lord! For it really is only by His grace and mercy that it's been possible. The results are a bonus as far as I'm concerned. The 5K race is June 2nd. It will be here sooner that I know. My sister Whitney and I are running it together and Todd and Dustin will run the 20K race the same day in Des Moines. It's the DAM to DAM. You can check it out at - we are really looking forward to it. My parents and Whit's husband Jonathan will all be there to cheer us on! :) Oh and the photo - yes that's our WHOLE FAMILY all 7 of us. That was taken by our dear Hannah Sandersfeld, at our church family fun night. :) Western themed! How fun!