Whew!

The holidays are always such a blur around here. It's Thanksgiving, Madi's birthday, and Christmas all within 4 weeks! So we went to see my parents the weekend before Thanksgiving (because the kids were out for a whole week...ugh), then we were fortunate enough to have Matt's mom and grandma come visit here for Thanksgiving weekend. Then I had a final that was due on Monday so that consumed all of Sunday, except when Madi and I ventured to the park to work on some hoop moves. Yesterday the apartment was a disaster so I went to Target and bought some gloves and Mr. Clean Erasers and spent 2 hours ungrossing the apartment. I also rented us a storage unit across the hall because we have too much stuff for a 2 bedroom apartment! Oh and I got Christmas lights up! Solar powered lights are AWESOME!

So now we are gearing up for Madison's 7th birthday this weekend. We have Breakfast with Santa and Merry Mainstreet on Saturday. On Sunday we have her birthday party with all of her friends at the ice skating rink! I also have to fit in both of Jack's MMA sessions before Friday because he is due to test up on Friday night. Craziness.

Soo... about the actual fitness stuff... I met an amazing new friend who is showing me the ropes of hooping. She got me all set up with a new hoop and we spent a couple of hours working together on Saturday and I learned a lot! The hoop I had been using just wasn't quite right for me. It's still an amazing hoop and I'm still using it some and the kids are using both of the others to practice, but I needed something bigger (aka slower) and with more grip to learn new moves. So now I have the right equipment and am waiting to get some other new hoopy things coming my direction soon-ish. Ya know, whenever the amazing Jen has free time. Ha!

I also signed up for some classes at a women's studio here in town that I start Friday. They teach pole dancing, Zumba, and some amazing toning classes using Zumba and Pole moves. Yay!!