I will try to do better job....

Isn't it amazing how the sentence that is the title of this blog can mean so much?
For instance for me:

I will try to do a better job of keeping my blog updated...
I will try to do a better job at being a mother...
I will try to do a better job when dealing with friends and enemies...
I will try to do a better job sticking to my diet...

See how those words mean so much yet might be lost in the shuffle of life?

Anyhow, back to my blog, the one place I can let loose and show how I really feel, after all this is the reason I created this thing in the first place right? RIGHT!

There has been a lot happening in the Castrup Casa since I last posted. We have been through an entire summer and started school, yes I am way behind so I will go over our last few months in a nut shell!

April and May brought us the end of school and beginning of spring. We got through t-ball and pitching machine baseball without any major struggles. Kevin took a business trip and our house got plagued with the flu and not just the run of the mill typical ordinary flu... no it was the worst thing I have ever witnessed and poor Kalli took the worst of it. So daddy never gets to leave on business again. Kaden wrapped up his first year of actual school at Thomson and we were ready to dive into summer. I lost 30 pounds on a very strict and diligent diet plan and became a lot more aware of who I am as a person and how to live life to its fullest.

June and July lead us into Summer which used to be one of my favorite seasons but for some reason I got into a major funk this year and quite honestly didn't enjoy it like I normally do. I had extra kiddos with daycare and that was fine but we just seemed to be on the go constantly and I lost track of my weight loss goal and in a sense lost track of me and the new found living life to its fullest outlook. So I go back to that line I started with... "Next year I will try to do a better job of keeping my health and weight a priority!" Don't get me wrong we had a great summer and I enjoyed spending time with the kids outdoors and all the fresh yummy veggies our garden brought but I was just in a funk!

The beginning of August brought summer to a close and the end to my funk (thank goodness). It also brought us on a family vacation to Hastings Nebraska for a family wedding. It was a great trip and I enjoyed spending some quality, worry free time with my little family! I also decided to take a break from school until Kalli is closer to being in school full time because I am so close to being done and I don't want to burn out and not finish. It was a big decision but one I made with careful consideration and the full support of my wonderul husband. I have also started another round of the diet and plan to kick off that last little bit of weight and get back to running! School is back in full swing and we are on our normal routine now which makes this control freak of a mama very happy.

Like I said that is our past few months in a nut shell and I can only say that I will try to a better job of keeping my blog updated....