Christmas Pictures

My parents in front of the Church with the kids on Christmas Eve.

Ainsley with her gifts in front of the tree.

Andrew and Ainsley enjoying the presents and the spirit in front of the tree.

The inside of the church before the service began.

Gus taking a much needed rest Christmas Morning.

Hey everyone just wated to share some pictures of Christmas with everyone. I hope that everyone is doing well. We are looking forward to this week off so we can all spend time together and we hope that all of you are doing the same with your loved ones.

Grade 1

Going to Andrews School to get Mandated School supllies in a few minutes.  Then I am working on the door sights with my dad.

Sounds Fair?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/opinion/the-new-resentment-of-the-poor.html

Make sure you read this!

Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

http://www.fws.gov/nisqually/

Seattle Pictures Saturday 7/23/2011

Hanging in Seattle

The family is in the Seatle suburbs with Anne's family. Its 64 degrees at 10:45 so be a little envious my New York friends.  Anne and her mom went to the PX with Andrew and the kids where Andrewis getting his ARMY haircut for the summer.

I am getting ready to head off to the gym for legs and a little cardio.  This vacationing thing is hard :)

Vacation in Sight End Of year

The end of year is in sight at both of our schools.  Drew is looking forward to taking on projects around the house and being daddy day care.  The focus died abnd Drew is renting a car for this next week to get us through the week.  Drews parents have been really helping out with the kids and driving and we could not be happier.

We have plans for a vacation in Seattle!  Woohoo!

Drew is looking forward to hiking, working out, and relaxing after 3 years of work in the summer!

Ta ta All!

My Plan and Getting Back to the Gym

I am now healed and ready to get back to the gym after my shoulder injury in December.  All of the physical therapy stretching and exercise has paid off and I feel good.  Over the last two weeks I have been staying away from bad food and I am now ready to lift. 

Listed below are the exercises I will concentrate on exclusively for the next 6 weeks.


Weight Lifting Exercises for Chest -----




Flat bench press with bar

Flat bench press with dumbbells

Incline bench press with bar

Incline bench press with dumbbells



The Best Exercises for Back -----



Dumbbell one arm row

Cable lat pulldowns to front

Deadlifts

Bent over back rows w/ bar

Lower back extension

Chin-ups (Pull-ups)

Shrugs for Traps (Dumbbells or barbell)





Weightlifting Exercises for Shoulders --------



Seated military press with bar

Seated dumbbell shoulder presses

Dumbbell side lateral raises

Bent-over dumbbell raises







Weightlifting Exercises for Legs ----- Squats

Leg press

Hack Squats

Stiff-leg deadlifts

Lunges with bar or dumbbells

Calf-raises/presses







Biceps ------ Standing Alternate dumbbell curls

Standing Straight bar curls

Standing Cable curls

Hammer curls (forearms and biceps)







Exercises for Triceps ------



Lying Triceps extension (Skullcrushers)

Close-grip bench press

Cable triceps pushdowns







Abdominals ------



Lying crunches

Leg raises

Cable crunches

Stability ball crunches

Crunches on incline bench

Town Easment Flooding

An improperly maintained town easment is causing flooding on our property.  I will post some pictures later.  The town came out and placed sandbags around the water and we are praying for less rain.

Whew!

Anne has been working hard at being a great mom and her job.  Drew is working after school and every Saturday to get his kids ready for the global exam.  We can't wait until summer!

See ya people!

The rebuild begins. . .

A town easment that was not properly maintained caused flooding to our house and damage.

We are ripping out the walls changing the electric, insulating, and rebuilding the house. 

When that is done we can do windows and stuff.

Whew!!!!!