Happy 2010!
Hard to believe that this year marks 3 years we have been in our current home, 3 years that Jeff has been in his new job, 3 years of good things....
We have been making plans for the year... (when am I not planning?)
Our family command center... planning what projects we want to do this winter, things to do, places to go.... already starting to fill it up with ideas. We did this for summer last year, then again over Christmas break. The boys are now expecting it and always wanting to add more to the list.
Erik's new interest:Erik loves making comics. He started doing this earlier in the school year, when he was learning powerpoint. Pulling in clipart, writing his stories... Well, I had this software and figured it was time to install for him to play with. I haven't even had to show him anything.. he has figured it all on his own and now is thinking of more places and stories to take pictures of for his creations...
Have you heard of this project? a picture a day...every day... for a year.
I tried last year... I had a good start... but fizzled out mid february. Sure, I still took pictures often, but I stopped picking that one picture for the day.
This year, I'm trying again.
I got inspired by all those who made it through the year.
And... as I'm reminding myself, I always have a camera with me., even if it is a crackberry. (PS. rumor has it verizon will have the iPhone mid-year! so I will too :) )
And... this is helping inspire me and give me ideas of pictures.

Here's what we have so far for week 1 of 2010:
Trim in 2010:
Isn't losing weight and getting fit always a resolution? I've decided I'm not making a new year's resolution.. just continuing with plans already in motion.
This last year I decreased significantly my time at boot camp. Took a break. Realized I missed it and have been getting back into it this past fall. I even signed up to do the bootcamp challenge again this spring like I did 2 years ago.
Erik has found that he LOVES boot camp too. He went with me a few times last summer and we have now found him a class that he goes to for kids once a week. Combined with swimming, fall soccer &tennis, and lots of playing outside, he's enjoying building those muscles.
Our family fitness plans have been added to our command center tracker:
Erik - Triathlon in april
Jeff & Kari - Mini-marathon (Jeff-running/Kari-walking) again in May
Kari - SLAM BAM - intense bootcamps from Feb through end of May
Kristin - being the crazy 4 yr old that he is...
Crafting and Scrapping
Along with work, volunteering, family life, and fitness plans, still trying to keep up with my family scrapbooking and I have even pulled my sewing machine back out with plans to use it :) Before Christmas I cranked out 3 homemade snuggies, and I have 4 other projects waiting in the wings. Now when I find that extra time after that, my beading supplies have multiplied and are waiting to be worked with and there are 11 unread books in my Kindle. Oh, and the canvases and painting supplies are waiting in the garage for me as well.
A good start to 2010
Plan, tasks, goals... everything is lined up to set this year in good motion. Now, can I keep it up?