Opening gifts...she was very dainty and it took me a bit to get her going!
Digging into the Elmo cake! Elmo had no eyes by the time all pictures were taken!
Sharing with Daddy...their birthdays are only a week apart!
Hope everyone has a very good Thanksgiving!
Indulge...enjoy...for one day, you can use the rest of the weekend to work it off!
My favorite is the pumpkin pie! How about you?
Every day I think of all that I do and how it makes me a better person. Even when it is tough to do, I take responsibility for my actions.
Now that I have another life to take responsibility for; my wonderful daughter Alexa! I feel that extra pressure from the world today. I just hope that I can give her the best and teach her to be the best person that she can be by really believing in my values and taking responsibility for all my actions around her!
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. ~Erica Jong
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. ~Les Brown
Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer. ~Leo F. Buscaglia
So this website I got off of Donny's blog will scan your photo and give you your celebrity look-alikes. Well here are mine....forget the picture of me is HORRIBLE...PLEASE...I was really tired!! It also gave some male matches, but I stuck to the women for all of you to view!
I wanted to get these posted yesterday, but blogger was being a pain!
Trying to figure out what Mom and Dad are doing
I'm a happy duck!
Kyle's "pumpkin snowman"Another of our values we adhere by at the YMCA is Honesty. I truly believe this is the one people find the hardest to do. I myself struggle with honesty some days. I can be REALLY good at telling "little white lies". I have found that even the little ones come back to kick you in the butt later in life. This is one value that I truly have had to work the hardest on!
One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than is frank admission. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth. ~ James Allen
Love, Alexa!!
Vacation was GREAT....but it's always good to be back home! This week has been a lot of getting back into the routine of things. Also wonderful to see Alexa again...I was really starting to miss her!!
In other news...Alexa is starting her modeling career next Wednesday the 4th! I had her in the pool area at the Y one day and a lady swimming laps was gushing over her and asked if I minded if she could be a model for Jolesch photography? At first I didn't know what to think, but then gave her my name and number. She called yesterday and we have it scheduled. She is going to use one of the pictures in their main lobby...poster size! And possibly use some of the pictures in one of their mailings. I get a free 8x10 out of the deal, and no sitting fee of course!
Alexa is also starting to walk! She takes any where up to 7-8 steps and then either falls or decides it's easier to crawl! I'm happy and sad at the same time. Happy she is progressing so well for 10 months and sad that my baby isn't going to be a baby for long...she'll be a VERY mobile toddler!
Today (Wed) we headed out to Sapphire Point looking over Dillon Lake. We then headed to the Blue Lakes.
here we are at Sapphire Point
Frozen waterfall at Blue Lakes and cave
Kyle at the top of the mountain.....
Kyle and Taylor halfway up the mountain.Not a lot happening in the Sedore household this week. Kyle and I are getting ready to head out to Breckenridge, CO for the week. Alexa is going to stay with G'ma & G'pa Sedore while we are there. We are going with friends of ours and hope to get LOTS of bike riding in. Especially the guys. I guess they have some 6am rides planned! I'll be enjoying my sleeping in for the week!
Will try and post some pics while we are out there!
We have 4 main core values that we follow at the YMCA....the first is Respect....just remember that if you respect yourself....others will respect you too!
"Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely! The good and the bad - and make changes as YOU see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different".
and
There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: "THIS IS ME DAMN IT! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complete package. Take me...or leave me. Accept me...or walk away! Do not try to make feel like less of a person just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision".
When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad...you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you!
We have Alexa back and the week was good. I got some stuff done and some time to help out at the Y and get ready for the 24-hour race.
The race went good. Kyle's team was in second starting the night, but decided that they were all tired and didn't really care if they got a prize or not so they stopped for the night and got some rest. Congrats to Jane for doing her first night lap! She pushed herself past her comfort zone and enjoyed it!
Wow! I would have never guessed that a garage sale could be as slow as ours was!! The weather was great, but the people just weren't there! Still made a few bucks and Kyle's parents got to spend a couple of days with their granddaughter. So it was all good!
This coming week Kyle and I will be childless as my Mom and Sis are going to babysit for the week. I have to help with the pool cleaning and there is no child watch this week. So Mom being the great Grandma she is was willing to babysit! Alexa will also get to spend a couple of days with her Aunt Tracee and Uncle Ted and their 4 kids! What a change that will be for her!
In addition to working at the Y, I am also having my Open House for the Gold Canyon Candles! I'm hoping this will be a good kickstart to my career as a demonstrator. I have some good little incentives for the night and it will be fun to see who all comes! If anyone is reading this and didn't get an invite it wasn't because I didn't want you there, I just had a hard time remembering everyone!
The Open House is Tues and Thurs from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. Feel free to stop by and bring a friend.
Have a great week everyone!
Alexa had her 9 month check-up today. She's very healthy and growing good. Here are the stats:
weight: 18 lbs 3 oz - 45% on charts
height: 28 in - 55% on charts
head: 17 1/2 in - 55% on charts
So she's finally growing into her big head, and it looks like she is going to be long and skinny. HHMM imagine that!
No shots today, but 1 year check-up will be fun with 3 shots and blood work! Help me now! hee hee
Just starting out.
You just have to LOVE shells and meatballs from Chef Boyardee!
Here I really get into it!
