Last week-busy busy busy

Last week was so busy, more so than ever.(If that could ever be possible-oh it can!)

Monday our family went on a little road trip up to Fresno because Josh's iPhone had broken the thursday before. He had called to see if they could just ship a new one to him, but that would have taken 2-3 weeks! But they did tell him that if he goes to any Apple store than they will replace him with a new phone right away. So off we go...and the kids did great, picked up a couple of snacks and rocked out to Disney's Greatest Hits cds all the way there. After Josh got his new phone we surprised the kids with a trip to the (little) Fresno Zoo. After we had our fun there we headed back home.

Tuesday was grocery day...I LOVE grocery day!! There is only one other person that I know and love that enjoys going grocery shopping as much as I do(you know who you are ;) ) We are on a pretty tight budget around here so I have to make it stretch. I did pretty well this time, I spent under a hundred dollars for two weeks of meals and household supplies!! I have been buying items to make big meals and then freezing the left overs to carry over the weeks to come(i.e. enchiladas, homemade chicken noodle soup, homemade spaghetti sauce)

Wednesday was an exciting day, Kimberly started her Enrichment classes at Valley Oaks Charter School. She looked so cute in her little back pack! Kimberly is taking a Creepy Crawlers class(learning a new bug every week), Music class( learning songs and how to read music), and a Camping class( learning all about camping). She had such a great time! It was even more fun for her because her best buddies( Luke and Matthew), along with some other friends, were in her class too. Kimberly will be going every Wednesday morning. It is sad cause I miss her ( not mention realizing how fast she is growing up) but it is also nice b/c i get some alone time with Wyatt. We went to the park and there was no one else there, so her got the whole park to himself. Plus, the weather was awesome.

Wednesday-Saturday I made phone calls re: homes and apartments for rent. Homes that are in the condition that we want and area that we like are very expensive. But we did go and see a town house here on the east side that we really like. The rent is the same as we pay now and all in all it would really work out for us. We are looking at 2 other apartments this Wednesday and hopefully by Thursday we will have made a decision. Its been a little stressful because we want to make the right decision, lots of praying going on at this house!(lol)

Well i best be going, below is a random picture of Maci because....because...well just cause its super cute! Have a great week!

Biggest Loser

For years Josh and I have watched the amazing show "The Biggest Looser". It is such an inspiring show and for so many years, we have watched and wished we had the self motivation to do the same. No i am not as unhealthy as the contestants start out at on the show, but my figure could use some improvement. (Yes, i just had a baby 9 weeks ago and i totally get the whole post baby weight, but i don't want this with me all my life-lol) For a couple of years now, i have tried many times in losing weight and never really succeed. But i am hoping having my third baby is the charm ;). So here i go on the journey of getting healthy, wish me luck.If you happen to have any advice or healthy meals/ snack ideas, please let me know. I will keep you all posted.

p.s. and to help with being held accountable,encouraging myself, and seeing what i looked like before is the following picture. Good bye 177.8 lb Sue!!

Pictures, pictures, and more pictures...

At Disneyland waiting for it to open. Just love Kimberly's face btw...

love my kiddos!

What a family?! :D

They really miss Disneyland...

All i can say is...LOL!

"yay we have conquered daddy!"

daddy is done...

This was taken at Josh's badge pinning for the ECC, I am so proud of you baby!

Back in January my Dad and Grandpa came for a visit, it was great b/c it was the first time that my Grandpa(Vavoo) had met Wyatt.

I love this family photo for two reasons...one everyone is looking at the camera and two, this is only the 2nd family pic that we have ever taken...sad i know.

Pretty cute couple of kiddos....

Yes...this is Wyatt in a Snow White costume...what? is there something wrong with that??-lol. I just keep telling myself at least he is a manly Snow White...over and over again...

Remember when you were a kid and playing in the mud was the best ever?!

And to add a little more "fun" the sprinklers were on ;)

Needless to say, they were dripping with mud and took a loooong shower until they were clean.

Mr. Wyatt Timothy Luchau on his 3rd birthday, he just finished eating a giant cupcake.

Kimberly met a new friend at Murray Farms.

Wyatt- the human firework.

Back to my blogging days!(Yay!)

Hello to all!

Man, I have sure missed blogging and I am so happy that I have finally made the time to do a little each week. Wow where to begin...Well, as I am sure all of you know that we had a beautiful baby girl! On June 29th,2010 at 8:21pm; Miss Maci Lyn Luchau graced us with her presents and it has been a joy ever since. I can't believe that she is already two months old! She is so alert and happy. We just love her so much. Kimberly and Wyatt have adjusted very well to having a baby sister and I can not wait to watch them grow up together.

As you can see, she has grown so much in the past 2 months. In fact back on August 10th she had gained 4 lbs and grew 2 1/2 inches. Just love her!

In other news, Josh has been into canning! Ya I know, you are probably thinking "Hey, isnt the wife suppose to do that stuff??"- nope not this wife, lol, at least not right now. Josh had such a great time making jams from scratch, along with pickled jalapenos-yum! He did such an amazing job. We actually made a family trip out to Murray Farms to get some fresh fruit for canning. It was a good time.

And last but not least...Homeschool has started! Kimberly in Kindergarten and Wyatt in Preschool :D. We are on our second week and things are going great.( :::WARNING::: parent bragging moment coming) Kimberly is whizzing through all that I am teaching her and I am so proud of her! I am trying to be creative as possible in finding ways to challenge that awesome mind of hers. Wyatt is doing great, last week he learned about the letter "A" and does very well with writing his name. I am so proud of him aswell :D. Well I have to go for now(blogging time is up).