Fine By Me

I'm just sayin' it's fine by me, if we never leave
And we can lay like this forever, it's fine by me


Swimming
Bodysurfing
Fighting
Castnetting
Fishing
Family
Sunburns
Alligators
Sunset on the beach

And that's just two days.

Bigger Fish To Fry

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go." Dr. Seuss

My sweet Carter graduated from preschool last night.  It was a very big deal here, as all four of my children have been through Cross Town Preschool.  I cannot say enough wonderful things about this preschool and the blessing it has been for our family.  I'm not going to know what to do with myself now.  The director says we need more kids.  I say, somebody needs to drop one off on my doorstep.  Just a few hours before graduation Carter picked a blanket up that had been under his bed and put it on his bed, laid down on it, and was stung on the head by a scorpion.  He has never been stung by anything in his life.  It was a night of firsts and lasts.  A night to remember.  Today is the last day of school for the kids, a half day.  They are excited and ready for Summer Break to begin.  They boys are attending a Fort Worth Cats baseball game this weekend with Matt Jr's baseball team while Dallas and I do girlie things like get our hair done and buy new clothes for vacation.  Hopefully I'll get the chance to do a post or two while we are on vacation with pictures of the wildlife.....aka my children.

The whole Magerly Awesome Crew.

Just the kiddos.

My sweet girl and I.

With his little buddies.

Sittin' in the pew...looking at me....yep, I'm looking at you.

Here he is performing, he is always performing.

Pastor said that the good news is all the children graduated.  The bad news is none of them have jobs lined up.

Enjoying his cake and his family...mostly his cake.

Huge...Updated!

Huge.  My happiness is.  Seriously I am SO happy right now.  I am not going to think about the bad stuff that will eventually happen.  Right now I am soaking up the good stuff, enjoying every last drop of it.  I deserve it.

Huge.  Last summer my body was.  A size 22 to be exact.  I tried those shorts on a few days ago.  I can fit two of my size 8/10 body in them now.  Did you see the part how my happiness is huge?  My husband was just a bit amazed.  You don't get the full effect of a person's transformation when you see them every day...he got the effect that day.

Huge.  My workouts are.  3.5 miles a day, 5 days a week.  3 weight lifting sessions a week followed by 3 exercise classes a week.  There is no way I could have done this last year.  The pride that hit me yesterday when I realized that I can do ANYTHING that they throw at me in the gym...yeah....that was huge too.

Aaaand because Sara threw down the challenge.  Here I am in one pant leg of the shorts I was wearing last year!

Every Day I'm Hustlin'

We've been really busy around here with end of school events.  We are also in a baseball tournament.  Matt has be coined Pig Pen by his coach because of his tendency to be surrounded by a cloud of dust on the baseball field.  I love his new moniker.  It also describes his room, but that is another story!  Carter is preparing for preschool graduation..sigh.  Getting ready to move on to the big Kindergarten..he can't get there fast enough.  I've had computer issues over the past week that I don't even want to begin going in to...so here are a few random shots from the past week.

I Like How It Feels

It's my time, it's my life,I can do what I like
For the price of a smile, I gotta take it to right
So I keep living, cause it feel's right
And it's so nice, and I'd do it all again...



My birthday...it was fabulous.

Now Every Single Day...I Just Wanna Hear You Say That...

I'm so lucky lucky...
I'm so lucky lucky...
I'm so lovely lovely...
I'm so lovely lovely..

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Thirty five.  Is this supposed to be some kind of big deal?  It's really not, I don't feel old at all!  What is a big deal is how ridiculously happy I am.  I, nobody else...changed my life.  Last year this time of year I weighed 232 pounds.  Yep I put it out there.  That takes balls...but I've been told that I carry a set in my purse.  Right now I'm at a lovely 155 pounds.  I hope to lose a few more, and turn some in to muscle.  But I could not be happier.  My kids aren't embarrassed of me.  I'm no longer the fat mom.  More times than not, if you are looking for me...I'm at the gym..and loving it!    I honestly cannot think of anything I want to change right now.  I am grateful for every single person in my life.  I love this life that I have been blessed with.  I'm one lucky girl.

Weekend Update

We had a busy weekend "scheduled" here at the Magerly Awesome household.  As all of you parents know, things don't always go as planned.  Matt had two baseball games scheduled in a neighboring town.  One for Friday night and one for Saturday afternoon.  We made it to the one Friday night, only to have it cancelled because of a terrible storm.  We got to drive home in said storm!  Yay for hail and tornadoes.  We survived no worse for the wear.  The game Saturday was cancelled, I'm assuming due to field conditions.  Saturday morning the younger boys had a karate demonstration at our local YMCA's "Healthy Kids Day".  This was Carter's first demonstration and he was very excited to be able to share his skills with the public.  There was face painting, plenty of free snacks, games, a bounce house, Life Flight, and you could even adopt a pet.  They really enjoyed it.