Father's Day Weekend!

To the two most amazing father's I know...my dad and my husband...

I am sincerely grateful for these two men in my life. I am the woman I am today because of how loved I am-first by my father. Growing up, I was more of a "mommy's girl." But over the years, my dad and I became closer-I realize how much alike we are, I realize how much of the same heart we have. I am so proud of my dad even though it's something I don't say often. I am just so lucky he's the type to tell me how proud he is of me and how much he loves not just me, but Sean like his own son. And of course, Matthew! Matthew is extremely attached to his "Pa." :)

And Sean, to see him evolve into an incredibly affectionate and hands-on dad, I just could not be prouder to be his wife. And I know as young as Matthew is, he loves his Daddy SO much!

Here is a picture of Matthew with his "Father's Day" gift on...I love this shirt-"Daddy's Caddy." Hopefully in the near future he'll want to hit the links with his dad and play some golf. We had a great  Father's Day spending it at a friend of the family's house-the Colca's. They just happen to live right above our home in San Dimas-it could not have been a more gorgeous day-we even got some pool time, too!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Father's Day this year! I am really looking forward to some summer fun now!

Oh, how could I forget, the recital! (This is why I need to blog more!) It went really well...I think. Ok, it was all a blur once I was out on stage this year-I was a little nervous for some reason. But I loved the entire experience and I adore the group of ladies whom I dance with-most of us are moms and are close in age. Below is a picture right before performing-myself, Marisa, Jessica and Casey. Our costumes came together great and I think we rocked it!!!

Exhausted!

This is going to be short and sweet...why? Because I'm exhausted! It's been a busy week and a half since my last post...I've had three dance rehearsals last week (to some that's no biggie, right?), costume hunting for recital, Gymboree classes, Continuing Education hours to complete (for my insurance license), and a fun but busy weekend with friends and family. Sean and I had a blast seeing our friends Natalie and Brian down in Huntington Beach on Saturday evening. I'm almost embarrassed to say how long it's been since we've left our "home area" and headed out someplace fun and lively! But it was a BLAST-dinner at the Aloha grill + 2 STONG mai tais = some silly behavior from Sean! Sunday was spent doing our usual routine of cleaning up, doing laundry and going to the market. Later on we had a family graduation dinner for Sean's youngest sister Alicia-it's always great coming together with the family and seeing Matthew have fun with my sweet niece Mackenzie!

Pictures to come next week! This week, I've got THREE newborn babies to visit, MORE rehearsals and on Friday, my actual recital at Citrus College. I hope I'm ready for this...!

The Challenge...

So, I have a dance recital coming up in about two weeks...yikes! We are performing the Cell Block Tango from the play/movie "Chicago." I love it! It's very theatrical and sophisticated compared to last year's disco routine. When I first (re) watched the routine on YouTube to get costume ideas I almost fell out of my seat-they are wearing next to nothing! And of course those women have amazing dancer bodies! Hmmm...well, I'm not going to get too worked up-I think I can find a way to catch the theme but make it a little more, um...covered up. :)

In the meantime here is my two week challenge: to do sit ups. Yup, just DO THEM PERIOD! Whether it be 20, 50 or 200 (ha ha), I am going to do them at night while I watch TV. I'm not expecting any miracles but hey, you gotta start somewhere and now I've got a little motivation.

I am trying to eat well but I swear if I think about not eating this or that, it makes it just more tempting to indulge. And then I feel guilty and that gets me nowhere. So I'm going to continue to eat normally, avoid fast food and just eat sweets in much smaller amounts. (My iced coffee drinks, that's another story! I have not worked on that addiction quite yet!). So, in two weeks I'll be posting recital pics and hopefully some improvement in the ab department. :)

In completely unrelated news, here is what my silly husband did tonight...cut out his face and put it over P.Diddy in this ad...I have been cracking up all night-I'm pretty sure laughter like this counts as a workout!