Busy, busy, busy...

Well, I know it has been WAY too long since posting but we have been super busy so far in 2008!

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In January, Mark and I started the year with a night in Vegas for my birthday! He had an overnight there so I tagged along (mom watched the kids) and while we stayed at Circus Circus, we had a 3 hour dinner at Maggiano's which is a new favorite of ours!

Then we made a last minute trip to Michigan to see my Grandpa Joe, who Mark has never met. He is up in the upper penninsula of Michigan with Dave's brother, Steve, so we flew to Chicago and drove up for about 6 hours....in the negative degree cold, I might add! The kids were so great the entire trip!!! Dave went with us. We stayed at a really cute ski lodge but unfortunately did not have time to ski...next time! We spent about a total of 8 hours with Joe, Steve and Liz and then headed back to Chicago to spend the night before an AM flight home the next day. THe kids were able to have their first experience with the Wii...totally fun...we may need one! Oddly enough, the Chicago Bibbey's were coming to stay with us for 11 days a few days after we were there...it was kinda wierd!

While the Chicago Bibbey's were here it was great...although crazy with 9 of us (5 kids 5 and under). I don't have any pictures from their visit yet because we had broken camera so Michele has them on her caamera. All the kids got along and the kids did great with the dogs, which was a fear of Lucca's. The first day they were here the girls went to Disney Princess on Ice which was fantastic!

Then the kids, Michele and I all rode bikes to a small park where Lucca and Andon collided resulting in a bloody nose for Lucca...of course we did not have any tissues or even napkins so Michele carried her home while I got to ride the razor scooter! All was ok!

They spent some time with Michele's friend from ASU, Sally and their family so it was nice to still have time for our family. We went to Organ Stop Pizza one night for dinner which was also fun. Mark and Mike went to the FBR Open and enjoyed some golf....Michele, the kids and I went to the new Tumbleweed Park in Chandler and brought a picnic lunch...what a great park! Then on Friday we spent the morning walking around ASU and shopping at the ASU bookstore. They loaded up on ASU garb and all the kids wore Sparky tatoos...too cute. We had some lunch and headed home. Then we all watched the Superbowl and munched way too much. The last full day they were here we went to Makutu's Island and we had some fun times climbing LOTS!

So, an update on me. I started boot camp at the gym on January 14th which mets MWF from 5:30am-6:30am.....a huge challenge in itself....and have been really counting my calories. I am just sick and tired of not being as healthy (and thin) as I know I should be. I never really ate bad, just realized how it all adds up fast! I have lost about 8 pounds and have really toned up. I only have 4 more classes to go and then it's on to another routine. I have been burning about 800 calories in each session so I love going. This week was the first week where I really wanted to go back to bed!!!

Mark has been sick this week and I think today is the start of Avery and I getting it too! His started with a headache and yep, that's what I have today! I hate being sick! Mark is also in a cycling race this weekend. It's a 3 day event on Friday, Saturday and Sunday so he HAS to be better! I beleive this will get him qualified for Platinum status is he makes the time cut.

We are doing Tour of the Tucson Mountains the end of April on the tandem with the hopes of Platinum qualification for me. 70 miles in 3:10...training starts as soon as boot camp ends next Friday!!!

We did finally manage to get a REALLY nice digital camera base that fits all of Mark's lenses for his film base. Not too many excting one's here but a few....

Well, I think that get everyone a little bit caught up on what's happening here in the crazy AZ Bibbey house!