'06-'07 Catch Up!

WOW! I haven't posted in almost a year...I can't believe I've let so much time go by! Well, for starters, there really haven't been any major changes in my life since I last posted, I still have the same job, same kids, same house, same dog, same secret love life I'm not supposed to have...yeah, that last one there hadn't been mentioned on the blog before, but it had started up before I had last posted...more on that later.

I'm still divorced, still butt poor, but still pretty darn happy. My kids are amazing, and I love them so much! They're growing up so quickly, and I'm convinced they're brilliant. Rather than brag about their academic endeavors though, I'll just admit that I'm a very proud mama.

This past year we've kept busy with some new activities! The girls got started in basketball this year, to round out the soccer they had been playing. They also started taking Hula lessons in the fall, and it's been so much fun watching them learn more about their heritage.

This past summer we went to southern california and had an amazing vacation. My family had a reunion of sorts, and we all went to disneyland, san diego zoo, and universal studios. It was a busy, but very fun week. It was also my family's chance to meet my other half...he flew down to meet us and spent half the week with my family, then helped me drive back home with the childrens.

I've also gone to Seattle and Boston for work conferences, did a couple more small triathlons, then quit exercising almost completely. I was supposed to run the St. George Marathon last october, but on my way down to st. George, some stupid driver rear ended my car, so I only got as far as Payson.

Thanksgiving was spent with the BF's family (since mine is so far away). I had the kids that weekend, and they had a lot of fun too. Christmas was hard because I didn't have them for the first half of the holiday, so I was pretty lonely and sad, even though I was surrounded by BF's family. They've really been great and welcomed me into their home. I like that a lot, though I'm still getting used to it, and still struggle with letting myself get totally comfortable around them. I made the mistake of trying that with my ex-inlaws, and it really hurt when I ended up losing those relationships completely. So I'm a bit apprehensive when it comes to warming up to prospective in-laws...

I'm getting along better with the ex, though it was a bit awkward for a while when I first started dating BF...things go smooth now, it looks like he's accepted the fact that I'm seeing BF now and we're getting more serious (it's been over 9 months now).

I'd like to get more serious with BF--like talk about getting married, but the work thing makes it really difficult. We work together, and there's a policy about romantic relationships with co-workers. No one knows anything's going on, even though we've been seeing each other for almost a year. Some days I have a hard time with that because people often try to set him up on dates or talk about his being "single"...I get jealous. No one even worries about me being single, since I'm kind of spinsterly and divorced. That kind of sucks, but whatever. I guess it helps them not notice we've been dating because I'm probably the last person they'd imagine him with (the single mother of three...)

Anyways, that's kind of a quick synopsis of my life over the past 9 months...it goes by way too fast...I put in some random pics from the last few months to help catch up...