Please help...

Ryan and I find a great financial planner in the NoVa area...Is anybody out there able to suggest a great financial planner??? Please suggest who you use, your parents use, your neighbors, your grandparents, your grandparents friend's uncle's sister's best friend...we are making a list and searching for one to help us out for the future!

I have another job:)...

But this time it's more awesome than the first! I am now an official ZUMBA instructor! I teach 2 classes a week at the Chinn Center and I am so excited. I taught my very own first class last Wednesday night and LOVVVEEEDDDD it. What is ZUMBA you may ask...well it is a dance fitness class that combines Latin American and Indian style dance moves to make fitness fun and exciting...woot woot...love it:)

Good Night

This is what I look like when I sleep. I am proud of this picture because I have always wanted to know what I look like...and Ryan captured it on camera...

These are the people I got to see...all...week...long

Look how beautiful they are...It was so fun being with these kids, my nieces. They were well behaved and enjoyed being pulled around and playing different activities!! While my sister and her husband were away for a break, Mom and I stayed in NY to take care of the girlies. Chloe is 2.5 yrs old and really enjoys being a big girl...whereas baby sissy Scarlett is 7 months and enjoys being cooed over and held and loved.


Yummy chocolate chip cookies


Dewey (aka Chloe)...this is how we ride!


Scarrrrrlett


Grandma Nas and the Girls


Me and the girls

It was a much needed break from work!!

A Week Away...

This week I am in New York taking care of Chloe and Scarlett (my nieces). My mom is here too and it has been a great week so far. It is actually my first time away from Ryan! I have seen him every single day for 15 months and we have made it 2 days without seeing each other...we are still alive! I know...anyways, so Dorothy and Trevor are on a cruise and we are taking care of the little girls and having a great time. I have watched more Dora than I have even ever desired...i know the songs and answers to all the questions now! We are having a great time playing at the park, playing in the yard, going to the gym and the kid care, and going shopping. I sure miss Ryan, but I am grateful that we can help out my sister and her family.

In other news, I have started a job as a Substitute Group Exercise Instructor with the Chinn Center and Dale City Rec Center...some extra money, with some added gym benefits is fun!

What were we thinking...

when we signed up to run this...



I get sweaty just thinking about it. I am working on getting a good pace for 1 mile...yes i really meant 1 mile and pretty soon (sooner than we think) it'll be october and time to run 13.2 miles. I feel nervous because it's my first half marathon (hopefully not my last)...