Ariana Nicole: We are back in the blogging world :)

Ariana finished off Kindergarten great and our Summer was pretty good. We had a couple mini get-a-ways here and there. Ariana was stuck in Day Care full-time so she didn't really get to experience much of a summer when it comes to sleeping in and lounging around the house. She did have Swimming lessons and did awesome, I am much more confident about her swimming now :) So glad we finally got that done. Ariana continued her X-treme Jazz dance practices through the summer. Classes were only on Monday's so it wasn't too bad! She decided she didn't want to do cheer at X-treme Jazz anymore because she really wanted to get into Full Force. (a tumble and cheer gym in El Campo) She had been on the waiting list since February and well she started her classes the first week of school in August. She is only doing tumble classes for now so that she can focus on learning what she needs to if she decides to try out for the Compettive cheer team (which she really wants to do) So now we are dealing with two different gyms and 3 practices a week. She will also be doing another solo this year for competition. She will be dancing to "Watch me" from the Disney Series Shake it Up.

The princess turned 6 right before the school year. She celebrated at the Bowling Alley in El Campo, It turned out great and all the kids had fun. Now for First Grade, Well the first 2 weeks went great. Homework was easy and it went very smoothly. It has gotten a little bit tougher on her these past few days though. She has kind of gotten the attitude that she really doesn't like school but i think it all boils down to the extra work she didn't get when she was in kindergarten. She now has weekly test for her sightwords and spelling words in addition to nightly readers with comprehensive questions. Her grades so far are awesome though. I think it will be a great year :)

As for me, well i have adapted to a healthier lifestyle :) and i feel awesome! I eat alot healthier and have really become commited to excercising. Don't get me wrong though I still have my days where i NEED to have all that good food that is just so bad for you, LOL. I didn't want to let go of that completley because i could never do that long term, and i needed a solution that i could work with all the time. What helps me is eating healthy during the week and then opt for the not so healthy stuff on the weekends, LOL. This technique has seemed to work for me so i'm sticking to it :) I do everything from working out at SNAP Fitness, ZUMBA (which is my favorite) and step aerobics which is an awesome toning and mega calorie burning workout. I mean who would have thought that by dancing you could lose weight, I strontly reccoment ZUMBA to anyone who has not already tried it. It really helps shed those inches. I am down 38 pounds and tons of inches. I am super excited about my progress. It has been a long journey but very well worth it. I'm not done quite yet, need about another 8 pounds and then focusing hard core on toning up. Then comes the maintaing phase, which i have realized won't be hard to do at all as long as I continue excercising. I am keeping up with my progress through myfitnesspal.com and i have a counter located on the right hand side of this page.

Below are some pictures from the past couple months in no particular order! I hope you enjoy them :)

***For those of you getting this update by email, You won't be able to see some of the photos Ariana and I had taken by Impressions by Leslie. There is one at the top of the page, then the 2 at the very bottom. I will be getting pictures printed soon :) To check them out just click on the link below:

http://criselda-ariana.blogspot.com/

First Day of 1st Grade :) August 22, 2011

Pose 2 (1st grade)

She officially sleeps in her own room :)

Dallas Cowboys Training Camp 2011 - San Antonio

Posing at Training camp :)

another one at training camp - San Antonio, Texas

Picking up Tio Ricky from the Airport - PURE excitment :)

A trip to Fiest Texas :)

she was very brave, even rode the Road Runner Express!
Way to go Ariana

and of course she loved the water park at Fiesta Texas

at Galveston Bay RV Resort

Beach fun at Port Aransas

Splash way @ Sheridan, Texas

and yes she got on these slides @ splashway..I was the big baby..lol she had to convince me to get on the yellow and blue slide, i never gave in to the white "free fall" slide, but that was her favorite.