What Have you Smelled today?

This morning I woke up to the smell of homemade raisin nut bread.

This afternoon I woke up from my nap to the smell of spicy middle eastern rice.

For dinner, the smell of shrimp and bacon-wrapped scallop kabobs wafted in from the grill.

Then, there were the chocolate chip cookie smells for dessert.

Now, granola, homemade. Hopefully, that smell will linger into tomorrow.

I love having Adam home.

Adventures in Yoga

Tuesday is yoga day. Me and Sharla met at Marianne's to eat yummy, health food and do yoga. I just have to say that Sharla is AMAZING! She teaches yoga over at LA Fitness. The three of us (plus extras) have been doing yoga for quite some time now. We love to try the trickier, cooler looking poses and get all twisty. Today we attempted headstands. I love how Sharla looks like she's running upside down.

I, however...

lol

It's a good thing I'm not afraid of falling and a good thing Marianne's house was there to break my fall...each time I fell. :) I did stay up for a couple seconds though.

What a gorgeous day, too. High of 73. Marianne's deck was perfect for our little yoga session. I love yoga. I love the way my body feels like it can breathe again. Can't wait to do it again. Good thing I teach Centergy in the morning! Wahoo!

And on a side note...Guess who comes home tonight!!! Jumping, happy, giggly Ariella is here to stay!

Not so little any more

Viona spent the last 10 days in Utah. She flew out all by herself and met her Nana to have 2 weeks of fun! She spent most of the time shopping. Skinny jeans galore. Uncle Alex and Nana took her to the mall and spoiled her rotten. She got to see Uncle Ames's play, "Big River." She also spent time at Seven Peaks where both Uncle Ames and Aunt Syssa work. Let's see, a zoo trip was planned and carried out by my dad. And can't forget all the fabulous movies and tv she got to watch with her nana. Just 2 girls having fun. I can't wait to see these pictures. Nana, find your camera!!! :)

Happy Birthday to...ooops

Today is Bryson's Birthday. He's six. We're planning on throwing him a party later when daddy and Nona are back, but I wanted to do something for him, so I made him some brownies. We went over to Kimbur's after church to celebrate. After lighting some candles we had everyone join us in a chorus of Happy Birthday. What we didn't realize was that Bryson was sitting on the toilet with the door wide open as we came round the corner.

"NOT YET!!!"

Oops.

In a pictureless nutshell

Ok, so...I can't find the cord that goes from my camera to my computer. Thus, no pictures. It's pretty sad too. I have pics on there from Christmas. Yikes!

So, what has the Bell family been up to for the past, say...SEVEN months? Here's a quick recap.

February:
Alyssa went home. :( (but now she's living with roommates and has 2 jobs, so all in all, doing pretty awesome)
Endured another month without Adam. sniff
Endured snow HELL
Started knitting...a lot

March:
Adam came home!!!
Matt and Mary came to visit.
Adam and I went to Cozumel.
Matt, Mary and the rest of us cool Bells went to Busch Gardens.
Visited with Cousin Darcy.

April:
hmmm, honestly April's a blur.
My email has a lot of Library notices, so I must have read a lot.

May:
I went to Tucson to see my brother get married!
Gained a new Sister in Law and Nephew.
Sara and Jonathan Newey came for a long visit. yay!
Nona started Softball.

June:
I turned 30!!!!
I'm pretty sure Adam left again. (Is it sad that I can't keep track of how often he's gone)
My baby G, I mean GRANT, turned 4.
Adam came back home.
Left for AZ.
Spent 3 fabulous days in Phoenix visiting with family. Eating, riverboarding, visiting.
Went to Greer for a "family" reunion.

July:
Drove back down to Tucson and spent another week with Aubry and Chris! So fun!
Left Adam behind in AZ for ANCOC and traveled home with all 4 kiddos. very sad
Became very busy with our summer Launch schedule.
Knitted some more.
Netflix Instant Watch became my new best friend.
The DS became my kids best friend.

August:
Started working at the gym full time...jk...just feels like it. lol
Doing some marketing for Transformations. Let me know if you want to join. I'll hook you up.
Started playing the Organ in church. Yes, laugh now.
Bryson turns 6 today.

So there you have it. I'll post pics as soon as I find that stinkin' cord. Or you can visit my FB page. There are at least some pics there.

BEWARE!!!

I might actually post something new this week.