Life as a Lewis

I'm sure I say this every week, but I'm so happy it's Friday! My 3-day weekends are always a great break! I'm proud of myself for finally getting back on the exercise wagon this week after taking off, oh about 3 weeks! I worked out at Curves twice and then last night took a 50 minute walk with two of my friends. A walk that included the mother of all hills! My ankle is killing me this morning - seriously, it hurts to walk! I've got a doctor's appointment this morning. Hoping to get something that will help me sleep. I'm just sick of being tired all the time. I go to bed every night and lay there for hours. Maybe I'll come home with a miracle drug! Camden has soccer practice tonight, then we're going to just have a family weekend. We're going to eat out, grocery shop. Tomorrow, we're headed into Nashville to take Camden to a park (I've got an ulterior motive here - pictures!). We're returning the some of the Pottery Barn crib set I bo...

We've finally had some rain the last couple of days!! Not enough I'm sure, but several hard downpours. It's so funny, but after 2-3 months with no rain, having an overcast day feels a little weird! My newest obsession is Adobe Lightroom. It's a wonderful program that allows you to edit pictures and gives you a ton more options than my Photoshop Elements. And, can I just say it is very expensive to take good pictures. First you've got your SLR camera. Then you add in the lens (which are still on my wish list). Add in photo editing software, maybe some backdrops (also on my wishlist), and the list goes on and on! Here are a few pictures that I've edited recently. Some of them had issues to begin with, and some of them were pretty good pictures that I just added cool effects to.

Today is Becky's last chemo treatment!! It's easy to get overwhelmed with what she still has to go through, but today should be celebrated! Her tumor shrunk and is inactive - that's the best results she could have gotten through her treatments, and I am so happy for her! Camden learned 2 new songs this week at school and asked to sing them for Aunt Becky - so here they are! Oh, and when we were talking about this being her last treatment, he looked at me with a little grin and said, "Soooo, is her hair going to be all grown back now?"

I'm getting complaints from family members that I'm not blogging enough, so here's a post just for you! Brian and I both took Camden to soccer practice this evening. It is so funny to watch these 4 year olds running around, not knowing what they're doing, but having a blast anyway. Camden is doing really well listening to the coach and getting right in there and playing. He made 2 really good goals tonight. . . . . unfortunately for the wrong team! Hopefully we'll get that worked out before his games start. So, pretty sure I figured out that I did not have the stomach bug yesterday. My friend, who is also a nurse, recommended Melatonin (an over the counter herbal sleep supplement) to help me with my sleep issues. I took it Friday night and woke up Saturday not feeling well, but thought it was because I didn't fall asleep until 2:00. So I doubled the dose and took it Saturday night. Sunday morning I woke up feeling awful, and I'm pretty sure my body was tryin...

I had lots of shopping success on Friday - I cannot believe how many good sales are out there right now! Brian was happy to discover, however, that I refrained from buying any baby girl items! I took Camden to soccer practice Friday night. Poor thing was not really in the mood. Who can blame him - Friday night, 104 degrees, outside. Need I say more? He wanted nothing to do with the stretching and jumping jacks the coach was telling them to do. I got to meet a couple of the other soccer moms. I discovered I'm the oldest one there (since when is 31 old?), and apparently black is a soccer mom's uniform. Out of the 5 moms, I was the only one not wearing black. :) Saturday was good. Camden and I spent lots of time playing while Brian was gone to his seminar. Today started off not so good. I have been sick to my stomach throwing up multiple times this morning. I just ate my first meal of the day and so far so good. I know anyone reading this is going to think I'm nuts, but while ...

So, I'm kinda neglecting the ole blog these days. I can't seem to find the energy to type up what's going on in our busy, but fairly boring life! Work has been pretty crazy this week. Students arrived back on campus, so everything feels like it's in fast forward. For Brian, the reality of being a teacher and a full-time youth pastor is settling in, and it's a pretty busy reality! Camden is discovering that being in K-4 is fun, but a little tough. He comes home from school exhausted! We've had to wake him up every morning this week, and he's going to bed at 7:30 so it's not like we're keeping him up late. Mornings are rushed, evenings are busy, and we're going to bring another baby into this family? Sometimes I wonder what the heck we're doing! I used to blog to keep up with Camden stories. Then I blogged because it was sort of a habit, and a little therapeutic to write down what was in my head. Now I'm blogging because when we...

Camden's first soccer practice was tonight. Here's a little glimpse of the video we took. If you want to see the full-length 6 minute version, click here . Unfortunately, the quality isn't that great, but you'll get the general idea (he's the one in the green shirt). Short version: