Day one on South Beach diet.

Might as well tell the world I am on a diet. Who knows, it might make me last longer than 1 day. It'll help me keep track, too.
So I was 153 lbs this morning. I have till July 16 to get gorgeous, because that's when I leave for my trip to Latvia, and I always feel fatter in Latvia than I do here, ha ha ha! Of course I have procrastinated till the last possible moment... So my goal for the next two weeks is to stay away from all sugar and starches, it's supposed to let me lose about 10 pounds or so. If you know me, you know I am addicted to sugar. Which is how I got into this mess. So that will be hard. I'll also go for daily walks. I walked for 1 hour today. Wish me endurance.
I had two eggs w/fat free cheese for breakfast and spaghetti squash with turkey lunchmeat for lunch. Oh, and a string cheese for a morning snack. And I just snacked on oberto beef jerky. OK, I'm off to read more of the South Beach diet book. :)
And I'm not translating this post into latvian because I don't want the latvians to know I'm fat! :D

Daarzniecinjsh Little gardener

Jaunaa telts New tent

Ja neskaita lasiishanu, Kevina vieniigais hobijs ir kempings. Shopavasar mees dazhu labu sestdienu pavadiijaam iepeerkoties. Tie, kas labi paziist Kevinu, zina, ka ar vinju iepirkties nemaz nav tik viegli, jo vinjsh apbraukaa visus iespeejamos veikalus, saliidzinaadams cenas, lai atrastu leetaako un labaako produktu. Nesen mees iegaadaajaamies 4 saliekamaas gultas, par ko es nesuudzos, bet izraadiijaas, ka tikai triis no taam saiet muusu teltii. Taadeelj pagaishsestdien mees iegaadaajaamies jaunu telti. Izmeegjinaashanas peec uzlseejaam to seetaa, un taa ir diezgan milziiga. Tagad vareesim komfortabli kempingot, ja tikai buus vietas kur to milzi uzsliet! :)

Kevin's only palpable hobby that I have been able to notice so far (other than reading) is camping. We have spent several weekends this spring shopping around for camping supplies. If you know Kevin, you know he won't buy anything unles he has compared prices at 20 different stores first and made sure he is getting the best deal out there. So it takes drive and determination to shop with him... :) We got some neat camping cots a while back, which is awesome, nobody likes to sleep on hard ground, even if you are supposed to get close to nature etc, you still could use some padding between you and the nature when it comes to sleeping... Unfortunately, only three of the four cots fit into our old tent. On Saturday we fixed that problem by getting a new tent! We set it up in the yard to try it out. It's awesome and huge. Now we can camp in comfort, as long as we can find a spot big enough to set it up on! :)

Ciinamies ar teeti! Wrestling with dad! Teetis pievaareets! Finshed him off!

Nila draudzinjsh Rains Neal's buddy Ryan

Nila skolinjaa vienu dienu bija iipasha diena, kad vareeja gjeerbties vienaadaas dreebees ar draugu. Te nu ir redzams Nils ar draudzinju Rainu! Tiirie dviiniishi!
Neal and Ryan, buddies in school, on "dress to match your friend" day. They look like twins!

a visit to the Zoo.

Ok, so it was free admission day at the Point Defiance Zoo. Ben wasn't feeling good in the morning, but got better toward the afternoon, so we picked Neal up at preschool and off we went. The higlights: there was a shark with a bite taken out of his side, looked gruesome, and we saw the birds (all 3 of them, hi hi hi) being fed, the raven was fun to watch, they hide his food around his enclosure and he enjoys finding it. The raven's name is Vader :D My kids were being so cute, I almost ate them up. But instead, I took a couple pictures.

Grandfather/Father/son campout!

So I am not much of a writer, but I guess I could at least post a few pictures, maybe people check the blog sometimes, who knows... I wasn't there, not being a father nor a son, but I heard it was a muddy experience. A pair of pants was ruined and 2 pairs of shoes are still outside, waiting to be de-mudded. The weather was so warm and sunny, and it had been raining and freezing cold just the day before. I guess it was meant to be. Meanwile, I raided the Grocery outlet and went home with at least 16 different kinds of junk food. No pictures of that will follow... I shared a little with Mom, Anne Marie, Lindsay and Danielle, so it's all good. :)

Meet our dwarf hamster Lily! Musu pundurkaamiite Lilija!