Hobbies!

Lately I've been working on getting everyone a hobby including myself. I also have many goals that I can accomplish just by doing my hobbies. Not only have I been cooking up a storm making meals I would normally never dream of, but now I am reading more than I have my whole life. One of my goals was to read 3 books by the end of the year. Dustins cousins wife DeeAnn suggested that I start reading the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer and I love them so much I'm almost done with my second book and just started reading them 3 days ago. Next on the list is learning quilting, photography and starting the girls scrapbooks.
Khaliah just started Dance class today. She absolutely LOVES it. She did so well!! We're going tomorrow to pick up her dance clothes and her shoes. The class I found for her is perfect because they do all aspects of dance. She learns ballet, tap, jazz and tumbling. I like that they work on everything so she can decide which one she likes the best. She gets to go to dance on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 1 hour all by herself and she loves that. She also starts her preschool tomorrow. She's had her backpack packed for weeks now, but she finally gets to start. I'll let everyone know how it goes but she is soooo excited. She'll go to school Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. So lucky for her she has something to look forward to every day whether it be school or dance!
Because Taysiah is only 2 (almost 2 1/2) she doesn't get to do dance even though they let her participate today. She really doesn't have the attention span even though she did do most of the moves. I'm looking in to getting her started in gymnastics until January when she starts dance. It's hard around here to find something for her age group, but if all else fails I can create something special for her to do that makes her feel proud of herself.
And of course Mahlayah doesn't know which way is up or which way is down, so all she expects is some food and a fun place for her to walk around. Which by the way I don't think I've posted that yes, she is completely walking. Real late, but YAY!!
Dustin has always had his hobbies so he didn't have to work real hard on that one, but he has now added hunting to the list since he went this labor day with his dad. Bummer they didn't get anything because they didn't get close enough but they're going this weeking and wont come home until they do finally get one. Yes, he's still got the samauri and yes he still has snowboarding and every other thing he does. So, he's covered...but I guess he always has been.
Things are definatley perking up because we have a plan and have stuck to everything so far. We will be moving out by the end of this month to a small apartment so we can save the money to start building our eco friendly home next year. Still so much to accomplish, but we're all really having a blast developing ourselves!!