Jenny 2012

Jenny accomplished many wonderful, challenging things in 2012. With regards to her physical health, she lost much of the weight she hoped to, and finally lowered her body fat percentage to 23.8%, with is the "Fitness" zone. She began teaching Zumba classes as the permanent substitute teacher for both Kim & Krista, the Zumba instructors she takes classes from. Zumba has brought a smile to her face nearly everyday, except for the days she spent recovering from plantar fasciitis, which she most likely developed from favoring her right side while running, as her left hip has FAI with a torn labrum. She has had to tone things down a bit to compensate for these injuries so that she can still exercise and dance as much as she wants to. She began 2012 with a Just Dance semester that ended in a fabulous recital The Princess & The Frog, a Mardi Gras Spectacular! I must add that this Mardi Gras Spectacular was actually one with Mormon standards, but nonetheless, was very fun and fabulous. She incorporated a Flash Mob to the song Dynamite, by Taio Cruz, which included all of the brave audience members in attendance, and the entire cast of the show. The end of 2012 found her preparing for a Winter recital with a dance semester that was spread over the holidays because the Sanford School was to be under construction when we would have been performing in the Spring. Perhaps this is why she stopped blogging? It was a very busy and crazy time. Jenny also spent a lot of time running in 2012. She ran her very first official races with a Mud Run and the annual Adams State Homecoming 5k. While training for these races, she reached some of her fitness goals, as mentioned before, and felt that she was finally back to where she felt comfortable, physically. Unfortunately, Thanksgiving found her in charge of pies for the Sowards Family Thanksgiving feast, and so she ate way too many leftover pumpkin & bourbon chocolate pecan pies. This major sugar indulgence seemed to put her in a funk which she is still trying to pull out of 9 months later. At church, Jenny began the year as Ward Choir Director, which she truly loved. Shortly after performing at Stake Conference, her Ward leaders asked her if she would simultaneously serve as Ward Nursery Leader (and the ONLY Nursery Leader I might add). She served in both of these callings until her husband began serving in the bishopric, then she requested to be released of one of the callings. The ward leaders considered calling her to be the YW President, but instead decided to keep her as the lone Nursery Leader. This calling makes her very happy, as she teaches the most adorable, well-behaved children she has ever seen in Nursery before. No hitters. No biters. No problems. They are the sweetest kids. At home, Jenny was very busy with her adorable, intelligent, amazingly talented children. She had Emma in TONS of dance classes, helped her get started in Pointe Ballet class, and helped her maintain a 4.0 GPA in her first semester of Middle School. Jenny kept Emma in piano throughout the year, and also kept Emma practicing her clarinet for 6th Grade Band. Jenny served as chaperone on many band fieldtrips. Shelton began the year in Wrestling, and ended it in Soccer. In the Summer, he played T-Ball, and Jenny served as the Vice President of Manassa-Romeo Little League, over Fundraising. Sasha also took a lot of dance classes, and gymnastics lessons, and kept Jenny busy as the last kid home with Mom for most of the day, except for when she was at pre-school. Jenny spent a great deal of 2012 in her minivan, driving her kids to and fro, with half of her bumper gone. She is truly a redneck woman.