Sharing my life from son up 'til son down
HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY!!! I can't believe you are 4 years old today sweet Nay! There aren't enough words to describe how much we love you and what you mean to us. Hearing the pitter patter of your feet running down the hall every morning makes my heart skip a beat. I can't help but smile as you jump into my arms and we squeeze each other with all of our might as we start a new day together. You ... [ Read More ]
See that little golfer pictured below? He is turning FOUR in 2 days! We have been busy planning some birthday surprises for him, and of course doing a little party planning. I decided to scale way back this year and just have a few of his buddies over our house, but I just can't help myself when it comes to crafting up a few party things. We are really looking forward to celebrating his ... [ Read More ]
Well I finally hit a big running milestone this past weekend...I ran 10 miles! Double digits! It felt great, and I'm feeling more and more confident about the decision to run my first half marathon in 2 months. I'd like to keep working on my endurance and speed, upping my mileage a bit more, and trying my best to stay injury free. In an effort to do so, I'm convinced that the right running ... [ Read More ]
I hope you all had a great weekend! Ours was pretty uneventful and relaxing but I will still post a recap because I like looking back on our weekends together...even our quiet ones. I have several people I know on the Advocare 24 Day Challenge right now, or some that are about to start so I thought I would put up our clean eating menu for the week if you were looking for some ideas. Even if ... [ Read More ]
I thought I would change things up this Workout Wednesday and have a guest blogger come on over to share their experience with the Advocare 24 Day Challenge. My good friend Ryann from Recipes By Ryann just posted THIS wonderful post about some huge changes she has made to lose almost 25 lbs over the past 5 months. I really enjoyed doing a similar guest post on my friend Jenny's blog after I ... [ Read More ]
I'm back....and I mean it, I'M BACK! After a pretty craptastic last 2 weeks I'm happy to say the sicknesses have cleared our household, the sun has been shining, and my boys have been smiling. I know a large part of the positive change has been my attitude...I really needed to pull myself out of a funk and get back at it! Thursday turned out to be a great day. I went to morning boot camp, met ... [ Read More ]
You know you've had a bad week when the highlight of it was spending 2 hours in a dentist's chair. Yeah my teeth were being drilled but I got to watch The Food Network, and there weren't any screaming kids. It was sadly enjoyable. The boys are at a really hard age right now. They fight like maniacs and they love like maniacs. Unfortunately they still show their love for one another in the ... [ Read More ]
Sorry for the blog silence lately, I've just been doing a whole lot of this... These crazy boys are keeping their mama on her toes. We've been checking things off our Summer to-do list and trying my very best to tire these guys out! So far so good, but it's tiring me out equally. Speaking of tiring, I'm not sure what's been kicking my butt more...my 5:30am boot camp or my boys! The ... [ Read More ]
So it's pretty safe to say we have this clean eating thing down, and all this running is leading to some pretty great endurance and calorie burning...but something's been missing from the equation for awhile now and that's MUSCLE. I've tried the machines at the gym but wish I had some guidance, I've looked into a personal trainer but I wish I had the money, and I've tried some at-home strength ... [ Read More ]
I'm not sure what it is about people who enjoy running...but it's this not-so-secret little cult that I'm starting to understand more about. They love to run, they love to talk about it, they love to read about it, and they love others who feel the same way. They wave to each other and smile on their 6:00am weekend runs. They talk about their shoes, their races, their pace, their training ... [ Read More ]