Yup! I'm In!!

It was a pretty relaxing yet productive weekend at our house. I managed to cook a big pot of chili and a pot of soup for my lunches this week. I got the laundry done and the kitchen is as stocked and ready as it can be. We did go to lunch out yesterday but that was it. Far better than the three meals per weekend we used to eat out!!!!

Anyway, keep being awesome. Keep eating well and make that body work harder than you think you can because you deserve it!!!!

Bring it!

Where Does The Time Go???

I have not been very good about updating my blog! I have a little bit of news to share, so I figured I'd start here. You know that over the last couple of years I've decided it's time to get fit and stop being the chubby wife and mom that I'd been for a very long time. I started out running, then REALLY watching my diet. Then I joined a gym. After that I did P90X... twice! Well, this fall, I even ran a marathon!!! Yes, little short-legged, 40-year-old mama actually finished a full 26.2! It was SO hard, and I have no desire to do it again soon, but I'm still running and kicking some booty. Fast forward to present. Just a couple of weeks ago I signed on with Team Beachbody to be a coach. Now, what does that mean? Well, it means that I am here for anyone who wants to get fit. I can give advice, point people in the right direction and offer products that I believe in. I started using Beachbody's Shakeology which I truly LOVE and wish I could get everyone in my life using it. So, first and foremost, I'm here for you. Would I love it if everyone purchased Beachbody products from me? Sure! That would be awesome! But no, that's not my main purpose. My main purpose is to see people get healthy and achieve their goals no matter what they are. What are your goals? There are a lot of ideas running around in my head, some of which I'm not ready to post about yet, so suffice to say that I'm here. I'm busy, I'm kicking butt and ready to take on the world one fat cell at a time!!! Currently I'm shrinking my own fat cells by eating really healthy yummy food, and ACTUALLY learning to cook (never thought I'd say that!) and working out every day. I love how I feel when I wake up in the morning and get my workout done before the rest of the house is even awake. I feel like a superhero lifting weights!!! Are you ready? I can be your coach for free, and you can take my enthusiasm and change your life! Ok, enough sales pitch... I have to go to sleep soon so I can be awesome tomorrow. Live well!

Boat Ride!

Now we have had this boat for 10 years. It's nothing fancy, just a little speed boat. 20 feet of fun in the sun!!!! Two years ago at the end of summer we had used it twice and needed some work done over that winter. We spent lots of money on it and had a lot of things done. Well, last summer it never ran. We tried. It was still not running. We were sad but too busy to use it much anyway. So we had it in again. They said it was good. We tried to start it in June and the thing wouldn't start! After all we'd been through we still didn't have a boat that would run. So sad.

So this summer we had it back at the shop. Getting a little tired of this, but we want it working. Finally got the call that it was done last week and today had the opportunity to put it in the water and test it out! Not only did it start right up, it ran great!!! We just tooled around for a couple hours, no swimming or tubing today, but at least we now know its running. Hope we can get a slip at a marina next year so we can use it more often, but that's still in the works so we will see. We have a marina in mind so if it happens I'll be super happy!!!!

Here's a shot of David on the boat today. He wanted to go but seems less than thrilled here. I think he wanted to go tubing or something. Whatever. At least we can go next time!!!!

My Family

If you know me at all I think you may know that my family is super important to me. You may also know that we are separated by a ton of miles. I have a small family. Only three Aunts/Uncles and three cousins. My grandparents are all with Jesus as well as my Dad and two other Uncles. We rarely get to see my family. Thank goodness for reunions like the one we had today? My Aunt Sheila and her husband Uncle Steve are having there 50th class reunion this weekend so they decided to drive the RV all the way from Oceanside California to little old Barryton Michigan! Since they wert driving up, my Uncle Sam decided to head up from Pensacola Florida (I told you we are spread out!). So I'm still on vacation and sister is off for the summer and what else have we got to do? We drove up to the lake (it was Grandma's house and will always be known as the lake to us) and spent the afternoon just hanging out with them! So glad we had the chance. I need to travel more. Seriously.
Here's a shot of my sister and I with our Dad's sisters and brother.

The Graduate!

So many of you know I recently finished my first round of P90X! It was hard and it was awesome! The program really pushes you beyond what you think you are capable of which I'm proud to say I pushed it hard! I have more muscle tone than I ever thought possible and really can't wait to see what a few more rounds and some other programs will bring to this little mama!

I got a present in the mail today. When you finish your first round there's something online you fill out and about three weeks later you get this awesome shirt in the mail. The front just says P90X and the back, well c see if you can make it out in the pic. I couldn't wait for someone else to take it, so forgive the self taken shot. Yup. I love my new shirt!

Most Awesome Adventure

Well, I was lucky enough to spend the day as a chaperone for the middle school youth group on a trip to Michigan's Adventure! I wasn't sure what to expect, but I knew a lot of the kids likely to go and I wanted to ride the rides and have fun in the sun, do I found someone to take my work shift and I went. What a most excellent day! I hung out mostly with six other girls, two other adults (I'm old enough to be their mother, but they were at least 18) and four crazy 7th and 8th graders. Awesome!!!! Here's a pic of the girls I took while waiting in line for the logger run. I got completely soaked and it was fun!!!!

This is Hannah, Reagan, Elizabeth, Allison, Chelsea, and RaeLynn! Together the 7 of us completely giggled, screamed and chatted our way through most of the park today and basically had the best day I've had in a very long time! I will be doing this again for sure!!!!!

Whoa, where does the time go?

So it's been a while. To say the least! I've been busy trying not only to get fit but get super duper x style fit with P90X and I finished round 1 already! I'm working on round 2 which I've made a hybrid with marathon training. Planning on a marathon on October 21, more on that later. I found a nifty app for my iPhone where I can post right from there so I may actually post more often. We will see.
Tomorrow I get to go to Michigan's Adventure with the youth group, so I'm praying the rain in the forecast stays away for one more day!!!! I'm going to see if I can post a pic of me before I started running to my current state of awesomeness. If it works I'll be shocked!!!! Have a great day!