Summer whirlwind

• It is a constant flow of activity in this house.
• I have zero time at home for some quiet, me time. 
• Park/Playground Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings = kids play mommy works out
• Tuesday is story time
• Monday and Wednesday evening is baseball/t-ball (only two more games to go!)
• Wednesday and Thursday evenings Cody plays softball
• Saturday = baseball/tball games for the kids
• Breakfast, snack, lunch, naps, snack, dinner
• Addy stays up all day and insists on my full attention during the twins' nap time
• School book time with the kiddos
• Skipping naps for swimming days
• Two nights a week I run 
• Starting this weekend I will start attempting to train for a mini triathlon (that is if I don't drown in the pool)
• On top of it all, in about two weeks two of my closest friends here are moving, which makes three in the past two months.  
• I am going to have to start opening myself up to new relationships, otherwise the next nine months is going to be extremely lonely

Yay or Nay

Tough mudder in September????

I have a group, they are really pressuring me, but the cost!!!  $135 a person!!!

Vote, please 

History

First race today.  United States Marine Core annual 10K Volkslauf, which includes:  insane hills, woods, two river crossings, and a giant mud pit.

I did it!

New phase

For about a month I have been training to run my first ever race - 10K mud, hills, water, and trails.

With that, I have also signed up with a trainer to work on my eating.  This week I began a cleanse - ridding my body of processed foods.  Essentially moving towards clean eating.  

My focus has been fitness and health in a more focused direction to hopefully make it a lifetime change.  

I was scared to share any of my successes for fear of failing, but it's all been going great and I want to share so I can look back and see what I have accomplished.

Just like that...

Recital 2013 Photos

Another rider

Eligh insisted this afternoon that he wanted to take his training wheels off.  I told him to first try out Addyson's bike and see how he felt and did.

That boy rode the dang bike on his first try.  I held on, let go and around the corner he went.  What in the world?

Daddy got home a few minutes later and I told him about the crazy news and he wanted to see for himself.

Five minutes later....daddy was taking off the training wheels of Eligh's bike.  He held on a couple times, and then Eligh said he did not want any more help.

He isn't perfect, nor can he get up the hill yet (he still a runt and really doesn't have the extra muscle to do so like big sister), but he started in the grass and would go all on his own.

Tears people, tears.