My Monsters!

You gotta love the things you can do in picnik.

I am a Mormon

When I first saw this mom's story I cried. When I saw it again, I cried. I don't know what it is about her story. Maybe it's her humor. Maybe it's how loving her husband seems. Maybe it's her honesty in admitting her anger and then her ability to look past that to a profound understanding. Watching this video gave me something to aspire to. Thank you for that, http://www.mormon.org/.

Miami, baby!

In July, Casey and I and my cousin, Summer and her husband, Kam, flew to Florida for an ADULT vacation!! (Every parent needs one of those once in a while, right;))

We flew into Fort Lauderdale...

and checked into our Miami hotel, Circa 39, right across from Miami beach. Circa 39 was an Art Deco building turned boutique hotel that was built in...1939. It was a fun change of pace from the big hotels we usually stay in. Thanks for the reccomendation, hotels.com:)

We spent the next couple of days eating...

and beaching...

Then, on the third day, we drove down south through the glades, where we went on an airboat tour and watched a 250lb. man "wrestle" a 75lb alligator, and pulled into Key Largo...

Where we, again, ate...

and stayed up WAY too late holding our sides from laughter.

The next day we headed out to do some snorkeling, which is as deep as I'll EVER get in the ocean. We were lucky enough to get to see a couple of nurse sharks and unlucky enough to get stung by several little jellyfish. One amazing thing about Florida is the water temperature. It could not have been more perfect.

When we got back from the dive, we packed up our stuff, again, and drove further south, into Key West...my favorite stop. Our hotel was just a collection of little white cottages across the street from Ernest Hemingway's home, so cute.

In Key West, we ate dinner and listened to live music at a couple of little bars.

 And on day two in Key West, we rented Cruisers and rode around the entire island...mostly in the rain!

Of course we stopped to eat!

And had the best key lime pie at an outdoor Cuban restarant, that night, before wasting the night away singing along at a dueling piano bar. My favorite one was 'Pour Some Sugar on Me', by my request;)...

We had the best time! And don't feel too bad for my kids that were left behind. When we got home, my 5 year-old asked when we were leaving again so the babysitters could come back.

In-home Personal Training

After, deciding to take on more training clients, Casey and I created a home-gym in our seperate third car garage. Since I am a big believer in free weights and reactive training over machines, the space does all that I need it to. I'm loving training a little more with each new clinet that signs on. Altering programs for different needs is challenging and keeps me on my toes. I'll offer a new BOOTYcamp session when it cools down again but I'm loving the one-on-one.

 

 

 

Arrow of Light

Just add this to the proud days that I have enjoyed as a mom to this phenominal kid. Cade earned his Arrow of Light and moved from Cub Scouts to 11-year old Scouts.

Happy St. Patrick's Day...

...from our all-green picnic with family and friends:)

Phoebe's green glitter toes

me and Tasha

some of the kids, (and Jax)

Lila

rainbow cupcakes

me and Li

all-green fruit salad

Lila and Fia

Another Spring Break Outing

We were lucky enough to get to spend a day with the Hiatt's, eating Fatburger and painting penguins, butterflies and airplanes at As U Wish.

me and Phoebs

Cade's hard at work.

Tramps Suck!!

Here's a tip from Doctor Udall...anytime the bruising goes from the ankle to the knee, don't make your child go to school for a week and hope that it heals. It's not a sprain...it's busted! Cade was first, casted and then booted for 6 weeks, poor kid.

The Conference Edition

What I was doing during Conference...

 

 

What they were SUPPOSED to be doing during conference...


What LILA was doing during conference...

(and, yes, this is from all the way back in April:))

Day 1- The Spring Break Chronicles