7th Inning Stretch

We're at the Angels vs. Red Sox game. Angels are up 10-3!
Three thoughts:
1- Why don't the players wear tight pants anymore? It's a shame really.
2- John is paranoid/terrified of stadium stairs, especially higher levels. Anytime a foul ball makes its way up here he says out loud, "careful, careful." It's quite funny.
3- I would love to play the organ at the baseball game.
Go Halos!

I Am Weak

I love nacho cheese. 

I know, I know it's not exactly healthy but I can't help but love it.

They say you should not go shopping while hungry. 

That statement cannot be more true than when at Costco where they only sell polygamist size quantities. 

You see where this is going don't you?

 

Yes, I succumbed in a moment of weakness and bought a treat for myself. 

A number 10 can treat. 

What was I thinking?

Like I said I love nacho cheese but no one, I repeat no one needs this much nacho cheese.

At first I tried to justify the purchase and calories by adding it to broccoli...

But now I just want it gone and responsible part of me (that was not present and the time of purchase) doesn't want to just throw it away. So watch your mail boxes for an invite to a nacho party.

So much for all that exercise, right?

Summer Phone Photos

 

 Uncle Collin's Graduation!

On our way home from our first of five hundred family reunions. Dad worked in San Fransisco while we played in the bay area.

Many Disneyland trips!

Cars Land is so awesome!!

 

Beach Days twice a week!

Fun with Family in Utah!

4th of July with the Grandma & Grandpa & the Materns!

Beach camping and pulling a Brittany Spears.

John's band had a gig with a kiddie mosh pit

Museum trips and picnics in the flower garden

Exhausted from all the fun!

I Know Why People Don"t Exercise

...because it's too expensive.
Seriously. It takes a pretty penny to get in shape. I've rarely used it as an excuse because my plethora of other excuses have always sufficed but not this time. I thought I was going about this in a fiscally responsible way.

• Ocean swimming is free.

• Borrowing the Insanity DVDs from a friend is a free.

• Doing Yoga & Pilates with Chelise is free.

• Running is free.

However...

• The swimsuit to swim in said ocean-$$

• Luckily I'm borrowing a wet suit from a friend until I can find my own-$$$

• My trusty pajama bottoms who have supported me in days of exercise past, don't stand up, or rather stay up with all the jumping and moving of Insanity or running. I went to the sporting good store and Target to check out exercise bottoms. Oh. My. Gosh. Those comfy stay put bottoms that have the hide-a-key pockets and breathable fabrics are ridiculously expensive. $40-$60 on sale! oy. Target, while cheaper, still gave me a bit of sticker shock but ultimately delivered. Hallelujah for clearance racks!

• It's hard to exercise/run in everyday wear shoes, hence...

 

New Shoes-$$ (on sale but still $$ nonetheless)

On a side note, it's amazing what a difference good fitting shoes can make

 

 My daughter is much less demanding than me (in this area and this area only!)

She is a minimalist and only requires a diaper to do push-ups and glute exercises.

  

 

 Here's to Fitness!

She Enjoys Being A Girl

 

 Pig tails! Is there anything cuter?

Brynn can hang with the boys. She wrestles, climbs, and roars. She wants to do everything her brother does. However she equally loves clothes, dresses, and jewelry, she often twirls once she puts them on while admiring herself in the mirror. 

  

It only took 539 days (I counted) to get her nails painted! (A goal I've had since she was born). It had to happen on her terms and today it finally did!

Girls are fun.

I'll Keep Getting Stronger

Exercise and I used to be friends, really good friends. When I got married I was able to maintain my relationship with my friend exercise. Even when I was pregnant with Cohen exercise and I hung out a few times a week, swimming, yoga, and gym visits. Then I got put on bed rest and had a baby and a job and a time intensive church calling and a husband who was often gone. Unfortunately I let my relationship with exercise fall by the way side, we had become acquaintances. Sadly while pregnant with Brynn and especially after she was born we had even more of a falling out. I had lost exercises contact info and I think exercise de-friended me.

In the past few months I've tried to extend an olive branch one yoga and Jillian Michaels video at a time, unfortunately my children get really clingy when I exercise causing there to be more misses than hits.

A friend of mine, Jasmine is really good friends with exercise and has invited me to hang out with the two of them for beach swims at the butt crack of dawn 6 a.m. In a moment of craziness I agreed.

The night before our get together was very humbling and humiliating, trying to squeeze into the suit I just bought. After minutes of pulling, jumping from one leg to the other, laying on the bed while pulling, the suit was on, barely. Then because I couldn't breath I had to start the process all over again to get it off.  Wrong size. sigh. After laughing and crying and receiving a comforting pep talk from John I resolved that while this was going to be very hard I could to do it. I can't expect different results while doing the same thing.

I went this morning and I kid you not, it was awful. I could hardly breath. My once beautiful fast freestyle stroke was hardly recognizable in fact impossible.  I felt vulnerable and guilty for holding up Jasmine. After accepting my new reality, swallowing what little pride I had left I had to switch to backstroke just so I could breathe (on the bright side that allowed me to look and the beautiful blue sky specked with puffy clouds).  I don't think my heart rate slowed down til after I was home and in the shower. Despite being awful it was fulfilling and promising.

It will be rocky re-establishing my relationship with exercise, but I am confident we can work through it. Thank you Jasmine for the invite, this is the good kind of peer pressure.

Here is my new theme song. We've already listened to it 5 time this morning.

The Tube

 

Growing up I thought families who didn't have or watch TV were weird. I felt sorry for the kids who's parents gave them "healthy" snacks, and then, I became THAT parent and I'm OK with it.

But I am weak.

For the first time in 6.5 years we have a few TV channels thanks to the digital antenna from my sister, just in time to reignite my Olympic flame with Michael.

Here's to getting nothing done for the next 14 days and temporarily being the "cool mom", well at least not the weird mom.