Los Angeles Summer 2013

I am so behind on this blogging thing.

Three weeks ago we went to Los Angeles for a mini vacation. We decided to do it right before life got crazy with Phillip's clinicals. We went to the L.A. Zoo, Griffith Park, swam in the pool, played in Santa Monica Beach and just relaxed. The girls had so much fun! I have mentioned this before, we hate L.A. traffic but we love to go because there is just so much to do.

Here are some pictures:

Ok. I have way to many pictures to put all in one post. To be continued...

Old Pictures

I  love looking at old pictures. Here are some I found here at my parents' home.

How are my goals going?

• I have been doing really good. I have not missed a single day of Insanity. Last week I worked out 9 times and ate really clean. This week so far I have done great. I have already lost 4lbs since I started working out (it has been 3weeks).
• The kids and I have been keeping busy and having lots of fun. Two night ago I had a game night and the kids came with me. I don't usually keep my kids up past their bed time, but once in a while is okay. They had just as much fun as did. We have been going to the park regularly and they just love it. I also just sign them up for swimming. Maya will be doing 4weeks (16 lessons ) with a group of 3-4 kids. Addison will have private lessons, I am a little afraid because she doesn't like the water. She had a little incident the other day we went to the lake and it scared her. I hope she gets over it. We are also visiting my family next week for 2 weeks and I am planning on taking them to the beach and doing fun things with them.
• I did really good my first week of no yelling. Sunday I lost it, but not as bad as I usually do. I have been much more patient with my girls and even my husband. I am on the right track.

"It has taken me many years and many runs to realize that it’s not clothing that makes the girl. It’s not the speed at which she runs. It’s not how little or how much body fat she has. It’s not the Garmin she wears or the running shoes she buys. What makes the girl a runner are the thoughts inside her. Does she think she is a runner? Well then she is.
You are what you want to be. If you want to be a runner you are. If you want to look like a runner and are a runner, well then you are what a runner looks like."-DOROTHY BEAL

Spray Park Round 1

Our newest friend, Sarah and I went to the spray park today. It was a hot day, perfect for getting wet. We spent about a couple hours there, then we stopped at the grocery store to pick up food for our mini vacation coming up this weekend. Then we came home, dropped off the groceries and headed to the church for an interview.

So I went for a run.

I was angry, so I went for a run. And things got better.
I was confused, so I went for a run. And things got better.
I was exhausted, so I went for a run. And things got better.
I was lost, unsure, empty, afraid. Certain that whatever was left of my sanity had snapped, had come untethered and floated away, to a place so high and remote that I would never see it again, and that even if I did, I wouldn't recognize it. So I went for a run. And things got better.
I felt like things could not possibly get worse, so I went for a run. And things got better.
(Another time, I felt like things could not get much better. I went for a run. Things got much better.)
After enough miles, over enough runs and enough years, I realized: No matter what, no matter when, or where, or why, I can find my shoes and go for a run and things will get better. And that realization? Just knowing that? It made things better.

- Mark Remy Runner's World

Lunch and Shopping

Holly and I had a date yesterday. We had lunch at Red Robin, it was my first time there. My vegan burger was really yummy and our waitress was super nice. She told us about her weight loss journey, from 445 to 119 (amazing). After lunch we went shopping, I didn't buy clothes because I don't want to buy things that will fit me right now. Maybe once I go back to my pre-pregnancy weight I can go shopping.

I had a fun time as usual.Thanks friend!