High School.....?

Well it is official, this kid is moving on up to High School. Totally weird to think that I have a Freshman. He got an award for maintaining a 3.5 or above for all of middle school. Algebra almost kicked him off of that list this year....but he pulled it up and survived middle school. I am happy to say....that I get a two year break from that. Woo Hooooo.

He is really an amazing kid!

We have a lot going on these next couple weeks. Grad parties always been to...and we are so excited to attend our first International Convention. LOTS of preparation going on. I'll get better about posting and uploading......

Goals

I've been reflecting a lot on how fast life can change. So much has happened over the past two years. I'm in a place now that I never thought I would be. I am a little overwhelmed on how to be a single mom, take care of the house, yard, car. How do I fit time in for myself when I don't have time for all of that and more importantly meetings, study and service.
 I remember what I said before. When you take care of yourself, you have more to give to others. I still believe that is true. So I'm going to make some more goals. My weight loss has been extremely slow. Why?....because I am feeding the overwhelmed part of me junk food. Now that I realize what is happening there.....I've lost a few pounds! Yay!! Exercise has been a little rough. The pollen up here has been off the charts and I have felt like I have had a nasty cold for several weeks. But I've also been thinking that weak lungs run in my family. I'm wondering if this is lingering because of lack of exercise, so I've increased that a bit. I haven't had the ability to get out and run. Yesterday I got 15000 steps by doing tons of yard work. That is killing 2 birds with 1 stone. :)...That isn't a permanent fix, but a start in the right direction.
My goals for June. Let go of what I cant control. Enjoy my children and what I have. Strengthen my lungs and start running. And fit into my summer clothes by the end of the month.
Side note.....International Convention is next month. Along with all of my normal things, we will be participating with gift making for the convention and the delegates. I will post pictures. I am also going to research how to combine these blogs of mine so that I only need to maintain one of them. Off to meeting I go!
Here are a few shots to see how we role. :)

To explain the one below....we had had two 80degree days and then this rainy day. This is what living in Washington in May looks like. We are slightly confused!!

I actually got all three boys in one shot looking normal! A huge accomplishment with teenagers!

Audrey has Talent

Audrey had her School Talent show this last weekend. She did amazing!! She sang Every Storm by Gary Allen. Her performance is on my picture site. It is now password protected. If you need the password email me and let me know. It is a tad bit big and I haven't spent the time to figure out how to get it over here yet.
Family, friends.....she had a lot of support. I think my girl is amazing!!!

10,000

What does 10,000 steps look like? It is a 1.5 mile walk to subway at lunch, mowing the lawn after work a bike ride with my girl and because I was short 182 steps before bed a mini workout at 9:30pm. I did it a few days later than my goal. However I felt great. So this next weekend the kids will be with their dad.....Im going to do Chambers and see how many steps I can get there....

Also, going to try to get to 10,000 3 times this week!!

FitBit

So I begin....I went and weighed in last weekend. I was terribly depressed. And then I began to think. I have done this before. I was successful....even with very little support...and sometimes sabatage. So I am back at the basics. Portion size...low sugar ....and even more exercise. So I decided to run....and then I pulled a Me and took out an ankle. So now I'm going to start off with walking. My goal is 10000 steps. The highest I have gotten is 7200. My goal is to get up to the 10000 mark by Friday. Time to get cracken on me!
 I am not even close to my highest..... I am above what I ever thought I would let myself get. Sooooo I am coming up with Scale goal....a fitness goal.... and an appearance goal. Last time took 2 years. Now that I am in a new place Im hoping for a lot less. New goals on next post!!

Family and Friends

It is time to move forward with our family and friends. I am really going to try to post our good times so that we will always know that no matter what we are always provided for.

We have had so much love....here are a few of my favorites.

Starting New

I am pretty sure I have lost most of the readers I had for this blog and my personal one. I know I do have family who has been wondering if I would start this back up again. So here I am. Single, happy, and moving forward with my new book. 

One of my last posts described the start of some stress that I was dealing with. I thought I was done with it back then....turns out I wasn't. I was in for a lot more. Two years later, it is time to rediscover and build a new me. I have been taking care of life...the kids....and I have fallen into some old nasty habits again. So I have decided to see what I can do on my own. I have to put my health as a priority. I have two amazing kids that I have to stay strong and healthy for. Below are a couple of my pictures at my lowest weight. My first goal is to reach this again....the healthy way. (as opposed to not eating because of stress).

The below picture is a great picture of my nephew....but shows that I have allowed myself  to fall. So today I choose me. Today I choose a healthy me.