LIFT!

I'm going to tell you a story. This story is about a woman who took care of herself, ate right and exercised on occasion. She was still healthy but decided to do a little more and hired a personal trainer. (me) If you think you are busy, you haven't met this woman! Making it a priority to take care of herself, we meet several times a week. She works hard. Really hard, every session. For the last 10 weeks, the scales have slightly crept up. It's really hard to see this even if you KNOW that  the scale is just a number. I know! I have dealt with this myself. Even though, I am quite fit, I have a hard time seeing that number in the mornings. So I get this struggle. I kept telling her not to give up and she agreed. Finally, she took 'after' pictures to track her progress. AMAZING, in 10 weeks the scales have gone up about seven pounds. 7! That is a lot when your goal is to lose weight right? Well, look at these for yourself. You tell me, does that look like a 7 pound weight gain?!

 

Yes, the second picture is her 'after' picture. This is why lifting, and taking pictures are SOOO important! I'm proud of you for not giving up and working as hard as you do even when you don't wnat to!!

2 months!!!

All pictures from this 2 month hiatus is in reverse order... And from my phone so not the greatest pictures but hey it works!


Our kitchen is very close to being done, we need a back splash, and the tile celling and finish drawers and we will be done.

I went to my first It Works! event! We had a lot of fun and a lot of contacts!! I'm telling you this is a great biz!!

We now have baby calves. They are more for Uncle Kyle but I dont' know what they have planned, for all Will knows, they are his... He and Lillian really enjoy helping Dad feed them.

It had been FOREVER since I had baked and I missed it so much! I found the new best sugar cookie recipe! Once the kitchen is done then get ready... I'll be baking much more! :)





We went to the Renaissance Festival in KC with Tara and the kids and Grandma. They enjoyed it but it was a long day. It wore them out!





Proof!





School pictures were the cutest EVER!!!! Just look at that face!





Will's first day month of school. We are finally able to drop him off with no tears. So I don't have that precious first day of school picture... It was a disaster!





This was moments before!!





Lillian was quite sick for the month of August. She had gotten two parasites and couldn't get rid of them or so it seemed. Turns out, she became lactose intolerant because of one of the parasites or the meds that she was on to cure it. Either way, she didn't argue with switching to Almond milk for a while. It was the lack of cheese that she had a problem with. After a month of no dairy, we re-introduced it back and she hasn't had a problem since. It was a rough three weeks before though... She came with me to a training session I had. I couldn't find daycare and she did pretty good until I had to change her diaper... :/







So there's our last two months! Short, fast and I'm ready for snow! Who would have guessed that? Carpet is being laid today in the new house! Fair warning, it may be until we are in the new house before I have a chance to update again. I don't want quit this, I am quite proud that I have been doing this blog for over 5 years!!! I'm excited to see it when the kids are in high school.