Living 2B Healthy

     When I said I can overcome any hurdle that would come my way to getting in shape over the next year, I NEVER expected that my hurdle would be this big!!  What is this BIG hurdle you ask... Our family will be complete sometime in October with baby number 4! I've always known I wanted 4 children, however I was planning on getting pregnant the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014 either way I was planning on it after I met my weight loss goals! How can I continue to encourage my body to loose weight when I am pregnant!! AHH        I have to admit when I found out I was pregnant, I laughed. Life happens and you have to adjust. When this little one is born I will have 4 babies under 5 (even though my oldest will turn 5 two months after) and everyone certainly will have to adjust! It's been harder for me to eat the way I had planned and wanted to eat this year since I have found out I was pregnant. I mean let's be honest I'm hungry ALL THE TIME...

YAY!! #39 on my 'list' is to finish all of my families "Year in Review books" Today I got one step closer to completing that! I finish AND ORDERED my 2010 Year in Review Book! I can't wait to get it in the mail. I ordered my 2012 Year in Review book in January and couldn't be happier with it.  It is truly amazing how easy it will be to look back at pictures of our growing family! If you are a shutter bug like me this is a great way to put all your photos together. Only 2 more family books to be all caught up then I will do a wedding one and if I can gather enough photos to scan I might even make one that has tons of our 'relationship' pictures. EK So excited!! Click here to view this photo book larger Turn your favorite photos into a photo book at Shutterfly.com. Does anyone else do this?  Here's a tip... I'm already doing 2013... Month by month I'm updating it then when 2014 comes along I'll be able to order the pre...

        Looking back on the past year. My family as a whole did a lot less than I would have liked. Don't get my wrong we did many things, I have a whole 2012 'Year in review book' to prove it however I want to pack the year with even more great memories and get my family more active! One of the things are parents that we really want to do for our children is expose them to as many different areas as they want. How amazing would it be if your child could discover what it is that they truly love doing and start doing it at a young age. I remember in High School everyone took a questionnaire and when the results came back based on your answers it said what the best career would be best for you (according to how you answered things). I can't even remember what it said I should do but I wish I would have realized my love for photography early on it probably would have changed my high school a wee bit!        This blog is completing in part the # 2 th...

    One of my goals for this year to help with weight loss and healthy living as a whole is getting out of the house more with activities!! Within the last week I've been able to do just that!        Thursday the hubby and I took Brayden to Skyzone to jump on trampolines. It was from 11-12. At first I was wondering if that would be enough time, but after we were done I knew it was the prefect amount of time! We explored all the open areas, from free jumping (left), the foam pit (below), and the dodge ball area (not shown). Brayden was pooped when we left and he took an awesome nap!! Yay! Even Brad and I had a lot of fun and it was a really great workout, but if you have back problems I suggest you skip this type of workout! For anyone interested in doing this with your children check out their website for more details. It cost us $12 for all three of us to jump. If only one of us parents would have jumped it would have only been $6. ...

     I used to think of juicing was only athletes or super crazy health nuts. I'm just didn't think about or understand much about it or all of the benefits juicing really provides. I am not a very picky eater but when it comes to what I drink, OOH BUDDY, I'm extremely picky! Just as an example I have a hard time drinking water unless it is ice cold or has Mio in it. I don't like milk unless it's chocolate milk (which is not an option anymore) or if it is with cereal. Even though I think my palate for what I drink has opened up a bit in the past few years juicing still sounded like something that was NOT for me. My hubby did juicing as a meal supplement and I occasionally tried his concoctions, then tried not to gag!! He didn't go by a recipe and just threw in a bunch of stuff that he knew was healthy. At least he was getting the right stuff but I don't know how he drank it.       With our 'life change' we decided to give our digestive system a bit...