Carwash to a turkey

Monday, Monday!  My alarm went off this morning and I had no idea I went back to sleep until Clint's alarm went off an hour later.  I missed my chance to run, but I did probably need a day off from it.  I did get my 3000 club workout in, 70 pushups, 50 burpees, 2x25 hydrants and 2x20 donkey kicks. 

This weekend was very relaxing and great with Clint and Ava.  Saturday I got up and ran 7 miles and then we had breakfast and headed to the grocery store for a few things.
We desperately needed to run the Murano through the carwash!  It is white, but it was on the verge of being a gray vehicle.

Not so sure about this, mama!

You could visual see the water turn a yucky brown color. 

This was past due!

The rest of Saturday, we lounged around for a bit and then I got to straightening the house. 

I got up Sunday morning and had an easy 4 mile run before doing some prep work for lunch and getting ready for church.

Each Sunday after church, my family rotates house to eat lunch and this Sunday was our turn.

We had bought an extra turkey around Thanksgiving because they are ridiculously cheap.  We put it in the deep freezer for a rainy day. 

Yesterday for lunch was the perfect time!

With the turkey, Clint and I made dressing, Annie's mac n cheese, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls and for dessert was

Trisha Yearwood's

Easy Peach Cobbler

This was a keeper!  I will double the recipe next time, but it was just enough to satisfiy the family without any leftovers for my pregnant self to nibble on!

The rest of Sunday involved laying around, reading, watching the Green Lantern and eating leftovers for supper. 

I hope y'alls weekend was great!

See ya soon!

Hockey and pancakes

Monday yuck!

Last week we were having unreal weather in January of temperatures in the high 60's/low 70's.

Today, it is only getting up to mid 30's! 

Talk about a slap of cold wind!! 

Our weekend was a good one!  I got up and ran 6.5 miles before breakfast and getting ready.  We had big plans! 

If you live under a rock OR don't follow NHL hockey, they finally agreed on a contract and ended the lockout!  Saturday was an open skate and the team's first unofficial "practice".

Waiting on the players to come out.

They would skate out one at a time. 

We were this close!!

After that we came home and Ava and I took a nap before we headed up to my best friend's mom's house for football and chili.

The girls ran around and played and we chatted, watched football and ate amazing chili and brats!  I love chili though!  I could eat it in winter or summer!

Sunday morning I got up and did another 6 mile run and my 3000 club:

 200 crunches, 40 burpees, 40 pushups

We got ready and headed out to church.

Another battery charging for the soul!!

It was pouring down rain, but we managed to go to Longhorn Steakhouse with my family and had a good lunch.

Since it was a rainy afternoon, we all napped!  Good stuff people!

Laundry, house cleaning and some more lounging happened before supper.

Pancakes were on the menu! 

Yum!  You can't go wrong with pancakes!!

I took this morning off of running, since I've ran 6 days in a row, but I did do my 3000 club of 125 crunches, 40 pushups and 35 burpees.  Still trudging along doing those at 11 weeks pregnant!!  Love it!!

Have a great Monday!

See ya soon!

Ribs to apple pie

Monday morning yuck!  I didn't sleep well at ALL last night!  I was up every hour and had the ODDEST dream!  My alarm went off so I could get a couple miles in and I reset it for an extra hour!  I did get my 3000 club burpees, pushups and crunches in though!  So that's something!

Our weekend was low key and fabulous!  Saturday we got up and I was feeling lazy so I decided to run a little later and stay in my pajamas!  Clint decided he wanted to put some ribs on the smoker for supper so we made a quick trip to Food Lion and then back home. 

Ava helping Clint put a rub on the ribs.

I decided to run before lunch because my breakfast was fully digested and I had no time limit.  8.10 miles later and I was ready for a shower and lunch.

We lounged the rest of the day and I did some housework.  While Clint was downstairs working out, Ava and I were upstairs watching Sophia the First on Disney and I was reading. 

                                     Singing along with Sophia.
A little while later, I noticed how quiet Ava was.  She had konked out on the floor below the couch. 

Supper was stupendous. I had roasted onion, kale and sweet potato with my small amount of ribs and I put together a quick mac n cheese for Clint and Ava.

                   Listening to her Bible stories and singing away!
For dessert, I had an apple pie in the freezer that NEEDED to be eaten.  So we dug into that with some vanilla ice cream of course!!

Sunday was church and then lunch with my family at my parent's house.  Spaghetti, salad, homemade rolls. Yumm!!! 

Ava fell asleep on the way home, so I layed down in our bed with her and took a little siesta. 

I put the bread in the machine to make for the week and then put a load of laundry in to wash. 

After my food FINALLY digested 5 hours later, I got on the treadmill and cranked out 6 miles and then did my 3000 club exercises. 

Good way to end the day!!

Have a great Monday and I'll see ya soon!!

Weekend update

Hey there. Monday is here!! The weekend went by too fast!

Let's start off with a picture of my sweet toddler!  Being a toddler is EXHAUSTING!!

Saturday I got up and knocked out 8 miles on the treadmill before Clint and Ava were up and about. 

We all got ready to run some quick errands. 

Target!

"Mama, you wanna read?"

Well, of course!

We left Target and headed to Lowe's.  Clint is making Pekka a doghouse.  He won a gift card from work to Lowe's so why not by the wood for the doghouse with it?!

First, we had to peruse the Christmas section and turn on every dancing animal, snowman, Christmasy thingy to see how they looked dancing.

Next, LUMBER.

"How bout this daddy?"

"I'll get it."

We came home and I cleaned and rearranged while they went down to the garage and started on the house. 

We left shortly after to go have smoked brisket, coleslaw, baked beans, and pie at our dear friend's mom's house.  They were up for the weekend, so we had to go visit! 

Ava and Zoey (16months) are the same height and size and had a blast running around the house and playing. 

They are coming over to our house tomorrow for some more play action!!

Sunday morning I got up and made some brownies and gingerbread cake from Trader Joe's for our Sunday school class refreshments.  When that was done, I hopped on the treadmill and knocked out another 8.25 miles!  Having such great runs lately!

I got Ava breakfast, Clint was up.  Time for a shower!!

We got ready and headed to church.  Good stuff!!

Lunch was with my family at Fazoli's.  I indulged and Ava and I split a piece of pizza and had their breadsticks!  Holy yum on the butter and garlic breadsticks!  I wanted to eat my weight in them, but settled at 2!

We ran in to Toys R Us and sneakily bought Ava some new bath toys.

Made one more stop and then headed home! 

Yesterday, was a lazy afternoon!  We all laid around and just relished in the day. I made some bread in the bread machine and we fended for food when we wanted it. 

Family time in pajamas is where it is at!!

I hope y'all had a good weekend!  About time for lunch!  Good thing, because I am starving! 

See y'all soon!

Glorious weekend

Good morning!  I hope your weekend was fantastic!  Our's was and the weather was crazy warm for the first weekend of December!
I got up Saturday morning and ran a wonderful 7 miles.  We got ready and went to the town Christmas parade.

 

We staked our claim at the head of the parade and waited on it to start!  Anticipation, baby!

Firetrucks!  We have a special place in our hearts, my dad and brother are Nashville Firemen.

The Dwarf horses seemed to be Ava's favorite.  She was so excited she jumped up and down when she saw them!

Of course, there were tractors.

Watching and waving.

Look at all of this candy they threw at us!!  More than what she got at Halloween!!

We came home and played outside for a bit.

Then it was time to go inside and watch Alabama beat Georgia in th BCS game!  And that they did!!

Finally naptime conquered!

Supper for white chicken chili for Clint and I had some leftover "regular" chili that needed to be eaten.  I made some skillet cornbread, almost burned down the house and relaxed the rest of the night!

Sunday I got up before the other two and ran another 7 miles before getting ready for church!  Whew, I am getting great runs in lately!  30 miles last week!

Church was as always a breath of fresh air for the week!

Then we headed to Olive Garden with my family for lunch! 

YUM!  Breadsticks, salad and Ava and I shared a Kid's cheese pizza! Love that I can share food with my toddler!!

The rest of the afternoon was lazy town!  Ava napped for 2 hours, I put bread together in the bread machine and laid on the couch and read.  Clint watched football!  Wonderful afternoon!

Supper was Y.O.Y.O(you're own your own) since lunch was heavier than usual. 

We finished the night with The WALKING DEAD mid-season finale. Oh man that was a good one!!  Some things totally threw me for a loop!!  Guess we have to wait until February!

Well, work needs to be done!  Have a great day and see ya soon!



Wonderful weekend!

Our weekend started off with a quick run for me and breakfast for all of us.  We had a busy day to get to!

We started off at Target and roamed a but, but got the few essentials that we needed.

Then is it was fun for Ava time.

Monkey Joe's!

They have jumpy thingies galore.  There are slide ones and obstacle ones.  Ones for 3 years old and under, which I like!!  Adults can help assist 4 year olds and younger, so Clint got in(poor guy) to help Ava. 

It didn't go as planned.  I think the uneasiness of the jumping and not being stable bothered her.  She was not a very happy camper.  We tried them all and when she still wasn't happy asked her if she was ready to go and with an eager head nod and "yes mam" we were putting her shoes back on and on to our next destination.

I mean would this look scary if you were 2?  Yes yes it would!!

We will try again another time.

Our next stop was the mall.  I wanted to try some new running shoes out that are best fitted for my feet and to give Clint an idea on Christmas presents for me. 

Ah, happiness!

This is Ava saying, "mama, aya(yes she calls her self aya instead of Ava) hungreee, aya hungreeee"

I gave her a Clif Zbar while we were in Yankee Candle so we could use a fantastic coupon and with that coupon get a couple of Christmas presents out of the way.  I mean who doesn't love candles!

We went home after the mall and relaxed the rest of the day.  Well, I did house chores here and there while Clint watched football and Ava played.  Clint and Ava went to return "what to expect when you are expecting" and "Battleship" to the Redbox.  I would HIGHLY recommend both movies!! 

When they got back, Clint told me to go change and he did too.  He wanted to do a Bodyrock workout with me!  HECK YES!  We did a hard one and we were both struggling, but I thoroughly loved him doing it with me!

Sunday morning I got up and decided I wanted to run at least 3 miles on my tender Achilles.  I hit 3 and felt good and decided to run until either I hurt or it was time to get showered for church.  I was able to get 7 miles in!  YEE haw!

We got ready for church and it was a good sermon and good class time for Clint and I and for Ava.  She gave the teacher a hug and blew her a kiss. 

We went to lunch at my parent's house and then came home and Clint and Ava did this for a while

and I read some of the book I am reading!

Great afternoon!

I made some bread for the week and we did more tv watching, playing and relaxing. 

Clint and I made a huge family decision last night.  I will talk on that more later, but it is a good thing, don't worry!

Well, I need to get to this to do list my boss has for me!

Have a great day and I will see ya soon!

The weekend went by so fast!

Monday? Already?! 
Sheesh, weekends go by way too fast!!!

Friday, Clint and Ava came in to the office and got adjusted.  Clint comes about ever 2 weeks and Ava get adjusted ever 3-4 weeks.

I am a HUGE advocate in having yourself and your kids adjusted!  Chiropractic is SOOO much more than a back problem!!

Saturday morning we all got up and I decided since I felt ok, I would do a test run to see how the Achilles was healing up.  I got about 1.5 miles in and called it quits.  My Achilles was aggravated and I didn't want to continue to put strain on it.  I got of the t-mill and did a sweaty bodyrock and a 2 minute plank after.

Whew, I needed a shower!

After the shower, Clint made us protein green smoothies and I put peanut butter and Trader Joe's pumpkin butter on one of the last pieces of my homemade sourdough bread. YUM!!

Every year my mother in law's work does trick or treating so we drove up to Bowling Green to visit and trick or treat. 

It was Clint's year to pick Ava's costume, since last year I picked

this monkey costume! She was the cutest thing!

This year since we have a huge fascination with the

she is a Zombie.  Clint cut up and "'bloodied" a Princess sweatshirt last week and I got some face makeup to finish the ensemble.

She was NOT having Clint put that make up on her.  No maam.  She didn't like it one bit!  We aren't forcing her.  So her face was clean as she trick or treated.

Clint's mom, brother and our niece who was Minnie Mouse.

"dirty" sweatshirt

totally scared of this wolf with a shawl on.  He creeped ME out!!

After trick or treating, they played the balloon game.  I don't care if you are 2 to 60, the balloon never gets old!  If it comes near you, you HAVE to hit it!

Trying on sunglasses!

A picture of me, to prove I was there! haha

We headed home after a while and got in our jammies when we got home and settled in for the night.  Alabama football was coming on!!

2 peas in a pod watching the game!!

Sunday, I decided to rest my body completely.  We got ready and went to church.

Putting puzzles together in church service.

Sunday school was really good! We are reading "ScreamFree Parenting" and a quote that really stood out to me was "don't ask God to take away the burden from your back, but to ask Him to strengthen your back."  Such a great way to refocus life's struggles. 

Lunch was at my uncle's house and he had made "regular" chili and white chicken chili.  It was the perfect lunch!  After a quick trip home to drop off Clint and pick up some things at the grocery, Ava and I picked up my aunt and met my mom and sis to throw a bridal shower for a bride that the groom attends our church. 

We finally got home and I got to put mine and Ava's jammies on.  I put sourdough bread in the bread machine to get to going and we him-hawed around and scrounged up some supper.  It was a Y.O.Y.O night (you're on your own!).

Dance party in the kitchen while getting supper ready.  Don't you love her outfit.  I love self expression! haha

We decided to have supper in the living room last night and she wanted to keep her hat on.  No problem for us! haha

I did get up this morning and did a bodyrock workout before having to get ready.  It's not a run, but it is a good solid workout to get me going for the day! 

Well, I need to get some work done!  Have a great day!

I'll see ya soon!