Building Memories

Sunday afternoon, I am looking around and smiling and thinking how truly blessed I am.  I had a really good workout yesterday that left me feeling refreshed and rejuvenated...I spent a couple of hours getting my tattoo worked on. and then played games the rest of the afternoon wiith the kids.  I found some good recipes for kid friendly, healthy snacks and we decided to try a couple of them out.

 Adrianna is at the age where it is time that she learns to cook and we have been working on that for a while.  I love to cook, and I hope that I can share that passion with her.  We made homemade granola bars, low calorie homemade trek bars, and smoothies.  Jd had to bust out the power drill with the wooden spoon attached, You know the ultimate in redneck blenders LOL.   My kids learned something about nutrition and we all had so much fun.  I really enjoy my family and am thankful for them every day.  Today we all got up early and went for a hike up the mountain.  Breathing in the fresh air, once again racking up the mom memory moments with my kiddos.

I am trying hard to incorporate healthy habits into my activities with my kids.  We are planning Hayden's 8th birthday party in two weeks.  So far he is not convinced that his friends will like carrot sticks better than cheesepuffs for snacks.  He is liking the idea of tumbling and getting to climb a rock wall so hopefully the snack part of it will move down the list of priorities for him.  JD is going to take him and let him shoot his BB gun for first time, that kid is so excited he can't hardly stand himself! 

I plan to spend some quality time this evening with my total gym and a movie with my family.  I am loving that the weather is finally clearing up a little.  I can't wait to get outside again. during the summer I love taking my kids for early morning bike rides on Sundays and have breakfast.  Can't wait for that again. 

I will be starting school again soon so I am trying to find holes in my schedule that I can dump school into now so that I can get adjusted by the time it starts...I think it will be an easier transition for all of us. 

I am strong, happy, and ready to start a new week.  My goal this week to lose another 5 pounds, move and get my family to move in some way doing some thing fun together at least once a day for the next 7 days.....We are building memories...