I am in the car going down the road, so please forgive me it isn't put together well. I have a lot on my mind right now, but I can't share.

We are traveling this week, and I am kind of nervous how it is going to effect our diet. It I hard to pick restaurant that is good for you all the time. Plus part of the time we will be at Steve's Mom's house and she doesn't always have food that is hood for toy either.

We have had a lot of stress lately, so we are going to get away for couple of days and relax. I hope to take the boys to do some fun things.

We are also going to see Steve's brother. He lives in Colorado, therefor we don't get to see him very often.

Side note: the boy have asked us a 100 times are we there yet and we still have two hours to go.

We were playing I spy just a few minutes ago and Levi said, "I spy something vanilla." We were guessing different things that were white or cream colored. Finally he said, " Nope it is Micah!" I don't know where the kid comes up with this stuff. He called his dad the bald one the other day. It wasn't in a disrespectful way. {Steve makes fun of himself all the time for being bald.}

Micah has been a little exasperating lately. It seems like he is getting into more and making more messes. This morning while I was getting dress, he got up in the cabinet and got an flavor packet for water. He then proceeded to open the packet and put it into a cup. He then poured water into the cup. Somehow he spilled it on the countertop and in the floor. He stained the countertop. It is red. I hope I can get it out.

I really can't tell you how much stuff he has spilled in the last week. The child just makes messes. I hope I can survive this stage or whatever it is.

Please be praying for us while we are away that we have safe travels.

Please be praying for my sister. She starts a new round of chemo. This round is once a week for twelve weeks.

Hope everyone had a great week!






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Spring

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1st T-ball practice

This is a picture of our first t-ball practice. It was probably the coldest day of the month. It is suppose to get warmer towards the end of the week. Levi seems to be enjoying it. He definitely needs so help on throwing the ball. I hope this is a fun season for him!


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Random thoughts

I have a lot of random thoughts that are going through my head so I think I am going to blog them.  {well, I know I am because I am doing it right now. HA!}

We start t-ball and coach pitch practice this week.  Levi starts to night and Micah's is Thursday {I think!}.
Micah's is six weeks, but I am not sure how long Levi's will be.  I hope they both catch on pretty quick. 

We are starting our fifth week of P90X.  We have only missed one workout.  That is impressive for us.  We have learned that working out in early mornings is best for us.  We don't have kids interfering.  If we wait until after the kids go to bed, we just don't have the energy.  We have also learned to not eat real food, before our work out.  It just doesn't work out well for us.  Some people can work out on a full stomach and some people can't.

I am praying for my sister.  She was diagnosed with breast cancer last October-November.  She had a double mastectomy and is not going through chemo.  She has gone through six weeks of two chemo drugs and now she is going every week for 12 weeks.  She starts this next Monday, so if you would please keep them in your prayers.  She also had two kids and is a single mom.  She lost her husband 12 years ago.  They have been a family that has endured a lot.

I have lost almost 30 pounds but I am not down a size yet.  I hope to be soon. Maybe another week or two.

We had a wonderful weekend.  I got to see some close friends!  We love them very much! We need to hang out with them more.

I love gaining the hour of daylight, but I hate losing the sleep. I am so glad that Spring time is coming.  Love seeing all of the flowers blooming and starting to bloom.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Routine

Do you guys get into a routine? We do. We get up, we eat, we exercises, we put the boys to bed {wish we went to bed at the same time} at the same time.  We schedule things in but we almost always know do the same thing. We just have a routine and a schedule. {especially now that Levi is in school.}  Steve goes crazy when we get out of our schedule.

I think that this is what has helped us with our diet and exercise program into our life.  The routine of it getting up and getting it done the first thing in the morning.  We have to get it done, before the boys wake up.  We don't have any excuse to not get it done.  So far, it  has worked for us. 

We also eat plan our meals out, this way we only buy what need.  We also don't have to think about what we are cooking, we already know what we are cooking.  We aren't temped to eat something bad or quick for us.  We also cook several meats at one time.  That way all we have to do is pull it out of the fridge and warm it up.  It works for us.  I know not everyone is up for leftovers. 

We also eat at the same time every day.  We eat breakfast after are workout, which is usually between 6:30-7:00.  We eat snack about 9:30-10:00. We eat lunch about 12:00-12:30.  We eat another snack about 3:00, when Levi gets home from school.  Lastly, we have dinner about 5:00-5:30.  I can tell, I start getting hunrgy around these times now.  I know it is alot, but it is good for your metabalism.

I think that rountine is what has helped us so far.  Just sticky with a scheduale and a rountine.  It takes the guess work out of it.  I know I have said "When am I going to fit in my work out today?"  Then the whole day goes by and I haven't worked out.  You have to set aside that time. This is something that we have learned and I have seen out coach twitter.  She said "You schedule things that are important to you"  I think this goes for your workout, your prayer, and your reading time.  You have to prioritize things in your life.  Those three things and my family are the most important things in my life. 

Yep, I am feeling so much better today.  I get to help some one make healthy choices tomorrow. I am going grocery shopping with her.  I am excited about it! Praying God gives me wisdome.  She may even start workingout with us.  I know God is going to use this journey I am on now to help other people.  It will have its bumps, but He is going to get me through it.

One of our Favorite Recipes

One of our favorite recipes is Baked Porcupines.  So I thought I would share with your.


1 lb. lean ground beef, chicken, or turkey
1/2 cup uncooked brown rice
1/2 cup of water
1/3 cup chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of celery salt
1/8 teaspoon of pepper
1 (15 ox) can tomato sauce

Directions:
Heat oven to 350, mix meat, rice, 1/2 cup water, onion, salts, garlic, and pepper. Shape mixture by rounded tablespoonfuls into balls. Place meatballs in skillet and brown. Drain fat. Place meatballs in baking dish that has be sprayed with non-stick spray. stir together remaining ingredients; pour over meatballs. Cover with aluminum foil and back for 45 min. Uncover and bake for an additional 15 min.

It makes about four services. 287 calories and 8.7 for turkey. 357 calories and 6.2 grams fat each for beef, 277 calories and 10.4 grams fat each for chicken.

I use ground turkey and love it.  It tasted a little salty to us the last time we made it, so this time we made it, we cut out the salt. {we still used the cerlery salt} We also used low-sodium tomato sauce.  It seemed to help us.  We have gotten to wear we don't like a whole much of salt anymore.

Workout even when you don't want to.

Lately I have been battling this kind of melancholy attitude toward things.  I think it is something that I have always battled.  I am so afraid of failure that I often times just don't try anything or I give up.  Some of that dpends on what your definition of failure is.  I define failure as not doing something perfectly, or as good as some body else, or the standards that the person I am doing whatever for. My husbands definition of failure is comepletly differnt.  He defines it as giving up or not finishing.  He said "If I do my best, I never fail!"  So I am trying to reconcile my definition to him definition.  I am working one it.

I really just want to give up some days, but I can't afford to.  I have to do this for myself, to know that I can accmplish something.  I have to do this for my husband and kids, so that I can have a long life and enjoy my time with them as much as a can.

So my advice to you and myself is to workout even when you don't feel like it. I feel better after I workout.  It is the whole self-discpline thing. It know this is going to tranfer over into other areas of my life.

I am trying to learn as much about nutirtion and excerise as I can, so that I can continue on this journey.  I need to be educated about what I am putting in my body.  Here I am pushing on and doing what I can.

My workout today kicked my butt.  It was tough and hard, but everyday I am growing stronger.  I am able to do more each day and each week.  I am looking forward to the day when I don't have to pause the video to catch my breath.  Where I can to all of the excerises.  There are somethings I can't do because I am so heavy.  I feel trapped by my body.  I won't always be at this weight.

This is a journey and a process.  I am taking one step and a time and trying to enjoy each step.  I am on my way. 

I guess I need this post to help lift me up. I hope it does the same for you.  You can to whatever you put your mind to, but it may not happen over night.