Roses and Thorns

I was in my kitchen this morning spouting off all of the healthy breakfast options there were for the kids to choose from.  I started swelling with pride at the homemade banana muffins made with greek yogurt, the upside down peach cake made with only eggs and almond meal(protein packed), and whole wheat bagels with turkey.  I was like who's awesome.  Oh yeah that's me, I'm awesome.  I had many reasons  other than food to celebrate but I started thinking am I giving credit it to where credit is due?  The sad truth was, for a minute, I was not.  When I got myself in check, I did a quiet "Thank You" to God and then looked around at my family.  I was gushing with pride for them and their commitment to our new lifestyle.  I am not doing this, I only provided the path, it was up to THEM to walk down it.  I have so much to share with you I am bursting at the seams...

My daughter played her best soccer game on Saturday.  She was filled with confidence.  She played offense the entire time because she had endurance.  She could keep up.  She was in shape.  I was so happy for her.

David is finding his footing in Lacrosse, he moved up to a new age group so he is the young guy on the team.  This held him back at first, but I growled at him a few times, yelled a few inspirational verses at him, oh and his daddy is the coach and now he is scoring again, playing like a champ.  Our nephews were also gun-shy when they started lacrosse and they are naturals.  Mitchell is picking up the game, getting aggressive and scoring multiple goals in a game.  Cool, huh!

In the evening Bella, soccer girl, and David, lacrosse boy, competed in a triathlon. They swam 50 meters, biked 6-8 laps, and ran 1/4-mile.  They did an amazing job. Their father and I helped them through it and they were so pumped after it was all over.  We were a small community that was there to participate, my neighbor and her girls were there and so was my sister and her boys.  It was a cool "bonding experience".  I have several pictures to share with you..

The participants and Cheerleaders from l to r: David, Conner, Bella, Mitchell, and Chase

 

Chase and his Mama

 

Ava cheering her BFF Jenjo

 

Bella, Eva, Jenjo, and Ava

 


David in the bike portion of the TRI

 

Bella after its done!

 

Chaser

 

D-money crosses the finish line

 

The three amigos: Chase, David, and Mitchell

 


Jenjo and Ava

 

Me and my Bestie BillieJo

 

 

Rocking Ritas after the TRI

 

David cooked the ENTIRE peach upside down almond flour cake with me!
Wait....What?... David?! Yes=Happy Mama

 

My Chef Bella cooking with her Daddy

I have shared with you my struggle of sticking to a fitness routine on my own.  In my head I think things like, "fitness, shmitness", or its 80% diet/20% fitness, or I'll start hardcore tomorrow.  They are ALL excuses, reasons to not get sweaty.  I KNOW I feel so GOOD when I do it.  I am making you a solid, not kidding you, it's going down promise....I am starting a consistent workout........tomorrow! :If I took an honest assessment of my fitness situation last week it was not that bad.  I swam on Tuesday, did a 10-mile bike ride on Thursday, and I watched a lot of sports this weekend, in person.  (that last one doesn't count does it?)

IF we ate out it was super healthy, like cheese, apples, and pretzels or a turkey and cheese sandwich. We ate all dinners at home and they were also of the healthy variety.  I made various protein enriched, au natural, low-sugar baked goodies.  We DID eat Rita's after the triathlon, but come on, it was a triathlon!!!

We do this ritual at dinner time, it is called roses and thorns.  We go around the dinner table and everyone gets an opportunity to tell their rose (best part of their day) and their thorn (worst part of their day).  I would like to share my rose and thorn of this past weekend with you.  There were lots and lots of roses but I will pick the brightest, biggest, and best bloom to tell you.  My daughter Bella, came up to me Saturday evening after the triathlon and said, "Mommy I Love You! and Thank You so much for signing me up for all of these fun things, I love it"! I said, "Oh Bella, it's my pleasure, I love that you love it".  Lotta love going on....pretty cool. As for my thorn, wellllllll that was when the guy yelled at me for David running into some expensive timing equipment, that was for the adult triathlon the following day.  Hello!...kids?, expensive equipment?, Me, not getting it!



                                                                      Mama OUT!