Today I did a push-up (with a bonus) for my 44. After each push-up I lifted an arm & leg – I alternated the lifts and counted reps by the number of push-ups.
The video is actually my final 4 reps – I was struggling a bit to keep my body level by this point.
Happy Birthday #15!
15 years ago we went from being a married couple to a family of 3. Even though we had almost 9 months to prepare for his arrival, I had no idea what to expect and I was a nervous wreck!!!
In just a few minutes (hours actually) our lives changed forever in the very best way possible!!
I was beyond scared when we left the hospital but thankfully, Jordan was a very easy baby and kind to his newbie parents.
Everyday was a new experience and every year has gotten better and better.
15 years ago my life was enriched in every way possible and every day I feel truly blessed that Jordan calls me MOM!!!
Happy Birthday, Jordan!!!
rarely without a smileelementary school band concertgoing to Page at the CapitalLook how little they are – Jordan is about 5 here
fun in Hawaii
trying to look seriouslearning to mow the yardlook at him soar!!Look – braces!in a cousin’s wedding (Chris’ niece)again – trying to be toughI think this is Gladiator stuff?short hair again!middle school cross countrywith cousinsJordan’s birthday is just 2 days before my Poppa’s birthday (he would have turned 99 on Tuesday!!)dressed up for middle school band concertsilly boyshowing how to do a push-up on the BOSOproud of his baking job!freezing in the car because he has his side set to 60!!!going for a drive on the ranch in TXafter orchestrating the huge fireworks displaynot to old for some slip-n-slide fun
this picture makes my heart happy!!!
first day of high schoolfirst high school band exhibition
first football game
still a goof – no matter how old
an incredible young man!!!
I know – lots of pictures but I’m proud of the young man that Jordan is becoming!!! And, it makes me happy to look back through random pictures and see that he is almost always smiling!!!
Today is Hunter’s birthday – my little boy is growing up – not really little anymore!!
I still got in a 43 amidst the before school birthday festivities! Today I adapted a move that Tina at Best Body Fitness had as part of her Move-It Monday Lower Body Burner. She had a sumo deadlift as one of the moves. I did a pretty close version of the move she showed but I chose to keep my legs straight on the way down.
I used my kettlebell (20 pounds) which I really like for deadlifts – it helps keep me centered!!I stood with my feet in a wide squat:
start
From that position, I leaned forward until the kettlebell was right at the ground.
down (flat back!!)
I love deadlifts – I think because you are supposed to stick your butt out!!!
stick your butt back!!
This was a fun 43!!
The rest of my workout was a run. I was planning to link up with Miss Zippy because she is having a #Best Run link-up today. However, near the end of my run I decided there was no way to qualify today’s run as a best of anything!
I ran 5 miles in 37:00 (1.5% incline) and did another 1.5 miles as a cool-down. The problem today is my hamstring hurt the entire time I was running. Last week when I ran 24 miles the only part of my body that was really sore was my left hamstring and butt. I figured it would go away (isn’t that how things usually work??!!) Today it still hurt when I ran – really?? I thought that a hamstring injury was a sprinter problem!!! (OK – I know it can happen to anyone but seriously, I just got back into hard running after my stress fracture – ugh, and it was my left hip – coincidence?)
Anyway…..this wasn’t my best run so I’m not going to even pretend that it was even though I really wanted to participate in the link-up fun!
But, it’s still a great day because today is my baby’s birthday – I guess being 12 means he isn’t really a baby at all!
Hunter was born 6 weeks early and had to spend his first week in the NICU. Sadly, I didn’t even get to hold him until he was already a day old because I had my own problems and the nurses and DR wouldn’t let me get up. The bottom pictures are his last day in the hospital (which was Easter that year!) and Jordan meeting Hunter for the first time – brotherly love from the start!!
This morning, Hunter opened his presents – mostly new Rubik cubes which is exactly what he wanted! The bottom right picture is him under the clock at his exact time of birth (7:31 am).
I’m very proud of the young man that Hunter is becoming! It is been 11 awesome years and 1 year that was not quite as awesome :Wink: (When Hunter was 3, was really into pitching fits – lots of them -all the time for no reason at all – GOOD TIMES!!!) Hunter really does make me happy every day!!!
This was Jordan’s fist demo in awhile (since he was sick and a germ carrier!!!). I counted each push-up as 1 rep so I did a total of 43 push-ups and 43 jumps!
Way to put your face on the disk!
Yesterday afternoon my throat started hurting (wah, wah…..) and today I can tell I’m not 100%. Hopefully if I take it easy today (lay around and watch mindless TV!!!), I will be good as new by morning. Hmmm..maybe I was already a little under the weather yesterday morning and that’s why I struggled so much during my run – That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!!!
Happy Birthday to my sister-in-law and super friend – Stacy!!!!!
Rockin’ the Runner T!!!
Making the T-shirt from Cait look great!! Super cute!!! Have an awesome birthday, Stacy!!! Wish we didn’t live so far away!
fun in Hawaii
first football game
still a goof – no matter how old 
