Weekly Wishes 7

I had a VERY productive week last week! It was awesome! I feel so empowered about everything I did and honestly I hope to get just as much done this week.

Last Week's Wishes

1. Take Gracie to get her 5 year old checkup and shots for school. Done. Long story...and I am still not totally up for sharing everything but will soon. Also, she was up to date with her shots so she didn't need any. :-)

2. Run 6 miles. DONE. This is one I am SUPER proud of. I not only ran 6 miles but I ran the most I have ever done in a week and ran 10 miles! YAY!

3. Finish cleaning out my Kitchen cabinets. DONE! I even put up all Gabriel's bottles too! We are officially done with that.

4. Paint my nails. DONE. I just decided to go with a hot pink.

5. Go to a friend's little one's First Birthday Party DONE! It was a fun party.

6. Pray with Rick and my kids every night. I really want to start making this a habit and praying over our family. DONE. God is so important and I want to continue to make this an important part of our life.

This Week's Wishes

1. Run 7 miles. I am going to up my mileage this week since I did so good last week, fingers crossed I do well.

2. Go see Heaven is for Real. I. CAN. NOT. WAIT!!

3.Say our prayers every night together.

4.Go Easter Shopping and an Easter Egg Hunt!

5. Practice with Gracie's Baseball and prepare for her first game next week!!

Happy Friday Folks!

It is Friday and I am a happy girl. I always look forward to weekends when Rick is home and we can all spend time together and go out. We had a good but busy week. One of Rick's friends had their baby, Gracie had baseball practice and I had to take her for her 5 year old checkup. ( We will talk about that on another post...the visit didn't go as planned and I am waiting for more info before I tell you all about it.)

Here are a few pics from our week.

Gracie and her buddy Carley after Baseball practice.

Mommy and Daughter play dough date.

Gabriel found Gracie's buckets...that boy loves to climb into things.

Brother and Sister bonding makes a mama's heart happy.

Me after a long and busy day. I love being able to relax in bed at night. :-)

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend. Any fun plans??

Going to my Dad's

I have been SOO looking forward to going to my Dad's....ever since we planned it a couple months ago, and of course once we got there the trip flew by like I knew it would but it was so amazing to see the family.

Here is me and Rick...could you tell how excited we were??

The Outer Banks is now only about a two and a half hour drive for us so not to bad. We made good time and chatted plenty along the way.

My babies were so happy to see a change of scenery.

When we got there Friday evening we went straight to one of our favorite mexican restaurants and met up with my cousin and his girlfriend for supper. It was SO yummy. My cousins girlfriend Nikki, even made me this amazing five layer monogrammed chocolate cake. :-)

It was made with Fudge and tons of chocolate...not good for my diet BUT I made sure to run an extra two miles when I came home. 

Saturday morning we got up and ate then we headed to some surf shops, after that we met up with my dad and stepmom and they took us shopping for mine and Gracie's birthday. Gracie ended up getting this high heeled shoes and also some craft goodies while I got two strapless bras and a dress. LOVE LOVE LOVE. Then we went out to eat that night where my sister works (Applebee's) and then went bowling after. SUCH. A. FUN. WEEKEND.

Honestly...I so slacked getting pictures. I was just trying to soak up the time with my dad, stepmom, brother, sister, cousin, and Nikki that I totally didn't grab my phone or camera much...which I totally regret now, but even so we had a wonderful time and I really enjoyed our visit.

On the way out Sunday we were all feeling kinda sad...I have felt that same bummed feeling most my life whenever I left my Dad's after a visit but while I was looking onto the side of the road I saw an alligator....just chilling. So I told Rick to pull over so I could show the kids.

There are TONS of alligators in this swamp near the sound but the first time I had actually saw any in person. It was a neat experience and it took our minds off leaving for a bit.

We are already planning on trying to go back again within the next couple months and I will FOR SURE take better pictures next time. :-)

Here is one I sorta got of us 3 on the beach...yeah...as you can tell Gabriel wasn't having it, and Gracie is just cheesing away.

Weekly Wishes 6

I was super busy last week and I am looking forward to a calm one this coming week.

Last Week's Wishes

1. Clean out my Kitchen cabinets. The food has gotten totally unorganized and I must get that back to my OCD ways ASAP. I didn't clean out ALL of my kitchen cabinets, but I did do a few. I need to finish that this week.

2. Get Packed for the Beach. I of course got this done because we did go to the beach and had a blast and visited my family.

3. TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY! SO I AM GOING TO SIT AT HOME AND ENJOY THE FAMILY :-) We had a nice evening at home and even went outside with the kids and practiced ball with Gracie. My mom even came over and gave me a birthday kiss and played baseball with us.

4. Run 5 miles. I actually ran 6. YAY.

5. Get the Oil changed in the car. DONE

6. Do at least 100 squats and crunches each.  The one thing I am pretty sure I didn't do. I did a few of each but I am not sure if I did 100.

This Week's Wishes

1. Take Gracie to get her 5 year old checkup and shots for school.

2. Run 6 miles.

3. Finish cleaning out my Kitchen cabinets.

4. Paint my nails.

5. Go to a friend's little one's First Birthday Party

6. Pray with Rick and my kids every night. I really want to start making this a habit and praying over our family.

Doctor Gabe!

Gabriel LOVES to play with Gracie's Doc McStuffins toys. I can usually find him in the "check up" center. He is such a funny boy. He loves to play with the oddest things. Right now he is playing with a piece of plastic from an art set.

This little boy makes me laugh daily. He is such a joy and his personality is coming out more and more each day. He loves to give me kisses. It is the sweetest thing. EVER. I put my face close to him and he puts his chunky little hands on my face and opens his mouth on my forehead or cheek. AH. So precious.

Happy Thursday Friends!

Mini Style

As you know Gracie loves to pick out her clothes, and I normally pretty much let her wear what she wants now, as long as it is weather appropriate. She picked out this outfit and I thought it was absolutely adorable! I love shorts with leggings myself, and even wore something similar that day.

Owl Hat: Handmade by a local shop

Blue Jean Vest: Thrifted from the Goodwill 3.29

Shirt underneath: Target clearance 3.00

Blue Jean shorts: Given by a friend

Leggings: Gymboree 4.99

Boots: Given by a friend

Weekly Wishes 5

Last week was a super productive one. I feel awesome about everything I got accomplished and I am seriously loving this link up each week. It really helps me to stay focused and know .that I do not want to write that I didn't complete one of my goals.

Last Weeks Wishes

1. Get Gracie and Gabriel's Insurance in order. I received a letter last week and the system has screwed it up so that must be fixed ASAP! DONE! Called and I am pretty sure I got everything straight.

2. Gracie starts Coach's Pitch Baseball this week! We are thrilled! So I need to finish getting her cleats and baseball pants. DONE! We found all of her items she needs to play...all we have left to get is red socks :-)

3. Run 6 miles. GUESS WHAT!! I did 8.5 miles last week!! AND I did a new record of running a mile in under 10 minutes!!! AND I ran 2 miles straight without stopping! I feel amazing about this accomplishment.

4.Get the Hotel in order for when we go to visit my Dad April 4th! Super EXCITED about that! DONE! We have the hotel lined up and we are ready to go visit my Dad!

5. Sell 5 boxes of V3 Max! Wanna lose weight!? Ask me how or click on tab on the side of the blog :-) DONE!! Yay!

6. Do 100 crunches.  DONE! I did exactly 100!

This Weeks Wishes

1. Clean out my Kitchen cabinets. The food has gotten totally unorganized and I must get that back to my OCD ways ASAP.

2. Get Packed for the Beach.

3. TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY! SO I AM GOING TO SIT AT HOME AND ENJOY THE FAMILY :-)

4. Run 5 miles.

5. Get the Oil changed in the car.

6. Do at least 100 squats and crunches each.