Mantra Song of the Week

OK so I am a musical person - I am moved by music, inspired by music - pretty much live my life to a soundtrack. I have different songs for different situations. I work out harder to great music. My kitchen is cleaner when the music blares. My mood is better - my life is happier. Thought I would share my new favorite song of the week :)

The song is called Free to be Me and it is by Francesca Battistelli
The kids are cute - I have been playing this song a lot in the kitchen and they said "play the me song play the me song play the me song" :) (I just moved it to the top of my playlist - so it is the song playing first.) 

Gotta couple dents in my fender

Got a couple rips in my jeans

Try to put the pieces together 

Perfection is my enemy

On my own I'm so clumsy (the graphic below actually has the lyrics to ANOTHER Holly mantra song to be featured at a later date) 

But on your shoulders I can see

I'm Free to Be ME!!!!! 

Not Me Monday!

We did NOT have an awesome weekend and we NEVER missed a bedtime! 

We did NOT go play cards at a friends house and there is no WAY that I would have let the kids stay up until 10:00 watching Scooby Doo on their couch while we played on.

I did NOT go to 3 spin classes, a spinyasa class, a fitness yoga class, and a master swim class last week. 

I am NOT really really sore. 

We NEVER missed any baths around here this week - nope not us - cleanest house on the block. 

We do NOT consider swimming bathing - totally unacceptable. 

There is also no WAY in my desperation with our Daddy out of town last week that I drove through and bought the kids McDonalds for dinner last week - NO WAY did I do that especially after all my "oh we don't eat fast food - trying to eat organic whole foods" talk lately. How full of a cuss word I am not comfortable typing out would I be if I did that? 

I have NOT discovered this.....

My 

is NOT scared.

I did not find this


at all funny. 

I am NOT working on this post instead of my kitchen - nope NOT ME! 

:) 

Friday Foto Finish Fiesta

A fun friday with friends following our fearless foxy Mommies far and wide. 

(You know what I love about this picture? The little feet - little kids are so bendy. :) 

Have a great weekend! 

H 

An Award

I won an award! Liz at Avo Creations 

gave me an award and I am supposed to list 7 awesome things about myself - this is not necessarily something I am great at - naming awesome stuff about myself so I am going to go ahead and name 7 awesome things in my life! 

1. I serve an Awesome God and I am so proud of that.

2. I have an Awesome husband. I have to say - he really is a good guy and we are lucky to have him. Does he have faults - well sure - we all do plus he is a man so what can you do? :) All in all - we love that Best Daddy and he can have the Awesome Dad award any day. 

3. I have an Awesome 7 year old - she is funny, pretty, smart, is hernia free, and will soon be tonsil and adenoid free! Been a big 7 year old year for her but she has handled everything like a complete champ! She is one Awesome Ladybug! 

4. I have an Awesome 4 year old - she is  quirky and sweet and a fighter and a lover all in one little bitty very noodle like body. :) Love that Noodle. Our Best Daddy is 6'5" and our Noodle is really trying hard to catch up to him quickly. At her last doctors appointment she was off the chart in height and we were excited that she had put on some pounds so that she could finally hit that 45 percentile for weight - like I said - a very long Noodle. While I am on the subject of the Noodle - the way that she earned her nickname was that even as a teeny tiny baby - she was so good and so relaxed. She loved Mommy's Milk and I could walk all over the house with her literally slung over my shoulder like a noodle (or sack of potatoes but Noodle was a much cuter nickname). Ok enough about that Awesome on to the the next.....

5. I have an Awesome 2 year old. Our first (and last and only) boy - the Brother Bear. He is his Daddy's Mini Me and such a special little guy. He has a wonderful story that I will share one day about how lucky we are that he is still here with us - it is it's own post so keep checking back for that one! 

6. I have an Awesome family -  a BUNCH of them so to help keep this post brief - I will just say 'nuff said on that one. 

7. I have Awesome friends - really really awesome girl friends both in bloggy land and real life. Friends that help me be a better Mom, a better wife, a better Christian, have a better body, pull off a healthier meal, not lose my mind - you know - all the things you need Awesome girl friends for! 

Now to pass on the award....... hmmmm let's see who is awesome - I say that if you come to my blog and read it and leave a comment - you are Awesome in my book! If I get more creative and want to narrow the pack down a little bit - I might come back and add some names but otherwise - if you are reading this - I say you win! 

:) 

H 

Toughen Up Cupcake

You're not the only fat chick in the gym!!!!!!

That quote from Tara on the Biggest Loser has been our inspiration. My friend Stephanie and I decided that we were not going to sit back and watch our athletic husbands play with our athletic children while lounging in our soccer mom extra wide super comfy chairs. We could change our bodies and we could do it and still enjoy our soccer mom chairs but look good sitting in them covered in kids and holding the team snack.

It started with spin class

which I have to say - I now LOVE!!!!!!!

Then came The Olympics at the gym - basically we are on a team and we have to do 4 classes a week in each heat (so far we have kick boxed, water aerobed - not a word I know, stepped, and spun)

The lifestyle food change has been great. When we started this the "baby" was 2 and I had hit my all time Non baby Holy Cow I can't believe it weight after New Years of 170 pounds! That was when I decided it was time for a change. I weighed in yesterday morning at 158 and I am excited to say that those numbers on the scale just keep dropping! I am now a small, still slightly round, still 18 more pounds to my first goal, kickboxing (I hate to admit it but I was REALLY terrible at the kickboxing in all honesty) , spinning machine and I am proud to be a

I haven't talked about this a lot on the blog - but I am going to keep updating and let you know how things progress!

Now back to the original point of my whole story - Tara did not win last night!!!!!!!!! I was bummed - I liked Helen ok and did not want Mike to win but still - I was rooting for our Cupcake! (Did I mention we are going to get T Shirts made up?)

Go Cupcakes!!!!!

(Aren't they pretty?)

I Heart Faces - Laughter

Hooray! I get to use one of my all time favorite pictures of my Noodle. :) This was in South Carolina watching the dolphin's last summer! 

Not Me Monday

Well - this is going to be a CRAZY Monday so I thought I would go ahead and get my Not Me Monday post up!

I did NOT get to go see the Star Trek movie. I did NOT thoroughly enjoy myself and I was NOT surprised that people were surprised that I wanted to go see it. :)

While at the movie I did not eat this

covered in buffalo wing sauce and this

while dipping in two ranch dressings.

Not me - are you kidding? We have had a major lifestyle change over here!

I did not have to bring this

to my Sister In Law's house to snack on instead of her yummy appetizers on Mothers Day to make up for Friday night. Not Me.

I am NOT very excited to announce that I have to clean out my closet this week so that I can find some pants that fit in the back dusty recesses of skinny (er) pant land. :) Nope - not gonna brag about that one.

I am NOT having some strange formatting issues right now that may or may NOT affect this post!

I am NOT working on this post when I should be jumping into high gear - no way Not Me!