Thanksgiving 2017

The holidays are always so stressful for me. The plan leading up to the holidays seems so seamless, executing the plan is another story. I usually forget something important for the dinner, there is a rip the outfit that I’ve chosen for family pictures or someone ends up fighting . I dread the holidays because of the last thing. It takes everything in me to keep sane during the holidays but the fighting just sends me through the roof and has be questioning why even celebrate in the first place. But this year, was different. Holy shit, was it different! For the first time in what seemed like forever we had the perfect thanksgiving WEEKEND. Oh yeah, you read that right . I had the perfect thanksgiving weekend. It was everything that you’ve ever wanted from the holiday season and more.

We planned the food perfectly, we made sure to set sometime aside for family and we ate until our hearts and bellies were more than content. There was no fighting whatsoever throughout the entire weekend , that even includes us not fighting with Haidyn (that’s a rarity since my little angel has the temper of her Daddy and patience like her Mama). We headed out to Hootsee and Papa's Wednesday after work. Haidyn was already counting down the days to see them since last week.



Our first order of business was prepping all of our food the night before Thanksgiving, eating all the cool whip just because and getting ready for a nice 4 mile run . Don't get your hopes up, Waymon is retired from running so I ran with my MIL. I grew up in Fernley, but I don't think I've ever really appreciated my little home town until recently. My 4 mile run was beautiful. I wish that Rory was behaved enough to run it with me.

After our run , we visited Haidyn's great grandma for a pre-thanksgiving snack fest. She was so excited to be out in Nixon with some of her cousins. Any time this kid can get outside and run a little she will take advantage of it , but I'm glad that she does. After our visit, we started our own thanksgiving . We had all the fixings you could imagine and then some. I personally ate all of my FIL's ceviche until there was no more. Yeah I overindulged, so what?

 Everyone had a plate of food (maybe more) and sat down to watch the Chargers kick some Cowboy ass. ( I should also warn you that I'm a football fan now, but not a fan of the Chargers sorry Jon!!) Speaking of Jon, my Thanksgiving was made when I got that surprise face-time from him. I haven't facetimed with him in such a long time, I almost forgot what he looked like. :)

We headed back home on Saturday to catch up on the house chores we've been slacking on, but also to lay around the house even more. Sunday we got the courage to finally go outside and do something! The weather was awful, but we managed to watch Coco. If you haven't seen it, YOU MUST GO NOW!

After a weekend of actual relaxation, family bonding and eating non-stop I didn't want to go back to work. Can you blame me? The holidays are so stressful, but I'm so glad that I got this time to actually spend time with my family. I hope your Thanksgiving was just as wonderful.

T25 | Alpha Results

I’ve been working up the courage to participate in any of Shaun T’s programs. He’s intimidating so you can’t blame me! He’s infamous for his workout programs that get you the best results in a short amount of time. He makes you WORK. Damn. I’ve done Shaun Week and after completing it months ago I knew I had to finish this program! It’s almost the end of the year so working out for only 25 minutes day would fit my schedule the best.  There isn’t a day where I’m not dying of exhaustion and T25 is only 25 minutes! 5 weeks of working out on this program and I’ve seen a difference. My weight isn’t changing drastically, but my body does feel different. I feel stronger and more accomplished because I’m working out so hard in such a short amount of time. I have quads galore!!! Tooting my own horn here!

  BEFORE 

 R. ARM         11

L. ARM         11

CHEST          33 ½     

WAIST           27 ½

HIPS               32

R. THIGH     17 ¾     

L. THIGH     18 ½

R. CALF       14

L. CALF       14

 

 TOTAL INCHES  179.25 IN

WEIGHT            117.8 LBS

  AFTER

WEIGHT            116.6

TOTAL WEIGHT LOST –1.2

I’m ready to go into the next phase of this workout program. The only thing I didn't like about this program was taking my STATS every Saturday. I didn't think it was necessary to do that so I've opted to only measure after every round. I also didn’t stick to the meal plan for a couple days for this program, but I know that the next phase will be better. I haven’t been focused on my eating since the second half of this program I was off of Whole 30 and craved everything bad . :)  Can you blame me? Instead of punishing myself , I’m just making sure that I will do better the next round. Of course the next round happens to be through my favorite month! Can’t wait for my end of the year results! Stay tuned.

Apple Hill Craze

Fall is officially here and our first order of business was to head to Apple Hill. Of course, we picked the busiest weekend to head to the most popular apple spot .  Last year we went to Apple Hill too late in the year and it just wasn't the same. This year was a lot different and a lot more fun than any previous year. As many of you know this is Haidyn's favorite time of year so the fact that her Papa and Uncle Josh came along this year just sent her through the roof.

She's at the age where she understands that the weekend is coming so for weeks prior to this trip she knew we were going to Apple Hill. I'm sure she had no freaking clue what the hell Apple Hill was, but when we got there she was beside herself. It was heaven for her. The day that we picked to go seemed like the busiest day of the year. We got to Apple Hill at 11:00 am and didn't get to park and into a farm until 12:00 noon. Josh waited for us because the traffic was that awful! (Thank you again for waiting for us). We ate lunch at High Hill Ranch. This was our first time as a family visiting this ranch. Our lunch was amazing and we got to spend some time by the pond watching the geese. Haidyn's favorite part of this farm had to be the ponies. She got to ride the ponies along side her Hootsee and you can tell by the look on her face that she was having the time of her life.

 

Our second and final stop was of course my favorite Boa Vista Orchards. I don't know what it is about this farm that brings me to life. I absolutely love this farm. The apples, the goodies and the pumpkins are just so amazing. The boys went off to enjoy their apple beers and my mom and I went to buy the goodies. Haidyn went off with the boys to enjoy all of the gypsies. We didn't stay here long but we did let Haidyn run around the pumpkin field.

 

After Apple Hill we said our goodbyes with Josh and headed to Roseville. No trip to California is ever complete without stopping into Lush. ( All of us Wells' girls I already can't wait to go back next year! Hopefully we choose a day that isn't the busiest damn day of the year again, but nonetheless I would go even if it was the busiest day.