Happy Monday everyone!
I hope you all had a fun weekend. I told you guys in my last post that I was very tired and craving cookies, right? I’m happy to say I haven’t been as tired the past couple days (woo hoo!), but I still crave cookies!
I’m sure I’ll always crave them. I actually ended up making cookies on Sunday night and it made me happy. I didn’t take a picture though, dang it.
I’ve decided my goal for these last few weeks of pregnancy is to just NOT falter at the finish line. I’ve tried really hard to keep up a healthy lifestyle throughout this pregnancy. I’ve definitely had not-so-healthy (that’s putting it mildly) days and weeks, but for the most part I’m happy with my efforts. 😉
HOWEVER, I don’t want to completely fall apart here at the end and give back a lot of my hard work. So, I’m trying not to turn into an absolute piggy and I’m still trying to maintain some sort of an active lifestyle. I will do my best!
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We’ve been very busy the past few days.
On Friday, my 6 year old had his last track meet (he’s in the gray shirt)…
My daughter went to ANOTHER church camp thingy for 4 days last week and my 10 year old attended Cub Scout Day camp for two days. Here he is after he returned on the first day. He was covered in dirt, but very happy!
I dropped off my 15 year old son at a week long church conference thing today called EFY (Especially For Youth.) It’s held at the University of Utah and he gets to stay in the dorms. The conference is for kids ages 14-18 and they participate in activities, classes, dances, and other fun things. He was so excited and I know he’ll have a great time.
AND, I totally forgot to take a picture of him when I dropped him off today! Dang.
However, since I was already in Salt Lake City, I decided we needed to meet Kev for lunch. So fun!
Soooo, we all headed over to City Creek Center (the coolest mall ever!) and had lunch at the food court.
Kev and I shared some yummy Greek food, including kabobs, lemon rice and salad. Everything was so good!
After we ate, we let the kids play on the fun Dinosaur Playground thingy there. They loved it.
My daughter took good care of her little brother…
My youngest is in the background of this picture and didn’t want to stop playing long enough for me to take his picture. There was also the CUTEST little girl I’ve ever seen in my life toddling around.
Oh my WORD guys, she had the most beautiful giant blue eyes and huge cheeks. She was also so teeny tiny and petite. She was SOOOO darling. I would’ve loved to have taken a real picture of her to show you guys, but I didn’t want to exploit someone else’s child. 😉
I did tell her parents how DANG cute I thought she was though. I also told them they should have 10 more children because they make such cute kids.
Ya, they probably thought I was weird.
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On Friday night, we took the kiddos to Chick-fil-A’s Cow Appreciation Day. If you dress up like a cow, you get a free meal. So dang awesome.
AND with 5 kids, we always take full advantage! However, my oldest son didn’t come with us this time because he was busy running around with his friends. 🙁
I love Chick-fil-A and this is the third year in a row we’ve attended this event. You can read about our past two year’s experiences here and here if you so desire.
Here we are just getting ready to leave….
The cutest little cow kids ever (yes, I’m biased)….
Standing in line waiting to order…
While we were eating our dinner, we noticed my brother and his family were there dressed up as cows too!!!
Too funny! I told my bro how much I loved his “cute” Woody cow vest, lol. He and Kev commiserated with each other about the fact that they were dressed up as cows.
They didn’t’ complain about the free food though!
The Chick-fil-A Cow even gave Kev a free massage. Bonus.
We had a fun night, but never made it to 7-11 for free Slurpees, dang it.
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I got a great workout in on Saturday morning though. Yay. I’ve been mostly working out from home these days because I feel like a sideshow when I go to the gym, lol.
I created a great total body strength training workout that I loved! It was actually fun, seemed to go by quickly and I could actually DO all of the moves. Yay. I also enjoyed watching TV while I exercised. Fun.
Here’s the workout I did. You can click on it to make it bigger.
I ended up completing 100 pushups (on my knees) and 100 lunges on each leg when it was all said and done. I’ve been so sore ever since. YAY!
I think I’ll do this same workout tomorrow. It’s a good one.
I also snapped my 35 week pregnant picture on Sunday…
I am so dang excited to meet our little baby (and have my body all to myself again!) I can hardly wait. Eeeeeee.
I also have to ask a favor of all y’all. I have been the Number One Health and Fitness blog on Top Mommy Blogs for a long time now. However, I’ve recently slipped to the #3 spot and it makes me so so so sad.
SOOOO, if you could “help a blogger out,” I would be eternally grateful. All you have to do is click on the image below and it counts as a vote for me! There is no “red tape,” “small print,” “spamming,” etc. Just click on the image and it gives me a vote…..and totally makes my day!
FYI, if you’re feeling extra generous, you can vote for me every time you visit my blog (you can only vote once per day.) you can just click on the Top Mommy Blogs icon in my sidebar.
I feel like a dweeb asking for your support, but it would seriously make me happy. Yes, I’m easy to please. I love you all so much!
AND, I need to get my pregnant bum into bed, so I will end this. I hope you all have a wonderful night!
Y’alls costumes for chicl-fil-a are so cute! I LOVE that place but the nearest one is about 5 hours away – such a bummer! I’m glad you’re feeling better than you were last week! 🙂
I’m sorry you don’t have a Chick-Fil-A close to you, dang it. They’ve been popping up all over the place out here, so hopefully you’ll get one closer to you soon!
Your new pregnant picture is so beautiful! But you and your family make cute cows too. How funny to run into your brother’s family doing the same thing!
I’m embarrassed to admit your pregnancy workout is 10X harder than my nonpregnant one. You are such a wonderful inspiration! I haven’t been as diligent about voting as I was before, so I am doing that today and will try to remember daily.
Aww, you’re always so sweet. Thanks so much for supporting me on Top Mommy Blogs too. I will definitely return the favor!
You and your kids are SO cute dressed up as cows! What a fun event! Also, you look fabulous! I feel like it was just yesterday you were telling us you were pregnant and not feeling well and now you are 35 weeks along! Time goes so fast!
I’ll vote for you!!
Thanks so much! I’m so happy to be nearing the end of this pregnancy. In some ways it seems like it’s gone by quickly and it other ways it seems like it’s taken FOR-EV-ER!!!
I agree with everyone else…adorable cow get ups! We need to do that next year…our friends did it. We have 2 Chic Filets in the area! Your 35 week picture is great…you look fabulous. I voted as well and will keep voting. Thanks for the inspiration. On another note…my kids have 5 year blood draws since high cholesterol and heart disease run in my husband’s family. My daughter was fine but we just got my son’s results (he is 6 and very active…not at all over weight) and his triglycerides were high. He loves carbs but I need to cut him back on them. He loves fruit but very few veggies. If you have any low carb “kid” suggestions I would appreciate it. Already thinking of trail mix with nuts, sunflower seeds (easy on the dried fruits). Take care and have a great week!!!
I love Chick-Fil-A so much! I hope you do it next year. Thanks so much for voting for me too. I SOOO appreciate it! I’m so so sorry to hear about your son’s triglycerides. 🙁 You are such a great mama for being proactive though. My kids love carbs, especially the non-healthy kinds, so much too. It’s so tough. I would recommend things like protein shakes (my kids love those), string cheese (my kids love me to make Cheese Crisps with them), carrots with dip or hummus, Green Bean Fries or Greek yogurt. My kids also love frozen grapes too. Oh, and I sometimes cut up a bunch of random things like chicken, ham, fruit, cheese, veggies and put them all on a plate. The kids love those. GOOD LUCK!!!
Sounds like your kids are having a busy but fun summer! I think it’s awesome that you’re staying active during your pregnancy. You look great in your pictures!
We’ve had a great summer, but it’s flying by way too quickly! Thanks so much!
That was a great workout! I will be sore tomorrow. 🙂
YAY! I’m so glad you tried the workout and enjoyed it!! Sore muscles=happy muscles. 😉
I clicked the link!! BOOM. AHHAHAI love your cow costumes that is so awesome.
Thank you SO MUCH! I really appreciate it….so much!
You guys look so cute all dressed up as cows!
Awww, thanks so much!
Love that y’all dressed as cows – we haven’t ever done that – maybe one year!!
So cool that you are one of the top Mommy bloggers – I clicked the link – hopefully soon you will get back to #1!!!
We really enjoy Cow Day ’round here. Sadly, it’s become a tradition and the kids always look forward to it! Thanks so much for your support!
You all are so cute and funny in those costumes!! I think you look so fantastic too and I bet you are so ready to have your beautiful baby in your arms. Oh, and I will totally vote for you blog…going now. Sorry I’m behind on blog reading….things have gotten hectic around here, so I am playing catch up. Oh, and I’m always craving cookies….that is never a change really, totally normal, haha!
Thanks SO MUCH for always being such a sweetie and great supporter of me Brandi! I really, really appreciate it. I totally understand all about “playing catch up” and getting behind on blog reading. It’s tough to keep up with everything and I have no idea how you do all the amazing things you do on your blog!!!