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Finding the Balance

November 9, 2014

Balance! It’s a quest many of us crazy busy moms are on for what seems like eternity.  We’ve got our kids’ school projects, carpool schedule, sports practices, meal planning, grocery shopping, endless laundry, and more while trying to keep up with all our other responsibilities as well.  What’s a mom to do!? I don’t know […]

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Where Am I? My Journey Home

June 19, 2014

Where have I been? Or rather, where am I? So it’s been awhile since I’ve blogged and there’s a good reason for that.  I’ve been traveling. Again. And when I say traveling, this time I mean REALLY traveling.  Once again our family kissed the good ole’ USA goodbye and headed back overseas to the little […]

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This Is Family! Why I Believe In Team Beachbody

February 5, 2013

Last week I was reading through a blog written by a fitness professional I met through Facebook and came across an article this individual had written concerning TurboFire and Shakeology. Of course, being a TurboFire AND Shakeology ‘fanatic’ I had to read it! However, I was immediately disappointed to find the article in its entirety […]

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My “Perfect” Thanksgiving: Letting Go of Perfection

November 27, 2012

I’ll share a secret with you:  Shhh!  I’m a recovering perfectionist!  Let me tell you, having five kids has probably been my biggest “cure”.  I’ve always been the type that needed things done a certain way.  House cleaning, projects, organization, and yes, even holidays.  OK, ESPECIALLY holidays!  Things had to be “just right”.  The perfect meal, […]

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Let’s Talk Contentment

October 22, 2012

I just returned from an impromptu trip to California. No big deal, right? Well, it might be if you live in the jungle on a small island in the South Pacific and only visit the States about every 4 years usually! Tickets are expensive off this little island and I rarely get to visit “civilization”. […]

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Priorities: Putting First Things First

August 22, 2012

It’s been quite a summer!  I had big plans of all I wanted to accomplish during our few months off from homeschooling.  And big plans of all the fun we were going to have as a family.  What I hadn’t planned on, was getting sick.  It started as just a little cough, but it just […]

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Tis the Season…for Reflection

December 5, 2011

This time of year always gets me contemplating the past year.  Last week, our entire family came down with the stomach flu.  It was NOT fun!  And NOT a great way to ring in the season!  But it occurred to me that it’s really been a LONG time since we’ve all been sick!  It wasn’t […]

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Thanksgiving Week!

November 21, 2011

I LOVE this week out of the year!!!!  Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays!  But it’s also a time where it’s easy to throw away all your efforts of the past months in health and fitness!  Just a reminder:  it DOESN’T have to be that way!  Make a plan and stick with it this […]

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Time For a Time Out

September 27, 2010

I get so wrapped up sometimes in all that I have going on in my life – homeschooling, housekeeping, coaching, etc. – that I forget to take time out and just have fun. We schedule in our homeschool calendar times that we just take a break from the work and get outside, whether it be […]

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Getting Creative in the Kitchen!

October 12, 2009

Living on a little island in the South Pacific definitely has its ups and downs. While we can’t ever have access to all the “wonderful” groceries available in the US, we rarely have to go without. However, this is one of those times when we’re all anxiously awaiting the next ship! We’ve heard through the […]

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