Live Fit and Sore

Category: Parenting/Family

  • Happy Birthday Baby Nate

    Today is my baby Nate’s 9th birthday. He has provided our family with lots of laughs, challenges, love, and adventure. I love him more than words can ever describe and am so thankful he’s all mine. I just love to look at him sometimes and when he is upset –no lie, my heart starts to…

  • Knowing You Are Not Alone

    That Moment One of my favorite quotes is by C.S.Lewis: “We read to know we are not alone.” I think that’s one of the reasons I blog and read other blogs. There is something soothing about reading and learning about other people and what they go through and relate it to your own life. It…

  • Become a More Optimistic You

    Becoming More Optimistic How great is this image and message. It really is all about how you choose to see things. During the CrossFit Teens class I was coaching, the teens did some ladder speed work. Some of the movements were complicated and really made you think. At the end, Coach Patrick suggested to the…

  • Parents: Fun Murderers

    Yesterday I came across a post out there about how everyone loves to give kids junk food.  Why Is Everyone Always Giving My Kids Junk Food?  It really resonated with me and a ton of other parents out there. Think about it – snacks at meetings, get-togethers, sports events, outings – it’s common for it…

  • A Product Of Your Parents

    Happy Birthday Dad Today is my Dad’s birthday. I really feel blessed that both my parents are still around and in my life. So many of my friends — as we enter into middle age have or are starting to lose their parents and the fact that both of my ‘rents are still here and…

  • Happy Birthday Mommy

    Today is my Mom’s birthday and I am so thankful to have her in my life and so active in the lives of my kiddos.  She’s crazy, and always working and busy so the effort that she puts in to be active in our lives does not go unnoticed. Sometimes that constant state of chaos…

  • Toxic People Go Away

    This weekend flew by — I went to a 4 hour strength training workshop at CrossFit Impavidus on Saturday and I was smoked afterwards. I don’t think I have ever lifted that much in one session before — back squat, press, and deadlift — and add in the WOD I did earlier. When I got…

  • Look For The Helpers

    My sis in law posted this and thought it was spot on when talking to kids about the imperfect and sometimes unfair and irrational world we live in — “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will…

  • Celebrating on 12.12.12

    Scott and I spent yesterday evening at a wedding — celebrating the marriage of one of his work friends on 12.12.12.  A Wednesday evening wedding is not quite the norm for us working people and boy am I feeling it today.  I had a few drinks but skipped dessert. It was such a nice evening…

  • Marriage: Growing Together

    Marriage is Hard Work This week my husband shared a story about a couple we know that are no longer together. It was quite a shock to hear the news that they are divorcing – they seemed very well suited for each other, had a couple of kids – just like me and many of…