Squats, Sauce, & Stripes

SQUATS: Yesterday morning as I was playing with my new fabulous camera from my amazing husband I snapped a few pics of Shaw pulling up on a chair. I realized as I was reviewing the pics that he has a perfect squat stance for Crossfit standards.  Hips back, weight on the heels, and chest up.  I'm proud of my little Crossfit boy! 

SAUCE: I was out and about yesterday taking some pics of the kids with my new camera from my fabulous husband.  We grabbed some lunch for the kids but Taurin had dozed off.  When she woke up we asked my niece to pass her the food.  She just passed her the bag not realizing it had about 7 packets of fry sauce* in the bag.  As we pulled up to the next stop we looked back to see Taurin covered in fry sauce... upon further inspection we discovered the sauce spread all over her legs and along the side of her seat.  This is the reason I have a "no sauce" rule in the van.  

*Fry sauce is a delectable mix of ketchup and mayo that is perfect for fries and pepperoni pizza.  You can only get fry sauce at restaurants in Utah.   

STRIPES: As Taurin was painting with her fry sauce Marinn had found a pen and was turning herself into a zebra.  She also scribbled next to her seat.  You can't see it in the pic but she also covered both or her arms in stripes.  Luckily my sister had an amazing cleaner called Spot Shot that removed pen and fry sauce.  The car seats also underwent a full wash.  Speaking of washing car seats... why do they not make them easier to take apart for cleaning?  We all know kids are messy and yet the car seats are designed like a Rubiks Cube.  

Despite the mess the day went good and the kids had fun... some pictures to come from our little photo shoot.  Did I mention my husband is the most wonderful amazing man ever?... who gave me an incredible camera! I love him : )

Welcome to the Crossfit Gym!

Five days a week I go to the gym.  On Saturday mornings they have a family/friends workout where you can bring people with you to try out the program (Crossfit).  They are even wonderful enough to allow the kids to come. This morning I took Brian, Jamie, Aspyn, Tearony, & Marinn.  Brian, Jamie and I did the actually "work out of the day".  The kids hung out and played with the fun boxes, jump ropes, etc. they found around the gym.

Marinn had a great time and would occasionally come over and join me in the workout by doing some Burpees or sit ups.  She even got on the rowing machine and started rowing away like a pro.. she had this serious look on her face that was so determined.  She had a great time and burned off some energy too!

Later this afternoon I found Marinn in her bedroom with Taurin showing her how to do a box jump.  She had pulled out a large tupperware bin and was showing Taurin how to jump on.  The funniest part about this is that we do box jumps as part of our training but we didn't do them today.  Marinn had seen some of the other kids (who had seen a box jump before) jumping up on the boxes and I guess she decided Toto needed to get her work out on!

Then, tonight as I was putting the girls to bed and we were saying their prayers Marinn asked for a turn to pray.  It went something like this, "Thank you for the good day.... and push ups... and jumping... and it was hard!... and we did it again... and again... and again... and again... again, again, again... and keep Daddy safe when he is working and working and working and working, working, working, working.....  .....Amen."

I wish I would have gotta a pic of her doing her tupperware box jumps but a Photo Booth pic of my hand will have to do.  That's my dry callused hand in the photo.  Crossfit definitely makes you strong but doesn't give you pretty hands.  It's a reasonable trade for me : )