Color Run 2017

This is pretty much one of my FAVORITE days of the entire year.

I'm not even joking.

The Color Run is an absolute BLAST - even if you hate exercising.

There's just something so fun about getting colored powder all over you and being care-free about it.

Ashley and I had signed up to do it, but a few days before we had the best. idea. ever.

Get the husbands to go too! Cody and I are always talking about doing stuff together, continue dating each other - and what a fun and different way to do it. We were so thankful my mom was able to watch Harpie. We left super early that morning and headed to Atlanta Motor Speedway. We checked in, and got started as soon as we could. The guys made it so fun. They were silly and crazy, but totally what we all needed. 

(And I totally ran more than I thought I could - and didn't even feel awful about it. Last year's I wasn't at my healthiest (post-baby bod) (post HERE!). It's amazing what working out and being healthy can do for ya. :P )

I think we all decided that we were going to be doing this every year because it was THAT fun.

If you want to see me almost die from yellow powder, feel free to click play below. :)

Thelma & Louise

These two.

I'm not sure which one is Thelma, and which one is Louise.

But the older Harper is getting, the more these two are becoming best buds.

I grew up with a best friend that was older than me, and I absolutely loved it.

We had so many laughs, and she taught me how to get in trouble. :)

Not that Nora will, but I looked up to her.

When Ashley had Nora, I hoped and prayed we would have a little girl that could be best friends with her. Ashley is my absolute best friend in the world, and how sweet it would be if we had two girls that were too. So to see my prayers come to life, it's quite magical in the most precious little girl way.

The WORST Super Bowl EVER.

My heart still breaks.

Our Falcons made it to the Super Bowl.

Our Falcons were winning the Super Bowl.

And then the winning came to a stop.

And it was over.

We lost.

I'll spare the details, but our little family has been pretty pumped up about this for awhile.

And really it seemed like the whole state was.

Cody and his dad work with the Falcons quite a bit during the season, so our hearts were invested.

We had fun celebrating before hand and yelling 'RISE UP' whenever we could.

But for now, we'll dry up the tears and move on.

At least Harper didn't really care either way. :)

Winter Retreat

Many of you know, I've been a Beachbody coach for awhile now.

I love the sense of empowerment I've gained from it. I have loved what it has done for me personally with my health and fitness journey. But I've also loved helping others too.

I never in a million years thought this would be something I could do, but I have been doing it. 

I am doing it! Because of this opportunity and success that I have had, I was invited to go on a Winter Retreat with other coaches with the same goals. We're talking - weekend in the North Georgia mountains, pampering, group workouts, fun downtown, photoshoots (!!!), and some much needed girl time. Opportunity of a lifetime!

I was super nervous to go, but in my heart I KNEW I needed to.

I was nervous leaving Harper all weekend - Cody can totally handle it, but she is my baby. And also nervous about staying in a house with a bunch of girls I had never met. But like I said, I knew I needed to do this for ME. And for my business.

I left Thursday afternoon and headed up to Blue Ridge, and there was I greeted by my coach and the sweetest hostess (she's in the top TEN in the whole company!) you would ever meet. The girls were totally sweet, and I knew it would be a fun weekend.

As soon as we got there, Ashley - our hostess - let us open our "swag bags" full of goodies! It was so sweet and thoughtful and totally made us feel welcome. We spent that evening hanging out, having dinner, and throwing Ashley a surprise baby shower!

Friday, we woke up to breakfast and a group workout downstairs. It was SO fun working out with other people and was nice to get a little sweat session in before our trip to downtown Blue Ridge, where we would be divided into groups and sent on a fun scavenger hunt around the city. It was a BLAST, and I'm pretty sure the town thought we were all crazy. :) We met back up for lunch later, and then headed back to the lodge for some professional development training that lasted into the evening. 

Saturday morning, our little Faithfully Fit team was up first for our photo session!

Ashley thought of it ALL because she even got girls to do our makeup, and had a little set-up in the basement for pictures that looked so legit. Like legit. I mean - I've never had a photoshoot before, so you know I felt pretty cool. :P We took turns having individual ones done, group pictures, and later in the afternoon, big group pictures too. 

 

We ended the day with group yoga from such a sweet local instructor.

It was so peaceful, the view of the mountains was incredible to say the least.

And we wrapped up our trip that evening with an ice cream social and goodbyes.

Sunday morning, it was bittersweet.

The fun weekend I was so nervous about was coming to an end. We all said our goodbyes, and packed up. Except I had one MAJOR issue...

I lost my keys.

And couldn't leave.

The only thing I could think of was during the scavenger hunt, when we were running around, they flew out of my purse and landed somewhere downtown. They were NO WHERE to be found.

I called Cody - super nervous to tell him - and he was so sweet and wasn't upset at all.

He loaded him and Harper up into the jeep, and headed up to Blue Ridge to bring the spare key.

And better yet, we made a crazy situation, super special by having a family day in downtown Blue Ridge - eating lunch, walking around, shopping. It was seriously the best way the trip could have ended. 

I'm so thankful for my coach, Lindsay Ann, and my other coach, Ashley.

They went above and beyond to make this weekend special, and it was more than I ever dreamed of.

Totally a weekend I'll never forget.