A Run with Mom & Little Fockers

I was about six in this picture, but I remember my run with mom pretty well. After wrapping up this classic runner's stretch we walked through our garage and onto the sidewalk good to go.

Because our house in Minnesota was at the bottom of a hill it didn't matter what direction we turned, we would start uphill. But, we were ready. We had on sweats, my hair was in a bandanna and we were wearing shoes with laces.

... Read my entire post here within GOTRIbal, an organization created to empower and connect women through the journey of endurance sport. I flew to San Diego last fall to attend GOTRIbal's conference & retreat, what an awesome weekend! See related posts:
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http://ironmakeover.blogspot.com/2010/11/san-diego-snorkeling-with-leopard.html
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In honor of Mother's Day weekend, here's a snippet of our life:

• We actually replayed the vomit scene during Little Fockers this week, laughing away ... and then life pressed rewind from upstairs as our 6-yr-old projectile vomited on & out of his bunkbed and onto his brother's bunk below ... vile bile.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxujEMtAiQM
  


• Our youngest son (3) debates most everything. But in this recent conversation with my husband, Orry was repeating everything Ken said ... well not everything.
  the scene from Orry's firetruck bed:
  Ken: "I am an elephant."
  Orry: "I am an elephant."
  Ken: "I have blue feet."
  Orry: "I have blue feet."
  Ken: "Mom is the hottest mother in the world."
  Orry: " .... no she's not!"
  


• And, I saw this book title on facebook recently (thanks Vanessa) and laughed away.
  FYI: I love being a mom and it is a blessing ... even so sometimes this book title is exactly how I feel!
  The book is titled "Go the F@#k to Sleep." A sample from this TODAYMoms article:
  “The cats nestle close to their kittens.
  The lambs have laid down with the sheep.
  You're cozy and warm in your bed, my dear
  Please go the f@#k to sleep.”
  
  http://moms.today.com/_news/2011/04/26/6534646-want-another-bedtime-story-sweetie-heres-one-go-the-fk-to-sleep?GT1=43001
  
  Questions for You:


• - How are you celebrating Mother's Day?


• - Did you like Little Fockers?

Photos: guess who?

Easter Light & Bear Crawls

We spent Easter weekend at the farm with Ken's family. We enjoyed:
- planting trees,
- loading wood on the trailer,
- filling & hiding Easter eggs,
- the egg hunt, and
- a great Easter meal!

Bear crawls are one of my favorite bootcamp exercises. The kids took it up a notch doing bear crawls up and over a labyrinth of tree limbs.

When the sun broke through later in the weekend, it was glorious. Also glorious was Carrie Underwood's "How Great Thou Art" with Vince Gill. Wow.

Questions for You:
- What's your favorite or least favorite bootcamp or bodyweight exercise?
- Elvis' version or Carrie's version? Or Susan Boyle's version?

photos by me.

P.I. Streak II + G.V. Minigolf

Last weekend we played indoor mini-golf as a family. In Wisconsin it can snow even in May, so the indoor option is nice.

I grabbed my new pair of Pearl Izumi Streak II shoes (thanks to Outside PR & Sports Marketing & Pearl Izumi) to see how they'd handle the turf.

I noticed the fit of the shoe first in the heel--it felt like the shoe cradled my heel in a good way.

The shoe felt light, but supportive
and I really liked the honeycomb webbing.

As a safety girl I appreciate the reflective bits along the laces, toe, heel and side of the shoe and we tested its reflective performance within the mini-golf glow room.

Learn more about the Streak's seam-free interior, energy foam cushions and more here.

photos: Walk this way please. There are many slides along the course.

photos: Mini-golf at G.V., the capital at G.V., my P.I. Streak II in the glow room. Actually two years ago one of our kids had an accident in this same glow room .... beware of potential glow-room streaks in your neighborhood.

Questions for You:

- What's the weather like where you live?

- What's the first thing you notice about a new pair of shoes?

- When I read the word Streak I think of two words: naked and steak. What comes to your mind?

photos by me