Family Prayer

The boys before Wednesday night church

Last night was prayer meeting at our church. 
We all went and Zack was able to come, too.
It was the best time because Josh had us pray together as a family. 

He had each of us go around and first pray a prayer of thanksgiving to God. 
Then, we each went around and prayed for one person that God put on our heart. 
We actually did this two times in a row. So many people we wanted to lift up in prayer.
Next, we each prayed for a married couple. 
Then, we each prayed for someone or a family in financial need. 
Then, we each prayed for an overall specific need in our church.
Lastly, we each prayed for what we desired to see God do in our own lives. 

After that Josh read a chapter out of the Bible and we went around and shared what God showed us. It was so cool talking about the Bible together and digging deeper into His Word.

The entire time of prayer was so sweet and special. 
I just savored every spoken word each child prayed to God. 
It humbles me. It makes me in awe of God and the faith of children. 
God is so good to take the time to listen to each one of HIS children's prayers.
Thank you, Lord!

May Days

For the first part of May, Josh took me to Santa Monica for a few days and then to San Diego where he did a revival. We went by ourselves and Dianne so willingly came to Utah to watch the kids for us. They were excited to spend time with Grandma. Josh and I had a wonderful time visiting family and friends, going out to eat, talking walks, sleeping in (a rarity), family dinners, and we even got see Tim Hawkins with almost the entire Scribner family (we really missed you Adam & Bekah)! It was so fun to be able to laugh (and cry from laughing so hard) together. 

My mom took our family to dinner at Geoffrey's in Malibu...amazing!

(my sister is THE prettiest prego woman ever!)

(what a good looking couple!)

When Josh and I got home, Allie and I took Grandma Dianne to 

Thanksgiving Point to see the gardens.

(we saw this TINY little bunny in the gardens...Allie was in love with it!)

We also had fun watching Marcus play baseball...four games in 3 days!

Then, Grandma took us out for ice cream

We spent Mother's Day all together which was special and wonderful...the kids came into our room in the morning and piled on top of me telling me they love me! I sure felt loved! A special breakfast and day followed with a steak lunch, presents, multiple cards from the kids and a trip to the park between services. It was a very happy Mother's Day!

Phone Pics

Rob working on an art project for school-he loves to do art!

Rob also had to make two signs of his own-
he made up what they should say

After my workout at the gym on Friday I wanted 
to let the kids have some fun. I took the kids 
to a place where there is a driving range 
as well as batting cages...all the kids 
were able to practice a sport at once!

Rob LOVES to hit his driver. He can really hit it, too! 
He drove it about 100-120 yards!

Allie hit it straight about 40 yards!

Two Cute Golfers!

Marcus is in baseball season now with weekly games and 
Saturday double headers. He had fun practicing his batting. 

Yesterday at gymnastics Allie did a huge thing...
she climbed the rope to the top!
Check out how high she has to climb (see the girl 
in bottom left corner)...yeah it makes us so nervous!
But, she did it and was so very happy because it's been 
one of her goals since she started a few months ago.
Way to go, Allie!

Pet Love

Allie takes such good care of our pets...

Married to a Trainer

It's funny because it seems that recently I've heard the comment to my husband while he's training me, "I can't believe you train your wife." Or "I can't believe your wife lets you train her." I don't understand why other people can't believe it. Okay, I have to admit it hasn't always been easy for me to receive his instruction in a workout, but I'm happy to say that I think I'm improving. I honestly think it has helped to be in a group environment when he trains me-like bootcamp or working out with a friend or two. It forces me to bite my tongue and just work out hard. My goal is to not come against his training by questioning him in front of others-or whining and complaining, so I try to be quiet and focus on my work out. 

I appreciate that he knows what are my weaknesses/strengths and creates a work out around them. 

I truly love allowing him to train me and am so thankful that he's incredibly patient with me.

I believe he's learned that exercising definitely makes me happier and I've learned through reading For Women Only that it really means a lot to him that I make an effort to exercise. It's a win win situation!

According to my husband, some of the most important things to remember about exercise:

*Make sure you have correct form-don't just get it done or try to use too much weight
*Breathe! Most people hold their breathe when they exercise, but you'd be surprised the results they gain by simply breathing
*Weight training is critical as well as cardio-gives strength, corrects posture/form, typically burns more calories than cardio
*Don't overtrain-45-60 minutes a day is plenty & don't do the same things 2 days in a row
*Recovery-eating, drinking and rest are crucial-work outs tell our bodies how to change in the future and they need the materials & time to change

His most popular exercises he utilizes with clients:

*Push ups
* Pull ups
*Deadlifts
*Lunges
*Rows
*Leg lifts
*Superman
*Squats
*Dips
*Bicycle crunches (slow & fast)
...but all these have variations

A typical workout is:
I warm up on the treadmill or elliptical for 5-10 minutes
40 jumping jacks
40 good mornings
20 alternating lunges + 20 squats (3 sets)
20 deadlifts + 20 slow bicycle crunches + 20 fast bicycle crunches (3 sets)
10 pull ups (assisted) (2 sets)
 20 lying down leg lifts + 1 minute superman (3 sets)
25 push ups + 25 bent over dumbbell rows (3 sets)
20 dips + 20 squats (3 sets)
Then a 15 minute cool down on treadmill walking and stretching on the mats

(Josh & I on a bike ride last fall before winter hit
...can't wait for it to warm up so we can ride again!)