Summer has arrived!! I hope that your summer is off to a great start! We spent the last week at The Kalahari Resort in Ohio for a dance competition! It was a fun-filled week with lots of dance, waterslides and family fun with both our dance family and the Parker family, but it always feels great to get back home to the FitHouse family and a regular routine! There is no doubt that when you are traveling it’s a little more challenging to eat clean and workout. Life is all about balance. I still managed to get some MEPS this week with some outdoor runs and a couple of gym workouts. I make it a priority when I travel when I can, because it makes me feel good especially after indulging a bit more on the food side, plus I didn’t want to fall too far behind on the MEPS challenge! For me it also makes it a lot easier to dive back in when I return.
I have a few shares from the week! The kids did great at competition, and it’s always cool to see the improvement through the year. There was quite a bit of competition at this nationals which was also good to see. The girls had to really earn their spots. One of my proud mama moments was my daughter Kaylie placing 9th overall with her solo out of about 120 solos. She worked hard for it, and there have been many times when she doesn’t get in the top 10. The hard part when you don’t get in the top 10 is that you don’t really know where you placed. One thing that this competition did was post the scores of the top 10 solos, groups, etc. which isn’t typically done. Seeing these results reminded me of Thomas Edison’s quote, “Many of life’s failures are people who never realized how close they were to success before they gave up.” Out of 120 points in most cases there were about .3 points that separated 5th through 10th place…it was soooo close. It reminded me of all of the times in life that we feel sooo far away from the end point, the prize or the goal and often we don’t realize just how close we are….a good thing to remember the next time that we want to give up!
My second share is about that 1% better! Ashlynn did her solo and did a great job! She has come so far this year! I told her how proud I was of her, but I also usually talk about something that she can work on improving. One of the things that I told her is that she had to work on her stage face in her solo and be careful not to overdo it…sometimes less is more. I could tell she was a little disappointed by my comment. Well shortly after that I got an email that the first podcast that I have ever recorded was ready on iTunes!!! I LOVED doing the podcast and felt like I had a lot to share!! I couldn’t wait to listen to it. Well, as I listened I was HIGHLY annoyed by the amount of “ummms” and “ya knows” that I recited and could hardly listen to what I was saying. Ugh this somehow came at the perfect time!!! I was able to share exactly what I meant with Ashlynn. We all have things that we need to work on!! That doesn’t mean that we can’t be proud of where we are at the moment it just means that we can keep getting better…life would get kind of boring if we couldn’t! When I did the podcast I was nervous, I wasn’t sure what to expect kind of like when she goes on stage. I could either throw in the towel or work on my “ummms” and get better. No matter where we are in life we can always get 1% better as long as we focus on enjoying the journey!!
Check out the link to the podcast below!!! I think you will like it minus the “ummms” and”ya knows”!!!
We’ve got lots of great things going on this week, some NEW CLASSES on the schedule, KIDS CAMPS and our ANNIVERSARY BASH!!!!
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HAPPY 2ND YEAR ANNIVERSARY FITHOUSE!!!
We had a GREAT time celebrating with you on our 2nd anniversary and we want to keep the party going! Join us Friday June 30th for our Anniversary Bash!!!
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FitHouse 14 Day Summer Shred
We have gotten awesome feedback so far on our 14 day summer shred with Certified Holistic Health Coach Bobbi DiClaudio, so LET US KNOW IF YOU’RE INTERESTED AND WE CAN GET A GROUP OF YOU STARTED SOON!!! It’s not too late to kick start your summer
The Kindle Edition of the book is available on Amazon! Hard copies will be available soon online and at FitHouse
Happy Father’s Day to all of our FitHouse Fathers out there! Being a father is an important role and one that has a lifetime impact!!! We are at Kalahari for the week for our dance nationals…..participating in that alone is a huge fatherly feat. Before we left this morning the kids showered their dad with a few gifts and their homemade cards. My 14 year old gave her father a letter that was a good page long. Although I had no idea what it said I could tell by the look on my husbands face and the possible tear in his eye that it was something very special. I’m pretty sure that when he ventured into this thing called fatherhood 14 years ago he had no idea he would be dealt a deck with four queens. Although he hears daily, “Four girls, I feel sorry for you,” and I know that being a father to four girls can pose challenges at times, he never looks anything less than proud. The role that he plays for our girls is quite tremendous!
I am super excited to share with you the final version of the book cover “10 Stories of STRONG LIVING” a project that I am honored to be a part of! There were so many great things about this experience but I just want to highlight a few.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of our FABULOUS moms out there! I got to spend my Mother’s Day weekend surrounded by some of the fabulous FitHouse Family!!! There were so many great things about this weekend but one of the best parts was seeing how accomplished so many people felt and how much fun everyone had!!! It was Mud on the Mountain Weekend at Seven Springs and in the words of one of our members, “We killed It!” FitHouse Down and Dirty had about 30 members. Days before the race the weather forecast was looking a bit grim. I’m not going to lie, going to the dentist for a root canal sounded a bit better doing a mud run on a rainy 40 degree morning and submerging myself in multiple bodies of 40 degree water, diving through mud pits and holding onto obstacles with a death grip and numb hands while hanging 12 feet in the air.