Goals

So I am really into goals lately. We have completed the first 2 which were the thirty day raw food, and the five k. My boys (6&8) have the goal of getting six packs, which they are very very close! Our next family goal as I mentioned is doing splits in all three directions. We are making good progress. My present personal goal is completing an at home medical transcriptions program that I am so blessed to have the opportunity to be able to do, thanks to my fabulous aunt. Terrina has given the idea for our next goal after the splits are done which is to do cartwheels:) I told her she should pick the next goal because so far she has not been excited with our choices.

My purpose with the goals is not to be able to do the things we are aspiring to do but to be doing, trying, striving, accomplishing, something. Pushing through even when it is hard or may hurt a little. To give my kids the desire to be all God has made them to be, stretching out of their comfort zones which may be used in unimaginable ways.


I like comfort, I have many fears, I don't like change. These things hinder our lives leaving us just existing but not thriving with purpose. Leaving our worldly security, puts us out in the open which is scary and will be targeted more by those who may not understand us, or may give our Godly sisters opportunity to correct us (which is painful), But I would rather be humiliatingly wrong, while trying my best, than quietly, timidly, ineffectively right.

I don't know if this makes sense tying our little fun goals and adventures in with these thoughts, but I believe God has inspired me to lead my Chickie's in this way and in turn I feel so alive. Like I did when I was six and ready to serve God with all my heart, and soul, and mind, one little note or smile at a time. I believe I let life, fear of man, and comfort thwart my zeal for the life and purpose God has given me to live out. How grateful I am He does not leave us floundering, or sitting still.

Oh, we are SUPER excited about a goal we have set which is planned to happen in eight years. Yes eight years, so I will not share it with you yet. But eight years from now when I am writing about a fabulous adventure, I will remind you that this is the day the desire for this goal was born:-)

We make our plans but God works out His perfect plan.

I would LOVE to hear of your ideas for family goals.

fit mommy Friday

Now that my 30 day raw food challenge is over I want to make sure I stay on track.
This blogging thing really worked for keeping me accountable, so I am thinking it will be great to check in with other mothers every Friday and post how I have done that week. I am using the same blog I used for the challenge so if anyone is interested in the 30 day adventure my kids and I undertook feel free to look around. I love before and after pictures so there are some of those on their own special page. Also my Aunt put an acrostic for the word RAW in the "messages" section on all 30 days, so you may have fun looking at those too.

. This will be my first week and I am terrible at the comp. So I will attempt to figure it out.

It has been a couple weeks that I have been off of raw food, and so far so good. The first week I gained back 5 of the 15 lbs I had lost, but I was not surprised because the very day I was able to eat cooked food my hubby decided to go on vacation, which meant lots of restaurants:-)

My son and I also a couple of weeks ago participated in our first 5k race. We came in last as suspected but it was our goal just to finish which we did!

O.k. so this week My 5 kids and I decided it was time for another challenge. So we decided that by Kages 9Th birthday which is October 30Th, we want to be able to do the splits! We have been stretching every night as a family (minus dad) before bed.

As far as my physical life this week. I rode the exercise bike while watching movies at night 2x. this week. That is about it!

I really want to continue with the jogging so this next week I would like to add that back into the week, Kage and I were exercising every morning together and that has lately stopped, so this would be a good time to start that back up again too.

My food intake has been really good however. It is SO nice to be free to eat what ever and I appreciate that freedom so much more now, so I have been making much better choices to insure I will not, (for medical reasons as some friends and family have,) be forced onto some kind of diet in the future. It has been a lot more enjoyable to eat lately because I have not had the guilt of over indulging or the jealousy from not being "aloud" certain foods.

I realy want to add the Fit Mommy Friday button, but I can not figure it out. Could you help?