June 13, 2016

Weekend in Review | June 12th

Just a mini post and recap. Don’t get too excited.

A last minute invite to Lee Brice on a Thursday night was just the ticket for a warm summer evening! Beer, girlfriends, roof tops and a nice breeze = winning in my book. Thanks, T for the ticket and Stir Cove for a cool view! 🙂

FINALLY I am digging my soft top. Let me tell ya… it’s a dream removing but a nightmare putting back on. What the WHAT? Let’s just say, if I get caught in a rainstorm, I’m going to be soaked by the time that bad boy is back on.

Working on that lat development. I see you. I see you.

Weddings are always a joy. Especially when we get to play dress up.

Congrats Bailie Skidmore Preston. You were stunning!

bailie

Weekend rides are always my fave summer activity. Even if it’s 100 million degrees out there.

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And I am convinced that laid back Sunday’s consisting of driveway tinkering, tv watching and grocery store shopping is the way to live life.

Currently gearing up to roll out Country Heat Live – Beachbody Live’s newest group exercise format. It was a TON of fun to be one of 30 master Trainer’s on a call with our CEO Carl Daikeler and the one and only Autumn Calabrese, maker of 21 Day Fix and Country Heat.

Get excited folks. You should get certified. Even if you have never taught before – this one is right up your alley. Small town folks, this is me looking at you. Don’t be shy. Get on this bandwagon!

Do you see me?!?!

Hint: I love hats.

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Cheers to June and this amazing summer HEAT!!!

April 17, 2016

Life Lately | April 2016

Hi Friends! I was inspired this weekend by my girl Katie over at Yellow Mango Life to start blogging again. She took a year off and I missed her updates! When I saw that little notification come up in my inbox that she had a few new posts up, I jumped for joy. She’s back! And with the CUTEST little addition to her family. Go check it out!

So for me… where do I even start? Here we go!

Clint’s Birthday – January

The annual Des Moines trip for Clint’s Birthday, aka Winter Party, ensued. A riot as normal.

February – Certifications

Certified some AMAZING new TurboKick and INSANITY instructors in Knoxville, IA. I love my Master Trainer job. LOVE!

Colorado – Copper Mountain – Annual Family Ski Vacay

Our annual trip to Copper Mountain Ski Resort with Clint’s family was, as always, a GREAT time away from work and everyday life to just enjoy family, clean air and fresh powder.

Master Classes – March

The first two weeks of March I spent traveling to Northwest Iowa and Red Oak, IA to offer free TurboKick and INSANITY Master Classes. Offering Master Classes is a way to spread the format love across the States and to notify folks of upcoming certifications. Always a great way to spend a day! Want me to come to you? Hit me up and let’s work it out. Bonus? I don’t charge for Master Classes! 😉

Biker B!tch Winter Sucks Party!

An evening with the Biker B’s. Shenanigans all around with these ladies.

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St Patrick’s Day Shenanigans

…with my morning INSANITY crew at the YMCA! I didn’t get to drink a green beer on St. Pat’s day this year because at 7pm, I was boarding a plane for California.

Master Trainer Newbie Bootcamp – California – March 18th-20th

Master Trainer Newbie Bootcamp. A time for Master Trainer’s within their first year as an MT to come together, learn, workout, learn some more, get pushed, learn some more, repeat, repeat, repeat. It was an experience to remember. It was hard, it was rewarding, it was eye opening, enlightening and humbling. I made new friends, connected with my 2015 Ambassador audition group, met some of the most influential folks in the fitness industry and learned from some of the best of the best. I look forward to future bootcamps when I am not the newbie! 🙂

Master Trainer newbie bootcamp was the culmination of a year long learning experience for me.

February 2015: Auditioned in Colorado to become a Master Trainer.
March 2015: Entered the 6-12 month master trainer ambassador program to start the learning and training process.
March 2015: Advanced into the fast track program for TurboKick.
May 2015: booked my first TBK certification as a trainer
June 2015: Cancelled my first certification. 😕 I wasn’t ready. There are times in life when you have to know when to push through something and when you have to pull back. I wasn’t mentally prepared to offer my own certification. I am hyper critical. Hyper aware. Hyper sensitive. I knew going into the certification wasn’t in my best interest, my future instructors or the companies. I chose more time to continue to hone my skills and craft.
October 2015: Hosted my very first TurboKick certification as a trainer. I finally did it.
2016: hit the ground running with five certifications completed, an added format of INSANITY and many more certifications on the horizon.

What a CRAZY 3 days of intense training, education and fun with fellow master trainers and ambassadors facilitated by some of the best MT’s and format/industry experts in the business.

The remaining Colorado Auditioning Crew.

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Super Workout

Region 2: Represent!

Sarah.

I officially met Sarah in California after speaking with her for a few months prior. I have grown so close to this girl through this experience. She is genuine, loyal, honest and you always know what you are getting with her. She and I continue nearly daily conversations and use each other to bounce ideas off of, talk through scenarios and build each other up. I dig her. She’s my jam.

April

Time with Friends – Erin was back for a few days. The three of us were roomies 10 years ago. TEN years ago I moved to Omaha and these chicks took me under their wild and crazy wings. Then Erin left us and we were forced to grow up. HA! It’s always fun to see her when she comes back. My oh my have our get-togethers changed.

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Grandma Evan’s 80th Birthday!

I just LOVE this woman. What a fun weekend of celebrating her greatness with family. ❤

The Brother. ❤

The Nieces ❤

The Husband

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The Mom

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Wine and Junk Run – Saturday, April 17th

Sara owns and operates SW Iowa Primitives, Antiques and Furniture in Emerson, IA. Each Spring and Fall she does a tour of wineries and shops in neighboring towns. Each stop requires a signature or stamp from the owner, you hit each stop and make your way back to the shop for food and prizes. It’s a great way to bring business to the small communities, find unique items and enjoy a day with your friends.

And if you have friends like mine, we definitely make it a day to remember.

Present Day!

There you have it… a quick recap of a few highlighted moments over the last few months. Today was a day of housework, meal prep, dog snuggles, an afternoon Harley ride with my man and now evening downtime. Cheers to a great week and maintaining at LEAST a weekly blog update. 🙂 No promises, folks. No promises.

October 20, 2015

Weekend in Review | October 16-18th

Cedar Rapids, Hawkeyes, puppy time and PBR sums up the weekend nicely.

The End.

Ok… a little more elaboration.

Thursday and Friday I was in Des Moines for a workshop so while the meetings were long, informative and stressful, it was almost like my weekend started super early. Especially since I was done with Round 1 of meetings by 4pm on Thursday and was in my hotel room by 4:30pm.

I didn’t know what the heck to do with myself.

I teach a fitness class everyday of the week after work.

No class to teach.

I don’t normally turn a TV on until after 7pm.

TV on, 4:30pm.

So confusing!

Jordan Creek Mall was less than a mile away… hmm. Yep. Shop, of course!

Purchase? 1 pair of shoes.

What I wanted to purchase? 3 pairs of shoes.

Good job, Jordan. Good job.

Friday

Meetings and then I picked up the hubs from the MegaBus stop.

Yep, you read that correctly. We had made plans to be in Cedar Rapids this weekend, long before my meetings were scheduled. The LAST thing I wanted to do Friday afternoon was drive all the way BACK to Omaha, pick him up and then back track to Des Moines and on to Cedar Rapids the same day. Uh, no.

Lucky for me riding the Megabus was a bucket list item of my very weird husband. He was more excited then a kid on Christmas morning!

We grabbed a late lunch at Buzzard Billy’s downtown Des Moines (so good, check it out) and then made our trek to the Sullivan’s for the weekend!

Never-mind the Iowa City reference. I am fully aware we were slightly North. Spare me.

Saturday

Time for the Sully’s annual Hawkeye party! Food, beer, friends, games, bikes, shenanigans.

Molly’s begging level: Expert.

Once the game was over (Oh hey 7-0 season, Hawks) the boys needed entertaining, so out came the toys.

Neighborhood rats.

Saturday night ended at a neighborhood watering hole where we listened to tunes, questioned a few of the regulars and snapped Kyle, who was back home in Omaha, that we needed some grand-dog time. 😉

Sunday

Thanks to my ever nervous belly (at an all time high the last month – woah) I failed to sleep a whole lot, so at 4:30am I talked myself into waiting until a more acceptable hour for the majority of the human race (5:20am) to wake my husband up and ask him if he wanted to sleep in the Jeep.

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Asking that kind of question at that hour gifts a weird look in return.

This bed is comfy, thanks. 😉

But, my ever-so-awesome-never-complains-or-questions-my-decisions husband got up, packed his crap and out the door we semi-quietly went at 5:35am, locking the door behind us.

And then, the text to get back IN the house happened. Who leaves their cell phone on the floor?

Not me, folks. Not me.

Clint says sorry, guys.

Back in Omaha by 9:30am! WINNING!!!

…which meant a little time with Kyle

And his pup Buddy Randall

Who so desperately wanted to play with Sasha and she was having none of that, naturally.

These Boys. ❤

I finished my Sunday with a fresh wash and wax for Black Beauty and then some much needed down time and relaxation.

Cheers!

October 11, 2015

The Weekend in Review

It’s the second week of October and Nebraska is rocking on the weather! We took full advantage and stayed outside for the majority of the time too! Zero complaints from this girl!

Friday the hubs picked me up from work and we headed to Clarinda so he could take a tree down for the Gilmore’s. My husband co-owns and operates Walkup Tree Service here in Omaha and in the many years he and I have been together, I have never actually watched him work, so it was fascinating and equally as terrifying watching him physically climb up the tree and dangle up there. A single rope, harness, spikes on his boots and up he went.

This photo only shows him about 1/4 of the way up and I was already having a mild panic attack. Heights and I aren’t exactly good friends.

Once the tree came down the guys finished putting up a pretty sweet zipline across the property. The girls were schooling Clint on how this whole thing works.

After we watched a few people take a pass on the zipline we headed out for some good ol J’s Pizza and then finished the night at our nephew Connor’s football game. It’s been since the early 2000’s that I’ve been to a football game in Clarinda so it was pretty fun to see the cheerleaders, band and kids play as well as see some familiar faces in the crowd!

Saturday morning was lazy and absolutely delightful for me. Last Saturday was my first certification as a Trainer, and while I had an absolute blast, it was nice to have this weekend to decompress! Around 2pm we set out on the bikes with another couple. We met up with Liz for a drink in Lake Ohana, had dinner at Classic Cafe in Malvern, IA and closed out the night at the 21st Saloon back in Omaha. And, surprisingly, I kept the phone put away except for one single shot of the bikes before we headed back to Omaha. Shocking, I know!

It’s quite ok to put it away and enjoy the company of friends! 🙂

Sunday I woke up with a raging headache and a serious need for some H20. Didn’t do the trick, but a Bloody Mary sure did! 🙂 Tyree and I spent the early part of the afternoon at JunkStock, of which was my first and also last experience.

Cool stuff, fun vibe and far too overwhelming for my brain to handle. HA! Ended the afternoon having a few patio cocktails and catching up with Tyree before heading home to hang with the hubs and pups. Perfect afternoon.

Tonight was supposed to be spent in Lincoln at the Def Leopard concert, but we unfortunately, backed out. Clint has a big day at work tomorrow and I have a presentation to give to staff at 8am. Spending the rest of my evening putting finishing touches on it so I am ready to rock tomorrow!

I hope you all had a great weekend doing whatever it was you wanted with whoever it was you wanted to spend it with.

Harleys and Heels

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