~*Happenings Around Here*~

I can barely contain my excitement!

 This chica turns **6** this month!

We're planning a Tea Party for little miss!

She's home...no orphanage party for our Princess this year. 

 

Analina and her beloved friend, Louis, she still calls him Bao Mo (Baby Mo).

There are camps, day trips, maybe some camping, lots of time in the sprinkler and smores to eat. 

So happy its SUMMER time! 

We're still plugging away at homeschool and plan to just keep going. We had a late start due to the birth of a sweet babe, adding two fabulous five year olds, and struggling with the changes.

  Ruth 3:1

One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you, where you will be well provided for.

~*Motivation Monday*~

I got nothing for ya...I'm doing my Jillian daily and can't wait to be DONE but so glad for the hard work I can put my body through to get myself to where I need to be.

~*Motivation Monday*~

As a busy mama of 7 kiddos I am not going to be able to blog daily about my Junethon workouts...but I certainly plan to do it a few times a week. 

Get your rear in gear and get MOVING! 

Ya hear?

Still need a testimony for tomorrow's Testimony Tuesday...Care to share yours?

Contact me {HERE}!

~*30 Day Shred*~

I committed to doing Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred starting on June 1st and didn't want to delay the agony any longer so I started early!

Today is Day 5 of the Shred for me. Day 1 was a little difficult and I was surprised that Day 2 I did even better. Day 3 dawned with my muscles tight and in much pain. However, Day 4, was amazing and I had virtually no pain and it all seemed to come easily for me. 

I hope you will join us for Jillian's Junethon (30 Day Shred!)

Let's get Shredded!

 

 

~*Mo Motivation- Juneathon*~

In my quest to continue moving my body this month into next month I realized that I need a plan in place!

That plan is the Juneathon!

Rules? We prefer to think of them as guidelines.

Juneathon is, 'an annual festival of activity and excuses', so there aren't really any rules as such, but, it's nice to have a few guidelines.

So here they are:

Run or do some form of exercise every day.

Blog about it within 24 hours.

(Join the Juneathon group at the Running Free website and log your runs/exercise.)

Visit other blogs and leave comments, giving your support.

Link to the Juneathon website and display the 'Juneathon Participant' logo (above).

And that's about it really. Simple, huh?

I am committing to doing the 

Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred  

 

You can join {here}. 

What are you doing everyday for Juneathon?

 

~*Testimony Tuesday- May 27th*~

If you would like to share your testimony please contact me {here}!

Today's testimony is shared by a woman I greatly admire. She is filled with strength and the Holy Spirit. While we never "chat" online I pray for every request she shares and rejoice in all her blessings.

Haven's Testimony:

This is the short version to my testimony- I married my best friend and love of my life Tim Bailey in 1994. We moved to Louisville, Ky so he could attended seminary from 1994-1999. He graduated and took his first pastorate in a town outside of Savannah Ga. We had dreamed about having a large family but it was determined that I could not conceive. God had other plans. We adopted 3 wonderful blessings- Dylan, Christopher and William in 2000- Then in 2004 we adopted my little angel Caitlyn. In that same year we were called to serve at a church in Ware Shoals, Sc. We had only been there for 4 months when Tim drowned while saving 2 of our children. It has been a challenge to be a widowed mom of 4 children but God has blessed us. We have a variety of pets. A Catholoho Leopard dog, Balto, a Shih tzu, Ashley, and a puppy from her (Ashley's) 2nd liter, Allie, born March 19- Tim's b-day. I am active in my church. I also Homeschool my children- which is a blessing and a challenge!

Ephesians 5:25-27

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her ²⁶ to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, ²⁷ and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 

~*Motivation Monday!*~

Bad motivating, Mama!

Whoops!

Its Monday, again, and I did NOT do the shout out for Motivation Monday last time...Naughty, Mama!

Fear not! 

I have been doing my workouts!

Here's my mileage for the month...
26.3 miles.

 The other day I had my fastest mile time yet. Nope, not sharing how excruciatingly slow my mile time is but when I'm faster I'll make that public knowledge....but the cool thing is that my mile time is now nearly 3 minutes quicker than on May 1st...I'm moving in the right direction.

Acts 20:24
However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.