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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

A FLAGSTAFF Christmas....Happy New Year!

Well, the ubiquitous, New Years Resolutions are starting to fill the pages of our screen on social media and over all the commercials...It is the time when people start to really focus on what they want out of life and what they hope to accomplish in the next 12 months. There are those that HATE News Resolutions and those that couldn't live without them...well..I am somewhere in the middle. Every single day I make a new goal...a resolution if you will...and every day I allow myself to start over...if there is one thing I have learned it is that I have to forgive myself....I CARE a lot...about what I do... whether it be in my career, my blogging world or just in my daily life. I trust... a lot...and sometimes I get burned...but I have never been happier going into what I think is my lucky number 5. 2015 is from what I can tell going to be a year where I may just have found my purpose here. I will be 35 next month and for some it's no big deal...but for me...it marks a time when I can remember telling my mom all the things I wanted to do before then...and then I realized somewhere in the middle that it was really all I wanted to BE that was important. Today I will not bore you with all of my I WANNA DO and BE list, we will save that for tomorrow, but I will leave you with this before the clock strikes Midnight.

Every day is a new day...and with that brings so much hope. It won't be easy...and sometimes the road gets a little crazy...but as long as you remind yourself that you are and can be all that you imagine...it will all be ok. Stay focused, learn to accept the bumps in the road and take a new direction...just remember you must re inspire yourself every single day...NEVERSETTLE and Let's start this year off right!

My list is long so I will post it tomorrow but one of them is following through on the Bodybuilding.com Transformation challenge! You guys can join me! Find me on there at +Shana Emily and join in on the fun! I will leave you with some of my favorite times from our recent trip to Flagstaff!! Have a wonderful day!! Love you guys!! See you next year!

One thing I was so excited about was being able to bring our babies!!! We tried to find a place to keep them but in the end it was a blessing in disguise!! If you follow my Instagram you know we took them out on our daily workouts!! Sampson was loving it!

Lots of push ups and lunges!

The house we stayed in was beautiful thank you to our sister in law who planned the whole trip! it was awesome..and so relaxing...

We played the Elephany exchange and for the 3rd year in a row..I got a chia head......UNBELIEVABLE haha

It is hard to believe but I made my first snow angel....yep...very first one...

I also practiced some Yoga skills... #Neversettle

Samspon figured out that he could EAT the snow...and if you know Sampson then you know..he will try to EAT anything. haha

The hubby joined me on my workout and it was so nice to spend some quality time...freeing our ARSES off and working out!

Always jumping... ALWAYS

We found ourself in Downtown Flagstaff where the smoke shop was supposed to be around the corner..it ended up being like 3 miles away... 19 degrees...let's just say we blamed it on my hubby

We woke up bright and early Christmas day to start making the Kilbourn family recipe for potato rolls! They turned out perfect thank you to our hosts who spent all night making sure the dough was perfection!

PERFECTION!

My hubby'y brother and his wife put together the most FANCY of FANCY Feasts for Christmas dinner! The largest ROAST you have ever seen! They were incredible hosts and chefs!

and my wedge salad was a bleeding heart....and so delicious! #competitionprep style

It was time to start opening gifts!

as you can see I was pretty excited!

When it came time for a family photo you know I had to make everyone laugh. My favorite photos are JUST LIKE THIS.

and this....

and well this... xoxo

The dogs played...

Posed...

I swear I could sell you life insurance with this ad. haha

and then we played!

Hope you guys enjoyed! xoxo Till next year!

FindingFaith: Seeing the beauty

Hi friends!

It's hard to believe 2014 is almost over! I've been enjoying a little time off, and getting back into a more consistent workout schedule. I've decided that I'm going to have to do my workouts before work, so that's my new goal. I have also been working on some of my projects from Brave Girls Club, Soul School. Here are some pics from that. They send these cool patches, so I decided to get some iron transfer heat bond to iron them on to my canvas journal I made along with a couple of pins they sent me.

I also made a cool pendant they sent using the "see beauty" print out. Used a little sparkle Mod Podge to glue it together. LOVE IT!

I also went crazy on my art studio door with my neighbor and stepdaughter and her friends. We painted words, some positive, some negative...just thoughts we were feeling about what it can mean to be a woman. I painted over it and I'm now going to cover it with some positive messages. I again used some print outs from my Soul School kits, and will continue to add to it. A very fun and liberating exercise. I have done this before in some of my art journals too. It's a great way to get some things off your chest and then "start over", turn it into something inspiring.

Lastly, I have really been focusing on being more grateful and giving and Finding the Good. I felt compelled to reach out and inspire some women I know but putting together some cards for them. Again, part of the Soul School kit that I put my own little twist into. (I like to change it a little to make it my own) Here is one I made. There have been a few days where I have felt really down lately, and I made a conscious effort to be an encouragement to someone else in some way, and it's AMAZING how much better I felt! I encourage you ALL to try it!