Sunday, June 19, 2011

Back in the Swing of Things

To quote one of my favorite Bank customers, "It's been a minute..." since I last posted on my blog. For those of you unfamiliar to the south, this quote will not mean anything, so disregard....

In Smith family news, here's the brief of what's been going on. Hubs is home so we took some much deserved vacation up to Washington (state, not DC, everyone always asks that question when I just say Washington). The hub's family lives there, so it was great to see everyone, and for Eli to hang out with his grandparents, some Great Aunts and Uncles who were in town and even a few cousins. I will include a few of my fave pics from our trip, but I swear I won't inundate.

On the nutrition front, all is well. It is so nice to be home and be in control of my kitchen. I am so blessed to have a husband that will eat anything and not complain...as long as there is enough of it! He is a big eater! I am super stoked to have started my first CSA subscription with an awesome local farm and farmer, White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, GA managed by Ashley Rodgers who is my new hero. The experience so far has been fantastic. I picked up my first share last week, and was super pleased. Also, Ashley has pastured chickens as well as grass-fed beef available for purchase and in a few more weeks, pastured eggs! She sends out an email a few days prior to let you know what will be in your share for the week, and she also includes some recipes and suggestions on how to use some of what you'll be getting in your share. White Oak is primarily a grass-fed beef farm, and the CSA venture is new for them, but I say it's going really well. So much so that some friends and I decided to go in a purchase a whole cow from their farm and split it. If you want to check them out, visit their website at www.whiteoakpastures.com and tell me the owner in the video on their home page isn't awesome.

Today is also my husband's birthday, so I decided to order a York squat stand for our garage gym as his (really "our") present. We have ordered almost everything for our gym from MuscleDriver, as I have found they have the best prices on both equipment and shipping. So, we are both super stoked to be able to actually incorporate things like push presses or back squats in our workouts without having to first clean and press our oly bar. It is so nice to have him home as a workout partner! Plus he bought a punching bag when he got home and hung it in the garage, and I am excited for him to teach me some sweet punching bag moves so I can start training on the bag for cardio instead of trying to run in this 100 degree Georgia heat!

So for the people who are only interested in the pics, sorry you had to wait so long for them...but without further ado, here are a few of our outing to the Point Defiance Zoo. More of other adventures later to come. Warning: they do include the cutest kid on the planet. True Story.


Eli absolutely loves riding in his Sherpani kid carrier!







Enjoying an ice cream treat at the zoo!






Feeding the ducks at Grandpa Verle's




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