I resisted the invitation for an entire week.  Back and forth my head would shake as I sent him on his way, trailed by three kids who were enthusiastic to participate.  The selfish part of me enjoyed the quiet and stole away to blog or edit or, well, enjoy a bit of quiet.  I heard […]

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  • Katie - January 16, 2014 - 2:15 pm

    my husband did P90x and tried to scam me into doing it with him, but after the first week i bailed. didn't like being yelled at all the time. joey and i are doing cross fit after supper (husband belongs to the cross fit gym up at work) with my husband coaching us from his workouts that he did that day. and yes, i can so relate to what you're going through: you know what a big, long time runner i am, but good god, i can barely walk this week!! ReplyCancel

    • Summer Kellogg - January 20, 2014 - 6:12 pm

      It's so crazy what working different muscles can do to you, isn't it, Katie?! Sheesh. Thankfully, I'm feeling better this week. I hope you are, too!ReplyCancel

  • Karen, Brian and Lucy - January 16, 2014 - 8:20 pm

    omg Summer! I have done P90X as well…and had the same attitude as well (I also am a runner, and hubby has done the p90 thing), and I also was completely wiped and could barely walk after. Too funny! Keep it going girl! ReplyCancel

    • Summer Kellogg - January 20, 2014 - 6:13 pm

      Seriously, Karen? I'm not sure you and I could have any more in common. Crazy!!ReplyCancel

  • Hummel Family - January 17, 2014 - 2:55 am

    Thanks for the heads up….I'm SO NOT DOING P90X!!!!! Like EVER!!!!
    Moving on now…
    Tell Miss Chanelle that I love her new horse! Wow, he/she is big!ReplyCancel

  • Wrestling Kitties - January 18, 2014 - 3:48 am

    This post just made me smile! Loved it!

    Also, Chanelle looks so grown up in those pictures….when did that happen?!

    And a friend I work with who is on FB told me this week how beautiful your pictures and your girls are. I concur! 🙂

    Enjoy your new workout!!! heeheeReplyCancel

    • Summer Kellogg - January 20, 2014 - 6:14 pm

      What a nice thing to say! I appreciate hearing that. 🙂

      I'm glad you smiled! (at my misery.) ReplyCancel

  • Ky | TwoPretzels - January 18, 2014 - 6:47 pm

    Tee hee. Good 'ole Tony Horton. He has a new program that's only 30 minutes?

    I'm still in love with Shawn T (Insanity and T25) – I'm doing T25 again. I stopped in September… but I'm going into my 4th week tomorrow. I feel alive. Again.ReplyCancel

    • Summer Kellogg - January 20, 2014 - 6:15 pm

      Now that I'm a full week into it. . . I'm feeling better. So nice to be working different muscles. I wondered if you were still doing Insanity. I'm glad you are back at it, Kylee!ReplyCancel

I built it up.  I did.  Really, I should have known better.  I should have known that most things I get excited about don’t typically turn out how I plan.  But still, I talked it up.  I showed pictures, I made my own solution, I even got the help of my oh-so-kind FIL who trekked […]

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  • Katie - January 8, 2014 - 3:05 pm

    i've been trying to do that frozen bubble trick all week, and just like you, the wind has kept me from halfway succeeding. but i figure winter is going to be around till july, so i've got plenty of time to work on it. ; ) but what creative kids you've got, summer! love their way of turning lemons into lemonade. ReplyCancel

  • Jen Wiles - January 8, 2014 - 6:07 pm

    You are so awesome! Sending much love to you and your family… I love, love, love reading your stories as they always bring a smile to my face 🙂ReplyCancel

  • Iris Took - January 8, 2014 - 6:51 pm

    I just loved the game they created. Really cute.ReplyCancel

  • Wrestling Kitties - January 18, 2014 - 3:55 am

    Yes. Yes to ALL of it! I feel the same.

    How fun!! Henry is all about my shoes and boots 🙂

    (I love how Meadow dances to the beat of her own drum.)ReplyCancel

. . . Mother of the Year, that is. Yep, go ahead and drop all those big plans to take the prize. . . it’s coming straight to me.  Why you ask?  Well, let me just tell you. Just this morning (well, yesterday, really) I walked upstairs after running on the treadmill.  It was just […]

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  • Katie - January 3, 2014 - 2:04 pm

    my gosh, summer, these are stunning, but that b&w of charlie crab walking (?) with the light behind him is incredible.
    and don't sweat the missed school day: i was all set to send joey back yesterday till i looked on the school's website to double check and saw that he has till monday! ; )ReplyCancel

    • Summer - January 4, 2014 - 3:01 am

      Oh, yay for you, Katie! At least your mistake was the opposite of mine. 😉

      Ah, life. ReplyCancel

  • Ky | TwoPretzels - January 3, 2014 - 5:17 pm

    Oh summer, I don't know which I love more; the words or the photos.

    You're not alone. 🙂ReplyCancel

  • Karlene - January 3, 2014 - 6:41 pm

    Love the post – words and pictures! It is true we are not perfect and I think kids appreciate it when we are real and say we are sorry or we messed up. They also get over it a lot quicker then I do!! Well, hopefully he enjoyed the brief time he was at school and now you have another day to enjoy with him!ReplyCancel

    • Summer - January 4, 2014 - 3:03 am

      Thank you, Karlene! Ugh. . . they don't tell you these things when they are first placed in your arms, do they? 🙂

      We did enjoy our extra day off and I am shamelessly hoping for another. (Just one though. :)) ReplyCancel

  • Anita - January 4, 2014 - 4:39 pm

    Summer, I love coming here…reading your words, taking in your beautiful images. You are human…and you leave it all out there for us to see. Our children don't tally up our mistakes (I'd like to think!)…they remember the hugs, kisses, times spent together, laughter…those are what they hang on to! xo ReplyCancel

I’m sitting down at my desk in semi-silence for the first time in weeks.  December November 2013 was a bit of a whirlwind.  I’m not sure I’ve ever felt a year slip by so quickly.  You know what they say, though. (“They” being people older and wiser than myself.) Every year moves more quickly than […]

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  • Barbara Allen - January 1, 2014 - 3:14 pm

    Thank you for sharing – such wise words & beautiful photos – May 2014 be even more than you can ask or dreamReplyCancel

  • Ky | TwoPretzels - January 2, 2014 - 8:09 pm

    I appreciate the time that it took to craft this post.

    Summer, your photos…

    …it's like seeing your heart in print.

    Keep going.

    "She believed she could so she did."

    You did.

    You're doing.ReplyCancel

It was the week before Christmas and the girls were so sad, Big bro was away, and so was their Dad. Their toys had been played with and were getting real old, And they were trapped in the house because outside was so cold. They were missing their chalk and their outside games, Inside activities […]

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  • Joni - December 23, 2013 - 2:11 pm

    What fun!ReplyCancel

  • Katie - December 23, 2013 - 4:34 pm

    so, so awesome, summer! merry christmas!ReplyCancel

  • Ky | TwoPretzels - December 23, 2013 - 4:51 pm

    Absolutely awesome. It's amazing to see the resemblance between the sisters who inhabit your house (and heart). You two sure make cute ones…ReplyCancel

  • Anonymous - December 23, 2013 - 6:31 pm

    Great post Summer. Hope your family has a very blessed Christmas and I'm sure it will hold special meaning being your "first" in your new home.

    Enjoy,
    Cheryl NReplyCancel

  • Anonymous - December 26, 2013 - 8:42 pm

    hahhaha!! i LOVED this. i'm actually hoping you quit your day job and now just write riddles/poems with sing-songy lines and rhymes!! i loved the photos, too!
    love,
    Miss ReplyCancel

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