Birthday Mountain Retreat

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My pic



Mark’s Pic


Playing Exploading Kittens


Playing in the freshly fallen snow




Action Pic that I love



Snow bunnies


Snow Angel


It was freezing out there


The stream next to the cabin


Happy 17th Birthday 🎂 


His Magic Hat that has blue tooth speakers 🔊 










The kids were out for midwinter break this week so naturally I always feel like we should go do something fun, spend some time together, and be goofy together. Unfortunately Valerie wasn’t able to go to the cabin because of school and work obligations so we went up a day early anyways and stayed the night and then came back home and brought her up to the cabin for the second night. The cabin was absolutely amazing. All details were thought out when they decorated and planned to have other people rent out the cabin. The cabin belongs to a physician I work with and is located in Ashford Washington. The Cabin is also going to be featured on cabin life on TV sometime later in the spring. We are completely grateful to them for allowing us to rent it for a couple nights and were able to relax and rest, play in the snow, spend time together, goof around, listen to vinyl record, be goofy with their Alexa, and just hang out. Alexa even sang Happy Birthday to Ethan with us. We celebrated his 17th up at the cabin too.  Mark even went up a night earlier to get some “ME” time in. I’m glad he did. He has been busting his behind for our family the past few months. He has been working hard so that we can pay some pretty big bills coming up. We might even be able to turn the Honda in early and get him a car soon. That’s my goal anyhow. 

Charlie and I spent this rotation off being sick. My throat has been burning the past few days, I’m congested, ears hurt, coughing, and I feel weak and exhausted. Dr Taggart said my BP’s are too high even with meds so I think that has been stressing me too. I’ve made steps today to work on my health. So far today I’ve:
Walked 2 miles
Chose a banana for breakfast
Had a sweet potato for dinner with two boiled eggs
Signed up for Strong Momas
Talked about my weight loss feelings with Mark
Signed back into MyFitnessPal and recorded my infor
Priced a few fit bits—think I’ll just use Shans for right now because I might not like it, right?
Planned carne asada tacos tonight without the tortilla
Cleaned out the fridge
Called in sick for tomorrow to give me a few more days to feel better.
Took a prenatal vitamin

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