Sassy Molassie

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

SUP Break'n In

Oh how I've longed for a Standup Paddle Board for some time.

We decided to invest in two of them for our family back in January- JANUARY!

They sat in my garage for 6 months until it was warm enough to take em' for a dip.

It was well worth the wait!

The kids, dog & I loaded up and hit the road bound for

Causey Reservoir& it was

SPECTACULAR!

The kids,

Jack & I

Had SO much fun!

I have not been there since I was a kid & I somehow had forgotten it's beauty.

Truly my new happy place!

Spent with my kiddos!

Autumn has set the goal to do a headstand on her SUP

before summers end- I think she'll nail it!

I even had the pleasure of sharing an unexpected cold brewski with the

GOAL crew

The highlight for me was how much my furry baby loved

his time in the water- he was pain free and young,

even if only for a few hours!

I felt so at peace here, no boats, no phones, just peace,

nature, water and my loves!

Friday, June 26, 2015

Camping, / S'mores in yard, / Pick-nick, / Lazy day, / Weekly movie night, / Lagoona beach, / Frightmares, / ~~Stand up paddle boarding~~, / ~~Boating,~~ / Swimming, / Four wheeling, / ~~Weekly Craft Project~~, / Avengers, / Timpanogas cave- reservation, / Aquarium, / Homemade bubbles -HUMUNGOUS ones, / monastery, / Lego building competition, / ~~Climbing gym~~, / Volunteer, / Game day, / Lake Powell puzzle, / Drawing class, / Hansen planetarium, / sleepover with cousins, / watch Fresh Prince of belair / Drive in Movie

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

The kids, Ma, Pa, Browski, Sista, nieces & nephew (my awesome in laws) loaded up for the 30th Annual McBride family Reunion in Exeter Nebraska. Round trip was 29 hours in the car. We visited, sang, drew, went swimming, played spoons and rekindled family ties! In all, a very successful & fun trip ( did I mention I did not drive)!

Well it's been a long time coming, I've been at rock bottom for sometime now with my health, losing my military career due to my traumatic brain injury, cyst in my brain, & dealing with daily pain. I've gotten content with being miserable in my own skin. Im in a weird mental place of not being lost but not being found- feeling like I have no purpose. Im SO mad and embarassed to be here, ROCK BOTTOM again- a dark place I promised myself I would never be again. Yet here I am, it was not a series of decisions I've made that has taken me here again but rather a lack of decisions I've made and I've proven once again- if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. I've made a decision to no longer let uncontrollable circumstance define me, but rather hard work, constancy and discipline take over . I will do what I CAN do, rather than focus and continue with my mentality of: if I can't run a marathon I'm not doing anything. This has brought me nothing but further pain! Here are my pictures of accountability at rock bottom – stay tuned for the badass, happy Heidi to reappear. The photos in the striped shirt & dress are my goal pictures from 2010, I like the idea of using my own body as A goal rather than models as I know with hard work I can attain it – I've done it before and I will do it again! To first steps, baby steps and every step in between!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Birds of Paradise

When I was planning our trip to Kauai I was flipping through a "things to do in Kauai" book and stumbled across a advertisment to Birds of paradise. I knew instantly that it was something John would LOVE! I showed it to him and I knew we HAD to do it! We dreamt about it even! It was SO much fun!! It was an hour long motorized hang glider flight that we got to fly over the island. Seeing the island from a an open birds eye view was simply amazing, something we will never forget!