Thankful Thursday

I am thankful that I have a good hubby. We are going on a surprise anniversary trip somewhere and I have no idea where! A weekend away is just what I need, and just long enough. I don't think I am anywhere near mentally prepared to leave my kids more than 2.5 days, and that is a stretch. I am so excited. I don't know if Brian has ever pulled a surprise off, but that is hard because I am the one that handles most of our families bitness.

I am thankful that Brian and I made a terrible mistake last night of getting a sonic blast. We were going to watch 24 and have a couch hang out night, and like the "old days" (prior to 4 months ago) wanted to eat junk. It made us both sick, and I honestly still feel terrible. I think we have grown up and a seriously leaving the junk behind. The fast fooding days are for realz over. It happened very suddenly, but we are both realizing that we need eat like grown ups, and that we actually can't eat like kids without the consequences.

I am thankful I am losing weight. (wish I wouldn't have eaten that blast last night) I haven't weighed but my body is reconfiguring, and I know I am losing weight, and what I am doing is so minimal. Don't eat processed for like 90%- 100% of your day. The end. I am not adding exercises or counting calories. I feel great!

I am thankful it is family pizza night, which is something that I am going to start doing once a week. Pizza dough is so easy to make and the kids love it, and best of all we have fun doing it together.

And lastly I am thankful for the togetherness of my family. We are not perfect, I can be OCD and difficult. Brian and I argue, my kids throw tantrums, heck sometimes Brian and I throw tantrums, people get on my nerves. I lose my temper, miss teaching moments, sometimes I let my kids have chocolate milk after breakfast (I owed Ellis, and it is grassfed and organic) Some days I just don't know how I am going to do it. But those things are the exception not the rule. Those are the things that make me a real person and my family real, and not a fake image I create for myself online. I feel like my family is on a journey to become the best people we can be, and I am thankful for that.

We try so hard, I feel at everything. For that I am thankful.