Happy New Year!

Happy (belated) New Years!! Last post I did was all our highlights from 2011, and 2012 is already starting out great. We have lots of exciting things happening!
I love to post about way we have been up to so I can go back and see what we have been up to. So here is what we have been up to this past week.

New yeas weekend we didn't really have much going on. Mitch and I were both off Friday and we really just spend the day getting things done. We went and got him a new orange (go pokes) cover for his macbook! When we got home, I wasn't feeling well, so we rented a movie and jet relaxed at home. We watched Columbiana and it was so good!

I highly recommend it. After that, I have been wanting to go get my ring cleaned, so we went up to the square and I dropped it off and then we took Bella for a walk around the square. There are usually lots of people up there, so she loves it!

Saturday, new years eve, Mitch had to work, and since I hadn't been felling well I laid in bed and rented another movie. I watched Something Borrowed...finally ha! It is based off one of Emily Griffin's books and I was obsessed with her books when I was in college. I read Something Borrowed twice and just love it!! So I was so excited when I heard they were making a movie about it, but just never got around to seeing it. But, I really enjoyed the movie and its a must see as well.

Saturday night after Mitch got off, we had plans to go to Tulsa and go line dancing with my best friend Natalie, but the day before we found out Mitch was on call for Sunday, so we couldn'd go, just in case he got called in (of course he didn't). So since we found that out such last minute and didn't have any time to make other plans we what a very low key new years eve, but it was actually nice! We had been super busy over the past few weeks, it was nice to celebrate at home. Not of purpose, but going to PF Changs on NYE has become tradition for us. We have been there every year on NYE for the past several years. So we had a later dinner around 9:00 and then went back home to watch the ball drop! Hope y'all had a wonderful new years!

Sunday, it was a beautiful day!! We have been so lucky with this warm weather. I think it almost hit 70 this past week... I am not going to complain! So after church, we took Bella to the dog park and on a walk to Slaughter Pen. There are so many trails in nwa and we have really enjoyed taking Bella around!

Monday, we were both off again and  it was also the beginning of our 9 week nutrition challenge at crossfit. They promote paleo and are doing a 9 week challenge to help our nutrition and workouts. On monday the challenge began and before you go had to meet with a crossfit coach and they weighted you, took all measurements, bmi, body fat, etc and then talk with you about your goals. We had to pay $50 to enter the challenge, but if we meet our goals, we get it back! So thats pretty motivating! You can't really map goals in weight because you are working out and lifting so much, but they make you set your goals by how much body fat you want to loose. So we are a week in and so far have been doing great with our paleo meals.
Over the past two months, we have been incorporating paleo into our diet slowly and that has really helped. We know now what meals we really like, and how we feel after we eat non-paleo foods. if you are just starting out, I would highly recommend to just slowly add it into your diet and you will soon want only paleo foods. If you go all out right form the start, you will get frustrated. So when we started we would have 2 cheat meals week and if we were just craving something we would have it. The goal is not to deprive yourself from the things you love. Your eating habits will change on their own and its actually a lot easier than I ever thought. But since we are on this challenge- for 9 weeks it is nothing but paleo and that is really just to help us meet our goals. I mean, there are going to be times when we won't be able to stick on it even in these 9 weeks. Next week Mitch leaves for CO and I leave for Dallas, then we are off to PA! So I am sure there will be some non-paleo meals on our vacations :)

So Monday before our workout, we had one last meal and we chose Cracker Barrel! I love love love Cracker Barrel! My all time favorite meal is a big hot breakfast!! Mitch got his favorite- Blueberry pancakes.

I hope y'all have had wonderful holiday season and a great start to 2012. I am working on some other posts, so they are soon to come!!