Hey guys! Ahhh I've been so super busy lately that I have kind of fallen off the bandwagon with my own personal blogging...But guess what - I have been given the amazing opportunity to work with the world renowned wedding store - David's Bridal! They have asked me personally to share my journey as a bride-to-be and everything that goes into planning a wedding as a guest blogger on the David's Bridal Blog. Of course, I said YES! I have written 5 posts for them thus far - the 5th one is going to be published tomorrow woohoo!

Please, feel free to check out all of the blogs I have done thus far at the following links:

http://www.davidsbridal.com/blog?p=10458

http://www.davidsbridal.com/blog?p=10484

http://www.davidsbridal.com/blog?p=10500

http://www.davidsbridal.com/blog?p=10533


and I will post the 5th blog tomorrow when the link is published.

Thank you all for your never-ending support! I appreciate you tons & thank you for being awesome.

Happy Tuesday!

LIVE!

Experience. Dream. Risk. Close your eyes and jump. Enjoy the freefall. Choose exhilaration over comfort. Choose magic over predictability. Choose potential over safety. Wake up & notice the beauty of everyday life that we sometimes tend to take for granted. Make friends with your intuition. Trust your gut. But above all, trust in God. Discover the beauty of uncertainty. Know yourself fully before you make promises to another. Make a million mistakes so that finally, you will know what you truly want out of life and what you need. Know when to hold on and when to let go. Love hard, and love often...and without reservation. Seek knowledge. After all, knowledge is power. Open yourself to possibility. Keep your heart open, your head high and your spirit free. Embrace your darkness along with your light. Be wrong every once in a while, and don't be afraid to admit it. Awaken to the brilliance in ordinary moments. Tell the truth about yourself, no matter what the cost may be. Own your reality without apology. See the good in the world. Realize that you do deserve the best, so don't settle - never settle. Be BOLD. Be Fierce. Be Grateful. Be wild, crazy and gloriously free. Be you. 

:)

Go now, and LIVE!  

Holy Schnikees...August is HOTT!

Ummmmm can I just say that today's workout with Power Park Fitness was so hard but beyond badass. Well, I guess any workout in the August heat is a little tougher for some. I just tried to stay focused and just get it done. Working out with 3 incredibly strong guys whom fitness comes as second nature to, was just more motivation to keep up and not quit. I just kept telling myself...left, right, left right haha ONE STEP AT A TIME & it eventually leads to a completed workout...which felt GREAT!

We Ate clean. Trained Mean. Job well done today for me in my book. I really am so so so excited to do our workout tomorrow because we're starting earlier in the morning.

The Start of My Fitness Journey

Well, let me just start off by saying it's kind of hard to type because my arms are so sore. Didn't even think you had to use any of your muscles to type.  I can definitely thank Power Park Fitness for that.

But anywhoodles, for the past few months, I have totally changed my eating habits and have been clean eating since May. Let me tell you - I feel great! I can totally feel a major change in every way. I have more energy, don't feel as "blah" and have dropped some pounds as well! The one thing that I have been on & off about is the working out. Yes, I will admit it. And I can give you every excuse in the book if you really wanted me to - but I will save my breath & your time by just giving you a few lol But in all seriousness - I have been so so so busy the past few months. From working a full-time job, doing photography shoots every night after work & on the weekends, editing those shoots, planning my wedding, going to school for my Master's degree, being engaged & wanting to spend all of my spare time with my boo....yeah, all of that has played a major factor into not finding time or even wanting to find the time to workout. Until one day, it just clicked. I realized - I'm not even seeing the best me...and I want to be the BEST me possible. I want to feel like a million bucks every time I look into the mirror. When I lost all of my excuses, that's when I started seeing results. If you always wait for the time when you "feel" like doing something or when it's the "right" time to do it, it will never get done. So, that's when I started saying screw it...I'm doing this for me and dangit, I'm going to do it! NOTHING is going to stop me.

My fiancé and his family love to do obstacle course races, 5k's & etc. I've been dating my hunni for almost 2 years now, and have always been hesitant when it came to working out with him & the guys. Don't get me wrong - I have ALWAYS wanted to...but something was just always stopping me. I think it was fear. Obviously. Fear that I wouldn't be able to keep up with all of these buff guys or bench press 200 pounds. But finally, I faced my fear & got my butt out there with my soon-to-be sister-in-law and we ran the Power Park Fitness course with them. Yes, you heard me - WITH the guys. It was so cool!
I surprisingly did really really good! I kept pace with everyone & did all of the obstacles except the rope climb & this other obstacle that takes an insane amount of arm strength to do. Oh, and I didn't do the salmon ladder either. But still...I was super proud of Alisa & myself for going out there and giving it all we had.

So, there was more. They had tires. Really big ones, too. When I approached the huge monstrosity of a thing, I kinda started second guessing whether I could flip that 90lb thing or not. But then I immediately told my brain to shut-up & just went for it. It was like a high. Something I always wanted to try, but was too timid to do. I was finally doing it. And ohhhhhh boy it was awesome. So yes, it was a struggle for me the very first time - the tire was so close to the ground, it was hard to get a good grip on the tire without smashing your fingers into the concrete. But I did it anyway.

After that, my fiancé drilled some 2x4's into the tires where it would raise the tire off of the ground just a wee-bit in order for us to get our little fingers under there. So, the second time around - I killed it! I gave it my all and did it! It was awesome hearing my hunni cheer me on & tell me that he was proud of me. It just gives me that much more drive to do better, to make him proud.

So - we've been working out together lately. Going on runs in the 100 degree heat & running the course. Whew. Let me tell you - NOT EASY...but it all boils down to how bad do you want it? Badly.

I'm running my first 5k in September! Super excited & I've never officially ran a 5k event - but I'm so stoked to do this one repping Power Park Fitness all the way!

Better Late Than Never, Right?

Hellooooo world. Nice to see you here. Welp, this is my first personal blog post. Ever. So, I'm kind of excited about it. I love love love to write - but never have really found the outlet to do so...so, I figured - why not start here. Right?

First off, I am definitely NOT grammatically correct 95% of the time - hope you don't mind!





This blog is going to be about everything - from my fitness journey & getting in the best shape of my life to my wedding planning, the actual big day & everything else you could think of.


From first getting married to living the dream & everything else that comes along with it.

(My fiance & I ^^^) 

I don't really know how to work this or make friends or get followers, but I suppose I will figure it out as I go :)

Here's to my first post...

Cheers!