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Top 15 From Our Long Weekend

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Hello! How was your (hopefully long) weekend? Ours was really nice. I feel like we didn’t do all that much, but when I looked back through the photos on my iPhone that I took over the weekend, we actually did quite a lot of fun stuff. That said, here’s a recap of the best things (15 of them in chronological order) from our weekend! #1: A challenging, but fun partner workout with Mal at CrossFit on Saturday morning . I felt a little beat up after Friday’s workout (my legs are still sore from the back squats), so I wasn’t sure how the heck I would get through the workout, but I survived. How this WOD worked: One partner worked while the other rested and you couldn’t move on to the next exercise until you finished all of the reps in the previous one. #2: Post-workout iced coffees from Coffee Shack . Will WOD for iced coffee! Seriously, though, the thought of an iced coffee after a tough workout really does motivate me! #3: Visiting the cows at Hornstra Farms !  #4: And trying t

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Weekend

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We are wrapping up a solid weekend! It was filled with downtime as we got lots of rain from Hurricane Matthew. I hope you are all safe on this Monday morning. I bought the above Halloween masks from Amazon for Mazen’s upcoming classroom Halloween party. For just $6, they were great deal! On Friday night I spent the night at Sarah’s house, holding down the fort while she and John celebrated their anniversary. I love that Sarah, Lauren and I all have each other backs. Lauren came over to keep me company and help out with the kids. I was so thankful! We cooked salmon and made this delicious Greek pesto kale salad for dinner. Lauren also threw together some sugar cookies from scratch for the kids to enjoy while watching  Beauty and the Beast. “Oh Mazen, what shall we play with next?!” (Both kids also ate some kale salad – we were very impressed!) Miraculously, all three kiddos slept through the night. 6:45 was an a-okay wake-up time for me! I went to bed at 9pm just in case the