Travaasa Destinations is celebrating their ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY and we are going to help them celebrate with an awesome GIVEAWAY!!

One lucky reader will win a set of yoga equipment (mat, block, strap), a heart monitor, a Travaasa fitness class and K-Swiss shoes and a hoodie.

Giveaway ends on June 5th, 2012.

To enter giveaway:

1. Mandatory (one comment):  Tell me what your favorite piece of fitness gear is or what your favorite fitness class is or what you are most looking forward to this weekend!

Extra entries (leave a separate comment for each extra entry):

1.  Follow me on Twitter HERE or like my Facebook page HERE.

2.  Link this giveaway on your blog, Facebook, Twitter or tell your mom to enter and tell me that you did.

HOPE YOU ARE HAVING THE BEST FRIDAY EVER!!!!

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Don’t forget to check out their Facebook contest HERE for daily giveaways!!

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yesterday was awesome.

1.  My sister sent me this picture of Curly before her ballet dress rehearsal last nightl.  My sister told Curly that she wanted to take a picture of her before they left and my niece did this dramatic pose naturally.  I really wish you guys could know her in real life, she is hilarious.

2.  I got a library card.  They even let me choose what print I wanted on it and you can never go wrong with a T-Rex.

3.  While sitting in the library parking lot Billy threw out the idea to eat at Cafe Rio for date night.  (PS this was only 1.2 hours after waking up from a nap hence why my eyes are still closed).

4.  Billy randomly found these gift cards.  I guess I know where I am going for lunch today.

5.  This happened and I am not sure how or why.  You can tell it is Billy just by his weird bendy big toe.

6.  Billy used the stud finder on my belly…turns out our little one is going to be a stud.  Even I think I am lame after writing that.

7.  We started Arrested Development from the very start for the 9th time last night….this show will be amazing no matter how many times I watch it.

8.  We stayed up late because we both get to sleep in today, Billy only has school for a few hours, I get to run and I only have one driving test to do.

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Tell me a reason why your Thursday night was awesome?

Any dancers reading?  Did you ever take dance lessons?

Do you ever go to the library?

When you say, “I stayed up late”… what time does that mean?  I just want to see if my perspective on ‘late’ is messed up.

Tuesdays and Thursdays are officially pump days.  I tried out a new teacher and she was awesome.  She didn’t waste time in between sets, had awesome music and made sure to tell me about any modifications that I should try out.  Before class I hit up a different elliptical than my usual one and my buns were on fire because this one was kind of like a mix of an elliptical and stair climber.

Now that I am working out at the gym at a time that I am actually fully awake I am noticing how everyone has the cutest workout clothes.  I am pretty sure I wanted everything that every girl was wearing in my pump class.  I guess this means one thing…mom, wanna go to the mall?

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I may do a few more drivers tests this summer but other than that I am OFFICIALLY done with drivers ed for the rest of my life.  I tried not to complain about it while it was still part of my job but now that it isn’t I can complain;) Holy cow, I almost died around 48 times today. My heart rate was around 180 bpm the entire time and my patience was really tested but it is over now  and I am beyond happy about it.

I took a lunch break with Subway and had an egg and ham sandwich, it hit the spot even though it looks like death.

I got done earlier than I thought and so I am now rewarding myself by watching Ellen with my strawberry lemonade that I had (this craving hit hard) to get on my way home from Cafe Rio.

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Billy sent me this awesome article about yet another way to motivate yourself to workout:

Free prizes for working out?!?  Done and done.  The website is HERE.

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If you had to pick one…what is your BIGGEST motivation when it comes to working out…what gets you out for that run?

If you could have a free ENDLESS supply of workout clothes or running shoes which one would you choose?

Do you have any set workout classes that you go to each week?

Summer has officially started now that I have had my first trip to the pool with my sis and her kiddos.   My niece is doing Jazz hands for you.

We went to the pool of an apartment complex that I used to live at.  This is the apartment building where Billy and I first met (well, we met in a parking lot but we were both living at this complex at the time).  He randomly moved there with his buddies and I moved in with my friends about 10 apartments away….it was clearly meant to be and he has never been happier.

I got quite the leg workout in

yet she is the one that got to take the nap.

After the pool life got really tough and I had to do things like paint my nails and watch Wheel of Fortune.

During my Wheel of Fortune extravaganza a commercial for Outback Steakhouse came on.  I hate how they strategically place food commercials to be on right around dinner time when I am starving.  Those marketers are sure smart but I showed them and had my own Outback meal at home with a burger (I always put the lettuce under the patty?), a baked potato and grapes.  I wonder if this burger love will stay with me after I have the baby, Billy is sure hoping it does.

Once Billy got home from his track workout (4 x 1600 at 6:04) we met up with my bro and sis in-law for one last sugar fest because they will be leaving for a while.  Side note:  Billy’s brother got into the University of Utah medical school and will be starting in the fall!! They are really excited!

PS don’t forget to read about the coolest thing ever that happened at the fro-yo place last night HERE.

I do have to go back to work today.  I have some drivers ed hours to get in for some students so it is back to being a responsible adult for a few more hours.  If you live in Utah County and you see a drivers education car out and about it is most likely me so please honk, wave and help save me from my boredom.

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Have you been swimming yet this summer?  Do you enjoy going to the pool?  Anyone have their OWN POOL?

Is there a certain food/restaurant commercial that always makes you drool?

What is going to be the most boring part of your day or is your day not going to be boring?

Do you go for the fruity or chocolatey froyo more often?

-Definitely more fruity than I used to.

I don’t normally write a post at night but something really awesome happened and I just had to share it with you.

I bet you know where this is going…..

We went for fro-yo tonight and I guessed the EXACT cost of our fro-yo.   It pays to have consumed as much fro-yo as I have.

$10.12 of free fro-yo.   This is one of my proudest moments.

I woke up this morning really wanting to test out running.  I took it outside and was nervous that I was going to have to stop again like on Monday but wanted to try it out anyways.  4 miles with no pain.  I slowed down A LOT and I think that will help me be able to keep running longer throughout the pregnancy.  I also think I will keep all of my runs under 6 miles because my previous Saturday long run made me way too sore.

Today was a little different because the second I got home I had to refuel with something very different than my usual post-run drink, I had to drink the orange stuff for the glucose test.  You know you have a high sugar tolerance when the drink didn’t even bother you.  I downed it in less than two minutes.

I don’t care how slow my pace is going to get over the next few months, those running endorphins are the same at any speed and I am feeling good.

Speaking of drinks….

We should all go out tomorrow morning and meet up for MTN Dew A.M. (aka Mountain Dew mixed with orange juice) and a few breakfast burritos and crunch wraps at Taco Bell.   Who’s is going to meet me;)  Clearly the best way to start your day.

The third drink that I wanted to talk about was Billy’s masterpiece from last night.  We are both in love with orange juice and so the logical thing to do would be to start making Orange Julius every night this summer.  The foam at the top is the best part.

He used THIS recipe and it really did taste like the real deal.

I have to share with you the best part of my month (actually year).  My cutest friends Rene and Rylee from Texas sent me a package with everything my little girl is ever going to need.  TOMS, Nike Tempos, an Under Armour top and candy letters (I have already eaten them) for Hungry Runner Baby.

I cried from happiness overload.

I slept with the Toms next to me last night…Billy was a little weirded out.

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Anyone reading from Texas or ever lived in Texas?  What part?  Ever visited Texas?

What was the last thing that you drank?  Do you think you could handle the Mountain Dew/Orange Juice combo?

-I know THIS GUY could.

Do you still get a runner’s high even when you do a super easy/way slower run than your usual runs?

What did you refuel with after your last workout?

After lunch yesterday I went to my parent’s house for three main reasons:

1.  They have air conditioning and I don’t like sweating to death at my house.

2.  They always have ice cream and I always want to eat ice cream.

3.  Everyone else is usually hanging out over there and Billy is being lame and deserting me this summer in favor of finishing classes so he can graduate.   I feel bad when he texts me that he is in class and asks what I am doing and I have to answer something along the lines of ‘sitting at the counter eating baked goods and ice cream with my favorite curly haired girl.’

After our dessert we both fell asleep but when I woke up she was watching cartoons and for some reason she found it really comfortable to lay her arm across my neck.  I was confused.

When my sister was taking her other cutie daughter to piano lessons she spotted a corner bake sale that a neighbor and her kids were doing, the neighbor used to be a caterer so we knew that there were going to be delicious treats.  Little did my sister know that I already fed her daughter a treat muhahahah (there is a reason I am the favorite aunt) and we all walked on over to buy some goodies.

I had one of those mini strawberry pies and I swear each crust had a stick of butter in them but the strawberries canceled that out and made it a healthy dessert.

I came back home when Billy got done with school to head on over to his softball games (2 in a row).  They lost the first one by ONE run..boo but they did win the second one!

We didn’t get back home until after 8 and all I could think about was a fresh salad with italian dressing.  Billy made the asparagus in the MICROWAVE and it was even better than on the grill.  He added olive oil, salt and water to it and it was incredible.  First real vegetable that I have eaten at night in months!

PS a few people have wondered about me eating deli turkey while pregnant and my doctor told me it is fine for me to eat as long as it is from a good source and served at the right temperature:)

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New HRG baby post HERE!!!

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Do you play the piano?  Did you ever take lessons?  Do you play a musical instrument?

-I took lessons for 7 years and then I quit…worst decision ever.

What salad dressing are you loving lately?

-Italian dressing.

Will your workout be inside or outside today?

-Inside for me…the stairclimber is calling my name.

What vegetable have you been eating the most of lately?

-Asparagus!

-I could take a caramel bath anytime of the day.  I wake up thinking about caramel and watermelon but not together.  Actually, I might have to try that.

-I am sleeping through the night again, no more forcing Billy to wake up to play Angry Birds on our iPad at 3 in the morning with me anymore.

-Workouts are definitely slowing down but that’s okay…at least I am still getting in something 6 days a week.

-Tomorrow is my glucose test and I am kind of excited to drink the orange sugar bomb.

-I could sit and stare at my belly moving around from her kicks and punches all day long.  My nieces love watching it too!

-Bandaids have completely saved my life.  Now that my belly button is sticking out and chaffing like no other I just have to put two bandaids over it and all is right in the world again.

-I get heartburn at night if I haven’t eaten in a while….I thought people got heartburn AFTER eating something….I am confused.

-Billy’s best friend just told me on tonight,  ”You are looking REALLY fat but in the best way possible.”  When will boys learn how to talk to pregnant woman:)  Good thing I love him and love that my stomach is growing because that means she is too!

-I think I am carrying her REALLY high but my mom says that she carried all of her high too and could sometimes feel us kicking in her throat ha;)

-My two new favorite sports bras make me really really happy.  No chaffing and I can breathe. I need to invest in 12 more of them.

I am trying to figure out what stretch mark creams to use…..SOMEONE HELP ME.  What is the best?!?!  Did you get stretch marks?

I wanted to get a picture of my favorite pump teacher for you because she is just that awesome.  The woman is in her fifties and is ripped, lean and lifts way more than I ever have.  She comes up with the most creative moves which always keeps things interesting…for example when I was trying the move below and somehow ended up on my face and the exercise ball flew to the other side of the room.

I did 30 minutes on the elliptical before pump and showered and got ready at the gym.  You know you need a new place to live when you prefer to shower at the gym because they have more counter space, warm water and you don’t have to worry about being attacked by snakes as you walk to your car.

I met up with the most incredible Toby for lunch at Cafe Rio after the gym.  Going to lunch at 11 a.m. is the absolute best time ever.  There was no line, the strawberry lemonade was fresher than ever and really is it ever to early to eat Mexican food?

Toby is my running hero.  This woman just got a 13 minute PR at the Ogden marathon a week ago Saturday.  She wakes up at FOUR-THIRTY A.M. every morning to get her running in because she has triplets and the cutie below and so she has to be done with her workout to take care of them by 6:30.  I will never complain again about waking up early to workout.

Toby, how about we make this a Tuesday tradition?

She also MADE the cutest little dress for my niece, a skirt for my other niece and a dress for the little girl coming in August:)

Now I am thinking that I need to run to the store to try out this brilliant idea….why haven’t I thought of this?

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If you are a pet lover you have to check out Cinnamon’s new pet link!

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Completely random question but I am going to ask it anyway.  My goal this summer is to floss more (I know, I really reach for the stars) so I wanted to ask you how often you floss?!?!

Who was your last lunch date with?

Is anyone reading this a twin or triplet?  Anyone have twins, triplets etc. in their family?

Anyone else wake up at 4:30 to work out? Do you know anyone that does this?

After the bummer race yesterday (I am totally allowed to be overly dramatic about stuff like this) the day’s events were exactly what I needed.  We went home and napped/zoned out in front of the tv for a few hours which was completely necessary and once we were coherent and ready to be real people again we called up my parents to see what they were up to.

We have mastered the art of calling them right before they are going to dinner…it is my sixth sense.

Stop staring at the huge chocolate cake in the background and bring your focus back to this post.

I was the loser of the table because I ordered something different from everyone else (they all had and loved their bbq burgers) but I was more than happy with my decision.

We went to Magelby’s (I used to work there:) and I had the half turkey club and summer salad.  My 7th sense: I can hear what my baby is thinking and she said this meal was exactly what she needed to eat and that she is going to continue to make me crave turkey sandwiches until the end of my pregnancy.

After dinner Billy and I went up north to Thanksgiving Point to meet the cutest Ashley that I ‘met’ through blogging.  First we walked around the gardens and played around with our camera….I am turning into a camera nerd and I like it.

Here she is!!!  She was in town from North California to visit her brother and let us steal her away to meet up with a complete stranger and eat dairy.

I found my new favorite ice cream place.  Meet my cookie dough ice cream with caramel and snickers (the only acceptable chocolate in my life currently) creation.  I promise if you come visit from out of town I will take you here too!

Billy had this work of art:

It was one of those life lessons days when you realize that it is silly to get frustrated over a race because there is so much more to life than running and that people in your life make you way happier than some silly race/pr etc.  Besides being dramatic I am totally allowed to be sappy during this time in my life, blame the hormones.

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What food places have you worked at?  Did you ever get sick of the food there?

Did anyone go out of town this past weekend?  Where to?

Do your siblings live close by or far away?

Tell me about your workout today!

-I am stoked to be able to go back to my favorite Pump teacher’s class….silly job got in the way of going to her class for way too many months.