Monday - Recovery day was spent catching up on things around the house and spending time with the family. I got in a quick Sworkit workout just to keep things going!

Tuesday - Was a really busy day! Oliver's last day full day of school was Thursday the 11th and it was supposed to rain that day. He had been asking to go to the Zoo for a while so I figured once he got out of school, I would take him and Charlie (I love that we live in a city where the Zoo is free admission, the kiddos just love it so much!). I packed up a lunch and we picked up Oliver and off we went! It was such a fun *but tiring* day, pushing both boys in the double stroller is no easy feat and we lasted close to 3 hours!

Later that evening I went to another Yoga Buzz event with my friend, Jess and mt Mom down at Ball Park Village. This was part of their FREE SUMMER YOGA SERIES, sponsored by Club Fitness. I've recently become a huge fan of yoga and Yoga Buzz has been my go to, not only are these events always SO WELL put together and absolutely worth the price of admissions, but this series all summer long is FREE, you just have to go register!

Wednesday - Was super hectic, I mean, what day isn't?!? So once the boys went to sleep I got in a quick 3 miles JUST before the sun set completely! Nothing like beating the sunset to get you going!!

SHOES

Thursday - This was supposed to be my Fartlek Day, however last week was insane trying to get things done for Mother's Day. I wasn't able to make it to the gym, but I DID get in a Sworkit workout while the boys took a bath!

Friday - As if Mother's Day wasn't enough, Friday was my families company BBQ that they hold every year. So I traveled all the way down to that with the boys all afternoon which completely pooped us out!

Saturday - My husband's cousin had her graduation party on Saturday which we were so happy to attend! The boys had a blast playing with their cousins *& cousin's kitten!*

Sunday - Mother's Day. We woke up and went out to my parent's house in the morning to spend the day with my Mom. My mom and I took the boys on a little walk/jog while my Dad cooked us breakfast. We hit 3 miles (I needed to get in 7). We spent the day out there and then came home in the mid afternoon. Once Andrew got home from work we cooked dinner, well HE cooked dinner and we ate together as a family. Once my food settled I went out and got in my last 4 miles. So they weren't all 7 together, but spending time with the family was most important on Sunday!

XOXO

Melissa

With Valentine's Day yesterday we felt it was appropriate to end this incredible series around Valentine's Day!

Wedding season is right around the corner so keeping this entire series in queue on your Sworkit app just makes sense ;)

Make sure to check out all the other previous weeks here:

Week 1 - Week 2 - Week 3 - Week 4 - Week 5

Okay so since this is the last week I wracked my brain for a tip that I wanted to share with everyone that really spoke to the essence of what a wedding is... Here we go...

Tip #6: JUST HAVE FUN

**Photo booth <3 **

I know, sounds simple enough, right? But when you've spent so much time planning for this one day it's really easy to get caught up in every single little detail. Wanting everything to go perfectly and forgetting to just let yourself enjoy the day without anxiously anticipating every single move of the day. When the wedding day comes, what's done is done, you have planned and planned and planned some more so everything is going to happen as it will and let's be honest, pretty much everything will go as smoothly as you could want. There may be a hiccup here and there, case in point, my wedding day, I forgot my bra and corset at my parents house so when the time came to get in my wedding dress we were scrambling to find it. My sister, also my MOH drove back and grabbed it, crisis averted, however it was a stressful period of time because we only had the church for an allotted amount of time. Looking back, I love telling that story, using it as a lesson and an example for all of my friends getting married that things happen, you just have to let go and let yourself enjoy it all. After all it's only going to happen once, your wedding day will only be one day, don't miss out on it, you'll regret it every day if you do.

Now, what you've been waiting for... The final workout for this series is here...

WEEK 6

Complete at least a 15 minute workout 2-3 times this week! Also feel free to mix in the past workouts as well!

Be sure to share your progress, thoughts, before and after pics using the hashtags...

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I have enjoyed creating this series for you all SO much! I have loved every minute of reliving my wedding day and I hope that along with my tips and workouts you too can have the PERFECT wedding day, all around!!!

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It's Monday and it's another edition of our Bridal Bootcamp with Sworkit! I can't believe we are already 5 weeks into this! It feels like yesterday I chatted with Leanna about doing this, time has really been flying here lately!

Tip #5 : Know when to DIY and know when to spend the money on a professional.

Now for everyone this can mean something different. There are people who are great at somethings and not at others so each person's DIY ability is a little different. The point being, know your limits and know where to budget. If you are a flower enthusiast and know just how to put floral arrangements together, go for it! But if not, it may be worth it to budget in a florist of any level to help you out. The stress level you face will be less and is worth every penny you put into that professional.

In this day and age of Pinteresting everything it's easy to think we have to do it all ourselves but that just isn't case.

Here's what we DIY-ed for our wedding...

Programs: 

We got a handy dandy program kit from Michaels and just whipped them up ourselves instead of paying an online company to do it for us, this saved us quite a bit!

Bridesmaid Make Up Bags:

Okay so this was only PART of our bridesmaid gifts. I was super into getting something personalized but didn't have the funds to get each girl a personal monogram on their make up bags so I purchased this bags and added their initial myself. This wasn't their entire gift, but I was very happy with how these turned out and I think they did too! It was cute and cost effective, especially since we had quite a large wedding party!

Be sure to grab the workout and complete at least a 15 minute workout 2-3 times this week! Also feel free to mix in the past workouts as well! (Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4)

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As we near the end of January (seriously, how is that already possible?!) we are entering the beginning of wedding season, or at least in many peoples minds anyway.

With that being said let's jump on into Week 4 of our 2017 Bridal Bootcamp with Sworkit!

Tip #4 : Have a friend carry your camera or cell phone around for the entire day. Don't be tied to it entirely, sure you may want to upload a picture after the ceremony or on the party bus but don't let it take over your day. You want to get as many candid photos as you can so let a bridesmaid or your MOH take care of that for you. Instruct them on what you are wanting in your pictures and let them show you a few here and there. 

Don't let that fall on you otherwise you'll be tied to your device, going through pictures, editing the ones you like and before you know it you'll have spent your entire day worrying more about that than the actual day. Yes, you have a photographer but they'll be the ones to get the traditional photos, bridal party pictures, ceremony pictures and the standard ones at the reception (none of that can be replaced so don't think I'm suggesting otherwise)... Just let it go for one day and allow one of your best friends to step up, they're the ones who know you best anyway so I'm sure they will totally understand what you want to capture and they can be the ones who get those priceless pictures on your own device to have forever!

Personally, I didn't have a smart phone at that time, I seriously had a flip phone so taking pictures on my device wasn't a thought that crossed my mind. I did let a friend who was a guest have my camera for the day and as much as I love the pictures she captured I wish I would have had a bridesmaid take charge and use my camera during the entire day while we were together.

This weeks "To Be Fit" workout is the perfect full body workout for any bride! Hitting pretty much every part of the body you could want you won't be disappointed!

Be sure to grab the workout and complete at least a 15 minute workout 2-3 times this week! Also feel free to mix in the past workouts as well! (Week 1, Week 2, Week 3)

Be sure to share your progress, thoughts, before and after pics using the hashtags...

#nogymnoexcuse #scribbleandsworkitbridalbootcamp

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Because she was our only baby back then <3

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So this week's posts have all been a tad behind and I apologize for that. My son has been sick for the past seven days {he's finally seeming back to his old self today} so we have been in hard core get him better mode.

With that said let's jump right into our Bridal Bootcamp Week 3! I absolutely love this weeks workout, if I do say so myself it's probably my favorite of all!

I challenge each and every one of you to complete THIS WORKOUT 2 to 3 times this week! You can also sub in one of the other workouts from this series (found HERE and HERE) as well to mix it up!

As promised I'm also going to share a wedding planning tip with you all...

Tip #3 : No matter what kind of ceremony and reception you have, once the ceremony is over and you have officially "tied the knot" take some time to be with your new spouse, alone.

For no other reason than to just take it all in. That day goes by so fast, seriously it was all a blur. However we were lucky enough that our wedding planner all but forced us to have some alone time. Once our ceremony was over and the pictures had been taken our bus took everyone back to the hotel where there was a happy hour being held, Andrew and I stayed on the bus, alone, and went to the reception venue where we got to go and see everything set up prior to guests and everyone being around. It was incredible! After that we got back on the bus, went back to the hotel and checkout out our room. After a bit of time to just take it all in and relax our photographer showed up and captured some of my absolute favorite pictures from that day.

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