Tia Allred Blog

Our time was short in Bowie, Arizona--but I do have many, many fond memories of it.  It was a place of many "firsts" for me and for my little family.  Like, my first time ever, ever living in a rural area.  And let me say this--I was "baptized by fire" with this little town.  It is about as opposite of an urban setting as one can get!

In the summertime, Arizona has "monsoon season".  Massive, quick-moving storms roll through and usually bring a lot of wind and dust, and hopefully rain.  We went on a family home evening walk as a storm rolled in.  I wish my pathetic photo-taking skills and phone camera could do it justice.  It was breathtaking.

Seriously, these kids don't realize how lucky they are to have their very own tractor and a sweet and patient daddy.  Every time he mows the lawn, he has at least one little helper, and sometimes even two!

This is what a mom does when her kids fall asleep in the car and she has already pulled in to her driveway...

I really like yoga, especially when I do it consistently.  I have been slacking off on working out, so I decided to ease back in doing yoga.  Since it's less strenuous, and not so fast-paced, I think I will be more motivated to do it.  I am doing a 30 day yoga workout challenge on YouTube.

Brett did it with me the first night, and he just kept laughing at the comments, like "taking grateful breaths" and "moving the energy in our bodies" and things like that.  Then it would make me laugh, because it sounds kind of silly to me too.  But I don't care, because I always feel so good after I do a yoga session.

So this morning I decided to try to do my yoga during the day, so Brett wouldn't feel obligated to do it with me this evening (however, I don't think he would have had a problem saying he was going to go on a run instead, since he has been running pretty regularly, to get out of it, haha)!

I had to do it in 3 chunks, because the children just want to climb all over or under me, or want my attention.  Plus, Vivienne is sick and wants extra snuggles.

While I tended to Vivienne, I turned on some children's yoga for Landon.  I was quite impressed!  He was really engaged in it and did really well.  We might have to do it several times a week from now on.  It kept him busy and moving!


Also, I've been practicing braiding my hair.  It's very much a work in progress.  But if I am just doing yoga, then it will do!