Two of my favorite activities (among eating fine meats and watching baseball) are family time and exercise time.  My ever evolving philosophy on getting by teaches me that enough of both is prerequisite for a successful life.  Combining family time and exercise can be challenging, but my family and I have had some reasonable success in exercising together.

The first time I ran a half marathon (2009 Top of Utah 1/2) I completed it with my brother Zach and his wife Marilyn and my sister Courtney.  Zach ran with me during my first marathon (Utah Fittest State Marathon 2012) and I will be joining him for the Top of Utah marathon as he pushes his toddler Claire in her stroller!

Zach writes a blog and devotes a YouTube channel to his endeavors in exercise and adventure that is worth a look:  http://www.youtube.com/user/1MonthChallenge and http://www.youtube.com/user/ZachAttackDuty

Today I enjoyed a day off work by jogging with Brooklynn around our new neighborhood.  Pushing a stroller makes jogging miserable.  Keeping one hand on the stroller ruins your stride and you expend much more energy.  I bowed out after 2 miles and finished out my routine with a fake "1000 calorie work out" that I saw on Pinterest recently.  Yes I have an account...it's a resource.  There's no way I actually burned 1000 calories and I have found that most exercise advice online has no factual or scientific basis for the claims that are made.

When Jenna got up (I try to let her sleep in on my days off...being pregnant does not look easy) we ran a number of errands and then took Brooklynn to a farm.  We enjoyed a hay ride, Brooklynn abused a pony, and we observed a peacock fighting a turkey.

After B's nap we walked down to our neighborhood park and met some of our neighbors.  Our subdivision is newer,  which lends to the budding family dynamic and we met a big dog who had a couple with him who had a couple kids that Brooklynn teamed up with.  After Brooklynn attempted the monkey bars a hundred times and dumped out a bottle of bubbles we bought for memorial day we headed home, spent some time on the backyard trampoline, and retired.  Brooklynn threw a shut out today in respect to potty training.  The process is almost complete...yessssssss.

I didn't do any hard training today.  I didn't count my calories.  I ate at a drive through, drank Dr. Pepper...not even diet.  Sometimes there are better places to focus our energy.

Jenna and I just ordered a pizza from a local place and we have a movie on the DVR.  All is right today.