Batcave....Williams Stlye

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Joes first ever hockey game was a great success....🏒 We were blessed with two tickets for his birthday from a sweet friend and although I thought he would like it... he Loved it. The Everblades beat the Gladiators in some big overtime and Joe was really excited. It was also Star Wars Night at the Arena so randomly there were Storm Troopers or R2D2 roaming around. In typical Joe fashion he thought the mascot Swampier was pretty awesome. We had a great night... 🎤 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu0zgNBgILWawnOz4G8xH-Hqp6F7KXrakH5UyM0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=648u599sa9lr

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Sorry friends and family... this years Christmas cards are being sent to Recovering Soldiers at Walter Reed. We are thankful for your love and wish you all a very blessed Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year. #williamsfamilychristmascard2018 https://www.instagram.com/p/BrTuP4sgZsKbLmFEEuWgHRC2oyiBpqld6elw6E0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n9xhw59rzuqt

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Soooo.. sadly my time @orangetheoryfitnessnaples came to an end last week..😝... by far it was THE second hardest work out I’ve ever had...(the hardest was my first one) but I plan to return after the holidays... in the mean time I’m going solo at another local gym... so I will continue my journey to a new decade... I was thinking about @orangetheoryfitnessnaples and realized that it has its very own “lingo”... (much like what I learned during the Winter Olympics watching the half pipe snow boarding). Here are a few new words I’ve learned from @orangetheoryfitnessnaples ... Treads... Base Pace... Push Pace...All Out...Jump the Rails... 2G...3G... Burpee (yuck)... Ultimate Burpee (no thanks)....Splat Points....MB Squat...BW Squat.. Reverse Lunge...BOSU Ball...Dry Tri... Rowers...Legs,Core,Arms....Island Diet...Orange Zone...Red Zone...TRX Bands...Hell Week...there are so many more.. there is a plethora of exercises that I can’t even get to.... so... it’s all it’s own language. Aaand the more you go, the more you learn, the more you find yourself using the lingo.. I cannot THANK @orangetheoryfitnessnaples for the hardest and best four months... I’m a little Leary if doing it all on my own but like if stated before this is a journey that I on... it’s not gonna happen over night... but it’s gonna happen. @OTF I will be back.. better, harder and stronger... thanks for everything... as much as I hate to admit it... y’all have my heart..❤️ (in the red zone) #OTF #Orangetheory #allout #newdecade #mayoturns50 #otflingo #onmyown #ivegotthis https://www.instagram.com/p/BopxNJlgJ3Za7vX9CZ0OfKob6fjzBZvhdDqt-40/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lbkl4dhusv4m

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This is the final streatch... I have three more classes left at @orangetheoryfitnessnaples... on my Summer Tour de Force. I’m not quite where I want to be in my goal, but my goal is complete in June of 2019.. so I have time still. I’m not stopping my #roadto50 I’m just changing it up a bit for awhile. I got to say... @orangetheoryfitnessnaples has been Ah-Maze-Ing... I have loved/hated every minute. I have lost and gained, I have stretched and reached, I have laughed and cried, I have learned and turned away... it’s hard this break up... but hopefully it won’t be for longer than a few months... I’m gonna miss #natioanlburpeeday and #hellweek... but I’m okay with that... Coach Kim,Coach O and Coach Nick, I will forever hear your words ringing in my mind as I venture on to another space. I will hold tight your encouragement, your knowledge and your passion for success within ourselves. The staff at @orangetheoryfitnessnaples is the absolute BEST... never have I had customer service like y’all do. Smiles at 5am... cant get any better... I’ve got three more ALL OUT’s to give... I’m goin in All Out. #mayoturns50 #orangetheoryfitnessnaples #otftourdeforce #threemore #allout #bestever #roadtoanewdecade https://www.instagram.com/p/BoJuA7HAcMOY6alpLIWwLbJekWCsGCgrD3YXi80/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4iano1zygfez

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Had a great time at @boardandbrushnaplesfl last night. I just adore that place. So fun, so creative, so energetic. Best part is you get to take the sign home that night... feeling creative and accomplished... but I must say, the staff there really is top notch. I’m so thankful to Miss Sue, Miss Dawn and Miss Karen for their help and encouragement to myself and all the ladies who were there last night... what a great team! I love my new sign. I’m always game for a trip there so if anyone ever wants to go... lemme know! Fun! #workhard&makeithappen #boardandbrush #boatdandbrushnaples #signbuilding #creative #greatstudio #greatstaff #moretomake https://www.instagram.com/p/BnL8JpkA6Pm6yFtvpBFPSri2IFCUJ8W0RIxuXs0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=130yhuugrxcfq

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Yesterday was my first day back to @orangetheory after a three day break. It was no ‘Happy Monday workout’ it was more like ‘in your face Monday workout ‘ (general consensus). Anyway workout completed and It was beastly, but man, Satan was all in my kitchen yesterday... there has been a bit of unbalance lately... unbalance in the home, starting homeschool, planning meetings that seem to be all consuming, end of the summer busy at work,fitting schedules together, being pulled in so many different directions... 😝. It’s all up there. I go to OTF to clear, but when Satan has a hold and climbs ‘into my kitchen’ it just makes a hard workout even harder. (Good or bad at least I know it’s him and not me.) I’m human and I struggle... but as I’m on the treads... I speak out loud through my breathing scripture verses that help me defeat that enemy. And at the end of the work out when my All Outs are just faster and harder than before, I KNOW that Love and good has just prevailed over evil and my kitchen is being cleaned out. I was spent yesterday. I fact when I got home I just kept dropping stuff from my car to the house because my arms were still shaking from the work out. I up early this morning praying.. just being still, just hearing and meditating on the Word of God.. just being in the moment with His good word and working out the balance. It’s all left to Him. All of it. It’s an OTF Rest day today.. I got a new at home work out that I will start later today.. so I’m not stopping this journey at all. It’s a good journey. It’s a learning journey and it’s keeping me close to The Word. I won’t stop.. no matter how full my kitchen gets... love always wins... @orangetheory who ever puts the work outs together for the day and if you thought you would crush me or take me down... 💥 BAM! I got news for you... I’m winning! (Oh and side note... I’m ready for some Friday Night Lights... 🏈) #orangetheoryfitness #inmykitchen #roadto50 #newdecade #balance #lovealwsysprevails #igotthis #strongerandbetter #alloutmayo #fridaynightlights

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BAM!💥Guesd who jogged 12 minutes straight on the tread this morning? Yup... that’s right THIS GIRL! #orangetheoryfitness #nottodaysatan #icantstopsweating #mayosroadto50 #igotthis #otflife

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Sooo today at @orangetheory we crushed work on the hips.... I will share I LOVE when we have to pull out the bands and work the hips... However, they are killing me tonight🤪... but.... as a women there tends to be a lot of inflammation in the hips... it’s just part of my make up. It’s how I roll. But recently I have (as most of you know) changed lots of things up and my food is one of it. Controlling inflammation thru food and exercise has been an amazing turn in my body. Adding more avocado, mushrooms, peppers... BERRIES and most fun the cherries. I’m all about Tart Cherry juice these days and I’m winning this inflammation battle. During different times of the month I’m able to control this with my food and exercise. It’s just another bonus of knowledge of my body. I’m not a trainer or a health guru but maybe what works for me can help someone else who battles with the same. I’m struggling tonight with my hips, they are killing me, but it’s all part of the game. Im working hard and grumbling thru each work out... yet I want everyone of my friends to come join me for an hour to feel the same I do. To get it... to see what @orangetheory is all about, to feel the change in your body and mind and dig deep to know just how precious we are to God. How he created us and how we need to honor that. My son thinks I’m silly when I walk around the house with my band on my ankles doing squats as I cook dinner. Yup! I’m hooked! What can I say... things can change... who would have ever thunk? #orangetheoryfitness #hips #nottodaysatan #bandworkout #tartcherryjuice #keepingitlow #godcreatedus #carrieunderwoodlegs #killingitatOTF #

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Joey felt creative today. He work hard on this really good drawing of Blue from @jurassicworld. It’s his favorite dinosaur at the moment. Looks like it may need a frame and to go in the wall... I think it’s really good. #joeyssummer2018 #jurassicworld #velociraptorblue @prattprattpratt #prettygoodkid #easyday

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Disclaimer: terrible photo......Work out Thursday. Probably my favorite workout this week! Pouring sweat, heart rate up... walking talker (for about 45 seconds) and keeping Satan out of my kitchen. #otf #orangetheoryfitness #workoutthursday #igotthis #nottodaysatan #outofmykitchen

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#OTF #roadto50 #godgetstheglory #orangezone #newdecade #getstron Eeekkkk!

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Things happen you know... like... normally on Saturdays... joe is at a friends, I go to work, home for a bit, we head to church, home by 9:15/9:30pm.. bed, husband comes home chat and it’s a late night... It’s an every Saturday thing... clock work! I woke up today not feeling well, headed to the Doc in the box and have a double sinus infection.. drive to fill prescriptions.. waited, finally went home, joe at a friends house,and husband and I noticed that our dog Miles was not well... we coddled him and loved on him. I called out of work and church... (never happens) Husband goes to work, I nap, watch tv, rest, chill, just as doctor ordered. Joe at friends and they took him to church. So during this time alone, I’m loving on my dog and around dinner I notice... this is not good. Called my sister who come right over and we took the dog to he vet... 15 years of Miles Davis Williams and he is now with Jesus. I held him the whole time and he never once tried to leave my arms. He was a sick pooch. He was our first little boy. I always called him ‘Happy’ because he would always smile at me when I saw him. I’m laying here thinking of how we rescued him, how fun he was with his toys, how he loved to chase the deer and squirrels. How he tolerated Joey. He was a good little dog for us. I came home from the vet and saw that his water bowl was empty, so I immediately filled it with water not thinking that he wasn’t with us... urgh.... I’m sad. But... if I had a regular Saturday... I never would have had the day with Miles and this whole day would have played out very different. I’m thankful I’m sick, I’m thankful for my husband who encouraged me to call out, I’m thankful for our friends who kept Joey for he day, I’m thankful for Sissy who sat next to me as I unraveled into a mess of tears...and.. I’m thankful to God who keenly orchestrated this day where I could give Miles the love and comfort that he needed before it was time to say goodbye. It’s never easy. We are all a mess. But he was a good little guy. Gonna miss him! #milesdaviswilliams #gooddog #smoosh #happy #fullwaterbowl

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This kid right here, you know him, he is the one who has my heart ❤️... well he showed me today exactly how important it is to listen to your children. We are on a great trip in Savannah GA with some special friends. This being the last full day of our trip. He wanted nothing more than to play in the pool today with his friend and just enjoy each others company, to be a kid. (Keep in mind that he was the one who instigated this entire trip. He wanted to see his friend..)but we did not listen. He sat thru two trolley tours around the city. It was hot, getting dragged to places that he could care less about, eating food that he does not like and waiting around. He was terribly unhappy. But a trooper. Yes we all have to do things we don’t like, yes we all have to be places we don’t want to be, but when we don’t stop and listen to the hearts of our children, that’s when flesh takes over.. that’s when it’s all about me me me and not working together. One thing in homeschooling we stress is solving problems together, working together. Today was not that day. I saw a really good kid have a tough day that turned him into a not so good kid. It was later when I GOT IT!! We had to step aside and have a chat. We talked about what happened and how he was feeling, how I was feeling and how we were both feeling... I looked into his eyes and saw this was my fault. This was me not hearing the cries of my son all day today and responding to his desires for his vacation too. BIG lesson learned on my end. God blesses us with these beautiful lives to raise up, to train them up in the way of the Lord. He trusts us to not spoil but help toil. He believes in us to give roots and wings. He loves us enough to be an example to us for us to be an example for our children... being a mom is a tough job... but being a kid who is expected to be an adult is a tougher job... #joey #williamsyoung2018 #listen #hisvacationtoo #epicmomfail

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Vacation Day 3...Joeys first time in the Atlantic Ocean

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Vacation day #2 Savannah River Cruise. We went on a gospel dinner cruise last night. It was the BEST night. We had so much fun. Hot weather, friend chicken and Gospel music with wonderful friends... #williamsyoung2018 #vacationday2

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Vacation day 1.... road trip with Joe and Non.. we are heading outta town for a week and are excited. We hate leaving the Husband behind but he was not able to make it work..(🙁) We have a fun week planned and are super excited... more later.. #vaca #nonandjoey #williamsyoung2018

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Not a happy camper today... (but the crew photo bombing were) I took a week off from my gig at @orangetheory to serve at church for an awesome VBS week. We had a blast. So I signed up for a class this morning and headed out for what I called a VBS CLEANSE... yup not so much. Spending a week with Jesus and teaching sweet kiddos how loving God is was amazing ...but here at the studio Satan met me at the door and didn’t leave me until I left him. I got my but kicked. I wanted to leave the class so bad but I didn’t. I was frustrated and angry and has a really hard time finding myself in the class. (I should have gone for a pedicure) I thought about sticking to the program during VBS like Herrinbruck, but I’m old... I had a great chat with my two photo bombers and they encountered me in my journey. It’s another thing I dig about this place... how the staff invests in its members. There is a lot of work to do.. physically as well as mentally. If I continue to let satan get all up in my kitchen I’m gonna walk away. I’m to far vested it this, it’s working, I’m working it and others are walking beside me to be sure I stay on track... you got me today @orangetheory but that’s the last time... because Monday.... I’m getting in your kitchen. #orangetheoryfitness #metmeatthedoor #nottodaysatan #outtamyway #ishouldhavegoneforapedicure #newdecade