AdvoCare...

Something that I am very excited to share with you is a new adventure David and I are taking.  A little over a month ago a friend of mine from high school got in touch with me!  I had heard of AdvoCare and had been following her family and another friend from high school as they were doing remarkable things through this company.  If you remember part of my New Years post was about getting into shape.  For the past year I had been "stuck" at the same weight.  I would exercise and I just could not break through that barrier.  My friend Casey from high school told me about the 24 Day Challenge and I decided it was something I wanted to try!  Not only did I try it but I am now an Independent Distributor for AdvoCare.  AdvoCare is a health and nutrition company that has been in business for 19 years!  They are not your fly by night company or the newest fad around.  They are a solid...might I add...debt free company!  A company whose #1 guideline is to Honor God through Faith, family and friends!  Amazing!!! After reading this and much prayer David and I knew that this was a journey we wanted to take!  Not only are we taking it we are jumping in feet first and we are so very excited about the results we have seen in the past month.  I have lost about 14 pounds with David having lost about the same!  I have broken through that barrier and I am in better shape and HEALTHIER than I have been in several years due to AdvoCare products.  These are not diet pills, they are not the newest found weight loss remedy...they are supplements...THAT WORK!  Putting nutrition into our bodies that we try to get from food but because of our choices don't always get. I know you have seen my posts about weight loss and it is not all about weight loss...it is about being healthy! I also know you probably get tired of them!  I can't help it!  I am so excited to share what this company and their products are doing for myself, my family as well as others around me!  For a while I had been praying for the Lord to point me in the direction he wanted me to go!  I felt as if there was something I needed and wanted to be doing that I was missing!  Guys, I believe the Lord has answered my prayer!  I love helping people, I love the excitement when I get a text early in the morning or late at night from a friend who says "you know I feel better than I have in years" or "I just got in pants I haven't been able to fit in for a long time"!  I love this!  My dad has been able to lose over 20 lbs in the last month using AdvoCare products.  He needs knee replacement surgery...but you know what, with being able to lose some weight we may be able to prolong that surgery for a while.  So very thankful for this company and excited about what our future holds with them! 

Full speed ahead...

Boy am I a slacker!  It has been way too long since my last post!  It has been crazy busy in the Bussell household.  A good busy but ready to slow down just a little bit and enjoy my sweet boys!  A lot has been going on!  Your normal school everyday...with no snow days in sight...bummer for all of us!  The boys all started karate right before Christmas with Mason and Jack adding tumbling into the mix!  They are loving it but keeps us moving and busy two nights a week.  We had a fun little run with the boys last weekend.  There was an adventure race in Nashville.  So, we loaded up and ran!  All of us...with the exception of Noah of course!  Grandma was nice enough to come watch him while we all ran!  I got to run with Mason which was so much fun and David and Jack ran together.  Dylan ran with a girl from their track club who was in his age group so everyone had a partner!  The weather had been perfect the week before and, of course, it turned off so cold the day we ran!  Oh well, had fun anyway!




Mason and me running!





David and Jack running!

Mason and I putting at one of the stations along with Jack and David!

Dylan and Dani Running!

We had a great time!  Enjoyed doing something fun with our boys!  Which brings me to another subject!  We get one chance on this earth.  One chance with our loved ones, one chance to do the things that matter, one chance to serve our Lord in the way he is meant to be served.  None of us know when that moment or second will be that we will no longer be here.  I am so guilty of not taking time...time for the kids, time to really do what matters, more time devoted to God!  Instead I worry about the house and whether it is clean, worry about work and what I haven't gotten done there.  If I died today what do I want my kids to remember?  I don't want them to remember mom was always fussing about messes, cleaning, etc...I want them to remember time spent with them!  I cannot wait for camping season!  Only a few weeks away and we will be hitting the lake building campfires, riding bikes, hiking, fishing...all of the things we hold dear and cannot wait to spend time with our boys doing.  Take time for what really matters...because we don't know how short our time is!