A weekend walk for Autism

Last week went really well.  As we get back into the swing of things, we have come to the realization that a 3-mile walk several times a week just might not work.  That is true for a number of reasons after all...life happens.  That said, it is much easier to squeeze in a 1.5 to 2 mile walk and that is still 30 mins of not sitting on the couch :)  We even got to use our walking blinking lights (You may recall how excited we were about getting those).

Secondly, we have started doing a family thing on Saturdays.  We have always tried to do family things, but they didn't always work out.  That said, with Kara doing school, kids in after-school activities, etc...we start to feel like we don't hang out as much and need to get out and about.  Groupon can be really good for this and even found ways to get out and move.  First it was a corn maze, but more importantly last weekend was a family 5K.  It was a 5K to help raise awareness and support for Autism.  It was a run/walk, which makes it perfect for the family.  We let the twins drift a little off the path and it was at a very nice little park in Greensboro.  There wasn't a medal, but we did get shirts for the walk and for being part of the UNCG team.  So that is a win.

Lastly, we wanted to try something different for dinner for Sunday.  We decided to experiment with fish...that's healthy, right?  It was my responsibility and so I bought some fresh Salmon and found a sweet salmon recipe, but I used sugar-free syrup :)  Let me just say that I thought that it was delicious, Kara also ate her whole piece, but it was still fish.  I will take that :)

Things are going well and we are slowly finding that sweet spot where it is a little bit of a challenge and a little bit of fun to be healthy (we had fallen out of that for a while)