beauties #3 & 4: exercise and relaxercise :)

when i was in high school, i was in SUCH great shape. i played volleyball in the fall, i swam for the swim team in the winter, and i played soccer in the spring. i was constantly running and moving and exercising. then college rolled around and with no motivation, i just stopped working out all together. and needless to say, it caught up to me! so last night....em and i decided we would wake up to go to spinning class at 6 in the morning. we were basically on cloud 9 because recruitment practice that night had gone phenomenally, our room was clean and we started our SENIOR YEAR today! so to start our year off right, we thought a great workout was in order. so we not-so-happily woke up at 5:30 to be at the gym by 6. we just LOVED the fact that we were there so early we had to wait for them to unlock the doors. wonderful feeling. so like i said we went to spinning class...which killed!

this bike looks pretty similar to the one we used this morning...i got off the bike after our 45 minutes session and my legs felt like jello. i was amazed at the fact that i could even walk. but it was such an wonderful wake-up and morning starter. and we were so enthused about our new routine...we decided we would get up tomorrow morning too :) gym...meet your newest besties!

BUT...

one of the greatest and most beautiful things in life besides a great workout is just relaxing with the wonderful people in your life. sunday afternoon, we hosted a bridal shower for one of my sorority sisters kate who is getting married september 19th. im blessed and honored to be a bridesmaid in her wedding...and pictures will be posted that day too :) after the shower, however, we had a couple hours of hangout time until recruitment practice...so me, jenna (my god little in my sorority), whitney, bree and amber all hung out and chilled in my room. i started to think about what a wonderful blessing times like these are in my life. how lucky am i that i found these amazing women to share my life with??...even my lazy, hangout time! and like all sorority girls...we took pictures :) so here's to the beauty of what i like to refer to as relaxercise...where laughter makes the workout worth the effort!

bree & whitney hanging out on emily's bed....aren't they just SO pretty :)

amber joined bree & whitney...love candid pictures :)

me and jenna (the god little)...she's constantly making me smile

i hope everyone can find some time for relaxercise with the people they love...i can promise, there is beuty in every laugh.