For the Strength of Youth Posters

My dad has always talked to me and taught me about the For Strength of Youth standards, I mean ALAWYS.  He used to talk to me when I was in the womb about the LDS church standards I was suppose to live up to.  That may sound kind of crazy to some people but its true and it worked, they truly sunk in.  I could repeat them back to my dad from the time I could talk and used to tell others all the standards; and when I was faced with temptations I found my dads words popping into my head and affecting my choices.  Now I'm not saying that I never made mistakes or made bad choices, but I like to think I turned out pretty well thanks to my parents raising me the best that they could and teaching me the standards early.

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So when I found out I was pregnant with my first child I knew that I wanted these standards concrete in her head early so that when she was faced with temptations she would have a strong foundation in which she could make good decisions.  So I started teaching her in womb and I have not stopped talking and teaching both my kids the For Strength of Youth standards as set forth from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

That is why I decided to create posters for their bedroom wall, so everyday multiply times a day they can see them, I can see them and we can remember to talk about them all the time.

I only have girls so I made the posters to match my girls room, but don't worry I did not forget those of you that have boys.  In the boy posters some of the graphics are changed and the colors are changed.

Click Here to download the For Strength of Youth Posters - BOY

Click Here to download the For Strength of Youth Posters- GIRL

I hope you enjoy them and teach your children no matter how young or old these important standards.

30 Day Yoga Challenge

Alright here's the deal, if you have been reading my blog you know that I had cancer and now I'm trying to recover and get my life back to what it was before or as close to it as possible.  I have basically been doing nothing with my body besides lying in bed, sitting on the couch and light walking for the past two years due to health problems.  So you can imagine that I no longer have any muscles and I'm pretty bad out of shape.
 
The other night I was discuss my problem with my husband and he suggested that I start off simple with yoga.  I thought it was a great idea.  I used to do yoga everyday and loved it.  So I got up the next morning and did a yoga routine, well some of a yoga routine, ok like 5 min tops of the routine.  Pathetic, I know, but for real my body is way out shape.  The next day I hurt everywhere.  

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I decided that if I was going to truly get back into shape that I needed to set a goal and stick to it no matter what.  That is why I created for myself a 30 day yoga challenge.  Where everyday for 30 days I will being doing yoga.  I'm going to be starting off with just 5 min and build up to a 30 min workout, I hope.  And in the end if I do this I will get a prize, well my husband said he would buy me something special and surprise me.  I love gifts from my hubby so it is really good motivation.  Wish me luck. 

And if your like me and need a super easy easy ease-in to build back up your muscles and want to take my 30 day yoga challenge, I have posted my daily break down of minutes below.

30 Day Yoga Challenge
Day 1 & 2:  5 min
Day 3 & 4:  7 min
Day 5 - 7:  10 min
Day 8 & 9:  12 min
Day 10- 13: 15 min
Day 14 - 17: 17 min
Day 18 - 20:  20 min
Day 21 - 25: 25 min
Day 26 - 30: 30 min

No matter if you need to start off super easy and simple or if you can just jump right in and go for the gold, I really think doing a 30 day yoga challenge will help you feel great.  In fact I found an awesome website http://www.doyouyoga.com/challenge they have created a web video series of a 30 day yoga challenge.  I have done their videos in the past and they are really great.  They explain things really well and move a good pace.  You can also find their yoga videos on YouTube, just search 30 day yoga challenge or DoYouYoga.com