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Erin Franco

A summer evening

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2013 3 Jul

My cutie-pie brother, Ryan, is working for us this summer, and we have so enjoyed having him around in the evenings a lot.:) We have spent some lovely summer evenings in our backyard all just hanging out.

On to the topic of today’s post: Ryan is in great shape. Like, really great shape. After doing a full day of manual labor-type work in 101-degree heat for our lawn care company, he will go out and do a 20-minute “AMRAP” (As Many Reps As Possible) CrossFit workout in our backyard after dinner.

Yesterday, he did 50 pushups in a row lifting 25lb weights alternately on each side, then he did 55 table jumps onto our picnic table, and then he threw a huge tractor tire across the yard. Then he repeated all three exercises as much as he could in 20 minutes. He got through everything twice. I kid thee not.

We are in awe.

All set up watching Uncle Ry-Ry do his workout

I watched him jump on and off our picnic table 110 times. 

See? Told you we were all in awe. Even Gianna. Hoping she doesn’t get mad at me for posting this picture of her with her adorable, chubby little belly hanging out. This two-month-old baby is already almost too big for her three-months wardrobe. They grow so fast! 

Even Gabe and Faith.

Posing on Uncle Ry-Ry’s tractor tire. And getting dirty tire stains all over her bottom. Hope Oxi Clean will get those out. I’m on my second soak of the day.
My own version of CrossFit 🙂 I can only do about seven Toddler Throws before I need a break… (Please excuse the sideways-ness of this picture, by the way. I can’t figure out for the life of me why my computer is rejecting my requests to rotate it…?)
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I'm a south Louisiana girl, Catholic wife, writer, speaker, and mother of six. Since I started my blog way back in 2009, life has been a roller coaster of babies, plot twists and a plane crash or two. I've been chronicling things here as I've been learning to love and suffer and laugh and trust in the goodness of God in the ordinary and the extraordinary--with a little espresso and a lot of Divine Mercy. Read More…

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