I try to make healthy eating as easy and convenient as possible. This means after a grocery run, I take some time that day or the next to wash my produce, cut up lettuce and veggies for salad, slice fruits like cantaloupe, pineapple, and watermelon into chunks to store in a Tupperware, and fill my [...]

This last weekend was a blast. We put on a yard sale Saturday morning, which was such an adventure (!) and so much fun! The day was incredible, perfectly sunny and blue sky and I just loved having people drive up, come through, chat a little…That night we went out to Mexican with my parents. [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I love eating a healthy balanced breakfast because it helps jumpstart healthy habits all day long. This morning I had a bowl of Quaker Oatmeal Squares with blueberries and banana. When I am deciding what to eat, I always try to include protein and/or fiber at each meal.
Sources of Fiber: Whole Grains, Whole Fruit, Legumes, [...]

Ginger Molasses Cookies
Mix:
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 ½ cups vegetable oil
2 eggs
 Blend in:
½ cup molasses
 In separate bowl combine:
4 cups of flour
1 tsp salt
4 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
Combine dry with moist. Scoop dough out with 1/8 or 1/4 cup. Roll in sugar and pat down on pan. [...]

Here’s a picture of the goodies!! The cookies turned out great, and hopefully the “pizza” will too!

I am loving this cooler weather–it’s still beautiful outside, but cool enough to go for long walks and get a little tanning in!! Tonight we’re heading to a BBQ with friends, which I am so looking forward to! I made a Blueberry Pizza and Molasses Ginger Cookies for dessert. It was fun to have a good [...]

I wanted to share with you one of my very favorite books. It is the book that hands down has had the most impact on my life as a Christian and the one that I come back to time and time again when I really need to refocus, re-prioritize, and recenter my life and lifestyle. [...]

I’m thankful that Emma has a wonderful Daddy. It was great to have a weekend just to focus on our probably much taken for granted, and a bit underappreciated Dads (and frankly just men in general!). We rarely admit it, but I think it isn’t until our men are sick, injured, or traveling that we [...]

I don’t know about you, but come lunchtime a salad just never really sounds too appealing. Maybe it’s the whole idea of eating your “dark leafy greens” or perhaps it’s that when hunger strikes, I don’t feel like whipping out the cutting board, five kinds of veggies, and some kind of protein to sizzle up [...]

So I’m working on transferring my blog over to its own domain, which is exciting (and part of the delay in posting)!! And in the process, I’m trying to come up with some kind of blogging schedule so there will be more regularity in my posting. I’m also working on making some decisions regarding the [...]