Hello my friends! I cannot believe Thanksgiving is tomorrow! Gah! Where does the time go? I love this time of year. 🙂 I love the magic of the holidays. I love the coziness of the cold weather, a fire in the fireplace, hot chocolate and all of the fun traditions of Thanksgiving and Christmas!!! However, I DO NOT love the craziness and hectic pace of the holidays. Blah. I really just wish I could enjoy the holiday season and soak up the time with my family. <3 Each year I always try to get everything done as early as possible Continue Reading…
I Finished the 2017 Oxygen Challenge #OC3
Well guys, I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while now!! If you’ve been reading my blog, you know that I took part in the Oxygen Magazine “OC3,” Oxygen Challenge this past summer (it ended the middle of September.) It was great! I’m so glad I did it and I learned so much! First off I just have to say that I LOOOOVE Oxygen Magazine. I’ve been interested in health and fitness for years and have always loved to read magazines like Shape and Fitness, but when I discovered Oxygen Magazine, I was like….”now THIS is what I’m Continue Reading…
Happy Halloween + My Top Tips for Sticking With a Healthy Lifestyle!
Hey, hey, hey! Happy weekend once again! I hope you all had a fun Halloween. I really love Halloween. It’s a very strange holiday, but I love it! I’m not a fan of the mega extreme Halloween stuff (grisly gore, evil, lack of respect for human life, etc.), but I think the spooky, innocent fun stuff is awesome. Halloween is such an epic childhood holiday too, so I always try to live it up with my kiddos!! I just remember how much I loved Halloween when I was a kid….seeing the Halloween commercials pop up on the TV, seeing the Continue Reading…
A Fun Fall Break + I’m Quitting My Plan!
Well hey guys! I’ve been loving the beautiful fall weather and the fun Halloween season so much! I love this time of year. I really wish we could have an extra month of it! Last week, the kids were out of school a couple of days for Fall Break. We couldn’t do anything too exciting because our oldest son had to work and Kev and I had various commitments. SO, I came up with a random day trip. 🙂 We drove a couple of hours south to Topaz Mountain, where you can dig and find gemstones such as Topaz (obviously) Continue Reading…
Grilled Zucchini Pizzas
Well folks, I have a yummy, yummy recipe to share today! In fact, I have SO MANY recipes that I’ve been wanting to share on this blog, dang it. Sadly, I haven’t been able to blog as often or as regularly as I would like to…..for a long time now. 🙁 Life has always been crazy and I’ve always been a busy person, but MAN, I believe I am in the “peak of my crazy motherhood experience” right now. It is straight up nuts. I love it though and I cherish every single day. I still have all six kids Continue Reading…
Loving Fall + Loving My New Healthy Plan!
Happy Friday! Ya know, I’ve decided I really love this time of year! I love the cool, crisp, sunny weather, the beautiful fall leaves, the excitement and structure that the beginning of the school year brings, the fun Halloween season, going to High School Football games…the whole shebang. I really just wish I could freeze time for a bit and soak up the fall season for a while. The leaves are especially beautiful this year! Last weekend, I took some of my kiddos on a quick hike up Bell Canyon to see the leaves. It’s one of my favorite hikes Continue Reading…