I received the complimentary cheese and items from Mini Babybel, but the text and opinions expressed are entirely my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the brand.
I hope each and every one of you had a fabulous Easter weekend!
My kiddos went back to school today after having several days off for Spring Break. It was so tough to drag everyone out of bed this morning, myself included!
However, I do enjoy having a more predicable and productive schedule.
I’m also REALLY enjoying my healthy diet….so much! I started yesterday and can already tell a difference. I feel less bloated and blah-like. It’s great. I’ve definitely been craving sugar, especially with all the Easter candy we have around our house, but I feel very stubborn and determined to succeed!
I have so many things to share with you guys about my diet plan….deep thoughts, meal ideas, success tips, food pics, etc., but I’m going talk about that tomorrow in a separate post, K?
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I recently received a fun “Spring Break” package from Babybel cheese. My kids always get so excited when these packages come in the mail.
It included 4 different flavors of cheese; Original, White Cheddar, Light and Mozzarella. Yum! It also included some fun magnetic travel games, a travel activity book for the kids and a gift card to purchase some items to pair with the cheese.
So fun!
We went on some fun family excursions over Spring Break and the items in this package definitely came in handy. On Friday night, we took the family on a short hike which led to a fun park.
I grabbed these snacks as we ran out the door…
I love to pair Babybel cheese with popcorn and/or fruit, or in this case fruit leather. They taste great together and you get a good source of protein (6 grams in each cheese) and healthy carbs.
I also love that all of my kids LOVE these snacks. No complaining=a happy mom. 😉
The hike was beautiful and the weather was perfect.
We also had a lot of fun playing at the park. My littlest ones loved playing on the playground and all of us had fun racing. Kev raced several of the kids first…
Then I decided to “race” too. Loved it.
There’s just something about running across a big grassy field that is strangely, so much fun! Jimmer (the dog) had an absolute ball as well. He was in heaven!
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On Saturday morning, we started the day off with a fun Easter Egg hunt put on by our city…
They split it up into age groups and I went with my cute 6 year old (he’s smack in the middle of that pic.)
After the Easter egg hunt, we decided to have a fun family day. We took the kidlets to Salt Lake City and first stopped at the BEST donut shop in the whole entire world!
Banbury Cross Donuts! Holy freak guys, I’m NOT kidding when I say these donuts are the very best ever. They are extremely dangerous.
They have so many yummy flavors. The raised donuts melt in your mouth and the cake donuts are so flippin’ good! We let the kids each pick out a donut and I picked out a Coconut cake donut for myself. Holy yum.
We also took some home, which was probably not a very good idea! I told Kev that we’ll probably be visiting this donut shop once a month (on my free weekend!) from now on. 😉
After stopping at the donut shop, we decided to burn some calories off on another hike! We hiked up Ensign Peak, which is a wonderful hike for families.
It’s only about a mile round-trip, but it’s a tough hike! It’s very steep at times and gets the heart pumping. 😉 I love it.
It also has some history behind it, which I love too. When the pioneers first arrived in the Salt Lake valley in 1847, the leaders climbed up this peak to survey and plan out the city they intended to build.
Pretty cool! It was a beautiful view, although it was kind of hazy. 🙁
The hike going down was a lot quicker…
Although, my daughter and I were the slow pokes…
When we finished our hike, we stopped for a bit to enjoy the picnic lunch I packed.
I just made a whole bunch of Peanut Butter and Jelly/Honey sandwiches and we had them along with some fruit leather, Babybel cheese, apples, grapes and Cheez-It crackers (not pictured.)
Everything tasted great. After the hike, we walked around Salt Lake City for a bit. We visited Temple Square and the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
It was a really fun day!
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On Sunday morning we went to church, and then afterward enjoyed some fun Easter things.
Ya, we’re a little unorthodox.
My littlest kiddos wanted to use their Halloween buckets as their Easter baskets and I wrapped their gifts (they each got a spring outfit) in Christmas paper. Awesome! Oh, and I didn’t feel like dealing with Easter grass this year, so that’s why there’s a grocery sack under my son’s basket….so the candy wouldn’t fall through the cracks!
Totally redneck. Can you tell I’m the mother of many??? Yes, I pretty much just go with the flow and do what works!
The kids didn’t care one bit and were just happy to get yummy candy and cute clothes.
Oh, and I didn’t quite know how to divide up the Peeps, so I just laid them out in a pile (pictured in front of the couch) and told the kids the Easter bunny said to “share!” LOL.
Later on, we went up to my parent’s house for Easter dinner and I totally didn’t take ANY pictures! Lame. However, I did snap ONE picture of my cute 6 year old because he lost his first tooth while we were up there.
He was beyond excited! I told him he needed to stop getting so darn big. Sigh.
Oh, and I also managed to take my baby bump picture as well. I’m now 23+ weeks along…
Well that’s all for now folks. It’s getting late and I need to hit the hay! I plan on hopping on here tomorrow to tell y’all all about my fun diet plan. Woo hoo.
Have a great night! xoxo
Looks like you had a fun weekend! Your baby bump is so cute! Love that dress!
Thanks so much! We had a great weekend. I got my dress at Old Navy and I’ve loved it so much. 😉
I totally get sugar hangovers if I’ve been indulging too much. Glad you are feeling good after one day. What we eat really effects our mood! I had a few too many mini Cadbury eggs but I wasn’t THAT bad considering. I love your dress!
I know, I wish I didn’t love sugar so much! It’s crazy how much it affects my body. Cadbury mini eggs are so dang addicting. I’m glad they’re only available around Easter!
I’ve been looking into fruit leathers and trying to figure out what the best one to buy is. There are a lot out there and some look like glorified fruit roll ups. I also don’t have the patience to just make my own. I’ll have to try this Stretch Island Fruit Co that you have in the photos above. Do you have any other recommendations?
I love, love, love Stretch Island because they’re made from just fruit and that’s it! I also love that I can buy a big ol’ box of them at Costco. There are a bunch of other great brands out there though. I would just look at the ingredient list and only buy ones that are just made from fruit…nothing else. Good luck!
Great pictures! I love your dress. I love the Christmas wrap and Halloween buckets too….my son loves pumpkins and all things Halloween. He wore a Halloween shirt the other day. I have learned to let go and let them be themselves and not worry so much about appearances:). Looking forward to more about your diet plan! Hope you got lots of rest!
Thanks so much! I know, I’ve had to learn to just “go with the flow” too and let a lot of things go. 😉
OMG I am stealing your Halloween bucket idea next year for my teenage son. He will love it!
Congrats to your little one losing his tooth! He must feel he is now in the big kid category.
I enjoyed your family pictures so much! My teens are too boring and won’t play outside and have fun with me anymore.
This is a great time to bring up Babybel cheese and fruit snacks to counteract all the Easter candy snacking!
LOL! I bet your teenage son would love using a Halloween “basket.” 🙂 We really had a fun weekend. I love this time of year!
Sounds like y’all had a super weekend – love all the hiking and outdoor family fun!!
And – great idea on the basket thing – Easter baskets aren’t cheap!!!
We really had a fun weekend! We have a bunch of random, small Easter baskets, but I really should pick some up on clearance now that Easter is over!
I love that you make your family stay so active — you guys are always doing fun stuff!
Thanks so much! I love doing active things with my kids because it’s good for them and I get some exercise in too! 😉
So jealous, love BabyBel cheese, but have only ever tried the light.
I love Babybel so much! All the flavors are great!
Great blog! Looks liked you had a fun filled Easter!
Thanks so much! Our Easter was a blast. 😉
YOU look phenomenal!! You are such a beauty – I cannot get over it. Your husband is a lucky lucky dude! 😉 And those “easter baskets” – I just can’t, SOOOO FUNNY! 😉
Awww, you’re a sweetie. You just made this pregnant lady’s day!
Those mountains in the background of your photos are so cool! We definitely don’t have anything like that here! 🙂
I love all Babybel and Laughing Cow products. They are soooo good! That package you got is awesome!
I really love the mountains so much. Even though I see them every day, they still look fake to me most days. It’s crazy. I love Babybel and Laughing Cow so much too!