Why is it when you are dieting, the best looking foods come across your radar? Seriously. We are doing family pictures at the end of August, and I really wanted to get to my "ideal body" before that time, so Jeremiah and I have been really watching what we eat and participating in the 21-day Fix program. We are on workout #4 and it. is. killer.I gave up all my favorite things...chocolate, root beer, and laying around doing nothin. It hasn't made a big difference yet, however I lost the Twix bar and cola weight. But that only gets you so far, so that's where the workouts come in. Its gone well, and since Jeremiah and I are doing it together, we can keep each other accountable. Also, Meg does a good job of barking at us when we pause to rest or catch our breath. Damn dog.Anywho, all these beautiful foods are coming across my Pinterest boards and I needed a little inspiration to get to the end of August AND these foods are that for me.Yum.
On Saturday morning the kiddos and I met up with Hannah and her little darling, Lilly, at a local berry-picking farm. We have actually never done it before (and it showed) but we left with some jam, 2 containers of Raspberries and Marion berries! We were sweating and whining, but all in all it was a great morning spent with great friends!The funny and wonderful thing about Lilly is that when we found out that Hannah was having a daughter, we joked around that Lilly and Maddux would eventually get married. Funnier yet, they share the exact same birthday!!! Meant to be, I think so :)Hope you all had a great weekend!
I recently put a new project under my belt...re-opening our Etsy shop. I first opened it a few years ago and sold 3-4 items, but then life got in the way and I stopped doing it. I really love Etsy and it's quite easy to have a shop. The purchases are seamless and they take care of a lot of work (payments) so it's very user-friendly. Also, I LOVE thrifting so it works out great. We've had a handful of sales so I am very happy with it. There is a link on the right hand side that shows all the current listings. If you have any suggestions or tips for selling on Etsy, please let me know!!
We all took our annual trip to Bend this past weekend. It was an absolute blast! We don't usually take the kiddos along, but last year I kept thinking "the kiddos would really like this" so we decided to bring them along this year. On Saturday morning we went "off-roading" (according to the kids and the dirt road) about 30 minutes from Bend and headed to Tumalo Falls. It was about a mile hike and then we found some great little brooks where we could wade in the water and have our picnic. They were real troopers! We also threw pinecones into the rushing river, hit the local street fair, and made a fort in the room for the kiddos to sleep in. It was a great trip :)We got home on Sunday afternoon and we took some nice naps ;) I took today (Monday) off of work and Jeremiah took me to the driving range for the first time ever today and I had a blast. Then we went and ran some errands and then went to his employee work party where we played games, ate cotton candy and the kiddos had their faces painted.All in all, it was a terrific weekend! Hope you all were able to enjoy the sun wherever you may be :)
