We love Nutella!!!

Helpful heart...

Liz has a helpers heart.  Spent a couple of hours helping grandma Cathy tearing off wallpaper.  :)

Emotional damage..

Gotta love reliable work vehicles and one tow truck within 100 miles.  Makes for productive days.

Healthy Iced Coffee

 

Healthy Iced Coffee:

Finding a good low calorie iced coffee is not an easy pursuit.  Here is my favorite so far:

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup  almond milk, unsweetened
• 1 1/2 cups chilled brewed coffee
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups crushed ice
• 3 drops Stevia Extract Liquid Dark Chocolate by *Now
• Blend!

 

The love of a sister:

Bed time is hard when you are 2.  Tonight Ethan was giggly - which is funny & cute.  Until you ask him 3 times to go to bed.  Then we take his favorite blanky, followed by favorite pillow pet - which leads to major crying & even more attempts to come out & ask for his stuff back.  Pretty soon you hear Elizabeth telling him it will be ok, just close his eyes & go to sleep, while she sings him a bedtime song. :)

Cooking Gluten Free:

Protein Balls - I started making these a few weeks ago after changing a recipe I found online.  Each ball has about 100 calories, 4G Fiber & 7G Protein.

• 2 Tbsp Organic Sunbutter
• 2 Tbsp Nutella
• 1 Cup Oatmeal
• 4 Tbsp Coconut
• 3 Tbsp Hemp Seed
• 2 Tbsp Chia Seeds
• 2 Tbsp Flax Seed
• 2 Tbsp Garden of Life Raw Protein Powder
• 1/2 banana

Family Game Night:

I am not a big enough person to pretend lose when I actually kick everyone's butt.. so tonight I won - twice.  Take that family!

Family:

I'm an amazing daughter.  Really.  If I have excelled @ one thing in my life its being someone's kid.  My parents & I bonded from early adulthood, thanks to spending most of my high school days grounded & have been close since.  I blame them for being so strict & ruining my school experience, because I was perfect.  Really.

Mom & I

Dad & Matt

Quarry Oaks Moon

My life...

Welcome to my blog!  Its the trendy thing to do & I'm all about being trendy, so keep up.  

A little about me... I'm 30 (insert sad face).  Mom of 2 awesome kids.  Married to a great guy who drives me crazy.  Live in a small NE community along with my parents & in - laws.  Gin & Tonic makes me almost as happy as coffee.  I love a good workout even though I seem to be on a mission to stay @ my post pregnant size forever & ever.  Have the best friends in the world that I would do anything for.  Love a good concert.  Wish I was rich so I could travel the world & spend my time reading.  Trying to live Gluten Free.  On a daily mission to balance work, family & most importantly faith.