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whole30 menu – day 8

One week down on Whole30. Feeling good now that my sugar & caffeine crash has subsided. We have each lost several pounds and clothes are looser. It’s been such a joy to be in control of food rather than food controlling me. I am not running to food as a stress reliever anymore. Food tastes…

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Photo of the Day – Day 2

Scrub a dub dub… Raney kids in the tub. I hear barking. I hear giggles. I hear more barking. I fear what lies behind the bathroom door. What have the kids done in the two minutes I was changing a baby’s diaper? Put the dog in the bath? Thankfully no. They were ACTING like dogs…

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roasted chickpeas {sweet & salty}

Wait! Don’t close your browser! You are at the right blog. It’s me. I  know… weird to see a food post from me. I am ashamed to say that I rarely, if ever, cook. It’s not that I don’t like it. It’s that I just I am lazy. There. I said it. So in honor…

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batter up

Our little man started his first season of baseball this week. One practice and his smile has not faded. Can’t imagine what game day is gonna feel like. Sweet boy. Love how special he feels. Like he is on top of the world.  

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re.new

A new season is slowly rolling in. A season of fresh beginnings. A season of new routines. A season of grace poured out. This time of year always brings my heart much renewal. The winds blow in. The leaves change. The cool air, welcomed relief. A foreshadowing of the fall rolled in this morning. Temperatures…

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junk or not junk?

The past two months our family has been experimenting with raw foods, juicing, and vegan recipes. More for health reasons than anything else. Think we’ve watched one too many documentaries (love Food Inc, Food Matters, Ingredients, and Fat Sick & Nearly Dead). We have really enjoyed learning about new foods we never even knew about!…

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teacher LOVE

We LOVE Noah’s new teachers!!! He is in Kindergarten this year and we made a sweet gift for them for Meet the Teacher night. We filled up a jar with mint candies and topped it off with a tag that said “I’m glad you were ‘mint’ to be my teacher!” We actually made two… the…

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twinkle toes

The excitement grew each day. We watched videos of ballet class, read books on ballet, went to the dance store and picked out ballet shoes, tap shoes, tights, leotard, and a bag to carry it all. Evy was jumping with excitement when it was finally the day to start her first ballet class. She beamed…

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