You Da Bomb!

Mom,

I seriously don't know how you did it. You da BOMB.

love,

Your Daughter

Coming into my last few weeks of pregnancy I have been often thinking about the women who go through this over and over and over again all the while having little kids running a muck in the house.

I can't imagine trying to keep the house clean, running errands, taking kids all around town to different activities while having back aches, a baby that randomly kicks you during the day and sometimes really hurts, uncomfortable nights of sleep and never actually feeling like you get enough sleep. All the while feeling like your body and your life is no longer your own.

I don't know how she did it.

Isn't she beautiful???

And I don't know how we all turned out pretty darn good.

I could go on and on about all the wonderful things my mother did to bring us all into the world and how she continued to give of her body and her life to give us life.

But today I am grateful for the nine months in particular she gave to me to grow healthy and strong and that she was able to do it with three boys running a muck in the house. 

Thank you Mom, you da BOMB!

Breakfast Blues

Do you know what the breakfast blues are? If not it’s because you haven’t met my husband.

He hates to eat breakfast, he hates to get up earlier to have time to make it, he hates that it starts his metabolism so early, and he knows he can live without it, so he does.

It bothers me that he doesn’t eat it, it's the most IMPORTANT meal of the day!

But I have found one recipe that he likes and will actually eat on his way out and they are filled with delicious, healthy things for you. 

Notice how my food pictures are what most of us are use to seeing when we 

pull out of the oven. How the heck do those people on your 

Instagram make food look so beautiful...

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups applesauce, unsweetened
1 banana, mashed
6 packets of Sweetleaf Stevia or 1½ teaspoons stevia powder or use ½ cup honey
5 cups, Old Fashioned rolled oats {Bob’s Red Mill}
¼ cup flaxseed meal
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
3 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2¾ cups milk
Optional toppings: raisins, walnuts, chocolate chips

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix eggs, vanilla, applesauce, banana and Stevia together in a bowl.
Add in oats, flax, cinnamon, baking powder, salt and mix well with wet ingredients.
Finally pour in milk and combine.
Spray a 12 and 6 capacity muffin tin with cooking spray or use cupcake liners. Pour mixture evenly into muffin tin cups.
If using toppings add them onto the tops of muffins now. If using fresh or frozen fruit, drop it right into the batter.
Bake 30 minutes until a toothpick in center comes out clean.
Cool and enjoy or freeze them in gallon freezer bags.

Nutrition Info (without toppings)

Servings: 18* Calories for one: 143* Fat: 4g* Cholesterol: 25mg* Sodium: 161mg* Fiber: 4g* Sugars: 4g* Carbs: 23g* Protein: 6g*

**Gluten Free & Diabetic Friendly** Recipe Source: SugarFreeMom.com

Sisterhood (Women Crush Wednesday)

 

I have been blessed with some of the most wonderful friends a girl could ask for (not all are pictured here). Over the years I have built some long lasting friendships that have been there for me in more ways than I can count. Like the one time I told them I was getting married and they had 6 weeks to find a flight and a dress to come out and celebrate with me on my big day and they all did. 

I was reminded this past weekend of the power of sisterhood and how important it really is. All of these women and many others have been with me during really important times of my life, they have been an example, a good friend, a listener, or just an AWESOME wingman to some fabulous parties. 

I value my friendships so much and HATE to lose any, EVER. But all of my friends and I are different. 

Some have chosen to move on to having a family early and then have kid after kid which people love to make it clear to them that they think it is crazy. Some have chosen paths that have lead them away from the gospel, while others are as devoted as can be. Some have chosen to be working moms, while others have decided to stay home with the kids. Some of them just have a different way of life, that you or I may not understand.

But I still love them and I was reminded of how important that love and our friendship are. 

We women NEED each other. We RELY on each other. And it is so important that no matter how different we may be at different stages of our lives, that we find the good in each other. 

Bonnie L. Oscarson said:

"If there are barriers it is because we ourselves have created them. We must stop looking at our differences and find out what we have in common." 

No matter how different we are. It is so important that we find what we have in common instead of focusing on the differences. 

Sisters, we need to find the good in each other, we need to love each other more, we need to devote ourselves to helping each other more, and we need to remember we NEED each other.