What a fun day!  This morning after making the Friendship Bread (which turned out great, by the way), I dropped the kids off with my parents and ran errands, took a nice long run, we all had lunch together and then drove to Galax, I got in a nice bike ride while there, we hung [...]

I decided to feed and use the starter Carina gave me, and found a recipe for Amish Friendship Bread… of course I healthy-ed it up a bit, and here’s what I came up with:
INGREDIENTS

1 cup starter

2/3 cup vegetable oil (omega-3 enriched)
3 eggs (omega-3 enriched)
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup white sugar/splenda (mostly splenda)
1 tablespoon ground [...]

It was a pretty good day today, though I was a bit worried this morning.  The kids were playing on my computer, David had just finished in the shower, and I was checking my email on the kitchen laptop, when Ellie comes to tell David, “I saw a new bird!” and brings him to the [...]

Today I got plenty of workouts in, sneaked in a nap while the kids and I watched a movie together, made playdoh, and then headed out the door for an afternoon off.  I ate at an amazing sushi place, bought myself several new shirts and hair accessories, and went to a play.  One of my [...]

I have a new project I’m embarking on… and its incredibly dorky and yet very satisfying.  I’m using my heart rate monitor while doing every workout video I have, and recording the calories burned and average heart rate for each video.  This way I know exactly how strenuous each video is, and if I’m short [...]

What a great day!  I’m exhausted because I worked out a ton today… but I’ll post a couple pictures before collapsing into bed.
THIS is part of what’s so great about living in the country:

We had a lovely picnic at Nana’s house today:

And here’s a couple silly pictures of my kids in sunglasses, their favorite summer [...]

So, here some absolutely hysterical videos of my kids…
Have you ever wondered what it would sound like if a very happy 2 year old sang the blues and played harmonica? Well here you go! The lyrics to this song that Ellie made up are, ” I love strawberries!”
Ellie Plays the Blues
And, here [...]