May 27 2013
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adoption, funny, hayden, mothers day

Mothers

I was so busy during Mothers day that I never properly posted about it or about the fabulous mothers in my life. May is incredibly busy for us, with weddings, graduations, and then nearly every birthday of anyone we know, and then Mothers Day. Literally my husband, dad, and father in law all share birthdays within a few days of each other. It gets crazy!

We spent time with both of our moms and my family loved on me and made me feel so special. I’m so thankful that we live close to our mothers and get to spend so much time with each of them!

Lately, Hayden has been trying to convince us to adopt a brother for her, or to please go to the doctor to see if they can see a baby in my stomach. (Chuckling) A couple of weeks ago, when I told her that adoption is extremely expensive and something that takes time and patience and lots of money, she responded ” Can you just give them your debit card??”

Her newest response came today when she asked me, “Well, can we just get a cheap one??”

I love that girl. All my girls. I’m so thankful for the joy they give me and that I have been blessed to be their mother.

The twins brought home brown bags with “breakfast in bed” for me on Mother’s Day.
I shared 🙂

Preslyn–my baby and mini-me

Ella–My sweet princess. She is so girly and loves to wear dress up clothes

The child that made me a Mom, Hayden–7yrs

Me and My Mom after one of our daily workouts

A Mother’s Nest necklace I made for a customer of mine. Loved how it turned out. 

So thankful that this photo is so full! Love my girls!! H, E, P

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May 24 2013
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dentist, Ella, five, Friday, oklahoma, recipe

Friday Five

Wow! What a week. I feel like I was in my car most of the time going back and forth from all sorts of things that kept me busy, but my life is full and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Here’s five things from my week:

Impacted:

The tornadoes of Oklahoma. So thankful that all of our family is safe and accounted for. Praying for all effected and specifically for those who have lost loved ones.

Inspired by:

love this! those shelves, the simplicity, that couch. summer come quickly!!! Mama’s got work to do!

Real Life:

Dentist appointments and sick days

What we’re eatin’:
Adapted from this recipe
I added red bell peppers and feta cheese. 

Loving:

My new Roberto Cavalli Bag 
Ready to load it up with sunscreen, sunshades, books, snacks and park it poolside!

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May 13 2013
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Ending the week with some laughs

Medicated Golden Retriever
http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2013/05/stoned-golden-retriever.html

Pomeranian
http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2013/05/adorable-pomeranian-dog-struggles-to.html

Kids Reacting to food in slow motion
http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2013/05/kids-reacting-to-new-foods-in-slow.html

Sad Cat Diary
http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2013/05/sad-cat-diary.html

Lip Sync Sing off
http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2013/05/john-krasinski-vs-jimmy-fallon-lip-sync.html

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May 04 2013
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fitness, Friday

50 degrees in May

This weather has got to be a record. I recall one summer a few years back that we were in the pool already by now, yet this morning the girls went and got long sleeves, pants, gloves and jackets on. Hoping it continues for a while!

music that I liked:
Tracey Bonham//Whether you fall
Kate Havnevik// Sleepless
The Kooks//Naïve
Sia//Breathe Me
Cold War Kids//Hang me Up to Dry
Ratatat//Loud Pipes

living in:
new whitewashed denim jeans
comfy goodHyouman tshirt

proud of:
losing 5 inches off my entire body since 4.16.13—hard work payin off!!

Apr 18 2013
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baking for good, review

Baking for Good

A few weeks ago Baking for Good reached out to me to see if they could send me a box of cookies to review. Um….YES, you can send me a box of cookies! I’ve been really watching what I’m eating so I was excited when they said they had gluten free and vegan friendly cookies. (They also have dairy free and a host of other options.)

The box arrived and my family was on pins and needles waiting for the perfect opportunity to taste test them. I can say that we have a 100% approval rating for Baking for Good.

With Earth Day approaching on April 21, we were excited that 4 of the cookies were in honor of Earth Day. The girls loved both of the types and it made me think what a cute gift these would be for a classroom party or snack on Earth Day. So go over to Baking for Good and check out all the varieties of flavors and treats they can make for you. The packages start at $14 which is a steal if you are trying to send someone a gift by delivery. Cheaper than flowers and obviously more tasty.

I was going to try to list my favorite, but each cookie was so uniquely flavored and rich with taste, that I honestly couldn’t choose.

We sampled the Earth Day cookies, Gluten-Free Citrus Cookies, Gluten-free Chocolate Cookies, and the Peach Cobbler Cookies.

My stomach was in heaven!

If you are an Instagram fan like I am, you can have your “Instas” turned into cookies. How cute! What a fun party favor or way to celebrate a special event.

The best part of all is that not only do they make amazingly tasty treats, but they are an amazing business to support due to their cause. Baking for Good (www.bakingforgood.com) is a local and
sustainable online bakery with a social mission: 15% of the net proceeds from each purchase will go to a cause in any category the customer chooses. The causes span several categories including animals, education, health, veterans, and more. Over $45,000 in donations has been granted to more than 200 nonprofits in the last four years.

Go check them out!

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Apr 12 2013
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Ella, fitness, friends

Friday Five

1 So thankful for my friends!

(and those that are not pictured )

2 The weather has warmed up and I’m hoping it will stay like this so I can get my garden planted tomorrow. I’m thinking, tomatoes, peppers,  zucchini, cucumbers, lettuce, spinach, strawberries, green beans, carrots, radishes, onion, sweet potatoes, plus herbs.

3 Ella lost her first tooth!

4 Super excited because today was measurement day for me and I have lost 1 1/2″ off my lower stomach and  1 1/4″ off my natural waist since Feb 4. Whoohoo! Mostly clean eating, lots of water and hitting the gym at least 4 times a week has paid off!

5 New Pandora station recommendation “The Assemblie” . Had a slew of church worship bands that I had never listened to before and I really enjoyed it.

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Apr 12 2013
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dance, review, shake it up

We like to SHAKE it UP

We had an amazing opportunity to preview the new Shake It Up Dance Soundtrack. If you know my girls or have seen any of our Vine videos you know that my girls are dancing MANIACS. 

So they FREAKED when the CD arrived and we couldn’t get it in the cd player fast enough. They played through each of the 12 songs asking me to tell them the names and now have the entire thing memorized, including the lyrics and the names of the songs. They know their favorites and can tell if the CD is in the middle, end or starting from the beginning. 

Its a fun CD, with good lyrics and great beats. They love it! If you have kiddos that love to dance and love music, you need to head over to amazon or itunes and grab it! 

Here’s a little info on the stars behind the music.

The stars of Disney Channel’s hit television series “Shake It Up,” Bella Thorne and Zendaya (currently seen on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” and is one of the youngest contestants to compete), kick off the all-new Shake It Up soundtrack, from Walt Disney Records.
 

The collection of 12 dance tracks is featured on the third season of the hit show.

Highlights include Thorne and Zendaya’s fizzy duet “This Is My Dance Floor,” Zendaya’s energetic “Beat of My Drum,” Dover Cameron’s “Future Sounds Like Us,” and Olivia Holt’s sassy version of “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’.” Tracks by Selena Gomez, Coco Jones, and Bridgit Mendler round out a collection sure to get the Radio Disney set moving.

“Shake It Up” is the #1 live-action TV series in its time period among Kids 2-11 and Kids 6-11. The show chronicles the adventures of best friends CeCe (Bella Thorne) and Rocky (Zendaya), whose dreams of becoming professional dancers are realized when they land roles as background dancers on the most popular teen dance show, “Shake It Up, Chicago!

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Apr 09 2013
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garden, grow

Grow: Spring Egg Crate Garden Starters

This year I wanted to try something new with my seed packets. The easter bunny brought the kiddos one little starter each and I had some seed packets that I wanted to do. I was cooking dinner the other night when I remembered seeing egg crate gardens and I just so happened to have some egg crates that I had just emptied.

It’s been fun to watch them start sprouting each day and will soon be planting the whole egg into the full sized garden, once I clear out the weeds from last season.

I also planted some into my cute Trader Joe’s soup cans that I kept since they had my initials. I planted pretty flowers in them so I can keep them indoors and enjoy them.

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Apr 07 2013
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birthday, travel

30ish

My big plan this past year was that I wanted to go skiing for my 30th birthday. Our kiddos have never seen snow before and have been really excited as we began planning the big trip.

We decided with the cost of flying 5 of us, it would be better to drive, plus that would ease us into the altitude and have less probability for altitude sickness. (My parents got this last year when they made the same trip and it was 18 hours of misery for them both.)

The drive was great. The kiddos were road warriors. They slept, watched movies, read books and were totally chill.

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fredirector.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3Da60a46d935cf8a42%26itag%3D18%26source%3Dpicasa%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%253Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1367892061%26sparams%3Did%2Citag%2Csource%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%26signature%3D77BC98B31FAF65FC0BD0EA9E77911857E18B540B.D60AC965754B6A6F5F8319B85BEF020B6BF8538E%26key%3Dlh1

Hayden had watched a TV show at my parents house of places to visit and this was her #1 choice and happened to be where we were visiting, so we took the tour and scored some yummy loot for souvenirs. 
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fredirector.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3D949ba5291fb30cf7%26itag%3D18%26source%3Dpicasa%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%253Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1367892241%26sparams%3Did%2Citag%2Csource%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%26signature%3D4DA0ECFC5B36CDF1D64E2985A2F3B1C667A2129E.79A786459376BFF71B204CD8C6A741CE6C9A0F6F%26key%3Dlh1

I’m so glad we went. We were able to catch up with some of our friends that we see maybe once or twice a year. They have 4 boys that get along great with our girls. Its a wild bunch, that’s for sure, when they are all together!!

We also got to see my roommate from college, who I haven’t seen since 2007 , and meet her husband, who was so great!

The trip was fabulous, the weather was amazing, the girls went to ski school and did really well. Preslyn and Ella finally mastered how to stop by the last day and then were fine with playing in the daycare for our last day of skiing. Their bodies were worn out! Hayden made it out of ski school and onto the mountain with us for our last day. She did so great. She was so brave and went down a blue on her first run!

Our last run of the day, we all had a miscommunication as to whether we were going one more time. Hayden and BJ skied straight back into the lift line and I didn’t. So while BJ was telling me to come get back in line, Hayden inched her self further and further in the line and then onto the lift (it was a very small lift but still!) all by herself. She was giddy and giggly about it and we were both terrified! She did all the right things she had been taught and luckily it wasn’t a long ride and we were all reunited again. Later in the day she tells me, “Hey, Mom, when I was on the lift by myself  I sighed and then said “ALONE at LAST.” Her face was priceless. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that phrase. What a nut she is!

Happy 30th-ish to me!

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Apr 02 2013
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currently, rawoutlaw

I’m Currently…

Inspired by my lovely cousin, Bethe, here’s what I’m currently…

Watching

The Odd life of Timothy Green…I think I’m 10 minutes in and its already gripped my heart. If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that I’m rewatching E.R. from start to finish. I’m almost finished with season 8. A few of my regular faves are: New Girl and Hawaii 5-0.

Reading

The Inn at Rose Harbour. I checked it out at the library before our vacation and I haven’t even cracked a page yet. I’m hoping it will be great once I finally get started on it.

Enjoying

The first glimpses of spring. The bluebonnets are sprouting up everywhere and the temperatures are amazing. I am savouring them because I know it won’t last. Soon I will be drenched in sweat just trying to walk from my car to the house.

Planning

My summer bucket list, where the children are headed to school in the fall, articles for my new job (more on that soon) and an office makeover.

Excited about

My new job. I’m the Executive Beauty Editor and Fashionista for a new organization. The website is launching June 1 and I’m really excited to share more with you! For now you can check out http://www.facebook.com/myrawoutlaw.

Pinning

Clean eating recipes. Spring fashion. Office ideas.

Waiting for

What’s next. You know that saying “When all the doors are closing, be happy in the hallway.” Well, right now we are in the hallway of sorts and eagerly waiting for the next door to open.

Playing with

I started playing Sims while we were driving to and from Colorado and now I’m hooked. I’m not a big gamer so I always feel silly playing it, but oh well.

Looking forward to

Some really great concerts with my bestest. We are headed to She & Him in June and Ellie Goulding in August. I. Cant. Wait.

I’d love to know what you are currently up to. Leave a comment with a link to your currently blog!
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