Berry-spice smoothie

Remember how I said since we are using the free wifi that our connection is slow? Well this post took me three days! I was only able to load one picture a day. I will be doing lots of collages of the pictures I load from Frank's families visit.

Sorry about this first picture, it wouldn't turn for me :[

As you can see I got this smoothie from Women's Health Magazine. The original smoothie is..

1 cup skim milk

1 cup blueberries

1/2 tsp cinnamon

3/4 cup ice

I wanted to do a smoothie but didn't have blueberries. I did have strawberries and a banana though!

My adaption..

1 cup vanilla almond milk

1 cup chopped strawberries

1 banana

1/2 heaping tsp cinnamon

3/4 cup ice

Super yummy :]

Our "coffee table" readings.

Creamy avocado veggie pasta

When we moved to our new place we chose not to get Internet since we were right next to one of the wifi hot spots at our complex. We love being able to save that little bit of money. Bad part is that it is SLOW! Updating the blog takes a lifetime it feels like. However, since I am a bigger fan of saving money I just need to get used to it.

Now onto this AMAZING recipe. This ended up being a fun meal to cook because Frank and I ended up making it together. Everything needed to be cooked for a certain amount of time and I was still chopping veggies. He manned the stove and did all the cooking and I chopped away.

I want more now.

I found this little gem over at Edible Perspective (go HERE for the recipe). Another awesome site Keri told me about.

Doesn't it look oh so yummy!? :]

He didn't want his picture taken ha

Side note, I love those place mats! I got them at Target for a few bucks. Since they don't store well we just stack them in the center of the table when we're not using them and they look like a center piece... or can hold a center piece.

iPhone photo dump=The pups!

Randoms

• I've been back for almost a week now and every day has been busy for the most part.
• We're getting ready for Frank's family! They come in on the 21st, his mom will be here a week in a half and his brother and his family will be here 2 weeks. Frank just now realized we will have a very full house!
• We are now proud owners of a Kirby vacuum. So far loving it!
• Afternoons like today make me wish I was doing more with my life (It was a boring/lazy afternoon.. and now night). Hopefully soon though!?
• So happy to be back to juicing.. missed it so much.
• You MUST try THIS recipe from Edible Perspective. So good :]
• I am always happy to be back to our church after I've been gone for awhile. I heart THE ROCK!
• We are so close to having our debt paid off! It is so close that I feel like everything is getting in our way to make it happen. Patient is something I need to focus on ;]

That's it's for now! Maybe I'll get around to posting pictures in the next few days....

Cake cones

Not healthy but super good! I went over to visit my aunt today and she was trying out these cake cones for Easter. She had seen Tori Spelling on the view this morning and she was talking about how her kids love these and since my aunt was wanting a fun dessert for the kids at Easter she wanted to give these a try.

You make up a cake, any cake will work, and then let it cool. Once it's cool you break it up and mix in frosting. You can then either make balls and freeze them or you can stuff the cones with the cake mixture and freeze them. 30 minutes to an hour. If you freeze just cake balls then you would put them on the cones. Then if you have kids you can let them frost the cake cones and decorate with whatever you desire.

Fun to make and eat and a twist on cones. I want to come up with a much healthier version when I get back to San Diego.

Still here

Still in Washington... And sick!! Not excited about that. I could feel it coming on over the weekend so I upped my emergenc-c intake but come Monday I had a full blown cold. I'm still trying to get over it but am happy to be feeling even a little better. Getting out of the house helped. My mom is doing amazing for the amount of fractures she has (I believe we know now the number is over 4 or 5). When I took her in to her doctor earlier this week he was shocked to see how well she was walking and feeling. I'm still helping with taking her places since she wont be cleared to drive for awhile. That's pretty much our day to day lives right now. Frank and the pups are enjoying their time alone. Playing at the beech and park... So the normal stuff. We are super close to having our debt paid off so I told frank that's what I want for my birthday. No debt! So if you don't know what to get me money on our last loan will do :] That's it for now.

What a night!

After a 7 1/2 delay in Dallas due to a storm we finally made it to Seattle at 4:30 this morning! We had been hoping the storm would hold off long enough for us to take off but it didn't even really come close. Since it was a thunder/lighting storm they wouldn't wouldn't let anyone on the flight line to refuel the planes. As someone who has a husband who works on helicopters I completely understand the safety issue with that. I would never want frank out there working in lighting. So we were patient with the weather.
We also ended up having a good group of passengers who took it all in stride as well. And the ladies working the counter were amazing! It's like we all became friends over the night haha. Not much you can do about mother nature! They were super helpful with my mom and had a cot brought out for her to lay on which helped her a ton.

We had decided to wait it out unless they finally canceled the flight because the storm was going into today. Which meant all flights out today were booked and possibly going to be canceled as well. We did put our names down for a Wednesday flight just incase but thank the good Lord we did not have to use!

So my mom had upgraded to first class because I made her since I knew she would never survive the flight in coach. It was also her first time in first class! The wonderful flight attendants who made sure she was well taken care of (and that wasn't just because of being in first class, she just got EXTRA special care for that ha) asked if I wanted to move up to sit with her. Heck yes!! Ha this was my second free flight in first class :) love.

So we finally got in at 4:30, I got on a shuttle and went and got my moms car. Then we took this old lady home to Bellevue and finally got home to my parents at 7:30 :/ it was a hard drive!! After a shower (that I was afraid I was going to fall asleep during) and a 5 hour nap I feel amazing!

So that was our Monday ha. Sorry if this is all over the place, my mind is all over the place thinking about our days events!

Here are a few pictures from our night at the airport..

Watch your toes!

Well my mom is out of the hospital! We are staying at an extended stay near my aunts house till Monday when we fly home to Washington. We would have loved to stay with my aunt (I'm in love with her new house!) but sleeping wise just didn't work for my mom.
The extended stay works.. It's not the best, but we needed a little kitchenette and something close to my aunt. So we're fine with it.

Everyday she is able to move better and is no longer in horrible pain. She had been wanting to leave Saturday just because she was more than ready to be home and felt fine at the hospital. I convinced her to stay till Monday so she could rest and get used to walking with her walker longer distances and just doing more in general. After leaving the hospital yesterday she was very happy she agreed to stay.

Her company bought her a very nice wheelchair to use, which has been nice!