This Fall...

Utah has the most beautiful fall seasons I have ever seen, granted I have not been too many places... But the colors the leaves change, the red mountains, everything is so pretty. My favorite fall color is yellow, because their are so many different shades of yellow here, the leaves range from golden yellow all the way to neon yellow.

I don't enjoy the cold very much, it requires so much bundling up and layering. My house is about 1,000 yrs. old and made of cement or something that traps all the cold in it, so I am constantly cold, especially my feet. In my anthropology class last year I learned about eskimos, and how their bodies adapted to the cold by improving their blood circulation over time. Well, my mom and I both have really poor circulation, seriously my feet feel like ice blocks most of the time. I hate it!

We can't really tell yet how Harley will do in the cold weather, he loves the snow and seems to like being outside in it, as long as we are out there with him...he likes to run along the ground with his mouth open and scoop it up, it's so funny!

We are excited for Thanksgiving, and the chance we get to spend it with Family, YAY!

Scott and I are both still busy, he is working hard in all his classes,and I am still desperately trying to find a job, as my part time job is about to end! YIKES! We are about to celebrate 1 1/2 of marriage, it has flown by and I love him so much :) We have had so many challenges throughout the last few years, and our relationship has grown so much. I feel very thankful and blessed for all that we have and all the support we have from loving family members. The Holidays are really a time when I feel really grateful for the life I have been given.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY TREATS IS:

57 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

Smoothie time!

As my family knows, I love making smoothies. I told Scott the other day that I am going to open up a smoothie shop someday...lol. Actually I just want to come up with the smoothies, the running my own store thing would not go so well. But I actually am really talented at coming up with delicious flavors, lol.... but I guess it is not that hard. I try to make them every day, and Scott and I usually have them with dinner, they are great because you can get a few servings of fruit in them, and they taste so good. You can basically throw together any fruit, some juice, a little yogurt, ice, and BAM! Smoothie time. One of my favorites goes like this, and I never measure things so I am guessing for a lot of the ingredients.

1 Banana

1 cup strawberries (or pineapple)

1 cup blueberries

1/4 cup any flavor yogurt

1/2 cup vanilla soy milk (or regular milk)

1/4 cup pomergranate juice

1/2 cup orange juice

3 tbs sugar( I like things very sweet)

3 cups of ice (more or less depending on the consistency you like)

-if it turns out too thick, add 1/2 cup of water.

* I put in a few tsp. of orange benefiber, it adds flavor and fiber!-but if you put it only put in 1 tbs. of sugar, because it is very sweet.

...BLEND!!...

Something that is also great to do is if you have a juicer, you can juice apples, carrots, oranges, anything, and put that in too. And if you have watermelon, try it out in a smoothie sometime. Don't make it the main fruit, just add a cup in to whatever you are making, it makes it so creamy and yummy!

My recipies usually make enough for two big glasses and a little leftover. Sometimes I freeze the extra and eat it the next day, use it as a replacement for sorbet!!

Enjoy :)

Isn't it Ironic?

For the last two months I have had knee problems. It started out with a little pain in my right knee and got progressively worse. I thought it was because I had been going to this weight-lifting class, because it involved tons of lunges and squats. Good for the butt, hard on the knees. Anyway, I stopped doing pretty much all physical activity, apart from a little swimming, cycling, and walking. It has been so hard because it takes me so long to get in shape, and I had no choice but to stop running, which I have been doing since high school.
Anyway long story short, I went to a Sports Med Doctor, he took a look at me, and of course my knee is just rubbing the wrong way, it happens to a lot of women, you just have to live with it. My hips are a little misaligned, bla bla bla. I absolutely hate when it ends up being something I "just have to manage and live with." Anyway some advice for everyone, women especially, it is really important to do things like yoga and pilates, because it helps to align your hips and helps your knees to work properly as well. I had not been doing pilates, and I think that plus not enough stretching plus bad knees and bad back = knee problems. Now I am doing physical therapy every day, which is basically pilates. It is so hard!! I am sore every day.

The ironic part of this story, is that, throughout all this, I have gotten smaller... But it is just because I have lost muscle, so I can't say I am thrilled about it. Plus, when you have a bum as large as mine, running and weight-lifting are what defies gravity, so that sucks..for now anyway. Hopefully I can gradually start running again. But it does feel nice to be a little smaller, I am not going to lie :)

Life Lately

Love is in the air.......

he still loves to snuggle!!

devil child!!!

he looks like and old man here...

Harley:

We can't believe how grown up he is now!! As you could see in one of the pictures, he is still getting into trouble sometimes, but we are hoping that phase will be over..SOON! We thought at the rate he was growing that he would get to be at least 80 lbs, but he has not gained any weight lately, so we are thinking maybe he will stay at 60, hopefully...

Scott and I: Busy Busy..Scott is going to school and working, I am working, graduated, and looking for full time work. When we are not doing those things we like to play, and spend time with each other and Harley.

I am a horrible blogger, I can't even separate the pictures the way I want, but o-well... at least I put up some pictures!