Wow, how time does fly

While I have been missing in action, I haven't been sitting idly by. So much is happening in our lives, that it's CRAZY!

Firstly, we moved. We found a much better home for us. This is a temporary thing. It was to get us into a better position for the girls and keep them in the school they were already in. While it's not permenant, it will work for now.

Kenzie is now in 5th grade! woah! Crazy I know! She's going to Summer Science Camp this week. She got to go to Starkey Environmental Center and go on a hike with her friends from school today. She decided to sit tomorrow out of the week due to the fact that she has been to the Energy Marine Center 2 times in the last year already. And on Wednesday she will go to SafetyTown's Environmental Center followed by the Florida Aquarium on Thursday! Such a busy kiddo!

Maddie is going into 2nd grade already and I can't believe how the time has flown right by. She cracks me up daily and that's just her personality.

Ryan is hanging in there with his being out of town so much. He's doing what he has to do to provide for us and for that we are thankful.

I started college in April. I just got my grades today and have passed my 1st 3 classes with 2 b's and an a. This means I made the deans list! First term in college and I've surpassed what I thought I could do. While I thought for a long time about going to nursing school, I decided to give coding a try, so I'm pursuing my Medical Coding and Billing degree. I have 2 weeks off from school, then I'll start right back again. Can't wait to see what awaits me on the other side of this degree.

And that brings us to the LAST thing that's new, we traded the camry in. While it has been a great vehicle for us, it was showing signs of it's age, so we took the opportunity to trade it in. We got a 2010 Kia Forte EX. We love the new car!

So with that, I'll try and do better with updating here :)

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Oatmeal Energy Bites

I have tried a few times and failed to save this on my computer, so I'm going to try here. Please see below: Oatmeal Energy Bites Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter 1 1/3 cups rolled oats 1 tbsp ground flaxseed 1 tbsp chia seed 1/4 cup shredded coconut 1/2 cup honey 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips 1 scoop protein powder (I use Shakeology) Instructions: Mix all ingredients together well. Using 1 tbsp of mixture, roll into balls. Freeze to enjoy later. Hope you enjoy it!

The importance of connections

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Workout #27

So, here's the challenge. And above, you can see my entry. Kenzie had done crosswords or circle a words (I can't remember) with Gigi and I snapped a pic of her doing it. I absolutely love the design of the sketch we were supposed to use for this lo. It allows for a simple, yet stunning layout. It allows room for journaling as you can see that I added as well as plenty of negative space! And the breakdown goes like this, picture was taken from my collection, background paper was from k and company the best of k and company pad, the circles were literally just picked out of my scrap box. I didn't even look at the papers, i just did a random pick. the lettering was taken from an old sheet of alphas i had and I think they worked out great!!! Simple yet Stunning! Thank you Scrap Fit for the challenge.

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