Snip-Its of Life

Snip-Its of Life

Hey there!!  As I was spending the afternoon cleaning out stalls in the barn and taking care of the livestock I had time to think about the last month.  If you follow me you know a few things, my family is super important, I love anything country with class, enjoy being a business owner, and enjoy stretching the limits in life.  About four years ago taking that jump into being an entrepreneur has been well worth it but to be honest I still struggle with my best is just not enough.  And I know many others struggle with this being a mom there is a lot of pressure put on us from all angles.  Even my workouts have to be all in jumping higher, running faster, etc.  I decided to take a step back and for the past few weeks enjoying a low intensity workout call Piyo.  And you know what just like in life higher faster is not always the only way and the best way.  There are points in life you will go all in and points in life where you step back reevaluate where you’re going.  

 

 

Having our two horses while working out outdoors makes Piyo even more relaxing!!

Snip-Its Motivation

Feed your fears and your faith will starve
Feed your faith and your fears will.
Max Lucado
We all have fears and some might look something like this:
Fear of failing...
Fear of the unknown
Fear of what the cost will be
Fear of what others will think
Fear of our best not matching up to others
For me it's a consistent fear my best is never enough by nature I want to put my all into something and it's easy to get distracted by others. Put the blinders on there will always be others that are faster, smarter, make it look easier.
Focus on your own personal growth and find your purpose
We all have fear
But here is the good news
We all have faith
The question is which emotion will you allow to be stronger?
 

 

Snip-Its Life

About 11 days ago I packed the kids up and went to our favorite feed store to pick out fruit trees. Turns out this is a great time of the year to plant them.

Two years ago I missed working you know wanting to create something that was my own (beyond the traditional business). It would be silly to work for someone else and would not work with our traditional business and my number one priority our kids. So I looked into what a coa...ch really did and how it could fit our lifestyle. Two years later and I have an amazing team of coaches and the cool part is having my sister in this as well. she brings the leadership mindset I bring the business mindset and together it's been pretty cool to watch grow.

I could not help but think of this while getting ready to put these bad boys in the ground. Not having to check with my husband to spend money on a project that will bring plenty of memories. Being able to be as creative and truly have fun while working when the kids sleep.

If you're looking for something more in life and would love to do some projects around the house why not you?

Creating a system for new coaches and helping them succeed as well as creating other leaders.

 

 

Snip-Its Family

 

My parents met in a barn when my mom was 14 years old!! My dad came to take pictures of her horse.
You could say that was just the beginning
We moved to a 40 acre farm when I was just 4 years old
It was the kind or place shoes were optional and no matter who visited everyone was welcomed
We always had a few ponies and did 4-H as kids...
The station wagon and horse trailer got us from point A to B
When my parents decided to put the farm up for sale last year it was super hard for my sisters and I.
Thankful the little slice of heaven we grew up did not sell right away
It’s been a transition over the past year
Now being able to create new memories at a new farm
Already one broken bone on the dirt bike

 

 

 

Snip-Its Birthdays

Happy 4th birthday to our little man
Of course it seems like yesterday it felt like the hottest summer ever!! I was waitressing at the time and Clint just kept growing with no real reason to come. Ahhh he was born by c-section weighing 10 lbs! !
Steve has named all of our kids and his name was decided very quickly on Clint.
For 4 years his sleeping has been....well let's just say thank God its get...ting better.
He's one determined little guy that wants to know exactly how everything works.
He's probably the only child this age when your making plans he needs to "check his work schedule ".
Loves his cowboy boots and will not wear anything else even during the summer.
♡♡ seeing him growing up

 

 

 

Snip-It Dinner time

Do you have a husband that likes to see "meat and potatoes " for dinner every night? And your trying to eliminate making multiple meals just to feed everyone?

This is a solution dinner》》
I can't get away with salmon too often and the meal still needs to have potatoes so it's coconut oil in a pan with regular potatoes for my husband and sweet potatoes for myself for homemade french fries.
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The kids love corn and salmon

I have a wonderful "healthy" meatloaf recipe on my blog that happens to be a big hit.
So it's a winner!

 



 



I hope your snip-its in life make you smile fill the soul and make an impact on those around you in a positive way.  Take deep breaths while cleaning up after your little one's, one day it truly will be just that a snip-it of your life.  As always live life to the fullest and make every day count!!

April 6th Accountability group

Accountability group

Just this week my mom ask what our family was planning for Easter Sunday and where we would be eating lunch.  In my mind I thought Easter was at least a month away!!  To my surprise the Easter candy is EVERYWHERE!!  Even I caved yesterday and enjoyed those yellow little guys…….

Has the Easter candy started to take over the home?  In your mind have you already checked out and plan on starting up again after Easter in preparation for warmer summer weather?  Its crazy how you feel the first time you put on shorts for the season.  My goal as a coach is to help others feel their personal best slipping into spring and summer clothes.  Trust me before you know it the swimsuits will be out and the kids will want to be heading to the pool.  Summer vacations will follow as well, I personally just gave birth to our 3^rd child and will not only be the coach in the group but a challenger as well.  I will be doing the program Insanity Max 30 for the next 60 days.  Seeing pictures like this reminds me I don't want to be wearing extra layers 60 days from now, I want to be shopping for a cute new outfit.   

 

What do I do as a beachbody coach and what is a challenge group?

So the challenge group is 30 day group.  It's all done through a closed online Facebook support group.  So only the members of the group can see what is being posted.  I’m super excited to be putting a twist on what we do with in the challenge groups.  All new contented!!

You'll be added to our VIP Facebook group where only the members of the group can see what is being posted. You'll be expected to check in daily with your workout and nutrition so we can make sure you're staying on track. There will be an awesome nutrition plan included with your fitness program. We start together and we end together. No one quits. First we’ll work on flushing all those negative thoughts swirling in the back of your mind that are keeping you stuck. If you believe you will succeed, you will.

 

What I do is help you customize your health and fitness goals to meet your needs. Then I help you choose the best Beachbody workout to get there based on your ability level. Then you replace 1 meal a day with shakeology for the challenge group to give your body 1 meal that is supercharged with ingredients that will give you natural energy, cravings will be curbed, you will stay full for at least 3 hours.  This is NOT a protein shake, most of us are not protein deficient rather we lack great nutrition no matter how clean we eat our food has changed.  This meal replacement is so easy.  It is a whole food and you can think of it as "dry juicing".  I get all of my vitamins and it is the equivalent of 5 plates of a very healthy salad.  But all for just 160 calories! Then, I am going to teach you how to plan the other meals of the day. I will help you create a customized meal plan, give you recipes, snack ideas, tips, motivation and keep you accountable. Every day I post in the challenge group your daily mind set tip or post. You check in and rate your date and read what is posted. We all keep each other accountable!

 I am going to address the emotional eating, eating out at restaurants, how to handle the temptations, cheat meals, body image and more!

A quote that sticks out to me as I pulled myself out of bed this morning at 5:00am is- it takes change to see change

If every spring time you tell yourself this is the summer I’m going to look and feel great in my suit instead of wearing a cover up there will be steps needed in order to reach those goals.  Think of it like this you already know the results and outcome of doing what you’re doing.  Trying something new can be downright scary!!  But I invite you to take a chance on yourself

I love to chat and learn more about your personal goals- with the first two that commit to the April 6^th challenge group you will be sent one of these SUPER cute water bottles as a FREE gift ( love giving gifts)

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Healthy snack for kids

Healthy snack for kids

 

Baked apple chips

 

Ingredients

• 3 small gala apples, cored and thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon of coconut sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 200º.
2. Core small gala apples using an apple corer and thinly slice.
3. Place apples on baking sheet with silicone mat or wax paper underneath for easy cleanup.
4. Mix sugar (I use coconut sugar) with cinnamon. Sprinkle the top of the apples with the cinnamon sugar mixture. (keep in mind you do not have to use all of it)
5. Bake fore 1 hour. Flip apples over.
6. Bake for an additional hour. Remove from oven and let rest. Serve when ready.

 

 

Take plan Greek yogurt and cover strawberries and freeze, easy to pull a few out at a time and kids enjoy this refreshing snack on a summer day.

Mom's how many of you love a good deal however when it comes to fresh produce its hard to take advantage other then what will keep in the fridge?  Grapes go on sale?  Purchase and freeze, making a great afternoon snack for the kiddo's

 

They say an apple a day keeps the dr. away well how about if we add a little flare to those apples?  Take a whole wheat wrap, spread tablespoon on wrap, add diced apples and you have a snack to share with your mini me.

 

 

I know as a mom flipping over any juice box for kids is always eye opening on the amount of sugar in the drink.  Here is a fun way to add flavor to the plan old H2O.  I know for our kids if I'm drinking something fun like this they want to follow.

 

 

Fun afternoon snack a hole banana, tablespoon of almond butter, and a whole wheat wrap.

 

 

 

Yes it's ok to play with your food, the more we make those wonderful vegetables look appealing the kids will want to join you in your health adventure. 

 

 

I would use almond butter to create your animal. 

 

 

 

Carrot snacks

 

Ingredients

2 large carrots (or 3 medium)
1/2 teaspoon olive oil (or melted coconut oil)
1/8 teaspoon sea salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Wash and peel the carrots. Using a mandoline slicer or a knife, tilt the carrot, and thinly slice diagonally to make oval-shaped pieces — if they're too thick, they'll be soft instead of crunchy.
3. Place the carrot slices in a bowl, and toss with olive oil and salt.
4. Lay the carrots in a single layer on a cookie sheet lined with a Silpat or parchment paper.
5. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the carrots are dry and crisp. Watch them carefully toward the end, as they can burn quickly.

Losing the baby weight

Losing the baby weight

 

Hands do this could not come soon enough!!  Any time you’re pregnant first or third the time after starting to feel human again is priceless.  For me personally the last month of each pregnancy is NOT fun at all and I’m pretty much counting the days down until I can return to feeling like a human again.  It’s hard to believe little Henry is already 19 days old today, the day after having a C-section and your able to get up and take a shower, you start to feel human again.  However the dreaded moment you look in the mirror and see what is left of your body after having a baby.  Yikes!!  After Clint and Josie standing in the bathroom after giving birth was not a good time.  Somehow this pregnancy I was excited!!  It sounds crazy but it was a new project and I was the one working on another transformation.  My entire mission is to inspire and show other woman it can be done.

 

 

 

 

A little back history on myself after having Josie almost 2 years ago to the day.  I waited my 6 weeks to work out and start right away, I’ve breastfeed each of the kids for the first year and for those moms that say breastfeeding helps with losing the baby weight, hats off to you!!  I just never found the baby weight easy to come off.  With Josie I was working out like crazy and had an upcoming wedding to be in and just felt so uncomfortable in my own skin.  My poor husband wanted to support me and his advice was I need to burn more calories….I thought I was eating pretty good.  I was DEAD tired!!  Long story short after 3 months of trying to loss the weight on my own I joined an online challenge group and really learned more about clean eating, the importance of accountability, replaced one meal a day with shakeology, and started with Chalean Extreme.  At the end of 90 days I felt like my energy was more than I ever felt even before kids.  I was sleeping so much better, my skin was clear, I started to want to share with my family more about what I had learned.  So it was natural to pay it forward and sign up as a coach.  What once was a dark time in my life and I felt hopeless is now a time I use to inspire others.  I want each mom to feel amazing holding their babies and know they too can feel like a million bucks after having kids.

 

I’m not an expert in nutrition or carry any fancy degree, I’m just a mom on a mission that went off of a gut feeling to help others.  So as my second transformation is starting to unfold I want you to think about your life and a time you truly felt comfortable in your skin, liked what you saw in the mirror, and had energy to keep up with life as the day goes on?  If you could go back there would you invest in yourself and take a leap of faith today?  It can be very scary, if you’re someone like myself I hate to fail at anything and hate to invest in something that doesn’t work. Maybe you had your baby last month or last year, or heck your baby is in high school.  It’s your time!!  My goal for the month is to help woman feel their inner super woman again!!  Turn the winter fluff into fab!!  Mom’s on a budget I got you covered as well!  I’m in the middle of the nitty giddy of a transformation and I invite you to jump in with me.  We start together in an accountability group and we finish together. 

 

March 9^th I will be opening up a small online accountability group to those ready for change and fear the unknown.  I want to get to know more about you and your personal goals whether its to loss 10 lbs. or 50 lbs.  Maybe your goal is just to gain more energy in a healthy way and show your family more or what clean eating looks like.  This is the accountability group for you.  To start a conversation apply below

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Becoming a mother of 3

Becoming a mother of 3

It’s hard to believe it’s been a full week since coming home with baby number 3 Henry.  I’ve had a lot of messages and questions about the transition from 2 kids to 3 kids ages 3 and under.  Well maybe it’s just my personality but I just tend to go with the flow.  The kids and I tend to be able to change plans or directions at any given moment.  The house is ran with a much laid back feeling, with wiggle room for messes and a not so neat house.  With that being said adding Henry in was just natural, the help from my mom and mother in law has been very helpful with the older two.  Personally going from being a mom of one to adding baby number two in took a good four months to adjust however this adjustments has gone smoothly.

According to the doctor I tend to heal very well from C-sections and need to remind myself to still enjoy these very memorable times without jumping back into the rhythm of life too quickly.  With the daily temperature below zero and snow everyday going out and about with a newborn so far is limited.  However at home the kids have adjusted well. Clint is my big helper for sure and takes the roll of older brother very well.  Josie is doing well and as a mom I tend to notice she needs more snuggles from me when I’m not feeding the baby, she has had more potty accidents with the recent changes at the house however I know over time she will adjust to being a family of five.

 

Jumping back into eating right feels amazing!!  Being pregnant for sure messed with my eating the entire pregnancy most foods turned my stomach, gave heartburn, or had a funny smell.  MY poor husband has been looking forward to a cooking wife again and in the last week of being home with Henry it feels great to be back in action cooking as well.

Headed right back to work also just feels right, I get a lot of fulfillment out of working whether it’s for our traditional business or my beachbody business it’s a sense of having a task at hand and being able to move forward with business.  I know not everyone enjoys the hustle in life however hard work is something that I receive a lot of fulfillment out of.

 

Afternoon cat naps are a must!!  All of the kids where breastfeed and of course Henry is too.  I don’t pump so this momma brings the milk in the middle of the night.  Thankful for a comfy chair for the middle of the nights, shakeology to help with natural energy in the day time, a naps for an added energy boast.  Clint has been one busy big brother, every time Henry woke up the first night home my light sleeper was up also.
He wanted to vacuum, help make lunch, and clean up♡♡

Time for a cat nap with baby brother
My cat naps for these first few weeks while fully coming around for sure help with finding a new balance and system.

I’m not super woman at all still just or typical person, my husband brought flowers home for Josie and I for Valentine’s day.  I put them in a vase with the packet of stuff to keep them longer and the next day they were DEAD.  Yep I forgot to add the water!!  That’s just one of the crazy things I did over the past seven days home. 

Thankful for a healthy baby boy, the thought of spring coming, a husband that will get groceries, family to call on in a pinch, and the fact that a family of five is making it work in the dead of winter in a house with less than 1,000 sq. ft.

It’s “comfy” for sure!

Bring on week two!!  What challenges will come our way?  Live.Love.Laugh

Individual baked egg breakfast

Individual baked egg breakfast


Ingredients:

6 large eggs
1 large bell pepper
1 cup of fresh spinach leaves
4 ounces of feta cheese (goat would work well also)
Salt & pepper

Directions:
Slice the bell peppers into one-inch slices, beat the eggs, mix in the spinach and cheese, and bake until perfect.

Preheat the oven to 350° F.

Slice the bell peppers into one-inch rings - go for four rings. Coarsely chop the spinach. Crumble the cheese. Beat the eggs with a small amount of water (less than a table spoon per egg used).
Place the bell pepper rings on a griddle on low heat (about 250° F) or a frying pan on low. Drizzle a small amount of olive oil into each ring. Pour the mixed eggs into each ring with just enough to completely cover the bottom of each ring with about 1/8-inch of egg. Let it cook until the egg is well set.

Transfer the bell pepper rings to a baking tray covered in baking parchment. Fill the bell pepper rings about halfway with eggs, then add generous amounts of spinach and crumbled cheese. Fill the bell pepper rings up to almost the top with eggs and add more spinach and cheese. Season lightly with salt and pepper.