green smoothies

Read this post if you want to eat healthier, have your kids eat healthier, and get up to 16, yes 16 servings of fruits and veggies into your body DAILY.... and my way to make it easier so you dont have to get all the stuff out everytime you want one.....

they can look like that (above) or this (below) your pick :)

I have a new passion, and i owe it to Nicks Mom Connie. She is my mentor on being physically active and eating healthy. This year she introduced me to "green smoothies". At first i thought yuck, now i am hooked, (mine are not that green yet) a little obsessed with healthy eating (almost to a point of never wanting a hot dog again) but completely realizing what i was putting into my body and why i was feeling certain ways.
So, my biggest problem is getting my kids (picky kids) to eat healthy. It is so hard, so what sold me on this is Why would anyone NOT give their kids a smoothie that gets all the veggies they need down everyday???
So i want to introduce my little tricks to making it easier and introduce the book that has changed my life.
It is called... "The Green Smoothies Diet"
NO.... I am not on a diet. dont freak out. it is not a diet if you are still eating everything with it. It is a way to be healthy.
Go to www.greensmoothiegirl.com and buy the best book ever!!! or call me and borrow mine. It is AWESOME and will change the way you think about food!! I promise!!
So as soon as i was addicted to having so many "green smoothies" everyday, i wondered how to make it easier so i dont have to get all the stuff out everytime, make a big mess then have to put it all away. too much effort for a little smoothie twice a day. So.... this is what i have done.

First off, i started out putting the following in my smoothies. Spinach (very mild, cant taste it when mixed with berries, fresh strawberries, frozen mixed berries, frozen peaches, 100% OJ concentrate, bananas, ice and water.
I now buy all the stuff and decided to put it in baggies so i can just unthaw for 1 min and toss into the blender. add a little water, blend and toss baggy in trash.... so SIMPLE and easy!! just takes an hour at the start of the week to get baggies ready for over a doz smoothies!!! I love it!!
(my baggies contain the perfect mix for me... 3 spoonfuls of concentrate first, handful sliced strawberries, two large sliced bananas, frozen mixed berries, a good amount and 3 large handfuls of spinach. that is a good kid mix. I do more spinach for me. makes it a little greener look. you can also throw in whole strawberries with the leafs still on some yogurt or kifer, celery, all sorts of different greens.

so this is how much spinach is in ONE bag yes one. 3 large handfuls. it smashes up very easy!! talk about good for you. The book also gives many ideas about greens to put in. (and all sorts of recipes and different veggies i have never even heard of)


This is what it looks like after just simply dumping in a bag then add some water and a little ice to the texture you want it!!



Ta Da...... the kids arent scared cuz its not even green, (the mixed frozen berries from costco do wonders to making it pretty. I am trying to add more greens to mine everyday little by little, but start out with this... I promise if you try it you will feel better, and better about getting your kids more nutritious!!! YEAH!!
THIS book is like my new bible for health. I promise you will love it, or go to her website and just check out some of her clips on there and info. so worth your time. www.greensmoothiegirl.com
Now i am off to the new Organic Food store in town to pick up some stuff i have never heard of... yeah and get it into my smoothies.
and... my next goal for our family....Goodbye White bread (so bad for you) anyone got any GREAT homeade wheat bread recipes?

can summer really be over soon?

Ok, so i just spent 45 min uploading all these pics of our super fun summer and i am tired so instead of writing about each picture, they pretty much explain themselves. Our summer has been a blast. i cant believe we only have three weeks left of it!! crazy that my little boy will start Kindergarten on the 11th!! too fast!
So, our summer has consisted of a couple fun trips, up north we went to the zoo and aquarium, then we just got back from Cali last week with Nicks fam, which was a blast, we went to Disneyland, legoland, the beach, a musuem...took a few family pics, and the cousins just had a blast just being able to hang out!!!
we also go to Lake Powell with my fam in June!
Kaden has conquered swimming this summer, good bye life jacket!!
Kenzey will be crawling any day, she is so close and so much fun!!

Our Month of May..... Yeah!

first Sitting up on her own!! and loves the toy bucket!

First baby food!! She loved it, ate the whole can the first time!

First boyfriend!! (two weeks apart and next door:).... trouble!

Kylee is done with Joyschool (which means i am too yeah:)

Kaden Graduates PRESCHOOL!! yeah!


Nicks first big hike of the year.... the Subway in Zions

First time Grandpa has probably ever painted toe nails??? She must be special!!

First time visiting the Living Aquarium!!


Kenzey can eat her toes! i wish i could!! (not literally just flexibily: )


Kenzey loving Rosco, Rosco not loving her back, but he does NOT bite her and his eyes are not really green.... its the camera!

giggles come easy with these two:)

We are excited for summer although Its already 90 degrees! AHHH!

time for a post....

This post along with every other post, dedicated to my mom since she is the one who wants it and checks it and keeps asking for it:) sooo our last month....
Kylee is getting so big, all potty trained since January, loves joyschool, gets everything on HER OWN (not always a good thing) talks like shes 5, and is just a joy and bring so much giggles to our home!!

This pictures totally Kaden... always doing something silly to make us laugh or smile. Just love him! He asks me every single day when Kindergarten is starting and keeps trying to count to 1000. that is his goal, although he has is pretty figured out... always trying to make me proud!! (doesnt take much) he is always such a good boy and big helper!

His other goal is trying to do a front flip, he has actually landed it once. but tries really hard everyday to do it again, while i sit there and panic....

Kenzey is a happy, yet high maintence baby, very smiley, just wants to be entertained ALL THE TIME!! so fun though, already six months old i cant believe it!! She is so much fun and giggly! loves walks and loves Kaden so much. he gets here giggling the most! its so cute!

Yesterday we decided to go on a short hike as a family up at the Red Rock narrow. Kadens new fav place to go with Dad. Kylee loved it and wants to go back tomorrow. They enjoyed climbing and posing for the camera. So fun! Nick is excited they like to hike, they will be doing a lot of it in their future!!






Last but not least, I finally got some shots for a quick min this morning of the VERY cute dresses my mom made the girls... first little twinner dresses. I actually caught them both smiling at the same time, wow. So fun, thanks mom they looked ADORABLE!!