Homemade puffy paint

Me and Jax were bored inside today and decided to do some art!! I found on the Internet how to make your own puffy paint and it came out great! Here's how you do it:
We started with one cup of flour and mixed in 3 teaspoons of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of salt and enough water to make it the consistency of pancake batter.
We divided our mix into four parts and put them into Ziploc bags along with some food coloring. Then, have the kids help squishing it all around to mix up.
Next, take a twist tie and tie up the bags like you were getting ready to frost something. Then snip of the corner of the bag and have them squeeze out the paint into their masterpiece.
When they are all done take the paper, put it in the microwave for 30-45 seconds and voila! Puffy paint magic


Enjoy!!

Let's talk weight loss

So you may have read that I've been on a lifestyle change to get healthy and fit. Since November I've lost 45lbs. Amazing right?! I think so. And even though I've pretty much met my original goal, I'm not stopping, and now I've kicked it up a but more by starting p90x. I've got Danny's family reunion in a few weeks, and I really want to do something awesome for myself. I never thought I would be doing p90x. I mean come on! Push-ups, pull-ups, and lifting weights---yup you heard it right and even though it's super hard, and I'm already sore after 3 days, I'm determined to see it though! There's no stopping me. I will be a changed woman in 90 days!
I had to take before pictures so I could have something to compare the ones in 90 days to...but I'm just not ready for anyone but me to see them yet, so you'll just have to wait. I read this quote on Pinterest that pretty much sums up exactly how I feel:



One day! This will happen..until then I'm too embarrassed to share. Anyway, don't think anyone reads this anyway, but comment if you want:)

Danny's new birthday/fathers day present

The photos speak for themselves:) he was so surprised and super excited!

The living planet aquarium

I took jax last week to the living planet aquarium. He had a wonderful time. We got to see all kinds of fish, climb through coral reef, see penguins getting fed, see jellyfish glow in the dark, drive a boat and we got to pet a stingray!!! That's right I said pet a stingray!!










It was lots of fun and it only took us about an hour to see everything so we had the rest of the day to remember how amazing it was:)

The zoo

Me and Danny took Jackson to the zoo two weeks ago, and instead of having a hot and tired and yucky day we had so much fun!!! We got there right after the zoo opened and we got to see everything we wanted to.
On our way up, me and Jax sat in the back seat and played games on Daddy's phone









The picture above came out so amazing. It's my favorite. But we had a blast and it was our best trip to the zoo yet!

Grandma Crews came

We were so excited for grandma Crews and Gwen to come visit. Gwen was deathly sick so we didn't get any pictures of her but we did lots of fun things with grandma.





We swung with grandma at the park and mommy too of course


We went to the new city creek center and after we were good and hot we let jax play in the fountains. (you can see grandma and Danny in the background)



Here's a pic of the waterfall at city creek








We played in more fountains at the riverwoods and went with mom to Color Me Mine (a ceramics place). We had lots of fun. We had spaghetti and it was good!! We miss grandma already but can't wait to see her again in a month!

Things I did recently

A little over a month ago I went to Missouri to visit my family. Just me. I had a lovely time. I got to spend time with my sister Jenna doing girly stuff that I love: like shopping and mani/pedis and gardening:) I also got to see my brother and his wife and my new niece Daxleigh!






Me and Jenna showing off our strawberry mani


Jenna holding baby Dax





Me spending some time getting to know Dax! Lots of snuggles!


I love her face in this picture!








Daxleigh and her mama Amanda


Me and Jenna planting strawberries!


And last but not least, I got to visit the KC temple. It just got dedicated and is so beautiful!
That was my trip in a nutshell. It was fun