Obsessed with my new shoes! They are so comfy and come in lots of cute colors.

Love the detail on this cropped sweatshirt and the cowl neck! Its on sale right now too, 30% off!

DETAILS: SHOES | PANTS | SWEATSHIRT

Hey hey hey! Hope you guys all had a good Christmas, our kids were wiped out with colds and fevers so it was a super mellow Christmas, poor kiddos. I haven’t posted a whole lot lately, been enjoying time off with the family, so I thought I would do a catch up post with what we have been up to lately.

1. We got C of O  on our new house!! There is still a lot of random details that need to be done, so we decided to wait until everything is 100% done to move in so we don’t have a bunch of contractors in and out once we move in. We talked to a lot of our friends and family who had moved in before it was totally done and said it’s really stressful so as anxious as I am we decided to wait 🙂 So it’s looking like mid January right now, which actually kind of works out good cause our couch comes around same time 🙂
2. We have been packing up our house and I am so thankful we got rid of so much stuff when we moved last time, but holy cow it’s crazy how easy it is to accumulate random junk. Both Cody and I really want to try and minimize our lives as much as possible when we move so we don’t have the clutter and junk.
3. I haven’t bought a ton of new clothes lately (been mostly getting new home decor stuff), but I did get some new work out clothes, because, well I just love comfy clothes. These sneakers I’m obsessed with, they come in lots of colors and they are probably my most comfortable shoe! I had them in two colors in the older styles and wore them out so I just got new ones a couple weeks ago. I also got this cute Adidas sweatshirt . I love the slouchy neck on it and it’s on major sale right now at Finish line (under $50)! They have so much cute Adidas stuff right now. I also ordered these pink Ultra boosts that are on sale.
4. Cody got me this really cool planner for Christmas, and it has you evaluate your day, week, and month in every aspect from personal, business, family, taking time for yourself, ect. I was listening to a podcast by the guy who wrote it and it was talking about how you are only effective for 50 minute periods. So he sets alarms on his phone to go off every 50 minutes when he’s working, to stand up walk around and take a quick break. Even if he is writing a book, and in the middle of a thought, he takes a break when the timer goes off.
5. I’ve been doing the celery juice challenge (drinking 16oz of celery juice every morning on an empty stomach) for a little over 2 weeks, I missed 2 or 3 days in there with the holidays,but I feel like it’s helped my skin a lot. Especially my eczema. I get little patches on my hand and leg during the winter because it’s so dry in Utah, and it completely cleared up with out any medicine or creams since I’ve been drinking celery juice. I also feel like it was just a good overall cleanse. I haven’t noticed a ton of other differences, they say it helps with brain fog, clarity, energy, and lots of other things. Maybe a little more clarity, but overall I don’t know if it’s a placebo effect I just feel a little more healthier drinking it 🙂

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Beckam is really into crafts these days, and this time of year I love making easy Christmas snacks that B looks at as a craft he can eat! Does anyone else have way too much junk food this time of year! Can’t help it 😉 I printed out a bunch of easy holiday recipes for us to do together.

Beckam and I had so much fun making these Christmas tree brownies recently…and they were so easy!  Thought I would share the recipe along with a few of our other favorites 🙂  Happy baking!

Easy Christmas Tree Brownies 

Ingredients:

• Hot cocoa (powdered)
• Mini marshmallows
• Large Piping bags (can be purchased at your local craft store). If you use smaller ones you will need less cocoa.
• Red Pom Poms (can be purchased at your local craft store)
• Brown Pipe Cleaners (can be purchased at your local craft store)
• Googly eyes (can be purchased at your local craft store)
• Chocolate chips *optional
• Circle Sticky tabs or velcro circles to adhere the red pom poms

Instructions: 

You will need two cups of powdered cocoa for each cocoa cone if you use the large sized bags.

• Fill your Piping bags with the hot cocoa mix (2 cups worth per bag- I used larger bags)
• Top with mini marshmallows, and then a small amount of chocolate chips.
• Tie them off it a knot.
• Wrap your pipe cleaner around the knot to make them look like antlers.
• Using double-sided tape, or sticky circles tape the googly eyes, and red pom poms to your bags.

Source: Savvy Saving Couple 

Snowman Chocolate Bark 

Ingredients:

• 2 cups milk or dark chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon shortening (optional)
• White candy melts
• Pretzel sticks
• White non pareil sprinkles
• Black and orange candy color OR black and orange food writers
• Small paint brush

Instructions:

• Line a baking tray with wax paper and set aside. Have your white candy melts, pretzel sticks and sprinkles ready.
• Place the chocolate chips and shortening (if using, it thins the chocolate for better consistency, but it isn’t necessary) in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 90 seconds at 70 percent power. Stir and continue to microwave at 30 second, then 15 second, intervals until fully melted and smooth when stirred well.
• Spread on the baking tray. Tip: Use a large offset spatula greased with shortening to help spread the chocolate. You won’t fill up the entire tray, just spread to fill about 80 percent of the tray. Immediately assemble three white candy melts for each snowman scattered across the chocolate. Add pretzel stick arms. Sprinkle white sprinkles over the chocolate.
• Place a few drops of black and orange candy color on a piece of wax paper. Use the paint brush to paint faces and carrots on each snowman OR use the edible writers. The edible writers are much easier and dry more quickly, but they are less vibrant on the candy melts.
• Let the tray sit at room temperature to set about an hour, or place in the refrigerator to set about 30 minutes. Cut the bark into pieces around the snowmen. Let set fully at room temperature or in the fridge.

Source: The Decorated Cookie 

Christmas Banana Snowmen

Ingredients:

• 2 bananas
• 1/4 of a carrot
• Handful of currents or sultanas chopped
• 3 strawberries
• 6 grapes
• 6 skewers

Instructions:

1. Cut the bananas into thick slices (approx. 9 rounds per banana)
2. Peel the carrot and cut into small triangular slivers for a pointy nose
3. Trim the stem from the strawberries and then cut in half. You should get two hats out of each strawberry
4. Cut the grapes in half. (We only used the smooth half and ate the stem end)
5. To assemble, thread three slices of banana on to each skewer followed by a strawberry hat and grape half. Gently press the currents into the banana slices to create eyes and the buttons on the body then add the carrot nose
6. Serve immediately
7. Tip: Chop everything up, place all the bits in separate bowls and then have the kids assemble the snowmen

Source: One Handed Cookies 

Let me know if you guys try any of them! Who else loves baking during the holidays?

XX,

Christine

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