This is the second week I have been doing a fuel cycle. Today is my last deep s day. I have been having good fats, meat, and veggies, but boy was I in the mood for chocolate! I am so grateful for the ladies who create amazing recipes and share them on their blogs.
Please go check out bigtastetrimwaist for some great trim healthy mama inspiration.
mini chocolate muffins deep s.

http://www.bigtastetrimwaist.com/2014/03/24/mini-chocolate-muffins-s-deep-s/

Oh how i love being a trim healthy mama

A year ago I began a new way of eating. A journey back to a healthier smaller me. A friend shared her Trim Healthy Mama book with me and I began to do a little research of my own to verify what I read there.

Here are some of my before photos

at the top of my weight range.....

 Then I jumped right in and made changes. And the weight began to fall off. I was shocked and so happy. With each baby I added a little weight that I could not take off after baby arrived. 




I am almost 50 pounds down from where I began last August. I have gone from a size 16 to a size 6. This wasn't just a diet for me, but a new way of life. I would like to lose 20 more pounds, but know I need to begin to exercise again to see this goal achieved.

My wonderful mother in law and sister in law on Mother's Day 2014

With my amazing, talented, brilliant neice Sarah at the lake this summer.

Doug and I this summer at our visit to Bishop Hill.

wordless wednesday

 Hello...it is me, Faith Caroline, and I have a VERY important announcement to make.

                                             
  












     "See....right here...the big news"

"Can you see it?"

                                           

"How did I do, Mom?" 

"...wait just a minute while I text my friends"

"they just can't believe it, Mom"

A mostly wordless Wednesday: Baby #13

Introducing... 

Faith Caroline

June 9 2011, at 12:51

9lbs, 21 inches

Mother's Day

This is Kate, updating for Mom. This year we had a really good Mother's day, and we all had a lot of fun. We are all so grateful to have such a incredible Mom! God really blessed us :).

We love you Mom!

All of us, except Hannah who couldn't make it. 

Mom's boys

Bleeding hearts, aren't they so pretty?!

Okay, this is a video I made...just for fun, and it has most of the pictures in it. I hope you like it, this is the first video I've ever made :)

(Hint: pause the music on the blog.)

for more pictures, you can go to my blog --> here.

Kate

Winter

click on the above picture and it will take you to my picasa web album to watch the video, couldn't get the video to load on here any other way.


         This is what happens...when Mom is tired and goes to bed early, and Dad comes in to say goodnight to Mom before having Bible time with the kids.




                 This is also what happens when the dishes crew is tired of doing the dishes and decides to liven things up a bit....






                            Or what happens when the children watch entirely too much "jostie flicks" on youtube (another large homeschool family from Canada that our dear friends, Seven Sisters shared with us).




If you'd like the watch the original video my kids were copying off of you can go here:
Jostie Flicks Rythym & Muse








Hope you have a wonderful, terrific and silly day with your family....