It goes in spurts

I wish I could say I'm always this productive, but if I did, I'd be lying!  But I might as well enjoy it while I have it....

Andy and I have been attempting to eat more GMO free foods. It's been a bit confusing, frustrating, but fun too! I'll be honest, were very far from being all gmo free, but we'll do what we can! My high hopes were it would help with energy levels and moods with a few of us ;) 

With this attempt, I find myself struggling most with snack foods. So, little by little, I've been attempting new snack recipes. I attempted homemade fruit snacks, but those were gross. Here are homemade pretzels from the bread maker and homemade graham crackers! Both a yummy success! Except for the fact, the graham crackers are going way too fast! ;)

Last night I made black bean and salmon burgers with sweet potato fries! Amazing! Even the kids loved the burgers! I wish the fries were more crunchy though! 

Also on the list to try is homemade fruit roll up/ fruit strips, toritillas in the bread maker, tortilla chips, gronola bars, and bagels. We'll see when I lost my energy for this and what actually gets done! ;) 

I'm having a lot of fun experimenting! I really do enjoy baking and cooking. However, I should probally start focusing on the mountain of laundry and toys all over the house a little more! :o

Getting away

Sometimes spotaneous getaways are the best! Our family has been bound up in stress lately! We all kinda just needed a break! We had planned on going on vacation this summer once the girls were out of school, but that wasn't going to work out this yr.... So, we decided to head to the Dells last min for spring break! We tried out the Atlantis, but it was disgusting! We went out and bought lysol wipes and cleaning supplies and cleaned our room, but after staying one night, we couldn't stay another! So, we went to a new hotel, which was awesome! It had 2 awesome little water parks for the kids! They had a blast! We all came back feeling more relaxed! :D Sometimes it just helps to get away!


The waterpark
 

 

 

Even Eli had a blast swimming!

 

 

 

Knuckleheads arcade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hanging out in our room

Alligator Alley

 The other waterpark

Praising God!

Praising God for Hadley's straight back! 

We had a trip back to Shriners last Wednesday. So many memories at that hospital! We had no worries going back because Hadley's back looks amazing just by looking at it. We got her xray as usual and sat in the room waiting for the Dr. He came in, took a look at Hadley's xray and was WOW'd! Her back looks even better than last time! What can we say except Praise God! The Dr ended up ordering pictures of her back to show what great results casting could do. I wanted to to mention... you mean what casting could do with the power of God! Her back looks amazing! No deformities, nothing! Just plainly, God's amazing work! We went into casting not sure if this would help Hadley's back at all. We went in wtih the outlook of probally having to do surgery since her curve was so high. But with the Grace of God, were coming out with a back as straight as an arrow! Thank you God! 

Side note:

Eli's shoulders are off a bit and his neck is tilted as Hadley's was so we had this Dr check him out as well! And praising God again, his back is perfect!

Were back again!

 

Hadley and her new puppy! It's like Christmas every time we go to Shriners!

 

Waiting for the Dr 

Hadley's back today!

The left xray is the last one.

 The one in the middle is from 4 months ago and the one on the

 left is one of the first xrays, 

but not her worst xray!