I'm back, how come spring isn't?

Alright, so it has been a while! We are currently fighting a very long winter! This is the winter that never ends, I mean, we had a snow storm last weekend (April 14th)! I am so ready for spring but here I sit waiting for the frozen tundra to slowly warm up. We all know that 'April showers bring May flowers'.. but what does April snow bring??


Anyways, we decided to do something we have been wanting to do for a long time! We finally purchased a Berkey water filter!! We filled it this morning and will have awesome HEALTHY drinking water free of chemicals and fluoride! I cannot tell you how happy we are! We have made a large investment in our health this year! Along with the Berkey. We have purchased a Vitamix, Hurom Slow Juicer, and an Excalibur Dehydrator. I feel so blessed to have spent this past year working so that we could invest this time and money into our health! I have also begun a new gym regimen everyday at 5am. I will admit that it hasn't always been pretty but it has been such a necessary step! I can no longer make excuses to miss the gym because it is the first thing I do everyday! I am currently running 14/20 minutes and will continue to update you as that journey unfolds!


I have not been spending too much time knitting or crocheting lately (I do have one project in the works; I will post some photos soon!!) but I have spent some time in the kitchen!! Here are some of my most recent creations:

S'more Cupcakes!
A basic white cupcake made with vanilla cream cheese icing, marshmallows, chocolate chips, and graham cracker bits! Talk about amazing!! Good thing I shared!!!

Yummy green juice. Best way to start your day! I am so blessed to have an awesome hubby who makes me a green juice every morning by the time I get back from the gym!!

A tasty strawberry smoothie thanks to my Vitamix!! 

Mmmm pineapple and homemade almond milk (1 cup almonds, 3-4 cups water blended in Vitamix and then strained)! :)

A few weeks back we made homemade sushi with some great friends (I'll admit it, they did most of the work!!).

And finally, here are a couple of photos from about a month or ago. As you can tell by my DH's face in the photo we were so sick of the ridiculous amounts of snow but were trying to make the best of it!! Thankfully, we do not have nearly this much snow anymore, but boy am I ready for spring!!

The DH looking super pleased!! - haha










The snow bank is almost as tall as me!! Let's face it, that isn't a huge feat but I am 5'4"!!

Can you find our sidewalk?


So this has been a little update of our life right now. On a very bright note, just over a month left of school before summer holidays! Now let's bring spring to ND so that summer can make its way!!!