Monday: grilled pizza with homemade ww crust, salad
Tuesday: ww pasta with green beans, tuna and cherry tomatoes
Wednesday: Asian noodle salad with chicken and cilantro
Thursday: yogurt marinated chicken, salad
Friday: ?
Saturday: tuna steaks with lemon and tomatoes, salad
Sunday: skirt steak with poblano relish, spicy slaw, rice, black beans

Snacks: hummus/veggies, watermelon, hard boiled eggs, almonds and dates

Breakfasts: yogurt/granola, cereal, mini ww bagels

Lunches: wraps, pasta salad, burritos, pb&j’s, healthy ramen

*well the twins have come and gone and I hardly took any pictures of them. I’m always amazed at the hectic pace my sister’s life is with twins. Basically all she does is feed them. It makes me exhausted thinking about it. They are entering the age that I love for babies – when they start doing tricks and their personalities start to emerge. It was sure fun to see them, Ashley and Gerardo too.

*Eden made it safely back from camp and had a wonderful time. When I asked her if she would like to go back next year she said, “duh.”

*I found this handy little calculator for calculating the calories in chipotle food. Since Chipotle is the only restaurant in town that serves free range/hormone free etc. meat, we will be eating there a lot.
chipotle calculator

*I’ve been turning on the sprinklers to water my garden and therefore haven’t looked at it closely in a few days. Yesterday I went out to discover I have a whole lovely row of green beans. There is nothing like accomplished feeling of growing your own food.

*today, if I can muster up the energy, I’m going to paint a fresh coat of blue on my front steps. We’ll see.

In a few minutes I’m going to start my first bible study. It’s going to be with some girls I love, but I’m feeling just a little apprehensive. I think it’s because going to a bible study couldn’t be a more adult activity – I remember my mom doing bible studies when I was my childrens age and thinking she was so old. (Jim pointed out the other day that my mom was 36 when he met me.) Or because it couldn’t be a more “Christian” activity.

I’m actually not worried that these girls will be “religious” but I’m thinking the tequila will help it not feel cliche.

* my sister, bil and the twins arrived tonight. They are so big! I can’t wait to play with them more! We will spend tomorrow at the lake – our first wednesday trip of the summer. And, I think, the twins first time swimming.

* today we dropped Eden off for camp. She was pretty excited up until we started driving to the church to drop her off. She then told us she was ‘half and half’. But she got sent off without any tears – from any of us. I left feeling really grateful for the opportunity for her. I think it will be a time she will never forget. This was a new emotion for me. I mean, I’m really thankful for a lot of things in her life like her school and her friends. But this was different. Somehow I feel like this could change her life – in a good way – and I just feel really excited about what’s in store for her. She comes home Friday.

* with working, camp, meal planning, house guests, family dinner over here tomorrow and going to the lake, I’ve been a little overwhelmed. But I’m still making time to work out. I feel pretty determined about the whole thing. This morning, I ran, even though my legs were so damn sore that I could hardly move. Just don’t ask me to traverse stairs. (squats=torture) I think being sore is something I’m gonna just have to get used to.

* I made my first batch of homemade yogurt last week. It was so delicious. I will blog about it in more detail soon – with the really easy recipe.