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I am grateful.

On this Mothers Day I am grateful to God for choosing me to raise my sweet littles.  Grateful for MY amazing, wonderful, perfect mama.  Grateful to my precious cubs for making all my dreams come true.  Grateful to my hubby for giving me my babies and taking care of his fam:)  Grateful for all the family and friends who have surrounded us and stepped in as ‘mommy’ at times when I have not been able to.  My whole life I longed for the day I could be a mother and after years of being labeled ‘infertile’ and countless losses I am still shocked at my three miracles…..  Abundant joy…..pot of love boiling over…..Grateful….so very grateful….

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Jonny brought the kids home bug vacuums.  You suck up a bug and it goes into this magnified cup so you can ‘observe’ it and then set it free.  How can something sooo gross turn soooo cute?  Just a reminder to find joy in the little things:)

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Experimenting with my new veggies!!
Washed up the huge Cheddar cauliflower.  I wish you could tell just how giant this thing is!!

Made up 2 cups of vege stock with a new find from Williams-Sonoma.  Quick and easy stock when in a hurry:)  Also it’s awesome because the boxed stuff lasts for a few days after opening.  If you need a small batch this is great.  

Steamed up the giant cauliflower.  Kids ate some steamed and I used the rest for a soup.

Put the broth and cauliflower plus salt and pepper into my Vita-mix.  If you haven’t heard of this machine look into it!  It really is amazing!  I should be a sales person with how many I’ve sold!  haha!  After pining after this thing for a while..it’s pricey…I finally gave in.  Research proved it to be the best in my opinion.  If you are ever wanting one let me know…I found a hook up!  I’m thrifty and rarely buy things at full price.
-Put it on high for 3-4 minutes and it will be boiling hot.  The speed of the blender heats the contents.  

My quickie soup ended up being delicious!  The yellow cauliflower has a corn like taste.  It was surprisingly good!  I figured I’d need a few more ingredients, but didn’t end up using them.  It tasted so creamy even though it was dairy free:)  The kids LOVED it…which I guess doesn’t say much!  HAHAHA.
P.S.-People ask me how I get my kids to eat so many veggies…  After running them ragged, come inside and plop the veggies in front of them.  They will be starving and since it’s the only choice, they will eventually eat it.  They’ll learn to deal if it’s their only option!  I’m not mean all the time though!  I throw in a prune every now and then!!!!  

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My little garden has gone insane!!!  It is amazing how fast those little seeds grow!!!  It makes me wonder why I didn’t do this sooner….why everyone doesn’t do this!!!

red leaf lettuce and crazy broccoli! 
hello sweet salad bed:)  Good job guarding Harold!

Cauliflower

Kale is my favorite!  I’ll post my fav soup recipe later.  Also you can make yummy chips out of it as well    

I found this product at Whole Foods to help keep the bugs and fungus away.  Seems to be doing it’s job without chemicals.